³ Now the donkeys^(A) belonging to Saul’s father Kish were lost, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants with you and go and look for the donkeys.” ⁴ So he passed through the hill^(B) country of Ephraim and through the area around Shalisha,^(C) but they did not find them. They went on into the district of Shaalim, but the donkeys^(D) were not there. Then he passed through the territory of Benjamin, but they did not find them.

⁵ When they reached the district of Zuph,^(E) Saul said to the servant who was with him, “Come, let’s go back, or my father will stop thinking about the donkeys and start worrying^(F) about us.”