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They worshiped the gods of the nations that God had destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But they broke faith with the God of their fathers, and whored after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they were untrue to the God of their fathers and prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But they acted treacherously against the God of their fathers and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But they acted treacherously against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But they acted unfaithfully against the God of their fathers and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But they acted treacherously against the God of their fathers and played the prostitute with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors. They prostituted themselves with the gods of the nations God had destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors. They prostituted themselves with the gods of the nations God had destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh were unfaithful to the God their ancestors had worshiped, and they started worshiping the gods of the nations that God had forced out of Canaan. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But Gad, Reuben, and half of the tribe of Manasseh were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors. They chased after the gods of the people of the land as if they were prostitutes. God had destroyed these people as the Israelites arrived.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But the people were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and deserted him to worship the gods of the nations whom God had driven out of the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors by prostituting themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had exterminated right in front of them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and worshiped instead the gods of the native peoples whom God had destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and prostituted themselves after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went astray after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God destroyed before them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they trespass against the God of their fathers, and go whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God destroyed from their presence;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they trespass against the God of their fathers, and go a-whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God destroyed from their presence;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will transgress against the God of their fathers, and they will commit fornication after the gods of the peoples of the land, which God destroyed from before them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But they forsook the God of their fathers, and went astray after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But they abandoned the God of their fathers, and they fornicated after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God took away before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />However, they acted treacherously toward the God of their ancestors by prostituting themselves to follow the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But they transgressed against the God of their ancestors, and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went astray after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they denied the God of their fathers, and they went astray after gods of the nations of the Earth whom LORD JEHOVAH had destroyed from before them.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they broke faith with the God of their fathers, and went astray after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But they rebelled against the God of their fathers, and went a-whoring after the gods of the nations of the land, whom God cast out from before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=1567" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/5.htm">The Half-tribe of Manasseh</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4603.htm" title="4603: way·yim·‘ă·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. Treacherously.">But they were unfaithful</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: bê·lō·hê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">to the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of their fathers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: way·yiz·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">and they prostituted</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">themselves with</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the gods</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mê- (N-mpc) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">of the peoples</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: hiš·mîḏ (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">had destroyed</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê·hem (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-18</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">2 Kings 18:11-12</a></span><br />The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. / This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-13</a></span><br />And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. / Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-13</a></span><br />My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3-4</a></span><br />I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled. / Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Hosea 9:1</a></span><br />Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6-10</a></span><br />Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there. / I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. / She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Jeremiah 11:10</a></span><br />They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Ezekiel 23:30</a></span><br />have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-35.htm">Psalm 106:35-39</a></span><br />but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. / They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. / They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-16.htm">Deuteronomy 31:16</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Deuteronomy 32:16-17</a></span><br />They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations. / They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33-34</a></span><br />They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away. / To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-40.htm">2 Kings 17:40-41</a></span><br />But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs. / So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14</a></span><br />Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.</p><p class="hdg">and went.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Judges 2:17</a></b></br> And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; <i>but</i> they did not so.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/8-33.htm">Judges 8:33</a></b></br> And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-18</a></b></br> For <i>so</i> it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, … </p><p class="hdg">a whoring.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15</a></b></br> Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and <i>one</i> call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/8-27.htm">Judges 8:27</a></b></br> And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, <i>even</i> in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7</a></b></br> For <i>so</i> it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,</p><p class="hdg">after the gods.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/2-12.htm">Judges 2:12</a></b></br> And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that <i>were</i> round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/25-14.htm">2 Chronicles 25:14,15</a></b></br> Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up <i>to be</i> his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-34.htm">Psalm 106:34-39</a></b></br> They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/17-32.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-9.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/judges/8-33.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-43.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-10.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-20.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-24.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-17.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/judges/19-2.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-28.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-15.htm">Played</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-29.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/judges/19-2.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/judges/8-33.htm">Prostituted</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-7.htm">Transgressed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-13.htm">Treacherously</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-7.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-51.htm">Trespassed</a> <a href="/judges/19-2.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/judges/8-33.htm">Whoring</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-37.htm">Worshipping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/6-10.htm">Acted</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-11.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/psalms/106-39.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-18.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-15.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/7-23.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-14.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-19.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-10.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-11.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-8.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-8.htm">Played</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-1.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-11.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/psalms/106-39.htm">Prostituted</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-2.htm">Transgressed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-2.htm">Treacherously</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-1.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-13.htm">Trespassed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-13.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-13.htm">Whoring</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-20.htm">Worshipping</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-1.htm">Judah and Joseph preferred before Reuben, who forfeited his birthright.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-3.htm">Ruben's descendants; some of whom vanquish the Hagarites.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-11.htm">The chief men of Gad, and their habitations.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-18.htm">Ruben, Gad, and half of Manasseh, obtain a victory over the Hagarites.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-23.htm">The habitations and chief men of that half of Manasseh.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">The captivity of the two tribes and half, for their sins.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "God of their fathers" refers to the covenantal relationship established with the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This unfaithfulness is a breach of the covenant, which required exclusive worship and obedience to Yahweh. The historical context here is the period of the divided kingdom, where idolatry and syncretism were rampant. This unfaithfulness is often compared to spiritual adultery, as seen in the prophetic books like Hosea, where Israel's relationship with God is likened to a marriage.<p><b>and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land</b><br>The use of the term "prostituted" is metaphorical, indicating spiritual infidelity and the pursuit of other deities. This phrase underscores the severity of Israel's sin, as they adopted the idolatrous practices of the surrounding nations, such as the Canaanites. These practices often included rituals that were abhorrent to God, such as child sacrifice and temple prostitution. The "gods of the peoples of the land" refers to the local deities like Baal and Asherah, which were worshipped through various pagan rites. This behavior is condemned throughout the Old Testament, as seen in passages like <a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Judges 2:17</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/3-6.htm">Jeremiah 3:6-9</a>.<p><b>whom God had destroyed before them</b><br>This phrase recalls the conquest of Canaan, where God commanded the Israelites to drive out the inhabitants of the land due to their wickedness (<a href="/deuteronomy/9-4.htm">Deuteronomy 9:4-5</a>). The destruction of these peoples was both a judgment on their sin and a means to prevent Israel from being led astray by their idolatrous practices. The failure to fully obey God's command led to the Israelites being influenced by these very practices, as seen in <a href="/judges/1-27.htm">Judges 1:27-36</a>. This serves as a warning about the consequences of disobedience and the importance of remaining faithful to God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_reubenites,_gadites,_and_the_half-tribe_of_manasseh.htm">The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh</a></b><br>These were the tribes of Israel mentioned earlier in <a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/5.htm">1 Chronicles 5</a>, who settled on the east side of the Jordan River. They are the primary subjects of this verse, having turned away from God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god_of_their_fathers.htm">God of their fathers</a></b><br>Refers to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who had established a covenant with the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_gods_of_the_peoples_of_the_land.htm">The gods of the peoples of the land</a></b><br>These were the pagan deities worshiped by the surrounding nations, which the Israelites were explicitly commanded to avoid.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_peoples_of_the_land.htm">The peoples of the land</a></b><br>Refers to the Canaanite nations and other groups that inhabited the land before the Israelites, whom God had driven out due to their idolatry and wickedness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_act_of_unfaithfulness.htm">The act of unfaithfulness</a></b><br>This event highlights the spiritual adultery of the Israelites, as they turned away from God to worship other deities.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but can also be anything that takes the place of God in our lives. We must be vigilant in identifying and removing these idols.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god.htm">Faithfulness to God</a></b><br>The Israelites' unfaithfulness serves as a warning to us. We are called to remain faithful to God, remembering His past faithfulness and the covenant we have through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites faced consequences for their unfaithfulness, we too must understand that our actions have spiritual consequences. Obedience to God brings blessings, while disobedience leads to spiritual decline.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_influence.htm">Cultural Influence</a></b><br>The Israelites were influenced by the surrounding cultures, leading them away from God. We must be cautious of cultural influences that contradict our faith and values.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Despite their unfaithfulness, God always provided a way for repentance and restoration. We should seek God's forgiveness and return to Him when we stray.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25, 26) The captivity of the three eastern tribes. A fuller account may be read in <a href="/context/2_kings/17-6.htm" title="In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.">2Kings 17:6-18</a>.<p>(25) <span class= "bld">They transgressed against the God of their fathers.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">were faithless</span> or <span class= "ital">untrue</span> to Him (<a href="/joshua/7-1.htm" title="But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.">Joshua 7:1</a>, "committed a trespass").<p><span class= "bld">Went a whoring after the gods of the people</span> (peoples).--Jehovah was the true Lord (<span class= "ital">Ba'al</span>) and Husband (<span class= "ital">Ish</span>) of Israel. Apostasy from Him is, in the prophetic language, whoredom. (See Hos. 1 Chronicles 1, 2, especially 2:16, and 1 Chronicles 3) According to Kings <span class= "ital">50100</span> the fatal sin of Israel evinced itself: (1) in the worship of the high places; (2) in adoration of the heavenly bodies, and the productive powers of nature; (3) in the practice of magic and divination.<p><span class= "bld">The people of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.</span>--Comp. <a href="/context/numbers/21-21.htm" title="And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,">Numbers 21:21-35</a>, and <a href="/joshua/12-6.htm" title="Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.">Joshua 12:6</a>; <a href="/context/psalms/135-10.htm" title="Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;">Psalm 135:10-12</a>. The reduction of the Canaanites was, to the mind of the chronicler, a Divine work. He is not thinking only of such extraordinary events as were told of the battle of Beth-boron (<a href="/context/joshua/10-11.htm" title="And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven on them to Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.">Joshua 10:11-14</a>). All the incidents of the conquest were the Lord's doing, whether He acted through the agency of sun and moon, or storm and tempest, or the good swords of Joshua and his warriors. From the same standpoint, he ascribes the Assyrian invasions to a direct impulse from the God of Israel (<a href="/1_chronicles/5-26.htm" title="And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, to this day.">1Chronicles 5:26</a>). The Assyrian kings themselves were wont to regard their campaigns as a fulfilment of the bidding of their Divine protectors, Istar, Bel, and other imaginary beings. It was not given to them to attain to the higher vision of the Hebrew prophets and priests, who saw but one guiding and controlling power at the summit of the world. (Comp. <a href="/context/isaiah/10-5.htm" title="O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.">Isaiah 10:5-15</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 25, 26.</span> - The "transgressors" here described include manifestly not this half-tribe Manasseh alone, but the other tribes of Israel of whom this chapter has treated. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And they went a-whoring</span> (<span class="hebrew">וַיַּזְנוּ</span>); so <a href="/2_chronicles/21-11.htm">2 Chronicles 21:11, 13</a>. This verb, in one form of its root or another, occurs as many as ninety-seven times in the Pentateuch, Judges, Joshua, Psalms, Proverbs; and prophets, for only twice in Kings and four times in Chronicles, in all the rest of the Old Testament writings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But they were unfaithful</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּֽמְעֲל֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yim·‘ă·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4603.htm">Strong's 4603: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover up, to act covertly, treacherously</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the God</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּאלֹהֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(bê·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their fathers,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they prostituted</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּזְנ֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiz·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> </span><span class="str2">To commit adultery, to commit idolatry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">themselves with</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחֲרֵי֙</span> <span class="translit">(’a·ḥă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the gods</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the peoples</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמֵּי־</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the land,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֔רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whom</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had destroyed</span><br /><span class="heb">הִשְׁמִ֥יד</span> <span class="translit">(hiš·mîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exterminated or destroyed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before them.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mip·pə·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">1 Chronicles 5:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">1 Chronicles 5:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">1 Chronicles 5:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">1 Chronicles 5:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">1 Chronicles 5:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">1 Chronicles 5:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">1 Chronicles 5:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">1 Chronicles 5:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">1 Chronicles 5:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">1 Chronicles 5:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/5-25.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 5:25 They trespassed against the God of their (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 5:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 5:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/5-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 5:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 5:26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>