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1 Chronicles 5:22

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Chronicles 5:22 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.
1 Chronicles 5:22 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 5

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
19And they made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.
20And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their trust in him.
21And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand.
22For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.
23And the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir and mount Hermon.
24And these were the heads of their fathers` houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers` houses.
25And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“For there fell down many slain, etc.] Many were killed in the battle, besides the great number of prisoners made, so that the army the Ishmaelites brought into the field was very great: because the war was of God; or from the Word of the Lord, as the Targum; he stirred up the Israelites to it, directed, assisted, and succeeded them, that vengeance might be taken on this wicked and idolatrous people: and they dwelt in their stead until the captivity; the Targum adds, of Sennacherib king of Assyria; but this captivity of the tribes referred to was not by him, but by Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, (<130526>1 Chronicles 5:26) and they dwelt not in the country of the Arab-hagarites, or…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“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. Next: 1 Chronicles Chapter 6”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the war was of God: Exo 14:14; Jos 23:10; Jdg 3:2; Ch2 32:8; Neh 4:20; Psa 24:8; Pro 22:3; Zac 14:3; Luk 14:31, Luk 14:32, Luk 22:36; Rom 8:31 they dwelt: Num 32:33 steads: Ch1 4:41 until the captivity: Ch1 5:6, Ch1 5:26; Kg2 15:29, Kg2 17:6 1 Chronicles 5:23”
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