Rehoboam

Where they went

2 related events

1. 1
   930 BCDivision of Israel and Judahmonarch

   Around 930 BC, after Solomon died, the Hebrew kingdom split in two: the ten northern tribes made Jeroboam king of Israel, while the south formed the Kingdom of Judah at Jerusalem under Solomon’s son Rehoboam.

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   925 BCShoshenq I’s Campaign in Palestinerelated figure

   Around 925 BC Shoshenq I of Egypt’s 22nd Dynasty — the biblical Shishak — invaded the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah. He carved a list of conquered towns on the walls of Karnak, and a fragment of his victory stele was found at Megiddo.

People who appear alongside

• Jeroboam I

  First king of the northern Kingdom of Israel (r. c. 930 – 909 BC), who led the ten northern tribes away

• Solomon

  Son of David who led the Hebrew kingdom at its height (10th century BC) and, according to the Bible, built the Temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem

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  Shoshenq I

  Libyan-born pharaoh who founded Egypt’s 22nd Dynasty (r. c. 943 – 922 BC); the biblical Shishak, he recorded his Palestine campaign at Karnak

Themes this person appears in

• Early Civilizations and Empires3500 BC – 486 BC

  From the first civilizations in the great river valleys to the first empires of the Near East, India and China — comparing their writing, law, religion and rule