1 Chronicles 5:22
in 1 Chronicles 5and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.
KJV
For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 5
Commentary
7 notes on this verseFor 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 מן מימרא דיי min meymera dayai, “from the Word of the Lord.”
This site's exposition
valiant men who carried the shield and sword
on 1 Chronicles 5:18-22
Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors. Verse 20 gives the cause of the victory: because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers; the battle belonged to God.
This site's exposition
because the battle belonged to
The battle belonged to God, and David says the same before Goliath in 1 Samuel 17:47. Clarke notes that the Targum calls the war one from the Word of the Lord. They lost the land in the exile of verse 26.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Was of God - Undertaken in his fear, and carried on in a dependence on him. Then we may expect to prosper in any enterprize, and then only, when we take God along with us.
), and all this because the war was of God, undertaken in his fear and carried on in a dependence upon him. If the battle be the Lord's, there is reason to hope it will be successful.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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 marauding neighbors, took reprisals in men and cattle, dispossessed almost all of the original inhabitants, and colonized the district themselves.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| חֲלָלִ֤ים | chalalim | slain [ones] | H2491 → | 94 times |
| רַבִּים֙ | rabim | many | H7227 → | 454 times |
| נָפָ֔לוּ | nafalu | they fell | H5307 → | 435 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מֵהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | mehaelohim | [was] from <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה | hamilchamah | the battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ | vaiyeshevu | and they dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| תַחְתֵּיהֶ֖ם | tachteihem | in place of them | H8478 → | 505 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַגֹּלָֽה׃ פ | hagolah | the exile | H1473 → |
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
חֲלָלִ֤יםslain [ones]
chalalimH2491 →94 times
רַבִּים֙many
rabimH7227 →454 times
נָפָ֔לוּthey fell
nafaluH5307 →435 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
מֵהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים[was] from <the> God
mehaelohimH430 →2601 times
הַמִּלְחָמָ֑הthe battle
hamilchamahH4421 →320 times
וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּand they dwelt
vaiyeshevuH3427 →1079 times
תַחְתֵּיהֶ֖םin place of them
tachteihemH8478 →505 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הַגֹּלָֽה׃ פthe exile
hagolahH1473 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 23:10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- Leviticus 26:8
Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
- Deuteronomy 3:22
Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
- Exodus 14:14
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
- Psalms 35:1
Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
- Deuteronomy 32:30
Through
Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
it leads to
- Psalms 118:6
The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Jeremiah 1:19
They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Psalms 56:11
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Psalms 118:6
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Samuel 17:47; Berean Standard Bible, 2 Chronicles 20:15; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.