WHERE THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH
MIGRATED THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES
These study notes are
based on a talk by Dr. Stephen Pidgeon of cepher.net and Steven M. Collins four
book study on where the Tribes of Israel migrated. The study is based on
inductive reasoning using ancient historical and Biblical markers, stone
carvings, etchings, and other historical information.
The reader can decide
for themselves the veracity of the information. Some of the information is
gleaned from extra Biblical works such as the books of Baruch, Esdras, and
others. I’ve spent much time studying these things. Read the previous 6
postings for understanding of the Controversy of Zion and Jacob’s trouble when
finished with this.
Our Elohim has many
surprising things to reveal to us during His Millennial Reign! His plan to gather His people at His return is much
bigger then we realize.
In a study
like this the knowledge of ancient and recent Hebrew language is quite
important. Understanding how languages can change over decades or centuries
help us to track the migration of the tribes. Ancient writers such as Josephus
and Pliny also help us to trace the movement and names of the tribes as they
are scattered throughout the nations. Names of places also reflect and are
based on names of ancient Hebrew tribes. Zaragoza, Spain, for instance is based
on the name Zarah a son of Judah and Tamar.
Transliterating
names of tribes aids in the search. King David’s Kingdom was Yahud. Its
citizens were called Yahudis. The tribe of David in the KJV is Judah. The
closer we stay to the ancient Hebrew the easier it becomes to locate potential
wanderings of the tribes. The secular world refuses to truly investigate these
things.
Josephus in
his works introduces Greeks and Roman historical figures which is almost like a
continuation of 1st and 2nd Chronicles according to Dr.
Pidgeon. It reveals ancient history and where tribes initially migrated.
In the KJV Old
Testament the Hebrew for Holy Spirit becomes Holy Ghost in the New Testament
but in the Hebrew a better translation is Holy Breath.
Jacob’s name
Israel in Hebrew would sound like Yah shah el = Israel = Upright one. “Yah shah
el is my first born son” the scripture says = “the seed of” = seed is of the
tree—leaves so to speak are what comes after, year after year. We are generational seed of Abraham.
Joseph was
the beloved son to Jacob because he was the first born of Rachel. Joseph came
for the blessing from Jacob in Genesis 48.12-22. Joseph brought Manasseh the
first born and Ephraim toward Jacob for blessing. Jacob reverses his hands to
give Ephraim the first blessing and Joseph says, “No, no!” Jacob told him he
knew what he was doing and proceeded blessing the younger Ephraim with the
first born blessing.
Manasseh
would become a great nation and ferocious warrior, Ephraim would become a
company of nations. These prophecies have a long history of fulfillment up to
the present age. (The prophecies in Genesis 49 help us understand the future of
each tribe.)
Manasseh
would receive a portion on both the west and east side of the Yardan River
(Jordan). Their north eastern portion was in Bashan which was fertile ground
for cattle and on the border which faced all oncoming future enemies. This is
why Joshua was happy these ferocious warriors were located there. Manasseh
would have faced Og the King of Bashan when Israelites killed him in battle.
This Bashan
area would be near the present day area of the Golan Heights at the border of
Syria. Interestingly today, the Hezbollah terrorist are massed against Israel
there. Never ending conflict is the history of the Bible.
Manasseh
would fight off many enemies of the Kingdom of Israel but would eventually be
defeated in 722 BC by Assyria also known as Asshur when the Northern Kingdom
fell. Isaiah 9.8-12 is a
curse on Manasseh and the Northern kingdom (also referred to as Ephraim because
it was the capital tribe of Israel) predicting their fall.
Assyria had
developed the compound bow and there was no weapon to match it. They powerfully
defeated the Northern Kingdom (also referred to as Ephraim in the O.T. because
the tribe of Ephraim was the capital).
According to
Dr. Pidgeon, Manasseh migrated east of the Caspian Sea into what is now
Afghanistan and eventually were called the Massagetae. Mr. Steven Collins in
his book, Parthia, also confirms this including Ephraim among them. The
Massagetae may have been responsible for killing Alexander the Great.
Another area
north east of Afghanistan would be the Scythian kingdom which would also be a
major migration of lost tribes after Alexander the Great’s death.
These
Massagetae (Manasseh) later would become the peoples of Genghis Kahn and the
Mongol Empire. Many lost tribes would have been absorbed into this area as they
were dispersed among the Gentile nations and lost their identities. The Mongol
tribes of Genghis Kahn fought on horseback and conquered territories as far
west as Turkey. Manasseh (Massagetae) learned this type of warfare after the
Assyrian occupation.
They would
have migrated into the Turkic people in an area then known as the Khazar
Kingdom. This area would include European Russia, southern Ukraine, Crimea, and
Kazakhstan today. The kingdom would have included Jews from all twelve tribes
of the Diaspora. Simon Schama in his monumental two volume The Story of the Jews, Volume One touches on this topic: https://arthistory.columbia.edu/content/simon-schama
Many teach
today that Khararian Jews are fake Jews. I’ve looked into it and believe it is
a form of Anti-Semitism. In any event, many Jews who stayed in Babylon and
refused to return to the land with Ezra would have migrated into this Kazaria when
Babylon fell to the Medes-Persians and later to Alexander the Great. There was
constant movement of Israelites throughout the world.
As these
mixed peoples migrated east from Mongolia into Russian they could have crossed
the ice bridge into what is now Alaska and migrated south into Canada and North
America.
Dr. Pidgeon
believes several Native American Tribes including Navaho (Dene) and Cherokee
could have this DNA. Many Native American tribes today believe this to be true:
https://www.messagetoeagle.com/native-americans-are-related-to-the-ten-lost-tribes-chief-riverwind-says/
Parthia
Over the centuries
these Jews and lost tribes would have lost their identities among the Gentile
nations as Yahweh Himself points out in the Book of Hosea.
Eventually a
new nation called Parthia would arise in the area of Babylon which is now Iran
and Iraq. Steven Collins Book Parthia the Forgotten Ancient Superpower and its
Role in Biblical History covers this topic in great detail: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/322981.Parthia
The Romans
and Parthia would fight ten vicious wars from 50 BC to 250 AD but you won’t
find much of that history in western textbooks. The Lost Tribes of Israel
became Parthia as they migrated through the Caucasus Mountains. Tribes became
known as Caucasians because of their light color.
Tribe of Dan - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an
adder in the path that bites the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall
backward. Gen 49.17
Dan has a very interesting history and like a serpent in the dust
leaves a trail of where he was going, so Dan pronounced “Don” has left his
trail leaving his name wherever he travels! Dan did not stay in his original
tribal area but moved northward (Joshua 19.47-48).
Dan can be associated with many nations as he sailed through the
Mediterranean Sea with his tribal brothers whom secular history call
Phoenicians but were really part of the Northern Kingdom and the tribe of Asher
(later we will discuss Asher).
As Dan travels west into Europe he names rivers after himself such as
the Danube, Dnieper, and the Don. Eventually he will travel through North
Ireland and lived among the Gaul’s. Mic Donald is a name from N. Ireland. This
is why Irish were called “Mics.”
In North Scotland we have the name Mac Donald which means “son of Dan.”
Then Dan moves north and establishes “Danmark”
as a home. Old maps from the 1930’s have the name Danmark on their maps.
Moses prophecy on Dan in Genesis 49.22 says, “Dan is a lion’s whelp: he
shall LEAP from Bashan!” Dan and Benjamin
may have become the Viking raiders of old. Jacob’s future prophecy on Benjamin
was that is a ravenous wolf who would divide the spoil (Gen 49.27). Sounds like
Vikings dividing the spoil with his brother Dan!
Judah, Tamar, Pharez, and Zarah
– Genesis 38
Judah had twins with his daughter in-law who also migrated into the
nations, Perez and Zarah. We begin with Zarah. He is called Hebrew after
Abraham’s grandfather, Eber. It is believed the name Hebrew comes from Eber. In
Genesis 14.13 Abram/Abraham is called a Hebrew. He is never referred to as a
Jew in scripture—He is a Hebrew. This is the only scripture describing who
Abraham was.
The word Hebrew means “one who has crossed over” as in Abram being
called out of Chaldea and crossing over the Euphrates River at the call of
Yahweh. When we cross over into our Hebraic roots and begin to observe the
Biblical Feasts of the Lord (Lev 23) we have crossed over and are truly grafted
into Israel (Romans 11 and Ephesians 2 and 3).
We follow Zarah into Spain. The chief river of Spain is the Ebro (Eber)
a river in northeastern Spain that flows southeast into the Mediterranean Sea.
The city of Zaragoza, Spain overlooks the Ebro River! Zarah’s emblem is the red
lion. Zarah had the scarlet string attached to his hand when born.
Interestingly the Red Hand of Ulster was the flag of Northern Ireland until
quite recently.
Then we have Perez whose emblem is the golden lion. Dr. Pidgeon
believes Perez became the sect of Pharisees. Both tribes have Spanish heritage.
In Spanish names we often see the letters “ez” at the end of names like Chavez,
Torrez, Perez, etc. Does the “ez” stand for Eretz Zion, the Land of Zion and
Jerusalem?
The Spanish then migrated to South America from Barcelona. We know the
history of the cruel Conquistadors making converts by the sword to the Catholic
faith. How many of them had DNA of lost tribes? How many intermarried with the
native peoples over time? Again, the Book of Hosea says Ephraim (House of
Israel) has mixed himself with the nations.
When I lived in Arizona I met a jeweler who I asked if he was Mexican.
He told me, “No, I am Spanish. My family heritage did not intermarry with the
native born. A Mexican is a former Spaniard who intermarried with the natives.”
That’s what he told me.
Finally the Spanish discover Florida and establish a fort at what is
now the town of St. Augustine, Florida. It was established in 1565 and is the
oldest settlement in North America from European exploration of the New World.
Columbus when sailing to find a trade route east was following the
extra Biblical book of 4 Esdras
13.39-44 which speaks of ten tribes led away captive by
Assyria and later crossing waters into another land.
In St. Augustine at the Pirate Museum there
is a display of those Pirates known to be Jewish. How many more such Pirates
don’t we know about?
Zarah also has Spanish connections. Many of them migrated to South
America from Barcelona. Today there are approximately 1.5 million of them in
South America.
Asher
Asher’s territory was north east of Tyre, Zidon, Acco, and Haifa. They
would have done business with Tyre. Asher became merchants and port keepers,
operating the daily coming and goings of merchant fleets. Rehoboam, Solomon’s
son levied heavy taxes on the Asherites and the other tribes causing the Northern
Kingdom of Israel to rebel and divide the nation (1 Kings 11 and 12).
Dr. Pidgeon believes Asher ended up in Venice when dispersed from the
Northern Kingdom. They would have become the “Merchants of Venice.” We need to
remember that the early Christians did not charge interest. They looked to the “Jews”
to become the bankers because the Torah allowed charging interest to Gentiles.
Gad
Gad in Hebrew is pronounced “God.” From Gad come the Goths and Visigoths.
They migrated through the Caucasus Mountains into what is now Germany and later
Gaul (France) and Spain. They would burn Rome 8 times during their barbarian history.
It is ironic that Rome hated the Jews, destroyed the temple and later
Jerusalem after the Bar Kokhba revolt in 132-35 A.D. later to be invaded by the
Gothic tribes. Divine justice!
Ephraim
Ephraim became the Anglo-Saxons as they migrated northwest toward France and Saxony. In Hebrew Saxon means Sacs sons or Sons of Isaac. The emblem of Ephraim was a bull/ox. England’s mascot is John Bull. The word British is made up from two Hebrew words: Brit = Covenant and ish = man = British. Ephraim would become a “company of nations” when Jacob blessed him.
Lud son of Shem
Finally we have Lud a son of Shem. It is believed the Apostle Paul
actually went to Spain as he said he was going to in his epistle and later went
to Britain. The City of Lud was erected around Mt. Lud where today stands the
St. Paul Cathedral. It is said Paul spoke on Mt. Lud. This area today is called
the East Gate of the one square mile City of London = Luddon, Lud and Dan.
In Conclusion
We see that the dispersion of the Nation of Israel into the Gentile
world has had mysterious and wonderful results. Elohim is working out His will
and the world has no understanding of any of this. The reader should take the
time to read and meditate on the following scriptures in order to understand
the end of this current age:
Ezekiel 37.15-28 documents the reunification of the
House of Judah and the House of Israel (also referred to as Ephraim).
1 Kings 10 thru 11 the division of the nation.
The Book of Hosea describes
the diaspora especially chapter 7 and 8.
Romans 11 – Gentiles grafted into Israel. Ephesians 2.11-3.6 also describes our grafting into Israel (the unified
kingdom as described in Ezekiel 37.15-28
Ezekiel 47.22-23 – Those grafted
into reunited Israel receive a land inheritance in the Millennial Kingdom!
Also search this blog for articles on these subjects. The House of
Israel, the northern kingdom, was dispersed throughout the earth. Judah was
taken captive by Babylon and about 50,000 of them returned and rebuilt the
temple. The others remained in Babylon. Many later dispersed and lost their “Jewish”
identity. Those who remained in Babylon would write the Talmud (200 – 500 AD).
The end of this age and the second coming of Yeshua ha Mashiach has
deeper meaning than we have realized. It will center on both the Jewish people,
the lost tribes of the Northern Kingdom, and Gentiles (grafted in) with whom
the tribes have mixed.
It is known as Jacob’s Trouble and the Controversy of Zion. He will be
coming to save us all at the end of the Great Tribulation.
Here is the video of Dr. Pidgeon’s talk on the Lost Tribes: https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=dr.+Pidgeon+on+the+lost+tribes&&mid=37411ADEABD609C2712537411ADEABD609C27125&&FORM=VRDGAR
Be Blessed!
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Good study Neil
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