1 Chronicles 11:17

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^11:17David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink²⁶ from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate!”

26 Heb “Who will give me water to drink?” On the rhetorical use of מִי (mi) here, see 566 f.

And David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!”

David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

David was extremely thirsty and said, “If only someone would bring me water to drink from the well at the city gate of Bethlehem!”

David remarked longingly to his men, “Oh, how I would love some of that good water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem.”

And David had a craving, and he said, “Who could give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!”

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate!

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