KJV King James Version
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.
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1 Samuel 19:22
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.
WEB World English Bible
Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” One said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”
ASV American Standard Version
Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he goeth—he also—to Ramath, and cometh in unto the great well which is in Sechu, and asketh, and saith, ‘Where are Samuel and David?’ and one saith, ‘Lo, in Naioth in Ramah.’
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 19
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?
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וַיֵּ֨לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentגַּם־H1571 · gamalsoה֜וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itהָרָמָ֗תָהH7414 · ra.mahRamahוַיָּבֹא֙H935 · boto come (in): comeעַד־H5704 · adtillבּ֤וֹרH953 · borpitהַגָּדוֹל֙H1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichבַּשֶּׂ֔כוּH7906 · se.khuSecuוַיִּשְׁאַ֣לH7592 · sha.alto askוַיֹּ֔אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֵיפֹ֥הH375 · e.phohwhere?שְׁמוּאֵ֖לH8050 · she.mu.elSamuelוְדָוִ֑דH1732 · da.vidDavidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהִנֵּ֖הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdבְּנָי֥וֹתH5121 · na.vitNaiothבָּרָמָֽה׃H7414 · ra.mahRamah
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