Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Samuel 5:20
Baal-perazim - Master or possessor of breaches, equivalent to place of breaches. It was on a hill near Gibeon (see the marginal reference).
Baal-perazim - Master or possessor of breaches, equivalent to place of breaches. It was on a hill near Gibeon (see the marginal reference).
Verse 2 Samuel 5:20. _THE LORD HATH BROKEN FORTH_] He very properly attributes the victory of Jehovah, without whose strength and counsel he could have done nothing. _BAAL-PERAZIM_] The _plain_ or _c...
2. DAVID'S CONQUEST OF ZION AND VICTORY OVER THE PHILISTINES CHAPTER 5:6-25 _ 1. David's conquest of Zion (2 Samuel 5:6)_ 2. Hiram King of Tyre (2 Samuel 5:11) 3. David's additional concubines and...
VICTORIES OVER THE PHILISTINES (J). (_Cf._ p. 67.) David twice defeats the Philistines in the Valley of Rephaim (p. 31, Isaiah 17:5 *). The growing strength of David had roused the apprehensions of hi...
BROKEN FORTH. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
Two victories over the Philistines =1 Chronicles 14:8-16 17. _But when the Philistines heard_ This Philistine invasion probably followed soon after the capture of Jebus. The Philistines were alarmed...
_as the breach of waters_ Isaiah calls the scene of the battle "_mount_Perazim" (Isaiah 28:21). David, we may suppose, occupied the hill, and swept down from it upon the Philistines in the plain below...
_David Against the Philistines_ 2 Samuel 5:17-25 17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard _of it,_ a...
_AND DAVID INQUIRED OF THE LORD, SAYING, SHALL I GO UP TO THE PHILISTINES? WILT THOU DELIVER THEM INTO MINE HAND? AND THE LORD SAID UNTO DAVID, GO UP: FOR I WILL DOUBTLESS DELIVER THE PHILISTINES INTO...
5:20 Baal-perazim. (e-37) Meaning, 'place of breaches.'...
BAAL-PERAZIM] Perazim means 'breaches.' Hence the play upon words. 'The Lord has made a breach.. like the breach.. he called the name.. Breaches.' It is common to find the names of places compounded w...
DAVID IS ANOINTED KING, CAPTURES JERUSALEM, AND SMITES THE PHILISTINES 1. There was no longer any member of the house of Saul who could take the lead....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 5 This chapter records three very important things that David did: (1) He united the nation of *Israel. (2) He made the city of Je...
BAAL – PERAZIM = _possessor_ (or _lord_)_ of breaches._ After David had inquired of the Lord and received a favourable answer (2 Samuel 5:19), he made a sudden attack, like a bursting forth of waters,...
וַ יָּבֹ֨א דָוִ֥ד בְּ בַֽעַל־פְּרָצִים֮ וַ יּ
CHAPTER VII. _ THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED._ 2 Samuel 5:10. THE events in David's reign that followed the capture of Mount Zion and the appointment of Jerusalem as the capital of the country were all of...
JEHOVAH'S VICTORIES OVER THE PHILISTINES 2 Samuel 5:13 David's prosperity led to luxurious living and sensual indulgence, out of which sprang the troubles of his after-life, 2 Samuel 5:13; 2 Samuel...
At this point the second section in the first movement of the Book commences. David had won the heart of all Israel by his consistent justice and magnanimity toward those who stood in the way of his c...
_Baal-Pharisim, "the master of the divisions or god of the scattered;" as the place was afterwards called, in memory that David became master, and put the enemy to flight, taking their idols, (Calmet)...
(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 Ba...
We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
David, the king of Judah in Hebron for seven years and a half, becomes the king of all Israel upon Ishbosheth's death And now David is no longer the man of faith who, himself the head of the armies of...
AND DAVID CAME TO BAALPERAZIM,.... As it was after called, for here it has its name by anticipation, and whither the Philistines were come from the valley of Rephaim; see 1 Chronicles 14:11; which was...
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 Baalper...
_David came to Baal-perazim_ For thither the Philistines marched from Rephaim, where they first pitched; as appears from 1 Chronicles 14:11. _Hath broken forth upon mine enemies as the breach of water...
1 The tribes come to Hebron to annoint Dauid ouer Israel. 4 Dauids age. 6 Hee taking Zion from the Iebusites dwelleth in it. 11 Hiram sendeth to Dauid. 13 Eleuen sonnes are borne to him in Ierusal...
And David came to Baal-perazim. And David smote them there, in a sudden, violent attack, AND SAID, THE LORD HATH BROKEN FORTH UPON MINE ENEMIES BEFORE ME AS THE BREACH OF WATERS, as when a strong torr...
TWO VICTORIES OF DAVID OVER THE PHILISTINES...
Yet the sovereign wisdom of God has been over all these matters, and David's way becomes clear without his fighting for it. God's time had now come for the voluntary submission of the other tribes to...
BAALPERAZIM: that is, the plain of breaches...
17-25 The Philistines considered not that David had the presence of God with him, which Saul had forfeited and lost. The kingdom of the Messiah, as soon as it was set up in the world, was thus attack...
BAAL-PERAZIM; whither the Philistines were come from the valley of Rephaim, 1 CHRONICLES 14:11. AS THE BREACH OF WATERS; as floods or rivers of waters, which break the banks, and overflow a land, and...
2 Samuel 5:20 David H1732 went H935 (H8799) Perazim H1188 David H1732 defeated H5221 (H8686) said H559 ...
DAVID ONCE AGAIN OVERWHELMS THE PHILISTINES WITH THE HELP OF YHWH (2 SAMUEL 5:17). It was inevitable that once the news reached the Philistines that David had been anointed as king over all Israel, th...
CONTENTS: David becomes king over Israel. War with Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, David, Hiram. CONCLUSION: Those who have the Lord of Hosts for them need have no fear what hosts of men or demons can...
2 Samuel 5:2. _Thou shalt feed my people._ Probably the highpriest, or a prophet, delivered a short coronation charge, as Samuel had already done. This divine promise is made the final reason why they...
_And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David._ THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED 1. Now the tide fairly turned in David’s history, and that, instead of a sad chronicle of hardship and disappointment, the...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 5:17 Until now the PHILISTINES may have considered David to be a paid soldier fighting for them (1 Samuel 27:1). But when David becomes
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 5:6. “WENT TO JERUSALEM.” “That this took place immediately after the anointing of David as king of Israel is apparent not only from the fact that the account f...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 5:1 THEN CAME ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. As Ishbosheth reigned only two years, and David's reign at Hebron lasted for seven years and a half, there is an interval of more than five...
Then all of the tribes came to David there in Hebron, and they said, Behold, we're of your bone, we're of your flesh. In times past, when Saul was king, you were the one that led us out to victories o...
Isaiah 28:21...
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 floo...