2 Samuel 23
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2 Samuel 23:9-16

9Next in rank to him was Eleazar, another one of the three fighting men. He was the son of Dodo and grandson of Aho. Eleazar was with David at Pas Dammim  when the Philistines gathered there for battle. When the soldiers from Israel retreated,

10he attacked and killed Philistines until his hand got tired and stuck to his sword. So the Lord won an impressive victory that day. The army returned to Eleazar, but they only returned to strip the dead.

11Next in rank to him was Shammah, the son of Agee from Harar. The Philistines had gathered at Lehi, where there was a field of ripe lentils. When the troops fled from the Philistines,

12he stood in the middle of the field and defended it by killing Philistines. So the Lord won an impressive victory.

13At harvest time three of the thirty leading men came to David at the cave of Adullam when a troop from the Philistine army was camping in the valley of Rephaim.

14While David was in the fortified camp, Philistine troops were at Bethlehem.

15When David became thirsty, he said, “I wish I could have a drink of water from the well at the city gate of Bethlehem.”

16So the three fighting men burst into the Philistine camp and drew water from the well. They brought it to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out ⌞as an offering⌟ to the Lord and said,

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