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lost tribes

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lost tribes
pl n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible)
the Old Testament the ten tribes deported from the N kingdom of Israel in 721 bc and believed never to have returned to Palestine
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Noun1.Lost Tribes - the ten Tribes of Israel that were deported into captivity in Assyria around 720 BC (leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin)
Tribes of Israel, Twelve Tribes of Israel - twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob


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But he believed that the red men were the descendants of those lost tribes of Israel of whom history has been able to tell us nothing for thousands of years.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
The young blades would have it that none other than old Noah himself had come on board with the remnants of the Lost Tribes, and to elderly female passengers spun hair-raising accounts of the sinking of an entire tropic island by volcanic and earthquake action.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
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