English Standard Version
1 Samuel 13:17
17And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual;
1 Samuel 13:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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:
- New International Version (NIV)Raiding parties went out from the Philistine camp in three detachments. One turned toward Ophrah in the vicinity of Shual,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned onto the road to Ophrah, to the land of Shual,
- New Living Translation (NLT)Three raiding parties soon left the camp of the Philistines. One went north toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,
Context of 1 Samuel 13:17
15And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal. The rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the army; they went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men. 16And Saul and Jonathan his son and the people who were present with them stayed in Geba of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual; 18another company turned toward Beth-horon; and another company turned toward the border that looks down on the Valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 19Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears."
Read all of 1 Samuel 131 Samuel 13:17 word by word
וַיֵּצֵ֧א הַמַּשְׁחִ֛ית מִמַּחֲנֵ֥ה פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה רָאשִׁ֑ים הָרֹ֨אשׁ אֶחָ֥ד יִפְנֶ֛ה אֶל־דֶּ֥רֶךְ עָפְרָ֖ה אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ שׁוּעָֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the spoilersשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
- came outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- of the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
- of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
- in threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
- companiesרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: groupH7218
- oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- turnedפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
- unto the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: directionH1870
- Ophrahעׇפְרָה‛ophrâh · OphrahH6084
- unto the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of Shualשׁוּעָלshû‛âl · ShualH7777
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 13:17
- 1 Samuel 11:11And the next day Saul put the people in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
- Joshua 18:23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
- Joshua 19:3Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 13:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The spoilers came out - The Philistines, finding that the Israelites durst not hazard a battle, divided their army into three bands, and sent them in three different directions to pillage and destroy the country. Jonathan profited by this circumstance, and attacked the remains of the army at Michmash, as we shall see in the succeeding chapter, 1 Samuel 14 (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17The spoilers - “The devastator:” the same word is used of the destroying Angel Exodus 12:23. The verse describes the system adopted by the Philistines by which for a time they subjugated the Israelites. From their central camp at Michmash they sent out three bands to kill and lay waste and destroy. One took a northerly direction toward Ophrah - five miles east of Bethel, identified with “Ephrain” 2 Chronicles 13:19 and the modern “Taiyibeh,” - and toward…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-23Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18Armies sent raiding groups to loot and spread fear among their enemies. These raiders went north to Ophrah, west to Beth-horon, and east to Zeboim. They avoided the south because the Israelites were strong there, and the terrain made it hard for forces to move easily (see study note on 1 Samuel 13:23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1817-18. 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.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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