1 Chronicles 14:14

14 Therefore, David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Do not go up after them; go around them to come upon them over against the mulberry trees;

1 Chronicles 14:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 14:14

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 14:1).

1 Chronicles 14:14 In-Context

12 And they left their gods there, and David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.

13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.

14 Therefore, David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Do not go up after them; go around them to come upon them over against the mulberry trees;

15 and it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle; for God shall go forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

16 David, therefore, did as God commanded him, and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.