2 Samuel 5:19-21

The Message

¹⁹ Then David prayed to God: “Shall I go up and fight the Philistines? Will you help me beat them?”

^20-21 “Go up,” God replied. “Count on me. I’ll help you beat them.”

David then went straight to Baal Perazim, and smashed them to pieces. Afterward David said, “God exploded on my enemies like a gush of water.” That’s why David named the place Baal Perazim (The-Master-Who-Explodes). The retreating Philistines dumped their idols, and David and his soldiers took them away.