<P> The United Monarchy (Hebrew: המלוכה המאוחדת ‬) is the name given to the Israelite kingdom of Israel and Judah, during the reigns of Saul, David and Solomon, as depicted in the Hebrew Bible . This is traditionally dated between 1050 and 930 BCE . On the succession of Solomon's son, Rehoboam, around 930 BCE, the biblical account reports that the country split into two kingdoms; the Kingdom of Israel (including the cities of Shechem and Samaria) in the north and the Kingdom of Judah (containing Jerusalem) in the south . </P> <P> Modern historians are divided on the historicity of the United Monarchy as described in the Bible . There is little extrabiblical evidence of a United Kingdom of Judah and Israel in the 10th century BCE . </P>

12 tribes of israel split into 2 kingdoms