16 When the messengers entered David’s house, they found just an idol on the bed with goats’ hair on its head.
17 Saul said to Michal, “Why did you trick me this way? You let my enemy go so he could run away!”Michal answered Saul, “David told me if I did not help him escape, he would kill me.”
18 After David had escaped from Saul, he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him everything Saul had done to him. Then David and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
19 Saul heard that David was in Naioth at Ramah.
20 So he sent messengers to capture him. But they met a group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing there leading them. So the Spirit of God entered Saul’s men, and they also prophesied.
21 When Saul heard the news, he sent more messengers, but they also prophesied. Then he sent messengers a third time, but they also prophesied.
22 Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah, to the well at Secu. He asked, “Where are Samuel and David?”The people answered, “In Naioth at Ramah.”