Research, History and genetics/DNA seem to indicate that if you are a so-called African-American and your Y-DNA Haplotype is E1B1A, you are more than likely from The Tribe of Gad In the Kingdom of Judah, NOT The Tribe of Judah directly, like many Hebrew Israelites in America believe. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Gad (Hebrew: גָּד, Modern Gad Tiberian Gāḏ ; soldier or luck) was one of the Tribes of Israel. From after the conquest of the land by Joshua until the formation of the first Kingdom of Israel in c. 1050 BC, the Tribe of Gad was a part of a loose confederation of Israelite tribes. No central government existed, and in times of crisis the people were led by ad hoc leaders known as Judges. (see the Book of Judges) With the growth of the threat from Philistine incursions, the Israelite tribes decided to form a strong centralised monarchy to meet the challenge, and the Tribe of Gad joined the new kingdom with Saul as the first king. After the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul, but after the death of Ish-bosheth, Sauls son and successor to the throne of Israel, the Tribe of Gad joined the other northern Israelite tribes in making David, who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel. However, on the accession of Rehoboam, Davids grandson, in c. 930 BC the northern tribes split from the House of David to reform a Kingdom of Israel as the Northern Kingdom. Gad was a member of the kingdom until the kingdom was conquered by Assyria in c. 723 BC and the population deported. From that time then, the Tribe of Gad has been counted as one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 16:48:14 +0000
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