a famous city in the mountains of Gilead, 1 Kings iv, 13. It is
often called Ramoth-Gilead. Josephus calls it Ramathan, or Aramatha. The
city belonged to the tribe of Gad, Deut. iv, 43. It was assigned for a
dwelling of the Levites, and was one of the cities of refuge beyond
Jordan, Joshua xx, 8; xxi, 38. It became famous during the reigns of the
latter kings of Israel, and was the occasion of several wars between
them and the kings of Damascus, who had made a conquest of it, which the
sovereigns of Israel endeavoured to regain, 1 Kings xxii, 3–5. Eusebius
says, that Ramoth was fifteen miles from Philadelphia toward the east.
St. Jerom places it in the neighbourhood of Jabbok, and consequently to
the north of Philadelphia.
often called Ramoth-Gilead. Josephus calls it Ramathan, or Aramatha. The
city belonged to the tribe of Gad, Deut. iv, 43. It was assigned for a
dwelling of the Levites, and was one of the cities of refuge beyond
Jordan, Joshua xx, 8; xxi, 38. It became famous during the reigns of the
latter kings of Israel, and was the occasion of several wars between
them and the kings of Damascus, who had made a conquest of it, which the
sovereigns of Israel endeavoured to regain, 1 Kings xxii, 3–5. Eusebius
says, that Ramoth was fifteen miles from Philadelphia toward the east.
St. Jerom places it in the neighbourhood of Jabbok, and consequently to
the north of Philadelphia.