When they were come to the land of Zuph— See chap. 1 Samuel 1:1. Zuph was a territory in the tribe of Ephraim, where some of Samuel's ancestors had lived; and Ramah, where Samuel now dwelt, must have been in it, as we collect from the new verse.
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1 Samuel 9:5
5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.