2 Samuel 5:20

20 So David came to 1Baal-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.

2 Samuel 5:20 In-Context

18 Now the Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.
19 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."
20 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.
21 They abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.
22 Now the Philistines came up once again and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 14:11; Isaiah 28:21

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Lit "David smote"
  • [b]. I.e. the master of breakthrough
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