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Wrong. All of the Israelites (with the exception of one person, Jeroboam) loved him and enjoyed great prosperity in his time. Problems began only afterward.

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 said that there was now no reason not to 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 issue was more because of his arrogance than the taxes themselves.The background 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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