for many fell dead, because the war was God’s. And they dwelt in their place until the captivity.
Parallel translations
- WEB For many fell slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.
- KJV For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
- BSB and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.
- NASB For many fell mortally wounded, because the war was of God. And they settled in their place until the exile.
- NLT Many of the Hagrites were killed in the battle because God was fighting against them. The people of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh lived in their land until they were taken into exile.
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Quick answer
Many enemies fell because the war was God's, and the tribes lived in the land until the exile. It attributes the victory to God and foreshadows later judgment.
Overview
The Chronicler declares plainly that 'the war was of God,' so the slaughter of the enemy was according to his will. The eastern tribes then dwelt securely in the conquered land until the captivity. This closing note both celebrates God's deliverance and quietly anticipates the exile that would come because of later unfaithfulness.
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Cross-references · 7
- 2 Chr 32:8An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- Josh 23:10One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
- Rom 8:31What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- 2 Kgs 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
- 2 Kgs 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 1 Chr 6:26As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
- 1 Chr 4:41These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents. The Meunim who were found there, and they destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
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