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1 Chronicles 11:16

DavidBethlehem

14 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.

15 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.

17 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!

18 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,

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BSB
At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
KJV
And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Beth-lehem.
WEB
David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem at that time.
ASV
And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
DARBY
And David was then in the stronghold; and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.
BLB
And David [was] then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines [was] then in Bethlehem.
ÅB
David var dengang selv i borgen, og filistrenes forpost var i Betlehem.
OTB
David var da i borgen, mens filistrenes garnison var stasjonert i Betlehem.
B1930
David var dengang selv i borgen, og filistrenes forpost var i Betlehem.

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  • 1 Samuel 10:5

    After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:

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  • 1 Samuel 13:23

    And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

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  • 1 Samuel 13:4

    And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

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  • 1 Samuel 23:25

    Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

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  • 1 Samuel 22:1

    David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.

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  • Psalms 142:1

    I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.

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