Ramoth
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
Of the sons of Bani. Put away his foreign wife ( Ezra 10:29).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(Heb. Ramoth', רָמוֹת [but רָאמוֹת in Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8; 1 Chronicles 6:73; 1 Chronicles 6:80], Heights, plur. of Ramah [q.v.]; Sept. usually ῾Ραμώθ ) , but ῾Ρημώθ in Ezra 10:29 , ῾Ραμμώθ in 2 Chronicles 18:2-3; 2 Chronicles 18:5, etc.), the name of three towns in Palestine, and also of one man.
1. (Sept. Ἡ ῾Ραμώθ . ) One of the four Levitical cities of Issachar according to the catalogue in 1 Chronicles 6:73. In the parallel list in Joshua 21:28-29, among other variations, JARIMUTH (See Jarimuth) (q.v.) appears in place of Ramoth. It seems impossible to decide which is the correct reading; or whether, again, REMETH (See Remeth) (q.v.), a town of Issachar, is distinct from them, or one and the same.
2. A city in the tribe of Gad ( Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8; Joshua 21:38; 1 Chronicles 6:80), elsewhere called RAMOTH-GILEAD (See Ramoth-Gilead) (q.v.).
3. (Sept. ῾Ραμᾶ . ) A city in the tribe of Simeon ("South Ramoth," 1 Samuel 30:27). (See Ramath-Negeb).
4. (Heb. text Yirmoth', יַרְמוֹת , marg. Ve-Ramoth', וְרָמוֹת , and Ramoth; Sept. Ρημώθ v. r. Μημών .) An Israelitish layman of the sons of Bani, who renounced his strange wife at Ezra's instigation ( Ezra 10:29). B.C. 458.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
rā´moth ( רמות , rāmōth , Ḳerē for yerēmōth ( Ezra 10:29 the King James Version); the Revised Version margin Kethı̄bh makes the name similar to those in Ezra 10:26 , Ezra 10:27 ): One of the offenders in the matter of foreign marriages. The English Revised Version and the American Standard Revised Version, adopting Kethı̄bh , read Jeremoth (which see).
