Elijah: Ahab & The Dogs

The Chosen People

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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# 223 - Elijah: Ahab & The Dogs - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, King Ahab’s thirst for false prophecy leads him to the battlefield where God’s word proves unshakable. In this episode on 1 Kings 22, Elijah’s warning echoes as deception, pride, and judgment collide—reminding us that silencing the truth never spares us from it.Episode 223 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by Isaiah 5:20, "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(01:47) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:52) Elijah: Ahab & The Dogs(28:20) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the Chosen People.
0:02.7	You don't understand, Jezebel. I wanted it.
0:07.4	I offered him a better vineyard. I offered him money. I was generous. But Naboth won't sell.
0:15.8	He said it was his family's inheritance.
0:18.7	Ugh, some nonsense about Yaway's law.
0:24.2	Then don't ask him.
0:26.8	Just take it.
0:28.2	Who's to stop you?
0:31.1	And at the center of the elders was Naboth,
0:35.2	the owner of the vineyard, Ahab so desperately coveted. The elders had called him there to
0:41.8	stand trial. What? No, no, this, this is false. I've done nothing of the sort. The fir stone was
0:51.2	thrown, and it struck Naboth's shoulder, knocking him off balance.
0:56.0	The second hit his ribs, knocking the wind from his lungs.
1:00.0	Then came the third, then the fourth, then came the dogs.
1:05.0	They lapped at the blood, indifferent to the weight of the moment, indifferent to the crime that had been committed.
1:12.6	First murder, then theft. What's next? I am. Will you steal the cripple's grudge? Snatchy widow's last coin?
1:22.6	Maybe ransack an orphanage while you're at it. Enough!
1:30.1	Thus says the Lord God of heaven and earth.
1:32.9	The god of the nation you claim to rule.
1:36.9	In the very spot with the dogs licked up Neboth's blood,
1:39.2	they will lap up your blood.
1:42.1	Yes, your're saying.
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