These refugees intermarried with the few remaining Hebrew survivors. The latter soon attacked Damascus and Israel, and captured territories in both kingdoms. Finally, God allowed the northern kingdom to be destroyed by Assyria. The Kingdom of Israel was united during the reign of King Saul, King David and King Solomon and became divided at the death of King Solomon. The northern kingdom of Israel fell to the Neo-Assyrian Empire in 722 B.C.E. Jeroboam took the northern half and kept the name Israel. I Kings 1-12; II Chronicles 1-12. The area that had once been the Northern Kingdom of Israel was eventually resettled with refugees from other Assyrian conquests. Answer: When people refer to the “lost tribes of Israel,” they usually have in mind the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom that fell to Assyria about 722 BC. [citation needed] Biblical chronology These tribes are Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, and Joseph (whose tribe was divided into the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh). The ten tribes, united to form the Kingdom of Israel, persisted in complete apostasy from God, and idol worship became the national religion. Israel never had a good king in its 200 years as a nation. It was split into Kingdom of Israel in the North and Kingdom of Judah in the South. The Kingdom of Israel has also been referred to as Northern Israel, House of Joseph, Ephraim and Samaria. Even though the territory of the Northern Kingdom of Israel was reduced by such attacks, the kingdom continued to exist independently until 720 BCE, when the Assyrians further attacked the kingdom, forcing its inhabitants to flee. The author of the book of Kings summarizes the reason for the fall of the Northern Kingdom. The resulting half-breeds became known as Samaritans. Chapter 7: THE TWO KINGDOMS. Question: "What happened to the lost tribes of Israel?" The Northern Kingdom of Israel was the first of the two kingdoms (Israel and Judah) to fall, when it was conquered by the Assyrian monarchs, Tiglath-Pileser III (Pul) and Shalmaneser V. The captivities began in approximately 734-732 BC. The period from the late 10th through the early sixth centuries B.C.E., when the northern kingdom of Israel (until 722) and the southern kingdom of Judah (until 586) existed alongside one another. Israel fared even worse than Judah, for its kings promoted false worship from the start. The Kingdom of Judah, or Southern Kingdom, existed as an independent state until 586 BCE, when it was conquered by the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The Kingdom of Israel, Northern Kingdom or Samaria, existed as an independent state until 722 BCE, when it was conquered by the Assyrian Empire. Despite the powerful works of such prophets as Elijah and Elisha —both of whom even resurrected the dead— Israel kept reverting to a wicked course. The Northern Kingdom The northern kingdom continued to be called Israel.