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1 Samuel 9:4

EphraimShaalimShalishah

2 And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.

3 One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”

So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.

5 When they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”

6 “Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”

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BSB
So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.
KJV
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.
WEB
He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn’t find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and they weren’t there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn’t find them.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they found [them] not; and they passed through the land of Shaalim, and they were not there; and they passed through the land of Benjamin, and they found [them] not.
BLB
And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and through the land of Shalisha, and they did not find [them]. And they passed through the land of Shaalim and [they were] not there. And he passed through the land of the Benjamite, and they did not find [them].
ÅB
Så gikk han over Efra'im-fjellet og gjennom Salisa-bygden, men de fant dem ikke; så gikk de gjennom Sa'alim-bygden, men der var de ikke; deretter gikk han gjennom Benjamins land, men de fant dem ikke der heller.
OTB
Han gikk gjennom fjellandet Efraim og gjennom landet Salisa, men de fant dem ikke. Så gikk de gjennom landet Sa'alim, og de var ikke der. Han gikk også gjennom Benjamins område, men de fant dem ikke.
B1930
Så gikk han over Efra'im-fjellet og gjennem Salisa-bygden, men de fant dem ikke; så gikk de gjennem Sa'alim-bygden, men der var de ikke; derefter gikk han gjennem Benjamins land, men de fant dem ikke der heller.

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  • 2 Kings 4:42

    Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.

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  • Joshua 24:33

    Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.

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  • Genesis 33:18

    After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.

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  • Judges 17:1

    Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim

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  • Judges 19:1

    Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a Levite who lived in the remote hill country of Ephraim took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

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  • John 3:23

    Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

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