ZEBULON-Netherlands

The article below identifies the Tribe of Zebulon primarily with groups that settled in the Netherlands. They were part of the Ten Tribes of Israel who had been exiled by the Assyrians and lost consciousness of their ancestry. Nevertheless, they retained (like the other Tribes) something of their ethnic cohesion. Elements from Zebulon may be found elsewhere amongst Peoples in the West. In addition, there existed a tradition that descendants of Zebulon were to be found amongst the Jews of Tunisia. The author was informed that as many as 15% of the Jews of Tunisia had a tradition that they descended from Zebulon. The person who gave us this information (also to be found in Jewish Literature on the subject) was himself of Jewish Tunisian origin. Interestingly enough, his physical appearance was more characteristically "Dutch" than North African or even "Jewish". [Tall, golden-haired, and large of body; he even had personality quirks also found amongst the Dutch! Why has no-body else noticed this yet?] Such types are not uncommon amongst Tunisian Jews. It will be noted that when the Ten Tribes were exiled a few escaped and atttached themselves to Judah in the south. This probably explains the presence of a minority of Zebulon amongst the Jews as well as being found with the Lost Ten Tribes in the west.

The Tribe of Zebulon "AND THE SONS OF ZEBULON; SERED, AND ELON, AND JAHLEEL" [Genesis 46:14]. Zebulon is identifiable with the Netherlands.

According to Frisian-legends a certain King Adel was a descendant of Shem.  King Adel reigned in India which from the context meant somewhere in Central Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea. This area was also  known as Cush. King Adel had three sons: Friso, Bruno, and Saxo. The term "Cush" is sometimes translated as  "Ethiopia",  Genesis 2:13. The Prophets Zephaniah (3:10) and Isaiah (10:10) said that "Cush" was one of the places to which the exiled Israelites would go.

In this section of Scythia east of the Caspian Sea, archaeologists have found the ruins of an extensive civilization whose inhabitants spoke Aramaic. Some of the Israelite Tribes had spoken Aramaic even before their exile, as shown by archaeological findings. Aramaic was used as an official tongue in the Assyrian Empire and is believed to have been the most commonly-used one. Phillip Lozinski (1953) believed that from this region east of the Caspian came the "Barbarian" peoples whom he suggests may have been at least partly Semitic. This is consisted with them having descended from Israel. They invaded Europe beginning from around the 200s CE. Additional evidence exists showing that the invaders must have come from Scythia and the region east of the Caspian. These invasions and migratory movements were often connected with activities of the Huns who themselves were a mixture of various peoples. The Huns from this vicinity caused other nations to flee westward. N.C. LUKMAN ("Skoldung und Skilfinge. Hunnen und Herulerkonige in Oostorlischer Uberliersering," Copenhagen 1943) showed how in Nordic Mythology the name Adel (meaning "Noble") was often used as a euphemism for Attila  the Hun  and for the Huns in general. In the Frisian  legends King Adel was the father of Friso, Bruno, and Saxo. Scientific Linguists have concluded that the Northern "Barbarians" who entered Europe had the later European aspects of their languages imposed upon them by an external force.   They originally spoke both Hebrew and Aramaic. The work of Terry Blodgett (from Salt Lake City) is important in this regard.
See:
Phonological Similarities in Germanic and Hebrew by Professor Terry Blodgett

 The legends speak of these three brothers being descended from Shem and having been in Jerusalem at the time of its destruction by the Babylonians:

"In the time of the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnessar (586 B.C.), 3 brothers  - Friso, Bruno, and Saxo with [their] wives, children, and relatives fled out of the country, encouraged to do so by announcements of the Prophets concerning the fall of the town".

 In this legend Bruno represents the Angles who according to Ptolemy had at one stage been centered on the region of Brunswick in Eastern Germany. The Angles had also had a center in Angeln to the south of Denmark or else they moved to Angeln prior to the invasion of England. By placing Friso, Bruno, and Saxo in Jerusalem (which became representative of all Israel) before its capture the legend in effect infers that the Frisians, Saxons, and Brunswickian-Angles were therefore originally Israelites or Jews.

The legend about having been in Jerusalem may be taken as reflecting a tradition that the three brothers were related to the Jews which is consistent with their belonging to the Lost Ten Tribes who had been exiled from their own lands in Israel at least 140 years before the actual fall of Jerusalem.  The legend contains the recognition that the three brothers had left the Land of Israel (identified as "Jerusalem" or the Land of the Jews) before Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon captured it. The northern Israelites had indeed been exiled prior to the Babylonian onslaught. The Lost Ten Tribes had been re-settled in Assyria and in lands ruled by Assyria. Another Frisian legend says that Albione and 32 sisters went from Assyria by ship and landed in England which they called Albion. After they landed, Brutus drove them out of the country and re-named it Britain in his own honor. The Albioni crossed the Sea and landed in Frisia where they intermixed with the Saxons and returned together with them to conquer the island. This legend may also serve as an indicator of Israelite origins since the exiled Israelites had indeed been re-settled in "Assyria" (or in Assyrian-controlled areas) before asserting their independence and moving elsewhere.

 8. THE SONS OF ZEBULON 

Zebulon was noticed in the Sabalingoi of Frisia; Yahleel in Chali of Jutland whence there were migrations to Frisia in the Netherlands. Sered, son of Zebulon, became the the Continental Suardones. These were considered, together with Angles, and Longbards, Varini, Eudoses, and others (Tacitus, Germania 40), as part of the Suebian confederation. At the end of the sixth century CE Venantius Fortunatus7 mentioned Suebi, together with Frissi in the Netherland's area, and these Suebi, according to Zeuss, belonged to the Suarine tribe.  "Suarine" and "Suardone" (cf. Sered) are alternative appellations for the same group. We thus through the Suardones find descendants of Sered son of Zebulon in Holland. The Suardones had previously been registered as SUARDENI  in Scythia between the Don and Volga Rivers surrounded by Sarmatae, Siraceni (Issachar), Assaei (Asher) and others. They re-emerge as the Suardenoi in Sweden and from there apparently moved to the Netherlands. These movements are in accordence with the Scythian and Scandinavian origins of many in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands is also popularly known as Holland. Strictly speaking the term Holland should apply only to part of the western region of the Netherlands. The name Holland first appeared in sources in 866 for the region around Haarlem. By 1064 it was being used as the name of the entire county. Holland is believed to be derived from the Middle Dutch term holtland ("wooded land"). It happens however that names have several origins or that an existing name is given a new rationalization in the light of changing reality. The name may well be derived from that of Elon son of Zebulon. In Hebrew "elon" is the name of the oak tree. ELON, son of Zebulon, was recalled in the names of Holland and Norway's Hallin, and the Alans of Scythia and later of Western Europe; also Halland in Sweden and the Swede associated tribe of Alands whose descendants are part of the population of modern Finland. At all events, Zebulon may well be considered to have gained ascendancy amongst the Dutch of Holland with their dykes and "SEA-SHORE" settlement.

9. The Diamond Symbol of Zebulon and South Africa

Each Tribe of Israel had its own stone the Chief Priest's Breastplate. The Stone of Zebulon  was a diamond (Exodus Rabah 38;5). Today, South Africa produces most of the world's diamonds which, on the whole, are processed and traded with in Antwerp Belgium in area of Flanders whose people are considered to be of Dutch affiliation -at least in part. Before Antwerp, Amsterdam in Holland was the main center for diamonds.

South Africa where the diamonds come from is dominated by the Boers who are partially descended from Dutch settlers and whose language is based on an old Dutch dialect. 

The Dutch people do literally dwell on the shores of the sea. 

# Today, approximately 27 percent of the Netherlands is actually below sea level. This area is home to over 60 percent of the country's population of 15.8 million people. #

There are other facts linking the Netherlands to Zebulon. These include the traditional occupations of Zebulon being parallel to those of the Dutch; the Netherlands being in the place that parallels Zebulon relating to the other Tribes in the Israelite Geographical Configuration of Tribal Encampment; Biblical Codes; and other matters some of which are discussed by Bert Otten in a separate article on this site. See Below.

They are the only people who fit the description of Zebulon. Dutch ports serve as a haven (harboring-place) for ships more than those of nearly any other country!! Peoples who settled in Holland bore names recalling those of Zebulon and the sons of Zebulon. The Sabalingoi had a name meaning "People of Zebulon".