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Religion in Israel
The Jews were monotheistic; they believed in one God called Yahweh, the creator of the world and everything in it.
Through the Israelites were a minor factor in the politics of the religion, their religion-known today as Judaism.
Israelites were a group of Semitic-speaking people. Much of their history and religious beliefs was eventually recorded in the Hebrew Bible, which is known to Christians as the Old Testament.
By the time King Solomon, who ruled from about 970 B.C. to 930 B.C., the Israelites had established control over all of the land that came to be called Israel and made Jerusalem it's capital.
Solomon is best known for building a temple in the city Jerusalem.
After Solomon's death, tension among the tribes within Israel led to the creation of two separate kingdoms.
