But they broke faith with the God of their fathers, and whored after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
The heads of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that were seated on the other side Jordan, are named here, Ch1 5:23, Ch1 5:24. Their lot, at first, was Bashan only; but afterwards they increased so much in wealth and power that they spread far north, even unto Hermon. Two things only are here recorded concerning these tribes on the other side Jordan, in which they were all concerned.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 5:18-26
THE LINE OF GAD. (1Ch. 5:11-26) the children of Gad dwelt over against them--The genealogy of the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh (Ch1 5:24) is given along with that of the Reubenites, as these three were associated in a separate colony.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 5:11-26
The 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.