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lost tribes

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(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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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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