2 Samuel 23:14
12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!
16 And the three mighty men 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: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
- KJV
- And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
- WEB
- David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
- 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 at Bethlehem.
- ÅB
- David var dengang selv i borgen, og filistrenes forpost var i Betlehem.
- OTB
- David var i festningen, og filisternes garnison var i Betlehem.
- B1930
- David var dengang selv i borgen, og filistrenes forpost var i Betlehem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 22:4–5
And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
Read in context1 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.
Read in context1 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:
Read in context1 Chronicles 12:16
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
Read in context1 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.
Read in context1 Samuel 13:23–14:1
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
Read in context1 Samuel 24:22
And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
Read in context1 Samuel 14:6
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
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