Sāmǔĕrjìxià 23:17

17 Shuō , Yēhéhuá a , zhè sān gèrén mào sǐ qù dá shuǐ . zhè shuǐ hǎoxiàng tāmende xuè yìbān , wǒ duàn bù gǎn hē . rúcǐ , Dàwèi bù kĕn hē . zhè shì sān gè yǒng shì suǒ zuò de shì .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Curt. Hist. l. 7. c. 5.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 23:17 In-Context

15 Dàwèi kĕ xiǎng , shuō , shén yuàn yǒu rén jiāng Bólìhéng chéng mén páng , jǐng lǐ de shuǐ dá lái gĕi wǒ hē .

16 Zhè sān gè yǒng shì jiù chuǎng guō Fēilìshì rén de yíng pán , cóng Bólìhéng chéng mén páng de jǐng lǐ dá shuǐ , ná lái fèng gĕi Dàwèi . tā què bù kĕn hē , jiāng shuǐ diàn zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián ,

17 Shuō , Yēhéhuá a , zhè sān gèrén mào sǐ qù dá shuǐ . zhè shuǐ hǎoxiàng tāmende xuè yìbān , wǒ duàn bù gǎn hē . rúcǐ , Dàwèi bù kĕn hē . zhè shì sān gè yǒng shì suǒ zuò de shì .

18 Xǐ lǔ yǎ de érzi , Yuēyē de xiōngdi yà bǐ shāi shì zhè sān gè yǒng shì de shǒulǐng . tā jǔ qiāng shā le sān bǎi rén , jiù zaì sān gè yǒng shì lǐ dé le míng .

19 Tā zaì zhè sān gè yǒng shì lǐ shì zuì zūnguì de , suǒyǐ zuò tāmende shǒulǐng , zhǐshì bù jí qián sān gè yǒng shì .