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# It was to Ahab a trivial thing to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat
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This implies that Ahab wanted to commit worse sins. The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "It was as if Ahab thought that walking in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat was not enough" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# It was to Ahab a trivial thing
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This is an idiom. The phrase "to Ahab" means that Ahab considered or thought something. Alternate translation: "Ahab considered it a trivial thing" or "Ahab thought that it was not enough" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# a trivial thing
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"an insignificant thing" or "not enough"
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# to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat
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Walking in Jeroboam's sins represents sinning as Jeroboam had sinned. Alternate translation: "to sin as Jeroboam son of Nebat had sinned" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# worshiped Baal and bowed down to him
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These two phrases mean the same thing. The phrase "bowed down to him" describes the posture that people used in worship. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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