2 Samuel 5:17-19

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David Defeats the Philistines

¹⁷ When the Philistines heard that David had been ·made [anointed] king over Israel, all the Philistines went to ·look for [seek; search for] him. But when David heard the news, he went down to the stronghold. ¹⁸ The Philistines ·came [arrived] and ·camped [^Lspread out] in the Valley of Rephaim. ¹⁹ David ·asked [consulted; inquired of] the Lord [^Cthrough the Urim and Thummim; Ex. 28:30; 1 Sam. 23:1–6], “Should I ·attack [^Lgo up against] the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?”

The Lord said to David, “Go [^Lup]! I will ·certainly [surely] hand them over to you.”