Divided Kingdom and the Prophets
The Kingdom Divides
About 930 BC Israel and JudahOld Testament
WHAT HAPPENED
The event
After Solomon’s death, harsh leadership and long-standing tensions divided the nation into Israel and Judah.
WHY IT MATTERS
Its place in the story
The division shows how unwise leadership and covenant unfaithfulness can fracture a community.
RELATED SCRIPTURE · KJV
Read it in the Bible
“For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.”
1 Kings 11:4
“And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.”
1 Kings 19:12
PEOPLE
RehoboamJeroboam
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