The prophet approached the king of Israel and said to him, ‘Go and strengthen yourself, then consider carefully what you should do, for in the spring the king of Aram will attack you.’
From there the border ascended Ben Hinnom Valley to the southern Jebusite slope (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces Hinnom Valley on the west, at the northern end of Rephaim Valley.
Three of the thirty leading warriors went down at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was camping in Rephaim Valley.