1 Chronicles 5 · Verse 22

1 Chronicles 5:22

For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
1 Chronicles 5:22, King James Version

1 Chronicles 5:22 in other translations

BSBand many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.
WEBFor many fell slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.
ASVFor there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.
YLTfor many have fallen pierced, for of God is the battle; and they dwell in their stead till the removal.
DARBYFor there fell down many slain, for the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.
BBEAnd a very great number went to their death, because the war was God's purpose. And they went on living in their place till they were taken away as prisoners.
WebsterFor there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

What does 1 Chronicles 5:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 5:18-22

18-22. 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 5:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
חֲלָלִ֤יםcha.la.Limslain [ones]H2491
רַבִּים֙ra.BimmanyH7227
נָפָ֔לוּna.Fa.luthey fellH5307
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
מֵהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםme.ha.'E.lo.Him[was] from <the> GodH430
הַמִּלְחָמָ֑הha.mil.cha.Mahthe battleH4421
וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּvai.ye.she.Vuand they dweltH3427
תַחְתֵּיהֶ֖םtach.tei.Hemin place of themH8478
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
הַגֹּלָֽה\׃\ \פha.go.Lahthe exileH1473

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 5:22

  • Joshua 23:10

    One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:8

    With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

  • Romans 8:31

    What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

  • 2 Kings 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and 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 into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by 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, and Nahath his son,

  • 1 Chronicles 4:41

    And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the war.
Jos 23:10; 2Ch 32:8; Ro 8:31
until the captivity.
6:26; 2Ki 15:29; 17:6

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 5:21

    And 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 an hundred thousand.

  • 1 Chronicles 5:22

    For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

  • 1 Chronicles 5:23

    And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal–hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.

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1 Chronicles 5:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y cayeron muchos heridos, porque la guerra era de Dios; y habitaron en sus lugares hasta la transmigración.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		car il en tomba morts un grand nombre, parce que la bataille venait de Dieu: et ils habitèrent à leur place jusqu’à la transportation.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn es fielen viele Erschlagene, weil der Streit von Gott war. Und sie wohnten an ihrer Statt bis zur Wegführung. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vulnerati autem multi corruerunt: fuit enim bellum Domini. Habitaveruntque pro eis usque ad transmigrationem.