The Chosen People

Elijah: Fire From Heaven

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 224 - Elijah: Fire From Heaven - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, When King Ahaziah falls and faces death, he seeks answers ...

Elijah: Ahab & The Dogs

26 Aug 2025

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# 223 - Elijah: Ahab & The Dogs - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, King Ahab’s thirst for false prophecy leads him t...

Elijah: The Blood of Naboth

25 Aug 2025

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# 222 - Elijah: The Blood of Naboth - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, When Naboth refuses to sell his vineyard, Jezebel weave...

Elijah: Jezebel & Ahab’s Wars

24 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 221 - Elijah: Jezebel, & Ahab’s War - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, When King Ahab faces invasion, God grants h...

Elijah: The Still, Small Voice

21 Aug 2025

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# 220 - Elijah: The Still, Small Voice - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Fresh from fire and victory, Elijah collapses under ...

Elijah: Clash of Gods

20 Aug 2025

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# 219 - Elijah: Clash of Gods - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, On Mount Carmel, Elijah confronts 450 prophets of Baal in a f...

Rehoboam v. Jeroboam

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"# 216 - Israel Divided - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Fear split the kingdom—and two kings rose where one should ha...

Elijah: The Prophet of Fire

19 Aug 2025

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# 218 - Elijah: The Prophet of Fire - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Before Mount Carmel and the fire from heaven, Elijah fi...

Divided and Doomed: The Kings of Israel & Judah

18 Aug 2025

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# 217 - Divided and Doomed: The Kings of Israel & Judah - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, From blood-soaked battlefields ...

Israel Divided

14 Aug 2025

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# 215 - Israel Divided - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Solomon’s wisdom built a golden kingdom, but his heart’s...

Solomon’s Downfall

13 Aug 2025

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# 214 - Solomon’s Downfall - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, once the wisest and most blessed of kings, Solomon’s...

Solomon's Favor

12 Aug 2025

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# 213 - Solomon's Favor - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, At the height of Solomon’s fame, the Queen of Sheba arrives w...

Solomon’s Fractures

11 Aug 2025

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# 212 - Solomon’s Fractures - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, At the height of his reign, Solomon had peace, power, and...

The Temple Part 2

10 Aug 2025

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# 211 - The Temple Part 2 - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Solomon’s Temple stood in gold and glory, yet the God it ho...

The Temple Part 1

07 Aug 2025

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# 210 - The Temple Part 1 - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we step into a moment where glory takes shape in stone, gold, and...

Solomon’s Wisdom

06 Aug 2025

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# 209 - Solomon's Wisdom – In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, the young king asks not for power or wealth, but for a heart...

Solomon’s Rise

05 Aug 2025

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# 208 - Solomon’s Rise - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Solomon’s throne may be secure, but peace doesn’t ...

Solomon’s Retribution

04 Aug 2025

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# 207 - Solomon’s Retribution - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, In the shadow of King David’s death, Solomon face...

The Death of David

03 Aug 2025

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# 206 - The Death of David - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, As David nears his final breath, the poet-king turns soldier onc...

David's Fragile Kingdom

30 Jul 2025

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# 204 - David's Fragile Kingdom - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Near the end of his life, David faces giants, pride, and th...

The Rebellion of Sheba

29 Jul 2025

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# 203 - The Rebellion of Sheba - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, As the dust of Absalom’s rebellion settles, a new trai...

The Return of King David

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 202 - The Return of King David - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David wins the battle but loses the son he begged to spare...

Absalom's Demise

27 Jul 2025

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# 201 - Absalom's Demise - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, As rebellion boils over, King David’s son Absalom rides towa...

Absalom’s Attack

24 Jul 2025

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# 200 - Absalom’s Attack - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Absalom launches a quiet coup—built not with swords, b...

David & Absalom’s Struggle

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 199 - David & Absalom’s Struggle - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Absalom returns from exile, but David’s ...

Absalom’s Revenge

22 Jul 2025

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# 198 - Absalom's Revenge - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, in the wake of Tamar’s unanswered cries, Absalom breaks the...

The Tragedy of Tamar

21 Jul 2025

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# 197 - The Tragedy of Tamar - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, when power corrupts and justice stays silent, Tamar is left to...

David’s Curse

20 Jul 2025

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# 196 - David’s Curse - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, after David’s betrayal comes the reckoning—God send...

David & Bathsheba Part II

17 Jul 2025

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# 195 - David & Bathsheba Part 2 - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David’s sin deepens as betrayal turns to bloodsh...

David & Bathsheba Part I

16 Jul 2025

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# 194 - David & Bathsheba Part 1 - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, When desire eclipses duty, even a king can fall. This ...

Davidic Covenant

15 Jul 2025

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# 191 - Davidic Covenant - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David dreams of building a temple for God, but instead receives an...

David’s Battle of Honor

15 Jul 2025

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# 193 - David’s Battle of Honor - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, King David’s gesture of kindness is met with cr...

David & The Broken Prince

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 192 - David & The Broken Prince - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, King David remembers his covenant with Jonathan, he s...

Return of The Ark

10 Jul 2025

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# 190 - Return of the Ark - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David sets out to bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, but...

David Takes Jerusalem

09 Jul 2025

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# 189 - David Takes Jerusalem - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David faces the fortress that mocked generations before him, ...

David: King of Israel

08 Jul 2025

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# 188 - David: King of Israel - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, as the last obstacle to the throne falls in blood, David face...

The Blood of Abner

07 Jul 2025

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# 187 - The Blood of Abner - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, as fragile truces crumble, Joab’s thirst for vengeance sha...

Civil War: Judah vs. Israel

06 Jul 2025

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# 186 - Civil War: Judah vs. Israel - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, as David rules in Hebron, Israel fractures in two, with...

David: King of Judah

03 Jul 2025

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# 185 - David: King of Judah - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David leaves exile behind to answer God’s quiet call and...

David Mourns Saul & Jonathan

02 Jul 2025

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# 184 - David Mourns Saul & Jonathan - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, when news of Saul and Jonathan’s deaths reac...

Saul & Jonathan’s Last Battle

01 Jul 2025

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# 183 - Saul & Jonathan’s Last Battle - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, In Israel’s darkest hour, Saul and Jo...

David Destroys Amalek

01 Jul 2025

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# 182 - A Hero is Forged - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David rises to reclaim his people from the Amalekites in a story o...

David Marches Against Israel

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 181 - David's Treachery - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David faces the crushing consequences of compromise as his decept...

The Witch of En-Dor

26 Jun 2025

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# 180 - The Witch of Endor - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, King Saul—abandoned by prophecy, priests, and dreams&mdash...

David Befriends The Philistines

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 179 - David Befriends The Philistines - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David flees Israel and strikes an uneasy alliance w...

David and The King’s Spear

24 Jun 2025

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# 178 - David & The King's Spear - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David once again spares King Saul’s life—t...

David and Abigail

23 Jun 2025

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# 177 - David & Abigail - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein,Episode 177 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired ...

David Spares Saul

22 Jun 2025

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# 176 - David Spares Saul - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David comes face to face with the man hunting him—armed wit...

David The Vigilante

19 Jun 2025

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# 175 - David The Vigilante - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David risks everything to rescue a city abandoned by Saul&mdash...

The Slaughter of Nob

18 Jun 2025

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# 174 - The Slaughter of Nob - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, King Saul’s fear turns to fury as he unleashes a brutal ...

David & The Outcasts

17 Jun 2025

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# 173 - David & The Outcasts - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David finds refuge in a cave—but he’s not alon...

David The Madman

16 Jun 2025

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# 172 - David The Madman - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David flees to enemy territory and escapes death by pretending to ...

David’s Lies

15 Jun 2025

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# 171 - David's Lies in Nob - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, David seeks refuge in the house of God—but hunger and fea...

The Hunt for David Begins

12 Jun 2025

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# 170 - The Hunt for David Begins - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we witness the unraveling of King Saul’s rage as Da...

David Escapes Saul

11 Jun 2025

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# 169 - David Escapes Saul - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we follow David’s narrow escape from Saul’s growing ...

David’s Dowry of Blood

10 Jun 2025

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# 168 - David's Dowry of Blood - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we explore 1 Samuel 18:17–30, where Saul tries to dest...

Saul Attacks David

09 Jun 2025

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# 167 - Saul Attacks David - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we explore 1 Samuel 18:6–16 and the tragic unraveling of S...

David and Jonathan’s Bond

08 Jun 2025

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# 166 - David and Jonathan's Bond - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we explore 1 Samuel 18:1–8 and the powerful covenan...

David and Goliath Part II

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 165 - David and Goliath Part II - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein,Episode 165 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is ins...

David and Goliath Part I

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 164 - David and Goliath Part I - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we witness the haunting unraveling of King Saul after the ...

Saul: The Tortured Soul

03 Jun 2025

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# 163 - Saul: The Tortured Soul - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we explore 1 Samuel 16:14–23 and the heartbreaking mo...

David is Anointed

02 Jun 2025

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# 162 - David is Anointed - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we explore the quiet calling of a shepherd boy overlooked by his ...

David: The Shepherd Boy

01 Jun 2025

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# 161 - David: The Shepherd Boy - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we meet young David tending his sheep, fighting off predato...

Saul: The Rejected King

29 May 2025

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# 160 - Saul: The Rejected King – In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we explore 1 Samuel 15 and the unraveling of Saul&rsq...

Jonathan: The Philistine Slayer

28 May 2025

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# 159 - Jonathan: The Philistine Slayer - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we explore 1 Samuel 14 and the story of Jonathan&rs...

Saul: The False Priest

27 May 2025

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# 158 - Saul: The False Priest - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Saul faces growing pressure as Israel trembles before the Ph...

Jonathan: Son of Saul

26 May 2025

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# 157 - Jonathan: Son of Saul - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Jonathan steps into battle with courage and faith, while his ...

156 Samuel’s Farewell

25 May 2025

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# 156 - Samuel's Farewell - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Samuel gives his final address to the people of Israel, reminding...

Saul: The Conqueror

22 May 2025

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# 155 - Saul: The Conqueror - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Saul rises from obscurity to lead a fierce rescue—and pro...

Saul: The King

21 May 2025

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# 154 - Saul: The King - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Israel's first king is revealed—but not with triumph or celebr...

Saul: The Anointed

20 May 2025

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# 153 - Saul: The Anointed - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Saul sets out to find lost donkeys but instead stumbles into div...

Israel Rejects God as King

19 May 2025

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# 152 - Israel Rejects God - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Israel demands a king, longing to look like the nations around t...

The Rise of Samuel

18 May 2025

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# 151 - The Rise of Samuel - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Samuel calls Israel to lay down their idols and return to the Lo...

The Revenge of the Ark

15 May 2025

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# 150 - The Revenge of the Ark - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, the Ark of the Covenant is captured by the Philistines, they...

The Ark of the Covenant is Stolen

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 149 - The Ark of the Covenant is Stolen - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Israel suffers a devastating defeat as the Ark of...

The Call of Samuel

13 May 2025

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# 148 - The Call of Samuel - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, young Samuel hears God's voice for the first time while serving ...

Eli’s Worthless Sons

12 May 2025

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# 147 - Eli's Worthless Sons - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, the sons of Eli defile the sacred role of priesthood, turning ...

The Prayers of Hannah

11 May 2025

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# 146 - The Prayers of Hannah - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we journey with Hannah as she pours out her soul to God in th...

Ruth & Boaz Unite

08 May 2025

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# 145 - Ruth & Boaz Unite - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we witness a quiet act of courage at the threshing floor that...

Ruth Meets Boaz

07 May 2025

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# 144 - Ruth Meets Boaz - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Ruth begins gleaning in Bethlehem’s fields to provide for Nao...

Ruth's Loyalty

06 May 2025

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# 143 - Ruth's Loyalty - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Naomi returns to Bethlehem grieving and bitter, but Ruth’s uns...

Naomi’s Tragedy

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 142 - Naomi's Tragedy - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Naomi and Elimelech face famine, displacement, and devastating loss...

The War on Benjamin

04 May 2025

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# 141 - The War on Benjamin - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, the nation of Israel plunges into civil war, as justice unmoore...

The Levite's Horror

01 May 2025

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# 140 - The Levite's Horror - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we confront one of the darkest chapters in Israel’s histo...

The Danites Attack

30 Apr 2025

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# 139 - The Danites Attack - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we witness a tribe’s restless search for a home turn into ...

Micah & The Levite

29 Apr 2025

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# 138 - Micah & The Levite - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we see how, when Israel had no king, everyone did what was r...

Samson Part IV: The Burned and Blinded

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 137 - Samson Part IV: The Burned and Blinded - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Samson’s strength once shook kingdoms,...

Samson Part III: The Wielder of the Jawbone

27 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 136 - Samson Part III: The Wielder of the Jawbone - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Samson’s rage sets entire fields ...

Samson Part II: The Lionslayer

24 Apr 2025

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# 135 - Samson Part II: The Lionslayer - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Samson slays a lion with his bare hands but can't co...

Samson Part I: The Prophecy

23 Apr 2025

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# 134 - Samson Part I: The Prophecy - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, a miraculous birth sets the stage for Samson—a ma...

Jephthah: The Foolish Oathkeeper

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 133 - Jephthah: The Foolish Oathkeeper - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Jephthah, a rejected son turned warrior, makes a r...

Abimelech: King of Trees

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 132 - Abimelech: King of Trees - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Abimelech, the son of Gideon, seizes power through betraya...

Gideon Part III: The Compromised Leader

20 Apr 2025

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# 131 - Gideon Part III: The Compromised Leader - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Gideon descends into pride and vengeance, p...

Gideon Part II: The Dwindled Army

17 Apr 2025

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# 130 - Gideon Part II: The Dwindled Army - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Gideon’s victory over Midian should have en...

Gideon Part I: The Weakling

16 Apr 2025

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# 129 - Gideon Part I: The Weakling - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Gideon hides from his enemies—and from his callin...

Deborah Part II: The Woman of Strength

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 128 - Deborah Part II: The Woman of Strength - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Deborah leads Israel into battle alongside B...

Deborah Part I: The Prophetess

14 Apr 2025

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# 127 - Deborah Part I: The Prophetess - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Deborah, a prophetess and judge of Israel, receives ...

Shamgar: The Unsung Hero

13 Apr 2025

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# 126 - Shamgar: The Unsung Hero - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, an army of 600 Philistines threatens Israel, and a simple ...

Ehud: The Hidden Blade

10 Apr 2025

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# 125 - Ehud: The Hidden Blade - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Israel falls into darkness under Moabite oppression, and an ...

Othniel: The Lord’s Man

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

# 124 - Othniel: The Lord's Man - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Israel begins their conquest of Canaan, but instead of whol...