Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.
"He and Samuel went and dwelt at Naioth"  (1 Samuel 19:18).  Samuel's first protective move after David's arrival was to change the residence of both of them to Naioth.  "No such place as that is known, but the word means `dwellings.'[15]  It is revealed a little later that it was "in Ramah"  (1 Samuel 19:22), and it seems likely that W. H. Bennett's opinion that, "It was the quarter of the town (of Ramah) inhabited by the prophets,"[16] is correct.  This, of course, would have been considered a sacred area by the people; and it seems likely that Samuel moved himself and David into that area as a protection against Saul.  However, events quickly revealed that no area, no matter how "holy," was safe from the intrusion of the murderous Saul.