1 Chronicles 14:11

11 So he went up to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. David said, "God has burst out against my enemies by my hand, like a bursting flood." Therefore that place is called Baal-perazim.

1 Chronicles 14:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 14:11

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 14:1).

1 Chronicles 14:11 In-Context

9 Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.

10 David inquired of God, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?" The Lord said to him, "Go up, and I will give them into your hand."

11 So he went up to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. David said, "God has burst out against my enemies by my hand, like a bursting flood." Therefore that place is called Baal-perazim.

12 They abandoned their gods there, and at David's command they were burned.

13 Once again the Philistines made a raid in the valley.

Footnotes

• [a] Heb [paraz]
• [b] That is [Lord of Bursting Out]