Shaalim, the land of

Saul, when searching for his father's asses, passed through the land of Shaalim (IS 9*) after he had traversed the hillcountrv of Ephraim, and the land of Shalishah, and before he readied the ' land of Jemini ' (KV and AV ' land of the IJeiijamites ') — probably part of the territory of IJenjaiuin.

If Saul started from Gibeah, and Shalishah was, aa seems probable, in thewes tern hills(seeSHALIsilAH), the land of Shaalim must have been a portion of the hill-country east of Lydda, and not far from the boundary of Benjamin. It is possible, how- ever, that Shaalim ia a textual error for Shaalbim of Jg 1", Jos 19*". See Driver, Text 0/ Sam. p. 54. C. \V. Wilson.