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but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father's flock at Bethlehem.

Saul asked him, "Whose son are you, young man?" And David answered, "I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem."

"If your father misses me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked permission from me to go to Bethlehem, his city, because it is the yearly sacrifice there for the entire family.'

Jonathan answered Saul, "David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem.

And they picked up [the body of] Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men walked all night and they arrived in Hebron at daybreak.

David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

And David had a craving and said, "Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!"

So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem by the gate, and carried and brought it to David. But he would not drink it, but poured it out [in worship] to the LORD.

Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; then Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

Salma the father of Bethlehem and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

The sons (descendants) of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the eldest of Ephrathah (Ephrath), the father of Bethlehem.

David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem.

David had a craving and said, "Oh that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem, which is next to the gate!"

Then the three [mighty men] broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was next to the gate, and brought it to David. But David would not drink it; he poured it out to the LORD [as an offering];

Now the mighty men of the armies were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

the men of Bethlehem, 123;

the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;

And they went and stayed in Geruth [the lodging place of] Chimham, which is near Bethlehem, intending to go to Egypt