Arimathea @ a "city of the Jews" Luke:23:51), the birth-place of Joseph in whose sepulchre our Lord was laid Matthew:27:57Matthew:27:60John:19:38). It is probably the same place as Ramathaim in Ephraim, and the birth-place of Samuel ( 1Samuel:1:11Samuel:1:19). Others identify it with Ramleh in Dan, or Rama (q.v.) in Benjamin Matthew:2:18).
