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Rama (IV)

IV. RAMA, a City of the Tribe of Naphtali, Josh. xix. 36. upon the Frontiers of Asher, Josh. xix. 29. St. Jerom read Horma in the Hebrew; but the Septuagint and Eusebius read Rama. The same Eusebius and Cyrillus of Jerusalem, upon Zechariah, p. 805, own there was a Rama in the Tribe of Asher, and another belonging to Napthtali.

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