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David Defeats the Philistines(A)

When the Philistines learned that David had been anointed king over all of Israel, all of the Philistines invaded to look for David. David heard about it and went out to fight them. Meanwhile, the Philistines had invaded and raided the Rephaim Valley. 10 So David asked God, “Am I to go out against the Philistines? Will you give me victory over them?”[a]

“Go out,” the Lord replied to him, “and I’ll put them right into your hand.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 14:10 Lit. give them into my hand