The leadership of the Israelite tribes at the time fell to the prophetess Deborah.
It is more probable that the kingdom was smaller than described, encompassing only the areas settled by the Israelite tribes.
At that era, the Israelite tribes were not yet sedentary.
A number of people think that some of the Israelite tribes actually originated as part of the sea peoples.
This rectangle was always erected when the Israelite tribes would camp, oriented to the east.
David succeeded in truly unifying the Israelite tribes, and set up a monarchical government.
He later became the leader of the Israelite tribes after the death of Moses.
From here he travelled to Kashmir where some Israelite tribes had also settled.
Their primary trade characteristic was seafaring, unusual for the Israelite tribes.
There were obvious linguistic differences between at least one portion of Joseph and the other Israelite tribes.