⁵⁰ as the Lord had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for—Timnath Serah^[a](A) in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.

The Birth of Samuel

1 There was a certain man from Ramathaim,^(A) a Zuphite^[a](B) from the hill country^(C) of Ephraim,^(D) whose name was Elkanah^(E) son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

²² When all the Israelites who had hidden^(A) in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were on the run, they joined the battle in hot pursuit.