2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# Now
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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The writer has ended the background information ([1 Samuel 9:1-2](./01.md)) and starts a new main part of the story.
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# arise
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"stop what you are doing"
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# the hill country of Ephraim ... the land of Shalishah ... the land of Shaalim ... the land of the Benjamites
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These are all areas in Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# did not find them ... they were not there ... did not find them
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The words "them" and "they" all refer to the donkeys.
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