1 Chronicles 11:17

17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that [is] at the gate!

1 Chronicles 11:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 11:17

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 11:1)

1 Chronicles 11:17 In-Context

15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
16 And David [was] then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison [was] then at Beth-lehem.
17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that [is] at the gate!
18 And the three broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that [was] by the gate, and took [it], and brought [it] to David: but David would not drink [of] it, but poured it out to the LORD,
19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
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