Quoting%20commentary for Zevachim 108:3

דרש רבא מאי דכתיב (שמואל א יט, יח) וילך דוד ושמואל וישבו בנויות ברמה וכי מה ענין נויות אצל רמה אלא שהיו יושבין ברמה ועוסקין בנויו של עולם

Raba lectured: What is meant by the verse, [And he asked and said: 'Where are Samuel and David? '] And one said: 'Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah':<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. XIX, 22.');">⁸</span> What connection then has Naioth with Ramah? It means, however, that they sat at Ramah and were engaged with the glory [beauty] of the world.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Connecting Naioth with na'eh, beautiful, glorious. The reference is to the Temple-they sought to determine its exact site.');">⁹</span> Said they, It is written, Then shalt thou arise, and ascend unto the place [which the Lord thy God shall choose]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XVII, 8.');">¹⁰</span>

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