^{15 Ref} 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!

^{16 Ref} And the three mighty men 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 he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Jehovah.

^{17 Ref} And he said, Be it far from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this: `shall I drink' the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.