Ramathaim-zophim

Also called: Ramah

Name means “the two watch-towers”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Ramathaim-zophim, the two watch-towers”

First named: 1 Samuel 1:1

Town Canaan Israel Judges

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The home of Elkanah and his wives Hannah and Peninnah in the hill country of Ephraim, where Hannah's prayers for a child were answered with the birth of Samuel, whom she later brought to Shiloh to serve the Lord as she had vowed (1 Samuel 1:1-2:11).

References: 1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Samuel 1:19-20; 1 Samuel 2:11

People connected to Ramathaim-zophim

Elkanah (M) — the Ephraimite of this town, husband of Hannah and Peninnah
1 Samuel 1:1
Hannah (F) — of this town, whose vow at Shiloh brought the birth of Samuel
1 Samuel 1:1-2; 1 Samuel 1:19-20
Peninnah (F) — Elkanah's other wife of this town, who provoked the barren Hannah
1 Samuel 1:2-7

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