For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
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Gill's Exposition
And these were the heads of the house of their fathers,.... Some of the principal men of this half tribe:
even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel; but of…
Adam Clarke
For there fell down many slain - The hundred thousand men mentioned above were probably made slaves, and were not slain. The Targum says, one hundred thousand souls of men.
The war was of God - The…
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…
Cambridge Bible
was of God i.e. was prompted by God; cp. 1Sa 15:2-3.
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