1 Samuel 19

1 Samuel 19

- v18 So David fled and escaped, and went to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth.

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David is now fleeing from Saul, who is out to persecute/kill him even though he had sworn not to after Johnathan had persuaded him.

And this time, his own army is out to get him. And Samuel brought him to Naioth in Ramah.

Interestingly,

Naioth means to rest (as at home); causatively (through the implied idea of beauty, to celebrate (with praises)

Ramah means to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively):--bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up

So what do you do when the world persecutes you?

REST, SING PRAISES, AND BE LIFTED UP.

Saul himself went to Naioth in Ramah, and with the Spirit of God stopped him from killing David.