⁵⁰ By the Lord’s command, they gave him the city Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim,^(A) which he requested. He rebuilt the city and lived in it.

Hannah’s Vow

1 There was a man from Ramathaim-zophim^(A) in^[a] the hill country of Ephraim.^(B) His name was Elkanah^(C) son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

²² When all the Israelite men who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim^(A) heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined Saul and Jonathan in the battle.