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Day 168: Wicked Kings (2022)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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Ahab Wants Naboth's Vineyard

Ahab is kind f the archtype for how bad they get, and jezebel is kind of the jaw. As you probably know, jezabel's name is now associated with evil, essentially. And so ahab's heart is on display. He wants naboth's vineyard. Naboth says, i'm not going to gve you my vineyard. Why? Because in the old testament, remember, you couldn't dispossess yourself. You couldn't actually sell your land because it didn't belong to you. It belonged to your family. Now we can look at ahab and say, horrible. But also think about this.

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