Reference: Shual, The Land Of
Easton
land of the fox, a district in the tribe of Benjamin (1Sa 13:17); possibly the same as Shalim (1Sa 9:4), in the neighbourhood of Shaalabbin (Jos 19:42).
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Fausets
1Sa 13:17; from shual, "jackal", or else "the hollow land." Shual was the land where one of the three parties of Philistine marauders went (1Sa 13:17). In the same direction as Ophrah, Taiyibeh; therefore N. of Michmash. Possibly "the land of Shalim" (1Sa 9:4). The wild region E. of Taiyibeh, containing a ravine named that of "hyenas."
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Smith
Shu'al, The land of,
a district named in
only. It is pretty certain from the passage that it lay north of Michmash. If therefore it be identical with the "land of Shalim"
--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.