1 Samuel 7:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, he judged Israel there, and he built an altar to the Lord there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then he would return to Ramah, for his home was there; there he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And his return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar unto Jehovah. Common English Bible Then he would return to Ramah because that’s where his home was. In Ramah too he served as Israel’s judge, and that is also where he built an altar to the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version And he returned to Ramah. For his house was there, and he judged Israel there. And then he built an altar to the Lord there. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he returned to Ramatha; for there was his house, and there he judged Israel. He built also there an altar to the Lord. |
Jacob built an altar there and called the place El-bethel because it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
They crossed over at the ford, saying, ‘We will spend the night at Geba.’ The people of Ramah are trembling; those at Gibeah of Saul have fled.
She would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to settle disputes.
So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it The Lord Is Peace. It is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites today.
There was a man from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to worship before the Lord. Afterwards, they returned home to Ramah. Then Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.
So all the people went to Gilgal, and there in the Lord’s presence they made Saul king. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings in the Lord’s presence, and Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
Then Saul built an altar to the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar to the Lord.
Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy served the Lord in the presence of the priest Eli.
By this time Samuel had died, all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his city, and Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
So all the elders of Israel gathered together and went to Samuel at Ramah.
The women answered, ‘Yes, he is ahead of you. Hurry, he only just entered the city, because there’s a sacrifice for the people at the high place today.