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1. (n.pl.) lost tribes
the members of the 10 tribes of ancient Israel taken into captivity in 722 b.c. by Sargon II and believed never to have returned to Palestine.
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1. (noun) 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)
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. lost tribes
the ten tribes of the race of Israel whom the Assyrians carried off into captivity (see 2 Kings xvii. 6), and of whom all trace has been lost, and only in recent years guessed at.
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