GROUND UNDER HEAVY taxed people in bible times time completely at mercy mare of extortionate extract ors on of tribute people in the bible times time were bared heavily they were on a straight levy not based on incomes income or excels profits profit payment was wag compelled and tunde ninda nor were there any exemptions exemption to married men or heads beads or of famil lelL although there were no army or nary nairy and no airplane pram pro gram grain the people plaid their assenso mants in both gold lind and silver king solomon compelled the ca canites who were lift left in the coun try to pay him tribute the rebellion of jeroboam on account of the heavy taxes levied by solomon soloman nn afterward into the revolt 0 of the ten tribes was the moot broad pre tent lous kick against the levy of the th powers in bible times jeroboam wag lit at first compelled to take refuge in ilk egypt egypt and it was on count of the taxes axes and levies I 1 laid a id by solomon that the israelites israelite sald to Keho Rebo boam the son on of solomon upon the lat batters la lter death thy father made our yokes arlev ous no now therefore make thou the ali grievous service of thy father und hit his heavy yokes which he put upon on us lighter and we will serve thee when caesar augustus was in power and linual was governor of 0 syria after having just been elected for a third term because he had kept the syrians out of war the first named issued a proclamation signed by his hi secretary of state that the whole world should be taxed and all the people went to their own city to be taxed the later editions of the he bible speak of tile lie ret act us as tile the people being enrolled