📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 14:15
What does 1 Chronicles 14:15 mean?
"When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then go out to battle; for God has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.”"
— 1 Chronicles 14:15 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
They left their gods there; and David gave a command, and they were burned with fire.
The Philistines made a another raid in the valley.
David inquired again of God; and God said to him, “You shall not go up after them. Turn away from them, and come on them opposite the mulberry trees.
When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then go out to battle; for God has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.”
David did as God commanded him; and they attacked the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.
The fame of David went out into all lands; and Yahweh brought the fear of him on all nations.
Explanation
This verse comes from an account of King David facing a renewed assault from the Philistines. It sits within a sequence where David, having just been confirmed as king over all Israel, is attacked twice by the
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