1 Samuel 9:4

9:4 So Saul ¹  crossed through the hill country of Ephraim, passing through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. So they crossed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he crossed through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.

1 Samuel 13:2

13:2 Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; ²  the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. ³  He sent all the rest of the people back home. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 26:20

26:20 Now don’t let my blood fall to the ground away from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has gone out to look for a flea the way one looks for a partridge ⁵  in the hill country.”

1 Samuel 27:11

27:11 Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking, “This way they can’t tell on us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” Such was his practice the entire time ⁶  that he lived in the country of the Philistines.

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¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

³ tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “each one to his tents.”

⁵ tn Heb “the calling [one],” which apparently refers to a partridge.

⁶ tn Heb “all the days.”