Baal-perazim

Ba'al-Perazim (Hebrew Owner of Breakings Through) was a place in ancient Israel.
It was the scene of a victory gained by David over the Philistines (2 Samuel 5:20; 1 Chronicles 14:11). It is called Mount Perazim in Isaiah 28:21. It was near the Valley of Rephaim, west of Jerusalem. 
Some scholars suggest a site 4 km northwest of Jerusalem, named Sheikh Bodr, to be identical with Ba'al-Perazim.
==Etymology==
It is not certain whether the occurrence in 2 Sam.5:20 name is:
*(a) a word play - David is punning on an existing local name.Suggested by the use of Baal rather than El. cf entry in Brown Driver Briggs, Hebrew Lexicon.
*(b) an anachronism - such as "Abraham came to Dan" Genesis 14:14.
Yoshitaka Kobayashi considers it is an anachronism,Yoshitaka Kobayashi, Baal-Perazim, entry in Anchor Bible Dictionary but the use of Baal rather than El may indicate a play on an existing local name.
If the reference is to Mt. Perazim in Isaiah 28 then that suggests a mountain with a high ground position for David to attack. Alternatively, since David says "Yahweh burst-through" (פָּרַץ יְהוָה) "like bursting of waters" (פֶרֶץ מָיִם) it may be a reference to waters.
==Cultural Influences==
This place name is the origin of term "God of the Breakthrough" in the Gospel music song of that name by Robert Critchley, sung by Lara George.
==References==
Category:Hebrew Bible places
Category:Battles involving the Canaanites
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