And Samuel departed to Ramatha: but Saul went up to his house in Gabaa.

And Samuel goeth to Ramath, and Saul hath gone unto his house, to Gibeah of Saul.

Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeath-shaul.

Then Samuel went away to Ramah. But Saul ascended to his house at Gibeah.

Then Samuel went to (o) Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
(o) Where his house was.

Then Samuel went to Ramah,.... His native place, and where was his usual residence:
and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul; which was also his birth place, and where was his father's house, and where he had his palace, and kept his court; and took its name from him, to distinguish it from another Gibeah; and so Josephus (w) says it was called Gabathsaoule, and was about thirty furlongs or four miles from Jerusalem.
(w) De Bello Jude. l. 5. c. 2. sect. 1.

After the prophet had thus maintained the rights of Jehovah in the presence of Saul, and carried out the ban upon Agag, he returned to his own home at Ramah; and Saul went to his house at Gibeah. From that time forward Samuel broke off all intercourse with the king whom Jehovah had rejected. "For Samuel was grieved for Saul, and it repented the Lord that he had made Saul king," i.e., because Samuel had loved Saul on account of his previous election; and yet, as Jehovah had rejected him unconditionally, he felt that he was precluded from doing anything to effect a change of heart in Saul, and his reinstatement as king.