1 Chronicles 5:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. 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 Targum says, the war was מן מימרא דיי min meymera dayai, "from the Word of the Lord."

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.