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Lost Tribes , TEN LOST TRIBES , legend concerning the fate of the ten tribes constituting the northern Kingdom of Israel. The Kingdom of Israel, consisting of the… Reuben , Reuben
REUBEN (Heb. רְאוּבֵן), firstborn son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:32; 46:8), and the eponymous ancestor of the tribe of Reuben. The biblical de… Tribe , The English word tribe is an ambivalent term that is used indiscriminately to refer to a wide variety of social groupings that range from small, prel… Simeon , Simeon
SIMEON (Heb. שִׁמְעוֹן), the second son of Jacob and Leah (Gen. 29:33) and the eponymous ancestor of the tribe of Simeon. The name is formed f… Dan , DAN (Heb. דָּן), the fifth son of Jacob and the firstborn of *Bilhah, Rachel's maid (Gen. 30:1–6).
The narrative attributes the origin of the name Da… Iceni , Iceni
Iceni. British tribe and civitas. The tribal coinage, which carries the name ecen or eceni, suggests that the tribe were restricted to Norfolk…
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