One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off. Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants with you and go look for the donkeys.” Saul and his servant went through the hill country of Ephraim(A) and then through the region of Shalishah,(B) but they didn’t find them. They went through the region of Shaalim(C)—nothing. Then they went through the Benjaminite region but still didn’t find them.

When they came to the land of Zuph,(D) Saul said to the servant who was with him, “Come on, let’s go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”(E)

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