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1 Chronicles 5:25 — Meaning and Application
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King James 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. "
1 Chronicles 5:25
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And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
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 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 unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
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1 Chronicles 5:1
"Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright."
1 Chronicles 5:2
"For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)"
1 Chronicles 5:3
"The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi."
1 Chronicles 5:4
"The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,"
1 Chronicles 5:5
"Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,"
1 Chronicles 5:6
"Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites."
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