1 Samuel 9:4

וַיַּעֲבֹר בְּהַר ־ אֶפְרַיִם וַיַּעֲבֹר בְּאֶֽרֶץ ־ שָׁלִשָׁה וְלֹא מָצָאוּ וַיַּעַבְרוּ בְאֶֽרֶץ ־ שַׁעֲלִים וָאַיִן וַיַּעֲבֹר בְּאֶֽרֶץ ־ יְמִינִי וְלֹא מָצָֽאוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3וַתֹּאבַדְנָה הָאֲתֹנוֹת לְקִישׁ אֲבִי שָׁאוּל וַיֹּאמֶר קִישׁ אֶל ־ שָׁאוּל בְּנוֹ קַח ־ נָא אִתְּךָ אֶת ־ אַחַד מֵֽהַנְּעָרִים וְקוּם לֵךְ בַּקֵּשׁ אֶת ־ הָאֲתֹנֹֽת ׃

5הֵמָּה בָּאוּ בְּאֶרֶץ צוּף וְשָׁאוּל אָמַר לְנַעֲרוֹ אֲשֶׁר ־ עִמּוֹ לְכָה וְנָשׁוּבָה פֶּן ־ יֶחְדַּל אָבִי מִן ־ הָאֲתֹנוֹת וְדָאַג לָֽנוּ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 33:18וַיָּבֹא יַעֲקֹב שָׁלֵם עִיר שְׁכֶם אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן בְּבֹאוֹ מִפַּדַּן אֲרָם וַיִּחַן אֶת ־ פְּנֵי הָעִֽיר ׃

Judges 17:1וַֽיְהִי ־ אִישׁ מֵֽהַר ־ אֶפְרָיִם וּשְׁמוֹ מִיכָֽיְהוּ ׃

1 Samuel 1:1וַיְהִי אִישׁ אֶחָד מִן ־ הָרָמָתַיִם צוֹפִים מֵהַר אֶפְרָיִם וּשְׁמוֹ אֶלְקָנָה בֶּן ־ יְרֹחָם בֶּן ־ אֱלִיהוּא בֶּן ־ תֹּחוּ בֶן ־ צוּף אֶפְרָתִֽי ׃

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 9:4-11

Saul Seeks His Father's Asses; Saul Goes to Seek Samuel. ( b. c. 1075.) 3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. 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. 5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph,… Read the whole commentary →

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