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0 The Lord said to David, Go and smite the Philistines

I kill ... I wound ... I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh. Deuteronomy 32:39-42

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The Lord said to David, Go and smite the Philistines

This one is pretty simple. David heard that the Philistines were fighting the city of Keilah and robbing their threshing floors. So he asked God if he should go and smite them. And God said, "Yes, go smite them."

David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. 1 Samuel 23:2

But David's men were afraid of Philistines, so David asked God again, and God said, "Go smite them; I will deliver them into your hand."

Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 23:4

So David went to fight the Philistines and he "smote them with a great slaughter."

So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. 23:5

There's not much to talk about here, but I do wonder how God communicated with David. Did he come down and talk to him face to face like he did with Moses or did he talk to David like he talks to Pat Robertson?

In any case, I guess we can add another 10,000 or so to God's total for this "great slaughter."

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