The Priestly author would have been highly motivated to write a history of the "children of Israel" in which Judah was ...

Jacob produced twelve sons, each of whom became the father of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Reuven ... territorial and political lines, with Judah and Benjamin in the south loyal to the ...

The twelve tribes of Israel, therefore, collectively carry the name of their father. Jacob had twelve sons with his four wives. With Leah, he had Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon.

2 Kings narrates the final decline and collapse of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The capture of Israel ... are often referred to as the "Lost 10 Tribes" of Israel. They were never able to ...