³ Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, had wandered off. So Kish said to his son Saul, “Now take with you one of the servants and arise, go search for the donkeys.” ⁴ So he passed through ^(A)the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of ^(B)Shalishah, but they did not find them. Then they passed through the land of ^(C)Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjaminites, but they did not find them.

⁵ When they came to the land of ^(D)Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come, and let’s return, ^(E)or else my father will stop being concerned about the donkeys and will become anxious about us.”