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19 David asked the Lord, “Should I attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?”

The Lord said to David, “Go! I will certainly hand them over to you.”

20 So David went to Baal Perazim and defeated the Philistines there. David said, “Like a flood of water, the Lord has broken through my enemies in front of me.” So David named the place Baal Perazim.[a] 21 The Philistines left their idols behind at Baal Perazim, so David and his men carried them away.

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  1. 5:20 Baal Perazim This name means “the Lord breaks through.”

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