1 Chronicles 5:18-22

18 The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service—able-bodied men who could handle shield and sword, who could use a bow, and who were trained for battle.

19 They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish and Nodab.

20 They were helped in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him.

21 They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand people captive,

22 and many others fell slain, because the battle was God’s. And they occupied the land until the exile.

1 Chronicles 5:18-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 5

This chapter relates the genealogy of the tribes that lived on the other side Jordan; of the Reubenites, 1Ch 5:1-10, of the Gadites, 1Ch 5:11-17 of the half tribe of Manasseh, 1Ch 5:23,24 and of their war with the Hagarites, in conjunction with each other, and their conquest of them, 1Ch 5:18-22 and who for their sins were all carried captive by the king of Assyria, 1Ch 5:25,26.

Cross References

• 1. S Numbers 1:3
• 2. ver 10; Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 1:31
• 3. Psalms 37:40; Psalms 46:5; Psalms 54:4
• 4. 1 Kings 8:44; 2 Chronicles 6:34; 2 Chronicles 13:14; 2 Chronicles 14:11; Psalms 20:7-9; Psalms 22:5; Psalms 107:6
• 5. Psalms 26:1; Isaiah 26:3; Daniel 6:23
• 6. S Deuteronomy 20:4; 2 Chronicles 32:8
• 7. S ver 10; S 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:6