Lost Tribes of Israel

Cultural  

1. Ten tribes that were relocated to Assyria after the conquest of Israel in 722 b.c. Although their ultimate fate is unknown, the tribes have been identified with various peoples of Arabia and other areas of the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Japan, and England.

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Early Christian theologians in New England often referred to the native peoples they encountered as the Lost Tribes.

Example Sentences

But the most widely accepted candidates were the Lost Tribes of Israel.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

"Phalanxes of Atlans" offered a good theory as to the whereabouts of the descendants of the Atlanteans and the Lost Tribes of Israel.

From Astounding Stories, May, 1931 by Various

The question is of the Lost Tribes of Israel.

From The Son of Clemenceau by Dumas fils, Alexandre

You 'mind me of the Boston perfesser who come to Arizona tryin' to prove the Cliff Dwellers was one of the Lost Tribes of Israel.

From Rimrock Trail by Dunn, J. Allan, (Joseph Allan)

Take notice of a few statements of the prophets responding to those times—the times that will ensue after the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel and the Jews are again possessed of, and settled in, Palestine. 

From The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 by Wild, Joseph