When was Jesus Born

WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN
Nodab. People from these tribes including the Reubenite leader, were
taken captive and resettled in the region of the Habor river system.
Tiglath-Pilesar also captured the territory of Naphtali and the city of
Janoah in Ephraim and an Assyrian governor was placed over the
region of Naphtali. According to 2 Kings 16:9 and 15:29, the
population of Aram and the annexed part of Israel was deported to
Assyria. Israel continued to exist within the reduced territory as an
independent kingdom until around 720 BC, when it was again invaded
by Assyria and the rest of the population deported.
Thus they were displaced from their original home. But they were
never lost in the sense that their whereabouts were lost. Flavius
Josephus (37 – c.100 AD) the well known historian wrote this in
“Antiquities of The Jews” (Book XI – Chapter V – Verse 2.)
“Wherefore there are but two tribes (Yahudah and Benjamin plus the
Levites) in Asia and Europe subject to the Romans, while the ten tribes
are beyond the Euphrates till now, and are in immense multitude, and
not to be estimated by numbers. Josephus knew that their population
had become too numerous to estimate, and that the Euphrates River
served as their western border.”
Steven M. Collins – ‘The “Lost” – Ten Tribes of Israel – Found!’–
CPA Books – PO Box 596 – Boring Oregon 97009.
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