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Now
The writer has ended the background information (1 Samuel 9:1-2) and starts a new main part of the story.
arise
"stop what you are doing"
the hill country of Ephraim ... the land of Shalishah ... the land of Shaalim ... the land of the Benjamites
These are all areas in Israel. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
did not find them ... they were not there ... did not find them
The words "them" and "they" all refer to the donkeys.