Israel
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- Israel = Jacob, son of Isaac, Yah gave him a new name of Israel
- Israelites
- ancestors of Jacob
- native born Israelites
- foreigners who became followers of Yah, the god of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
- House of Israel
- Initially describes the tribes of Jacob's twelve sons (Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph, and Benjamin)
- Then describes the twelve tribes as Jacob divided them: Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Benjamin, Ephraim and Manasseh. Levi's tribe was separated as the Priests.
- Then after the death of Solomon, referred to the Northern Kingdom, which was made up of ten tribes: Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Manasseh, and Ephraim
- Eventually, the term "House of Israel" diminishes in reference to the northern kingdom as a distinct entity. The term "Jew," derived from "Judah," becomes more prominent.
- Israel - the land