1 Chronicles 11:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

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 broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and they brought it to David. But David would not drink of it; he poured it out to the Lord

Psalm 143:6

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

Psalm 60:9

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

Psalm 63:1

O God, you are my God; 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.

Isaiah 12:3

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

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.”

John 4:14

but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”