Season 1

# 21 - Sodom, Fire and Brimstone P. 2 - In this episode of The Chosen People, we revisit the story of Lot’s family fleeing the destruction of Sodom. The episode explores themes of judgment, obedience, and the dangers of looking back at what God has called us to leave behind. Through powerf...

# 20 - Sodom, Fire and Brimstone P. 1 - In this episode of The Chosen People we delve into the harrowing story of Lot and the destruction of Sodom, exploring the tragic consequences of moral compromise and the urgent call to align our lives with God's will. Join us as we unpack the deep lessons this...

# 260 - Returning to God - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, the walls of Jerusalem stand complete, but Nehemiah knows true restoration must begin in the hearts of God’s people. Through the public reading of the Law, heartfelt repentance, and renewed covenant, Israel...

# 259 - The Wall is Complete - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Nehemiah faces lies, threats, and betrayal meant to stop the rebuilding of Jerusalem—but faith and perseverance carry the people through. At last, the walls stand complete, a living testimony that God&a...

# 258 - Justice & Generosity - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Nehemiah confronts injustice within Jerusalem, calling the nobles to repent and restore what they had taken from their own brothers and sisters. Through courage, justice, and radical generosity, God&rsquo...

# 256 - Nehemiah Rebuilds the Wall - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Nehemiah returns to Jerusalem with the king’s blessing to rebuild the city’s broken walls. As stone by stone is lifted, the people rise together in unity and faith, trusting that God&...

# 255 - Nehemiah’s Heart - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Episode 255 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-up For more information about Yael Ec...

# 254 - The Chosen People Return - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Prophets Haggai and Zechariah rouse a stalled people as King Darius’ decree clears the way to finish the second temple—yet God soon sends Ezra, a Torah-scribe, to confront hearts that have...

# 253 - Rebuilding The Temple - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Returned exiles rebuild the altar and lay the temple’s foundation in Ezra 3–4, their songs of joy mingling with elders’ tears as worship rises from the ruins. When fake “a...

# 252 - Return of the Exiles - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Exiled Israel hears King Cyrus’s stunning decree and begins the long road home, as Zerubbabel and Jeshua rally families, priests, and Levites to return and rebuild. In Ezra 1–2, names are reco...

# 251 - Esther the Hero - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, With Haman gone, Esther and Mordecai still face an irrevocable death decree and must act with courage and wisdom. Empowered by the king’s signet, they issue a counter-edict, lead their people to defend thems...

# 250 - Haman Hangs - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, At Esther’s second banquet (Esther 6:14–7:10), the queen unveils her identity, exposes “this wicked Haman,” and the king orders Haman hung on the very gallows he built for Mordecai....

# 249 - Haman's Plot - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we witness Haman’s pride unravel as the gallows he builds for Mordecai become the stage for his own humiliation. In Esther 5:9–6:13, God’s hidden hand turns power upside down, reminding us t...

# 248 - The Rise of Esther - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Mordecai’s public grief forces Esther to choose between palace safety and covenant courage, leading her to fast, reveal her true name—Hadassah—and step toward the throne “for...

# 247 - Whispers of Evil - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Mordecai exposes an assassination plot and is forgotten as Haman rises to power, demands homage, and spins a sealed decree to annihilate the Jews. In the shadows of Persia’s palace, Esther’s hidde...

# 246 - The Peasant Princess - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Dragged from obscurity into Persia’s palace, an orphan named Esther is swept into a beauty selection that feels more like exile than honor—yet quiet courage and hidden providence begin to move...

# 245 - The Exiled Queen - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Episode 245 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-up For more information about Yael Eckstein and...

# 244 - Daniel & The Lion’s Den - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, When a royal decree outlaws prayer, Daniel’s only “crime” is faithfulness—so his enemies throw him into a pit of lions. Journey through Daniel 6 as God shu...

# 243 - The Writing on The Wall - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, A drunken feast in Babylon is shattered by a disembodied hand writing judgment on the wall—MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN. Walk with Daniel in Daniel 5 as he deciphers the message, confronting pride, fals...

# 242 - The King & The Beast - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Nebuchadnezzar—the “Beast King”—is stripped of his glory and driven to the fields until he lifts his eyes to heaven. Discover how pride dehumanizes and how humble worsh...

# 241 - The Fiery Furnace - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, When Babylon’s music swells and a golden idol towers over the plain, three exiles refuse to bow—choosing faith over survival. Their stand leads to the furnace, where a fourth figure appears in th...

# 240 - Daniel & The King's Dreams - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Nebuchadnezzar’s troubling dream of a towering statue reveals the fragility of every earthly empire. In this episode, Daniel unveils its meaning and points to the eternal kingdom that will nev...

# 239 - Daniel’s Captivity - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, In Babylon’s shadow, Daniel and his friends are stripped of their names and groomed for the king’s court—but a quiet act of conviction redraws the battle lines. This episode ...

# 238 - The Destruction of Jerusalem - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, the Temple burns, and King Zedekiah’s fear leads Judah into ruin—but even in the ashes, God’s covenant voice is not silent. This episode walks through the grief of exile and ...

# 237 - Nebuchadnezer Attacks - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, As Judah unravels after Josiah, Jehoahaz is seized, Jehoiakim bows to Egypt, Jeremiah’s scroll burns—and a new name rises from the east: Nebuchadnezzar. This gripping chapter traces the slow ...

# 236 - Josiah & The Burning Gods - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Josiah tears down idols and burns the gods that once devoured children, choosing obedience even when judgment is already sealed. His story is both tragic and holy—showing that righteousness may...

# 235 - Josiah & The Hidden Scroll - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, A boy-king raised in the shadow of Molech discovers a hidden scroll, and the forgotten Word of God slices through generations of idolatry. Follow Josiah’s tear-soaked repentance and fearless r...

# 234 - Hezekiah & The Silent Slaughter - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Under siege by Assyria’s taunts, King Hezekiah lays a threatening letter before God—and heaven answers the silence with sovereign deliverance. Explore a breathtaking story of pr...

# 233 - Jonah & The Beast P. 2 - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Jonah runs hard from God’s call to show mercy to Nineveh—straight into a storm, a casting of lots, and the belly of a great fish, where rebellion finally turns into prayer. This episode ...

# 232 - Jonah & The Beast P. 1 - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Jonah runs hard from God’s call to show mercy to Nineveh—straight into a storm, a casting of lots, and the belly of a great fish, where rebellion finally turns into prayer. This episode ...

# 231 - Jehu: The Butcher King - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Jehu returns in 2 Kings 10 with blazing zeal—toppling Baal yet leaving the golden calves—forcing us to ask whether our “justice” looks anything like God’s. This...

# 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 a...

# 229 - King Joram & The Boiled Babies - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Samaria collapses under siege—famine ravages the city, the king unravels, and despair blames the prophet—until Elisha declares a shocking promise of overnight deliverance. This e...

# 228 - Elisha & The Floating Axe - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, a borrowed axe sinks in the Jordan and an army surrounds the city—but Elisha shows that God cares for both the smallest loss and the greatest threat. This is a story of trust, vision, and the u...

# 227 - Naaman the Leper - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Naaman the warrior arrives with gold, power, and pride—only to discover that healing cannot be bought, only received through humble obedience. But when Gehazi grasps for gain, the story turns, reminding us ...

# 226 - Elisha & The Shunammite - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, an unnamed woman from Shunem makes a simple room for Elisha—and finds herself face to face with God’s power to give life where hope had died. Her story reminds us that sometimes the gre...

# 225 - Elijah: The Chariot of Fire - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Elisha walks the road of grief and inheritance as his mentor is carried into heaven by a whirlwind of flame. Left with nothing but a mantle and a promise, he learns that God’s power rests not on ...

# 224 - Elijah: Fire From Heaven - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, When King Ahaziah falls and faces death, he seeks answers from a false god instead of the living God. In 2 Kings 1, Elijah delivers a fiery warning that exposes the danger of misplaced trust and the mercy hid...

# 223 - Elijah: Ahab & The Dogs - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, King Ahab’s thirst for false prophecy leads him to the battlefield where God’s word proves unshakable. In this episode on 1 Kings 22, Elijah’s warning echoes as deception, pri...

# 222 - Elijah: The Blood of Naboth - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, When Naboth refuses to sell his vineyard, Jezebel weaves a deadly plot that leaves the soil soaked with innocent blood. In this chilling episode from 1 Kings 21, discover how silence enables injustice&...

# 221 - Elijah: Jezebel, & Ahab’s War - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, When King Ahab faces invasion, God grants him an unexpected victory—but mercy given outside of obedience becomes his downfall. In this episode from 1 Kings 20, discover how compro...

# 220 - Elijah: The Still, Small Voice - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Fresh from fire and victory, Elijah collapses under fear and despair—wondering if his obedience has been wasted. In this episode, discover how God meets the weary prophet not in wind, earthqua...

# 219 - Elijah: Clash of Gods - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, On Mount Carmel, Elijah confronts 450 prophets of Baal in a fiery showdown that leaves no room for doubt. In this dramatic story from 1 Kings 18, discover what happens when the silence of false gods meets the po...

"# 216 - Israel Divided - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Fear split the kingdom—and two kings rose where one should have been. In this episode, discover how insecurity, pride, and misplaced trust led Israel into idolatry and division, and why only surrender to God...

# 218 - Elijah: The Prophet of Fire - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Before Mount Carmel and the fire from heaven, Elijah first learned faith in the silence—fed by ravens, sustained by a widow, and shaped beside a drying brook. In this episode, step into the wilde...

# 217 - Divided and Doomed: The Kings of Israel & Judah - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, From blood-soaked battlefields to burning palaces, Israel and Judah spiraled deeper into chaos as king after king clung to power but abandoned God. In this episode, witness the rise...

# 215 - Israel Divided - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, Solomon’s wisdom built a golden kingdom, but his heart’s drift toward idols set the stage for its collapse. In this episode, witness the slow unraveling of Israel’s greatest king and the s...

# 214 - Solomon’s Downfall - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, once the wisest and most blessed of kings, Solomon’s heart drifts toward idols, and the God who crowned him now speaks judgment. In this episode, we witness the slow unraveling of a kingdom and ...

# 213 - Solomon's Favor - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, At the height of Solomon’s fame, the Queen of Sheba arrives with questions that test more than his wisdom—they expose the cracks in his heart. In this episode, we witness a prophecy of division, a ...

# 212 - Solomon’s Fractures - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, At the height of his reign, Solomon had peace, power, and the glory of the Temple—but God’s warning revealed cracks beneath the gold. In this episode, we uncover how quiet compromise ...