God’s deliverances often are given to us in bursts. When David was first establishing himself as the king over a united Israel, his first victory against the Philistines was at Baal-perazim, Lord of the Outburst. After the battle, David said that the Lord broke forth on the Philistines like the breaching of water. Right after this in both Chronicles and 2 Samuel (e.g., 1 Chron. 13:11), the time of this victory is followed by “the breach of Uzza,” or Perez-Uzza. This breach was a judgment, but also a mercy. Although Uzza died, the people of Israel were taught to receive back the ark of the
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