1 Cronache 5:20

20 Furon soccorsi combattendo contro di loro, e gli Hagareni e tutti quelli ch’eran con essi furon dati loro nelle mani, perché durante il combattimento essi gridarono a Dio, che li esaudì, perché s’eran 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, i Gaditi e la mezza tribù di Manasse, che aveano degli uomini prodi che portavano scudo e spada, tiravan d’arco ed erano addestrati alla guerra, in numero di quarantaquattromila settecentosessanta, atti a combattere,

19 mossero guerra agli Hagareni, a Jetur, a Nafish e a Nodab.

20 Furon soccorsi combattendo contro di loro, e gli Hagareni e tutti quelli ch’eran con essi furon dati loro nelle mani, perché durante il combattimento essi gridarono a Dio, che li esaudì, perché s’eran confidati in lui.

21 Essi presero il bestiame dei vinti: cinquantamila cammelli, duecentocinquantamila pecore, duemila asini, e centomila persone;

22 molti ne caddero morti, perché quella guerra procedeva da Dio. E si stabilirono nel luogo di quelli, fino alla cattività.