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1 Chronicles 5:20

1 Chronicles 5:20
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For there fell down many slain,.... Many were killed in the battle, besides the great number of prisoners made, so that the army the Ishmaelites brought into the field was very great:

because the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

They put their trust in him - Or, as the Targum says, "Because they trusted במימריה bemeymriah, in his Word."

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 5:18-26

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

they were helped with divine assistance; cp. 1Ch 15:26.