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THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: THE MAKING OF A RELIGION -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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you soon realize that the kings of the north lag way behind in the stakes. Each king's evaluated, and regardless of what the northern kings do, they always obtain a very poor rating. Quite simply because the STORY is written from a southern perspective.
That is, the kings are always judged from the perspective that Jerusalem is the only legitimate sanctuary. The kings of the north therefore have no chance of obtaining a good rating in the Book of Kings.
[Narrator] HOW CAN WE explain such a PARADOXICAL situation? HISTORY provides the ANSWER.
In the 8th century, Assyrian ambitions destroyed THE DREAMS of the KINGDOM of the north.
The KINGDOM OF ISRAEL was SWEPT from the map,
and JUDAH REMAINED ALONE to defend the ISRAELITE HERITAGE [?] Jerusalem became the city where all of this would be played out.
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