⁴ So he passed through the hill^(A) country of Ephraim and through the area around Shalisha,^(B) but they did not find them. They went on into the district of Shaalim, but the donkeys^(C) were not there. Then he passed through the territory of Benjamin, but they did not find them.

Feeding of a Hundred

⁴² A man came from Baal Shalishah,^(A) bringing the man of God twenty loaves^(B) of barley bread^(C) baked from the first ripe grain, along with some heads of new grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” Elisha said.

³³ And Eleazar son of Aaron^(A) died and was buried at Gibeah,^(B) which had been allotted to his son Phinehas^(C) in the hill country^(D) of Ephraim.

²³ Now John^(A) also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized.

A Levite and His Concubine

19 In those days Israel had no king.

Now a Levite who lived in a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim^(A) took a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.^(B)

Micah’s Idols

17 Now a man named Micah^(A) from the hill country of Ephraim

¹⁸ After Jacob came from Paddan Aram,^[a](A) he arrived safely at the city of Shechem^(B) in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.