All right, my Bible in 365, brothers and sisters.

We are at the book of First Kings, and boy, oh boy, oh boy, is this one a doozy.

Now, I want to get right into it, but I first want to say, if you want to get more in-depth with these passages, you can.

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But this one, I have been looking forward to this.

Why?

Because the book of First Kings begins with a promise, but the heart starts to drift.

And I want to point this out. Look, First Kings opens with the kingdom of Israel at its all-time

high. It is doing incredibly well. Solomon receives wisdom. The temple is built.

The glory of the Lord literally fills the house.

Israel is wealthy.

It's respected.

It's powerful.

And boy, does that feel very similar to some things we've seen in the United States of America over the years.

But the problem is not external, folks.

It's internal.

And Solomon's failure was not that he lacked wisdom.

His failure was that his heart actually turned.

First Kings chapter 11 verse 4 says it.

It says, for it came to pass when Solomon was old and that his wives turned away his heart after other

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