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built by solomon, son of david 3rd king of Israel
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While two southern tribes, Judah and Benjamin, remained loyal to the memory of King David, the northern ten tribes, collectively called Israel, revolted from following Solomon's son, Rehoboam.
When Solomon died, between 926 and 922 BCE, the ten northern tribes refused to submit to his son, Rehoboam, and revolted. From this point on, there would be two kingdoms of Hebrews: in the north - Israel, and in the south - Judah -
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the result of the Babylonian Exile of 586 bce. After the Babylonians conquered the kingdom of Judah, part of the Jewish population was deported into slavery.
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