Jehu: The Kingslayer
Jehu: The Kingslayer  
Podcast: The Chosen People
Published On: Thu Sep 04 2025
Description: # 230 - Jehu: The Kingslayer - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, A prophet’s oil crowns a warrior and unleashes a firestorm: Jehu rides hard into 2 Kings 9, toppling Ahab’s house and forcing us to confront the razor’s edge between divine justice and human vengeance. In this episode, we wrestle with anointing without holiness—and why Jesus’ way of the cross tells a different story.Episode 230 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by Habakkuk 1:3–4, Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(01:09) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:45) Jehu: The Kingslayer(27:39) Reflection with Yael EcksteinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.