Ramah

This conjunction of sexual and colonial regulation gains some depth when we look closely at the representation of the Irish in Ramah Droog.

Through Colonial Spectacles: the Irish Vizier and the Female-Knight in James Cobb 2000

David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

Saul abode ... under a tree in Ramah -- literally, "under a grove on a hill."

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

And besides, if we look further into this prophecy, we shall find that the bitter weeping in Ramah was but a prologue to the greatest joy, for it follows, Thy work shall be rewarded, and there is hope in thy end.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

Then was the cry in Ramah heard to Bethlehem (for those two cities, the one in Judah's lot, and the other in Benjamin's, were not far asunder); but now the prophecy is again fulfilled in the great sorrow that was for the death of these infants.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: 29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid;

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

15 Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping;

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

His native town is very often called Ramah, once Ramathaim Zophim, 1 Samuel

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

But the moft extraordinary fence, to an European eye, muft be fuch as thofe de Tott mentions, obfcrved by him in the low-lands of Judaea ', for he went no farther than from Juff (or Joppa) to Rames (commonly called Ramah).

Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture: ... In Books of Voyages and Travels Into the East ... 1787

But the moft extraordinary fence, to an European eye, muft be fuch as thofe de Tott mentions, obfcrved by him in the low-lands of Judaea ', for he went no farther than from Juff (or Joppa) to Rames (commonly called Ramah).

Observations on Divers Passages of Scripture: ... In Books of Voyages and Travels Into the East ... 1787