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 Living Translation (NLT)Many of the Hagrites were killed in the battle because God was fighting against them. The people of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh lived in their land until they were taken into exile.

Context of 1 Chronicles 5:22

20And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them, for they cried out to God in the battle. He heeded their prayer, because they put their trust in Him. 21Then they took away their livestock—fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred and fifty thousand of their sheep, and two thousand of their donkeys—also one hundred thousand of their men; for many fell dead, because the war was God’s. And they dwelt in their place until the captivity. 23So the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land. Their numbers increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir, or Mount Hermon. 24These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their fathers’ houses.

1 Chronicles 5:22 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For there fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• down manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• because the warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• And they dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in their steads until the captivityגּוֹלָהgôlâh gôlâh · captivityH1473

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 5:22

• Exodus 14:14The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”
• Joshua 23:10One man of you shall chase a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who fights for you, as He promised you.
• Judges 3:2(this was only so that the generations of the children of Israel might be taught to know war, at least those who had not formerly known it),
• 2 Chronicles 32:8With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
• Nehemiah 4:20Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, 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 22:3A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, But the simple pass on and are punished.
• Zechariah 14:3Then the Lord will go forth And fight against those nations, As He fights in the day of battle.
• Luke 14:31Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
• Luke 22:36Then He said to them, “But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.
• Romans 8:31What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
• Numbers 32:33So Moses gave to the children of Gad, to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the surrounding country.
• 1 Chronicles 4:41These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and utterly destroyed them, as it is to this day. So they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there.
• 1 Chronicles 5:6and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria carried into captivity. He was leader of the Reubenites.
• 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, 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 took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, 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