Rammun
| Rammun | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | رمّون |
| • Also spelled | Ramun (official) Ramon (unofficial) |
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| Coordinates: 31°55′47″N 35°17′56″E / 31.92972°N 35.29889°ECoordinates: 31°55′47″N 35°17′56″E / 31.92972°N 35.29889°E | |
| Palestine grid | 178/148 |
| Governorate | Ramallah & al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Abed Mahmoud Jabaieh |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,626 |
| Name meaning | Rock Rimmon |
Rammun (Arabic: رمّون) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located twelve kilometers east of Ramallah and three kilometers south of Taybeh. Other nearby towns include Deir Dibwan to the southwest, Beitin to the east and Ein Yabrud to the northeast.
Sherds from Iron Age I, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have been found.
Mosaics and ancient cisterns have been found.
Van der Velde (in 1854) assumed that Rammun was the place mentioned in the Bible as Rimmon, Sela Rimmon. The Rock of Rimmon was where the Benjamites fled (Judges 20:45, 47; 21:13), and where they maintained themselves for four months after the battle at Gibeah.
It also is suggested to be the town of Rimmon mentioned in the Map of Madaba, located fifteen miles north of Jerusalem, between Bethel and Jericho.
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