Lives valued above the drink

David at Hebron, Zion, and His Mighty Men · 1 Chronicles 11

Story guide: David refuses to drink water gained at the risk of these warriors’ lives. The portrait follows his pouring it out, preserving the reason and the recorded deed.

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19And he said, “Far be it from me, by my God, to do this! Shall I drink the blood of these men at the cost of their lives? For they brought it at the cost of their lives.” So he was not willing to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

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