World English Bible
2 Samuel 5:23
“When David inquired of Yahweh, he said, "You shall not go up. Circle around behind them, and attack them over against the mulberry trees.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 5
21
They left their images there; and David and his men took them away.
22
The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
23
When David inquired of Yahweh, he said, "You shall not go up. Circle around behind them, and attack them over against the mulberry trees.
24
It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall stir yourself up; for then Yahweh has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.
25
David did so, as Yahweh commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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