2 Samuel 23:15
King James Version
“And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which by the gate!”
Context
12But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
13And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
14And David then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines then Bethlehem.
15And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which by the gate!
16And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that by the gate, and took and brought to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
17And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
18And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, slew and had the name among three.