Catholic Public Domain Version
"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. "
— 1 Chronicles 5:25, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“And they did evil against the God of their fathers, worshipping the gods of the people of the land, whom God had put to destruction before them.”
“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.”
And many fell down wounded. For it was a war of the Lord. And they lived in place of them, until the transmigration.
Also, the sons of the one half tribe of Manasseh possessed the land, from the parts of Bashan as far as Baal, Hermon, and Sanir, and Mount Hermon. For certainly, their number was immense.
And these were leaders of the house of their kindred: Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, very valiant and powerful men, and renowned leaders in their families.
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.
And so the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, the king of the Assyrians, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser, the king of Assur. And he took away Reuben, and Gad, and the one half tribe of Manasseh. And he led them to Halah, and to Habor, and to Hara, and to the river of Gozan, even to this day.