1 Chronicles 5:25
in 1 Chronicles 5They 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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 5
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe gods of the people of the land - We see the reason why God delivered the Hagarites into the hands of these tribes; they were abominable idolaters, and therefore God destroyed them.
This site's exposition
went a whoring after the gods
on 1 Chronicles 5:25-26
The chapter that opened with the tribes crying to God in battle and being entreated closes with their transgression: they went whoring after the gods of the peoples God had destroyed before them, worshipping the idols of the very nations whose land they had taken. The Lord stirred the spirit of Pul and of Tiglath-pileser, kings of Assyria, and Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh became the first of Israel's tribes carried into exile, settled by the river Gozan unto this day. Henry reads the tribes that chose the best land east of Jordan, most exposed and most mixed with the nations around them, as for that same reason the first tribes lost.
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Seventh-commandment sins especially leave an indelible stain upon men's names and families, a reproach which time will not wipe away. Reuben's seed, to the last, bear the disgrace of Reuben's sin. Yet, though that tribe was degraded, it was not discarded or disinherited.
They lay upon the borders, and conversed most with the neighbouring nations, by which means they learned their idolatrous usages and transmitted the infection to the other tribes; for this God had a controversy with them. He was a husband to them, and no marvel that his jealousy burnt like fire when they went a whoring after other gods.
And they transgressed against the God their fathers,.... Against his law, will, word, and ordinances, not only the half tribe of Manasseh, hut the Reubenites and Gadites also: and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them; that is, committed idolatry, which is spiritual fornication or whoredom; worshipped the idols either of the Amorites, who were destroyed by the Lord to make way for their first settlement; or of the Ishmaelites, whom they conquered, and whose land they dwelt in to the captivity.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּֽמְעֲל֔וּ | vaiyimalu | and they acted unfaithfully | H4603 → | 36 times |
| בֵּאלֹהֵ֖י | belohei | against [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם | ʾavoteihem | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיִּזְנ֗וּ | vaiyiznu | and they played [the] prostitute | H2181 → | |
| אַחֲרֵי֙ | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] gods of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| עַמֵּי־ | ʾamei- | [the] peoples of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִשְׁמִ֥יד | hishmid | he had destroyed | H8045 → | |
| אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃ | mipeneihem | from before them | H6440 → | 2123 times |
וַיִּֽמְעֲל֔וּand they acted unfaithfully
vaiyimaluH4603 →36 times
בֵּאלֹהֵ֖יagainst [the] God of
beloheiH430 →2601 times
אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑םancestors their
ʾavoteihemH1 →1212 times
וַיִּזְנ֗וּand they played [the] prostitute
vaiyiznuH2181 →
אַחֲרֵי֙after
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] gods of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
עַמֵּי־[the] peoples of
ʾamei-H5971 →1873 times
הָאָ֔רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הִשְׁמִ֥ידhe had destroyed
hishmidH8045 →
אֱלֹהִ֖יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
מִפְּנֵיהֶֽם׃from before them
mipeneihemH6440 →2123 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:16
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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hosea 2:4–5
I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.
- Hosea 3:1
Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn…
- Deuteronomy 31:16
Through
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.
it leads to
- Revelation 14:8
Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
- Revelation 18:2
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable…
- Revelation 17:7
“Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.
- Revelation 16:19
The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His…
- 2 Timothy 3:1–5
But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
- Revelation 14:8
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.