The 12 tribes of Israel, named after Jacob's sons ... Here's how the tribes were divided geographically and politically under ...

The Jewish population of Judea and Galilee was divided into three religious groups, two major and one minor. The largest group by numbers were the Pharisees but they were not a majority.

Jacob produced twelve sons, each of whom became the father of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Reuven ... the state was divided in two. The tribes split along territorial and political lines ...