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2 Samuel 23:16-18
Contemporary English Version
2 Samuel 23:16-18
Contemporary English Version
16 The Three Warriors[a] sneaked into the Philistine camp and got some water from the well near Bethlehem's gate. But after they brought the water back to David, he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as a sacrifice 17 and said to the Lord, “I can't drink this water! It's like the blood of these men who risked their lives to get it for me.”
The Three Warriors did these brave deeds.
The Thirty Warriors
(1 Chronicles 11.20-47)
18 Joab's brother Abishai was the leader of the Thirty Warriors,[b] and in one battle he killed 300 men with his spear. He was as famous as the Three Warriors
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