Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Ramah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Ira.

First appears in Joshua 19:8 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Ira.

Ramah is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Ira. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 19:8 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 84 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 93 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 93 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 105 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 110 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Ramah today

Travel to Ramah, the modern-day Tel Ira.

Ramah is commonly identified with Tel Ira, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Ramah is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tel Ira

Beer Yeroham

30.991°N · 34.911°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention