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Sep 2024
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1 Kings 12:25–13:34: On Jeroboam’s Satel...

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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. 
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