12. The Philistines had left their idols at Baal Perazim. David ordered his men to burn the idols.
13. The Philistines attacked the people living in the Valley of Rephaim again.
14. David prayed to God again, and God answered his prayer. God said, “David, don’t follow the Philistines up the hill when you attack. Instead, go around them and hide on the other side of the balsam trees.
15. When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, go out to battle because that is the sign that God has gone out in front of you to defeat the Philistines.”
16. David did what God told him to do. So David and his men defeated the Philistine army. They killed Philistine soldiers all the way from the town of Gibeon to the town of Gezer.
17. So David became famous in all the countries. The Lord made all nations afraid of him.