Tribes & Groups
23 tribes, nations, and peoples move through the Bible's story, from Israel's twelve tribes descended from Jacob's sons to the empires (Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Rome) that conquered, exiled, and ruled over them in turn. Alliances shift constantly; a nation that's an enemy in one book is intermarrying with Israel by the next. Knowing who's who explains a lot of what looks like chaos on a first read: why a war breaks out, why a prophet is furious at a specific neighbor, why an exile lands people in one city instead of another.
Tribes of Israel · 12 groups · 656 named members
Tribe of Judah 278 Tribe of Levi 180 Tribe of Joseph 52 Tribe of Benjamin 48 Tribe of Asher 41 Tribe of Issachar 16 Tribe of Simeon 13 Tribe of Reuben 9 Tribe of Gad 8 Tribe of Naphtali 5 Tribe of Zebulun 4 Tribe of Dan 2
