We do not know how much time passed between the battles. Possibly the first battle was a smaller force which could be faced head on, while the second battle was against a larger force of Philistines, resulting in a flanking move being preferable.1
We do not know how much time passed between the battles. Possibly the first battle was a smaller force which could be faced head on, while the second battle was against a larger force of Philistines, resulting in a flanking move being preferable.1
22 And the Philistines came up yet again and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.