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Read Full Chapter (2 Samuel 23) 2 Samuel 23:13-14 KJV
"And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem."
2 Samuel Chapter 23, Verse 13-14
2 Samuel 23:13-14 in Context (Verses 10–17 KJV)
10
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
11
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.*
12
But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
13
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.*
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And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
15
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!
16
And the three mighty men brake 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: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
17
And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.