1 Kings 12:25–13:34: On Jeroboam’s Satellite Campus and Bootleg Religion (Bible Talk, Ep. 124)
In 1 Kings 12, King Jeroboam sets up his bootleg religion at his satellite campus. It’s blasphemous. And then, in 1 Kings 13, a liar gets a prophet mauled by a lion. It’s bloody.
Alex Duke, Jim Hamilton, and Sam Emadi discuss.
Graphic: Jeroboam Sacrificing to Idols, Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1752)
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