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# Day 111

# David—The Conquering King

2 Samuel 5:1–25

Saul was dead, but David didn’t become king. Some people wanted the king to come from Saul’s family. Seven years passed. Israel still didn’t have its true king. David was thirty years old when Israel finally made him king.

Again, the Philistines raised an army against Israel. They camped in the valley of Rephaim while David prayed. “Go around behind them,” God answered. “You’ll hear marching in the tree tops. This means I’ve gone into battle ahead of you. I’ll strike down the Philistine’s army.” That day, David conquered the Philistines after 100 years of war.

Questions: What did David do while the Philistines were setting up their camp? What did the sound in the tree tops mean?