The interpretation timeline

1Kgs 11:5

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1Kgs 11:5 · Douay-Rheims
“But Solomon worshipped Astarthe the goddess of the Sidonians, and Moloch the idol of the ammonites.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
523
A.D.
Philoxenus of Mabbug Patristic
c. A.D. 450–523
“Now this is the first lust which conquered the world, and because of it the first transgression of the law took place. And by its exceeding dainties Solomon also was led into the error of idols. And even to-day it corrupteth every thing, for because of it the world is exhausted, and for its pleasure creation runneth its course; for its sake all the children of men work slavery, and it seemeth as if the door could be shut in the face of all wickedness if it did not exist.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

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