1 Chronicles 5:20
Good News Translation
They put their trust in God and prayed to him for help, and God answered their prayers and made them victorious over the Hagrites and their allies.

New Revised Standard Version
and when they received help against them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried to God in the battle, and he granted their entreaty because they trusted in him.

Contemporary English Version
Whenever these soldiers went to war against their enemies, they prayed to God and trusted him to help. That's why the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh defeated the Hagrites and their allies.

New American Bible
they received help so that the Hagrites and all who were with them were delivered into their power. For during the battle they cried out to God, and he heard them because they had put their trust in him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Gave them help. And the Agarites were delivered into their hands, and all that were with them, because they called upon God in the battle: and he heard them, because they had put their faith in him.

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Gave them help. And the Agarites were delivered into their hands, and all that were with them, because they called upon God in the battle: and he heard them, because they had put their faith in him.

And they.

1 Chronicles 5:22 And many fell down slain: for it was the battle of the Lord. And they dwelt in their stead till the captivity.

Exodus 17:11 And when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel overcame; but if he let them down a little, Amalec overcame.

Joshua 10:14,42 There was not before, nor after, so long a day, the Lord obeying the voice of a man, and fighting for Israel. . . .

1 Samuel 7:12 And Samuel took a stone, and laid it between Masphath and Sen: and he called the place The stone of help. And he said: Thus far the Lord hath helped us.

1 Samuel 19:15 And again Saul sent to see David, saying: Bring him to me in the bed, that he may be slain.

Psalm 46:1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden. [2] Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.

Psalm 146:5,6 Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God: . . .

for they cried.

1 Kings 8:44,45 If thy people go out to war against their enemies, by what way soever thou shalt send them, they shall pray to thee towards the way of the city, which thou hast chosen, and towards the house, which I have built to thy name: . . .

2 Chronicles 13:14,15 And when Juda looked back, they saw the battle coming upon them both before and behind, and they cried to the Lord: and the priests began to sound with the trumpets. . . .

2 Chronicles 14:11-13 And he called upon the Lord God, and said: Lord, there is no difference with thee, whether thou help with few, or with many: help us, O Lord our God: for with confidence in thee, and in thy name we are come against this multitude. O Lord thou art our God, let not man prevail against thee. . . .

2 Chronicles 18:31 So when the captains of the cavalry saw Josaphat, they said: This is the king of Israel. And they surrounded him to attack him: but he cried to the Lord, and he helped him, and turned them away from him.

2 Chronicles 20:12 O our God, wilt thou not then judge them? as for us we have not strength enough, to be able to resist this multitude, which cometh violently upon us. But as we know not what to do, we can only turn our eyes to thee.

2 Chronicles 32:20,21 And Ezechias the king, and Isaias the prophet the son of Amos, prayed against this blasphemy, and cried out to heaven. . . .

in the battle.

1 Kings 22:32 So when the captains of the chariots saw Josaphat, they suspected that he was the king of Israel, and making a violent assault, they fought against him: and Josaphat cried out.

2 Chronicles 13:13,14 While he spoke these things, Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind him. And while he stood facing the enemies, he encompassed Juda, who perceived it not, with his army. . . .

2 Chronicles 14:10,11 And Asa went out to meet him, and set his army in array for battle in the vale of Sephata, which is near Maresa: . . .

2 Chronicles 18:31 So when the captains of the cavalry saw Josaphat, they said: This is the king of Israel. And they surrounded him to attack him: but he cried to the Lord, and he helped him, and turned them away from him.

because.

Psalm 9:10 And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.

Psalm 20:7,8 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will call upon the name of the Lord, our God. . . .

Psalm 22:4,5 In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them. . . .

Psalm 84:11,12 For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory. . . .

Jeremiah 17:7,8 Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence. . . .

Nahum 1:7 The Lord is good, and giveth strength in the day of trouble: and knoweth them that hope in him.

Ephesians 1:12 That we may be unto the praise of his glory: we who before hoped in Christ:

Context
The Descendants of Gad
19They fought against the Agarites: but the Itureans, and Naphis, and Nodab, 20Gave them help. And the Agarites were delivered into their hands, and all that were with them, because they called upon God in the battle: and he heard them, because they had put their faith in him.21And they took all that they possessed, of camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand souls.…
Cross References
Genesis 25:21
And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive.

1 Chronicles 5:21
And they took all that they possessed, of camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand souls.

2 Chronicles 14:11
And he called upon the Lord God, and said: Lord, there is no difference with thee, whether thou help with few, or with many: help us, O Lord our God: for with confidence in thee, and in thy name we are come against this multitude. O Lord thou art our God, let not man prevail against thee.

2 Chronicles 33:13
And he entreated him, and besought him earnestly: and he heard his prayer, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom, and Manasses knew that the Lord was God.

Ezra 8:23
And we fasted, and besought our God for this: and it fell out prosperously unto us.

Psalm 9:10
And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.

Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will call upon the name of the Lord, our God.

Psalm 20:8
They are bound, and have fallen: but we are risen, and are set upright.

Psalm 22:4
In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.

Psalm 22:5
They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

Psalm 37:40
And the Lord will help them and deliver them: and he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them because they have hoped in him.

Daniel 6:23
Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and he commanded that Daniel should be taken out of the den: and Daniel was taken out of the den, and no hurt was found in him, because he believed in his God.

1 Chronicles 5:19
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