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RLJ-1836
-- NOVEMBER 28, 2021
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THE ORIGIN STORY OF JESUS
Part 47: The Kings of Israel
(Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, Hoshea) |
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Pekahiah was an evil king that maintained the
political hoax of the golden calves and served as a vassal king of
Assyria. He was assassinated two years into his reign by Pekah, who
favored an alliance with Syria. King Ahaz of Judah was aligned with
Assyria, and as a result, Syria and Israel attacked the southern
kingdom, killing 120,000 men and returned to Samaria with 200,000
captives, but a prophet of God rebuked the Israeli soldiers for
their action. Assyria went on to conquer Syria and took large swaths
of territory from Israel, reducing it to a rump state. An army
captain named Hoshea assassinated Pekah to become the last king of
Israel. He rebelled against Assyria and joined with Egypt. Samaria
was captured and Israel was destroyed as a nation. The warnings from
the prophets finally came true and the pathway to God’s redemption
was terminated when the northern kingdom was carried away into
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