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It was to Ahab a trivial thing to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat
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/jit/figs-explicit)
It was to Ahab a trivial thing
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/jit/figs-idiom)
a trivial thing
"an insignificant thing" or "not enough"
to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat
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/jit/figs-metaphor)
worshiped Baal and bowed down to him
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/jit/figs-parallelism)