In the spring of 2023, I released one of the most popular podcast series to date on the JB Shreve Faithful Considerations channel. It was called The Days of David. We tracked through 1 and 2 Samuel and gave life to the story and times of King David. We exposed the politics behind the stories and the struggles of different people, particularly David himself, and we stripped off the religious perspectives of their lives and stories.
Ever since that series, I wanted to do a sequel – What happened after David? Beginning December 27, that is what we are going to begin releasing.
The newest podcast series from JB Shreve & Faithful Considerations, Kings and Prophets tells the stories of 1 and 2 Kings. From the rise of Solomon to the splitting of the nation into north and south, the rise of the prophets like Elijah and Elisha, Isaiah and Jeremiah, and the fall of Israel and then Judah.
We will look at the rise of the first global empires of ancient history – the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and then the Persians. We’ll track the story of God’s people, their exile from the land of promise to the captivity in Babylon and Persia. We’ll see their descent into idolatry and wickedness. God’s anger at the unjust societies that were built. And we’ll also see the reformers who rose to the throne, often empowered by the prophets to set things right and bring the people back to God.
Make sure you are signed up for the weekly newsletter devotionals that will accompany this new podcast series!
| Episode | Title | Description | Devotional |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Introduction | Some of the basics about the writing of 1 and 2 Kings, and background to understand so listeners will better grasp the study in the next episodes. | |
| 02 | Solomon and His Reign of Wisdom | The beginning of Solomon’s reign, the blessing of wisdom, building the temple of God. | |
| 03 | Solomon and the Judgment of God | A description of where corruption and idolatry entered the kingdom of Israel through Solomon’s reign, Solomon’s many wives, the judgment of God comes to Solomon | |
| 04 | King Rehoboam | The failure and foolishness of Rehoboam, the Kingdom of Israel splits, Egypt invades | |
| 05 | Jeroboam and the Man of God | The origins of Jeroboam, confrontation with the man of God | |
| 06 | The Dark Ages of Israel and Judah | Kings Abija and Asa of Judah; revolts and coups in Israel, Kings Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, and Omri | |
| 07 | The Rise of Ahab | King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, the rise of Baal worship, Elijah brings crisis | |
| 08 | Elijah the Prophet | The famine, confronting the prophets of Baal, Elijah’s despair, the still small voice | |
| 09 | Elisha the Prophet | Elijah’s dramatic departure, Elisha’s mantle, social worker, intelligence agent, geo politics | |
| 10 | The House of Jehu | The call of God, the psychotic violence of Jehu, unintended consequences | |
| 11 | Athaliah the Wicked Queen | The unintended consequences of Jehu’s revolt, the reigns of Athaliah, Joash, and Amaziah of Judah | |
| 12 | The Lost Tribes of Israel | Jeroboam II to Hoshea, the rise of Assyria, the fall of the northern kingdom | |
| 13 | Isaiah | The most prolific prophet/writer of the Old Testament, active during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh. | |
| 14 | Hezekiah the Reformer | After King David, Hezekiah is the most prominent of the kings of the southern kingdom of Judah. The reforms of Hezekiah, the ministry of Isaiah, the Assyrian invasion | |
| 15 | Manasseh to Josiah | The longest reigning king in the history of Judah, he and his son were among the most wicked of the Judah’s fallen kings; the great reformer king Josiah and his brief but hopeful reign that proved too little too late when it came to the pending judgment of Judah. | |
| 16 | The Prophet Jeremiah | The life of one of the most prolific profits of Judah and the painful collapse the nation. | |
| 17 | Captives and Saviors | The lives and stories of those who lived in the Babylonian and Persian captivity; Daniel, Ezekiel, Esther. | |
| 18 | The Return | The return to Judah and the final prophets of the Old Testament; Ezra, Nehemiah, Malachi. |
