2 Samuel 23:14-16

Contemporary English Version

¹⁴ and had taken over Bethlehem. David was in his fortress, ¹⁵ and he was very thirsty. He said, “I wish I had a drink from the well by the gate at Bethlehem.”

¹⁶ The Three Warriors^[a] sneaked into the Philistine camp and got some water from the well near Bethlehem's gate. But after they brought the water back to David, he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as a sacrifice