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1 Kings 19:18

But David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel in Ramatha, and told him all that Saul had done to him: and he and Samuel went and dwelt in Najoth.

Challoner: NajothIt was probably a school or college of prophets, in or near Ramath under the direction of Samuel.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): David autem fugiens salvatus est, et venit ad Samuel in Ramatha, et nuntiavit ei omnia quæ fecerat sibi Saul : et abierunt ipse et Samuel, et morati sunt in Najoth.
Septuagint (Swete): Καὶ Δαυεὶδ ἔφυγεν καὶ διεσώθη, καὶ παραγίνεται πρὸς Σαμουὴλ εἰς Ἁρμαθάιμ, καὶ ἀπαγγέλλει αὐτῷ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ Σαούλ· καὶ ἐπορεύθη Δαυεὶδ καὶ Σαμουήλ, καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐν Ἀυὰθ ἐν Ῥαμά.
Hebrew (WLC): וְדָוִ֨ד בָּרַ֜ח וַיִּמָּלֵ֗ט וַיָּבֹ֤א אֶל שְׁמוּאֵל֙ הָרָמָ֔תָה וַיַּ֨גֶּד ל֔וֹ אֵ֛ת כָּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָֽשָׂה ל֖וֹ שָׁא֑וּל וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ הוּא֙ וּשְׁמוּאֵ֔ל וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ בנוית

The Fathers on this verse

St John Chrysostom Treatise Concerning the Christian Priesthood, Book I

What is the wrong that I have done thee, since I have determined to embark from this point upon the sea of apology? Is it that I misled you and concealed my purpose? Yet I did it for the benefit of thyself who wast deceived, and of those to whom I surrendered you by means of this deceit. For if the evil of deception is absolute, and it is never right to make use of it, I am prepared to pay any penalty you please: or rather, as you will never endure to inflict punishment upon me, I shall subject myself to the same condemnation which is pronounced by judges on evil-doers when their accusers have convicted them. …