“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.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.