Ramoth (râ'moth), heights, and Ramoth Gilead. 1. A city in Gilead, within the limits of the tribe of Gad, Joshua 21:38; called also Ramah and Ramoth-Gilead. 2 Kings 1:8-29, 1 Kings 4:13, 1 Kings 1:22-37, 2 Chronicles 1:18-34, 2 Chronicles 1:22-6. It was one of the cities of refuge. Deuteronomy 4:43, Joshua 20:8, 1 Chronicles 6:80. During the reigns of the later kings of Israel, Ramoth was the occasion of several wars between them and the kings of Syria. 1 Kings 22:3, 2 Kings 8:28. It may be identical with es-Salt, but more probably with Gerash.


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