2 Samuel 5:17–25

¹⁷But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, ^wand went down to the hold. ¹⁸The Philistines also came and ^xspread themselves in ^ythe valley of Rephaim. ¹⁹And David ^zinquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. ²⁰And David came to ^aBaal-perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place ^||Baal-perazim. ²¹And there they left their images, and David and his men ^b||burned them. ²²And the Philistines came up yet again, and ^xspread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. ²³And when ^cDavid inquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. ²⁴And let it be, when thou ^dhearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then ^eshall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. ²⁵And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from ^||Geba until thou come to ^fGazer.