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and then took its stand right in that field - and turned the tide! They slaughtered the Philistines, God helping them - a huge victory.
15
The Big Three from the Thirty made a rocky descent to David at the Cave of Adullam while a company of Philistines was camped in the Valley of Rephaim.
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David was holed up in the Cave while the Philistines were prepared for battle at Bethlehem.
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David had a sudden craving: "What I wouldn't give for a drink of water from the well in Bethlehem, the one at the gate!"
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The Three penetrated the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the Bethlehem gate, shouldered it, and brought it to David. And then David wouldn't drink it! He poured it out as a sacred offering to God,
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