For there fell down many slain Besides those taken captive, a great number were slain in the battle. Because the war was of God Undertaken in his fear, and carried on in a dependance on him. Then we may expect to prosper in any enterprise, and then only, when we take God along with us. And they dwelt in their steads Most or all of those valiant men who were engaged in this war, who were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, (1 Chronicles 5:18,) settled themselves in the country which they had conquered, and remained there until the captivity, of which see 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:6.
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1 Chronicles 5:22
22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.