So they came up to Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there. David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like waters breaking out. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
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So they came up to Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there. David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like waters breaking out. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
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So they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
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So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and David said: 'God hath broken mine enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters.' Therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 14:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 28:21 For Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his unusual work, and bring to pass his act, his extraordinary act.
- Exodus 14:28 The waters returned, and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even all Pharaoh’s army that went in after them into the sea. There remained not so much as one of them.
- 2 Samuel 5:20 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.
- Psalms 144:10 You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
- Matthew 7:27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”
- Job 30:14 As through a wide breach they come. They roll themselves in amid the ruin.
- Psalms 18:13-15 Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire. He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them. Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
- Psalms 144:1 Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:
- Psalms 44:3 For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, the valley of divisions, because the enemies…
That is, the valley of divisions, because the enemies were dispersed there like waters.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 14:11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and…
1Ch 14:11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.
Ver. 11. Like the breaking forth of waters.] That is, saith the Chaldee Paraphrast, As water runneth out of a broken earthen vessel.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. Like the breaking forth of waters] "And…
Verse 11. Like the breaking forth of waters] "And David said, The Lord hath broken the enemies of David like to the breaking of a potter's vessel full of water." - T.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Baalpharasim, "the god or master of divisions." (Calmet) ---…
Baalpharasim, "the god or master of divisions." (Calmet) --- The place was so called afterwards. (Du Hamel)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them…
they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there--In an engagement fought at Mount Perazim (Isa 28:21), in the valley of Rephaim, a few miles west of Jerusalem, the Philistines were defeated and put to flight.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. Baal-perazim] probably to be identified with the Mount…
11. Baal-perazim] probably to be identified with the Mount Perazim of Isa_28:21, but the situation is unknown.
like the breaking forth of waters] R.V. like the breach of waters, i.e. like the breach made by waters. Probably the scene of the victory was a hill deeply scarred with water-courses. The force with which God broke through the army of the Philistines is compared with that of a torrent breaking its way through all obstacles. Baal-perazim = the place of breakings forth (R.V. mg.).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) So they came up to Baal-perazύm.—And they: that…
(11) So they came up to Baal-perazύm.—And they: that is, David and his troops. Samuel, “And David came into Baal-perazim.” The locality is unknown. The prophet Isaiah (1Ch_28:21) refers to these two victories of David: “For Jehovah shall rise up as in Mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.” Such a reference proves the great moment of the events so briefly chronicled here.
God hath broken in upon mine enemies.—Samuel has “Jehovah” here and in 1Ch_14:10 a, and again in 1Ch_14:14-15. (See Note, 1Ch_13:12.) True to his character, David owns the mighty hand of God in the results of his own valour. (Comp. 1Ch_17:16, sqq.) He is conscious of being God’s instrument. Contrast the haughty self-confidence of the Assyrian conqueror (Isa_10:5-15).
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By mine hand.—Samuel, “before me;” and so the Syriac and Arabic here. The Hebrew phrases are probably synonymous. (Comp. 1Sa_21:14, “in their hand,” i.e., before them.) In Arabic, “between the hands” means before. Our text seems the more original here.
Like the breaking forth of waters.—David’s forces probably charged down the slopes of Mount Perazim (Isa_28:21), like a mountain torrent, sweeping all before it.
They called.—An explanation of Samuel, which has “he [i.e., one] called.” The remark indicates the antiquity of the narrative. (Comp. the frequent verbal plays of this kind in the stories of the Book of Genesis.)
Baal-perazim.—Lord, or owner, of breaches, or breakings forth. “Baal” may refer to Jehovah ( comp. 1Ch_9:33, Note); and perâzîm may have also meant the fissures or gullies on the mountain-side. It is the plural of the word perez (1Ch_13:11).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Baal-perazim; literally, master of breaches. Gesenius traces this meaning,…
Baal-perazim; literally, master of breaches. Gesenius traces this meaning, through the intermediate idea of "possessor," to that (in this case, that place), which "possesses," i.e. is the subject of such a signal overwhelming as is here described, the scene of overwhelming defeats, like the irresistible rush of waters, (Isa_28:21)
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