¹⁰ And David inquired of God, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up, and I will give them into your hand.”

¹⁴ And when David again inquired of God, ^(A)God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; go around and come against them opposite the balsam trees.