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13 Then three[a] of the thirty leaders went down and came to David at the time of the harvest[b] to the cave of Adullam, while a group of the Philistines were camping in the valley of the Rephaim. 14 Now at that time, David was in the stronghold, and a garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem at that same time. 15 David said longingly,[c]Oh that someone would bring me a drink[d] of water from the well of Bethlehem that is at the gate.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:13 So Qere; Kethib reads “thirty”
  2. 2 Samuel 23:13 Literally “to the harvest”
  3. 2 Samuel 23:15 Literally “desired and said”
  4. 2 Samuel 23:15 Literally “Who will let me drink …?”