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Rehoboam and Jeroboam
 from freebibleimages.org | When King Solomon died, his son Rehoboam became the king of Israel. He was young and arrogant and increased an already heavy tax burden on his people. Rehoboam lived a very luxurious lifestyle thanks to all the taxes he collected while the people struggled to get by. Jeroboam had been a trusted employee of King Solomon. A prophet named Ahijah told Jeroboam that God planned to make Jeroboam, not Solomon's son Rehoboam, the ruler of all Israel. All that God required was that Jeroboam follow God's commands and rule according to His will. This prophecy made King Solomon angry, and he plotted to kill Jeroboam. Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and lived there for the rest of King Solomon's reign. After Solomon's death, Jeroboam returned to Israel. He told King Rehoboam that the taxes were too hard for the people to pay, but Rehoboam wouldn't listen. The people revolted and asked Jeroboam to be their king. Although the tribes of Judah and Benjamin remained loyal to Rehoboam, the other 10 tribes committed themselves to Jeroboam. Israel became a divided kingdom: Judah, ruled by Rehoboam, in the south and a smaller Israel, ruled by Jeroboam, in the north. Jerusalem was under Rehoboam's control, and Jeroboam feared that if his people went to Jerusalem to worship they would fall under Rehoboam's spell and Jeroboam would lose his power. He ignored Ahijah's prophesy and set up two "holy cities" in his kingdom at Dan and Bethel. He threw out the Jewish priests (who came from the tribe of Levi) and hired priests who would practice religion according to Jeroboam's rules. He set up shrines and created holy days and festivals. Jeroboam turned away from God. The prophet Ahijah told him if he continued down this path that his family would be ruined, but Jeroboam didn't care. After Jeroboam died, his son Nadab ruled for two years before all of Jeroboam's family were killed. Other kings followed, but none of them worshipped the one true God. Rehoboam didn't do much better. Because of his cruelty, the people of the South turned away from God, too. After his death, some of the kings of Judah were good kings who brought the people back to God, but many were just like Rehoboam. There were many battles and skirmishes between Rehoboam and Jeroboam, and the tensions betweem Israel and Judah continued for hundreds of years after their deaths. |
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