Solomon inherited the kingdom from the "Messianic" figure David. All Gentile nations of the Earth participated in the building of Solomon´s Temple. But then, the king became overbearing, lusted after foreign flesh, dabbled in pagan worship, and demanded 666 golden talents in tax.
So after his death, the kingdom split and the northern tribes created their own polity, even setting up their own cultic places of worship.
It just struck me that this sounds...vaguely familiar. Isn´t this actually the story of the Catholic Church and the Protestant Reformation?!
Nothing is new under the sun. As Solomon himself would no doubt put it.
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