1 Samuel 13:17
Good News Translation
The Philistine soldiers went out on raids from their camp in three groups: one group went toward Ophrah in the territory of Shual,

New Revised 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,

Contemporary English Version
Each day they sent out patrols to attack and rob villages and then destroy them. One patrol would go north along the road to Ophrah in the region of Shual.

New American Bible
Meanwhile, raiders left the camp of the Philistines in three bands. One band took the Ophrah road toward the district 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;

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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;

in three companies

1 Samuel 11:11 And it came to pass, when the morrow was come, that Saul put the people in three companies: and he came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and he slew the Ammonites until the day grew hot, and the rest were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

Ophrah

Joshua 18:23 And Avim and Aphara and Ophera,

Shual

Joshua 19:3 And Hasersual, Bala and Asem,

Context
Israel Without Weapons
16And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, were in Gabaa of Benjamin: But the Philistines encamped in Machmas. 17And 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;18And another went by the way of Bethoron, and the third turned to the way of the border, above the valley of Seboim towards the desert.…
Cross References
Joshua 18:23
And Avim and Aphara and Ophera,

1 Samuel 14:15
And there was a miracle in the camp, in the fields: and all the people of their garrison, who had gone out to plunder, were amazed, and the earth trembled: and it happened as a miracle from God.

1 Samuel 13:16
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