CHAPTER 14
Now King
Hiram
of Tyre
sent
envoys
to
David,
along with cedar
logs,
stonemasons,
and carpenters,
to build
a palace for him.
And David
realized
that
the LORD
had established
him as king
over
Israel
and
had highly
exalted
his kingdom
for the sake
of His people
Israel.
When the Philistines
heard
that
David
had been anointed
king
over
all
Israel,
they
all
went
in search
of him;
but David
learned of this
and went out
to face them.
So David
inquired
of God,
“Should I go up
against
the Philistines?
Will You deliver them
into my hand?”
“Go,”
replied
the LORD,
“for I will deliver them
into your hand.”
So David and his men went up
to
Baal-perazim,
where he
defeated
the Philistines
and
said,
“Like a bursting
flood,
God
has burst out
against my enemies
by my hand.”
So
they called
that
place
Baal-perazim.
So David
again
inquired
of God,
who
answered
him,
“Do not
march up
after them,
but circle around
them
and attack
them
in front of
the balsam trees.
As soon as
you hear
the sound
of marching
in the tops
of the balsam trees,
then
move out
to battle,
because this will mean that
God
has marched out
before you
to strike
the camp
of the Philistines.”
So David
did
as
God
had commanded him,
and they struck down
the army of
the Philistines
all the way
from Gibeon
to Gezer.