2 Samuel 5:23 meaning and explanation
So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
2 Samuel 5:23, Berean Standard Bible
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After the Philistines spread out in the Valley of Rephaim a second time, David does not presume on his earlier victory. As king he again asks the LORD for direction, and God gives a specific and unexpected plan: not a direct assault but a flanking movement behind the enemy, striking near the balsam trees.
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