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Naioth

נָוִית · na.vit · H5121“beauties; habitations” Hitchcock's 18695 mentions, all in 1 Samuel

Where it is

AnaniahMozahMozahAtarothAtarothSecuSecuAkeldamaAkeldamaManahathManahathNaiothabout 27 km across

31.83° N, 35.18° E · Located through Mizpah

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Mentioned most in

1 Samuel · 5
Counted from 5 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Naioth was a place near Ramah, a city in the territory of Benjamin, where the prophet Samuel lived with a group of prophets (1Sam. 19:18-24; 20:1). When King Saul sought to kill David, he fled to Samuel at Naioth in Ramah. Saul sent messengers to capture David, but when they arrived, they encountered the prophets prophesying with Samuel. The Spirit of God came upon the messengers, and they also prophesied. This happened three times, and when Saul himself went to Naioth, he too was overcome by the Spirit and prophesied before Samuel. This event gave rise to the saying, "Is Saul also among the prophets?" (1Sam. 19:24).

Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

Every mention

5 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

1 Samuel 5 mentions

1 Samuel 19:18Now David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.1 Samuel 19:19Saul was told, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”1 Samuel 19:22Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” One said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”1 Samuel 19:23He went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then God’s Spirit came on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.1 Samuel 20:1David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”

What the dictionary says

Dwellings, the name given to the prophetical college established by Samuel near Ramah.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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