2 Samuel 23:17

And he said, be it far from me, O Lord, that one should do this ,.... Drink of the water these men had brought him:

is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives ? who risked the shedding of their blood, and went in danger of their lives to get it:

therefore he would not drink it : some compare with this the story of Alexander F4 Curt. Hist. l. 7. c. 5. to whom a vessel of water was offered when in extreme thirst, which he refused, because he could not bear to drink it alone, and so small a quantity could not be divided among all about him; but the reasons are not the same:

these things did these three mighty men ; which made them very famous.