2 Samuel 23:15

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

14and, David, then was in a stronghold,—and, a garrison of Philistines, was then in Bethlehem.

16And the three mighty men brake through the camp of Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was within the gate, and bare it, and brought it in unto David,—yet would he not drink, but poured it out unto Yahweh,

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Cross References

Genesis 35:19So Rachel died,—and was buried on the way to Ephrath, the same, is Bethlehem.

Psalms 42:1As, the hart, cometh panting up to the channels of water, So my soul, panteth for thee, O God.

Psalms 119:81[KAPH.] My soul, hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word, have I hoped.

Isaiah 44:3For I will pour, Water upon the thirsty soil, and Floods upon the dry ground,—I will pour My spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring;

John 4:14But, whosoever shall drink of the water which, I, will give him, in nowise shall thirst, unto times age-abiding,—but, the water which I will give him, shall become, within him, a fountain of water, springing up unto life age-abiding.

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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