13 Three of the Thirty chiefs went down to David in the cave of Adullam during the harvest, while a Philistine clan was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
14 David was then in the stronghold, and there was a garrison of Philistines in Bethlehem.
15 Now David had a craving and said, “If only someone would give me a drink of water from the cistern by the gate of Bethlehem!”
16 Thereupon the three warriors broke through the encampment of the Philistines, drew water from the cistern by the gate of Bethlehem, and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it, and instead poured it out to the Lord,
17 saying: “The Lord forbid that I do such a thing! Could I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives?” So he refused to drink it.
18 Abishai, the brother of Joab, son of Zeruiah, was the chief of the Thirty; he brandished his spear over three hundred whom he had slain. He made a name among the Thirty,
19 but was more famous than any of the Thirty, becoming their leader. However, he did not attain to the Three.