Book of 1 Kings

Historical

Jeremiah (traditionally)

Traditionally dated c. 560–538 BC

Solomon's wisdom, temple build, and the divided kingdom.

1 Kings begins with the golden age of Solomon and the building of the Temple, and traces the subsequent moral decline, splitting of the nation into Israel and Judah, and the ministry of Elijah.

“There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.”

“He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.”

“One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

“But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.”

“He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.”