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

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

If your father misses me at all, tell him, 'David earnestly asked my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because an annual sacrifice is being made there for his whole clan.'

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

They took Asahel and buried him in his father's tomb at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and arrived at Hebron by daybreak.

At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

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

So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the LORD .

Among the Thirty were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.

The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,

Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and father of Bethlehem.

At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

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

So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the LORD .

The mighty men were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

the men of Bethlehem 123

the men of Bethlehem and Netophah 188

And they went on, stopping at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem on their way to Egypt