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    The document discusses the division of the Kingdom of Israel into the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah. It describes how after King Solomon's death, the 10 northern tribes chose Jeroboam as their king and separated from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin who remained loyal to Solomon's son Rehoboam. The division created two separate kingdoms that often fought with each other and were later conquered by different foreign powers.

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    The document discusses the division of the Kingdom of Israel into the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah. It describes how after King Solomon's death, the 10 northern tribes chose Jeroboam as their king and separated from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin who remained loyal to Solomon's son Rehoboam. The division created two separate kingdoms that often fought with each other and were later conquered by different foreign powers.

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    Background of the Divided Kingdom of Israel

    1. When Judah and Israel Were One


    -When the people of Israel asked God for a king, the nation officially
    became a kingdom. But God warned them that it would come with its
    challenges.

    2. The Great Divide


    In about the 10th century BCE something took place that dramatically
    affected the people of Israel and still affects them today. What was it?
    It was the great divide, which split the people into the kingdoms of
    Israel and of Judah.

    1 Kings 12:16-19 tells us:


    “And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the
    people answered the king, ‘What portion do we have in David? We
    have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel!
    Look now to your own house, David.’ …So, Israel has been in rebellion
    against the house of David to this day.”

    3. The Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah


    In that day, there was a great dispute in Israel, the nation chosen by
    God, about who was to become king. Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, was
    rightful heir to the throne and reigned after Solomon’s death.
    Jeroboam was a servant who rebelled against Solomon.

    The 10 tribes of Israel (Asher, Dan, Ephraim, Gad, Issachar, Manasseh,


    Naphtali, Reuben, Simeon, and Zebulunl) made Jeroboam king and the
    tribes of Judah and Benjamin, along with the Levites, remained with
    Rehoboam.
    The split was prophesied by the Lord (1 Kings 11:11-13, 29-39) because
    of Solomon’s sin. The northern 10 tribes kept the name of Israel. The
    once unified tribes of Jacob were now two nations. They were two
    houses, or two brothers if you will, that had become enemies. The
    prophets wept over her fate. They were a people of God after all. But
    their pride and hunger for power took over.

    4. Difference between Israel (Samaria) and Judah (Jerusalem)


    We see throughout the rest of the Old Testament how these two
    nations fought with one another. They each became strong and
    independent and created two distinct lineages in history. Each had
    their own kings, and even their own prophets.

    Sadly, also both Israel and Judah fell into captivity, although to
    different powers and at different times. God sent the Babylonians to
    capture the House of Judah, and He sent the Assyrians to conquer the
    House of Israel.

    And while the Babylonian captivity of Judah lasted for a period of 70


    years, Israel never fully came out of the Assyrian captivity. The
    Samaritans were considered half-breeds from the House of Israel. But
    many tribes were considered lost.

    At first, they were known as the “diaspora”, which is a common name


    for the Jewish people who live away from their land. Eventually, the
    northern tribes became the “lost sheep of the House of Israel.”

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