²³ So David inquired of Yahweh, but he said, “You shall not go up. Rather, go around to their rear and come to them from opposite the balsam trees. ²⁴ And it shall be^[a] that when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then pay attention, for then Yahweh has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.” ²⁵ So David did thus, just as Yahweh had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines from Geba all the way^[b] to Gezer.