Bible Characters & Character Studies
Naioth
First appears at 1 Samuel 19:18
First named in Scripture at 1 Samuel 19:18 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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 Samuel 19:18, 19, 22, 23), and here he passed a few weeks in peace (comp. Psalm 1 1). It was probably the common residence of the “sons of the prophets.”
Reading photograph: “Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007” — the Colosseum at dusk — by Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — resized.
