1.50 The Fall of Israel

History in the Bible

Garry Stevens

History, Christianity, Judaism, Bible, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 February 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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King Ahaz of Judah calls on Assyria to save him from King Pekah of Israel and the kingdom of Aram-Damascus. That works out a treat: Aram-Damascus is left in ruins, and Israel left a rump state. The prophet Isaiah puts his oar in, to no effect. Pekah is followed by his son Hoshea, who makes a bad diplomatic move and is annihilated by Assyria. So begins the Jewish diaspora.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Gary Stevens, and welcome to the History in the Bible podcast.
0:24.8	All the history, in all the books, in all the Bibles.
0:45.9	Thank you. Episode 1.50, The Fall of Israel.
0:53.3	In the last episode of the history in the Bible, I left King of Haars of Judah in dire straits.
0:58.4	His kingdom was being raided by Edomites and Philistines.
1:04.9	The kingdoms of Israel and Aram Damascus were demanding that he joined them against Assyria.
1:09.9	When Ahaz said that he already had enough problems to cope with,
1:14.4	King's Percar of Israel and Ritzin of Aram Damascus moved against him in an attempt to stabilise their flanks.
1:19.4	The Israelites and Aramaans were initially successful.
1:23.5	Chronicles records them killing 120,000 Judeans in a single day,
1:29.2	and taking a further 120,000 captive.
1:33.6	The numbers are ridiculous,
1:35.9	but ridiculous numbers are commonplace in military accounts even in our own day.
1:41.9	The prophet Isaiah encouraged Ahaz to rely on God to protect sacred Jerusalem.
1:48.7	Quote, Isaiah 7.3. Yave said to Isaiah, go out with your son to meet Ahars at the end of the
1:58.5	conduit of the upper pool, by the road of the fuller's field,
2:03.3	and say to him, be firm and be calm,
2:07.5	do not be afraid,
2:09.0	and do not lose heart on account of those two smoking stubs of firebrands,
2:14.7	on account of the raging of Retsine and his Aramaeans, and Percar of Israel.
2:22.4	Over his long career, Isaiah would give foreign policy advice to quite a few Judean monarchs.
2:31.7	He was the Henry Kissinger of his day. He had two firm policy positions.
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