1 Chronicles 5:20

Easy To Read Version

Those men from the family groups of Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad prayed to God in the war. They asked God to help them because they trusted him. So God helped them. God allowed them to defeat the Hagrite people. And they also defeated those other people who were with the Hagrite people.

Cross References

Genesis 25:21

Isaac’s wife could not have children. So Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife. The Lord heard Isaac’s prayer. And the Lord allowed Rebekah to become pregnant.

Genesis 49:19

“A group of robbers will attack [260] Gad. But Gad will chase them away.”

1 Kings 22:32

So during the battle, these commanders saw King Jehoshaphat. The commanders thought that he was the king of Israel. So they went to kill him. Jehoshaphat began shouting.

1 Chronicles 5:21

They took the animals that belonged to the Hagrite people. They took 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys, and 100,000 people.

1 Chronicles 5:22

Many Hagrite people were killed because God helped the people of Reuben win the war. Then those people from the family groups of Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad lived in the land of the Hagrite people. They lived there until the time when the people of Israel were taken into captivity.

2 Chronicles 13:18

So at that time the people of Israel were defeated, and the people of Judah won. The army from Judah won because they depended on the Lord the God of their ancestors. {\cf2\super [177]}

2 Chronicles 18:31

When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, “There is Ahab, the king of Israel!” They turned toward Jehoshaphat to attack him. But Jehoshaphat shouted out, and the Lord helped him. God made the chariot commanders turn away from Jehoshaphat.

2 Chronicles 20:12

Our God, punish those people! We have no power against this large army that is coming against us! We don’t know what to do! That is why we look to you for help!” {\cf2\super [229]}

2 Chronicles 26:7

God helped Uzziah fight the Philistines, the Arabs living in the town of Gur Baal, and the Meunites.

2 Chronicles 33:13

Manasseh prayed to God and begged God to help him. The Lord heard Manasseh’s begging and felt sorry for him. The Lord let him return to Jerusalem and to his throne. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was the true God.

Ezra 8:23

So we fasted and prayed to our God about our trip. He answered our prayers.

Psalm 37:39

The Lord saves good people.\par When good people have troubles,\par the Lord is their strength.\par

Psalm 37:40

The Lord helps good people\par and saves them.\par Good people depend on the Lord,\par and he saves them from bad people.\par

Psalm 46:1

God is our storehouse of strength.\par In him, we can always find help\par in times of trouble.\par

Psalm 9:10

People who know your name\par should trust you.\par Lord, if people come to you,\par you will not leave them without help.\par

Exodus 17:11

Any time Moses held his hands in the air, the men of Israel would win the fight. But when Moses put his hands down, the men of Israel began to lose the fight.

Proverbs 29:25

Fear is like a trap. But if you trust in the Lord, you will be safe.

Jeremiah 39:18

I will save you, Ebed-Melech. You won’t die from a sword, but you will escape and live. That will happen because you have trusted in me.’” This message is from the Lord.

Daniel 6:23

King Darius was very happy. He told his servants to lift Daniel out of the lions’ den (cage). And when Daniel was lifted out of the den they did not find any injury on his body. Daniel was not hurt by the lions because he trusted in his God.

Nahum 1:7

The Lord is good.\par He is a safe place to go to\par in times of trouble.\par He takes care of the people who\par trust him.\par

Ephesians 1:12

We Jews were the first people who hoped in Christ. And we were chosen so that we would bring praise to God’s glory.

Joshua 10:14

That had never happened before. And it has never happened again! That was the day the Lord obeyed a man. The Lord really was fighting for Israel!

Joshua 10:42

Joshua captured all those cities and their kings on one trip. Joshua did this because the Lord God of Israel was fighting for Israel.

Joshua 23:10

With the Lord’s help, one man from Israel could defeat 1,000 enemy soldiers. Why? Because the Lord your God fights for you. The Lord promised to do this.

1 Samuel 19:15

The men went and told Saul, but he sent the messengers back to see David. Saul told these men, “Bring David to me. Bring him lying on his bed if you must, even if it kills him.”

1 Samuel 7:12

After this, Samuel set up a special stone. {He did this to help people remember the things God did.} Samuel put the stone between Mizpah and Shen. [87] Samuel named the stone “Stone of Help.” [88] Samuel said, “The Lord helped us all the way to this place!”