David Defeats the Philistines^(A)

¹⁷ When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold.^(B)

²⁵ So David did as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines^(A) all the way from Gibeon^[a](B) to Gezer.^(C)