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Tribe of Asher

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the hebrew tribes”. Today it says “one of the tribes of israel descended from asher”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Territory of Asher”. It now reads “One of the twelve”.

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Tribe of Asher ( Hebrew : אָשֵׁר , Modern : Asher , Tiberian : ʼĀšēr , "happy") was one of the Tribes of Israel .¹ Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE , Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes. To Asher he assigned western Galilee , ( Joshua 19:24–31 ) a region with comparatively low temperature, and much rainfall, making it some of the most fertile land in Canaan , with rich pasture, wooded hills, and orchards; as such Asher was particularly prosperous, and known for its olive oil . The Blessing of Moses appears to prophecy this, though textual scholars view this as a postdiction . 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 Asher 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 centralized monarchy to meet the challenge, and the Tribe of Asher 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, and followed his son Ish-bosheth , but after Ish-bosheth's death, the Tribe of Asher joined the other northern Israelite tribes in making David , who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel. On the accession of Rehoboam , David's grandson, in c. 930 BC the northern tribes split from the House of David to reform a Kingdom of Israel as the Northern Kingdom. Asher was a member of the kingdom until the kingdom was conquered by Assyria in c. 723 BC and the population deported. From that time, the Tribe of Asher has been counted as one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. (2003), "On the Reliability of the Old Testament" (Grand Rapids, Michigan.²

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The opening as it stood in 2015

According to the Hebrew Bible , the Tribe of Asher ( Hebrew : אָשֵׁר , Modern : Asher , Tiberian : ʼĀšēr , "happy") was one of the Tribes of Israel . Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE , Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes. To Asher he assigned western Galilee , ( Joshua 19:24–31 ) a region with comparatively low temperature, and much rainfall, making it some of the most fertile land in Canaan , with rich pasture, wooded hills, and orchards; as such Asher was particularly prosperous, and known for its olive oil. The Blessing of Moses appears to prophesy this, though textual scholars view this as a postdiction . 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 Asher 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 centralized monarchy to meet the challenge, and the Tribe of Asher 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, and followed his son Ish-bosheth , but after Ish-bosheth's death, the Tribe of Asher joined the other northern Israelite tribes in making David , who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel. On the accession of Rehoboam , David's grandson, in c. 930 BC the northern tribes split from the House of David to reform a Kingdom of Israel as the Northern Kingdom. Asher was a member of the kingdom until the kingdom was conquered by Assyria in c. 723 BC and the population deported. From that time, the Tribe of Asher has been counted as one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. (2003), "On the Reliability of the Old Testament" (Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Then

one of the hebrew tribes

Now

one of the tribes of israel descended from asher

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