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2 Samuel 5:20-22
Contemporary English Version
2 Samuel 5:20-22
Contemporary English Version
20 David attacked the Philistines and defeated them. Then he said, “I watched the Lord break through my enemies like a mighty flood.” So he named the place “The Lord Broke Through.”[a] 21 David and his troops also carried away the idols that the Philistines had left behind.
22 Some time later, the Philistines came back into the hill country and camped in Rephaim Valley.
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- 5.20 The Lord Broke Through: Or “Baal-Perazim.”
2 Samuel 5:20-22
New International Version
2 Samuel 5:20-22
New International Version
20 So David went to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, “As waters break out, the Lord has broken out against my enemies before me.” So that place was called Baal Perazim.[a](A) 21 The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.(B)
22 Once more the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 5:20 Baal Perazim means the lord who breaks out.
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