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 received help against them, so that the Hagrites and all who were with them were delivered into their hand, for they cried out to God during the battle. He answered their supplications, because they put their trust in Him. 21They took away their livestock: 50,000 of their camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys, as well as 100,000 people. For many fell slain, because the war was of God. So they dwelt in their place until the exile. 23Now the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir and Mount Hermon. They were numerous. 24These were the heads of their clans: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their clans.

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 14:14Adonai will fight for you, while you hold your peace.”
• Joshua 23:10One of you can put a thousand to flight, for Adonai your God, He Himself is fighting for you, just as He said to you.
• Judges 3:2It was only in order that the generations of Bnei-Yisrael might learn from war, which they had not experienced before.
• 2 Chronicles 32:8With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is Adonai Eloheinu to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.
• Psalms 24:8“Who is this King of glory?” Adonai strong and mighty, Adonai mighty in battle!
• Proverbs 22:3A crafty person sees danger and hides, but the naïve keep going and suffer for it.
• Zechariah 14:3Then Adonai will go forth and fight against those nations as He fights in a day of battle.
• Luke 14:31“Or what king, going to make war against another king, won’t first sit down to consider whether he is able with ten thousand to confront the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
• Luke 22:36Then He said to them, “But now, whoever has a money pouch must carry it as well as a travel bag. And whoever does not own a sword must sell his cloak and buy one.
• Romans 8:31What then shall we say in view of these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
• Numbers 32:33Moses then gave to them—the sons of Gad, Reuben, and 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 with its cities and the territory around the cities.
• 1 Chronicles 4:41Now those whose names are recorded came during the days of King Hezekiah of Judah. They attacked the encampments of the Hamites, as well as the Meunim who were found there, and utterly wiped them out to this very day. They settled in their place because there was pasture there for their flocks.
• 1 Chronicles 5:6and his son Beerah whom Tillegath-pilneser king of Assyria carried into exile. He was the leader of the Reubenites.
• 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria invaded and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee—all the region of Naphtali, and he deported them to Assyria.
• 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He placed them in Halah and Habor, on the Gozan River, and in the towns 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