¹³ Three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

¹ David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

¹⁸ Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁵ the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

³⁵ Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

²² The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁵ Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁶ David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

¹⁷ David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

¹⁸ The three broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh,

¹⁹ and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

⁹ Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.

⁵ It shall be as when the harvester gathers the standing grain, and his arm reaps the ears; yes, it shall be as when one gleans ears in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁵ I will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah, He who is the glory of Israel will come to Adullam.