B. DAVID'S WARS OF DEFENSE
And when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, they went up and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
And David enquired of the Lord, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand?"
And the Lord said unto David, "Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy hand."
And David went up and smote them; and he said, "The Lord hath broken down mine enemies before me like the breaking of waters."
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. And when David enquired of the Lord, he said, "Thou shalt not go up. Go about to their rear and come upon them opposite the mulberry trees. And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is the Lord gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines."
And David did so as the Lord commanded him, and smote the Philistines, and subdued them.
And he smote Moab. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.
And David put garrisons in Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And the Lord gave victory to David whithersoever he went.
And David got him a name when he returned from smiting Edom in the valley of salt, even eighteen thousand men. And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David.