I thought Israel was a man who had 12 sons (tribes) and were given land wherein the southern end was give to Son Judah and Son Benjamin. The 10 other brothers were given the “northern” area after a split between the brothers.
I think they all were called Israelites.
Simplistic?
Now I have heard of a new jerUSAlem that became as a harlot who will be judged because she went whoring after other gods.
What happened to Judah and Benjamin? Babylonian captivity.
10 other brothers? Assyrian captivity.
All scattered to the four corners of the earth?
If the Erf is round, as so many claim, how can there be corners? And where, exactly, are these corners?
Interesting recounting, but didn’t that contract contain punishment clauses and a perpetuity agreement by and between the parties, their heirs, etc.
The Menashites are back, having lived for 2,700 years around India and China. The Tribe of Dan is partially back from Ethiopia. The Bucharans are from the Tribe of Naftali. Levites and Cohanim are mixed with all the other tribes, including Judah and Benjamin. As for the remaining tribes, they’ll be along. I’ve heard that the fanatically Islamic Pashtuns might be from Efraim, and hope that’s just a bogus claim, very common in Afghanistan.