(anc. geog.), a town of Benjamin, near Gibea, (Judges); called Rama of Saul (1 Sam. xxii.), six miles from Jerusalem to the north; memorable for the story of the Levite and his concubine: Taken and fortified by Baasa king of Israel, in order to annoy the kingdom of Judah. This Rama is mentioned 1Sa. x. Jer. xxxi. and Matt. ii. and is to be distinguished from Rama of Samuel, 1 Sam. xix. called also Ramathob, 1 Sam. i. 19. and Ramahaim Zophim, ibid. i. 1. which lay a great way to the west, towards Joppa, near Lydda, 1 Maccab. ii. the birth-place of Samuel; adjoining to the mountains of Ephraim, and the place of his residence, 1 Sam. xv. &c. (Josephus.) Called Ramula in the lower age, (Gul. Tyrius.) There is here a convent of the Fathers of the Holy Land, inhabited only by Portuguese, Spaniards, and Italians.