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he<00:19:04.660><c> was</c><00:19:04.900><c> modeling</c><00:19:05.200><c> the</c><00:19:05.500><c> behavior</c>

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life<00:19:13.920><c> repentance</c><00:19:14.579><c> and</c><00:19:15.259><c> rebuilding</c><00:19:15.779><c> efforts</c><00:19:16.519><c> impacted</c><00:19:18.019><c> Josiah</c><00:19:18.980><c> as</c><00:19:19.420><c> a</c>

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we<00:19:23.119><c> can</c><00:19:23.359><c> take</c><00:19:23.740><c> exhortation</c><00:19:24.779><c> and</c><00:19:25.940><c> be</c><00:19:26.180><c> grateful</c><00:19:26.539><c> for</c><00:19:26.819><c> the</c><00:19:27.019><c> opportunity</c><00:19:27.500><c> to</c><00:19:27.940><c> read</c><00:19:29.279><c> every</c><00:19:30.279><c> day</c><00:19:30.619><c> from</c><00:19:30.839><c> the</c><00:19:31.019><c> words</c><00:19:31.160><c> of</c>

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life.<00:19:34.640><c> Like</c><00:19:35.019><c> Uncle</c><00:19:35.359><c> Jim</c><00:19:36.019><c> Sullivan</c><00:19:36.599><c> and</c><00:19:37.220><c> Auntie</c><00:19:37.460><c> Gail.</c><00:19:39.480><c> I</c><00:19:39.539><c> think</c><00:19:39.680><c> Uncle</c><00:19:40.019><c> Jack</c>

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Josiah<00:19:44.460><c> did</c><00:19:44.720><c> not</c><00:19:44.980><c> have</c><00:19:45.160><c> a</c><00:19:46.039><c> Bible</c><00:19:46.039><c> until</c><00:19:47.680><c> he</c><00:19:47.880><c> was</c><00:19:48.099><c> age</c><00:19:48.740><c> 26.</c>

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Like<00:19:55.740><c> Jesus,</c><00:19:56.920><c> Josiah</c><00:19:57.380><c> initiated</c><00:19:58.140><c> two</c><00:19:59.140><c> idolatry</c><00:19:59.880><c> purges.</c>

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You<00:20:02.799><c> can</c><00:20:03.079><c> find</c><00:20:03.279><c> Jesus</c><00:20:04.380><c> purges</c><00:20:04.920><c> in</c><00:20:05.140><c> John</c><00:20:05.480><c> 2</c><00:20:05.740><c> and</c><00:20:05.880><c> Matthew</c><00:20:06.279><c> 21</c><00:20:06.880><c> at</c>

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We<00:20:10.259><c> find</c><00:20:10.460><c> Josiah's</c><00:20:11.259><c> first</c><00:20:11.559><c> purge</c><00:20:11.900><c> in</c><00:20:12.119><c> 2</c><00:20:12.319><c> Chronicles</c><00:20:12.980><c> 34.</c>

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he's<00:20:29.720><c> doing</c><00:20:29.980><c> the</c><00:20:30.220><c> doing.</c><00:20:30.720><c> Josiah</c><00:20:31.279><c> is</c><00:20:31.559><c> doing</c><00:20:31.759><c> the</c><00:20:32.000><c> doing</c>

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purge.<00:20:39.880><c> He</c><00:20:40.440><c> began</c><00:20:40.839><c> to</c><00:20:41.119><c> purge.</c>

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and<00:21:02.559><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:21:04.700><c> Verse</c><00:21:05.160><c> 6,</c><00:21:06.779><c> Manasseh,</c>

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Ephraim,<00:21:10.140><c> Simeon,</c><00:21:10.660><c> and</c><00:21:10.759><c> as</c><00:21:10.920><c> far</c><00:21:11.160><c> as</c><00:21:11.339><c> Nephtali,</c><00:21:12.599><c> he</c><00:21:12.960><c> tore</c><00:21:13.240><c> down</c>

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went<00:21:36.900><c> into</c><00:21:37.220><c> enemy</c><00:21:37.720><c> territory.</c>

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And<00:21:40.099><c> in</c><00:21:40.380><c> contrast</c><00:21:40.779><c> with</c><00:21:41.359><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:21:42.140><c> who</c><00:21:42.759><c> spearheaded</c><00:21:43.339><c> a</c><00:21:43.680><c> national</c><00:21:44.119><c> reform,</c><00:21:45.519><c> Josiah</c><00:21:45.980><c> seems</c><00:21:46.299><c> to</c><00:21:46.539><c> be</c><00:21:46.880><c> a</c>

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team,<00:21:49.019><c> which</c><00:21:49.819><c> brings</c><00:21:50.059><c> us</c><00:21:50.640><c> again</c><00:21:50.920><c> to</c><00:21:51.099><c> the</c><00:21:51.319><c> point</c><00:21:51.559><c> that</c><00:21:51.799><c> reform</c>

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And<00:21:57.819><c> as</c><00:21:58.319><c> with</c><00:21:58.700><c> his</c><00:21:58.980><c> decision</c><00:21:59.420><c> to</c><00:21:59.700><c> follow</c><00:22:00.099><c> the</c><00:22:00.420><c> Lord</c><00:22:00.599><c> at</c><00:22:00.779><c> age</c><00:22:01.000><c> 16,</c><00:22:01.579><c> his</c><00:22:01.839><c> age</c><00:22:02.160><c> 20</c>

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purge<00:22:03.319><c> is</c><00:22:03.920><c> squarely</c><00:22:04.299><c> on</c>

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man's<00:22:05.599><c> shoulders,</c><00:22:07.019><c> his</c><00:22:07.259><c> own.</c><00:22:09.599><c> You</c><00:22:09.799><c> and</c><00:22:10.019><c> I</c><00:22:10.119><c> are</c><00:22:10.420><c> instructed</c><00:22:10.799><c> by</c>

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how<00:22:14.319><c> many</c><00:22:14.579><c> people</c><00:22:14.900><c> come</c><00:22:15.140><c> with</c><00:22:15.339><c> us.</c><00:22:16.720><c> It</c><00:22:16.920><c> may</c><00:22:17.160><c> take</c><00:22:17.720><c> more</c><00:22:17.960><c> time.</c>

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It<00:22:19.400><c> may</c><00:22:19.619><c> be</c><00:22:19.799><c> more</c><00:22:20.099><c> work.</c>

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to<00:22:26.500><c> work</c><00:22:26.720><c> in</c><00:22:26.900><c> the</c><00:22:27.079><c> Lord's</c><00:22:27.460><c> vineyard</c><00:22:27.839><c> is</c><00:22:28.220><c> our</c>

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directive.<00:22:31.119><c> Paul</c><00:22:31.299><c> writes</c><00:22:31.579><c> the</c><00:22:31.880><c> Titus,</c><00:22:33.799><c> chapter</c><00:22:34.119><c> 2</c><00:22:34.500><c> verse</c><00:22:34.700><c> 7,</c>

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in<00:22:35.400><c> everything,</c>

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set<00:22:37.599><c> an</c><00:22:37.920><c> example</c><00:22:38.359><c> by</c><00:22:38.619><c> doing</c><00:22:38.920><c> what</c><00:22:39.099><c> is</c><00:22:39.359><c> good.</c><00:22:40.680><c> In</c><00:22:40.859><c> your</c><00:22:41.079><c> teaching,</c><00:22:41.599><c> show</c>

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integrity,<00:22:42.900><c> seriousness,</c>

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and<00:22:44.420><c> soundness</c><00:22:44.779><c> of</c><00:22:45.019><c> speech</c><00:22:45.279><c> that</c><00:22:45.599><c> cannot</c><00:22:45.859><c> be</c><00:22:46.279><c> condemned.</c><00:22:49.299><c> And</c>

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again,<00:22:50.019><c> Josiah</c><00:22:50.460><c> has</c><00:22:50.779><c> no</c><00:22:51.000><c> Bible.</c>

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And<00:22:57.000><c> one</c><00:22:57.680><c> more</c><00:22:57.940><c> note</c><00:22:58.119><c> here</c><00:22:58.440><c> from</c><00:22:58.680><c> this</c><00:22:59.000><c> section.</c><00:23:00.619><c> If</c><00:23:01.279><c> we</c><00:23:01.480><c> have</c>

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a<00:23:01.759><c> look</c><00:23:01.920><c> back</c><00:23:02.180><c> at</c><00:23:02.339><c> the</c><00:23:02.539><c> 1</c><00:23:02.759><c> Kings</c><00:23:03.140><c> 13</c><00:23:03.720><c> prophecy,</c>

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we<00:23:06.519><c> see</c><00:23:07.039><c> it</c><00:23:07.460><c> fulfilled</c><00:23:07.960><c> here</c><00:23:08.660><c> in</c><00:23:10.119><c> Jeremiah's,</c><00:23:11.180><c> in</c><00:23:11.400><c> Josiah's</c><00:23:12.160><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:23:17.400><c> fulfilled</c><00:23:17.720><c> again</c><00:23:18.140><c> in</c><00:23:18.299><c> his</c><00:23:18.599><c> second</c><00:23:18.859><c> purge</c><00:23:19.180><c> that</c><00:23:19.400><c> comes</c><00:23:19.640><c> in</c><00:23:19.980><c> 2</c>

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Kings<00:23:20.519><c> 23.</c>

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But<00:23:22.839><c> of</c><00:23:23.079><c> this</c><00:23:23.400><c> prophecy,</c><00:23:24.339><c> it</c><00:23:24.460><c> was</c><00:23:24.819><c> in</c><00:23:25.099><c> the</c><00:23:25.240><c> days</c><00:23:25.460><c> of</c><00:23:26.160><c> Jeroboam,</c>

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and<00:23:27.299><c> a</c><00:23:27.400><c> man</c><00:23:27.579><c> of</c><00:23:27.779><c> God</c><00:23:28.539><c> prophesied</c><00:23:29.380><c> his</c><00:23:29.640><c> birth.</c>

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about<00:23:37.359><c> 920</c><00:23:38.420><c> BC,</c><00:23:39.059><c> the</c><00:23:39.200><c> kingdom</c><00:23:39.440><c> was</c><00:23:39.700><c> divided.</c>

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feasts<00:23:54.440><c> by</c><00:23:54.960><c> creating</c><00:23:55.420><c> a</c><00:23:55.720><c> religion</c><00:23:56.119><c> of</c><00:23:56.480><c> his</c><00:23:56.680><c> own</c>

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design.<00:23:58.539><c> And</c><00:23:58.839><c> the</c><00:23:58.940><c> man</c><00:23:59.099><c> of</c><00:23:59.319><c> God</c><00:23:59.819><c> speaks.</c><00:24:01.940><c> He</c><00:24:02.099><c> says,</c><00:24:02.460><c> behold,</c>

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So<00:24:40.980><c> now</c><00:24:41.319><c> six</c><00:24:41.579><c> more</c><00:24:41.880><c> years</c><00:24:42.180><c> on,</c><00:24:42.700><c> and</c><00:24:42.759><c> Josiah</c><00:24:43.319><c> is</c><00:24:43.859><c> in</c><00:24:44.220><c> his</c><00:24:44.519><c> 18th</c><00:24:45.180><c> year</c><00:24:45.539><c> as</c><00:24:46.180><c> king.</c><00:24:46.619><c> And</c><00:24:46.880><c> as</c><00:24:47.119><c> a</c>

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purge,<00:24:49.400><c> the</c><00:24:49.559><c> people</c><00:24:49.740><c> respond.</c><00:24:51.140><c> We</c><00:24:51.359><c> find</c><00:24:51.599><c> in</c><00:24:51.799><c> 2</c><00:24:51.980><c> Chronicles</c><00:24:52.700><c> 34</c>

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Shafem<00:25:33.079><c> took</c><00:25:33.299><c> the</c><00:25:33.519><c> book</c><00:25:33.740><c> to</c><00:25:34.019><c> the</c><00:25:34.220><c> king</c><00:25:34.400><c> and</c><00:25:34.579><c> reported</c>

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from<00:26:15.779><c> it.</c>

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Have<00:26:17.779><c> you</c><00:26:17.920><c> ever</c><00:26:18.079><c> been</c><00:26:18.259><c> in</c><00:26:18.420><c> a</c><00:26:18.579><c> situation</c><00:26:19.099><c> where</c><00:26:19.460><c> some</c><00:26:19.799><c> key</c><00:26:20.259><c> piece</c><00:26:20.599><c> of</c><00:26:20.859><c> information</c>

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left<00:26:42.599><c> them</c><00:26:42.799><c> at</c><00:26:43.019><c> work</c><00:26:43.380><c> by</c><00:26:43.720><c> the</c><00:26:43.900><c> way.</c>

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So<00:26:49.240><c> that's</c><00:26:49.619><c> the</c><00:26:49.759><c> sense</c><00:26:50.000><c> that</c><00:26:50.220><c> I</c><00:26:50.380><c> get</c><00:26:50.539><c> here</c><00:26:50.900><c> from</c><00:26:51.420><c> from</c><00:26:52.500><c> this</c><00:26:53.400><c> verse.</c><00:26:54.779><c> Shafem</c><00:26:54.940><c> goes</c><00:26:55.279><c> on</c>

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book.<00:27:02.680><c> It's</c><00:27:02.940><c> by</c><00:27:03.180><c> the</c><00:27:03.319><c> way</c>

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it's<00:27:03.700><c> the</c><00:27:03.900><c> only</c><00:27:04.259><c> Bible</c><00:27:04.680><c> in</c><00:27:05.119><c> the</c><00:27:05.279><c> nation</c><00:27:05.579><c> that</c><00:27:05.759><c> we</c><00:27:05.900><c> can</c><00:27:06.119><c> find.</c>

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Would<00:27:08.079><c> you</c><00:27:08.259><c> like</c><00:27:08.460><c> me</c><00:27:08.619><c> to,</c><00:27:08.759><c> what</c><00:27:08.960><c> do</c><00:27:09.140><c> you</c><00:27:09.200><c> want</c><00:27:09.339><c> me</c><00:27:09.519><c> to</c><00:27:09.640><c> do</c><00:27:09.720><c> with</c><00:27:09.940><c> it?</c>

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So<00:27:12.619><c> can</c><00:27:13.240><c> you</c><00:27:13.460><c> imagine</c><00:27:14.180><c> Josiah's</c><00:27:15.259><c> rejoicing?</c>

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Finally<00:27:19.599><c> he</c><00:27:20.019><c> can</c><00:27:20.339><c> read</c>

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Jacob.<00:27:30.740><c> He</c><00:27:31.460><c> can</c><00:27:31.680><c> read</c><00:27:31.940><c> Samuel's</c><00:27:32.680><c> words</c><00:27:33.079><c> to</c><00:27:33.480><c> David</c>

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that<00:27:36.720><c> he</c><00:27:36.920><c> would</c><00:27:37.099><c> have</c><00:27:37.359><c> an</c><00:27:37.619><c> heir</c><00:27:37.779><c> to</c><00:27:38.019><c> reign</c><00:27:38.240><c> forever.</c>

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even<00:30:10.960><c> to</c><00:30:11.279><c> serve</c><00:30:11.460><c> the</c><00:30:11.680><c> Lord</c><00:30:11.920><c> their</c><00:30:12.140><c> God.</c><00:30:13.819><c> This</c><00:30:14.019><c> brothers</c><00:30:14.319><c> and</c><00:30:14.640><c> sisters</c><00:30:15.079><c> is</c><00:30:15.539><c> a</c>

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work.<00:30:25.720><c> There</c><00:30:25.940><c> was</c><00:30:26.140><c> no</c><00:30:26.420><c> such</c><00:30:26.680><c> thing.</c>

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one<00:31:14.579><c> true</c><00:31:15.500><c> and</c><00:31:16.420><c> living</c><00:31:16.619><c> God.</c>

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Josiah's<00:31:20.599><c> reform</c><00:31:20.980><c> and</c><00:31:21.220><c> reading</c><00:31:21.519><c> of</c><00:31:21.799><c> the</c><00:31:21.940><c> law</c><00:31:22.160><c> inspired</c><00:31:22.700><c> both</c>

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a<00:31:23.240><c> purge</c><00:31:23.539><c> and</c><00:31:23.680><c> a</c><00:31:23.960><c> return</c><00:31:24.359><c> to</c><00:31:24.859><c> the</c><00:31:25.140><c> celebration</c>

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of<00:31:26.779><c> Passover.</c><00:31:28.299><c> The</c><00:31:28.480><c> King's</c><00:31:28.779><c> account</c><00:31:28.980><c> is</c><00:31:29.240><c> short</c><00:31:29.660><c> but</c><00:31:30.480><c> Chronicles</c><00:31:31.180><c> again</c>

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provides<00:31:32.140><c> details</c><00:31:32.799><c> that</c>

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illustrate<00:31:34.259><c> the</c><00:31:34.579><c> wholehearted</c><00:31:35.000><c> dedication</c><00:31:35.640><c> of</c><00:31:35.900><c> Josiah.</c>

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conducted<00:31:51.279><c> by</c><00:31:51.700><c> the</c><00:31:51.859><c> prescribed</c><00:31:52.400><c> priests</c><00:31:53.119><c> and</c><00:31:53.559><c> Levites</c><00:31:54.079><c> and</c>

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carried<00:31:54.619><c> out</c><00:31:55.019><c> to</c><00:31:55.200><c> the</c><00:31:55.460><c> full</c><00:31:56.319><c> extent</c><00:31:56.880><c> of</c><00:31:57.200><c> the</c><00:31:57.380><c> law.</c>

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From<00:32:00.700><c> second</c><00:32:00.980><c> Chronicles</c><00:32:01.440><c> 35</c><00:32:02.319><c> verse</c><00:32:02.839><c> 18,</c><00:32:03.660><c> no</c><00:32:03.660><c> Passover</c><00:32:04.440><c> like</c>

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it<00:32:05.640><c> had</c><00:32:06.099><c> been</c><00:32:06.380><c> kept</c><00:32:06.759><c> in</c><00:32:07.180><c> Israel</c>

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not<00:32:15.019><c> David's,</c><00:32:16.660><c> nobody's.</c><00:32:18.079><c> None</c><00:32:18.380><c> of</c><00:32:18.539><c> the</c>

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had<00:32:19.700><c> kept</c><00:32:20.099><c> such</c><00:32:20.400><c> a</c><00:32:20.680><c> Passover</c><00:32:21.119><c> as</c><00:32:22.480><c> was</c><00:32:22.740><c> kept</c><00:32:22.960><c> by</c><00:32:23.319><c> Josiah.</c>

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people.<00:32:35.019><c> It</c><00:32:35.140><c> says</c><00:32:35.339><c> in</c>

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departed<00:32:40.839><c> not</c><00:32:41.160><c> from</c><00:32:41.500><c> following</c><00:32:41.799><c> the</c><00:32:42.079><c> Lord,</c>

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the<00:32:43.140><c> God</c><00:32:43.380><c> of</c><00:32:43.519><c> their</c><00:32:43.759><c> fathers.</c>

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Josiah<00:32:48.460><c> was</c><00:32:48.660><c> a</c><00:32:48.819><c> young</c><00:32:49.000><c> leader</c><00:32:49.259><c> full</c><00:32:49.819><c> of</c><00:32:50.099><c> zeal</c><00:32:50.420><c> for</c><00:32:50.619><c> the</c><00:32:50.799><c> house</c>

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of<00:32:51.400><c> the</c><00:32:51.579><c> Lord</c><00:32:51.799><c> and</c><00:32:51.940><c> he</c><00:32:52.180><c> leaves</c>

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for<00:32:53.380><c> us</c><00:32:53.819><c> an</c><00:32:54.180><c> example</c><00:32:54.779><c> like</c><00:32:55.740><c> that</c><00:32:55.960><c> of</c><00:32:56.140><c> our</c><00:32:56.279><c> Lord</c><00:32:56.480><c> Jesus</c><00:32:56.859><c> Christ.</c>

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man.<00:33:20.279><c> He</c><00:33:20.920><c> had</c><00:33:21.140><c> plenty</c><00:33:21.440><c> of</c><00:33:21.819><c> excuses,</c><00:33:22.980><c> but</c><00:33:23.839><c> he</c><00:33:24.079><c> sought</c><00:33:24.279><c> the</c><00:33:24.519><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:33:25.079><c> my</c><00:33:25.400><c> encouragement</c><00:33:25.940><c> to</c><00:33:26.259><c> you</c>

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began<00:33:45.759><c> at</c><00:33:45.980><c> home</c>

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worship<00:34:25.440><c> our</c><00:34:25.699><c> Father</c><00:34:25.980><c> in</c><00:34:26.280><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:34:55.019><c> like</c><00:34:55.320><c> iron</c><00:34:55.619><c> that</c><00:34:55.920><c> crushes,</c><00:34:56.340><c> it</c><00:34:56.519><c> shall</c><00:34:56.699><c> break</c><00:34:57.039><c> and</c><00:34:57.360><c> crush</c>

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all<00:34:58.820><c> these.</c>

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nor<00:35:07.800><c> shall</c><00:35:08.000><c> the</c><00:35:08.239><c> kingdom</c><00:35:08.460><c> be</c><00:35:08.659><c> left</c><00:35:08.840><c> to</c><00:35:09.099><c> another</c><00:35:09.320><c> people.</c><00:35:09.780><c> It</c>

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shall<00:35:10.119><c> break</c><00:35:10.559><c> in</c><00:35:10.840><c> pieces</c><00:35:11.099><c> all</c><00:35:11.519><c> these</c><00:35:11.800><c> kingdoms</c>

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and<00:35:13.360><c> bring</c><00:35:13.579><c> them</c><00:35:13.900><c> to</c><00:35:14.119><c> an</c><00:35:14.300><c> end,</c><00:35:15.260><c> and</c><00:35:15.480><c> it</c><00:35:15.679><c> shall</c><00:35:15.840><c> stand</c><00:35:16.219><c> forever.</c>

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bronze,<00:35:27.260><c> the</c><00:35:27.480><c> clay,</c><00:35:27.840><c> the</c><00:35:28.059><c> silver,</c><00:35:28.380><c> and</c><00:35:28.619><c> the</c><00:35:28.820><c> gold,</c>

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a<00:35:31.599><c> great</c><00:35:31.760><c> God</c><00:35:32.059><c> has</c><00:35:32.380><c> made</c><00:35:32.579><c> known</c><00:35:32.880><c> to</c><00:35:33.079><c> the</c><00:35:33.260><c> king</c><00:35:33.800><c> what</c><00:35:34.519><c> shall</c><00:35:34.800><c> be</c>

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after<00:35:35.639><c> this.</c>

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