[¹] Or, broken forth upon mine enemies.
[²] That is, The place of breakings forth.
11. Baal-perazim] probably to be identified with the Mount Perazim of Isaiah xxviii. 21, but the situation is unknown.
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 watercourses. The force with which God broke through the army of the Philistines is compared with that of a torrent bursting forth from the hill-side or forcing its way through all obstacles. Baal-perazim = the Lord of breakings forth, i.e. upon the foe.
¹²And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.
12. David gave commandment, and they were burned] In 2 Samuel v. 21 (Revised Version) David and his men took them away. The Chronicler alters this statement so as to make David’s conduct agree with the Law (Deuteronomy vii. 5, 25) which enjoined that graven images were to be burnt with fire.
¹³And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.
13. yet again] This invasion of “all the Philistines” (verse 8) was too serious to be repelled by a single defeat.
in the valley] in 2 Samuel v. 22, in the valley of Rephaim, as in verse 9 above.
¹⁴And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Thou shalt not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry[¹] trees.