The Lost Tribes of Israel

The ten lost tribes were the ten of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel that were said to have been deported from the Kingdom of Israel after its conquest by the Neo-Assyrian Empire circa 722 BCE.[1] Claims of descent from the "lost" tribes have been proposed in relation to many groups,[2] and some religions espouse a messianic view that the tribes will return.

The motif of "the lost tribes" first appeared in the post-biblical era, and a number of apocryphal texts subsequently elaborated upon the theme. In the 7th and 8th centuries CE the return of the lost tribes was associated[by whom?] with the concept of the coming of the messiah.[3]

Recorded history is at variance with the legends elaborated in apocryphal texts. Historian Tudor Parfitt has declared that "the Lost Tribes are indeed nothing but a myth", and writes that "this myth is a vital feature of colonial discourse throughout the long period of European overseas empires, from the beginning of the fifteenth century, until the later half of the twentieth".[4] Zvi Ben-Dor Benite states: "The fascination with the tribes has generated, alongside ostensibly nonfictional scholarly studies, a massive body of fictional literature and folktale."[5] Anthropologist Shalva Weil has documented differing tribes and peoples claiming affiliation to the Lost Tribes throughout the world.[6]

Some DNA studies have refuted any connection between modern-day ethnic Jews and most of the ethnic groups discussed below as possible Lost Tribe candidates. For example, a recently published study into the genetic origins of Japanese people does not support a genealogical link.[7]
According to the Bible, the Kingdom of Israel (or Northern Kingdom) was one of the successor states to the older United Monarchy (also called the Kingdom of Israel), which came into existence in about the 930s BCE after the northern Tribes of Israel rejected Solomon's son Rehoboam as their king. Nine landed tribes formed the Northern Kingdom: the tribes of Reuben, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Ephraim and Manasseh. In addition, some members of Tribe of Levi, who had no land allocation, were found in the Northern Kingdom. The Tribes of Judah and Benjamin remained loyal to Rehoboam, and formed the Kingdom of Judah (or Southern Kingdom). Members of Levi and the remnant of Simeon were also found in the Southern Kingdom.

According to 2 Chronicles 15:9, members of the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon "fled" to Judah during the reign of Asa of Judah (c. 911 - 870 BCE). Whether these groups were absorbed into the population or remained distinct groups, or returned to their tribal lands is not indicated.

[joanmcsweeney]

One big problem with this. The lost tribes are not Jewish. A huge misunderstanding of scriptures here. Israel split into two houses, the house of Israel (10 lost tribes) and the house of Judah (Judah and Benjamin). To be Jewish you must belong to the house of Judah, hence the name Jew, received during captivity in Babylon. Those who believe in Yahusha as Messiah are grafted into the House of Israel and the two houses come back together through the true Messiah as promised in Ezekiel 36.

[BB-kteb]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but did Peter, Paul, and the rest of the 12 apostles not fulfill this when they went out spread the gospel throughout the world and brought the people into the Church, which is the new Jerusalem or Israel???

[danielcook]

I sraelites are not all jews just as all Americans are not all Texans

[Gleaning_Truth]

The Jews are from the tribe of Judah. The other tribes are known as Israelites

[baberoot]

Are they Jews, or are they Israelites? All Jews are Israelites, but not all Israelites, are Jews. Jews come from the tribe of Judah. The other tribes come from different brothers. The whole of them...are Israelites. I hear many on this video claim to be Jewish or a Jew. That may be true, however only if they are from the tribe of Judah. How do they know which tribe they are from? Should one be from the tribe of Levi...they are not Jewish, nor are they a Jew. Likewise, the rest of the tribes.

[queentruth]

Imposters must leave the land at once or they will be forced off of the land the hard way. The choice is yours🤷🏽‍♀️

[ivana]

They are black, 1 Maccabees 3:4 says that white people painted the likeness of their image onto the TRUE black image of Jesus, the disciples and the prophets.

God also says that he will make the oppressors (white people) come bowing before his people (black people); and all who despises us will bow down at our feet and will call us the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel in Isaiah 60 : 14.

In Revelation 2 : 9 "I know thy works and tribulation and poverty (but thou art rich), and I know the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan." - I don’t know which god you guys are falsely worshiping, but MY God doesn’t seem to be to fond of the people who messed with his people. 🤧🙂

[danielcook]

I sraelites are not all jews just as all Americans are not all Texans