Discovery Box1 Chronicles 14:14-15 
Context14:14 So David again asked God what he should do. 1 This time 2 God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. 3 14:15 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then attack. 4 For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army 5 of the Philistines.”
1 tn Heb “and David again asked God.”
2 tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.
3 tn The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT 129 s.v. בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113 s.v. בָּכָא), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.
4 tn Heb “go out in battle.”
5 tn Heb “camp.”
