20 (A)Then David came to Baal Perazim, and smote them there, and said, The Lord hath divided mine enemies asunder before me, as waters be divided asunder: therefore he called the name of that place, [a]Baal Perazim.

21 And there they left their images, and David and his men (B)burnt them.

22 Again the Philistines came up, and spread themselves in the valley of [b]Rephaim.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 5:20 Or, the plain of divisions.
  2. 2 Samuel 5:22 Meaning, the valley of giants, which David called Baal Perazim, because of his victory.

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