2 Samuel 5:20
18 Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
19 So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
21 There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
22 Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
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- BSB
- So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
- KJV
- And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
- WEB
- David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there. Then he said, “The LORD has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of waters.” Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, Jehovah has broken in upon mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
- BLB
- And David went to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there, and he said, “YHWH has broken through my enemies before me like a breakthrough of waters.” Upon thus he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
- ÅB
- Så kom David til Ba'al-Perasim, og der slo han dem, og han sa: Herren har brutt igjennom mine fiender foran meg, som vann bryter igjennom. Derfor ble dette sted kalt Ba'al-Perasim[^1].
- OTB
- Så dro David til Ba'al-Perasim og beseiret dem der; og han erklærte, "Herren har brutt gjennom mine fiender foran meg som et gjennombrudd av vann." Derfor kalte han stedet Ba'al-Perasim.
- B1930
- Så kom David til Ba'al-Perasim, og der slo han dem, og han sa: Herren har brutt igjennem mine fiender foran mig, som vann bryter igjennem. Derfor blev dette sted kalt Ba'al-Perasim. / < gjennembryteren.>
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Isaiah 28:21
For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
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