¹⁹ Then ^(A)David asked of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You give them into my hand?” And ^(B)Yahweh said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.”

²³ So ^(A)David asked of Yahweh, and He said, “You shall not go directly up; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the ^[a]balsam trees.