For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities — The summary attributes the dynasty's destruction to both rulers' cultic apostasy (their 'vanities,' הֶבְלֵיהֶם—empty idolatries). The phrase emphasizes the corporate nature of sin: leaders' apostasy corrupts the nation, bringing collective judgment.

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