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Why not Judah?
I know someone answered this before but I have already forgot the answer so I will ask it again (I couldn't find it searching and Google doesn't answer).
You had the Kingdom of Judah which split apart in 930 BCE. The ten northern tribes formed the Kingdom of Israel with its capital at Samaria, and the two southern tribes formed the Kingdom of Judah with its capital at Jerusalem. The Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrians and people were carried of into exile and oblivioin (hence the lost tribes of Israel).
All Jews now are descendents of the two tribes of Judah. So why is the modern jewish state in Palestine called Israel and not Judah.
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