2 Samuel 5:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

Baal — perazim — Whither the Philistines were come from the valley of Rephraim, 1 Chronicles 14:11. Baal — perazim, signifies the master of the breaches: So he ascribes all to God. As waters — As floods or rivers of waters, which break the banks, and overflow a land, and overturn all that stands in their way.

2 Samuel 5:20

20 And David came to Baalperazim,d 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.