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.

For there fell {H5307} down many {H7227} slain {H2491}, because the war {H4421} was of God {H430}. And they dwelt {H3427} in their steads until the captivity {H1473}.

Many were slaughtered, because the war was of God, and they lived in their territory until the captivity.

and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.

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

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Cross-References

  • 2 Chronicles 32:8 (8 votes)

    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.

  • Joshua 23:10 (7 votes)

    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.

  • Romans 8:31 (7 votes)

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

  • 2 Kings 15:29 (5 votes)

    In 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 17:6 (5 votes)

    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 (2 votes)

    [As for] Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

  • 1 Chronicles 4:41 (2 votes)

    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.