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1 Chronicles 5:22 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œFor there fell down many slain, because the war {was} of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.”

1 Chronicles 5:22

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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. {took...: Heb. led captive} {men: Heb. souls of men}

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. {famous...: Heb. men of names}

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