Solomon
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Solomon, also called Jedidiah, was a king of ancient Israel. The successor of his father David, he is described as the penultimate ruler of all Twelve Tribes of Israel under a united Israel and Judah.
King Solomon (1872) by Simeon Solomon
The Anointing of Solomon by Cornelis de Vos (c. 1630). According to 1 Kings 1:39, Solomon was anointed by Zadok.
Luca Giordano: The Dream of Solomon: God promises Solomon wisdom.
Solomon receiving envoys of the tributary nations
Rehoboam
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Rehoboam was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the last monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel, though his reign over the unified state was brief; after the Northern and Southern kingdoms were divided,
Solomon
…but his accumulation of wealth, horses, and foreign wives, many of whom introduced idolatry, led to divine punishment. After Solomon's death, his son Rehoboam’s harsh policies led the northern Israelites to reject the Davidic line and follow Jeroboam, splitting the kingdom into Israel in the north and Judah…
Rehoboam, on a fragment of a mural by Hans Holbein the Younger kept at the Kunstmuseum Basel in Switzerland
Rehoboam and Abijah, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
David, Solomon, and Rehoboam, by Lucas van Leyden
The Arrogance of Rehoboam, drawing by Hans Holbein the Younger