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   ocr: Solomon's reign started out in glory but ended in ruin. His lavish public building projects pankrupted the country and forced him to conscript many of his own citizens as virtual slaves. His moral failures, especially the worship of the foreign gods of his wives, led to religious Jecline and undermined the spiritual unity of the nation. These choices had disastrous cunsequences over the long haul and led to the division of the kingdom upon his death. Following Solomon, both srael and Judah were ruled by a series of kings. All of srael's kings were evil and corrupt and many of Judah's were the ...