1 Samuel 19:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Or, near Ramah; the Hebrew preposition beth, in, being oft put for near, as it is apparently used, Numbers 33:37,38 Jos 5:13 Jeremiah 20:2, Jeremiah 32:7. Naioth was either a house or college in the town of Ramah, or a village in the territory of Ramah, or near to the town of Ramah; in which there was a college of the prophets, amongst whom Samuel thought David might be secure.

1 Samuel 19:19

19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.