1 Samuel 19:18
So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
David fled from Saul and escaped to Samuel at Ramah, told him all that Saul had done to him, and he and Samuel went and dwelt at Naioth, where Samuel welcomed him despite the king's anger. Ramah was Samuel's home and the location of one of the schools of the prophets, with Naioth as that prophetic school at Ramah. In Samuel's day there were two such schools, one at Ramah and the other at Kirjath-jearim where the ark was then located.
Naioth was a peaceful place of godly instruction where David learned precious lessons. It was a school of the prophets where students learned from Scripture and praised God. To protect David, God restrained Saul's murderous purpose as Saul searched for and pursued David. Saul's messengers and then Saul himself, as he came after David and came among the prophets under the powerful presence and influence of the school, were overcome by the Spirit of God and prophesied. So Saul did not capture David, and his humiliation became widely known.
The school prepared people to receive the endowment of the Holy Spirit and then to go out to spiritually dark places to carry their testimony to those willing to listen. The event illustrates the kind of God-centered education that should shape schools, where the Spirit of God is powerfully present. Saul was in an excellent condition while under that influence, but his experience was brief and not lasting, for he did not remain under it. A brief manifestation of the Spirit is not enough, and character must be formed through a continuing hold on God.