Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
1 Chronicles 5:22
For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God, He it was that gave them success. And they dwelt in their steads, colonizing the district themselves, until the captivity.
For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God, He it was that gave them success. And they dwelt in their steads, colonizing the district themselves, until the captivity.
Verse 1 Chronicles 5:22. _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...
3. SIMEON, REUBEN, GAD, AND MANASSEH Chapter S 4:24-5:26 _ 1. The sons of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:24)_ 2. The sons of Reuben (1 Chronicles 5:1) 3. The children of Gad and half Manasseh ...
PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, o...
UNTIL THE CAPTIVITY. Compare 2 Kings 15:29. 2Ki 17:6. 2 Kings 18:9: i.e. that of Tiglath-pileser....
_was of God_ i.e. was prompted by God; cp. 1 Samuel 15:2-3....
The War of the Trans-Jordanic Tribes against the Hagrites 18. _forty and four thousand_ According to Joshua 4:13 "about forty thousand" from these tribes crossed the Jordan with Joshua to aid in the...
7. THE DESCENDANTS OF REUBEN, GAD, AND MANASSEH, WAR BEYOND THE JORDAN (1 Chronicles 5:18-26) TEXT 1 Chronicles 5:18. The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant m...
_FOR THERE FELL DOWN MANY SLAIN, BECAUSE THE WAR WAS OF GOD. AND THEY DWELT IN THEIR STEADS UNTIL THE CAPTIVITY._ They dwelt in their steads until the captivity. It appears that these acquisitions by...
GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED) This chapter gives lists of the descendants of Reuben, the families of Gad, and the families of the eastern division of Manasseh....
THE CAPTIVITY] i.e. the deportation of the eastern tribes by Tiglath-pileser: cp. 1 Chronicles 5:6; 1 Chronicles 5:26....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 5 The *tribe of Reuben –...
(18-22) A war of conquest between the three tribes east of Jordan, and their Arab neighbours. The date is not given. (18) OF VALIANT MEN. — “_All that were valiant men, bearing shield and sword, and d...
כִּֽי ־חֲלָלִ֤ים רַבִּים֙ נָפָ֔לוּ כִּ֥י מֵ ה
NAMES 1 Chronicles 1:1; 1 Chronicles 2:1; 1 Chronicles 3:1; 1 Chronicles 4:1;...
The worth principally attracting attention in this chapter are those connected with the name of Reuben. Here the ultimate light flames on the record: "the Prince," toward whose advent everything moves...
For there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the (i) captivity. (i) Meaning, the captivity of the ten tribes under Tiglath Pileser....
_Lord. Very dreadful, and in obedience to God's orders. --- Captivity, ver. 6. (Calmet)_...
We have here a short account of the blessing of God upon the Reubenites and the Gadites. How undeserving soever in themselves, the Lord accepted them in the covenant, and wrought deliverance for them,...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3, 4, AND 5. The genealogy of David's family is next given us, as far as several generations after the return from the captivity; and then that of the tribes...
FOR THERE FELL DOWN MANY SLAIN,.... 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...
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...
_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...
1 The line of Reuben (who lost his birthright) vnto the captiuitie. 9 Their habitation and conquest of the Hagarites. 11 The chiefe men, and habitations of Gad. 18 The number and conquest of Reuben...
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...
1 Chronicles 5:22 many H7227 fell H5307 (H8804) dead H2491 war H4421 Gods H430 dwelt H3427 (H8799) captivit
CONTENTS: Line of Reuben, Gad, half of Manasseh. Captivity for their sins. CHARACTERS: Reuben, Judah. CONCLUSION: In all conflicts we must look up to heaven for strength and it is believing prayer t...
1 Chronicles 5:19. _The Hagarites,_ that is, the Ishmaelites, who descended from Hagar's son. 1 Chronicles 5:21. _Fifty thousand._ The LXX read, five thousand. The ancient way of numbering by letters...
_Because the war was of God._ GOD’S 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 nam...
1 CHRONICLES 5:1 The Transjordanian Tribes. By the Chronicler’s time, Reuben (vv. 1 Chronicles 5:1), Gad (vv. 1 C
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 5:18 FOR THEY CRIED OUT TO GOD. God answers his people and grants them victory when they cry out to him (compare 2
CRITICAL NOTES.] This ch. contains Reuben, Gad, and the half of Manasseh east of Jordan, with two episodes, one on the wars of these tribes, and the other on the removal by Tilgath-pilneser. The upper...
EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 5:1 THE SONS OF REUBEN. The tribe of Reuben is now taken third in order by the compiler, though Reuben was the first of all the sons of Israel. The distinct statements of 1 Ch...
Now in chapter five we get to the descendants of Reuben, who lost his birthright. It was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel. And so his genealogy is not reckoned after the birthright (1 C...
1 Chronicles 4:41; 1 Chronicles 5:26; 1 Chronicles 5:6; 2 Chronicles 32:8;...
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....
How could the God of peace conduct war? PROBLEM: In 1 Chronicles 5:18-22, the war of the sons of Reuben, the Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh, against the Hagrites is described. Verse 20 states...