"And David {was} then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines {was} then {in} Bethlehem." — 2 Samuel 23:14

2 Samuel 23:14 · KJV

“And David {was} then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines {was} then {in} Bethlehem.”

— 2 Samuel 23:14

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. {three...: or, the three captains over the thirty}

Verse 15

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which {is} by the gate!

2 Samuel 23 — Context

But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.

And David {was} then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines {was} then {in} Bethlehem.

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which {is} by the gate!

And the three mighty men brake through the host 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: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.

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.

1 Samuel 24:22

And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.

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:

1 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.

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. {was...: Heb. did stink}

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.

1 Samuel 13:23

And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. {garrison: or, standing camp}

1 Chronicles 12:16

And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.

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