Israel Divided

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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# 215 - Israel Divided - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Solomon’s wisdom built a golden kingdom, but his heart’s drift toward idols set the stage for its collapse. In this episode, witness the slow unraveling of Israel’s greatest king and the sobering truth that blessings without faithfulness will not stand.Episode 215 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 Micah 6:8, He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?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:(01:34) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:55) Israel Divided(23:08) 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.
0:03.1	What God has given you?
0:06.3	Did he tell you to build those Asherapoles?
0:09.9	How about the altar to Milcombe?
0:12.9	Have you heard their screams, Solomon?
0:16.4	What screams?
0:17.9	The screams of the children they sacrifice on those altars you allowed them to build.
0:24.4	Children, Solomon. My king, the northern tribes grow restless. Jeroboam, who has successfully evaded
0:33.4	our assassins, is now reported to be in exile in Egypt, but his name is everywhere.
0:39.3	They are rallying around him.
0:41.3	To the right of the temple mount in the distance, he could see firelight.
0:46.3	Another festival to Mollach was being held.
0:50.3	Solomon could hear the drums, the women, and the crying of infants, drunken rituals, idle worship, child sacrifice.
1:01.0	Because you have done this, because you have turned your heart from me, because you have chased out of the gods of your your wives and because you have not kept my covenant
1:14.6	and my statutes as your father David did, I will tear the kingdom from your hands and give it to your
1:23.5	servant, now your enemy, Jeroboam.
1:28.7	What have I done?
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