^{14 Ref} David inquired again of God; and God said to him, You shall not go up after them: turn away from them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees.

^{15 Ref} It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall go out to battle; for God is gone out before you to strike the host of the Philistines.

^{16 Ref} David did as God commanded him: and they struck the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.