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I have a question that I have a hard time answering. Did a remnant of Northern Kingdom return to the land after the Babylonian captivity and if so, did their tribal allotment originally in the book of Joshua still apply to them? The reason I ask is because it seems like tribal distinctions had not disappeared. For example:
When the Jews settled in their own land, they began to rebuild the temple. When completed, it was formally dedicated. At the dedication, sacrifices were offered “according to the number of the tribes of Israel” (Ezra 6:17,Numbers 7:87). Even when Jesus was born, and was brought to Jerusalem to fulfill certain requirements of the law, there was a Hebrew woman, a prophetess of the tribe of Asher (one of the supposedly “lost” tribes), who was praising God in the temple. The prophet Zechariah talked about Ephraim and Judah fighting the Greeks referring to the time of the Maccabees.
My question is did the tribal allotments of northern kingdom still apply to them after Babylonian captivity ended?
