The land of, a district at which Saul and his servant arrived after passing through the possessions of Shalisha, of Shalim and of the Benjamites (1 Samuel 9:5 only). It evidently contained the city in which they encountered Samuel (1 Samuel 9:6), and that again was certainly not far from the “tomb of Rachel.” It may perhaps be identified with Soba, a well-known place about seven miles due west of Jerusalem.