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15 David said longingly,[a]Oh that someone would bring me a drink[b] of water from the well of Bethlehem that is at the gate.” 16 So three of the mighty warriors broke into the camp of the Philistines, and they drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was at the gate, and they carried it and brought it to David. But he was not willing to drink it, but poured it out to Yahweh. 17 He said, “Far be it from me before Yahweh that I should do this. Is this not the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” So he was not willing to drink it. These things the three mighty warriors did.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:15 Literally “desired and said”
  2. 2 Samuel 23:15 Literally “Who will let me drink …?”