2 Samuel 23:15

23:15 David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate!”

2 Samuel 19:8

19:8 So the king got up and sat at the city gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city gate, they ¹  all came before him.

David Goes Back to Jerusalem

But the Israelite soldiers ²  had all fled to their own homes. ³ 

2 Samuel 23:16

23:16 So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate. They carried it back to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord

[19:8]  ¹ tn Heb “all the people.”

[19:8]  ² tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” (see 18:16-17).

[19:8]  ³ tn Heb “had fled, each to his tent.”