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2 Samuel 5:19-21
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2 Samuel 5:19-21
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19 David asked the Lord, saying, “Should I go up to fight against the Philistines? Will you help me defeat them?”
The Lord answered, “Yes, I certainly will help you defeat the Philistines.”
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.
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- 2 Samuel 5:20 Baal Perazim This name means “the Lord breaks through.”
2 Samuel 5:19-21
New International Version
2 Samuel 5:19-21
New International Version
19 so David inquired(A) of the Lord, “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?”
The Lord answered him, “Go, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hands.”
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](B) 21 The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.(C)
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- 2 Samuel 5:20 Baal Perazim means the lord who breaks out.
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