For many fell slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.
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For many fell slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.
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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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For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 5:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 23:10 One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
- 2 Chronicles 32:8 An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- Romans 8:31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- 2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
- 2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 1 Chronicles 6:26 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
- 1 Chronicles 4:41 These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents. The Meunim who were found there, and they destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, the captivity of the ten tribes under Tiglath…
Meaning, the captivity of the ten tribes under Tiglath Pileser.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 5:22 For there fell down many slain, because…
1Ch 5:22 For there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
Ver. 22. Because the war was of God,] i.e., It was just and necessary; God also fought therein, as it were personally, against those idolatrous wretches.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The war was of God; God put them upon…
The war was of God; God put them upon it, and mightily assisted them in it.
They dwelt, i.e. that party of these tribes which went out to this war, being 44,760 men; or part of them by the consent of the rest.
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Until the captivity; of which 2Ki 15:29; 17:6.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And these were the heads of the house of…
And these were the heads of the house of their fathers,.... Some of the principal men of this half tribe:
even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel; but of none of these we read elsewhere, excepting Hepher and Azriel, Num 26:31.
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mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers; men that obtained a name for their strength, courage, and valour, and military exploits, and were the chiefs of the families in this half tribe, and by whom they were denominated; so from Hepher were the family of the Hepherites, and from Azriel the family of the Azrielites, as in the place before quoted.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Was of God - Undertaken in his fear, and…
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.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 22. For there fell down many slain] The…
Verse 22. For 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."
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ch 5:22. For there fell down many slain —…
1Ch 5:22. For there fell down many slain — Besides those taken captive, a great number were slain in the battle. Because the war was of God — Undertaken in his fear, and carried on in a dependance on him. Then we may expect to prosper in any enterprise, and then only, when we take God along with us. And they dwelt in their steads — Most or all of those valiant men who were engaged in this war, who were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, (1Ch 5:18,) settled themselves in the country which they had conquered, and remained there until the captivity, of which see 2Ki 15:29; 2Ki 17:6.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Lord. Very dreadful, and in obedience to God’s orders.…
Lord. Very dreadful, and in obedience to God’s orders. --- Captivity, ver. 6. (Calmet)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 22. was of God] i.e. was prompted by God;…
22. was of God] i.e. was prompted by God; cp. 1Sa_15:2-3.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Because the war was of God.
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Because the war was of God.
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Gods war
When a man fights against himself, in his lusts, passions, and unauthorised aspirations, he fights a war approved of God, and if he fights that war in the name of God he shall be none other than a victor at the close. When a man fights for the poor, the oppressed, the helpless, he is engaged in a battle over which God holds the banner, and the holding of that banner is the guarantee of triumph. (J. Parker, D. D.)
The war is of God
In speaking on temperance principles and trying to help and encourage temperance workers, this story of Bible history will well illustrate our theme. Consider:
I. The warriors.
1. They were courageous men--valiant men, sons of valour as the original has it.
2. They were skilful.
3. They were united.
II. The weapons which these warriors used.
1. The buckler. This was a weapon of defence, a small hand shield that was fastened to the wrist or to the hand itself, with which the warriors parried the blows of their enemies. Watch and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
2. The sword. If temperance workers would take the Bible as their sword, they would get on better than with the wooden swords which so many are inclined to use.
3. Bows and arrows. The spiritual parallel is the arrow of conviction.
III. Their warfare. It was distinguished--
1. By faith.
(1) Personal. They trusted in God; we must also have a personal faith in Christ as our Saviour.
(2) Also in the power of the gospel to change the hearts and lives of men.
2. By prayer. They cried to God in the battle.
IV. The victory. (Thomas Spurgeon.)
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