1 Chronicles 14:10 -

David inquired of God . The "inquiring" was made, as matter of course, through the high priest, and not merely, as we should say, in private prayer ( 1:1 , 1:3 ; 20:23 , 20:27 ; 1 Samuel 23:2 , 1 Samuel 23:4 ; 1 Samuel 30:8 ; 2 Samuel 2:1 ). The directness of the Divine answer was some echo of the old reply when Judah was authorized to go up against the Canaanites ( 1:2 ).