The Crown Heist | Historical Books | 2 Samuel 15:1-12

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🗓️ 27 June 2025

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What's the cost of reaching for the crown? Has deception twisted your life up? Are you facing your sin? In today's episode, Jeff shares how 2 Samuel 15:1-12 encourages us to let God wear the crown in our lives. If you're listening on Spotify, tell us about yourself and where you're listening from! Read the Bible with us in 2025! This year, we’re exploring the Historical Books—Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings. Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: 2 Samuel 15:1-12

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:08.9	In the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.7	I'm Jeff Parrott.
0:12.8	In the spring of 1671, a pastor visited the Tower of London with his wife to view the crown jewels on display.
0:21.5	By all appearances, this visit seemed harmless enough,
0:25.3	except for the fact that the man was not a pastor.
0:29.2	The woman was not his wife,
0:32.2	and they were not at the Tower of London to view the crown.
0:35.5	They were there to steal it. The man dressed up as a pastor was the
0:40.2	Irishman Thomas Blood. His visit to the Tower of London with the female companion set off a chain
0:46.2	of events that led to the crown jewels almost being stolen for good. While he was in disguise,
0:52.4	Blood and his alleged wife deceived the master of the
0:55.7	jewel house and built a false sense of trust over the course of several days. Eventually, Blood and his
1:02.1	co-conspirators gained access to the crown jewels. They bound the master of the jewel house and stole
1:08.1	some of the most important images of royalty, including St. Edward's crown.
1:13.7	Blood and his companions were captured in short order, and in a turn of events that's hard to
1:18.4	fully understand, King Charles gave Thomas Blood a full pardon and even gifted him a plot of land
1:24.5	in Ireland. People are still trying to figure that one out, but good for you,
1:28.1	Thomas Blood. One of the many interesting elements of the story is not only the theft of those royal
1:33.6	items, but the damage they absorbed while being stolen. In order to make a covert escape with the
1:40.2	valuables, Blood didn't just take the St. Edward's crown. He took a mallet to it and flattened it out
1:47.2	with a hammer, so it would fit under his cloak. Now, while it was eventually restored to its former
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