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And David inquired of God, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?" And the LORD said to him, "Go up, and I will give them into your hand."
11
And he went up to Baal-perazim, and David struck them down there. And David said, "God has broken through my enemies by my hand, like a bursting flood." Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim.
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And they left their gods there, and David gave command, and they were burned.
13
And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.
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And when David again inquired of God, God said to him, "You shall not go up after them; go around and come against them opposite the balsam trees.
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