Naioth was a biblical place located in Ramah. The prophet Samuel and the anointed one David took refuge together there after David's escape from the jealous anger of King Saul. The word may mean "living places" or "dwellings".[1] McClintock and Strong suggest that "from an early date [Naioth] has been interpreted to mean the huts or dwellings of a school or college of prophets over which Samuel presided".[2]
Naioth is spelled Najoth in the 1899 Douay–Rheims Bible[3] and Navath in Brenton's translation of the Septuagint.[4]