Did the lost tribes of Israel migrate to Pacific Islands as well?

Answer 1

There is a theory that suggests some of the lost tribes of Israel may have migrated to the Pacific Islands, particularly to places like Polynesia. Proponents of this theory point to linguistic and cultural similarities between some Pacific Island cultures and ancient Hebrew culture. However, there is limited concrete evidence to definitively prove this migration, and it remains a topic of debate among scholars and historians.

Answer 2

A:The modern term "lost tribes of Israel" refers to the displacement of a large proportion of Israel's population after the final destruction of Israel in 722 BCE, with an apparent hope that the lost tribes will one day be identified and accepted as the original Israelites. Regardless of religious hopes and expectations, this certainly will not happen.

Many were deported from Israel to other parts of the Assyrian Empire, where they adopted the local religions and cultures, and integrated into the local population. Others fled to Judah in the south, where their descendants integrated into the Jewish population, while still other fled to Egypt, where colonies existed for several centuries, particularly at Elephantine. None of the Israelites migrated far from the Near East.

Another Answer:

Consider God's promise to Abraham:

Genesis 13:16New King James Version (NKJV)

16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.

Does the modern nation-state of Israel and Jews in the many lands come near to this description regardless of eon?

God also promised 'birthright' blessings of land, resources, wealth from air and sea, power and might. What peoples were the most blessed of all of mankind??

The above two questions assume the reader puts any value on Scripture and the requirement that God fulfills His promises and never lies. Consider where Jesus told His disciples to go to minister:

Matthew 10:5-6New King James Version (NKJV) Sending Out the Twelve5 These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying:"Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans. 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

The 'lost sheep' refers to these 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom taken captive in 722-718 BC. Even Jewish historian Josephus notes there vast numbers north and east of Jerusalem in the 1st century AD. So they really weren't lost, just not followed by the history we are taught today.

There are those who believe they have discovered the main body migrations of these lost tribes through the Ukraine Valley into primarily Western Europe. Characteristics and the fulfillment of the physical promises line up well with these peoples. Of course not all go the way of the main migration and many would remain in the Turkey-India region, some to Northern Africa (coastal) were they settled and others would migrate into Russia and China via differing routes and intermarrying, further losing their identities.

According to the main 'theory' of the primary migrations, many would become the English-speaking peoples of today which via the UK and to a lesser degree the USA, settled all over the world and into the Pacific Islands as well.