18 The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, consisting of valiant men, men who carried shield and sword and shot with a bow and were skillful in battle, totaled 44,760 who (A)went to war. 19 They made war against (B)the Hagrites, (C)Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 20 They were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were handed over to them; for (D)they cried out to God in the battle, and He answered their prayers because (E)they trusted in Him. 21 They took away their livestock: their fifty thousand camels, 250,000 sheep, and two thousand donkeys; and a hundred thousand [a]people. 22 For many fell mortally wounded, because (F)the war was of God. And (G)they settled in their place until the (H)exile.

23 Now the sons of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land; from Bashan to Baal-hermon, (I)Senir, and Mount Hermon they were numerous. 24 These were the heads of their fathers’ households: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, valiant mighty men, famous men, heads of their fathers’ households.

25 But they were (J)untrue to the God of their fathers and (K)prostituted themselves (L)with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. 26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of (M)Pul, king of Assyria, that is, the spirit of [b]Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he (N)took them into exile, namely the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 5:21 Lit souls of mankind
  2. 1 Chronicles 5:26 In 2 Kin 15:29, Tiglath-pileser

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