2 Samuel 23:15-17

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁵ And David said longingly, “O that some one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!” ¹⁶ Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took and brought it to David. But he would not drink of it; he poured it out to the Lord, ¹⁷ and said, “Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.