Jehu: The Butcher King

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 7 September 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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# 231 - Jehu: The Butcher King - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Jehu returns in 2 Kings 10 with blazing zeal—toppling Baal yet leaving the golden calves—forcing us to ask whether our “justice” looks anything like God’s. This episode wrestles with zeal without surrender, and why true reform must be aligned with mercy, humility, and obedience.Episode 231 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 Jeremiah 9:24, Let the one who boasts, boast in this: that they have the understanding to know Me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight.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:(01:59) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:49) Jehu: The Butcher King(33:15) 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.
0:03.0	I have a message for Jehu, a message from the Lord, but it's for your ears only.
0:09.9	You are to destroy the house of Ahab, your master.
0:14.7	You will bring vengeance for the blood of the prophets and the servants of the Lord shed by Jezebel's hand.
0:21.4	Ready, my chariot.
0:23.2	It's time for judgment day.
0:25.9	Jehu had never felt more alive.
0:28.8	Today was the day of atonement.
0:31.6	Today, blood would flow like the Nile River.
0:35.3	Flee!
0:36.1	Flea for your lives!
0:38.9	Get us out of here!
0:41.8	This?
0:43.7	This is madness.
0:47.8	The king of Judah toppled from his chariot,
0:51.0	hitting the ground with a sickening thud.
0:54.6	Now, it's time to cut the head off the snake,
0:58.6	Jezebel.
1:00.6	Then, unceremoniously,
1:03.8	Jehu walked away and stepped onto his chariot.
1:06.8	He gripped the reins and drove forward,
1:10.1	directly over Jezebel's body, over and over.
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