Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites
The Bar Kokhba Revolt Begins
00:00 - 02:18
Simon Bar Kokhba, declared Messiah by the most prominent Rabbi in Judea, launches a revolt against the Romans when they least expect it and achieves a stunning, initial, victory, declaring Judea free again.
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in 132 ad
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the most prominent Rabbi in Judea
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publicly declared that bar kochba
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was indeed the Messiah
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the ranks of the rebels swelled even more
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with hundreds of thousands now ready to follow
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our cost per nevertheless remained patient
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in order to load Hadrian and his Legions into a false sense of security
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he counseled his father's
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to pretend to be happy
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and peaceful
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so long indeed as Hadrian was close by in Egypt
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the Jews remain quiet
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except that they made the weapons which the Romans demanded of them as tribute
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of such poor quality
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that the Romans rejected
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by this ruse
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they were able to have use of these weapons
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and sounds
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in a strategic Master stroke
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bar kochba bided his time
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until Hadrian was well on his way back to Rome
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then suddenly
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launched the revolt
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in the early days of the Rebellion
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the rebels inflicted tens of thousands of casualties
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on the Rope
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the ancient world
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Jews were not known as bookish and prayerful and Pious
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they were known as ruthless and ferocious Fighters they were highly prized as mercenary soldiers
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and they showed in the uprising against
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Rome
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exactly how
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effective they were on the field of battle
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the stunning success of the rebels
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Force the Romans to withdraw from the region
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bar kochba then declared Judea
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to be an independent Kingdom
