The high-priests of Amon at Thebes usurped their power, and finally dispossessed the last of them of the throne.

A new dynasty arose in the Delta.

In the south the government was practically in the hands of the Theban high-priests.

With a divided kingdom the strength of Egypt passed away.
It was restored by a foreigner, Shishak I., the captain of the Libyan mercenaries.

The Pharaoh whose daughter was married by Solomon must have been the last king of the old dynasty.