All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord.

(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he used to say, “Come, and let us go to the seer”; for he who is called a prophet now was formerly called a seer.)

You must not turn aside, for then you would go after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile.

The prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah.” So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth.