1 Chronicles 14

CHAPTER 14

David Takes More Wives

^1aThen Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and craftsmen of walls and craftsmen of wood, to build a house for him.

²Thus David knew that Yahweh had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was lifted up, for the sake of His people Israel.

³Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David ¹became the father of more sons and daughters.

^4aThese are the names of the children ¹born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

⁵Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,

⁶Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

⁷Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.

David Strikes Down the Philistines

⁸Then the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, so all the Philistines went up to seek out David. And David heard of it and went out against them.

⁹Now the Philistines had come and ^amade a raid in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁰Then David asked of God, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will You give them into my hand?” And Yahweh said to him, “Go up, for I will give them into your hand.”

¹¹So they came up to ¹Baal-perazim, and there David struck them down; and David said, “God has broken through my enemies by my hand, like the breakthrough of waters.” Therefore they named that place ²Baal-perazim.

¹²And they forsook their gods there; so David said the word, and they were burned with fire.

¹³Then the Philistines ^ayet again made a raid in the valley.

¹⁴So David again asked of God, and God said to him, “You shall not go directly up after them; circle around from ¹behind them and come at them in front of the ²balsam trees.

¹⁵“And it will be that when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the ¹balsam trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God will have gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”

¹⁶Then David did just as God had commanded him, and they struck down the camp of the Philistines from ¹Gibeon even as far as Gezer.

¹⁷Then the name of David went out into all the lands; and ^aYahweh brought the dread of him on all the nations.