The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel have fascinated historians, theologians, and explorers for centuries. After the Assyrian conquest of the northern kingdom of Israel in 722 BCE, these tribes were said ...

This king has been identified with the last king of Israel, Hoshea, who died around the same time, at the time of the Assyrian exile of the ten tribes from Israel.

Stanford M. Lyman, The Lost Tribes of Israel as a Problem in History and Sociology, International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Fall, 1998), pp. 7-42 ...