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2 Samuel 23:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and took it and brought it to David; but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD. "

2 Samuel 23:16

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14 David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

15 David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

16 The three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and took it and brought it to David; but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.

17 He said, “Be it far from me, LORD, that I should do this! Isn’t this the blood of the men who risked their lives to go?” Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.

18 Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.

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1 Chronicles 11:18

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1 Samuel 30:11

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1 Chronicles 14:16

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"David did as God commanded him; and they attacked the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer."

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2 Samuel 5:25

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"David did so, as the LORD commanded him, and struck the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer."

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1 Samuel 17:26

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"David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”"

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Numbers 21:16

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"From there they traveled to Beer; that is the well of which the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”"

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2 Samuel 23:1

"Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says, the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:"

2 Samuel 23:2

"“The LORD’s Spirit spoke by me. His word was on my tongue."

2 Samuel 23:3

"The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,"

2 Samuel 23:4

"shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’"

2 Samuel 23:5

"Isn’t my house so with God? Yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure, for it is all my salvation and all my desire. Won’t he make it grow?"

2 Samuel 23:6

"But all the ungodly will be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can’t be taken with the hand."

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