What does a nation do when the map is shrinking, tribute is rising, and the
empire at the border says resistance is useless?
This episode follows Israel and Judah from the division after Solomon through
the fall of Samaria and Sennacherib's campaign in Judah. Kings, prophets,
Assyrian inscriptions, tribute monuments, siege rhetoric, loyalty oaths, and
the books written within this collective historical world appear on one
timeline.
Assyria tells us how empire wanted to be seen. Scripture tells us what these
events mean. Amos exposes prosperity without justice. Hosea names the covenant
wound no empire can heal. Isaiah shows that the rod is not the hand. Hezekiah
spreads the threatening letter before the living God. And the prophetic hope
leads to Rabbi Jesus: Israel's faithful Son, Bethlehem's shepherd, Galilee's
light, and the righteous King.
Scripture in this episode
1 Kings 12:25–33; 2 Kings 14:23–27; Amos 3:1–2; Amos 5:21–24;
Hosea 5:13; Hosea 6:4–6; Hosea 11:1–11; 2 Kings 15:29–30;
2 Kings 16:7–9; 2 Kings 17:5–18; 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 19:14–19,
32–36; Isaiah 9:1–7; Isaiah 10:5–21; Isaiah 11:1–5; Micah 5:2–5;
Proverbs 25:1; Matthew 2:5–6, 15; Matthew 4:12–17; Matthew 9:13.
Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible, third printing.
Historical world explored
• The divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah
• Ahab and the 853 BC campaign at Qarqar
• The Black Obelisk and Jehu's 841 BC tribute
• Jeroboam II, Amos, Hosea, and northern prosperity
• Tiglath-pileser III, deportation, and the fall of Samaria
• Sennacherib, Lachish, Hezekiah, and Jerusalem in 701 BC
• Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions, prophetic reports, and loyalty oaths
• Kings, Chronicles, Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Proverbs, Nahum,
Zephaniah, and early Jeremiah within their collective historical setting
Generated historical scenes in the video and artwork are visibly disclosed as
artistic reconstructions. They illustrate the teaching and are not presented
as photographs of particular people, events, or artifacts.
Public historical references include the
British Museum Black Obelisk record: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1848-1104-1,
ORACC's Black Obelisk study: https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/nimrud/livesofobjects/blackobelisk/index.html,
ORACC's overview of Israel as the House of Omri: https://build-oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/aebp/essentials/countries/israel/,
and the RINAP corpus of Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions: https://build.oracc.org/rinap/rinap1/corpus/.
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