1 Chronicles 11:17

1 Chronicles chapter 11 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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!

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

Context

v.16And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

v.17This passage

v.18And 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 thereof, but poured it out unto Jehovah,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 11:4

    And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

  • 2 Samuel 23:15

    And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

  • Psalms 63:1

    O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.

  • Psalms 42:1

    As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

  • Isaiah 12:3

    Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

  • John 4:14

    but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.