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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 14:11 (NET)

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14:11 So they marched against Baal Perazim and David defeated them there . David said , “Using me as his instrument, God has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out .” So that place is called Baal Perazim .

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Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

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