KJV King James Version
For there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.
WEB World English Bible
For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.
ASV American Standard Version
For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for many have fallen pierced, for of God is the battle; and they dwell in their stead till the removal.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 5
19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that [were] with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
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.
22 For there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
24 And these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, [and] heads of the house of their fathers.
25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּֽי־H3588 · kiforחֲלָלִ֤יםH2491 · cha.lalslain: killedרַבִּים֙H7227 · ravmanyנָפָ֔לוּH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforמֵהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodהַמִּלְחָמָ֑הH4421 · mil.cha.mahbattleוַיֵּשְׁב֥וּH3427 · ya.shavto dwellתַחְתֵּיהֶ֖םH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underעַד־H5704 · adtillהַגֹּלָֽה׃ פH1473 · go.lahcaptivity
Cross-references
Joshua 23:10One 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 32:8With 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 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.2 Kings 17:6In 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 4:41And 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.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on 1 Chronicles 5:22
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →