...brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew the water ; " but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord, and said, My GOD forbid...with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it." We see here the same sensitiveness of conscience as appears on two other occasions, where it is recorded...

...and took it, and brought it to David : but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah, and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this...lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it."2 "David was then in the hold."3 In considering the passages where this word occurs, it appears...

...pitcher—the blood of the men who in getting it had risked their lives. These are his exact words: " My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing:...they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it, but poured it out before the Lord." Now if David did that with the pure water, do you wonder that some...

...satisfy his raging thirst When the men brought the water to David, " David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord, and said, My God, forbid...they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it." Here again we come upon the line of instinct rather than upon the line of reason. David poured out...

...it, and brought it to David : but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LOED, <19> and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this...they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest. t20) And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three...

...said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men 4that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy...they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest. I20' And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three...

...poured it out to the Lord. " And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing : shall I driuk the blood of these men that have put their lives in...with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it." — I. CHRON. ii., 17-19. The work of the great masters of letters and art has mostly come to us unsigned,...

...Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord, and said, My God forbid...they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it." 1 CHRONICLES xi. 17-19. |F any of my young friends ask why I have read this long-timeago Bible-story...

...was practical. "He would not drink of it. ... My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing . . . drink the blood of these men that have put their lives...with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it." David docs not underrate the moral aspects of what had been taking place, and which was distinctly...

...practical. "He would not drink of it. . . . My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing . . . drink the blood of these men that have put their lives...with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it." David docs not underrate the moral aspects of what had been taking place, and which was distinctly...