1 Chronicles 11:17
One day David was very thirsty and said, “I wish that someone would bring me some water from the well near the gate at Bethlehem!”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
16David was in a fortress, and some of the soldiers of Philistia were occupying Bethlehem.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:15One day David very much wanted some water to drink, and said “I wish that someone would bring me some water from the well near the gate at Bethlehem!”
Psalms 60:9Because I want to defeat the people of Edom, ◄who will lead my army triumphantly to their capital city that has strong walls around it?/I want someone to lead my army triumphantly to their capital city that has strong walls around it.►” [RHQ]
Psalms 143:6I lift up my hands/arms to you while I pray; I [SYN] need you, like very dry ground needs rain [SIM]. (Think about that!)
John 4:10Jesus replied to her, “If you (sg) knew what God wanted to give you, and if you knew who I am, the one who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked me, and I would have given you water that gives life.”
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 →