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It is said of each tribe, that those were numbered who were able to go forth to war; they had wars before them, though now they met with no opposition.

2nd son: Atta settled in what is known today as Umekete in Aguleri, later moving to Igala in Kogi State.

c On the understanding and belief that the Igbo have been traced to the LOST TRIBE OF ISRAEL through Aguleri, His Majesty Eze A.

in and therefore called his name Gad Gen.

From that time onwards, the Tribe of Gad has been counted as one of the of Israel.

No person of it is ever mentioned by name after the conquest, it is not included in the list of tribes in II Chronicles 27 and it is the only tribe not even mentioned in the song of Deborah, other detached tribes like Reuben and Asher at least being mentioned as missing in the battle.

The location was never secure from invasion and attacks, since to the south it was exposed to the , and like the other tribes east of the Jordan was exposed on the north and east to and later the.

The entire South Eastern Nigeria seems to be full of Igbos Hebrews and Israelites.

And the sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli.