Well, Solomon did some things near the end of his life that made God quite angry, and He swore to take the kingdom away from his son, Rehoboam. So a Man of God went to Jeroboam, one of Solomon's officials, and told him that he would be king of all Israel but 2 tribes. Whoa. Uh... ok! This sounded a lot like when Samuel called David in from watching the sheep and anointed him king! But when Solomon heard about it (the kid looking for his lost kitty came and reported it), he tried to kill Jeroboam, but he fled to Egypt.
When Solomon died and Rehoboam became king, Jeroboam came back to Israel just in time to hear Rehoboam proclaim that he would make things even harder for the Israelites. Said Israelites rebelled and joined Jeroboam. Things are sounding good for our surprise king, but when you get the power fever you do things like... mmm... make golden calves to make sure the people don't go back to worship God, then join Rehoboam again. The people loved the golden calves, and God was not happy.
Instead of becoming this great king that could've done all kinds of things, Jeroboam's whole family was wiped from the face of the earth.
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