Can you imagine how difficult it would have been to uphold pure worship in the northern kingdom back then? Worse still, what if you worked in the royal palace itself?
وَٱلْأَسْوَأُ مِنْ ذلِكَ ،‏ مَاذَا لَوْ كُنْتَ تَعْمَلُ فِي ٱلْبَلَاطِ ٱلْمَلَكِيِّ ؟‏