Albert Barnes Commentary 1 Samuel 25:1

"And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran." — 1 Samuel 25:1 (ASV)

In his house at Ramah - Probably in the court or garden attached to his dwelling-house. (Compare 2 Chronicles 33:20; 2 Kings 21:18; John 19:41).

The wilderness of Paran - The Septuagint has the far more probable reading “Maon.” The wilderness of Paran lay far off to the south, on the borders of the wilderness of Sinai (Numbers 10:12; 1 Kings 11:18), whereas the following verse (1 Samuel 25:2) shows that the scene is laid in the immediate neighborhood of Maon. If, however, Paran is the true reading, we must suppose that in a wide sense the wilderness of Paran extended all the way to the wilderness of Beersheba, and eastward to the mountains of Judah (marginal references).