Ramath is one of a string of towns named in Nephi’s quotation of Isaiah, where it appears in the line “They are gone over the passage; they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramath is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled” (2 Nephi 20:29). The corresponding Isaiah text reads “Ramah” rather than “Ramath.” The name derives from a Hebrew word for a height or elevated place.
The verse belongs to a passage tracing the advance of an invading Assyrian army through a sequence of towns toward Jerusalem, listing Aiath, Migron, Michmash, Geba, Ramath, Gibeah of Saul, Gallim, Laish, Anathoth, Madmenah, Gebim, and Nob (2 Nephi 20:28-32). Ramath is named only this once, and the text gives no further detail about its location or its inhabitants.