This text is missing some spaces, please add them: ThethreenortherntribesofIsrael–Dan,Asher,andNaphtali–wereamongthefirstoftheIsraelitetribestobedeportedoutofthelandofCanaan,becausetheinvaderswhoattackedanddeportedtheIsraelitetribes–theAssyriansandBabylonians–invadedthelandofCanaanfromthenorth.
The three northern tribes of Israel – Dan, Asher, and Naphtali – were among the first of the Israelite tribes to be deported out of the land of Canaan, because the invaders who attacked and deported the Israelite tribes – the Assyrians and Babylonians – invaded the land of Canaan from the north.