Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
We have here a short account of the further good services that Samuel did to Israel. Having parted them from their idols, and brought them home to their God, he had put them into a capacity of receiving further benefits by his ministry. Having prevailed in that, he becomes, in other instances, a great blessing to them; yet, writing it himself, he is brief in the relation.
Commenting on 1 Samuel 7:13-17
And his return was to Ramah,.... When he had gone his circuit, he came back to this city, which was his native place, and where his father and mother had dwelt, see Sa1 1:1. for there was his house; and his father's house before him, and perhaps the same, Sa1 1:19 and there he judged Israel; here was his fixed residence, and here he was...
And his return [was] to Ramah; for there [was] his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. (i) Which was not contrary to the Law: for as yet a certain place was not appointed.