(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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1 Samuel 19:18–24, “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. And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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?”
David had to leave Saul’s palace if he wanted to stay alive. He went to Ramah where Samuel had gone after he told Saul that he had disqualified himself as king of Israel. Samuel had anointed David as king of Israel so David wanted to see if Samuel understood the situation at all. Both Samuel and David moved to a place called Naioth, this was in Ramah and housed a prophetic school that Samuel led. Saul sent messengers to demand that David return to the palace but when these messengers arrived the started to prophesy. This happened to a second and third set of messengers. Saul went to Ramah himself to find out why his messengers started prophesying when they should be bringing David back. When Saul got to a well near Ramah he asked some local people where Samuel and David where and they told him to go to Naioth in Ramah. When Saul arrived at the prophetic school he stripped off his clothes and began to prophesy. This was a kind of ecstatic prophecy and not a true message from the Lord to tell His people what to do. The Lord controlled Saul and Saul didn’t control the Lord.
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