Around 931 BC...Right after Solomon died, his son Rehoboam became king over Judah (Southern Kingdom), and Jeroboam became king over Israel (Northern Kingdom)
During the period of the later Kingdom of Judah and the Exile, the Tribe of Benjamin merged into the much larger Tribe of Judah, but this was more of a cultural absorption than any proclamation or intent.
The tribe of Judah was the largest of the twelve tribes of Israel. This tribe was known for its leadership and prominence in the kingdom of Israel.
There was no Israel in 587 BCE. Israel was destroyed by the Assyrians in 722 BCE.If perhaps the question was referring to the Kingdom of Judah which would be destroyed one year later by the Babylonians, the King of Judah at that time was King Zedekiah son of Josiah.
A:The Bible says that Ahaziah was king of Israel for about two years (approx 852-851 BCE). Another Ahaziah is recorded as king of Judah for one year (approx 843-842 BCE). Ahab's successors in Israel were his sons Ahaziah (parts of two years) and Jehoram (roughly seven according to 2 Chronicles, though the Deuteronomist gives him twelve years). In Judah, Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat reigned for at least seven years and Jehoram's son Ahaziah for less than a year. This means that Ahaziah and Jehoram ruled Israel for about eight years, and also that Jehoram and Ahaziah ruled Judah during approximately the same eight years.The duplication of the names, even if in reverse order, is startling and has led to speculation that Judah was really under Israelite rule for this period, which the southern scribes were unwilling to acknowledge. We will probably never know for certain, but it is possible that Ahaziah, son of Ahab, really was king of both Israel and a defeated Judah (followed by his brother Jehoram).
Rehoboam for Judah and Jeroboam for Israel to begin with.
In about 926BC, Israel split into two kingdoms: Israel (in the north) and Judah (in the south)
After Solomon's death, Israel split into the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Israel now had ten tribes and Judah had two.
The south.
Israel and Judah.
Solomon's onerous taxes and his favoritism toward Judah, the southern part of the kingdom.
The two tribes, Judah and Benjamin, were collectively called Judah or Judea. See also:More about the split
You aren't; he was a king over Israel before it split into the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel
Nowadays, Israel is not divided into two kingdoms, but thousands of years ago, Israel was split into two kingdoms called "Yehuda" and "Israel". Both kingdoms were Jewish and both had their own ledership, but only one kingdom, "Yehuda", was oficially ruling the land of Israel and Jerusalem
After the split of the Kingdom of Israel, the two southern tribes that formed the Kingdom of Judah were Judah and Benjamin. This division occurred around 931 BCE, following the reign of King Solomon, leading to the establishment of two separate kingdoms: Israel in the north and Judah in the south. The Kingdom of Judah maintained its capital in Jerusalem and was known for its lineage of Davidic kings.
After King Solomon's death, Israel separated into two Kingdoms - the Northern Kingdom of Israel which consisted primarily of 10 of the 12 tribes of Israel, and the Southern Kingdom of Judah which consisted primarily of tribe of Judah and Benjamin. It should be noted however, that each Kingdom had members of all 12 tribes of Israel.
The two new kingdoms that emerged were the Kingdom of Israel in the north, with Samaria as its capital, and the Kingdom of Judah in the south, with Jerusalem as its capital.
When the state was first established, the people who established it were strictly secularists, and there was a militant "rebellion against the past." The name "Judah" is a bit too ancient sounding, too archaic. Israel is ancient too, but it is nowhere near as archaic sounding. In the actual ancient times, when the unified Kingdom of David split into the northern Kingdom of Israel, and the southern Kingdom of Judah, the northern kingdom was renamed "Israel" to rebel against the rule of the tribe of Judah. The northern Israelites, had rejected Judaism in favor of pagan worship, religious split is what caused the division.