The 12 tribes of Israel, named after Jacob's sons, are central to the Hebrew Bible narrative. Scholars question the ...

Over 2,700 years ago, the Assyrians exiled the ten tribes of the Kingdom of Israel. The ten tribes would have returned at once to the Holy Land had not the Lord encircled them with the legendary ...

These are known as the lost tribes of Israel. The southern kingdom (Judah), however, remained. In this gallery, we look back at the history of the 12 tribes of Israel.