place
Baal-perazim
בַּ֫עַל פְּרָצִים
Baal-perazim was the place where David defeated the Philistines. (2Sa.5.20; 1Ch.14.11)
- verses
- 2
- first named
- 2 Samuel 5:20
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 14:12
- feature
- settlement
- coordinates
- 31.74°N · 35.18°E
Ez Zuhur (OpenBible)
Scholarship offers 5 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.
Description
Baal-perazim in the text
Baal-perazim is mentioned in 2Sa.5.20 and 1Ch.14.11 as the location where King David decisively defeated the Philistines after becoming king over all Israel. The Philistines had come up to challenge David's rule, spreading out in the Valley of Rephaim. David inquired of the Lord and was told to attack the Philistines, which he did successfully, resulting in their defeat. David attributed the victory to God, saying, "The Lord has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water." As a result, he named the place Baal-perazim, which means "Lord of Breakthroughs." The exact location of Baal-perazim is not specified, but it was likely situated in the Valley of Rephaim, southwest of Jerusalem.
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Direct connections
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The pattern
Where Baal-perazim is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
2 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in 2 Samuel (1) and 1 Chronicles (1).
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Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books. The name is written 4 times in them.
2 Samuel1 verse
1 Chronicles1 verse
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