1 Chronicles 14:12

1 Chronicles 14:8-17

⁸The Philistines heard that David had been anointed as king over all Israel, and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it and went out before them. ⁹The Philistines had come and made a raid in the Valley of Rephaim. ¹⁰David inquired of Elohim, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?” YHWH said to him, “Go up, and I will give them into your hand.” ¹¹They went up to Baal-perazim, and David struck them there; and David said, “Elohim has made a breach in my enemies by my hand, like a breach of waters.” Therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim. ¹²They abandoned there their gods, and David gave the order, and they were burned with fire. ¹³Once more the Philistines made a raid in the valley. ¹⁴David inquired again of Elohim, and Elohim said to him, “You shall not go up after them; circle around away from them and come at them opposite the balsam trees. ¹⁵And it will be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall go out to war, for Elohim will have gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” ¹⁶David did as Elohim had commanded him, and they struck the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer. ¹⁷The name of David went out into all the lands, and YHWH put the dread of him on all the nations.

2 Samuel 5:17-25

¹⁷When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David as king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it and went down to the stronghold. ¹⁸Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. ¹⁹David inquired of YHWH, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?” YHWH said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.” ²⁰David came to Baal-perazim, and David struck them there; and he said, “YHWH has made a breach in my enemies before me, like a breach of waters.” Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim. ²¹They abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away. ²²The Philistines came up yet again and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. ²³David inquired of YHWH, and he said, “You shall not go up; circle around behind them and come at them opposite the balsam trees. ²⁴And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then act decisively, for then YHWH will have gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” ²⁵David did so, as YHWH had commanded him, and he struck the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.