Discovery Box1 Samuel 9:4 
Context9:4 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 9:16
Context9:16 “At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate 2 him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”
1 Samuel 10:2
Context10:2 When you leave me today, you will find two men near Rachel’s tomb at Zelzah on Benjamin’s border. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you have gone looking for have been found. Your father is no longer concerned about the donkeys but has become anxious about you two! 3 He is asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
1 Samuel 10:21
Context10:21 Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the family of Matri was chosen by lot. At last Saul son of Kish was chosen by lot. But when they looked for him, he was nowhere to be found.
1 Samuel 13:2
Context13:2 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; 4 the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. 5 He sent all the rest of the people back home. 6
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “anoint.”
3 sn In the Hebrew text the pronoun you is plural, suggesting that Saul’s father was concerned about his son and the servant who accompanied him.
4 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
5 tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “each one to his tents.”
