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1 Samuel 9:17

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When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! this same shall have authority over my people.

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Shalishah was an otherwise unidentified district in the hill country of Ephraim, while Zuph was the territory associated with Samuel’s family

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1 Samuel 9:17 mentions Shalishah and Zuph.

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