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# three mighty men
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"3 mighty men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# broke through the army of the Philistines
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"fought their way through the army of the Philistines"
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# the well of Bethlehem, the well at the gate
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These two phrases refer to the same well. The second specifies which well in Bethlehem. See how you translated a similar phrase in [1 Chronicles 11:17](./15.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# he poured it out to Yahweh
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This means that he poured out the water as an offering to Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# May it be that I should never do this!
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"May I never do something like this!" or "This is something I should never do!"
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# Should I drink the blood of these men who have risked their lives?
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David speaks of the water as if it were blood because the men risked their lives to bring the water to him. He uses a question to emphasize this. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "I should not drink this water, which would be like drinking the blood of these men who have risked their lives to bring it to me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blood]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]] |