55 - The Philistines
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we bring the Philistines into the story. Unfortunately, we do not have rich texts that they wrote about themselves. So we have to rely on the Bible for our understand...
10 Sep 202542min
54 – Josiah and the Book of Deuteronomy
Send us Fan Mail A lost scroll. A boy king. And a revolution that remade a nation. But was Deuteronomy really ancient law—or a bold new manifesto, crafted to legitimize power? In this episode, we look...
19 Maj 202541min
53 - The Story of Manasseh: The Evil King Who Saved Judah
Send us Fan Mail History remembers King Manasseh as Judah's most wicked ruler, but archaeological evidence tells a different story. For 55 years, he kept his tiny kingdom alive through shrewd diplomac...
14 Apr 202541min
52 - Hezekiah's Last Stand
Send us Fan Mail In 701 BCE, a small kingdom faced the most powerful empire in the world. One king, against all odds, prepared Jerusalem for an impossible defense. Fortified walls, secret water tunne...
15 Mars 202533min
51 - The Reforms of Hezekiah
Send us Fan Mail At just 25, Hezekiah inherited a kingdom under massive pressure from the mighty Assyrian Empire. But instead of cowering, he launched a bold religious and political revolution that wo...
18 Feb 202541min
50 – Judah Before the Reforms of Hezekiah
Send us Fan Mail The reforms of Hezekiah would revolutionize the Israelite religion and make it genuinely monotheistic for the first time. They also made the Temple in Jerusalem truly central for the ...
7 Feb 202530min
49 - The Destruction of Israel
Send us Fan Mail The kingdom of Israel was destroyed and its elites exiled throughout the Assyrian empire. The prophets Hosea and Amos had warned that the sins and inequality of Israel would lead to i...
22 Jan 202529min
48 - The Assyrian Threat to Israel
Send us Fan Mail Assyria assembled the most fearsome military machine ever seen. And it now was ready to turn its might on Israel, after defeating Damascus. It appears that Judah asked it to set sight...
12 Dec 202433min
