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Naioth
Dwellings, the name given to the prophetical college established by Samuel near Ramah. It consisted of a cluster of separate dwellings, and hence its name. David took refuge here when he fled from Saul (1 Sam 19:18, 1 Sam 19:19, 1 Sam 19:22, 1 Sam 19:23), and here he passed a few weeks in peace (comp. Ps 11:1–7). It was probably the common residence of the “sons of the prophets.”
Named in the Bible
5 verses
- 1 Samuel 19:18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
- 1 Samuel 19:19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 19:22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 19:23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 20:1 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
