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 now lower the tax. 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.
His four sons divided up the kingdom.
His four sons divided up the kingdom.
3 parts
the kingdom of israel and southern kingdom of judah
Canaan; Divided Kingdom; Eretz Israel; Israel; Judea; Palestine; Pelesheth; Philistia; Samaria; United Kingdom
After the death of King Herod in 4 BCE, he willed the kingdom to Augustus, who broke it up and appointed three separate Jewish kings.
Divided Kingdom was created in 2005.
The history of ancient Egypt is divided into 3 kingdoms - the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom.
Charlemagne's kingdom was divided by the Treaty of Verdun.
The ISBN of Divided Kingdom is 1-4000-7659-5.
Had the Kingdom of Israel not split after the death of King Solomon, the Ten Tribes would be with us today.
Shaul's Kingdom, f'cource...