DiscoveredJEWcationSolomon, Slot Machines, and the Still Small Voice: First Kings, Part 2
Solomon, Slot Machines, and the Still Small Voice: First Kings, Part 2

Solomon, Slot Machines, and the Still Small Voice: First Kings, Part 2

Update: 2025-12-11
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What are you doing on December 16th at 8PM (aside from lighting your second Menorah candle)? Well, now you have plans…join us for our first listener Zoom call. We’d love to chat with you.

What do Vegas slot machines, King Solomon’s thousand wives, and Elijah’s world-class trash-talking have in common? Apparently… everything. In this week’s episode, ChayaLeah returns from her very spiritual pilgrimage to Las Vegas (don’t ask) and the crew dives back into Kings I, where the Jewish kingdom splits faster than Jay can say “Bubastite Portal Relief.”

We unpack Solomon’s great rise and even greater follies, why foreign influence can derail even the wisest man alive, how Jeroboam becomes the Biblical poster child for “absolute power corrupts absolutely,” and why miracles don’t magically fix people (looking at you, Golden Calf).

Then we hit one of Tanakh’s greatest showdowns: Elijah vs. the Prophets of Baal complete with the OG trash talk, pyrotechnics, and an unexpected lesson about finding God not in the earthquake, fire, or whirlwind…but in the quiet.

Plus: archeology nerdery, theological curveballs, parenting warnings from ancient Israel, and the official announcement of our first-ever edJEWcation community Zoom (yes, Rabbi is learning about it in real time).

All this and more in a biblical rollercoaster that goes from Shlomo to Shishak to Still Small Voice in under an hour.

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Solomon, Slot Machines, and the Still Small Voice: First Kings, Part 2

Solomon, Slot Machines, and the Still Small Voice: First Kings, Part 2

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