1 Chronicles 11:15 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

1 Chronicles 11:15

13 He was with David at¹ Pasdammim. Now there the Philistines were gathered for battle, and there was a piece of ground full of barley. So the people fled from the Philistines.

14 But they¹ stationed themselves in the middle of that field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. So the Lord brought about a great victory.

15 Now three of the thirty chief men ^awent down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines encamped ^bin the Valley of Rephaim.

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

17 And David said with longing, “Oh, that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink . . . of the well of Beth-lehem—(See on II Samuel 23:15). This chivalrous act evinces the enthusiastic devotion of David's men, that they were ready to gratify his smallest wish at the risk of their lives. It is probable that, when uttering the wish, David had no recollection of the military posted at Beth-lehem. It is generally taken for granted that those who fought a way to the well of Beth-lehem were the three champions just mentioned [see on I Chronicles 11:13]. But this is far from being clear. On the contrary, it would seem that three different heroes are referred to, for Abishai (I Chronicles 11:20) was one of them. The camp of the Philistines was in the valley of Rephaim (I Chronicles 11:15), which lay on the west of Jerusalem, but an outpost was stationed at Beth-lehem (I Chronicles 11:16), and through this garrison they had to force a passage.

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