But the 10 tribes if Israel were all wiped out or scattered, right?
I realize this may be a stupid question, but I know so little....
The Kingdom was divided into two Kingdoms, the Northern Kingdom, known as Israel & the Southern Kingdom, known as Judah after the death of King Solomon. The Northern Kingdom was eventually conquered & the tribes were taken away as captives. The Southern Kingdom consisted of The tribes of Judah & Benjamin. The Northern Kingdom was composed of the rest.
The tribes of the North became known as "The Lost Tribes", but there were members of the tribes that lived and did business in the South that didn't get carted off. There numbers were greatly diminished of course, but God always preserves a remnant of Jews.