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And David longed, and said, "Oh that one would give me a drink of the water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!"
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And the three mighty men broke 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.
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And he said, "Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this. Is not this the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?" Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
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And Abishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had the name among three.
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Was he not most honorable of three? Therefore he was their captain; however he attained not unto the first three
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab. He went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.
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And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man; and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but he went down to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear
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These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and had the name among three mighty men.
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He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
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Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,