When the Israelite's conquered Canaan there were twelve tribes
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Ancient Israel had 12 Tribes, each descended from a different son of Jacob.JudahIssacharZebulunReubenSimeonGadEphraimManessehBenjaminDanAsherNaphtali
They are called the sons of Israel or children of Israel (בני ישראל)
None. Moses led the 12 Tribes of Israel to Mount Sinai, but he was not one of the Israelite patriarchs.
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After Solomon's death, Israel split into the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Israel now had ten tribes and Judah had two.
The exiled the Ten Israelite tribes.
The ten northern tribes were absorbed into the Assyrian empire in the late 8th Century BCE .
It means a Jewish person, referring to the twelve ancient tribes of Israel.
There were 10 tribes, but they weren't lost. What happened was, during the Babylonian captivity of 586 BCE, the 12 tribes of Israel were expelled from the land and sent to Assyria. After 70 years, 9½ of those 12 Tribes had just assimiliated into Babylonian society, leaving only 2½ tribes returning to Israel.
The prophet Jacob was renamed Israel. Israel had 12 sons who formed the 12 Tribes of Israel. The word Israelite refers to the 12 Tribes of Israel, descendants of Jacob/Israel.
No. All twelve tribes are from Israel. They are known as the twelve tribes of Israel, they all descend from Abraham's grandson who was named Israel. There are some offshoot religions that claim to be one of the tribes, or a "lost tribe" of Israel, but blood tests have proven they do not descend from Israel.
Abraham's grandson, Jacob, had 12 sons from whom are descended the 12 tribes of Israel.