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1 Chronicles 14

14 One day Hiram, the king of the city of Tyre, sent ambassadors to make a peace treaty with David. Hiram agreed to provide cedar trees to make lumber, and he also agreed that he would send carpenters and stone masons to build a palace for David. 2 Because Hiram did these things, David realized that Yahweh truly wanted him to be the king of Israel. He also realized that Yahweh wanted him to be a powerful king so that he could protect the Israelites, whom Yahweh had chosen as his own people.

3 David married more women in Jerusalem. Those women gave birth to more sons and daughters for him. 4 In Jerusalem, his wives bore sons to him who had these names: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 5 Ibhar, Elishama, Elpelet, 6 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 7 Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.

8 When the Philistines learned that the Israelites had made David their king, they sent their army to try to capture him. But David learned that they were coming, and he and his soldiers went out to fight against them. 9 The Philistine army marched into the Valley of the Rephaim southwest of Jerusalem and set up its battle lines there. 10 David asked Yahweh, “Should I lead my soldiers to attack the Philistine army? Will you enable us to defeat them?”

Yahweh replied, “Yes, attack them, because I will enable your army to defeat them.”

11 So David led his army to the place that people now call Baal Perazim. They defeated the Philistines there. Then David said, “God enabled us to break through the enemy battle lines just as a flood of water breaks through a dam!” So David named that place Baal Perazim. 12 The Philistine soldiers left their idols there, and David ordered his soldiers to burn them.

13 But after that, the Philistine army set up its battle lines in the Valley of the Rephaim again. 14 So David again asked God what he should do. God told him, “Do not attack their battle lines directly. Instead, tell your soldiers to go around them. Attack them through the grove of balsam trees. 15 You will hear the sound of an army marching in the tops of the balsam trees. When you do, you will know that I, God, am going ahead of you to enable your army to defeat the Philistine army. So when you hear that sound, attack them right away.” 16 So David did what God had told him to do. His soldiers defeated the Philistine soldiers and chased them from the city of Gibeon all the way west to the city of Gezer.

17 This made David famous in the surrounding countries. Yahweh made the people of other nations afraid of him.

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1 Chronicles 14

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