1 Samuel 13:17 Raiding parties went out from the Philistine camp in three detachments. One turned toward Ophrah in the vicinity of Shual,

◄ 1 Samuel 13:17 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Raiding parties went out from the Philistine camp in three detachments. One turned toward Ophrah in the vicinity of Shual,

English Standard Version
And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual;

New American Standard Bible
And the raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual,

King James Bible
And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Raiding parties went out from the Philistine camp in three divisions. One division headed toward the Ophrah road leading to the land of Shual.

International Standard Version
Raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three companies. One company turned in the direction of Ophrah, to the land of Shual,

American Standard Version
And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there went out of the camp of the Philistines three companies to plunder. One company went towards the way of Ephra to the land of Sual;

Darby Bible Translation
And the ravagers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned the way of Ophrah, into the land of Shual;

Young's Literal Translation
And the destroyer goeth out from the camp of the Philistines -- three detachments; the one detachment turneth unto the way of Ophrah, unto the land of Shual;

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

13:15-23 See how politic the Philistines were when they had power; they not only prevented the people of Israel from making weapons of war, but obliged them to depend upon their enemies, even for instruments of husbandry. How impolitic Saul was, who did not, in the beginning of his reign, set himself to redress this. Want of true sense always accompanies want of grace. Sins which appear to us very little, have dangerous consequences. Miserable is a guilty, defenceless nation; much more those who are destitute of the whole armour of God.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

17, 18. the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies—ravaging through the three valleys which radiate from the uplands of Michmash to Ophrah on the north, through the pass of Beth-horon on the west, and down the ravines of Zeboim ("the hyænas"), towards the Ghor or Jordan valley on the east.