(20) And David came to Baalperazim, 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 Baalperazim. (21) And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
Here is the issue of the battle. David conquers in the name of the Lord, and to the Lord gives all the glory. Baal-perazim signifies the Lord of the breaches. The leaving their dunghill gods behind them, and the burning of them by David, shows very plainly what they were. It is worthy remark, that when in the awful war, in which the Lord delivered Israel into the hands of their enemies for their sins, and even suffered the ark of God to be taken, the presence of the ark consumed the Philistines. In this, their contemptible gods falling into the hands of Israel, were themselves consumed. David's burning of them was in obedience to the divine command. See Deuteronomy 7:5.