valley of the Pelusiac mouth of the Nile. McClintock and Strong say that its location is indicated
by the present Tell Ramsis, a quadrangular mound near Belbeis. Dr. Brugsch thinks that it was at
Zoan-Tanis, the modern San, on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, and that it was built or enlarged by
Rameses II and made his capital.—ED.)
Ramiah
one who had taken “a strange wife.” (Ezra 10:25)
Ramothgilead
(heights of Gilead), one of the great fastnesses on the east of jordan, and the key to an important
district. (1 Kings 4:13) It was the city of refuge for the tribe of Gad, (4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:38) and
the residence of one of Solomon’s commissariat officers. (1 Kings 4:13) During the invasion related
in (1 Kings 15:20) or some subsequent incursion, this important place had seized by Ben-hadad I.,
king of Syria. The incidents of Ahab’s expedition are well known. [Ahab] Later it was taken by
Israel, and held in spite of all the efforts of Hazael who was now on the throne of Damascus, to
regain it. (2 Kings 9:14) Henceforward Ramoth-gilead disappears from our view. Eusebius and
Jerome specify the position of Ramoth as 15 miles from Philadelphia (Amman). It may correspond
to the site bearing the name of Jel’ad, exactly identical with the ancient Hebrew Gilead, which is
four or five miles north of es-Salt, 25 miles east of the Jordan and 13 miles south of the brook
Jabbok.
Rams Horns
[Cornet; Jubilee, The Year Of]
Rapha
(tall).
•Son of Binea, among the descendants of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:37)
•One of Benjamin’s descendants. (1 Chronicles 8:2)
Raphael
(the divine healer). According to Jewish tradition, Raphael was one of the four angels which
stood round the throne of God—Michael, Uriel, Gabriel, Raphael.
Raphon
a city of Gilead, 1 Macc. 15:37 perhaps identical with Raphana, which is mentioned by Pliny
as one of the cities of the Decapolis.
Raphu
the father of Palti, the Benjamite spy. (Numbers 13:9) (B.C. before 1490.)
Raven
(black). The Hebrew oreb is applied to the several species of the crow family, a number of
which are found in Palestine. The raven belongs to the order Insessores, family Corvidae. (It
resembles the crow, but is larger weighing three pounds; its black color is more iridescent, and it
is gifted with greater sagacity. “There is something weird and shrewd in the expression of the
raven’s countenance, a union of cunning and malignity which may have contributed to give it
among widely-revered nations a reputation for preternatural knowledge.” One writer says that the
smell of death is so grateful to them that when in passing over sheep a tainted smell is perceptible,
they cry and croak vehemently. It may be that in passing over a human habitation, if a sickly or
cadaverous smell arises, they should make it known by their cries, and so has arisen the idea that
the croaking of a raven is the premonition of death.—ED.) A raven was sent out by Noah from the
ark. (Genesis 8:7) This bird was not allowed as food by the Mosaic law. (Leviticus 11:15) Elijah
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