David inquired again of God, and God said to him, "You shall not go up after them; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees.David is showing his difference from Saul already, in his first campaign as king. First, he is asking God if his battle plans are good. Saul didn't normally check with God. Samuel sometimes came to him, but he didn't go to God normally. He was sometimes given God's spirit and went out into battle and won, but it was God upon him, not him humbly asking God.
The first time David went into battle, God said they were fine, he should go for it. Here, the second time, God says no. Instead, God offers up a different strategy, one which He has planned out to show that He is the one in control. David's battle plan might have worked, as it had the first time. We don't know what the numbers or terrain were, so we can't be sure, but it's possible. However, the way God plans it, there will be no doubt of David's success.
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