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20 So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated the Philistines there. “The Lord did it!” David exclaimed. “He burst through my enemies like a raging flood!” So he named that place Baal-perazim (which means “the Lord who bursts through”).

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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)

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

25 So David did what the Lord commanded, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon[a] to Gezer.

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  1. 5:25 As in Greek version (see also 1 Chr 14:16); Hebrew reads Geba.

25 So David did as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines(A) all the way from Gibeon[a](B) to Gezer.(C)

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  1. 2 Samuel 5:25 Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 14:16); Hebrew Geba