1 Cronache 5:20

20 Ed ebbero soccorso contro a loro; talchè gli Hagareni, e tutti quelli che erano con loro furono dati nelle lor mani; perciocchè essi gridarono a Dio nella battaglia, ed egli li esaudì; perciocchè si erano confidati in lui.

1 Cronache 5:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 5:20

And they were helped against them
The Israelites were helped against the Ishmaelites, to fight with them, and overcome them; either by their brethren of the house of Israel, as the Targum, those on this side Jordan; or rather by the Lord, to whom they cried, and who was entreated by them as follows:

and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that [were]
with them;
they and their confederates and auxiliaries, the Ituraeans, &c.

for they cried to God in the battle;
which at first seems to have gone against them; and they prayed to God, as the Targum, while they were fighting, that he would appear for them, and give them victory:

and he was entreated of them;
he received their prayer, as the same paraphrase; he heard them, and answered them:

because they put their trust in him;
in his power and providence, and not in their own strength, courage, and military skill; the Targum is,

``because they trusted in his word.''

1 Cronache 5:20 In-Context

18 I figliuoli di Ruben, e i Gaditi, e la mezza tribù di Manasse, in numero di quarantaquattromila settecensessanta d’infra gli uomini prodi, che portavano scudo e spada, e tiravano l’arco, ed erano ammaestrati alla guerra, per uscir fuori in battaglia,

19 fecero guerra agli Hagareni, ed a Ietur, ed a Nafis, ed a Nodab.

20 Ed ebbero soccorso contro a loro; talchè gli Hagareni, e tutti quelli che erano con loro furono dati nelle lor mani; perciocchè essi gridarono a Dio nella battaglia, ed egli li esaudì; perciocchè si erano confidati in lui.

21 E presero i lor bestiami, in numero di cinquantamila cammelli, e dugencinquantamila pecore, duemila asini, e centomila anime umane.

22 Perciocchè molti erano caduti uccisi; perchè quella battaglia era da Dio; ed essi abitarono in luogo loro fino al tempo della cattività.