Concept:Rehoboam’s harsh and unyielding attitude toward the people’s request for relief triggered the northern tribes’ rebellion and split the united kingdom.
Explanation:When the Israelites came to Rehoboam at Shechem, they asked him to lighten the heavy burden that his father, Solomon, had placed on them.
The older advisers counselled him to speak kindly and serve the people, promising that they would serve him forever.
However, Rehoboam ignored this wise advice and instead listened to his young companions.
He declared that he would make their yoke heavier and punish them more severely than Solomon had done.
This tyrannical response showed that he intended to continue and even exceed his father’s oppressive policies.
As a result, ten tribes revolted under Jeroboam and formed the northern kingdom, leaving Rehoboam ruling only Judah.
Thus, the action directly leading to the division was his persistence in the same kind of harsh rule his father had practiced.
Answer:A. following his father's tyranny