1 Samuel 9:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ And he passed through the mountains of Ephrayim and through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaʽ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And they passed through the hill country of Ephraim and the land of Shalishah, but did not find them. Then they went through the land of Shaalim and the land of Benjamin, but did not find them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And he passed through the hill-country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.

Common English Bible

⁴ So he traveled through the highlands of Ephraim and the land of Shalishah, but they didn’t find anything. They traveled through the land of Shaalim, but still found nothing, so they crossed back into the land of Benjamin, but they still couldn’t find the donkeys.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ and through the land of Shalishah, and had not found them, they crossed also through the land of Shaalim, and they were not there, and through the land of Benjamin, and they found nothing.

1 Samuel 9:4 Cross References

Genesis 33:18

And Yaʽ

2 Kings 4:42

Now a man came from Baʽ

John 3:23

And Yoḥ

Joshua 19:42

and Shaʽ

Joshua 24:33

And Elʽ

Judges 17:1

And there was a man from the hill country of Ephrayim, whose name was Miḵ

Judges 19:1

And it came to be in those days, when there was no sovereign in Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 1:1

And there was a certain man of Ramathayim Tsophim, of the mountains of Ephrayim, and his name was Elqanah son of Yeroḥ

1 Samuel 9:3

And the donkeys of Qish, father of Sha’ul, were lost. And Qish said to his son Sha’ul, “Please take one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys.”