King James Version (KJV)
2 Samuel 23:15
“And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which [is] by the gate!”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 23
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
And David [was] then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines [was] then [in] Bethlehem.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which [is] by the gate!
And the three mighty men 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: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: [is not this] the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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