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20 David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there. Then he said, “Yahweh has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of waters.” Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.[a] 21 They left their images there; and David and his men took them away.

22 The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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  1. 5:20 “Baal Perazim” means “Lord who breaks out”.

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;

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  1. 2 Samuel 5:20 Baal Perazim means the lord who breaks out.