John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 5:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they were helped against them, etc.] The Israelites were helped against the Ishmaelites, to fight with them, and overcome them; either by their brethren of the house of Israel, as the Targum, those on this side Jordan; or rather by the Lord, to whom they cried, and who was entreated by them as follows: and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that [were] with them; they and their confederates and auxiliaries, the Ituraeans, etc. for they cried to God in the battle; which at first seems to have gone against them; and they prayed to God, as the Targum, while they were fighting, that he would appear for them, and give them victory: and he was entreated of them; he received their prayer, as the same paraphrase; he heard them, and answered them: because they put their trust in him; in his power and providence, and not in their own strength, courage, and military skill; the Targum is, “because they trusted in his word.”

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