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The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined. Isaiah 9:2 The Northern Kingdom was taken into captivity by the Assyrians. The first place that went into captivity was in the land area of Naphtali and the Galilee (2 Kings 15:29). Isaiah 9:1-2 explains that the first taking into captivity will be a light affliction but that the second taking into captivity will be a more severe and heavy oppression of captivity. In the Galilee, Yeshua ministered in a city called Capernaum which means “village of comfort.” This is an allusion to the comforting of the exiles of Israel who will be gathered and will return to Israel. Yeshua ministers there and in the Galilee because the Northern Kingdom was initially exiled from the Galilee area where they were taken captive by the Assyrians. Yeshua’s ministry in the Galilee area was on him bringing restoration the 10 tribes of the north, and ultimately, restoration to all 12 tribes,