1 Chronicles 11:15
13 He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At the place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
14 But Eleazar and David stationed themselves in the middle of the field and defended it. They struck down the Philistines, and the LORD brought about a great victory.
Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
16 At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
17 David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
- ASV
- And three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
- DARBY
- And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam, when the army of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
- BLB
- And three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the camp of the Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
- ÅB
- Engang dro tre av de tretti høvdinger ned etter berget til David, som var i hulen ved Adullam. Filistrenes hær lå da i leir i Refa'im dalen.
- OTB
- På den tiden gikk tre av de tretti høvdingene til David ved klippen,
i hulen Adullam,
mens filistrenes hær var leiret i Refa’im-dalen. - B1930
- Engang drog tre av de tretti høvdinger ned efter berget til David, som var i hulen ved Adullam. Filistrenes hær lå da i leir i Refa'im dalen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 5:18
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
Read in context1 Chronicles 14:9
Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim.
Read in contextIsaiah 17:5
as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
Read in contextJoshua 12:15
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Read in context1 Samuel 22:1
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
Read in contextMicah 1:15
I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
Read in context2 Samuel 5:22
Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
Read in context2 Samuel 23:13–39
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.
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