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The Return From Captivity of The Jewish People!
Christian Identity say's the Jewish people are a "Mixed" race and the "Children of Satan". Christian Identity also claims the "White" "Europeans" are the ten "Lost" Tribes of Israel, in other words the "The True Hebrews" of the Bible. They also claim that only two tribes returned to Israel from Babylon. But, what does the scripture say? What's the truth?
The Book of Ezra,
Chapter 2:
Verse
1:
Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the
captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the
king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem
and Judah, every one unto his city;
2:
Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai,
Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people
of Israel:
3:
The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
4:
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
(1Chron:27:16: "of the Simeonites,
Shephatiah the son of Maachah:")
5:
The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
(1Chron:7:39: And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
1Chron:7:40:All these were the children of Asher........)
6:
The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two
thousand eight hundred and twelve.
(2Chron:31:14: And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter
toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute
the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.
2Chron:31:15: And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua,
and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in
their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the
great as to the small:
2Sam:2:13: And Joab the son of Zeruiah.....
1Chron:2:13: And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second,
and Shimma the third,
14: Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15: Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
1Chron:2:16: Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of
Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.)
7:
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
(Elam was also a Levite, See: 1Chron:26:1: Concerning the divisions
of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the
sons of Asaph.
1Chron:26:2: And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn,
Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
1Chron:26:3: Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the
seventh.)
8:
The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
9:
The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
10:
The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
(Neh:3:17: After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of
Bani.
Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah,
in his part.)
11:
The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
12:
The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
13:
The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
14:
The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
15:
The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
16:
The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
(2Kgs:16:20: And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his
stead.)
17:
The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
18:
The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.
19:
The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
20:
The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.
21:
The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.
(Bethleham belonged to Judah.)
22:
The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
23:
The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
(1Chron:6:60: And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her
suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her
suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen
cities.)(From the list of Levite cities
24:
The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.
(1Chron:12:1: Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while
he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they
were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
1Chron:12:2: They were armed with bows, and could use both the right
hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow,
even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
1Chron:12:3: The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah
the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth;
and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,)
25:
The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and
forty and three.
26:
The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
27:
The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
28:
The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
(Josh:9:17: And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their
cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah,
and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
Josh:18:20: And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was
the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round
about, according to their families.
Josh:18:21: Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin
according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the
valley of Keziz,
Josh:18:22: And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
Josh:18:23: And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
Josh:18:24: And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities
with their villages:
Josh:18:25: Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
Josh:18:26: And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
Josh:18:27: And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
Josh:18:28: And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath,
and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the
inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.)
29:
The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
(1Chron:5:3: The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were,
Hannoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
1Chron:5:4: The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his
son,
1Chron:5:5: Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
1Chron:5:6: Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria
carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
1Chron:5:7: And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of
their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
1Chron:5:8: And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel,
who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:)
30:
The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
31:
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
(1Chron:8:1: Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second,
and Aharah the third,)(continuing to......
1Chron:8:24: And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,)
32:
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
(1Chron:24:1: Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron.
The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.)
(Continuing to...1Chron:24:8: The third to Harim, the fourth to
Seorim,)
33:
The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
(1Chron:8:1: Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second,
and Aharah the third,)
(Continuing to....1Chron:8:12: The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham,
and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:)
34:
The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
(Josh:18:21: Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin
according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the
valley of Keziz,)
35:
The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
36:
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred
seventy and three.
(1Chron:24:6: And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the
Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the
priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the
fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken
for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
1Chron:24:7: Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to
Jedaiah,)
(Continuing to.......1Chron:24:11: The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth
to Shecaniah,)
37:
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
38:
The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
(1Chron:9:7: And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of
Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
1Chron:9:8: And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi,
the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel,
the son of Ibnijah;)
(Continuing to.....1Chron:9:12: And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son
of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son
of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of
Immer;)
39:
The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
40:
The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of
Hodaviah, seventy and four.
(1Chron:9:7: And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of
Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,)
41:
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
(1Chron:6:39: And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even
Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,)
(Continuing to .......1Chron:6:43: The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom,
the son of Levi. )
42:
The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater,
the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the
children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
(1Chron:9:19: And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the
of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the
were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the
tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD,
were keepers of the entry.
1Chron:9:31: And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn
of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were
made in the pans.)
43:
The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children
of Tabbaoth,
44:
The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
45:
The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
46:
The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,
47:
The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
48:
The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
49:
The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
50:
The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,
51:
The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
52:
The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
53:
The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
54:
The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
55:
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of
Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
56:
The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
57:
The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of
Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
58:
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three
hundred ninety and two.
(1Chron:9:2: Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions
in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the
Nethinims.)
59:
And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan,
and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed,
whether they were of Israel:
60:
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six
hundred fifty and two.
61:
And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of
Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of
Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
62:
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but
they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the
priesthood.
63:
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy
things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
64:
The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and
threescore,
65:
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand
three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred
singing men and singing women.
66:
Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred
forty and five;
67:
Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven
hundred and twenty.
68:
And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the
LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up
in his place:
69:
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and
one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one
hundred priests' garments.
70:
So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers,
and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in
their cities.
(II Kings, Chapter 17:5: Then the king of Assyria came up throughout
all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
II Kings, Chapter 17:6: In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of
Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and
placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the
cities of the Medes.)
It would seem that since the Medes and the
Persians Overthrew Babylon, and the remnant of Israel were in the
cities of the Medes, The proclamation of the ruler of the then known
world, the Persian king, Cyrus, sent all of Israel home.
That proclamation is as follows:
II Chronicles, Chapter 36:
Verse
23:
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD
God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in
Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people?
The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
All the remnant were allowed to leave
Persia to go, not to all of Israel,
because the heathen occupied
the cities of Samaria, (and still do!)
(II Kings, Chapter 17:24: And the king of Assyria brought men from
Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from
Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children
of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.)
but to Judah. Thus the misconception that only Judah was allowed to return,
when in fact king Cyrus allowed ALL of God's people to leave.
I've heard it preached in Christian churches that the people of Samaria
were "Half Breed Jews", but the truth is, with the exception
of some Levites, which the Assyrian King placed there, they weren't
Jewish at all!
The Jewish people recorded in Ezra and Nehemiah are only from the
Babylonian captivity, as Babylon was the location of Ezra and Nehemiah.
The remnant of the following tribes can be identified as returning from
Babylon:
1: Simeon,
2: Asher,
3: Levi,
4: Judah,
5: Benjamin,
6:
Reuben.
Some of the names listed in Ezra and Nehemiah don't directly correlate
into the Old Testament Genealogy. Because this is true for about 1/2 of
the Ezra and Nehemiah listing, it would seem that the 1/2 which don't
correlate are probably the rest of the tribes.
While the Old Testament doesn't document the return of the other tribes,
3 more still turn up in the New Testament as follows:
(Matthew 10:4: Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also
betrayed him.)
Judas was from the tribe of
Issachar
(John:11:54: Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews;
but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city
called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.)
A city named for the remnant of Ephraim.
(Mark:5:1: And they came over unto
the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.)
The Gadarenes are the tribe of Gad.
We've now directly identified 3 more tribes from the New Testament.
7: Issachar
8: Ephraim
9: Gad
For a total of 9 tribes out of 12. I believe that further research in
the writings of secular historians will identify the remaining 3 tribes.
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