2 Samuel 23:15

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

Genesis 35:19

And Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem,

2 Samuel 23:16

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

1 Chronicles 11:17

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

Psalm 119:81

My soul languishes for your salvation; I hope in your word.

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 41:17

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my spirit upon your descendants and my blessing on your offspring.

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.”

John 7:37

On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me,