David's Mighty Men

Check this out from 2 Samuel 23:
(Context - David had been annointed but was not yet King. King Saul was purusing him through the wilderness. For 7 years David evaded capture and moved from cave to cave with his 600 men. Saul had 3,000 men after him. The cave at Adullam was their headquarters. Israel was also under attack. David's home town of Bethlehem had been captured. The New King James Version describes his elite fighting men "Mighty Men").

13 Once during harvesttime, when David was at the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty – an elite group among David's fighting men) went down to meet him there. 14 David was staying in the stronghold at the time, and a Philistine detachment had occupied the town of Bethlehem. 15 David remarked longingly to his men, "Oh, how I would love some of that good water from the well in Bethlehem, the one by the gate." 16 So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out before the LORD. 17 "The LORD forbid that I should drink this!" he exclaimed. "This water is as precious as the blood of these men who risked their lives to bring it to me." So David did not drink it. This is an example of the exploits of the Three.

NOW THAT'S DEVOTION