TylerRay
Puritan Board Graduate
It's usually said that the Northern Kingdom was made up of ten tribes, and the Southern was made up of two, Judah and Benjamin. However, the territory of Simeon was encapsulated by Judah, so they presumably were part of the Southern Kingdom; and the Levites all left their homes in the North and moved to Judah (2 Chron 11:14). That makes four, or three if you don't count Levi.
The Northern Kingdom, on the other hand, was made up of Asher, Naphtali, Zebulun, Issachar, Manasseh, Dan, Ephraim, Gad, and Ruben. That makes nine.
Why, then do we read the following in I Kings 11?
Any insight would be appreciated.
The Northern Kingdom, on the other hand, was made up of Asher, Naphtali, Zebulun, Issachar, Manasseh, Dan, Ephraim, Gad, and Ruben. That makes nine.
Why, then do we read the following in I Kings 11?
29And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: 30And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: 31And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: 32(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel).
Any insight would be appreciated.