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1 Chronicles 5:20 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 5 · verse 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.1 Chronicles 5:20 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 5:20 in context
18The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
19And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
20And 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.
21And 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.
22For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 22:4-5
- Psalms 9:10
- 2 Chronicles 18:31
- Joshua 10:14
- Psalms 20:7-8
- 1 Chronicles 5:22
- Joshua 10:42
- Nahum 1:7
Key words (Strong's)
- HagaritesHagrîya Hagrite or member of a certain Arabian clanH1905 →
- deliverednâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- intreatedʻâtharto burn incense in worshipH6279 →
- helpedʻâzarto surroundH5826 →
- battlemilchâmâha battleH4421 →
- criedzâʻaqto shriekH2199 →
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The heads of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that were seated on the other side Jordan, are named here, Ch1 5:23, Ch1 5:24. Their lot, at first, was Bashan only; but afterwards they increased so much in wealth and power that they spread far north, even unto Hermon.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-26