2 SAMUEL 23:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.”
But David would not drink of it — he poured it out to the LORD — and said, Far be it from me, O LORD, that I should do this — Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives? — Therefore he would not drink of it — David refuses to drink water purchased by such sacrifice. His metaphor—drinking the water is like drinking his men's blood—shows profound awareness of the cost. He pours the water to the LORD as an offering.
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