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2 Samuel 5:20

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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.

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2 Samuel 5:20 in other translations

And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, Jehovah hath broken mine enemies before me, like the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.

2 Samuel 5:20 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 5:20 in context

  1. 18Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
  2. 19David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?”
    Yahweh said to David, “Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
  3. 20David 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.
  4. 21They left their images there; and David and his men took them away.
  5. 22The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.