And he passed through (A)the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of (B)Shalishah, but they did not find them. And they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they passed through the land of Benjamin, but did not find them.

When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant[a] who was with him, “Come, let us go back, (C)lest my father cease to care about the donkeys and become anxious about us.” But he said to him, “Behold, there is (D)a man of God in this city, and he is a man who is held in honor; (E)all that he says comes true. So now let us go there. Perhaps he can tell us the way we should go.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 9:5 Hebrew young man; also verses 7, 8, 10, 27

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