a district named in (1 Samuel 13:17) only. It is pretty certain from the passage that it lay north of Michmash. If therefore it be identical with the "land of Shalim" (1 Samuel 9:4) --as is not impossible --we have the first and only clue yet obtained to Saul's journey in quest of the asses. The name Shual has not yet been identified.

Jonathan's Brave Deed
... Philistines came out of the camp in three divisions to steal whatever they could
find: one division turned toward Ophrah, in the land of Shual, another toward ...
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