1 Chronicles 14:14

14 Then David inquired again of God. And God said to him, "You shall not go up after them. Go around from before them and come against them the opposite [way] of the balsam 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 abandoned their gods there. And David commanded, and they were burnt with fire.

13 Then the Philistines {carried out another raid} in the valley.

14 Then David inquired again of God. And God said to him, "You shall not go up after them. Go around from before them and come against them the opposite [way] of the balsam trees.

15 And it shall be [that] when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then go out into battle, for God goes out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines."

16 And David did as God commanded him, and they struck the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon to Gezer.