18 So the Philistines came and spread out in Rephaim Valley.

19 Then David inquired of the Lord:(A) “Should I attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?”

The Lord replied to David, “Attack, for I will certainly hand the Philistines over to you.”

20 So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated them there and said, “Like a bursting flood, the Lord has burst out against my enemies before me.”(B) Therefore, he named that place The Lord Bursts Out.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 5:20 Or Baal-perazim; 2Sm 6:8; 1Ch 13:11

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