^{19 Ref} And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said unto David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

^{20 Ref} And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, Jehovah hath broken mine enemies before me, like the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.

^{21 Ref} And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away.

^{22 Ref} And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

^{23 Ref} And when David inquired of Jehovah, he said, Thou shalt not go up: make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.

^{24 Ref} And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is Jehovah gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

^{25 Ref} And David did so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gezer.