Israel implodes after the death of Jeroboam II, its Second Golden Age empire crumbling into apocalyptic civil war.

Under Tiglath-Pileser III, Assyria rises from the ashes to form a revolutionary new world empire. Despite the memorable warnings of the prophet Hosea, Israel’s elite is drawn once again into Assyria’s orbit.  

Ian explains his controversial position that reading the Bible in cover-to-cover order is not a good introduction to the Old Testament canon.