Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
"They buried him in his house at Ramah."  The meaning of this is uncertain because in  2 Chronicles 3:20, it is recorded that Manasseh was buried "in his house"; but the parallel passage in  2 Kings 21:18, states that the burial was "in the garden of his house."  Furthermore, the burial of a dead body in Samuel's house would have made the place ceremonially "unclean" in perpetuity.  In the light of these reasons, we believe that Samuel was buried in the garden or the courtyard of his residence.