16At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.


In Context

13 He was with David at Pas Dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place where there was a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.

14 But they took their stand in the middle of the field. They defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the Lord brought about a great victory.

15 Three of the thirty chiefs came down to David to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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

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

18 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 .

1st Chronicles 11:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:16And David [was] then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison [was] then at Bethlehem.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:16And David was in a hold, and the garrison of the Philistines in Bethlehem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:16And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16And David was then in the stronghold; and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:16And David was then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Beth-lehem.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:16and David is then in the fortress, and the station of the Philistines is then in Beth-Lehem,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:16And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.