Discovery Box1 Chronicles 14:8 
Context14:8 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed 1 king of all Israel, all the Philistines marched up to confront him. 2 When David heard about it, he marched out against 3 them.
1 Chronicles 14:10
Context14:10 David asked God, “Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord said to him, “March up! I will hand them over to you!”
1 Chronicles 14:14
Context14:14 So David again asked God what he should do. 4 This time 5 God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. 6
1 tn Or “designated”; NCV “had been made king”; CEV “had become king.”
2 tn Heb “to seek David.”
3 tn Heb “went out before.”
4 tn Heb “and David again asked God.”
5 tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.
6 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.
