Rehoboam (Rechav'am).
Rehoboam's father, King Solomon, had levied relatively heavy taxes, which had been used for such large-scale endeavors as building the First Temple. After Solomon's death, the people approached his son Rehav'am (Rehoboam) and asked that he lower the taxes. He ignored the counsel of his elder advisers and refused the people's request. This led the Ten Tribes to turn away from him (1 Kings ch.12).The background reason was because King Solomon had been less than perfectly righteous. This led God to punish him by diminishing his dynasty in the lifetime of his son (Rehoboam). 1 Kings ch.11.
A deeper reason is that God wanted the more righteous people of Judah to be influenced by the Ten Tribes as little as possible.
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Yes, but they were split into two countries.
In about 926BC, Israel split into two kingdoms: Israel (in the north) and Judah (in the south)
Israel and Judah.
No. Israel and India are two different countries.
No. Israel and Egypt are two neighboring countries.
After Solomon's death, Israel split into the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Israel now had ten tribes and Judah had two.
Israel and Judea
Neither the Palestinians or Jews deserve the land of israel if they keep on fighting. I think that they should simply split up the land equally into two : problem solved!!!!! Then there will be two countries : Palestine and Israel and so they can live in peace.
You aren't; he was a king over Israel before it split into the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel
Israel and Ethiopia are two separate countries, with no overlap.
Israel and Iran are two separate countries, with no overlap.
They split into Czech Republic and Slovakia. I'm not totally sure on this but I thought it was in 1993.