For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
The verse means that the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did, continuing in what he had introduced and never departing or turning away from them. Those sins were a rejection of God's ways for human ways, expressed in persistent idolatry and disobedience. That disobedience included idol worship led by rulers who turned from God, together with idolatry and licentious rites. The spread of those heathen practices among Israel had been helped by Solomon's alliances with heathen nations. Even so, Israel refused repeated calls to repent.
This persistence began the nation's downfall and formed part of the cause of its rejection. It continued as a lasting rejection of God's ways until the people became prey to the nations whose practices and ways they had chosen to follow. Judgment came when they were given into the hands of enemies who plundered the land and took the people captive. Assyria captured Samaria and exiled Israel to Assyria, scattering the remnant of the ten tribes among the nations.
That defeat led many to question the power of Israel's God.
The verse means that the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did, continuing in what he had introduced and never departing or turning away from them. Those sins were a rejection of God's ways for human ways, expressed in persistent idolatry and disobedience. That disobedience included idol worship led by rulers who turned from God, together with idolatry and licentious rites. The spread of those heathen practices among Israel had been helped by Solomon's alliances with heathen nations. Even so, Israel refused repeated calls to repent.
This persistence began the nation's downfall and formed part of the cause of its rejection. It continued as a lasting rejection of God's ways until the people became prey to the nations whose practices and ways they had chosen to follow. Judgment came when they were given into the hands of enemies who plundered the land and took the people captive. Assyria captured Samaria and exiled Israel to Assyria, scattering the remnant of the ten tribes among the nations.
That defeat led many to question the power of Israel's God.