Bible Talk — A podcast by 9Marks & Southern Seminary

Bible Talk — A podcast by 9Marks & Southern Seminary

A podcast by 9Marks and Southern Seminary, with Alex Duke, Sam Emadi & Jim Hamilton. To learn more about Southern Seminary, visit sbts.edu.

Episodes

2 Kings 21: On Manasseh, the Temple Blasphemer Who Should Have Been the Temple Builder ( Ep. 148)

May 7, 2025 • 22 mins
As Judah continues its descent toward destruction, we meet Manasseh. He's a terrible, wicked, awful king. He should be building the temple, but instead he's blaspheming it. Alex, Jim, and Sam discuss 2 Kings 21.
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2 Kings 20: On Hezekiah's Final Failure, Which Makes Us Long for What Only Jesus Can Bring (Ep. 147)

April 30, 2025 • 40 mins
In 2 Kings 20, we come across the sad final chapter of Hezekiah's reign. What started out so well ends so poorly. What can we learn from this? Alex, Jim, and Sam discuss.
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From Eden to Egypt: A Special Bible Talk Episode

April 23, 2025 • 21 mins
In this special episode of Bible Talk, Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi interview Alex Duke about From Eden to Egypt, a book about Genesis “for normal people.”

From Eden to Egypt, by Alex Duke
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2 Kings 19: On the Juiced-Up Diatribe and Just Demise of Assyria’s King Sennacherib (Ep. 146)

April 16, 2025 • 37 mins
In 2 Kings 19, King Sennacherib of Assyria offers a juiced-up diatribe about his own accomplishments. And then the Lord speaks up and gets to work.

Alex, Jim, and Sam discuss 2 Kings 19.
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2 Kings 18: On Not Making Deals with the Mafia or Darth Vader (Ep. 145)

April 9, 2025 • 46 mins
In this episode of Bible Talk, Alex, Jim, and Adam discuss 2 Kings 18, which features the surprisingly hopeful opening overture of Judah’s final act.
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2 Kings 17: On Israel’s Obituary and the Danger of Not Believing the Lord’s Warnings (Ep. 144)

April 2, 2025 • 38 mins
In this episode, the author of Kings writes a theologically informed obituary for the nation of Israel. Alex, Jim, and Sam discuss 2 Kings 17.
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2 Kings 16: On the Despicable Ahaz and His Blasphemous Magic 8 Ball (Ep. 143)

March 26, 2025 • 40 mins
In 2 Kings 16, Judah’s worst king to date takes the throne—what happens next is despicable and blasphemous. Alex, Jim, and Sam discuss.
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2 Kings 15: On a Bad Israelite King Sandwich, With Some Good Judean King Bread (Ep. 142)

March 19, 2025 • 44 mins
In this episode of Bible Talk, the author serves up a sandwich made up of bad Israelite meat and good Judean bread.

Bible Talk is brought to you by 9Marks and Southern Seminary. To learn more about Southern Seminary, visit https://www.sbts.edu
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2 Kings 14: On Bible Talk Pivoting to Video While Israel and Judah Pivot toward Civil War (Ep. 141)

March 12, 2025 • 56 mins
In this episode of Bible Talk, Alex, Jim, and Sam pivot to video, while Israel and Judah pivot toward civil war and eventual exile.

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2 Kings 13: On Two Evil Reigns and Two Weird Things (Ep. 140)

March 5, 2025 • 38 mins
In 2 Kings 13, we get two evil reigns—Jehoahaz and Jehoash—and two weird things—which involve some misguided arrows and some life-giving bones. Alex, Jim, and Sam discuss.

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Bible Talk is brought to you by 9Marks and Southern Seminary. To learn more about Southern Seminary, visit sbts.edu.
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2 Kings 11-12: On the Jezebel of Judah, and the Pretty-Good Reign of Joash (Ep. 139)

February 26, 2025 • 57 mins
As 2 Kings has gone on, it's been harder and harder to tell the difference between Israel and Judah. They intersected, and then they intermingled. So we might ask: Is there really any meaningful difference between the two?

Alex, Jim, and Sam discuss 2 Kings 11–12.

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Bible Talk is brought to you by 9Marks and Southern Seminary. To learn more about Southern Seminary, visit sbts.edu.
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2 Kings 10: On the Word of the Lord on the War Path Yet Again (Ep. 138)

February 19, 2025 • 54 mins
In this episode of Bible Talk, Jim, Sam, and Alex talk about 2 Kings 10, where Jehu continues to administer justice to God's long-promised enemies.

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2 Kings 9: On the Word of the Lord Wiping Out the Henchmen and then the Heavy (Ep. 137)

February 12, 2025 • 48 mins
Bible Talk is back for another season!

In this episode, Jim, Sam, and Alex discuss 2 Kings 9 and the bloody end of Jezebel's wicked reign, which the Lord had promised years and years ago.

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2 Kings 8: On Joram & Joram, A Sad & More-than-Superficial Similarity (Ep. 136)

December 18, 2024 • 48 mins
In 2 Kings 8, we realize that the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah have become indistinguishable in almost every way, from their behavior to their birth names. What’s going on in this enigmatic chapter? Alex, Jim, and Sam discuss.
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2 Kings 6–7: On What a Floating Axe Head and an Angel Army Says about Our Soothsaying, Sovereign God (Ep. 135)

December 11, 2024 • 48 mins
In 2 Kings 6–7, we get a floating axe-head and a Syrian siege and an angelic army. But why?
Alex Duke, Jim Hamilton, and Sam Emadi discuss.
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2 Kings 5: On Namaan's Surprising Resurrection and Gehazi's Stunning Reversal of Fortune (Ep. 134)

December 4, 2024 • 53 mins
In 2 Kings 5, we witness two surprising reversals: a foreign, leprous general becomes a servant of the LORD; meanwhile, a servant of the LORD becomes a leper. Alex, Jim, and Sam discuss.
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2 Kings 3–4: On a Battle Born Out of the Wobbly Wool Industry and Elisha's Escalating Miracles (Ep. 133)

November 27, 2024 • 48 mins
In 2 Kings 3–4, Elisha is not a mere miracle worker—he’s a true prophet, and listening to him will lead Israel back to Yahweh.

Jim Hamilton, Alex Duke, and Sam Emadi discuss.
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2 Kings 1–2: On Ahaziah Going Down, Down, Down as Elijah Goes Up, Up, Up (Ep. 132)

November 20, 2024 • 48 mins
In 2 Kings 1–2, Elijah ascends to heaven on a chariot of fire and Elisha curses 42 scoffers just before two she-bears rip them apart. What!? Alex, Jim, and Sam discuss.
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1 Kings 21–22: On the Egyptization of Israel and the Random, Meticulous Sovereignty of God (Ep. 131)

November 13, 2024 • 50 mins
First Kings concludes with the death of a wicked king and the scattering of a nation that’s beginning to look a lot like . . . Egypt.

Listen in as Alex, Jim, and Sam discuss 1 Kings 21–22.
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1 Kings 20: On Ben-hadad's Bluster, Ahab's Achan Moment, and the Temptation of Unjust Mercy (Ep. 130)

November 6, 2024 • 32 mins
In 1 Kings 20, we get the story of Ahab vs. Ben-hadad, of a battle between Israel vs. Syria. But is that it? Does this chapter give us anything more than military history?

Alex Duke, Jim Hamilton, and Sam Emadi discuss.

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