Deborah, the one who had nursed and brought up Rebekah, , died and was buried under the oak south of Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.
Judges 4:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition She sat under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came up to her for judgment. American Standard Version (1901) And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. Common English Bible She would sit under Deborah’s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraim highlands, and the Israelites would come to her to settle disputes. Catholic Public Domain Version And she was sitting under a palm tree, which was called by her name, between Ramah and Bethel, on Mount Ephraim. And the sons of Israel went up to her for every judgment. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she sat under a palm-tree, which was called by her name, between Rama and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for all judgment. |
Deborah, the one who had nursed and brought up Rebekah, , died and was buried under the oak south of Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.
The next day Moses sat down to judge the people, and they stood around Moses from morning until evening.
Whenever they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I make a decision between one man and another. I teach them God’s statutes and laws.’
Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and God be with you. You be the one to represent the people before God and bring their cases to him.
They judged the people at all times; they would bring the hard cases to Moses, but they would judge every minor case themselves.
This is what the Lord says: A voice was heard in Ramah, a lament with bitter weeping – Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children because they are no more.
From Bethel it went to Luz and proceeded to the border of the Archites by Ataroth.
Deborah, a prophetess and the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
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.
Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree at the high place. His spear was in his hand, and all his servants were standing around him.
Samuel died, and all Israel assembled to mourn for him, and they buried him by his home in Ramah. David then went down to the Wilderness of Paran. ,
Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, he judged Israel there, and he built an altar to the Lord there.