2nd Samuel Chapter 23 verse 15 Holy Bible
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!
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And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town!
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And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate!
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And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
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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!
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David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
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and David longeth and saith, `Who doth give me a drink of the water of the well of Beth-Lehem, which `is' by the gate?'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - The well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate. Bethlehem is now supplied with water by an aqueduct, and the wells close to the town have ceased to exist. The cistern of "deep, clear, cool water," descsribed by Ritter, in his 'Geography of Palestine,' and now called David's Well, is three quarters of a mile to the north of Bethlehem, and too distant to be that which David meant.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) The well of Bethlehem.--There are now no wells of living water at Bethlehem itself, the town being supplied by an aqueduct. Robinson could find none in the neighbourhood, and was assured that none existed (Bib. R. ii. 157-163); but Ritter (Geog. of Pal. iii. 340) says that a little north of the town "is" David's well, "with its deep shaft and its clear cool water."
