1 Samuel 7:17

New English Translation

Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there.

Cross References

Genesis 33:20

There he set up an altar and called it “The God of Israel is God.”

Genesis 35:7

He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

Isaiah 10:29

They went through the pass, spent the night at Geba. Ramah trembled, Gibeah of Saul ran away.

Judges 4:5

She would sit under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled.

Judges 6:24

Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it “The Lord is on friendly terms with me.” To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

1 Samuel 1:1

There was a man from Ramathaim Zophim, from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

1 Samuel 1:19

They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the Lord, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

1 Samuel 11:15

So all the people went to Gilgal, where they established Saul as king in the Lord’s presence. They offered up peace offerings there in the Lord’s presence. Saul and all the Israelites were very happy.

1 Samuel 14:35

Then Saul built an altar for the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar for the Lord.

1 Samuel 15:34

Then Samuel went to Ramah, while Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

1 Samuel 2:11

Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 28:3

Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented over him and had buried him in Ramah, his hometown. In the meantime Saul had removed the mediums and magicians from the land.

1 Samuel 8:4

So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah.

1 Samuel 9:12

They replied, “Yes, straight ahead! But hurry now, for he came to the town today, and the people are making a sacrifice at the high place.