2 Samuel 5:19 meaning and explanation
So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
2 Samuel 5:19, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
David has just been anointed king over all Israel and has taken Jerusalem, and now the Philistines spread out against him in the Valley of Rephaim. Rather than assume God's help, he asks first whether to fight and whether God will give victory.
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