1 Samuel 9:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Saul and the servant went through the hill country of Ephraim and the territory of Shalishah, but they could not find the donkeys. Then they went through the territories of Shaalim and Benjamin, but still there was no sign of the donkeys.

Cross References

Genesis 33:18

After leaving northern Syria, Jacob arrived safely at Shechem in Canaan and set up camp outside the city.

2 Kings 4:42

A man from the town of Baal-Shalishah brought Elisha some freshly cut grain and twenty loaves of bread made from the first barley that was harvested. Elisha said, “Give it to the people so they can eat.”

John 3:23

John had not yet been put in jail. He was at Aenon near Salim, where there was a lot of water, and people were coming there for John to baptize them.

Joshua 24:33

When Eleazar the priest died, he was buried in the hill country of Ephraim on a hill that belonged to his son Phinehas.

Judges 17:1

Micah belonged to the Ephraim tribe and lived in the hill country.

Judges 19:1

Before kings ruled Israel, a Levite was living deep in the hill country of the Ephraim tribe. He married a woman from Bethlehem in Judah,

1 Samuel 1:1

Elkanah lived in Ramah, a town in the hill country of Ephraim. His great-great-grandfather was Zuph, so Elkanah was a member of the Zuph clan of the Ephraim tribe. Elkanah's father was Jeroham, his grandfather was Elihu, and his great-grandfather was Tohu.

1 Samuel 9:3

Kish owned some donkeys, but they had run off. So he told Saul, “Take one of the servants and go and look for the donkeys.”