1. 2 Samuel 5:19 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How did David inquire of the Lord?

2 Samuel 5:19 (ESV)

19 And David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?” And the LORD said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.”

David’s inquiry was most likely by means of a priest and the ephod (see 1 Samuel 23:1–6, 1 Samuel 23:9). David’s request for guidance from God distinguishes him from Saul.1