KJV ORIGINAL
For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
He followed exactly in the footsteps of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, and committed the same sins that led Israel into sin. This made the LORD God of Israel angry because of their worthless idols.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is saying that the king repeated the same mistakes as Jeroboam, leading God's people into idol worship and making God angry.
📚 Historical Context
This refers to King Omri of Israel, who ruled around 885-874 BC. Jeroboam had been the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel after it split from Judah, and he had set up golden calf idols to prevent his people from going to Jerusalem to worship. This became the pattern of sin that many subsequent kings of Israel followed.
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