What happened to the Twelve Tribes of Israel?
The Invasions of Foreign Empires
The Twelve Tribes of Israel were the military targets of numerous foreign empires throughout the centuries.
The invasions that ensued resulted in the conquest of the Twelve Tribes, the plundering of the land, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the exile of the Jewish people.
It was during the Babylonian conquest, in 597 BCE, that Jerusalem was besieged and the Holy Temple, the center of Jewish religious and cultural life, was destroyed.
A second temple would be built in 586 BCE. In the year 70 CE, Jerusalem was once again besieged and the second temple was destroyed at the hands of the Romans.
Located in the old city of Jerusalem, the Western Wall, sometimes referred to as the Wailing Wall, remains as the holiest site in Judaism. It is the western support wall of the Temple Mount, where the Temple stood.
After the Roman wars, in an effort to erase any Jewish identity to the region, the Romans renamed the entire region "Philistia" (or in English "Palestine”), a reference to the Philistines, who were of Greek origin, and occupied a small area on the eastern Mediterranean coast, including what is now called Gaza.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the land was controlled by foreign empires until 1948, when Israel once again became an independent nation.
What happened to the Twelve Tribes of Israel?
The Twelve Tribes of Israel were the military targets of numerous foreign empires throughout the centuries.
The invasions that ensued resulted in the conquest of the Twelve Tribes, the plundering of the land, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the exile of the Jewish people.
It was during the Babylonian conquest, in 597 BCE, that Jerusalem was besieged and the Holy Temple, the center of Jewish religious and cultural life, was destroyed.
A second temple would be built in 586 BCE. In the year 70 CE, Jerusalem was once again besieged and the second temple was destroyed at the hands of the Romans.
Located in the old city of Jerusalem, the Western Wall, sometimes referred to as the Wailing Wall, remains as the holiest site in Judaism. It is the western support wall of the Temple Mount, where the Temple stood.
After the Roman wars, in an effort to erase any Jewish identity to the region, the Romans renamed the entire region "Philistia" (or in English "Palestine”), a reference to the Philistines, who were of Greek origin, and occupied a small area on the eastern Mediterranean coast, including what is now called Gaza.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the land was controlled by foreign empires until 1948, when Israel once again became an independent nation.
The Invasions of Foreign Empires