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2 Samuel 5:19-23

2 Samuel 5:19

So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You hand them over to me?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly hand the Philistines over to you.”

2 Samuel 5:20

Then David came to Baal-perazim and defeated them there; and he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters.” Therefore he named that place Baal-perazim.

2 Samuel 5:21

And the Philistines abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.

2 Samuel 5:22

Now the Philistines came up once again and overran the Valley of Rephaim.

2 Samuel 5:23

So David inquired of the Lord, but He said, “You shall not go directly up; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the baka-shrubs.