1 Chronicles 5:22

1 Chronicles 5:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
• New International Version (NIV)and many others fell slain, because the battle was God’s. And they occupied the land until the exile.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For many fell, because the war was of God. And they lived in their place until the exile.
• New King James Version (NKJV)for many fell dead, because the war was God’s. And they dwelt in their place until the captivity.

Context of 1 Chronicles 5:22

20And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers. 21They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took 100,000 captives, and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile. 23Now the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount Hermon). 24These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel.

1 Chronicles 5:22 word by word

כִּֽי־חֲלָלִ֤ים רַבִּים֙ נָפָ֔לוּ כִּ֥י מֵהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ תַחְתֵּיהֶ֖ם עַד־הַגֹּלָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

• andכִּיkîy · forH3588
• many othersרַבrab · manyH7227
• fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• the battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• belonged to Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• And they occupiedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• the landתַּחַתtachath · underneath: standH8478
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• the exileגּוֹלָהgôlâh gôlâh · captivityH1473

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 5:22

• Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
• Joshua 23:10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
• Judges 3:2if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
• 2 Chronicles 32:8With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
• Nehemiah 4:20Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
• Psalms 24:8Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
• Proverbs 22:3The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
• Zechariah 14:3Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.
• Luke 14:31Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
• Luke 22:36“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.
• Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
• Numbers 32:33So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
• 1 Chronicles 4:41These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
• 1 Chronicles 5:6and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile.
• 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
• 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 5:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22For there fell down many slain - The hundred thousand men mentioned above were probably made slaves, and were not slain. The Targum says, one hundred thousand souls of men. The war was of God - The Targum says, the war was דיי מימרא מן min meymera dayai, "from the Word of the Lord."Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-22The story of the war against the Hagrites expands on the elements introduced in 1 Chronicles 5:10. It was a conflict among shepherds over grazing land. All three tribes took part. The Chronicler describes their skills, military abilities, and numbers. With God fighting against the enemy, they won a great victory, gaining huge spoils and complete control of the territory.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2218-22. Hagarites--or, "Hagarenes," originally synonymous with "Ishmaelites," but afterwards applied to a particular tribe of the Arabs (compare Psa 83:6). Jetur--His descendants were called Itureans, and the country Auranitis, from Hauran, its chief city. These, who were skilled in archery, were invaded in the time of Joshua by a confederate army of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, who, probably incensed by the frequent raids of those…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings