Why is it there was the divided kingdoms of Israel and Juda?

Answer 1

this may be long, but bear with me.
So, the first king of the Israelites/Jews was Saul. There were 12 tribes of Israel. His sucessor was David, his was Solomon. Soloman didn't obey God's commands, and God told him that he would not punish Solomon, but his son. One of his mistakes was to enslave two of the tribes, those of Menassah and Ephraim (who were the sons of Joseph, with the colorful coat). So, Solomon dies, and his son Rehoboam is going to be king. There's this Ephraimite, Jeroboam, who was put in charge of the slaves by Solomon. He doesn't want another ruler like Solomon, so he starts a rebellion. He manages to convince most of the tribes, all except Judah (Rehoboam's tribe) and Benjamin. Thus, the kingdoms were spilt. Rehoboam's was the true kingdom, that of Judah in the south, and Jeroboam's was that of Israel in the North. Israel had 19 kings, all of which were corrupt, before it was captured by the Assyrians in 730-something B.C. Those 10 tribes of Israel were scattered, never to be reunited with the other 2. The other two became what we now know as the Jewish people.
I could go into more detail about when these things were predicted in th Bible and more on why they happened, but I'll leave that for you to discover, if you want to.

Answer 2

Until 920BCE, it was a united kingdom. This is when Jeroboam, one the the king's of the 10 tribes lead a revolt. Thius is when it was divided into the north kingdom, Israel and south kingdom, Judah - where Jerusalem was.

Answer 3

Read First and Second Samuel in the Bible. It's not boring and you'll get a lot more than an answer to your one question.

Answer 4

God decided this was the best consequence for the disobedience and disloyalty of King Solomon.

Answer 5

It's in your nature to destroy yourselves