⁷ for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;

⁵ Good `is' the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

³ And the people say, `Thou dost not go out, for if we utterly flee, they do not set `their' heart upon us; and if half of us die, they do not set `their' heart unto us -- for now like us `are' ten thousand; and now, better that thou be to us from the city for an helper.'

²⁷ And the watchman saith, `I see the running of the first as the running of Ahimaaz son of Zadok.' And the king saith, `This `is' a good man, and with good tidings he cometh.'

¹⁴ and David `is' then in a fortress, and the station of the Philistines `is' then in Beth-Lehem,

¹⁵ and David longeth and saith, `Who doth give me a drink of the water of the well of Beth-Lehem, which `is' by the gate?'

¹⁶ And the three mighty ones cleave through the camp of the Philistines, and draw water out of the well of Beth-Lehem, which `is' by the gate, and take `it' up, and bring in unto David; and he was not willing to drink it, and poureth it out to Jehovah,

¹⁷ and saith, `Far be it from me, O Jehovah, to do this; is it the blood of the men who are going with their lives?' and he was not willing to drink it; these `things' did the three mighty ones.

¹³ greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

²⁴ because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord.

⁴ who for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations --

¹⁶ in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;