1 Samuël 19:18

18 Alzo vluchtte David en ontkwam, en hij kwam tot Samuel te Rama, en hij gaf hem te kennen al wat Saul hem gedaan had; en hij en Samuel gingen heen, en zij bleven te Najoth.

1 Samuël 19:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 19:18

So David fled and escaped
Fled from his own house, and escaped falling into the hands of the messengers of Saul, and so of Saul himself:

and came to Samuel to Ramah;
the place where Samuel dwelt: to him David chose to come, by whom he had been anointed king, that his faith might be strengthened by him with respect to the kingdom, which might be weakened by what had happened to him; and that he might have some advice and direction from him what he should do, and what course he should take in his present circumstances, and that he might receive some comfort from him under his present troubles:

and told him all that Saul had done to him;
how he had spoken to his servants to kill him, had cast a javelin at him himself, and had sent messengers to his house to slay him:

and he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth;
which was in or near to Ramah, as appears by ( 1 Samuel 19:19 ) ; which perhaps was a more retired place, and so chosen for the sake of conversation between them, or reckoned a more safe place. Here being a school or college of the prophets, might be a kind of an asylum, and where it might be thought Saul would not attempt to lay hands on David, should he know where he was; for if the Philistines gave no disturbance to the hill of God, and the prophets in it, ( 1 Samuel 10:5 ) ; it might be reasonably concluded Saul would not; so the Targum paraphrases it, "he and Samuel went and dwelt in the house of doctrine", or in the school, the school of the prophets. R. Abimi the Nothite, or Naiothite, mentioned in the Talmud {i}, is supposed ^F11 to be of this place; it is said ^F12 to be six miles from Jerusalem to the north.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 T. Bab. Sabbat, c. 1. fol. 17. 2. Avodah Zarah, c. 2. fol. 36. 1.
F11 Aruch in voce (twwn) , fol. 98. 4. Juchasin, fol. 74. 2.
F12 Adrichom, Theatrum T. S. fol. 28. 2.

1 Samuël 19:18 In-Context

16 Als de boden kwamen, zo ziet, er was een beeld in het bed, en er was een geitenvel aan zijn hoofdpeluw.

17 Toen zeide Saul tot Michal: Waarom hebt gij mij alzo bedrogen en hebt mijn vijand laten gaan, dat hij ontkomen is? Michal nu zeide tot Saul: Hij zeide tot mij: Laat mij gaan, waarom zou ik u doden?

18 Alzo vluchtte David en ontkwam, en hij kwam tot Samuel te Rama, en hij gaf hem te kennen al wat Saul hem gedaan had; en hij en Samuel gingen heen, en zij bleven te Najoth.

19 En men boodschapte Saul, zeggende: Zie, David is te Najoth, bij Rama.

20 Toen zond Saul boden heen, om David te halen; die zagen een vergadering van profeten, profeterende, en Samuel, staande, over hen gesteld; en de Geest Gods was over Sauls boden, en die profeteerden ook.