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Ramah

There are a number of places called Ramah in the Old Testament, the most significant is probably Ramah in Benjamin which is mentioned in Jeremiah 31.15 and Matthew 2.18. The reference is to Rachel weeping for her children after they were taken into Exile by the Babylonians which, since Benjamin was one of her children, makes sense of the connection here.

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