A moment in scripture
1 Chronicles 14:10
And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
The surrounding passage
- 1 Chronicles 14:8
And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.
- 1 Chronicles 14:9
And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chronicles 14:11
So they came up to Baal–perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal–perazim.
- 1 Chronicles 14:12
And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.