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The Chosen People

King Joram & The Boiled Babies

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7573 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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# 229 - King Joram & The Boiled Babies - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Samaria collapses under siege—famine ravages the city, the king unravels, and despair blames the prophet—until Elisha declares a shocking promise of overnight deliverance. This episode wrestles with judgment and mercy, the silence of God, and the unexpected ways He saves when hope seems impossible.Episode 229 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 Hosea 4:10, They will eat, but not have their fill; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase, because they have deserted the Lord to give themselves to prostitution.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:(01:31) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:22) King Joram & The Boiled Babies(27:44) 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

Let me tell you this.

0:06.0

Hearing God's voice isn't about knowing secrets for your own gain.

0:10.0

It's about trust.

0:12.0

The kind of trust that lets you act when he calls and stay silent when he doesn't.

0:18.0

If you want that, you'd better learn to listen and stop looking for

0:22.0

shortcuts. In the war room of the king of Aram, the king paced like a caged animal.

0:29.8

Where is this, Elisha? Tell me where he's hiding.

0:34.6

In Dorthan, Your Majesty, a small city lightly defended.

0:39.3

They're here! The army, they've surrounded us. There's no way out. Master, do you hear me?

0:47.3

Kisha gestured wildly toward the hills, where the Aramean army stood like a silent avalanche waiting to fall.

0:56.0

The air shifted, heavy and electric, as though the world itself held its breath.

1:02.0

Keisha blinked, and when he opened his eyes again, everything was different.

1:07.0

The hills that had seemed full of enemies now burned with light. Horses and chariots

1:13.9

of fire stood upon the ridges, their forms glowing with an otherworldly brilliance. The

1:20.4

army of heaven surrounded the army of Aram. Their numbers vast, their presence overwhelming.

1:31.0

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed human.

1:35.8

As a listener of the Chosen People podcast, you know the power of God's Word.

1:41.2

For Christians in more than 70 nations, access to the Bible is limited or

1:46.2

even restricted. More than 850,000 Christians need Bibles right now. Through the voice of the

1:53.6

martyrs network of frontline workers, you have the opportunity to help place a Bible in the hands

1:59.3

of every Christian in a hostile area or restricted

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