Why would the kings (and queens) of Israel and Judah continue to follow an example that had already proven fruitless?

Question

Einstein once defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."  Here, it's more like "doing the same thing that many others have done and expecting different results."

Answer 1

Im used to be Jewish but I stepped away bc of all my activities and during the 9 years I was Jewish I had never heard of them doing that