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'''Issachar''' was one of the twelve tribes of [[Israel]], made up of the descendants of [[Jacob]]'s son [[Issachar]]. According to Joshua 19, the border of the tribe of Issachar
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And their border was Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem; and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath; and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez; and Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez; and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazim, and Beth-shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan; sixteen cities with their villages. <ref>Joshua 19:18-22</ref>
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The Tribe of Issachar was one of the northern tribes that sided with [[Jeroboam I]] in his rebellion against [[Rehoboam]], and, along with the rest of the [[Northern Kingdom]], was conquered and destroyed by the Assyrians.
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