Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 19:19
And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David [is] at Naioth in Ramah.
Or, near Ramah; the Hebrew preposition beth, in, being oft put for near, as it is apparently used, Num 33:37,38; Jos 5:13; Jer 20:2; 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.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And it was told Saul,…. By some officious persons who saw David at Ramah, and observed that he and Samuel went together to Naioth:
saying, behold, David [is] at Naioth, in Ramah; or near it; according to R. Isaiah, Ramah was the name of a hill, or mountain, so called from its height, and Naioth the name of a place on it; it signifies pastures and pleasant places, as meadows and pastures are; and here in the fields near Ramah was the house of doctrine, as the Targum calls it, or the school of the prophets, being pleasant and retired, and fit for study.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(19) Naioth.Naioth, or Nevaioth, as it is also written, was not a town, but, as the name denotes, a cluster of dwellings or abodes. It is derived from the verb navali, to rest or abide. Samuel had his own house in Ramah, and these dwellings, where his prophetic schools were established, were in the immediate neighbourhood, Naioth in Ramah. It was to this school he took David on this occasion. The Chaldee Targum renders or paraphrases Naioth here by house of learning.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
(19) And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. (20) And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. (21) And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. (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. (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. (24) And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
Those effects wrought upon the mind of Saul and messengers, seem to confirm what was said before, that certain impressions were wrought upon the minds of men according to the pleasure of the Lord, from the exercises of the prophets in their schools. In this instance, at least, it was made the means, in the Lord’s hands, to deliver David from the power of Saul. The Lord hath a thousand methods, in the stores of omnipotency, to answer the purposes of his grace. And he knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation. And let not the Reader be surprized that the Lord should cause the same influence to work upon the mind of Saul. In all ages, bad men have been sometimes made the unwilling instruments of his pleasure. We read of New Testament Prophets, who shall be commissioned to much good to others, but in the end be found unrenewed in themselves, and rejected of God. Mat 7:22-23 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 19:19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David [is] at Naioth in Ramah.
Ver. 19. And it was told Saul. ] By some of his Coryccei, his spies and flatters: as there is a wonderful sympathy between princes and such pests.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
1Sa 22:9, 1Sa 22:10, 1Sa 23:19, 1Sa 26:1, Pro 29:12
Reciprocal: 1Sa 20:1 – fled 1Co 14:32 – General