1 Chronicles 11:17

And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, that is in the gate?

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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, that is at the gate!

In Context

16And David was then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

18And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and they drew water out of the well that was in Bethlehem, which was in the gate, and they took it, and came to David: but David would not drink it, and poured it out to the Lord, and said,

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:15And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink out of the well that is in Bethlehem by the gate? now the band of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

Psalms 60:9So will I sing to thy name forever and ever, 1 That I may daily perform my vows.

Psalms 143:6Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: 1 Send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them. 1

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 11:11-47

David's Mighty Men. ( b. c. 1048.) 10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel. 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.… Read the whole commentary →

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