1 Samuel 7:17

New Century Version

But Samuel always went back to Ramah, where his home was. There he judged Israel and built an altar to the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 33:20

He built an altar there and named it after God, the God of Israel.

Genesis 35:7

There Jacob built an altar and named the place Bethel, after God, because God had appeared to him there when he was running from his brother.

Isaiah 10:29

The army will go over the pass. The soldiers will sleep at Geba. The people of Ramah will be afraid, and the people at Gibeah of Saul will run away.

Judges 4:5

Deborah would sit under the Palm Tree of Deborah, which was between the cities of Ramah and Bethel, in the mountains of Ephraim. And the people of Israel would come to her to settle their arguments.

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar there to worship the Lord and named it The Lord Is Peace. It still stands at Ophrah, where the Abiezrites live.

1 Samuel 1:1

There was a man named Elkanah son of Jeroham from Ramathaim in the mountains of Ephraim. Elkanah was from the family of Zuph. (Jeroham was Elihu’s son. Elihu was Tohu’s son, and Tohu was the son of Zuph from the family group of Ephraim.)

1 Samuel 1:19

Early the next morning Elkanah’s family got up and worshiped the Lord. Then they went back home to Ramah. Elkanah had sexual relations with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

1 Samuel 11:15

So all the people went to Gilgal, and there, before the Lord, the people made Saul king. They offered fellowship offerings to the Lord, and Saul and all the Israelites had a great celebration.

1 Samuel 14:35

Then Saul built an altar to the Lord. It was the first altar he had built to the Lord.

1 Samuel 15:34

Then Samuel left and went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah.

1 Samuel 2:11

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy continued to serve the Lord under Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 28:3

Now Samuel was dead, and all the Israelites had shown their sadness for him. They had buried Samuel in his hometown of Ramah. And Saul had forced out the mediums and fortune-tellers from the land.

1 Samuel 8:4

So all the elders came together and met Samuel at Ramah.

1 Samuel 9:12

The young women answered, “Yes, he’s here. He’s ahead of you. Hurry now. He has just come to our town today, because the people will offer a sacrifice at the place of worship.