Bible verse
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
2 Samuel 23:15 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Samuel 23.
11 And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
12 But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great victory.
13 At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
14 At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
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!”
16 So 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,
17 saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
18 Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
19 Was he not more honored than the Three? And he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
KJV
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!
ASV
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!
ERV
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!
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