2 Samuel 23:15

David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

In Context

14At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.

16So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,

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Cross References

Genesis 35:19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

Psalms 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 23:9-39

David's Mighty Men. ( b. c. 1054.) 8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. 9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: 10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his… Read the whole commentary →

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