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Jenn Kokal discusses the last four kings of Judah's history before their exile to Babylon.

To wrap up season ten of The Bible Explain podcast, Jenn dives into the last four kings of Judah's history before their exile to Babylon. From the rise of powerful, Babylonian rulers to the decline of Judah's kings, we'll discuss how these leaders fit into the larger narrative of God's plan: Egypt makes Judah a vassal state and dethrones the current king Pharaoh Neco instates Jehoiakim, Josiah's son, as a puppet ruler Jehoiakim is an evil king who kills prophets, taxes the people to oblivion, builds mansions for himself, uses his own people as slave labor, and burns God's word. Babylon kills Jehoiakim and dethrones the next Judahite king Check out this episode on copyist errors - 2 Chronicles 4 - Is the Bible Inerrant? After you're done with that, check out these websites:  YouTube -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnh-aqfg8rw Ko-Fi -  https://ko-fi.com/p40ministries   Website -  https://www.p40ministries.com Facebook -  https:// www.facebook.com/p40ministries   Contact -  jenn@p40ministries.com  Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/c-6493869   Books -  https://www.amazon.com/Jenn-Kokal/e/B095JCRNHY/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk   Merch…

People in this episode

Host: Jenn Kokal

Topics covered

• Judah's kings
• exile to Babylon
• God's plan
• vassal state
• evil kings
• prophets
• copyist errors

Keywords

• 2 Chronicles
• Judah
• Babylonian rulers
• Jehoiakim
• exile
• kings
• prophets
• God's word

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Babylon, Egypt, Pharaoh Neco

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