11:15 Three of the thirty leaders went down to David at the rocky cliff at the cave of Adullam, while a Philistine force was camped in the Valley of Rephaim. 11:16 David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem. 1 11:17 David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink 2 from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate!”
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
2 tn Heb “Who will give me water to drink?” On the rhetorical use of מִי (mi) here, see BDB 566 s.v. f.