12 Next among the famous “Three” was Eleazar son of Dodo, of the clan of Ahoh.
13 He fought on David's side against the Philistines at the battle of Pas Dammim. He was in a barley field when the Israelites started to run away,
14 so he and his men made a stand in the middle of the field and fought the Philistines. The Lord gave him a great victory.
15 One day three of the thirty leading soldiers went to a rock where David was staying near the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was camping in the Valley of Rephaim.
16 At that time David was on a fortified hill, and a group of Philistines had occupied Bethlehem.
17 David got homesick and said, “How I wish someone would bring me a drink of water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem!”
18 The three famous soldiers forced their way through the Philistine camp, drew some water from the well, and brought it back to David. But he would not drink it; instead he poured it out as an offering to the Lord