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18 Then the three broke through into the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and brought it and came to David. But David would not drink it and poured it out before Yahweh. 19 And he said, “Far be it from me that I would do this before my God. Shall I drink the lifeblood of these men? For at the risk of their lives[a] they brought it.” And he was not willing to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

20 Now Abishai the brother of Joab was himself the head of the three.[b] And he roused himself with his spear against three hundred whom he killed and made a name for himself[c] among the three.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:19 Literally “against their lives”
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:20 Other manuscripts have “thirty” which makes better sense in the context
  3. 1 Chronicles 11:20 According to the reading tradition (Qere)