Another time also the Philistines made an irruption, and spread themselves abroad in the valley.
And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the vale of Raphaim.
(And a prophet coming to the king of Israel said to him: Go, and strengthen thyself, and know, and see what thou dost: for the next year the king of Syria will come up against thee.)
And they left there their gods; and David commanded that they should be burnt.
And David consulted God again; and God said to him: Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the pear-trees.