Naioth: meaning of the name

Places named Naioth

• Naioth

Naioth in Scripture

“Naioth” appears in 5 verses of the King James Version.

• 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?