8:4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah.
15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah, while Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
1:19 They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the Lord, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with 1 his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered 2 her.
2:11 Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of 3 Eli the priest.
19:18 Now David had run away and escaped. He went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed at Naioth.
1 tn Heb “Elkanah knew his wife.” The Hebrew expression is a euphemism for sexual relations.
2 sn The Lord “remembered” her in the sense of granting her earlier request for a child. The Hebrew verb is often used in the OT for considering the needs or desires of people with favor and kindness.
1 tn Heb “with [or “before”] the face of.”
1 tn Or perhaps “settled disputes for” (cf. NLT “would hear cases there”; NRSV “administered justice there”).
1 tn Heb “he” (also in v. 23). the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.