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  2. Jeroboam - Wikipedia

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    Jeroboam rebuilt and fortified Shechem as the capital of the northern kingdom. Fearing that the pilgrimages to the temple in Jerusalem prescribed by the Law might provide an occasion for his people to go back to their old allegiances, Jeroboam built two state temples [ 11 ] with golden calves , one in Bethel and the other in Dan . [ 8 ]

  3. Shechem - Wikipedia

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    Shechem was the place appointed, after Solomon's death, [citation needed] for the meeting of the people of Israel and the investiture of his son Rehoboam as king; the meeting ended in the secession of the ten northern tribes, and Shechem, fortified by Jeroboam, became the capital of the new kingdom (1 Kings 12:1; 14:17; 2 Chronicles 10:1).

  4. Jeroboam's Revolt - Wikipedia

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    Jeroboam traveled north and rebuilt and fortified Shechem as the capital of the northern kingdom. Fearing that pilgrimages to the Temple in Jerusalem prescribed by the Torah might be an occasion for his people to go back to their old allegiance, he built two state temples, [ 16 ] with golden calves, one in Bethel and the other in Dan . [ 13 ]

  5. Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) - Wikipedia

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    Ruins of the royal palace of the Omiride dynasty in the city of Samaria, which was the capital of Israel from 880 BCE to 720 BCE.. According to Israel Finkelstein, Shoshenq I's campaign in the second half of the 10th century BCE collapsed the early polity of Gibeon in central highlands, and made possible the beginning of the Northern Kingdom, with its capital at Shechem, [10] [11] around 931 BCE.

  6. Rehoboam - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom of Solomon breaks up, with Jeroboam ruling over the Northern Kingdom of Israel (in green on the map). The ten northern tribes assembled at Shechem to proclaim Rehoboam King of Israel. At the assembly, the tribes requested certain reforms in the policy followed by Rehoboam's father, Solomon.

  7. Kings of Israel and Judah - Wikipedia

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    After Rehoboam reigned three years, [7] the United Kingdom of Israel was divided in two – the northern Kingdom of Israel under Jeroboam, with its capital, first in Shechem, then Penuel, Tirzah, and finally Samaria, and ruled by a series of dynasties beginning with Jeroboam; and the southern Kingdom of Judah with its capital still in Jerusalem ...

  8. Penuel - Wikipedia

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    According to the Jewish Bible, king Jeroboam of Israel established his capital in Shechem. A short time later, he left Shechem and fortified Penuel, declaring it as his new capital (1 Kings 12:25). He and his son, Nadab, ruled there, until Baasha seized the throne in 909 BCE and moved the capital to Tirzah (1 Kings 15:25–34). [original research?

  9. List of Israelite civil conflicts - Wikipedia

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    Jeroboam's Revolt (c. 931–913 BCE) – Began after the death of David's son and successor Solomon in the Kingdom of Israel and Judah. All of the Twelve Tribes of Israel , except for Judah and Benjamin , rejected Solomon's son and successor Rehoboam in favour of Jeroboam and thereby withdrew their allegiance to the House of David .