John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"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." — 1 Chronicles 5:25 (ASV)
And they transgressed against the God their fathers
Against his law, will, word, and ordinances, not only the half tribe of Manasseh, but 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.