Bible Location
Meaning: god of divisions · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Baal-perazim was the place where David broke through the Philistine lines west of Jerusalem. It is important because the victory there helped secure David's position after taking Jerusalem. First appears in 2 Sam 5:20.1
Place meaning
god of divisions
Coordinates
31.76, 35.22
First appears
2 Sam 5:20
AI summary: Baal-perazim matters because David names the place after God's breaking-through power. The victory over the Philistines there is remembered as more than military success: it is treated as divine intervention that opened the way. The cross references present Baal-perazim as a battlefield of breakthrough and royal consolidation.1
Place meaning
god of divisions
Latitude
31.76
Longitude
35.22
Bible references
2
Baal having rents, bursts, or destructions, the scene of a victory gained by David over the Philistines (2 Sam. 5:20; 1 Chr. 14:11). Called Mount Perazim (Isa. 28:21). It was near the valley of Rephaim, west of Jerusalem. Identified with the modern Jebel Aly. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.