Dict: easton - Naioth

easton:

Naioth @ dwellings, the name given to the prophetical college established by Samuel near Ramah. It consisted of a cluster of separate dwellings, and hence its name. David took refuge here when he fled from Saul ( kjv@1Samuel:19:18-19, 22, 23), and here he passed a few weeks in peace (comp. Psalms:11). It was probably the common residence of the "sons of the prophets."