2Sa 5:19-25, 8:6-14, 2Ki 5:1, Psa 18:50, 33:16-18 | ESV | STEP | And David inquired of the Lord , Shall I go up against the Philistines ? Will you give them into my hand ? And the Lord said to David , Go up , for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand .

r[See ver. 3 above]

s 2 Kgs. 14:7; [Josh. 15:62]

t Gen. 25:23; 27:29, 37, 40; Num. 24:18

u Luke 4:27

v[ch. 4:13]

x Ps. 144:10

ySee Ps. 2:2

z[Ps. 89:29; 2 Sam. 7:12, 13, 29]

aa[Ps. 44:6]

ab Ps. 20:7; 147:10; Prov. 21:31; Hos. 1:7

ac Ps. 34:15; Job 36:7; 1 Pet. 3:12

ad Ps. 147:11

2 Samuel 5:19-25

19 And David ^ainquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.” 20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. And he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me like a breaking flood.” ^bTherefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim. ^{▼▼ Baal-perazim means lord of bursting through} 21 And the Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.

22 And the Philistines came up yet again ^dand spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. 23 ^eAnd when David inquired of the Lord, he said, “You shall not go up; go around to their rear, and come against them opposite the balsam trees. 24 And ^fwhen you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then rouse yourself, ^gfor then the Lord has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.” 25 And David did as the Lord commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba ^hto Gezer.

2 Samuel 8:6-14

6 Then David put garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Syrians ⁱbecame servants to David and brought tribute. ^jAnd the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went. 7 And David took ^kthe shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took very much bronze.

9 When Toi king of ^lHamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer, 10 Toi sent his son Joram to King David, to ask about his health and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer had often been at war with Toi. And Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold, and of bronze. 11 ^mThese also King David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and gold that he dedicated from all the nations he subdued, 12 from Edom, ⁿMoab, ^othe Ammonites, ^pthe Philistines, ^qAmalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of ^rZobah.

13 And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in ^sthe Valley of Salt. 14 Then he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, ^tand all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

2 Kings 5:1

Naaman Healed of Leprosy

1 ^uNaaman, ^vcommander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13}

Psalms 18:50

50 Great ^xsalvation he brings to his king,
and shows steadfast love to his ^yanointed,
to ^zDavid and his offspring forever.

Psalms 33:16-18

16 ^aaThe king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
17 ^abThe war horse is a false hope for salvation,
and by its great might it cannot rescue.
18 Behold, ^acthe eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
^adon those who hope in his steadfast love,