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→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes (00:00) King Cyrus of Persia overtakes Babylon. He believes the Jewish people Babylon conquered should be able to go home.(01:51) The books of Ezra and Nehemiah provide brief accounts of the rebuilding of the temple and the walls of Jerusalem. Zerubbabel and

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→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes (00:00) Although 1-2 Kings and 1-2 Chronicles cover the same time period, they are very different histories.(17:25) When you violate god’s laws you are left to your own strength. The 4-4-4 principle.(29:37) 2 Chronicles 20 emphasizes the protective power of God’s temple.

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→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes (00:00) Israel is scattered because they rejected God’s statutes and covenants.(09:05) Israel caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire and the Lord was very angry with them for this. These chapters are a warning to us today. We are

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→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes (00:00) A brief overview of these chapters.(05:08) Elijah calls down fire from heaven to consume King Ahaziah’s soldiers that were sent to apprehend him.(12:02) Elisha is wrapped in the mantel of Elijah. Youth that mock Elisha are attacked by bears.(25:30) Possible reasons

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→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes (00:00) An overview of these chapters. The kingdom of Israel divides when Solomon’s son Rehoboam refuses to reduce the burden on the northern tribes.(06:55) A brief history of the Lost Ten Tribes in the north and Judah in the south.(10:48) Jeroboam, worried that

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→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes (00:00) An overview of these chapters.(04:11) David stays in Jerusalem instead of going to war with his troops. He lies with Bathsheba and then tries to cover his sin by arranging for the death of her husband, Uriah. Reading this story through

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→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes (00:00) The story of David and Goliath. The Hebrew and Greek versions of 1 Samuel 17 render different accounts of Goliath’s height. An overview of Goliath’s weapons and armor.(05:10) Goliath as a symbol of the unconquerable foes that we all face. David

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→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes (00:00) Israel wants to have a king like everyone else. Saul is chosen.(07:41) Forms of unrighteous dominion.(11:14) Saul was chosen as Israel’s first king for his goodness, but falls into unrighteous dominion.(24:18) Jonathan, King Saul’s son, is victorious in battle but disobeys

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→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Ruth, a Moabite, becomes a central character in Israel’s history as the great-grandmother of King David, through whose line comes Jesus Christ. Her story shows that God is the God of the whole world.(10:52) After becoming a widow, Ruth

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→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) A brief overview of these chapters.(06:25) The pride cycle explained.(11:29) The pride cycle illustrated in the Book of Judges.(15:56) Successive generations of Israelites forget God and the things he has done for them.(17:56) The theme of denigrating the northern

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