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Land of Shaalim

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Named at 1 Samuel 9:4, after Kish tells Saul his son to go look for the lost donkeys (9:3): “He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn’t find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and they weren’t there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn’t find them.”

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  • 1SA 9:3–5, engwebp

    3The donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, “Now take one of the servants with you, and arise, go look for the donkeys.”

    4He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn’t find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and they weren’t there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn’t find them.

    5When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come! Let’s return, lest my father stop caring about the donkeys and be anxious for us.”

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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Shaalim” by name and 1 shared verse. The leading identification is another name for Shual (confidence 417 of 1000). The area the dataset gives is more than 0 km in radius, so no point is drawn for it. 1 other identification is listed too.

AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-29

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Entry: Land of Shaalim (place-land-of-shaalim)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/land-of-shaalim
Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 9:4, after Kish tells Saul his son to go look for the lost donkeys (9:3): “He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn’t find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and they weren’t there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn’t find them.”
Cited evidence: 1SA 9:3–5, engwebp
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