^13 (A)Then the Philistines once again made a raid on the valley.

⁹ Then the Philistines went and made a raid ^(A)on the Valley of ^[a]Rephaim.

²² And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself; take note, and see what you should do, ^(A)for ^[a]in the spring of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.”

^22 (A)Then the Philistines went up once again and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. ²³ Therefore ^(B)David inquired of the Lord, and He said, “You shall not go up; circle around behind them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees. ²⁴ And it shall be, when you ^(C)hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly. For then ^(D)the Lord will go out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” ²⁵ And David did so, as the Lord commanded him; and he drove back the Philistines from ^(E)Geba^[a] as far as ^(F)Gezer.