Ramoth
The name Ramoth gathers several distinct sites: a town in the Negev associated with Simeon's territory, a Levite city in Issachar, and the well-known Trans-Jordanian fortress of Ramoth in Gilead, which has its own Ramoth-gilead page. The umbrella also picks up traditional readings where older translations rendered a Hebrew name as "Ramoth"; UPDV's underlying text does not always carry that reading.
Ramoth of the South (the Negev)
The Simeonite tribal allotment closes by listing the outlying villages of the inherited cities, naming the southern terminus as Baalath-beer with the alternate identification "Ramah of the South":
"and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families." (Jos 19:8).
The same southern town appears under the spelling "Ramoth of the South" when David, returning from Ziklag, sends portions of the Amalekite spoil to the elders of the Negev cities that had given his band shelter:
"To those who were in Bethuel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the South, and to those who were in Jattir," (1Sa 30:27).
The two passages anchor the place in the south of Judah / Simeon and link it to David's loyal southern network during his wilderness years.
Ramoth, the Levite City of Issachar
The Chronicler's roster of Levite cities lists a Ramoth granted to the Gershonite Levites out of the territory of Issachar, paired with Anem and assigned with the standard "suburbs" formula for pasturing rights:
"and Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs;" (1Ch 6:73).
This northern Ramoth is distinct from the Negev town and from the Gileadite fortress; it sits in Issachar's tribal land and is named only in the Levite-city list.
Ramoth in Gilead
The fourth Ramoth — the Trans-Jordanian fortress city associated with the campaigns against Aram and the death of Ahab — is treated separately at Ramoth-gilead. It is the most prominent of the four locations bearing the name and the only one that gives rise to extended narrative material.