17. Saul said to Michal, “Why did you trick me like this? You let my enemy escape, and now he is gone.” Michal answered Saul, “David told me he would kill me if I didn’t help him escape.”
18. David escaped and ran away to Samuel at Ramah. He told Samuel everything that Saul had done to him. Then David and Samuel went to the camps where the prophets stayed. David stayed there.
19. Saul heard that David was there in the camps near Ramah.
20. So he sent some men to arrest David. But when they came to the camps, there was a group of prophets prophesying. Samuel was standing there leading the group. The Spirit of God came on Saul’s messengers and they began prophesying.
21. Saul heard about this, so he sent other messengers, but they also began prophesying. So Saul sent messengers a third time, and they also began prophesying.
22. Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah. Saul came to the big well by the threshing floor at Secu. He asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” The people answered, “In the camps near Ramah.”
23. So Saul went out to the camps near Ramah. The Spirit of God came on Saul, and he also began prophesying. He prophesied all the way to the camps at Ramah.
24. Saul even took off his clothes. He lay there naked all day and through the night. So even Saul prophesied there in front of Samuel. That is why people say, “Is Saul also one of the prophets?”