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David inquired of God, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will You give them into my hand?" Then the LORD said to him, "Go up, for I will give them into your hand."
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So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there; and David said, "God has broken through my enemies by my hand, like the breakthrough of waters." Therefore they named that place Baal-perazim.
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They abandoned their gods there; so David gave the order and they were burned with fire.
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The Philistines made yet another raid in the valley.
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David inquired again of God, and God said to him, "You shall not go up after them; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees.