What sin did Solomon commit that split Israel?

Answer 1

They did not keep the covenant of God; they refused to walk in His law, and forgot His works and His wonders that He had shown them" (Psalm 78:10-11).

"And may [they] not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not set its heart aright, and whose spirit was not faithful to God" (verse 8).

"Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!" (Deuteronomy 5:29).

By disobeying God, Israel violated the terms of the covenant. The Israelites simply did not have a desire, commitment or willingness to follow God's ways and instructions. They did what comes naturally for mankind, which is to disobey God (Romans 8:7).

Answer 2

Solomon's sin that led to the split of Israel was his excessive idol worship, particularly building altars and temples for foreign gods to please his many foreign wives. This disobedience to God's commandments ultimately caused God to strip most of the kingdom away from Solomon's descendants, leading to the division of Israel into the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

Answer 3

A:

The First Book of Kings gives two explanations for the split of the United Monarchy of Israel. First it says (1 Kings 11) that God told Solomon that his son would lose most of his kingdom because Solomon had committed the sin of worshipping other gods. Later, it says that after the death of Solomon, the northern tribes rebelled from the kingdom of Israel and created their own kingdom called Israel, while the former kingdom settled for the name Judah. According to First Kings, this came about because Solomon had unwisely imposed swingeing taxes on the northern tribes and his son and successor, Rehoboam, not only refused to lift them but insisted on increasing the burden on the Israelites.

The Second Book of Chronicles entirely omits the story of Solomon's infidelity to God, instead emphasising Solomon's faithfulness and his commitment to constructing the Temple in Jerusalem. The nearest it comes to any threat of punishment for infidelity to God is found in 2 Chronicles 7:19-22, where God merely warns that if the Israelites turn away from him, he will pluck them out of the land. The remainder of this account until the death of Solomon is devoted to telling of the great luxury in which Solomon lived, but there is no suggestion that Solomon committed any sin for which the kingdom would be destroyed. As with the older account in 1 Kings, Second Chronicles says that because Solomon had unwisely imposed swingeing taxes on the northern tribes and Rehoboam not only refused to lift them but insisted on increasing the burden on the Israelites, they rebelled.

However, some scholars believe that there never was a United Monarchy of Israel. They say that Israel and Judah were always separate, with their own pottery styles, culture and distinct dialects of the Hebrew language. On this view, there was no split.

Answer 4

A:The greatest sin committed by the Israelites, according to the biblical record, was the genocidal destruction of city after city in Canaan, as described in the book of Joshua.

Fortunately, and in defence of the Israelites and their descendants, the consensus of modern scholars is that the Israelite invasion of the land of the Canaanites never happened as described in The Bible. Rather, archaeologists note a gradual increase in small rural settlements in the hitherto sparsely populated Canaanite hinterland, from around 1200 BCE. The Hebrew people were simply Canaanites who migrated away from the region of the rich coastal cities to establish a new life for themselves in the interior. Long after they had forgotten their real origins, the Hebrew people developed the legends of a glorious military conquest.

Answer 5

That depends when. During the wilderness era, there was the Golden Calf, the Spies, and various complaints. Later, the most common sin was that of idolatry.

See also:

Golden Calf, Spies, complaints

Israelite idolatry

The fact that the Israelites killed Canaanites need not bother you. Since secular writers claim that the evidence of Joshua's conquest comes from the Hebrew records exclusively, they must, logically, accept the Hebrew records in full, which clearly state that this was done at God's command, and give the reason too (Numbers 33:55). Even the Canaanites were impressed (Joshua 9:3-10, and 6:27).

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Answer 6

Throughout the Old Testament, there are many examples of the Israelites - part of or as a whole - breaking God's Law or committing sin. The Apostle James was inspired to tell us this:
James 2:10-11New King James Version (NKJV)

10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

As strange as this may sound, the Israelites taking of the Promised Land of Canaan was God's Promise. They were the instruments the Creator God was using to punish the people who committed all sorts of vile acts - like offering their children to false gods, throwing them into the fire to their deaths. So the Creator of all things put an end to their physical lives. These too, will come back to physical form to go through the Judgement process when their minds are awakened to the ways of God. This is what the Scripture promises for all mankind.