Places of the Bible
Ramoth-gilead
City
Where the name appears
Events told in passages that name Ramoth-gilead, and how many of their verses do. That is not the same as saying they happened here: a place can be named as a landmark, as somewhere being travelled to, or as the subject of a prophecy.
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length. The fainter the mark, the fewer verses name the place.
- Reign of Solomon · 1014 BC · 1 verse
- Reign of Ahaziah (Jehoahaz) · 885 BC · 1 verse
- Reign of Jehu · 885 BC · 2 verses
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Heights of Gilead, a city of refuge on the east of Jordan; called “Ramoth in Gilead” (Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8; 21:38). Here Ahab, who joined Jehoshaphat in an endeavour to rescue it from the hands of the king of Syria, was mortally wounded (1 Kings 22:1-36). A similar attempt was afterwards made by Ahaziah and Joram, when the latter was wounded (2 Kings 8:28). In this city Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, was anointed by one of the sons of the prophets (9:1, 4).
It has with probability been identified with Reimun, on the northern slope of the Jabbok, about 5 miles west of Jerash or Gerasa, one of the cities of Decapolis. Others identify it with Gerosh, about 25 miles north-east of es-Salt, with which also many have identified it.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 20 verses
- 1 Kings
- 4:13, 22:3, 22:4, 22:6, 22:12, 22:15, 22:20, 22:29
- 2 Kings
- 8:28, 9:1, 9:4, 9:14
- 2 Chronicles
- 18:2, 18:3, 18:5, 18:11, 18:14, 18:19, 18:28, 22:5
The place, its people and its events come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.