2 Samuel 5:17-25

¹⁷Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek out David; and when David heard about it, he went down to the stronghold. ¹⁸Now the Philistines came and overran the Valley of Rephaim. ¹⁹So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You hand them over to me?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly hand the Philistines over to you.” ²⁰Then David came to Baal-perazim and defeated them there; and he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters.” Therefore he named that place Baal-perazim. ²¹And the Philistines abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.

²²Now the Philistines came up once again and overran the Valley of Rephaim. ²³So David inquired of the Lord, but He said, “You shall not go directly up; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the baka-shrubs. ²⁴And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the baka-shrubs, then you shall act promptly, for then the Lord will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.” ²⁵Then David did so, just as the Lord had commanded him; he struck and killed the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.