1 Chronicles 14:14

Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

Cross-reference

In 1 Chronicles 14:10, God told David to go up; here God says not to go up—a direct contrast in divine instruction for the two battles.

Joshua 8:2-7 describes God commanding an ambush at Ai—a parallel tactical instruction to David's attack from the mulberry trees.

2 Samuel 5:23 is the parallel account of the same divine instruction: not to go up but to attack from behind the mulberry trees.