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2 Samuel 23:17

Listen to 2 Samuel 23:17
17 e disse: Longe de mim, ó Senhor, que eu tal faça! Beberia eu o sangue dos homens que foram com risco das suas vidas? De maneira que não a quis beber. Isto fizeram aqueles três valentes.

2 Samuel 23:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 23:17

And he said, be it far from me, O Lord, that one should do
this
Drink of the water these men had brought him:

[is not this] the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their
lives?
who risked the shedding of their blood, and went in danger of their lives to get it:

therefore he would not drink it:
some compare with this the story of Alexander F4 to whom a vessel of water was offered when in extreme thirst, which he refused, because he could not bear to drink it alone, and so small a quantity could not be divided among all about him; but the reasons are not the same:

these things did these three mighty men;
which made them very famous.


FOOTNOTES:

F4 Curt. Hist. l. 7. c. 5.
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2 Samuel 23:17 In-Context

15 E Davi, com saudade, exclamou: Quem me dera beber da água da cisterna que está junto a porta de Belém!
16 Então aqueles três valentes romperam pelo arraial dos filisteus, tiraram água da cisterna que está junto a porta de Belém, e a trouxeram a Davi; porém ele não quis bebê-la, mas derramou-a perante o Senhor;
17 e disse: Longe de mim, ó Senhor, que eu tal faça! Beberia eu o sangue dos homens que foram com risco das suas vidas? De maneira que não a quis beber. Isto fizeram aqueles três valentes.
18 Ora, Abisai, irmão de Joabe, filho de Zeruia, era chefe dos trinta; e este alçou a sua lança contra trezentos, e os matou, e tinha nome entre os três.
19 Porventura não era este o mais nobre dentre os trinta? portanto se tornou o chefe deles; porém aos primeiros três não chegou
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