Do you remember Solomon had many wives and concubines of the nations? He also allowed those to bring their idol worship in among the children of Israel, and God warned Solomon about that twice. Solomon didn't stop it, so God said He would rend the kingdom from him, but would do it in the days of his son Rehoboam. All this history is written starting in 1 Kings 11 forward. I'm only going to give a type of 'outline' about it here...
1. God rends the kingdom of Israel from Solomon's son and heir Rehoboam in Jerusalem (1 Kings 11:11-12).
2. Solomon had setup Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim as governor over the ten tribes in the northern portions of the holy lands, at that time the ten northern tribes were called the "house of Joseph". (1 Kings 11:26-28)
3. God through His prophet Ahijah told Jeroboam that God would give him ten tribes to reign over, and he would be "king of Israel" instead of Solomon's son Rehoboam. For this Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam, so Jeroboam fled in exile to Egypt. (1 Kings 11:25-40)
4. Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, of the tribe of Judah and house of David, was made king over all Israel at Jerusalem. (1 Kings 12:1)
5. Leaders from the ten northern tribes go to Rehoboam, and ask him to ease his father Solomon's labor burden he had put upon them. Rehoboam refused and said he would make it more. (1 Kings 12:3-15)
6. The ten tribes then said what do they have to do with the house of David? So the ten tribes of Israel departed back north to their tents. At this point old Israel became separated into two branches. Only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin remained in the south under Rehoboam of the house of David. (1 Kings 12:16-20)
7. The ten tribes then called for Jeroboam of Ephraim to return, and they made him "king of Israel" over the ten northern tribes. Only the tribe of Benjamin followed the tribe of Judah in the south. (1 Kings 12:20)
8. Then Rehoboam, king of Judah at Jerusalem, gathered the tribes of Judah and Benjamin with plans to go north to the ten tribes, and bring the kingdom back under his rule. God through his prophet Shemaiah told Rehoboam to not do this, as this split was by God's Hand. (1 Kings 12:21-24)
9. Then northern ten tribe kingdom thus became the "kingdom of Israel" ruled by Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim, with its capital city at Samaria in the north. These would also be called the "house of Israel", or just as "Israel", or "Joseph", or "Ephraim", or as "Samaria", in later Bible history. These did not include the Jews of the southern "kingdom of Judah".
10. Then the 2 tribe southern kingdom under Rehoboam of Judah became known as the "kingdom of Judah" with its capital city at Jerusalem. This was made up of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin at this point in the history. These would be called the "house of Judah", or just "Judah", or just "Jerusalem", or "kingdom of Judah", or Jews, in later Bible history.
11. When Jeroboam, king of Israel over the ten northern tribes considered that per the old covenant at that time all Israelites were required to go to Jerusalem to worship, he was afraid a great number of the ten northern tribes might stay at Judea and augment Judah and Benjamin. Jeroboam then instead had two gold calf idols made in two cities in the north and told the ten tribes there was their gods to worship. (1 Kings 12:26-33)
12. Jeroboam then also made common priests of the people, and thus the Levite priests in the north left the ten tribes and went south and joined with Judah. (2 Chronicles 11:14-15)
13. A small remnant out of the ten northern tribes also refused Jeroboam's calf idols, and instead went south and also joined with Judah and Rehoboam. (2 Chronicles 11:16-17)
14. Thus the "house of Judah" under Rehoboam became made up of 3 tribes, the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi, along with foreigners that lived in the lands of Judah and became Jewish converts. To this day, this is how it still is with those who call theirselves Jews. They represent only the 3 tribes of old Israel, and a small remnant of the northern ten tribes, and strangers.
15. In all the days Rehoboam, king of Judah, and Jeroboam, king of Israel, they had war against each other. (1 Kings 15:6)
16. God eventually got tired of the kings of Israel over the ten northern tribes not ending Jeroboam's calf idol worship in the north. So God brought the kings of Assyria upon the ten northern tribes and removed them all to Assyria and the lands of the Medes, never to return. Only the Jews of the "house of Judah" remained in the holy land. (2 Kings 17)
17. As it was common by the Assyrian kings, when they would conquer a land, they would remove the original peoples of that land, and supplant them with foreign peoples instead. This the king of Assyria did to the northern ten tribes of Israel. He supplanted the "house of Israel" (ten tribes) with pagan foreigners from Babylon, five peoples which each had their own false god worship. These foreigners became known as the Samaritans, and were Gentiles living in the northern holy lands instead of the ten tribes. The Jews of the southern "house of Judah" would have nothing to do with the Samaritans, knowing they were foreigners. (2 Kings 17)
18. This is where the ten northern tribes of Israel drop out of Bible history (except for future prophecies about them).
19. At this point, only the Jews of the 3 tribe "house of Judah" remain, and are the main subject of Bible history.
20. By the time of about 120 years after the Assyrian kings had removed the ten northern tribes of Israel, the "house of Judah" fell away from God also, and did the same things that Israel in the north did. So in the days of Jeremiah the prophet, God brought Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon upon these of the "kingdom of Judah", and took them captive to Babylon. God had told Jeremiah their captivity would be for 70 years, but that He would take care of them while captives.
21. During the Jew's captivity, their language usage would change, using Aramaic instead of Hebrew, and their religious leadership would create the Babylonian Talmud of sage writings which the Jew's religion would mostly follow. These writings were mostly just traditions. Their Bible understanding became corrupt with false ones that crept in. This was most likely in prep for Jesus' 1st coming to die on the cross by the hands of those Jews.
22. After the Jew's 70 years captivity to Babylon, only a small remnant of the "house of Judah" (Jews) returned back to the holy land, and rebuilt Jerusalem and the 2nd temple, and began old covenant worship again. The majority of the Jews captive to Babylon chose to remain, and were then later scattered through the countries like the ten tribes were; but... the Jews would keep knowledge of their old heritage as part of Israel.
23. The ten northern tribes remained scattered to Assyria, and took other names and customs, and began to lose their Israelite heritage. The Jewish historian who lived in 100 A.D. said the ten tribes were still "beyond Euphrates", and were a great number of people, too many to be counted.
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24. Per the Book of Hosea, God prophesied that He would end the kingdom of the "house of Israel" (ten northern tribe "kingdom of Israel" that He gave Jeroboam of Ephraim to reign over).
25. God told His prophet Hosea to take a prostitute for wife, and name their children, which names were to serve as symbols for removing His blessings from the "kingdom of Israel", and ending the kingdom.
26. God said He would then scatter the ten tribe "house of Israel", and give them the full weight of their false Baal worship which they did in forgetting Him.
27. God also said He would hedge up their paths, so they would not be able to find their way back, after they had figured how they had it better before having left the holy land.
28. The ten tribe "house of Israel" would thus lose... knowledge of their heritage as the larger portion of the children of Israel, and thus lose knowledge of God's feast days, new moons, and sabbaths, becoming as Gentiles, scattered among Gentiles.
29. God said He would scatter them to the 'wilderness', which is put for being scattered to new lands.
30. Then there, in the wilderness, God said He would give them a door of hope, and speak softly to them, and take the names of Baali out of their mouths which they called Him.
31. And there, God would given them a "new covenant" with peace and blessings.
32. Then they would call Him "Ishi" (Friend).
33. And where God had said to them, 'not My people', it would then be said, 'you are the sons of the living God'.
34. Apostle Paul would quote that no.33 to believing Gentile Romans in Romans 9. That means God through His prophet Hosea was revealing Christ's Church of both believing Israelites of the ten tribes, and believing Gentiles. It reveals that the ten scattered tribes of Israel had a huge... part in formation of the Christian Church in new lands they were scattered to.
35. In final when Jesus Christ returns, both the believing Israel and Gentiles, which make up Christ's Church today, will be gathered together back to the holy lands of promise, under Jesus Christ. (See Amos 9:9 and Ezekiel 37 about the ten tribes of the "house of Israel" God promised to gather.)
1. God rends the kingdom of Israel from Solomon's son and heir Rehoboam in Jerusalem (1 Kings 11:11-12).
2. Solomon had setup Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim as governor over the ten tribes in the northern portions of the holy lands, at that time the ten northern tribes were called the "house of Joseph". (1 Kings 11:26-28)
3. God through His prophet Ahijah told Jeroboam that God would give him ten tribes to reign over, and he would be "king of Israel" instead of Solomon's son Rehoboam. For this Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam, so Jeroboam fled in exile to Egypt. (1 Kings 11:25-40)
4. Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, of the tribe of Judah and house of David, was made king over all Israel at Jerusalem. (1 Kings 12:1)
5. Leaders from the ten northern tribes go to Rehoboam, and ask him to ease his father Solomon's labor burden he had put upon them. Rehoboam refused and said he would make it more. (1 Kings 12:3-15)
6. The ten tribes then said what do they have to do with the house of David? So the ten tribes of Israel departed back north to their tents. At this point old Israel became separated into two branches. Only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin remained in the south under Rehoboam of the house of David. (1 Kings 12:16-20)
7. The ten tribes then called for Jeroboam of Ephraim to return, and they made him "king of Israel" over the ten northern tribes. Only the tribe of Benjamin followed the tribe of Judah in the south. (1 Kings 12:20)
8. Then Rehoboam, king of Judah at Jerusalem, gathered the tribes of Judah and Benjamin with plans to go north to the ten tribes, and bring the kingdom back under his rule. God through his prophet Shemaiah told Rehoboam to not do this, as this split was by God's Hand. (1 Kings 12:21-24)
9. Then northern ten tribe kingdom thus became the "kingdom of Israel" ruled by Jeroboam of the tribe of Ephraim, with its capital city at Samaria in the north. These would also be called the "house of Israel", or just as "Israel", or "Joseph", or "Ephraim", or as "Samaria", in later Bible history. These did not include the Jews of the southern "kingdom of Judah".
10. Then the 2 tribe southern kingdom under Rehoboam of Judah became known as the "kingdom of Judah" with its capital city at Jerusalem. This was made up of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin at this point in the history. These would be called the "house of Judah", or just "Judah", or just "Jerusalem", or "kingdom of Judah", or Jews, in later Bible history.
11. When Jeroboam, king of Israel over the ten northern tribes considered that per the old covenant at that time all Israelites were required to go to Jerusalem to worship, he was afraid a great number of the ten northern tribes might stay at Judea and augment Judah and Benjamin. Jeroboam then instead had two gold calf idols made in two cities in the north and told the ten tribes there was their gods to worship. (1 Kings 12:26-33)
12. Jeroboam then also made common priests of the people, and thus the Levite priests in the north left the ten tribes and went south and joined with Judah. (2 Chronicles 11:14-15)
13. A small remnant out of the ten northern tribes also refused Jeroboam's calf idols, and instead went south and also joined with Judah and Rehoboam. (2 Chronicles 11:16-17)
14. Thus the "house of Judah" under Rehoboam became made up of 3 tribes, the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Levi, along with foreigners that lived in the lands of Judah and became Jewish converts. To this day, this is how it still is with those who call theirselves Jews. They represent only the 3 tribes of old Israel, and a small remnant of the northern ten tribes, and strangers.
15. In all the days Rehoboam, king of Judah, and Jeroboam, king of Israel, they had war against each other. (1 Kings 15:6)
16. God eventually got tired of the kings of Israel over the ten northern tribes not ending Jeroboam's calf idol worship in the north. So God brought the kings of Assyria upon the ten northern tribes and removed them all to Assyria and the lands of the Medes, never to return. Only the Jews of the "house of Judah" remained in the holy land. (2 Kings 17)
17. As it was common by the Assyrian kings, when they would conquer a land, they would remove the original peoples of that land, and supplant them with foreign peoples instead. This the king of Assyria did to the northern ten tribes of Israel. He supplanted the "house of Israel" (ten tribes) with pagan foreigners from Babylon, five peoples which each had their own false god worship. These foreigners became known as the Samaritans, and were Gentiles living in the northern holy lands instead of the ten tribes. The Jews of the southern "house of Judah" would have nothing to do with the Samaritans, knowing they were foreigners. (2 Kings 17)
18. This is where the ten northern tribes of Israel drop out of Bible history (except for future prophecies about them).
19. At this point, only the Jews of the 3 tribe "house of Judah" remain, and are the main subject of Bible history.
20. By the time of about 120 years after the Assyrian kings had removed the ten northern tribes of Israel, the "house of Judah" fell away from God also, and did the same things that Israel in the north did. So in the days of Jeremiah the prophet, God brought Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon upon these of the "kingdom of Judah", and took them captive to Babylon. God had told Jeremiah their captivity would be for 70 years, but that He would take care of them while captives.
21. During the Jew's captivity, their language usage would change, using Aramaic instead of Hebrew, and their religious leadership would create the Babylonian Talmud of sage writings which the Jew's religion would mostly follow. These writings were mostly just traditions. Their Bible understanding became corrupt with false ones that crept in. This was most likely in prep for Jesus' 1st coming to die on the cross by the hands of those Jews.
22. After the Jew's 70 years captivity to Babylon, only a small remnant of the "house of Judah" (Jews) returned back to the holy land, and rebuilt Jerusalem and the 2nd temple, and began old covenant worship again. The majority of the Jews captive to Babylon chose to remain, and were then later scattered through the countries like the ten tribes were; but... the Jews would keep knowledge of their old heritage as part of Israel.
23. The ten northern tribes remained scattered to Assyria, and took other names and customs, and began to lose their Israelite heritage. The Jewish historian who lived in 100 A.D. said the ten tribes were still "beyond Euphrates", and were a great number of people, too many to be counted.
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24. Per the Book of Hosea, God prophesied that He would end the kingdom of the "house of Israel" (ten northern tribe "kingdom of Israel" that He gave Jeroboam of Ephraim to reign over).
25. God told His prophet Hosea to take a prostitute for wife, and name their children, which names were to serve as symbols for removing His blessings from the "kingdom of Israel", and ending the kingdom.
26. God said He would then scatter the ten tribe "house of Israel", and give them the full weight of their false Baal worship which they did in forgetting Him.
27. God also said He would hedge up their paths, so they would not be able to find their way back, after they had figured how they had it better before having left the holy land.
28. The ten tribe "house of Israel" would thus lose... knowledge of their heritage as the larger portion of the children of Israel, and thus lose knowledge of God's feast days, new moons, and sabbaths, becoming as Gentiles, scattered among Gentiles.
29. God said He would scatter them to the 'wilderness', which is put for being scattered to new lands.
30. Then there, in the wilderness, God said He would give them a door of hope, and speak softly to them, and take the names of Baali out of their mouths which they called Him.
31. And there, God would given them a "new covenant" with peace and blessings.
32. Then they would call Him "Ishi" (Friend).
33. And where God had said to them, 'not My people', it would then be said, 'you are the sons of the living God'.
34. Apostle Paul would quote that no.33 to believing Gentile Romans in Romans 9. That means God through His prophet Hosea was revealing Christ's Church of both believing Israelites of the ten tribes, and believing Gentiles. It reveals that the ten scattered tribes of Israel had a huge... part in formation of the Christian Church in new lands they were scattered to.
35. In final when Jesus Christ returns, both the believing Israel and Gentiles, which make up Christ's Church today, will be gathered together back to the holy lands of promise, under Jesus Christ. (See Amos 9:9 and Ezekiel 37 about the ten tribes of the "house of Israel" God promised to gather.)
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