14At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.


In Context

11 Next to him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines banded together at a place where there was a field full of lentils, Israel's troops fled from them.

12 But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field. He defended it and struck the Philistines down, and the Lord brought about a great victory.

13 During harvest time, three of the thirty chief men came down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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

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

16 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 .

2nd Samuel 23:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:14And David [was] then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines [was] then [in] Bethlehem.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:14And David was then in a hold. and there was a garrison of the Philistines then in Bethlehem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:14And 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

23:14And David was then in the stronghold; and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:14And 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

23:14And David was then in a hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:14David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:14and David is then in a fortress, and the station of the Philistines is then in Beth-Lehem,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:14And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.