King James Version with Apocrypha
"And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, that is at the gate!"
— 1 Chronicles 11:17, King James Version with Apocrypha
“And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, that is at the gate!”
“And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! ”
“David longed, and said, "Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!"”
“David was thirsty and said,“How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate!””
“And David longed, and said: O that some man would give me water of the cistern of Bethlehem, which is in the gate.”
“And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of the water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem by the doorway into the town!”
And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great deliverance.
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Beth–lehem.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, that is at the gate!
And the three 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: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord,
And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.