Text: 1 Chronicles 11:18-19
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 12:23-25
Subject: Water represents the blood of life (C)
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Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: David poured out the Bethlehem water before the LORD rather than drink it, equating it with the "blood" of his warriors who risked their lives (nephesh) to obtain it. Deuteronomy 12:23-25 establishes the principle that "the blood is the life" (haddam hu hannephesh) and must be poured on the ground rather than consumed. David applies this blood-prohibition theology to water acquired at the cost of human life, treating the drink as sacred precisely because nephesh—life itself—was wagered to secure it.