When that part of the army of Israel that was in the valley saw that the rest of the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled, and the Philistines came and occupied them.

Indeed people kept coming to David every day to help him, until his army became a great, vast army.

When you hear the sound of marching coming from the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle, because God will have gone out ahead of you to destroy the Philistine army."

So David did just as God had ordered, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

When King Tou of Hamath learned that David had conquered King Hadadezer of Zobah's entire army,