2 Samuel 5:17-24

2 Samuel 5:17-24

[17] But when the Philistines  heard  that they had anointed  David  king  over Israel,  all the Philistines  came up  to seek  David;  heard  of it, and went down  to the hold.  [18] The Philistines  also came  and spread  themselves in the valley  of Rephaim.  [19] And David  enquired  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  the Philistines  into thine hand.  [20] And David  came  to Baalperazim,  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  Baalperazim.  [21] And there they left  their images,  and David  and his men  burned  them. [22] And the Philistines  came up  yet again,  and spread  themselves in the valley  of Rephaim.  [23] And when David  enquired  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.  [24] And let it be, when thou hearest  the sound  of a going  in the tops  of the mulberry trees,  that then thou shalt bestir  thyself: for then shall the LORD  go out  before  thee, to smite  the host  of the Philistines.