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.
But they turned away from the God of their ancestors and chased after the false gods of the people who had lived in the land before them, the same people God had destroyed.
The writer is explaining that God's people abandoned their faith and started worshiping the same false gods that had belonged to the nations God had already defeated for them.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of 1 Chronicles, this verse refers to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh, who settled east of the Jordan River after the conquest of Canaan. These tribes turned to idolatry by worshiping the gods of the local peoples, whom God had previously driven out, despite their covenant relationship with Him. This unfaithfulness contributed to their vulnerability and eventual defeat by the Assyrians.
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