formulations of the tribes’ location. It would come to be understood as expul-
sion from the inhabited civilized world.
In the wake of Ahijah’s prophecy, the Israelite kingdom is plunged into
200 years of political turbulence that culminate in its destruction. The house of
Jeroboam falls first, and the kingdom sees many dynasties rise and fall. None
Figure1.1.“Captivity of the Tribes,”Little People’s Lesson Pictures (LPLP),
The American Sunday-School Union, Sept. 18 , 1898. Courtesy Zvi Ben-Dor Benite