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So Davidcame to 1Baal-perazim and defeated them there; and he said, "The LORD has brokenthrough my enemiesbefore me like the breakthrough of waters." Therefore* he named* that placeBaal-perazim.
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Now the Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.
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Then David inquired of the LORD , saying, "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."
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So David came to Baal-perazim and defeated them there; and he said, "The LORD has broken through my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters." Therefore he named that place Baal-perazim.
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They abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.
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Now the Philistines came up once again and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.