Ramah means in the bible: Height. 1 An area of Benjamin near the border with Ephraim Josh. 18:25; Judg. 4:5 and 19:13, the home Samuel 1 Sam. 1:19; 2:11; 7:17; 8:4; 15:34; 16:13; 19:18-23; 20:1; 22:6; 25:1; 28:3. It was located on the border and near Jerusalem and became the site of many conflicts between Israel 1 Kgs. 15:17, 21-22; 2 Chr. 16:1, 5-6. The exiles arrived here at the time they were taken into captivity and then moved to Babylon Jer. 31:15; 40:1; Matt. 2.18; Rachel. Also, Ezra 2;26 and Neh. 7:30; 11:33; Isa. 10:29, Hosea 5:8.
(in Bible Dictionary)
