E88 I Kings: The End Of Solomon’s Reign And The Beginning of the Divided Kingdom, Israel And Judah

In the last lesson, we learned that Solomon, even after the was filled with the wisdom of God, became an utter failure. God rejected him now, and Rehoboam, Solomon’s son, succeeded him as ruler over the nation,

What God promised would happen because of Solomon's failure started to take hold through circumstances He planned to work through Rehoboam. There was about to be civil war in Israel.

Join us in this lesson and learn about how the ignominious end of Solomon's became the beginning of a civil war in the nation of Israel that would split the the kingdom into two pieces. The northern kingdom fell into idolatry and called themselves “The House of Israel” (depending on the context, “Israel” now meant either the entire nation or just the northern kingdom). The capital of the northern kingdom was in Samaria.

The southern kingdom still maintained Jerusalem as its capital and called itself “The house of Judah”.