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1 Chronicles 11:19
“And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.”
Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 11
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,
And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew [them], and had a name among the three.
Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the [first] three.
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Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.
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