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o R Gezer J I Rabbah (Amman) Byblos Lebo-hamath PHILISTIA E C Jerusalem I Gaza Dead Sea T 34°N (Salt Sea) N Raphia S Berothai MOAB E Beersheba A O d E oa AMALEK H . R R i k M Sidon P n n Kadesh- a u t r O i T Damascus barnea L D t Petra a E Kingdom of Saul re Kingdom of David Tyre Dan G SINAI Solomon’s Expansion ARAM Ezion-geber Kedesh Hazor Gulf of Aqaba Acco Sea of Galilee UNITED KINGDOM (Kinnereth) Ashtaroth Dor

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Hebron H as he also gained control over many of the Gaza Lachish Aroer Dead Sea s surrounding nations. ’ A (Salt Sea) g I n Raphia i T K MOAB After the death of Solomon, the kingdom S Beersheba I of Israel divided. Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, L Kir-hareseth (Kir-moab) B I r JUDAH remained king of the southern kingdom o H o k P of Judah, with Jerusalem as its capital. o f Eg NEGEV Jeroboam became the king of the northern yp t Kadesh- Bozrah kingdom of Israel and rebuilt Shechem barnea T as his capital. He also built new worship R E centers in Bethel and Dan, influencing his M S people to stay away from Jerusalem and its Territory O E annual religious festivals. The division of the periodically Petra D kingdom of Israel began a downward spiral WILDERNESS contested by D Edom and Judah into idolatry and godless leadership for both OF ZIN E N 30°N nations, eventually leading to the exile of R the northern kingdom to Assyria and the E southern kingdom to Babylon. T SINAI S COPYRIGHT © 2016 TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS, INC. A Ezion-geber E Gulf of Aqaba DIVIDED KINGDOM