1Ch 5:18-22 | Clarke

‏ 1 Chronicles 5:18-22

Verse 19. They made war with the Hagarites] This is probably the same war that is mentioned 1Ch 5:10. Those called Hagarites in the text are everywhere denominated by the Targum Hongaraai, Hongarites.

Verse 20. They put their trust in him.] Or, as the Targum says, "Because they trusted bemeymriah, in his WORD."

Verse 21. They took away their cattle] This was a war of extermination as to the political state of the people, which nothing could justify but an especial direction of God; and this he could never give against any, unless the cup of their iniquity had been full. The Hagarites were full of idolatry: see 1Ch 5:25.

Verse 22. 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 min meymera dayai, "from the WORD of the Lord."