³ When I saw that you wouldn’t help, I took my life in my hands^(A) and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave me the victory^(B) over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?”

¹⁸ Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord,^(A) “You have given your servant this great victory.^(B) Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”