16. तो वे तीनों वीर पलिश्तियों की छावनी में टूट पड़े, और बेतलेहेम के फाटक के कुंए से पानी भरके दाऊद के पास ले आए। परन्तु उस ने पीने से इनकार किया, और यहोवा के साम्हने अर्ध करके उणडेला,
16. David did not really want this, he was only talking, but the Three Heroes fought their way through the Philistine army and got some water from the well near the city gate in Bethlehem. Then they brought the water to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it on the ground as an offering to the Lord.