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1 Chronicles 11:16
“And David [was] then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison [was] then at Bethlehem.”
Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 11
And they set themselves in the midst of [that] parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved [them] by a great deliverance.
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
And David [was] then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison [was] then at Bethlehem.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that [is] at the gate!
And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that [was] by the gate, and took [it], and brought [it] to David: but David would not drink [of] it, but poured it out to the LORD,
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Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.
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