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1 Chronicles 5:25

They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families. 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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּֽמְעֲל֔וּvai.yim.'a.Luand they acted unfaithfullyH4603 →
בֵּאלֹהֵ֖יbe.lo.Heiagainst [the] God ofH430 →
אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם'a.vo.tei.Hemancestors theirH1 →
וַיִּזְנ֗וּvai.yiz.Nuand they played [the] prostituteH2181 →
אַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiafterH310 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] gods ofH430 →
עַמֵּי־'a.mei-[the] peoples ofH5971 →
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
הִשְׁמִ֥ידhish.Midhe had destroyedH8045 →
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃mi.pe.nei.Hemfrom before themH6440 →

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Revelation 17:5And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.Hosea 1:2When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”Psalms 106:34–39They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,2 Kings 17:7–18All 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 godsExodus 34:15Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.Hosea 9:1Do 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.Judges 2:12Thus 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,2 Chronicles 25:14–15When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.Judges 2:17Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.Judges 8:33And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.Deuteronomy 32:15–18But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

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Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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