1 Chronicles 11:16
1 Chronicles 11:15-19 The Message (MSG)
The Big Three from the Thirty made a rocky descent to David at the Cave of Adullam while a company of Philistines was camped in the Valley of Rephaim. David was holed up in the Cave while the Philistines were prepared for battle at Bethlehem. David had a sudden craving: “What I wouldn’t give for a drink of water from the well in Bethlehem, the one at the gate!” The Three penetrated the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the Bethlehem gate, shouldered it, and brought it to David. And then David wouldn’t drink it! He poured it out as a sacred offering to GOD, saying, “I’d rather be damned by God than drink this! It would be like drinking the lifeblood of these men—they risked their lives to bring it.” So he refused to drink it. These are the kinds of things that the Big Three of the Mighty Men did.
1 Chronicles 11:16 King James Version (KJV)
And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Beth-lehem.
1 Chronicles 11:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 11:16 New Century Version (NCV)
At that time David was in a stronghold, and some of the Philistines were in Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 11:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
1 Chronicles 11:16 New International Version (NIV)
At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 11:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 11:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem.