"When you gofrom me today,then you will findtwomencloseto Rachel'stombin the territoryof Benjaminat Zelzah;and they will sayto you, 'The donkeyswhichyou wentto lookfor have been found.Now behold,your fatherhas ceasedto be concernedabout the donkeysand is anxiousfor you, saying,"Whatshall I doabout my son?"'
Then they journeyedfrom Bethel;and when there was stillsomedistanceto goto Ephrath,Rachelbegan to givebirthand she sufferedseverelabor.
"Now as for me, when I camefrom Paddan,Racheldied,to my sorrow,in the landof Canaanon the journey,when there was stillsomedistanceto goto Ephrath;and I buriedher thereon the wayto Ephrath(that is, Bethlehem)."
Thussaysthe LORD,"A voiceis heardin Ramah,Lamentation[and] bitterweeping.Rachelis weepingfor her children;She refusesto be comfortedfor her children,Becausethey are nomore."
and Zelah,Haelephand the Jebusite(that is, Jerusalem),Gibeah,Kiriath;fourteencitieswith their villages.Thisis the inheritanceof the sonsof Benjaminaccording to their families.
So Saulsaidto his uncle,"He toldus plainlythat the donkeyshad been found."But he did not tellhim about the matterof the kingdomwhichSamuelhad mentioned.
