What happened to the Israelites after Israel was conquered by the Assyrians?

Answer 1

According to The Bible, the Israelites from the northern kingdom were deported to Assyria by the Assyrian king and placed in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes. Josephus and Jerome later tell us that they remained there for hundreds of years, under submission to the Persian empire. When Persia fell, they became subjects of the Hellenistic empire, in particular, the Parthians. During the time of Christ, many of them visited Jerusalem on pilgrimage during the Passover, as is mentioned in the New Testament during Pentecost. If Jesus' testimony is to be believed, these exiled Israelite tribes were among the first Hebraic peoples to receive the gospel, which was preached to them by such apostles as Thomas and Thaddeus. After the destruction of the Jewish temple in 70 AD by the Romans, the Jews in Judea were dispersed throughout the nations and most of them fled to places where their Israelite brethren were already living, such as Persia (Tehran), Urmia (northern Iran), Egypt, Jordan and Syria. But because of differences in religious beliefs, the two groups of Israelites experienced a schism. Most of them had accepted Christianity and became known as Orthodox Christians; the ones who rejected Jesus as Messiah became known as Jews, and allied themselves with the Zionist cause, later emigrating to Israel or other Western countries.

Answer 2

The main body of the Lost Tribes of Northern Kingdom of Israel (and about 200,000 thousand of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin from Southern kingdom towns) were dispersed near the Caspian and Black Sea by the Assyrians. They became known as Scythians / Cimmerians / Sarmations This dispersion occurred over 4 separate invasions and started around 745 BC (lasting over 75 years.)

They were known as Saka, Sajoi, Sacae, Sakasuna, all meaning "Sons of Isaac." They were sometimes called Kumri / Omri by the Babylonians later. These tribes eventually reached the British Isles and became known as Angles; Saxons; Jutes; Danes; Celts; Frisians, Scots, and Normans.

Today these peoples are the British, Irish, Scottish, Dutch, Welsh, Australian, German, Scandinavian, and Anglo American type peoples.

Answer 3

According to The Bible, the Israelites from the northern kingdom were deported to Assyria by the Assyrian king and placed in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes. Josephus and Jerome later tell us that they remained there for hundreds of years, under submission to the Persian empire. When Persia fell, they became subjects of the Hellenistic empire, in particular, the Parthians. During the time of Christ, many of them visited Jerusalem on pilgrimage during the Passover, as is mentioned in the New Testament during Pentecost. If Jesus' testimony is to be believed, these exiled Israelite tribes were among the first Hebraic peoples to receive the gospel, which was preached to them by such apostles as Thomas and Thaddeus. After the destruction of the Jewish temple in 70 AD by the Romans, the Jews in Judea were dispersed throughout the nations and most of them fled to places where their Israelite brethren were already living, such as Persia (Tehran), Urmia (northern Iran), Egypt, Jordan and Syria. But because of differences in religious beliefs, the two groups of Israelites experienced a schism. Most of them had accepted Christianity and became known as Orthodox Christians; the ones who rejected Jesus as Messiah became known as Jews, and allied themselves with the Zionist cause, later emigrating to Israel or other Western countries.

Answer 4

AnswerWhen Assyria finally destroyed Israel in 722 BCE, they deported many of the population to other parts of their empire, where the former Israelites gradually assimilated the local culture and religion, and lost their separate identity. It is said that their are small communities in areas such as northern Iraq where the people's names are suggestive of a Hebrew heritage, but nothing is certain.

Others fled south into neighbouring Judah, and their descendants began to identify as Jews. Still others fled all the way to Egypt for sanctuary.

The Assyrians repopulated the former kingdom of Israel, now known as Samaria, with people from other parts of the empire. Along with those Israelites still remaining in rural areas, they became the Samarians.

Answer 5

After Assyria conquered Israel in 722 BCE, they forced many of the Israelites who had not already fled to Egypt or Judah, to resettle elsewhere in their empire. Here they absorbed the cultures and religions of the host countries and gradually lost their separate identity. Meanwhile, Assyria repopulated Israel, now known as Samaria, with subject peoples from other areas.

This resettling and repopulating resulted in these Israelites losing their faith and identity. This has resulted in the "Ten Lost Tribes" because Israel supposedly represented ten of the total twelve tribes before Assyrian conquest.

Answer 6

They exiled them (the Ten Israelite tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel), forcibly removing them towards the east.