What country currently occupies the land that was considered the North Kingdom of Israel?

Answer 1

It is not a single country, it is in fact three countries; the northern Kingdom of ancient Israel, was comprised, mostly of Israel, a southern chunk of Lebanon, part of Syria, and a tiny portion of Jordan. The tribe of Manasseh, who were descendants of Joseph, were among the people who lived in the northern Kingdom. While I probably should not be typing this, my own personal theory is that many (not all) Lebanese, may in fact descend from one of the lost tribes. The reason I believe this, is because the people of Lebanon are unusually attractive physically, by anyone's standards, and one of the things Joseph was known for was his outstanding beauty. Lebanese women are known throughout the middle east for being very beautiful; in addition to being very handsome, Joseph was also praised for being an outstanding and moral man, prefering to serve a 10 year prison sentence, with execution at the end of that sentence mind, than commit adultery. Among the ancient Hebrews it was believed, that a man's heart, determined the beauty of his daughters. How pure his soul was, how pure his heart was, determined how beautiful his daughter would become. If it is true, that a man inherits more than just his father's flesh, that he in fact inherits a piece of his father's own soul, down the generations, father to son, father to son, then, the possibility that many people in Lebanon, are in fact descendants of Joseph, the biblical Joseph, is very real. They ARE, unusually attractive physically, both men and women. In fact, the women of the Arab world generally live in envy of Lebanese women. Whatever the case this answer was two paragraphs longer than it needed to be, and likely I'm gonna get kicked out again. [[User:67.148.120.72|67.148.120.72]]stardingo747