Biblical places
Ramoth-Gilead
Where King Ahab died in battle against Aram (1 Kings 22), and later where Jehu was anointed (2 Kings 9). Its exact location is debated, with Tell er-Rumeith the leading candidate.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Disputed
- Tell er-Rumeith (probable)
- 32.6333, 35.8667
Several candidate sites — Tell er-Rumeith, Tell el-Husn (Irbid), Er-Ramtha, and others — compete, with different scholars supporting different ones. There is no settled coordinate, so it is marked 'disputed.'
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
Deuteronomy 4:43
Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
Joshua 20:8
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
1 Kings 4:13
The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
2 Kings 8:28
And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
1 Chronicles 6:80
And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
2 Chronicles 18:2
And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.
Joshua 21:38
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
1 Kings 22:3
And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?