By Ziva Shavitsky
There were many legends and traditions concerning the ten misplaced tribes of the Northern country of Israel. This e-book attracts upon large discoveries and knowledge released concerning the circulate of the folks of Israel and Judah from Davidic occasions to the sunrise of the Hellenistic interval. the writer has established the biblical documents opposed to archaeological proof, testimony and inscriptions present in Syria, Assyria, Babylon and Persia. In very many instances, the inscriptions excavated in those locations coincide virtually be aware for notice with the biblical list. The early chapters additionally examine proof of migrations and stream through humans to neighbouring international locations because of looking sanctuary, exchange, marriage or in occasions of famine. proof has been stumbled on helping the speculation that a few of the Northern Captives joined the tribes of the South who persisted to stay independently until eventually the destruction of the 1st Temple. for that reason it isn't only a topic of investigating the move of captives out of Judah and the Northern country but additionally extra proof present in the Bible or files that endure facts to Jewish those that lived, traded or served in numerous capacities in different lands. there's additionally a few transparent indication that a few of the later captives joined their brethren who have been exiled to different lands past. The later chapters point out a few traditions and legends that exist between many tribes that to today hint their origins to the Exiles who belonged to the twelve tribes of Israel and Judah.
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53 For the archaeological levels at Hazor, see Mazar, Archaeology, 412. 54 Unger, Israel and the Aramaeans, 90, n. 42; p. 169. Cf. Alfred Jepsen, ‘Israel und Damaskus’, AfO, Vol. 14 (1944) 170; J. Alberto Soggin, ‘Amos VI:13–14 und I:3 auf dem Hintergrund der Beziehungen zwischen Israel und Damaskus im 9. ’ ʟʭʩʰʸʷʥʰʬʥʰʧʷʬʥʰʷʦʧʡʠʥʬʤʭʩʸʮʠʤʸʡʣʠʬʬʭʩʧʮʹʤ The Last Days of Damascus After the death of Jeroboam in 747 BCE, there was a great deal of internal strife in Israel, as one king after another usurped the throne.
2 Kgs 13:22) 47 2 Kgs 6:8–23 tells of how the king of Aram tries to capture Elisha because of his involvement in the protection of Israel from Aram, but the latter by his doings in the end stops these Aramean ‘bands’ altogether. 48 Probably because he needed the resources of these areas after the devastation of his country by Shalmaneser III. See Reinhold, Die Beziehungen Altisraels, 176f. ’ Cf. Amos 1:3; Kraeling, Aram and Israel, 81. 50 Cf. Mazar, ‘Aramean Empire’, 167. It is reasonable to suggest that in this campaign, also some people may have been included in the ransom, although they are not specifically itemised in the text.
Tabor Hanathon (ʯʺʰʧ, Josh. 19:14), near Beth-heÓophah Valley (Sahl c. X -[... d. uruIa]-aÓ-bi-We e. uruSa-{-[... f. uruA-ru-ma-a g. Tell el-Bedeiwiyeh?? Chisloth-tabor/Chesulloth (ʸʡʺ ʺʬʱʫ, Josh. 19:12; ʺʬʥʱʫ, Josh. 19:18), near Daberath YoÓbah (ʤʡʨʩ, 2 Ki. 21:19), near Beth-heÓophah Valley (Sahl elBaÓÓopf) Samhuna (ʯʥʸʮʹ, ʯʥʲʮʹ, Josh. 11:1), Khirbet Sammuniyeh on the north-west margins of the Jezreel Valley Rumah (ʤʮʥʸ, 2 Kgs 23:36), Khirbet er-Rumeh near BethheÓophah Valley (Sahl el-BaÓÓopf) Marom (ʭʥʸʮ, ʯʥʸʮ, Josh.