About eighteen months ago, a broad-based coalition of political forces began to take shape under the umbrella of the African ...

At this point Judah and Benjamin, led by Rehoboam, form the Southern Kingdom named simply Judah, while the other tribes unite under Jeroboam as the Northern Kingdom, Israel.

After Solomon's reign, the kingdom splits under Rehoboam (10). The line of kings in Judah goes back and forth between faithfulness and unfaithfulness to the covenant with the Lord.