John Gill Commentary 1 Samuel 8:4

"Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;" — 1 Samuel 8:4 (ASV)

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together ,
&c.] At some place of rendezvous appointed; these were the heads of the tribes, and fathers of the houses and families of Israel, the principal persons of age and authority:

and came to Samuel unto Ramah ;
the place of his nativity and abode, and where he now dwelt, and judged Israel; they went in a very respectable body with an address to him.