1 Samuel 9:4 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 9:4

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.

BSB

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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.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The land of Shalisha was somewhere near Gilgal, i. e., Jiljulieh. It is thought to derive its name from “three” (Shalosh) wadys which unite in the wady of Karawa. The situation of Shalim is not known: its etymology connects it more probably with the land of Shual 1Sa 13:17, apparently round Taiyibeh, which was about nine miles from Gibeah. Zuph - 1Sa 9:5, see 1Sa 1:1 note.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But his obedience to his father in it was very commendable. Seest thou a man diligent in his business, and dutiful to his superiors, willing to stoop and willing to take pains? he does as Saul stand fair for preferment. The servant of Kish would be faithful only as a servant, but Saul as a son, in his own business, and therefore he was sent with him.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ר	vai.ya.'a.Vor	and he passed	H5674 →
בְּהַר־	be.har-	in [the] hill country of	H2022 →
אֶפְרַ֛יִם	'ef.Ra.yim	Ephraim	H669 →
וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר	vai.ya.'a.Vor	and he passed	H5674 →
בְּאֶֽרֶץ־	be.'e.retz-	in [the] land of	H776 →
שָׁלִ֖שָׁה	sha.Li.shah	Shalisha	H8031 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
מָצָ֑אוּ	ma.Tza.'u	they found [them]	H4672 →
וַיַּעַבְר֤וּ	vai.ya.'av.Ru	and they passed	H5674 →
בְאֶֽרֶץ־	ve.'e.retz-	in [the] land of	H776 →
שַׁעֲלִים֙	sha.'a.Lim	Shaalim	H8171 →
וָאַ֔יִן	va.'A.yin	and there not	H369 →
וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר	vai.ya.'a.Vor	and he passed	H5674 →
בְּאֶֽרֶץ־	be.'e.retz-	in [the] land of	H776 →
יְמִינִ֖י	ye.mi.Ni	[the] Jaminite[s]	H3227 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
מָצָֽאוּ׃	ma.Tza.'u	they found [them]	H4672 →

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Through
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.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 9:7
  “If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do…
- Matthew 14:16–21
  “They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.”
- John 6:13
  So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
Through
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.
leads to
- Acts 7:16
  Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
- Joshua 24:1
  Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
- Judges 9:1
  Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,
- John 4:5
  So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
Through
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.
leads to
- Judges 18:1
  In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among…

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 1 Samuel

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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