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  1. Israel:
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  3. Because of the heavy taxation, the ten northern tribes seceded from the kingdom and established their own, making Jereboam their first king. The northern kingdom is also called Ephraim, the most powerful tribe in the north (see, e.g., Isa 7:2, 5, 8-9; Hos 9:13; 12:1, 8).