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2 Samuel 5:20-22
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2 Samuel 5:20-22
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20 Then David went to Baal Perazim and defeated the Philistines in that place. He said, “The Lord broke through my enemies like water breaking through a dam.” That is why David named that place “Baal Perazim.”[a] 21 The Philistines left the statues of their gods behind at Baal Perazim. David and his men took them away.
22 Again the Philistines came up and camped in Rephaim Valley.
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- 2 Samuel 5:20 Baal Perazim This name means “the Lord breaks through.”
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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