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10 David asked God, “Should I go and attack the Philistines? Will you let me defeat them?”

The Lord answered him, “Go. I will let you defeat them.”

11 So David and his men went up to the town of Baal Perazim. There he defeated the Philistines. David said, “Like a flood of water, God has broken through my enemies. He has done this through me.” So that place was named Baal Perazim.[a] 12 The Philistines had left their idols there. So David ordered his men to burn them.

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  1. 14:11 Baal Perazim This name means “the Lord breaks through.”

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