1 Chronicles 11:17

English Standard Version 2016

And David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!”

Cross References

John 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

Isaiah 12:3

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Psalm 143:6

I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah

Psalm 63:1

O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

1 Chronicles 11:16

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

1 Chronicles 11:18

Then the three mighty men broke through the camp 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 it. He poured it out to the Lord

Psalm 60:9

Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?