Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 14:11
So they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
11. Baal-perazim ] probably to be identified with the Mount Perazim of Isa 28:21, but the situation is unknown.
like the breaking forth of waters ] R.V. like the breach of waters, i.e. like the breach made by waters. Probably the scene of the victory was a hill deeply scarred with water-courses. The force with which God broke through the army of the Philistines is compared with that of a torrent breaking its way through all obstacles. Baal-perazim = the place of breakings forth (R.V. mg.).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 11. Like the breaking forth of waters] “And David said, The Lord hath broken the enemies of David like to the breaking of a potter’s vessel full of water.” – T.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
11. they came up to Baal-perazim;and David smote them thereIn an engagement fought at MountPerazim (Isa 28:21), in thevalley of Rephaim, a few miles west of Jerusalem, the Philistineswere defeated and put to flight.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
[See comments on 1Ch 14:1].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(11) So they came up to Baal-perazm.And they: that is, David and his troops. Samuel, And David came into Baal-perazim. The locality is unknown. The prophet Isaiah (1Ch. 28:21) refers to these two victories of David: For Jehovah shall rise up as in Mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. Such a reference proves the great moment of the events so briefly chronicled here.
God hath broken in upon mine enemies.Samuel has Jehovah here and in 1Ch. 14:10 a, and again in 1Ch. 14:14-15. (See Note, 1Ch. 13:12.) True to his character, David owns the mighty hand of God in the results of his own valour. (Comp. 1Ch. 17:16, sqq.) He is conscious of being Gods instrument. Contrast the haughty self-confidence of the Assyrian conqueror (Isa. 10:5-15).
By mine hand.Samuel, before me; and so the Syriac and Arabic here. The Hebrew phrases are probably synonymous. (Comp. 1Sa. 21:14, in their hand, i.e., before them.) In Arabic, between the hands means before. Our text seems the more original here.
Like the breaking forth of waters.Davids forces probably charged down the slopes of Mount Perazim (Isa. 28:21), like a mountain torrent, sweeping all before it.
They called.An explanation of Samuel, which has he [i.e., one] called. The remark indicates the antiquity of the narrative. (Comp. the frequent verbal plays of this kind in the stories of the Book of Genesis.)
Baal-perazim.Lord, or owner, of breaches, or breakings forth. Baal may refer to Jehovah ( comp. 1Ch. 9:33, Note); and perzm may have also meant the fissures or gullies on the mountain-side. It is the plural of the word perez (1Ch. 13:11).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 14:11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.
Ver. 11. Like the breaking forth of waters. ] That is, saith the Chaldee Paraphrast, As water runneth out of a broken earthen vessel.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Baalperazim: 2Sa 5:20, Isa 28:21
God: Psa 18:13-15, Psa 44:3, Psa 144:1, Psa 144:10
like the breaking: Exo 14:28, Job 30:14, Mat 7:27
Baalperazim: that is, a place of breaches
Reciprocal: 2Sa 5:21 – David Psa 118:12 – in the name
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
14:11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place {c} Baalperazim.
(c) That is, the valley of divisions, because the enemies were dispersed there like waters.