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

20They were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hand; for they cried out to God in the battle, and He answered their prayers because they trusted in Him. 21They took away their cattle: their 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys; and 100,000 men. For many fell slain, because the war was of God. And they settled in their place until the exile. 23Now the sons of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land; from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon they were numerous. 24These were the heads of their fathers’ households, even Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ households.

1 Chronicles 5:22 word by word

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

• For manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• the warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• they settledיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in their placeתַּחַתtachath · underneath: standH8478
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• exileגּוֹלָהgôlâh gôlâh · captivityH1473

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 5:22

• Exodus 14:14The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent.”
• Joshua 23:10One of your men puts to flight a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who fights for you, just as He promised you.
• Judges 3:2only in order that the generations of the sons of Israel might be taught war, those who had not experienced it formerly).
• 2 Chronicles 32:8With him is only an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
• Nehemiah 4:20At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.”
• Psalms 24:8Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle.
• Proverbs 22:3The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, But the naive go on, and are punished for it.
• Zechariah 14:3Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle.
• Luke 14:31Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
• Luke 22:36And He said to them, “But now, whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag, and whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one.
• Romans 8:31What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
• Numbers 32:33So Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Joseph’s son Manasseh, the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og, the king of Bashan, the land with its cities with their territories, the cities of the surrounding land.
• 1 Chronicles 4:41These, recorded by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.
• 1 Chronicles 5:6Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was leader of the Reubenites.
• 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
• 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, 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