For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
The people of Israel continued to follow all the sinful practices that Jeroboam had started; they never turned away from these sins.
This verse is saying that the Israelites stubbornly kept following the same sinful patterns their king Jeroboam had established, refusing to change their ways.
📚 Historical Context
Jeroboam was the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel after the nation split around 930 BC. To prevent his people from traveling to Jerusalem to worship, he set up golden calves in Bethel and Dan, establishing a false worship system that violated God's commands. This verse comes during the account of Israel's final destruction and exile by Assyria in 722 BC, explaining how generations of Israelites had persistently followed Jeroboam's sinful example for over 200 years.
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