2 Samuel 23:15
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!
David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- longed
- Numbers 11:4, 5; Psalm 42:1, 2; Psalm 63:1; Psalm 119:81; Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 44:3; John 4:10, 14; John 7:37
- Bethlehem
- Bethlehem signifies the "house of bread," and the place was likewise noted for excellent water. There Christ was born, who is the "bread of life," and who also gives us the "water of life." "The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."
- John 4:14