According to the Hebrew Bible, the united kingdom of Israel split after Solomonās death, when his son Rehoboam refused to accept certain terms offered to him by the 10 northern tribes at his accession. These tribes turned to Jeroboam, who had been a corvĆ©e overseer under Solomon before he was forced to flee to Egypt because of the kingās suspicions that he presented a political threat. Jeroboam thus became the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel.
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