¹⁵ 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.” ¹⁶ So David did just as God had ordered, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer. ¹⁷ Then David’s reputation spread through all of the neighboring countries,^[a] and the Lord caused all nations^[b] to be afraid of David.