Ten Lost Tribes of Israel

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• Ten Lost Tribes of Israel —       10 of the original 12 Hebrew tribes, which, under the leadership of Joshua, took possession of Canaan, the Promised Land, after the death of Moses. They were named Asher, Dan, Ephraim, Gad, Issachar, Manasseh, Naphtali, Reuben, Simeon, and… …   Universalium

• Ten Lost Tribes — The phrase Ten Lost Tribes of Israel refers to the ancient Tribes of Israel that disappeared from the Biblical account after the Kingdom of Israel was destroyed, enslaved and exiled by ancient Assyria. [… …   Wikipedia

• TEN LOST TRIBES — TEN LOST TRIBES, legend concerning the fate of the ten tribes constituting the northern Kingdom of Israel. The Kingdom of Israel, consisting of the ten tribes (the twelve tribes excluding Judah and Benjamin who constituted the southern Kingdom of …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Lost Tribes — noun the ten Tribes of Israel that were deported into captivity in Assyria around 720 BC (leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin) • Hypernyms: ↑Tribes of Israel, ↑Twelve Tribes of Israel * * * the members of the ten tribes of ancient… …   Useful english dictionary

• Twelve Tribes of Israel —       in the Bible, the Hebrew people who, after the death of Moses, took possession of the Promised Land of Canaan under the leadership of Joshua. Because the tribes were named after sons or grandsons of Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel… …   Universalium

• lost tribes — n. the ten tribes of Israel carried off into Assyrian captivity about 722 B.C.: 2 Kings 17:6 …   English World dictionary

• The Lost Tribes — infobox television show name = The Lost Tribes caption = format = Reality runtime = approx 60 (plus commercials) creator = Nine Network starring = country = Australia network = Channel Nine first aired = 6 May 2007 last aired = 10 June 2007 num… …   Wikipedia

• LOST TRIBES —    the ten tribes of the race of Israel whom the Assyrians carried off into captivity (see 2 Kings xvii. 6), and of whom all trace has been lost, and only in recent years guessed at …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• lost tribes — the members of the ten tribes of ancient Israel who were taken into captivity in 722 B.C. by Sargon II of Assyria and are believed never to have returned to Palestine. II Kings 17:1 23. * * * …   Universalium

• TRIBES, THE TWELVE — TRIBES, THE TWELVE, the traditional division of Israel into 12 tribes: Reuben, Simeon (Levi), Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Biblical tradition holds that the 12 tribes of Israel are… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism