64: From the book: HISTORY OF THE GREATEST LIES 9 After the death of King Solomon, his son Rehoboam could not keep the country from decay. As a result, the country was divided into two kingdoms. North - Israel, and South - Judea. In the eighth century BC. e. Assyrian king Tiglathpalasar III attacked the Northern Kingdom of Israel, ruined it, and took most of the population into captivity. An inscription has survived, which indicates the number of prisoners, 13,520, whom he took away. According to the tradition that existed in Assyria, they were settled among other peoples, and other peoples settled in their place. The learned rabbis tell us that captivity was a punishment for breaking the covenant and worshiping other gods. The temple in Jerusalem (Judea) stood from 989 BC. until 586 BC when it was destroyed by the Assyrian king Nebuchadnezzar II, who captured Judea.