# walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat "did all the same things that Jeroboam son of Nebat did" # in his sins by which he led Israel to sin "his" and "he" refer to 1) Baasha or 2) Jeroboam. # in his sins "he sinned as Jeroboam sinned" or "he sinned habitually" # to provoke Yahweh ... to be angry with their worthless idols "to make Yahweh, the God of Israel, angry because they worshiped worthless idols" # their worthless idols "their idols, which are worthless" or "their idols, which are useless" # the God of Israel "Israel" refers to all of the twelve tribes descended from Jacob.