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Question,<00:11:05.659><c> why</c><00:11:05.919><c> did</c><00:11:06.100><c> he</c><00:11:06.159><c> move</c><00:11:06.340><c> them</c><00:11:06.480><c> to</c><00:11:06.639><c> Moab,</c><00:11:07.120><c> of</c><00:11:07.279><c> all</c><00:11:07.460><c> places?</c>

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The<00:11:08.980><c> equivalent</c><00:11:09.419><c> today</c><00:11:10.080><c> would</c><00:11:10.440><c> be,</c><00:11:10.720><c> if</c><00:11:10.879><c> there</c><00:11:11.059><c> is</c><00:11:11.240><c> a</c><00:11:11.379><c> war</c><00:11:11.539><c> in</c><00:11:11.720><c> England,</c>

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for<00:11:13.500><c> me</c><00:11:13.659><c> to</c><00:11:13.860><c> say</c><00:11:14.139><c> to</c><00:11:14.580><c> my</c><00:11:14.759><c> parents</c><00:11:15.059><c> who</c><00:11:15.440><c> have</c><00:11:15.679><c> fallen</c><00:11:15.860><c> asleep</c><00:11:16.200><c> in</c>

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the<00:11:16.500><c> Lord</c><00:11:16.620><c> now,</c>

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but<00:11:17.179><c> if</c><00:11:17.840><c> they</c><00:11:18.000><c> were</c><00:11:18.179><c> still</c><00:11:18.379><c> here,</c>

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look,<00:11:19.519><c> it's</c><00:11:20.100><c> very</c><00:11:20.379><c> dangerous</c><00:11:20.840><c> in</c><00:11:21.080><c> Birmingham.</c>

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What<00:11:23.039><c> am</c><00:11:23.200><c> I</c><00:11:23.200><c> going</c><00:11:23.399><c> to</c><00:11:23.480><c> do?</c><00:11:23.620><c> I'm</c><00:11:23.679><c> going</c><00:11:23.759><c> to</c><00:11:23.840><c> take</c><00:11:24.059><c> you</c><00:11:24.139><c> to</c><00:11:24.299><c> Belfast.</c>

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You'll<00:11:25.639><c> be</c><00:11:25.820><c> safe</c><00:11:26.059><c> in</c><00:11:26.240><c> there.</c>

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Bombs<00:11:29.480><c> going</c><00:11:29.700><c> off</c><00:11:29.899><c> every</c><00:11:30.159><c> five</c><00:11:30.419><c> minutes</c><00:11:30.720><c> there.</c>

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I<00:11:32.299><c> would</c><00:11:32.460><c> be</c><00:11:32.679><c> crazy</c><00:11:33.059><c> to</c><00:11:33.220><c> do</c><00:11:33.360><c> it,</c><00:11:33.500><c> wouldn't</c><00:11:33.659><c> I?</c>

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Moving<00:11:34.240><c> them</c><00:11:34.440><c> from</c><00:11:34.639><c> a</c><00:11:34.799><c> position</c><00:11:35.100><c> of</c><00:11:35.279><c> some</c><00:11:35.500><c> danger</c>

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to<00:11:36.259><c> a</c><00:11:36.340><c> position</c><00:11:36.700><c> of</c><00:11:36.940><c> great</c><00:11:37.139><c> danger.</c>

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Why<00:11:37.980><c> then</c><00:11:38.220><c> did</c><00:11:38.360><c> David</c><00:11:38.639><c> do</c><00:11:38.879><c> it?</c>

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And<00:11:41.039><c> because</c><00:11:41.259><c> you're</c><00:11:41.460><c> well</c><00:11:41.679><c>-taught</c><00:11:41.820><c> in</c><00:11:41.960><c> North</c><00:11:42.179><c> America,</c>

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you<00:11:42.639><c> will</c><00:11:42.879><c> know</c><00:11:43.220><c> the</c><00:11:43.440><c> answer.</c>

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He<00:11:44.120><c> had</c><00:11:44.360><c> relatives</c><00:11:44.720><c> there.</c>

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Ruth,<00:11:46.879><c> the</c><00:11:47.019><c> Moabites,</c><00:11:48.080><c> was</c><00:11:48.379><c> his</c><00:11:48.659><c> great</c><00:11:48.919><c>-grandmother.</c>

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And<00:11:52.220><c> so</c><00:11:52.679><c> he</c><00:11:53.080><c> would</c><00:11:53.299><c> have</c><00:11:53.440><c> said,</c>

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I'll<00:11:54.720><c> take</c><00:11:54.919><c> you</c><00:11:55.100><c> somewhere</c><00:11:55.419><c> where</c><00:11:55.639><c> you'll</c><00:11:55.879><c> be</c><00:11:56.080><c> safe.</c>

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Come<00:11:57.120><c> on,</c><00:11:57.200><c> we've</c><00:11:57.399><c> still</c><00:11:57.559><c> got</c><00:11:57.840><c> relatives</c><00:11:58.179><c> in</c><00:11:58.360><c> the</c><00:11:58.500><c> country,</c>

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even<00:11:59.240><c> though</c><00:11:59.419><c> you're</c><00:11:59.620><c> moved</c><00:11:59.899><c> by</c><00:12:00.159><c> a</c><00:12:00.220><c> couple</c><00:12:00.379><c> of</c><00:12:00.580><c> generations.</c>

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Those<00:12:01.539><c> of</c><00:12:01.700><c> you</c><00:12:01.820><c> who've</c><00:12:02.019><c> lived</c><00:12:02.159><c> here</c><00:12:02.399><c> for</c><00:12:02.580><c> some</c><00:12:02.740><c> generations</c>

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still<00:12:03.720><c> have</c><00:12:03.899><c> relatives</c><00:12:04.220><c> in</c><00:12:04.379><c> England.</c>

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And<00:12:07.539><c> therefore</c><00:12:07.879><c> David</c><00:12:08.299><c> still</c><00:12:08.740><c> had</c><00:12:08.960><c> relatives</c><00:12:09.299><c> in</c><00:12:09.600><c> Moab</c>

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and<00:12:09.940><c> he</c><00:12:10.019><c> could</c><00:12:10.200><c> take</c><00:12:10.419><c> his</c><00:12:10.600><c> parents</c><00:12:10.860><c> there</c>

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knowing<00:12:11.399><c> that</c><00:12:11.539><c> they</c><00:12:11.679><c> would</c><00:12:11.879><c> be</c><00:12:12.039><c> cared</c><00:12:12.220><c> for</c><00:12:12.620><c> and</c><00:12:12.919><c> safe</c><00:12:13.200><c> from</c>

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King<00:12:13.960><c> Saul.</c>

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Incidentally,<00:12:16.980><c> Hebrew</c><00:12:17.200><c> tradition</c><00:12:17.679><c> has</c><00:12:17.919><c> it</c>

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that<00:12:19.779><c> they</c><00:12:19.940><c> were</c><00:12:20.120><c> not</c><00:12:20.379><c> safe.</c>

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I<00:12:21.620><c> cannot</c><00:12:21.899><c> evidence</c><00:12:22.240><c> this</c><00:12:22.440><c> from</c><00:12:22.620><c> the</c><00:12:22.759><c> Word</c><00:12:22.840><c> of</c><00:12:23.019><c> God,</c>

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but<00:12:24.059><c> Hebrew</c><00:12:24.320><c> tradition</c><00:12:24.740><c> has</c><00:12:24.980><c> it</c>

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that<00:12:25.480><c> the</c><00:12:25.620><c> king</c><00:12:25.759><c> of</c><00:12:25.960><c> Moab</c><00:12:26.220><c> actually</c><00:12:26.720><c> killed</c><00:12:27.139><c> David's</c><00:12:27.620><c> parents,</c>

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put<00:12:28.120><c> them</c><00:12:28.279><c> to</c><00:12:28.440><c> death.</c>

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And<00:12:30.279><c> if</c><00:12:30.419><c> that</c><00:12:30.600><c> is</c><00:12:30.820><c> the</c><00:12:30.940><c> case,</c>

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it<00:12:31.679><c> explains</c><00:12:32.139><c> why</c><00:12:32.419><c> David</c><00:12:32.840><c> climbed</c><00:12:33.340><c> into</c><00:12:33.639><c> the</c><00:12:33.860><c> Moabites</c>

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when<00:12:34.419><c> he</c><00:12:34.759><c> came</c><00:12:34.980><c> to</c><00:12:35.159><c> the</c><00:12:35.340><c> throne.</c>

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When<00:12:36.419><c> he</c><00:12:36.659><c> acceded</c><00:12:37.019><c> the</c><00:12:37.200><c> throne,</c>

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he<00:12:38.360><c> laid</c><00:12:38.659><c> into</c><00:12:38.960><c> the</c><00:12:39.179><c> Moabites</c>

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like<00:12:39.840><c> they</c><00:12:40.019><c> were</c><00:12:40.139><c> going</c><00:12:40.360><c> out</c><00:12:40.600><c> of</c><00:12:40.759><c> fashion.</c>

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He<00:12:41.799><c> really</c><00:12:42.200><c> did</c><00:12:42.440><c> climb</c><00:12:42.659><c> into</c><00:12:42.940><c> them,</c>

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maybe<00:12:44.340><c> because</c><00:12:44.799><c> his</c><00:12:45.379><c> parents</c><00:12:45.639><c> were</c><00:12:45.860><c> killed</c><00:12:46.019><c> there.</c>

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But<00:12:46.460><c> this</c><00:12:46.659><c> is</c><00:12:46.799><c> the</c><00:12:46.940><c> point,</c><00:12:47.220><c> brethren</c><00:12:47.379><c> and</c><00:12:47.559><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:12:48.200><c> Bible</c><00:12:48.600><c> doesn't</c><00:12:49.019><c> say</c><00:12:49.360><c> to</c><00:12:49.559><c> us</c><00:12:49.879><c> in</c><00:12:50.139><c> parentheses.</c>

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Now<00:12:51.299><c> David</c><00:12:51.519><c> took</c><00:12:51.740><c> his</c><00:12:51.980><c> parents</c><00:12:52.200><c> down</c><00:12:52.440><c> to</c><00:12:52.580><c> Moab</c>

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because,<00:12:53.340><c> you</c><00:12:53.580><c> will</c><00:12:53.779><c> recall,</c>

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his<00:12:54.480><c> great</c><00:12:54.740><c>-grandmother</c><00:12:55.139><c> was</c><00:12:55.360><c> Ruth,</c><00:12:55.700><c> close</c><00:12:56.039><c> brackets.</c>

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It<00:12:56.779><c> doesn't</c><00:12:57.100><c> say.</c>

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It<00:12:58.539><c> leaves</c><00:12:58.820><c> us</c><00:12:59.039><c> to</c><00:12:59.240><c> find</c><00:12:59.399><c> it</c><00:12:59.600><c> out</c><00:12:59.720><c> for</c><00:12:59.899><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:13:00.919><c> when</c><00:13:01.100><c> we</c><00:13:01.340><c> do,</c><00:13:01.960><c> that's</c><00:13:02.159><c> when</c><00:13:02.279><c> it</c><00:13:02.419><c> becomes</c><00:13:02.700><c> exciting.</c>

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Now,<00:13:04.580><c> if</c><00:13:04.679><c> you</c><00:13:04.820><c> want</c><00:13:04.960><c> your</c><00:13:05.159><c> appetite</c>

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whetted<00:13:05.840><c> for</c><00:13:06.139><c> undesigned</c><00:13:06.559><c> coincidences,</c>

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I<00:13:07.799><c> commend</c><00:13:08.139><c> you</c><00:13:08.379><c> to</c><00:13:08.500><c> the</c><00:13:08.659><c> book</c><00:13:08.799><c> written</c><00:13:09.019><c> by</c><00:13:09.240><c> Mr.</c><00:13:10.039><c> Blunt,</c>

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who<00:13:11.740><c> wrote</c><00:13:12.000><c> the</c><00:13:12.120><c> book</c><00:13:12.360><c> entitled</c>

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Undesigned<00:13:13.379><c> Bible</c><00:13:13.639><c> Coincidences.</c>

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If<00:13:14.639><c> you</c><00:13:14.820><c> haven't</c><00:13:15.039><c> got</c><00:13:15.240><c> it,</c>

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ask<00:13:16.019><c> your</c><00:13:16.279><c> librarian</c><00:13:16.720><c> to</c><00:13:16.940><c> get</c><00:13:17.120><c> your</c><00:13:17.320><c> copy</c><00:13:17.519><c> with</c><00:13:17.700><c> you.</c>

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It<00:13:18.159><c> makes</c><00:13:18.399><c> fascinating</c><00:13:19.000><c> reading.</c>

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It's<00:13:19.600><c> a</c><00:13:19.600><c> bit</c><00:13:19.799><c> archaic.</c>

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The<00:13:20.500><c> English</c><00:13:20.679><c> is</c><00:13:20.879><c> a</c><00:13:20.899><c> bit</c><00:13:21.080><c> old,</c>

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and<00:13:22.139><c> he</c><00:13:23.200><c> drags</c><00:13:23.480><c> the</c><00:13:23.659><c> point</c><00:13:23.799><c> out</c><00:13:24.059><c> a</c><00:13:24.159><c> little</c><00:13:24.299><c> bit.</c>

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But<00:13:25.200><c> don't</c><00:13:25.620><c> use</c><00:13:25.919><c> it</c><00:13:26.279><c> as</c><00:13:26.460><c> the</c><00:13:26.659><c> beginning</c>

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and<00:13:27.100><c> end</c><00:13:27.320><c> of</c><00:13:27.460><c> your</c><00:13:27.600><c> Bible</c><00:13:27.879><c> study.</c>

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Use<00:13:28.620><c> it</c><00:13:28.799><c> to</c><00:13:28.919><c> whet</c><00:13:29.000><c> your</c><00:13:29.220><c> appetite.</c>

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And<00:13:30.379><c> ask</c><00:13:30.620><c> questions</c><00:13:31.159><c> when</c><00:13:31.360><c> you</c><00:13:31.519><c> come</c><00:13:31.740><c> to</c><00:13:31.879><c> things</c>

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that<00:13:32.539><c> look</c><00:13:32.740><c> a</c><00:13:32.759><c> bit</c><00:13:32.980><c> odd.</c>

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Sometimes<00:13:34.360><c> you'll</c><00:13:34.759><c> go</c><00:13:34.940><c> down</c><00:13:35.179><c> avenues,</c>

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which<00:13:36.419><c> are</c><00:13:36.620><c> a</c><00:13:36.740><c> cul</c><00:13:36.860><c>-de</c><00:13:36.980><c>-sac.</c>

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There's<00:13:37.580><c> no</c><00:13:37.759><c> way</c><00:13:37.899><c> out.</c>

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You'll<00:13:38.220><c> come</c><00:13:38.320><c> to</c><00:13:38.440><c> a</c><00:13:38.500><c> dead</c><00:13:38.659><c> end.</c>

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Then<00:13:39.200><c> you</c><00:13:39.259><c> must</c><00:13:39.480><c> say,</c>

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okay,<00:13:40.080><c> I'll</c><00:13:40.679><c> try</c><00:13:40.919><c> another</c><00:13:41.179><c> one.</c>

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But<00:13:42.480><c> ask</c><00:13:42.740><c> questions</c><00:13:43.159><c> all</c><00:13:43.460><c> the</c><00:13:43.659><c> time.</c>

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And<00:13:44.620><c> it</c><00:13:44.779><c> becomes</c><00:13:45.019><c> very</c><00:13:45.440><c> exciting.</c>

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Sometimes<00:13:46.220><c> it</c><00:13:46.299><c> gets</c><00:13:46.500><c> a</c><00:13:46.539><c> bit</c><00:13:46.700><c> too</c><00:13:46.899><c> exciting.</c>

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You<00:13:48.120><c> stay</c><00:13:48.259><c> up</c><00:13:48.399><c> late</c><00:13:48.600><c> at</c><00:13:48.779><c> night</c><00:13:48.980><c> and</c><00:13:49.259><c> go</c><00:13:49.419><c> to</c><00:13:49.580><c> bed</c>

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or<00:13:50.940><c> wake</c><00:13:51.179><c> Sister</c><00:13:51.379><c> Carol</c><00:13:51.620><c> at</c><00:13:51.759><c> two</c><00:13:51.960><c> o</c><00:13:52.059><c>'clock</c><00:13:52.100><c> in</c><00:13:52.220><c> the</c><00:13:52.299><c> morning</c>

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and<00:13:52.500><c> say,</c>

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hey,<00:13:52.820><c> what</c><00:13:52.899><c> do</c><00:13:53.019><c> you</c><00:13:53.019><c> think</c><00:13:53.139><c> about</c><00:13:53.299><c> this</c><00:13:53.519><c> one?</c>

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She<00:13:54.200><c> says,</c><00:13:54.360><c> what?</c>

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But<00:13:58.240><c> generally</c><00:13:58.639><c> very</c><00:13:59.139><c> kind</c><00:13:59.500><c> and</c><00:13:59.960><c> very</c><00:14:00.299><c> patient</c>

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with<00:14:01.059><c> a</c><00:14:01.200><c> guy</c><00:14:01.399><c> who</c><00:14:01.600><c> can't</c><00:14:01.799><c> sleep</c><00:14:02.019><c> very</c><00:14:02.320><c> well.</c>

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Would<00:14:03.600><c> you</c><00:14:03.720><c> come</c><00:14:03.860><c> with</c><00:14:04.019><c> me</c><00:14:04.100><c> to</c><00:14:04.240><c> John</c><00:14:04.440><c> chapter</c><00:14:04.720><c> 6,</c><00:14:05.100><c> please?</c>

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The<00:14:05.259><c> Gospel</c><00:14:05.559><c> of</c><00:14:05.720><c> John</c><00:14:05.899><c> chapter</c><00:14:06.159><c> 6.</c>

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The<00:14:11.720><c> beauty</c><00:14:12.139><c> of</c><00:14:12.440><c> these</c><00:14:12.860><c> coincidences</c>

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that<00:14:14.259><c> our</c><00:14:14.600><c> attention</c><00:14:15.039><c> is</c><00:14:15.259><c> not</c><00:14:15.519><c> drawn</c><00:14:15.820><c> to</c><00:14:16.000><c> them</c><00:14:16.159><c> in</c><00:14:16.320><c> the</c><00:14:16.440><c> Bible</c>

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because<00:14:17.299><c> this</c><00:14:17.539><c> isn't</c><00:14:17.759><c> a</c><00:14:17.980><c> man's</c><00:14:18.379><c> book,</c>

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it's<00:14:19.419><c> God's</c><00:14:19.779><c> book.</c>

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John<00:14:21.240><c> chapter</c><00:14:21.480><c> 6</c><00:14:21.740><c> and</c><00:14:21.860><c> verse</c><00:14:22.039><c> 5.</c>

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This<00:14:24.000><c> is</c><00:14:24.220><c> the</c><00:14:24.379><c> incident</c><00:14:24.779><c> of</c><00:14:25.200><c> the</c><00:14:25.379><c> feeding</c><00:14:25.580><c> of</c><00:14:25.779><c> the</c><00:14:26.000><c> 5</c><00:14:26.220><c>,000.</c>

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When<00:14:27.220><c> Jesus</c><00:14:27.679><c> therefore</c><00:14:28.139><c> lifted</c><00:14:28.440><c> up</c><00:14:28.700><c> his</c><00:14:28.899><c> eyes</c>

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and<00:14:29.580><c> saw</c><00:14:29.820><c> a</c><00:14:30.019><c> great</c><00:14:30.179><c> company</c><00:14:30.539><c> come</c><00:14:30.740><c> unto</c><00:14:30.960><c> him,</c>

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he<00:14:31.779><c> saith</c><00:14:31.899><c> unto</c><00:14:32.120><c> Philip,</c>

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when<00:14:33.120><c> shall</c><00:14:33.539><c> we</c><00:14:33.720><c> buy</c><00:14:33.919><c> bread</c><00:14:34.320><c> that</c><00:14:34.860><c> these</c><00:14:35.080><c> may</c><00:14:35.320><c> eat?</c>

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This<00:14:37.539><c> he</c><00:14:37.659><c> said</c><00:14:37.820><c> to</c><00:14:38.000><c> prove</c><00:14:38.220><c> him,</c>

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for<00:14:38.700><c> he</c><00:14:38.940><c> himself</c><00:14:39.320><c> knew</c><00:14:39.480><c> what</c><00:14:39.639><c> he</c><00:14:39.759><c> would</c><00:14:39.940><c> do.</c>

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Question.

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Why<00:14:41.340><c> did</c><00:14:41.580><c> he</c><00:14:41.659><c> pick</c><00:14:41.820><c> on</c><00:14:42.059><c> Philip</c><00:14:42.419><c> to</c><00:14:43.080><c> ask</c><00:14:43.340><c> the</c><00:14:43.539><c> question?</c>

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I<00:14:44.480><c> know</c><00:14:44.679><c> the</c><00:14:44.840><c> answer,</c><00:14:45.320><c> part</c><00:14:45.379><c> of</c><00:14:45.480><c> it</c><00:14:45.620><c> anyway,</c><00:14:45.840><c> is</c><00:14:46.000><c> in</c><00:14:46.120><c> verse</c><00:14:46.259><c> 6.</c>

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But<00:14:46.840><c> that's</c><00:14:47.080><c> the</c><00:14:47.179><c> obvious</c><00:14:47.480><c> answer.</c>

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I'm<00:14:47.840><c> not</c><00:14:48.019><c> looking</c><00:14:48.279><c> for</c><00:14:48.519><c> that.</c>

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He<00:14:49.379><c> put</c><00:14:49.559><c> Philip's</c><00:14:50.200><c> faith</c><00:14:50.440><c> to</c><00:14:50.679><c> the</c><00:14:50.820><c> test,</c><00:14:51.080><c> didn't</c><00:14:51.340><c> he?</c>

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Where<00:14:52.080><c> can</c><00:14:52.259><c> we</c><00:14:52.440><c> feed</c><00:14:53.139><c> 5</c><00:14:53.500><c>,000</c><00:14:53.919><c> men?</c>

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Tremendous<00:14:57.320><c> task.</c>

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I<00:14:59.100><c> mean,</c><00:14:59.740><c> I</c><00:14:59.840><c> don't</c><00:14:59.960><c> know</c><00:15:00.059><c> about</c><00:15:00.159><c> your</c><00:15:00.620><c> catering</c><00:15:01.139><c> committee</c>

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in<00:15:03.379><c> your</c><00:15:03.860><c> own</c><00:15:04.000><c> eclipses,</c>

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how<00:15:04.860><c> much</c><00:15:05.039><c> notice</c><00:15:05.299><c> they</c><00:15:05.519><c> would</c><00:15:05.700><c> require</c><00:15:06.039><c> to</c><00:15:06.299><c> feed</c>

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a<00:15:06.860><c> community</c><00:15:07.340><c> of</c><00:15:08.220><c> over</c><00:15:08.480><c> 5</c><00:15:08.980><c>,000</c><00:15:09.200><c> men?</c>

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Should<00:15:09.740><c> we</c><00:15:09.860><c> say</c><00:15:10.080><c> 14</c><00:15:10.600><c>,000</c><00:15:10.919><c> people?</c>

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How<00:15:11.360><c> much</c><00:15:11.519><c> notice</c><00:15:11.759><c> would</c><00:15:11.919><c> you</c><00:15:12.120><c> require</c><00:15:12.419><c> to</c><00:15:12.740><c> feed</c><00:15:12.840><c> 14</c><00:15:13.259><c>,000</c><00:15:13.600><c> people?</c>

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There<00:15:16.220><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:16.419><c> be</c><00:15:16.620><c> a</c><00:15:16.740><c> bakery</c><00:15:17.120><c> around</c>

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that<00:15:18.000><c> could</c><00:15:18.200><c> produce</c><00:15:18.460><c> that</c><00:15:18.679><c> much</c><00:15:18.840><c> bread,</c><00:15:19.100><c> let</c><00:15:19.200><c> me</c><00:15:19.360><c> tell</c><00:15:19.519><c> you.</c>

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And<00:15:20.600><c> so</c><00:15:20.759><c> obviously</c><00:15:21.159><c> Philip's</c><00:15:21.600><c> faith</c><00:15:21.879><c> was</c><00:15:22.139><c> on</c><00:15:22.419><c> test.</c>

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But<00:15:23.100><c> the</c><00:15:23.179><c> question</c><00:15:23.500><c> is</c><00:15:23.679><c> why</c><00:15:23.840><c> did</c><00:15:24.200><c> the</c><00:15:24.360><c> Lord</c><00:15:24.500><c> ask</c><00:15:24.779><c> Philip?</c>

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Because<00:15:25.539><c> Philip</c><00:15:25.759><c> didn't</c><00:15:26.000><c> have</c><00:15:26.139><c> the</c><00:15:26.299><c> back</c><00:15:26.460><c> Judas</c><00:15:26.759><c> did.</c>

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I<00:15:27.720><c> should</c><00:15:27.899><c> have</c><00:15:28.059><c> thought</c><00:15:28.259><c> if</c><00:15:28.379><c> he</c><00:15:28.500><c> was</c><00:15:28.600><c> thinking</c><00:15:28.860><c> about</c><00:15:29.159><c> buying</c><00:15:29.559><c> bread,</c>

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he<00:15:29.840><c> would</c><00:15:30.019><c> have</c><00:15:30.139><c> said</c><00:15:30.240><c> to</c><00:15:30.460><c> Judas,</c>

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how<00:15:31.460><c> much</c><00:15:31.679><c> money</c><00:15:31.899><c> have</c><00:15:31.960><c> you</c><00:15:32.039><c> got</c><00:15:32.159><c> in</c><00:15:32.320><c> the</c><00:15:32.460><c> bag</c>

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and<00:15:32.799><c> is</c><00:15:32.980><c> there</c><00:15:33.120><c> a</c><00:15:33.200><c> bread</c><00:15:33.360><c> shop</c><00:15:33.559><c> anywhere</c><00:15:33.860><c> near?</c>

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But<00:15:35.639><c> he</c><00:15:35.720><c> doesn't.</c><00:15:36.000><c> He</c><00:15:36.139><c> addresses</c><00:15:36.379><c> it</c><00:15:36.620><c> to</c><00:15:36.759><c> Philip.</c>

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Question.<00:15:38.019><c> Why?</c>

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Luke<00:15:39.580><c> chapter</c><00:15:39.879><c> 9.</c>

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It's<00:15:46.440><c> the</c><00:15:46.700><c> parallel</c><00:15:46.940><c> account</c><00:15:47.379><c> of</c><00:15:47.700><c> the</c><00:15:47.840><c> feeding</c><00:15:48.019><c> of</c><00:15:48.220><c> the</c><00:15:48.419><c> 5</c><00:15:48.600><c>,000.</c>

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What<00:15:48.960><c> we're</c><00:15:49.100><c> reading</c><00:15:49.320><c> in</c><00:15:49.460><c> Luke</c><00:15:49.659><c> chapter</c><00:15:49.899><c> 9</c>

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is<00:15:50.580><c> identical</c><00:15:51.039><c> to</c><00:15:51.259><c> what</c><00:15:51.580><c> we</c><00:15:51.820><c> have</c><00:15:52.000><c> considered</c><00:15:52.419><c> in</c><00:15:52.840><c> John</c><00:15:53.080><c> chapter</c><00:15:53.360><c> 6.</c>

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The<00:15:53.879><c> incident</c><00:15:54.220><c> is</c><00:15:54.440><c> the</c><00:15:54.639><c> same.</c>

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Luke<00:15:56.679><c> chapter</c><00:15:56.899><c> 9.</c><00:15:57.100><c> I'm</c><00:15:57.240><c> only</c><00:15:57.360><c> going</c><00:15:57.480><c> to</c><00:15:57.600><c> read</c><00:15:57.740><c> verse</c><00:15:57.919><c> 10</c>

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because<00:15:58.440><c> time</c><00:15:58.720><c> presses.</c>

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Although<00:15:59.639><c> the</c><00:15:59.879><c> whole</c><00:16:00.059><c> incident</c>

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the<00:16:03.440><c> whole</c><00:16:03.679><c> incident</c><00:16:04.080><c> goes</c><00:16:04.299><c> down</c><00:16:04.519><c> to</c><00:16:04.659><c> verse</c><00:16:04.799><c> 17.</c>

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But<00:16:05.379><c> let's</c><00:16:05.580><c> just</c><00:16:05.740><c> look</c><00:16:05.879><c> at</c><00:16:06.000><c> verse</c><00:16:06.179><c> 10.</c>

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And<00:16:07.340><c> the</c><00:16:07.460><c> apostles,</c><00:16:07.899><c> when</c><00:16:08.080><c> they</c><00:16:08.279><c> were</c><00:16:08.480><c> returned,</c>

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told<00:16:09.220><c> him</c><00:16:09.419><c> all</c><00:16:09.700><c> that</c><00:16:09.820><c> they</c><00:16:09.960><c> had</c><00:16:10.220><c> done.</c>

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And<00:16:11.960><c> he</c><00:16:12.080><c> took</c><00:16:12.279><c> them</c><00:16:12.759><c> and</c><00:16:13.120><c> went</c><00:16:13.279><c> aside</c><00:16:13.600><c> privately</c><00:16:14.039><c> into</c><00:16:14.299><c> a</c>

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desert<00:16:14.639><c> place</c>

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belonging<00:16:15.559><c> to</c><00:16:15.879><c> the</c><00:16:16.039><c> city</c><00:16:16.240><c> called</c><00:16:16.519><c> Bethsaida.</c>

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And<00:16:18.259><c> the</c><00:16:18.419><c> people,</c><00:16:18.600><c> when</c><00:16:18.759><c> they</c><00:16:18.940><c> knew</c><00:16:19.039><c> it,</c><00:16:19.320><c> followed</c><00:16:19.620><c> him.</c>

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He<00:16:20.860><c> healed</c><00:16:21.000><c> them</c><00:16:21.240><c> and</c><00:16:21.460><c> eventually</c><00:16:21.899><c> provides</c><00:16:22.299><c> them</c><00:16:22.500><c> with</c><00:16:22.720><c> bread.</c>

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So<00:16:23.340><c> from</c><00:16:23.879><c> Luke</c><00:16:24.299><c> chapter</c><00:16:24.620><c> 9</c>

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we've<00:16:25.159><c> learned</c><00:16:25.340><c> something</c><00:16:25.700><c> that</c><00:16:25.919><c> John</c><00:16:26.139><c> chapter</c><00:16:26.399><c> 6</c><00:16:26.639><c> didn't</c>

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tell<00:16:27.159><c> us.</c>

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And<00:16:28.080><c> it</c><00:16:28.220><c> is</c><00:16:28.379><c> that</c><00:16:28.580><c> the</c><00:16:28.779><c> incident</c><00:16:29.139><c> took</c><00:16:29.419><c> place</c>

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but<00:16:30.240><c> it</c><00:16:30.419><c> took</c><00:16:30.620><c> place</c><00:16:30.899><c> at</c><00:16:31.059><c> a</c><00:16:31.100><c> place</c><00:16:31.320><c> called</c>

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or<00:16:31.940><c> near</c><00:16:32.279><c> a</c><00:16:32.519><c> place</c><00:16:32.679><c> called</c><00:16:33.220><c> Bethsaida.</c>

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Now<00:16:35.639><c> come</c><00:16:35.820><c> with</c><00:16:35.980><c> me</c><00:16:36.200><c> please</c><00:16:36.519><c> to</c><00:16:37.279><c> John</c><00:16:37.659><c> chapter</c><00:16:38.019><c> 1.</c>

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The<00:16:42.700><c> Gospel</c><00:16:42.919><c> of</c><00:16:43.080><c> John</c><00:16:43.299><c> chapter</c><00:16:43.580><c> 1.</c>

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And<00:16:47.259><c> verse</c><00:16:47.460><c> 44.</c>

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Look.

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Now<00:16:51.539><c> Philip</c><00:16:51.720><c> was</c><00:16:51.960><c> of</c><00:16:52.179><c> Bethsaida,</c><00:16:52.799><c> the</c><00:16:52.879><c> city</c><00:16:53.120><c> of</c><00:16:53.240><c> Andrew</c><00:16:53.539><c> and</c><00:16:53.740><c> Peter.</c>

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Isn't<00:16:56.000><c> it</c><00:16:56.100><c> lovely</c><00:16:56.360><c> brethren</c><00:16:56.659><c> and</c><00:16:56.860><c> sisters?</c>

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We<00:16:57.679><c> put</c><00:16:57.799><c> three</c><00:16:58.059><c> passages</c><00:16:58.480><c> of</c><00:16:58.679><c> scripture</c><00:16:58.940><c> together</c>

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and<00:16:59.860><c> we</c><00:17:00.059><c> find</c><00:17:00.259><c> why</c><00:17:00.740><c> Jesus</c><00:17:01.159><c> asked</c><00:17:01.740><c> Philip</c><00:17:02.159><c> the</c><00:17:02.360><c> question.</c>

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And<00:17:03.500><c> the</c><00:17:03.539><c> answer</c><00:17:03.820><c> is</c><00:17:04.059><c> because</c><00:17:04.339><c> Philip</c><00:17:05.099><c> was</c><00:17:06.539><c> a</c><00:17:06.740><c> local.</c>

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He<00:17:08.259><c> was</c><00:17:08.440><c> a</c><00:17:08.579><c> man</c><00:17:08.740><c> who</c><00:17:09.180><c> knew</c><00:17:09.380><c> the</c><00:17:09.559><c> Bethsaida</c><00:17:10.039><c> area</c>

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and<00:17:11.279><c> he</c><00:17:11.539><c> therefore</c><00:17:11.859><c> more</c><00:17:12.140><c> than</c><00:17:12.279><c> any</c><00:17:12.500><c> other</c>

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would<00:17:12.819><c> know</c><00:17:12.960><c> where</c><00:17:13.099><c> the</c><00:17:13.339><c> bread</c><00:17:13.440><c> shops</c><00:17:13.619><c> were.</c>

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Although<00:17:15.619><c> of</c><00:17:15.859><c> course</c><00:17:16.039><c> his</c><00:17:16.299><c> face</c><00:17:16.500><c> later</c><00:17:16.819><c> is</c><00:17:16.960><c> put</c><00:17:17.099><c> to</c><00:17:17.259><c> the</c><00:17:17.400><c> test</c>

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and<00:17:19.440><c> bread</c><00:17:19.559><c> doesn't</c><00:17:19.819><c> come</c><00:17:20.019><c> from</c><00:17:20.220><c> a</c><00:17:20.339><c> shop.</c>

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It<00:17:21.779><c> comes</c><00:17:22.039><c> from</c><00:17:22.279><c> the</c><00:17:22.440><c> king's</c><00:17:22.880><c> son.</c>

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I<00:17:27.200><c> want</c><00:17:27.359><c> to</c><00:17:27.480><c> go</c><00:17:27.619><c> to</c><00:17:27.799><c> an</c><00:17:28.059><c> incident</c>

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regarding<00:17:31.000><c> Absalom</c><00:17:31.539><c> and</c><00:17:33.359><c> his</c><00:17:33.579><c> banishment.</c>

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You<00:17:35.059><c> will</c><00:17:35.440><c> remember</c><00:17:36.180><c> that</c><00:17:36.759><c> Absalom</c><00:17:37.180><c> was</c><00:17:37.480><c> banished</c>

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from<00:17:39.519><c> the</c><00:17:39.839><c> kingdom</c><00:17:40.200><c> site</c>

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because<00:17:42.079><c> of</c><00:17:42.339><c> his</c><00:17:42.519><c> complicity</c><00:17:43.460><c> with</c><00:17:43.839><c> the</c><00:17:43.980><c> murder</c><00:17:44.200><c> of</c><00:17:44.440><c> his</c><00:17:44.559><c> brother.</c>

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You<00:17:46.859><c> will</c><00:17:47.039><c> know</c><00:17:47.240><c> that</c><00:17:47.740><c> Absalom</c><00:17:48.140><c> hadn't</c><00:17:48.480><c> committed</c><00:17:48.819><c> the</c><00:17:49.019><c> deed</c><00:17:49.140><c> himself</c>

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but<00:17:50.119><c> he</c><00:17:50.279><c> had</c><00:17:50.579><c> caused</c><00:17:50.859><c> his</c><00:17:51.140><c> brother</c><00:17:51.579><c> to</c><00:17:51.900><c> be</c><00:17:52.059><c> killed</c>

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because<00:17:52.579><c> of</c><00:17:52.720><c> the</c><00:17:52.819><c> rape</c><00:17:53.000><c> of</c><00:17:53.220><c> his</c><00:17:53.319><c> sister.</c>

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That's<00:17:54.720><c> the</c><00:17:54.859><c> truth</c><00:17:55.019><c> of</c><00:17:55.259><c> the</c><00:17:55.319><c> matter.</c>

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But<00:17:57.220><c> then</c><00:17:57.380><c> because</c><00:17:57.619><c> David</c><00:17:57.960><c> loved</c><00:17:58.180><c> Absalom</c><00:17:58.720><c> intensely</c>

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he<00:18:00.539><c> comes</c><00:18:00.819><c> back</c><00:18:01.140><c> to</c><00:18:01.380><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:18:03.640><c> I</c><00:18:03.720><c> have</c><00:18:03.799><c> my</c><00:18:03.920><c> book</c><00:18:04.079><c> open,</c><00:18:04.440><c> the</c><00:18:04.519><c> second</c><00:18:04.720><c> book</c><00:18:04.880><c> of</c><00:18:05.000><c> Samuel</c><00:18:05.339><c> chapter</c><00:18:05.799><c> 15</c>

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to<00:18:07.059><c> which</c><00:18:07.220><c> I</c><00:18:07.579><c> ask</c><00:18:07.799><c> you</c><00:18:07.960><c> to</c><00:18:08.140><c> open</c><00:18:08.339><c> yours.</c>

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2<00:18:09.779><c> Samuel</c><00:18:10.180><c> 15.</c>

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Again<00:18:13.480><c> I</c><00:18:13.720><c> will</c><00:18:13.960><c> commence</c><00:18:14.240><c> reading,</c><00:18:14.700><c> brethren</c><00:18:14.839><c> and</c><00:18:15.039><c> sisters</c>

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and<00:18:15.400><c> wait</c><00:18:15.599><c> for</c><00:18:15.779><c> you</c><00:18:15.920><c> to</c><00:18:16.079><c> catch</c><00:18:16.279><c> me</c><00:18:16.440><c> up.</c>

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And<00:18:17.799><c> it</c><00:18:17.859><c> came</c><00:18:18.059><c> to</c><00:18:18.259><c> pass</c><00:18:18.380><c> after</c><00:18:18.680><c> this</c>

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that<00:18:19.759><c> Absalom</c><00:18:20.119><c> prepared</c><00:18:20.559><c> him</c><00:18:20.799><c> chariots</c><00:18:21.299><c> and</c><00:18:21.480><c> horses</c>

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and<00:18:21.960><c> fifty</c><00:18:22.220><c> men</c><00:18:22.420><c> to</c><00:18:22.579><c> run</c><00:18:22.680><c> before</c><00:18:23.039><c> him.</c>

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And<00:18:24.279><c> Absalom</c><00:18:24.599><c> rose</c><00:18:24.859><c> up</c><00:18:25.099><c> early</c><00:18:25.319><c> and</c><00:18:25.500><c> stood</c><00:18:25.660><c> beside</c><00:18:26.059><c> the</c><00:18:26.240><c> way</c><00:18:26.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:26.640><c> gate.</c>

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And<00:18:27.619><c> it</c><00:18:27.779><c> was</c><00:18:27.980><c> so</c><00:18:28.259><c> that</c><00:18:28.420><c> when</c><00:18:28.779><c> any</c><00:18:29.019><c> man</c><00:18:29.220><c> that</c><00:18:29.420><c> had</c><00:18:29.559><c> a</c><00:18:29.759><c> controversy</c>

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came<00:18:30.460><c> to</c><00:18:30.640><c> the</c><00:18:30.700><c> king</c><00:18:30.920><c> for</c><00:18:31.119><c> judgment</c>

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that<00:18:32.420><c> Absalom</c><00:18:32.799><c> called</c><00:18:33.160><c> unto</c><00:18:33.440><c> him</c><00:18:33.640><c> and</c><00:18:33.839><c> said,</c>

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Of<00:18:34.740><c> what</c><00:18:34.980><c> city</c><00:18:35.220><c> art</c><00:18:35.460><c> thou?</c>

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And<00:18:35.920><c> he</c><00:18:35.980><c> said,</c><00:18:36.900><c> Thy</c><00:18:36.920><c> servant</c><00:18:37.339><c> is</c><00:18:37.539><c> of</c><00:18:37.779><c> one</c><00:18:37.980><c> of</c><00:18:38.059><c> the</c><00:18:38.319><c> tribes</c><00:18:38.519><c> of</c><00:18:38.680><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:18:40.480><c> Absalom</c><00:18:40.740><c> said</c><00:18:40.960><c> unto</c><00:18:41.140><c> him,</c>

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See,<00:18:41.759><c> thy</c><00:18:41.839><c> matters</c><00:18:42.039><c> are</c><00:18:42.279><c> good</c><00:18:42.440><c> and</c><00:18:42.700><c> right</c>

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but<00:18:43.460><c> there</c><00:18:43.660><c> is</c><00:18:43.799><c> no</c><00:18:43.940><c> man</c><00:18:44.140><c> deputed</c><00:18:44.539><c> of</c><00:18:44.740><c> the</c><00:18:44.880><c> king</c><00:18:45.039><c> to</c><00:18:45.220><c> hear</c><00:18:45.480><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:18:46.099><c> Absalom</c><00:18:46.420><c> said</c><00:18:46.640><c> moreover,</c>

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Oh,<00:18:47.619><c> that</c><00:18:47.740><c> I</c><00:18:47.980><c> were</c><00:18:48.119><c> made</c><00:18:48.420><c> judge</c><00:18:48.660><c> in</c><00:18:48.859><c> the</c><00:18:49.000><c> land</c>

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that<00:18:49.700><c> every</c><00:18:50.019><c> man</c><00:18:50.259><c> which</c><00:18:50.519><c> hath</c><00:18:50.680><c> any</c><00:18:51.000><c> suit</c><00:18:51.200><c> or</c><00:18:51.519><c> cause</c><00:18:51.720><c> might</c><00:18:51.940><c> come</c><00:18:52.119><c> to</c><00:18:52.299><c> me</c>

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and<00:18:52.980><c> I</c><00:18:53.140><c> would</c><00:18:53.319><c> do</c><00:18:53.480><c> him</c><00:18:53.660><c> justice.</c>

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And<00:18:54.319><c> so</c><00:18:54.480><c> Absalom</c><00:18:54.859><c> stole</c><00:18:55.119><c> the</c><00:18:55.299><c> heart</c><00:18:55.420><c> of</c><00:18:55.579><c> the</c><00:18:55.720><c> people.</c>

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Question,<00:18:57.839><c> where</c><00:18:58.200><c> was</c><00:18:58.460><c> David?</c>

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Why<00:19:01.000><c> wasn't</c><00:19:01.380><c> David</c><00:19:01.740><c> in</c><00:19:01.940><c> the</c><00:19:02.099><c> place</c><00:19:02.279><c> where</c><00:19:02.460><c> he</c><00:19:02.660><c> should</c><00:19:02.859><c> have</c><00:19:03.039><c> been</c>

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to<00:19:03.619><c> exercise</c><00:19:04.240><c> judgment</c><00:19:04.759><c> which</c><00:19:05.480><c> Absalom</c><00:19:05.980><c> was</c><00:19:06.319><c> manifestly</c><00:19:06.920><c> doing?</c>

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The<00:19:09.880><c> place</c><00:19:10.200><c> of</c><00:19:10.480><c> judgment</c><00:19:10.940><c> was</c><00:19:11.480><c> the</c><00:19:11.680><c> gate</c>

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and<00:19:12.480><c> the</c><00:19:12.640><c> king</c><00:19:12.900><c> had</c><00:19:13.220><c> a</c><00:19:13.339><c> right</c><00:19:13.599><c> and</c><00:19:14.059><c> a</c><00:19:14.200><c> judgment</c>

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to<00:19:15.059><c> be</c><00:19:15.299><c> there</c><00:19:15.859><c> every</c><00:19:16.299><c> day</c><00:19:16.720><c> for</c><00:19:17.220><c> a</c><00:19:17.400><c> set</c><00:19:17.519><c> period</c>

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so<00:19:18.359><c> that</c><00:19:18.519><c> the</c><00:19:18.660><c> people</c><00:19:18.859><c> could</c><00:19:19.079><c> come</c><00:19:19.299><c> to</c><00:19:19.480><c> him</c><00:19:19.660><c> with</c><00:19:19.900><c> problems.</c>

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This<00:19:21.500><c> was</c><00:19:21.740><c> the</c><00:19:22.039><c> common</c><00:19:22.380><c> law</c><00:19:22.839><c> of</c><00:19:23.160><c> the</c><00:19:23.319><c> land.</c>

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But<00:19:24.920><c> David</c><00:19:25.099><c> wasn't</c><00:19:25.400><c> there.</c>

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Where<00:19:27.200><c> was</c><00:19:27.559><c> he?</c>

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How<00:19:29.119><c> come</c><00:19:29.500><c> Absalom</c><00:19:30.359><c> had</c><00:19:30.660><c> it</c><00:19:30.859><c> so</c><00:19:31.180><c> easy?</c>

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The<00:19:32.140><c> conspiracy</c><00:19:32.740><c> is</c><00:19:32.980><c> already</c><00:19:33.359><c> growing</c><00:19:33.619><c> in</c><00:19:33.819><c> the</c><00:19:33.920><c> lad's</c><00:19:34.200><c> heart.</c>

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He<00:19:35.299><c> wants</c><00:19:35.539><c> the</c><00:19:35.759><c> kingdom.</c><00:19:36.240><c> He</c><00:19:36.319><c> will</c><00:19:36.519><c> do</c><00:19:36.680><c> anything</c><00:19:37.039><c> for</c><00:19:37.220><c> the</c><00:19:37.380><c> kingdom.</c>

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He<00:19:38.000><c> is</c><00:19:38.059><c> usurping</c><00:19:38.700><c> his</c><00:19:39.119><c> father's</c><00:19:39.640><c> place.</c>

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He<00:19:40.920><c> is</c><00:19:41.059><c> saying</c><00:19:41.200><c> to</c><00:19:41.380><c> the</c><00:19:41.539><c> people,</c>

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God,<00:19:43.579><c> I</c><00:19:43.700><c> were</c><00:19:43.900><c> the</c><00:19:44.039><c> judge</c><00:19:44.220><c> in</c><00:19:44.400><c> the</c><00:19:44.519><c> land.</c>

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I<00:19:44.819><c> think</c><00:19:45.000><c> you</c><00:19:45.119><c> have</c><00:19:45.180><c> got</c><00:19:45.319><c> a</c><00:19:45.460><c> super</c><00:19:45.660><c> argument.</c>

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I<00:19:46.519><c> am</c><00:19:46.599><c> right</c><00:19:46.859><c> on</c><00:19:47.039><c> your</c><00:19:47.319><c> side.</c>

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But<00:19:50.059><c> the</c><00:19:50.119><c> king</c><00:19:50.240><c> is</c><00:19:50.259><c> not</c><00:19:50.500><c> here</c><00:19:50.720><c> unfortunately.</c>

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He<00:19:51.539><c> can't</c><00:19:51.779><c> hear</c><00:19:52.000><c> your</c><00:19:52.200><c> case.</c>

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If<00:19:52.700><c> I</c><00:19:52.880><c> were</c><00:19:53.079><c> in</c><00:19:53.160><c> his</c><00:19:53.380><c> place,</c><00:19:53.480><c> if</c><00:19:53.640><c> I</c><00:19:53.740><c> were</c><00:19:53.900><c> the</c><00:19:54.019><c> judge,</c>

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it<00:19:54.299><c> doesn't</c><00:19:54.539><c> say</c><00:19:54.779><c> king,</c><00:19:55.000><c> he</c><00:19:55.140><c> is</c><00:19:55.200><c> not</c><00:19:55.339><c> that</c><00:19:55.559><c> foolish.</c>

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If<00:19:56.440><c> I</c><00:19:56.619><c> were</c><00:19:56.759><c> the</c><00:19:56.940><c> judge,</c><00:19:57.380><c> I</c><00:19:57.859><c> would</c><00:19:57.980><c> be</c><00:19:58.140><c> right</c><00:19:58.380><c> on</c><00:19:58.559><c> your</c><00:19:58.819><c> side.</c>

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Now<00:19:59.940><c> if</c><00:20:00.160><c> the</c><00:20:00.339><c> son</c><00:20:00.460><c> of</c><00:20:00.599><c> the</c><00:20:00.740><c> king</c><00:20:00.940><c> says</c><00:20:01.160><c> that</c><00:20:01.420><c> to</c><00:20:01.700><c> you,</c>

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at<00:20:02.420><c> the</c><00:20:02.559><c> next</c><00:20:02.779><c> election</c><00:20:03.180><c> there</c><00:20:03.299><c> is</c><00:20:03.299><c> no</c><00:20:03.500><c> question</c>

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who<00:20:03.940><c> you</c><00:20:04.059><c> are</c><00:20:04.059><c> going</c><00:20:04.240><c> to</c><00:20:04.339><c> vote</c><00:20:04.519><c> for,</c><00:20:04.900><c> is</c><00:20:04.900><c> there?</c>

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The<00:20:06.579><c> man</c><00:20:06.819><c> who</c><00:20:07.039><c> has</c><00:20:07.039><c> shown</c><00:20:07.220><c> you</c><00:20:07.420><c> sympathy</c><00:20:07.740><c> is</c><00:20:07.940><c> going</c><00:20:08.039><c> to</c><00:20:08.140><c> get</c>

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your<00:20:08.460><c> vote.</c>

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And<00:20:09.680><c> this</c><00:20:09.940><c> way</c><00:20:10.200><c> Absalom</c><00:20:10.660><c> began</c><00:20:10.960><c> eating</c><00:20:11.259><c> at</c><00:20:11.460><c> the</c><00:20:11.640><c> hearts</c><00:20:11.880><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:12.220><c> people.</c>

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Question,<00:20:14.859><c> where</c><00:20:15.180><c> was</c><00:20:15.420><c> David?</c>

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I<00:20:16.480><c> put</c><00:20:16.700><c> to</c><00:20:16.859><c> you,</c><00:20:17.079><c> brethren</c><00:20:17.220><c> and</c><00:20:17.440><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:20:17.920><c> David</c><00:20:18.200><c> was</c><00:20:18.380><c> suffering</c><00:20:18.680><c> from</c><00:20:18.900><c> leprosy,</c>

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that<00:20:20.279><c> he</c><00:20:20.339><c> was</c><00:20:20.539><c> a</c><00:20:20.660><c> sick</c><00:20:20.819><c> man</c><00:20:21.660><c> and</c><00:20:22.000><c> he</c><00:20:22.079><c> was</c><00:20:22.359><c> not</c><00:20:22.579><c> in</c><00:20:22.779><c> his</c><00:20:22.980><c> place.</c>

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I<00:20:25.299><c> know</c><00:20:25.460><c> it</c><00:20:25.579><c> is</c><00:20:25.720><c> a</c><00:20:25.839><c> strange</c><00:20:26.079><c> thing</c><00:20:26.299><c> to</c><00:20:26.519><c> suggest,</c>

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but<00:20:27.640><c> I</c><00:20:27.799><c> put</c><00:20:27.960><c> to</c><00:20:28.119><c> you</c><00:20:28.220><c> that</c><00:20:28.380><c> the</c><00:20:28.480><c> word</c><00:20:28.640><c> of</c><00:20:28.819><c> God</c><00:20:28.960><c> brings</c><00:20:29.319><c> me</c>

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to<00:20:30.279><c> no</c><00:20:30.559><c> other</c><00:20:30.839><c> conclusion</c>

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other<00:20:32.339><c> than</c><00:20:32.539><c> that</c><00:20:32.720><c> the</c><00:20:32.880><c> king</c><00:20:33.140><c> had</c><00:20:33.400><c> leprosy.</c>

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And<00:20:34.240><c> if</c><00:20:34.440><c> you</c><00:20:34.700><c> think</c><00:20:35.220><c> that</c><00:20:35.480><c> leprosy</c><00:20:35.880><c> was</c><00:20:36.099><c> always</c><00:20:36.500><c> terminal,</c>

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let<00:20:37.299><c> me</c><00:20:37.460><c> tell</c><00:20:37.640><c> you</c><00:20:37.759><c> that</c><00:20:37.880><c> it</c><00:20:37.980><c> was</c><00:20:38.180><c> not.</c>

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And<00:20:39.599><c> if</c><00:20:39.779><c> you</c><00:20:39.980><c> think</c><00:20:40.160><c> that</c><00:20:40.319><c> leprosy</c><00:20:40.759><c> was</c><00:20:40.960><c> always</c><00:20:41.299><c> contagious,</c>

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let<00:20:42.299><c> me</c><00:20:42.480><c> tell</c><00:20:42.660><c> you</c><00:20:42.859><c> that</c><00:20:42.980><c> it</c><00:20:43.099><c> was</c><00:20:43.299><c> not.</c>

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Gehazi,<00:20:46.259><c> the</c><00:20:46.460><c> servant</c><00:20:46.819><c> of</c><00:20:47.380><c> Elisha,</c><00:20:48.259><c> never</c><00:20:48.440><c> did</c><00:20:48.880><c> like</c><00:20:49.039><c> the</c><00:20:49.240><c> man,</c>

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Gehazi,<00:20:50.039><c> I</c><00:20:50.039><c> mean</c><00:20:50.140><c> not</c><00:20:50.380><c> Elisha.</c>

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Gehazi<00:20:54.119><c> had</c><00:20:54.519><c> the</c><00:20:54.900><c> leprosy</c><00:20:55.400><c> of</c><00:20:55.619><c> Naaman</c><00:20:57.019><c> added</c><00:20:57.539><c> to</c><00:20:57.759><c> him,</c><00:20:57.940><c> do</c><00:20:58.099><c> you</c><00:20:58.160><c> remember?</c>

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But<00:20:59.400><c> later</c><00:20:59.720><c> on</c><00:20:59.940><c> in</c><00:21:00.099><c> his</c><00:21:00.279><c> life</c><00:21:00.420><c> we</c><00:21:00.559><c> find</c><00:21:00.779><c> that</c><00:21:00.920><c> he</c><00:21:01.019><c> is</c><00:21:01.019><c> talking</c>

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to<00:21:01.519><c> the</c><00:21:01.680><c> king.</c>

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He<00:21:02.859><c> either</c><00:21:03.039><c> got</c><00:21:03.220><c> better</c><00:21:03.480><c> of</c><00:21:03.640><c> the</c><00:21:03.740><c> leprosy</c>

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or<00:21:04.819><c> it</c><00:21:04.960><c> was</c><00:21:05.119><c> of</c><00:21:05.240><c> a</c><00:21:05.319><c> kind</c><00:21:05.440><c> that</c><00:21:05.539><c> was</c><00:21:05.660><c> not</c><00:21:05.859><c> contagious.</c>

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Certainly<00:21:06.940><c> the</c><00:21:07.059><c> king</c><00:21:07.200><c> wasn't</c><00:21:07.440><c> afraid</c><00:21:07.740><c> to</c><00:21:07.960><c> talk</c><00:21:08.119><c> to</c><00:21:08.259><c> him,</c>

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subsequent<00:21:09.819><c> to</c><00:21:10.019><c> him</c><00:21:10.279><c> contracting</c><00:21:10.640><c> it</c><00:21:10.880><c> from</c><00:21:11.180><c> Naaman.</c>

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And<00:21:14.240><c> just</c><00:21:14.380><c> to</c><00:21:14.539><c> evidence</c><00:21:14.819><c> this,</c><00:21:15.039><c> if</c><00:21:15.160><c> we</c><00:21:15.359><c> could,</c>

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I'll<00:21:15.599><c> bring</c><00:21:15.759><c> you</c><00:21:15.900><c> to</c><00:21:16.019><c> one</c><00:21:16.079><c> or</c><00:21:17.039><c> two</c><00:21:17.299><c> of</c><00:21:17.480><c> the</c><00:21:17.539><c> Psalms.</c>

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Psalm<00:21:18.140><c> 41.</c>

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Now<00:21:21.220><c> read</c><00:21:21.559><c> David's</c><00:21:22.200><c> words.</c>

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Psalm<00:21:26.940><c> 41</c><00:21:27.400><c> verse</c><00:21:27.700><c> 4,</c>

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I<00:21:28.980><c> said,</c><00:21:29.440><c> Lord,</c><00:21:29.880><c> be</c><00:21:30.119><c> merciful</c><00:21:30.480><c> unto</c><00:21:30.819><c> me,</c>

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heal<00:21:31.700><c> my</c><00:21:32.119><c> soul,</c><00:21:32.400><c> for</c><00:21:32.559><c> I</c><00:21:32.819><c> have</c><00:21:33.019><c> sinned</c><00:21:33.279><c> against</c><00:21:33.680><c> thee.</c>

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Verse<00:21:34.720><c> 8,</c>

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An<00:21:35.720><c> evil</c><00:21:36.059><c> disease,</c><00:21:36.720><c> say</c><00:21:36.900><c> they,</c><00:21:37.440><c> cleaveth</c><00:21:37.660><c> fast</c><00:21:37.940><c> unto</c><00:21:38.220><c> him.</c>

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And<00:21:39.559><c> now</c><00:21:39.779><c> that</c><00:21:39.960><c> he</c><00:21:40.180><c> lieth,</c><00:21:40.420><c> he</c><00:21:40.559><c> shall</c><00:21:40.759><c> rise</c><00:21:41.019><c> up</c><00:21:41.240><c> no</c><00:21:41.420><c> more,</c>

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yea,<00:21:42.980><c> mine</c><00:21:43.119><c> own</c><00:21:43.400><c> familiar</c><00:21:43.740><c> friend</c><00:21:44.119><c> in</c><00:21:44.299><c> whom</c><00:21:44.440><c> I</c><00:21:44.700><c> trusted,</c>

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which<00:21:45.180><c> did</c><00:21:45.440><c> each</c><00:21:45.599><c> of</c><00:21:45.759><c> my</c><00:21:46.039><c> bread</c><00:21:46.619><c> lift</c><00:21:47.079><c> up</c><00:21:47.279><c> his</c><00:21:47.500><c> heel</c><00:21:47.680><c> against</c><00:21:48.079><c> me.</c>

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He<00:21:49.599><c> knew</c><00:21:49.819><c> what</c><00:21:50.160><c> Absalom</c><00:21:50.440><c> was</c><00:21:50.680><c> doing</c><00:21:50.900><c> in</c><00:21:51.079><c> the</c><00:21:51.240><c> gate,</c>

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but<00:21:52.859><c> love</c><00:21:53.119><c> blinded</c><00:21:53.680><c> him</c><00:21:53.880><c> to</c><00:21:54.079><c> the</c><00:21:54.240><c> facts</c><00:21:54.579><c> or</c><00:21:55.000><c> the</c><00:21:55.160><c> severity</c><00:21:55.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:55.900><c> case.</c>

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Little<00:21:58.980><c> diversion,</c><00:21:59.539><c> brethren</c><00:21:59.720><c> and</c><00:21:59.920><c> sisters.</c>

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Here<00:22:00.940><c> is</c><00:22:01.099><c> a</c><00:22:01.200><c> Bible</c><00:22:01.440><c> principle.</c>

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God<00:22:02.720><c> is</c><00:22:03.059><c> willing</c><00:22:03.460><c> and</c><00:22:04.059><c> glad</c><00:22:04.420><c> to</c><00:22:04.700><c> forgive</c><00:22:04.960><c> sins.</c>

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There<00:22:06.720><c> is</c><00:22:06.980><c> no</c><00:22:07.279><c> sin</c><00:22:07.460><c> save</c><00:22:07.720><c> blasphemy</c><00:22:08.240><c> against</c><00:22:08.539><c> the</c><00:22:08.720><c> Holy</c><00:22:08.940><c> Spirit</c>

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which<00:22:09.680><c> the</c><00:22:09.859><c> Lord</c><00:22:10.079><c> is</c><00:22:10.319><c> not</c><00:22:10.579><c> prepared</c><00:22:10.900><c> to</c><00:22:11.140><c> forgive.</c>

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And<00:22:11.700><c> the</c><00:22:11.779><c> man</c><00:22:11.920><c> who</c><00:22:12.099><c> blasphemes</c><00:22:12.460><c> against</c><00:22:12.680><c> the</c><00:22:12.880><c> Holy</c><00:22:13.079><c> Spirit</c><00:22:13.339><c> is</c>

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not<00:22:13.680><c> forgiven</c>

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simply<00:22:14.819><c> because</c><00:22:15.079><c> he</c><00:22:15.180><c> never</c><00:22:15.380><c> asks</c><00:22:15.700><c> for</c><00:22:16.000><c> forgiveness.</c>

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If<00:22:17.660><c> you</c><00:22:17.859><c> will</c><00:22:18.039><c> blaspheme</c><00:22:18.380><c> against</c><00:22:18.660><c> the</c><00:22:18.799><c> Holy</c><00:22:18.980><c> Spirit,</c>

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you<00:22:19.420><c> are</c><00:22:19.460><c> hardly</c><00:22:19.660><c> likely</c><00:22:19.940><c> to</c><00:22:20.099><c> go</c><00:22:20.259><c> down</c><00:22:20.440><c> on</c><00:22:20.579><c> your</c><00:22:20.720><c> knees</c><00:22:20.920><c> and</c><00:22:21.180><c> say,</c>

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God<00:22:21.559><c> forgive</c><00:22:21.859><c> me.</c>

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But<00:22:24.700><c> every</c><00:22:24.940><c> other</c><00:22:25.160><c> sin</c><00:22:25.319><c> God</c><00:22:25.559><c> will</c><00:22:25.839><c> forgive.</c>

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But<00:22:26.619><c> this</c><00:22:26.759><c> is</c><00:22:26.940><c> the</c><00:22:27.059><c> principle.</c>

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The<00:22:28.579><c> effect</c><00:22:28.819><c> of</c><00:22:29.079><c> the</c><00:22:29.359><c> sin</c><00:22:29.680><c> is</c><00:22:30.220><c> hardly</c><00:22:30.500><c> ever</c><00:22:30.940><c> removed.</c>

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So<00:22:33.539><c> that</c><00:22:33.700><c> if</c><00:22:33.880><c> you</c><00:22:34.039><c> are</c><00:22:34.240><c> a</c><00:22:34.400><c> brigand,</c><00:22:34.839><c> sir,</c><00:22:35.299><c> and</c><00:22:35.519><c> a</c><00:22:35.700><c> thief,</c>

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and<00:22:38.079><c> the</c><00:22:38.200><c> law</c><00:22:38.400><c> finds</c><00:22:38.779><c> out,</c><00:22:39.579><c> you</c><00:22:39.720><c> could</c><00:22:39.880><c> well</c><00:22:40.079><c> be</c><00:22:40.240><c> put</c><00:22:40.359><c> in</c><00:22:40.559><c> prison.</c>

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God<00:22:42.720><c> will</c><00:22:42.960><c> well</c><00:22:43.240><c> forgive</c><00:22:43.579><c> your</c><00:22:44.299><c> sin.</c>

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God<00:22:45.059><c> will</c><00:22:45.319><c> forgive</c><00:22:45.619><c> the</c><00:22:45.819><c> fact</c><00:22:45.960><c> that</c><00:22:46.140><c> you</c><00:22:46.259><c> are</c><00:22:46.480><c> a</c><00:22:46.599><c> sinner,</c>

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but<00:22:47.059><c> you</c><00:22:47.220><c> still</c><00:22:47.440><c> serve</c><00:22:47.619><c> your</c><00:22:47.779><c> prison</c><00:22:48.039><c> sentence.</c>

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And<00:22:50.759><c> so</c><00:22:50.900><c> it</c><00:22:51.039><c> is</c><00:22:51.259><c> always</c><00:22:51.619><c> the</c><00:22:51.779><c> case</c><00:22:52.019><c> with</c><00:22:52.279><c> sin</c><00:22:52.539><c> in</c><00:22:52.720><c> the</c><00:22:52.839><c> Bible.</c>

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God<00:22:54.059><c> is</c><00:22:54.299><c> happy</c><00:22:54.480><c> to</c><00:22:54.740><c> forgive</c><00:22:54.880><c> it,</c>

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but<00:22:55.359><c> the</c><00:22:55.579><c> effect</c><00:22:55.759><c> of</c><00:22:55.900><c> it</c><00:22:56.019><c> works</c><00:22:56.299><c> out</c><00:22:56.519><c> in</c><00:22:56.660><c> the</c><00:22:56.759><c> man's</c><00:22:57.019><c> life.</c>

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And<00:22:58.079><c> David</c><00:22:58.259><c> is</c><00:22:58.480><c> the</c><00:22:58.740><c> supreme</c><00:22:59.059><c> example</c><00:22:59.460><c> of</c><00:22:59.640><c> this.</c>

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God<00:23:01.440><c> will</c><00:23:01.740><c> forgive</c><00:23:01.960><c> his</c><00:23:02.220><c> sin</c><00:23:02.359><c> of</c><00:23:02.539><c> adultery</c><00:23:03.099><c> and</c><00:23:03.660><c> murder,</c>

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but<00:23:05.779><c> he</c><00:23:05.940><c> pays</c><00:23:06.160><c> the</c><00:23:06.359><c> price</c><00:23:06.640><c> of</c><00:23:06.839><c> his</c><00:23:07.039><c> foolish</c><00:23:07.259><c> action</c><00:23:07.880><c> in</c><00:23:08.440><c> his</c><00:23:08.660><c> life.</c>

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Because<00:23:10.420><c> this</c><00:23:10.680><c> is</c><00:23:10.940><c> the</c><00:23:11.160><c> outworking</c><00:23:11.799><c> of</c><00:23:12.000><c> the</c><00:23:12.240><c> effect</c><00:23:12.440><c> of</c><00:23:13.599><c> sin.</c>

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Psalm<00:23:14.160><c> 38,</c><00:23:16.799><c> verse</c><00:23:17.000><c> 5.</c>

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If<00:23:19.519><c> this</c><00:23:19.720><c> doesn't</c><00:23:20.019><c> speak</c><00:23:20.279><c> of</c><00:23:20.440><c> leprosy,</c>

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then<00:23:21.079><c> I</c><00:23:21.920><c> do</c><00:23:22.140><c> not</c><00:23:22.259><c> know</c><00:23:22.420><c> what</c><00:23:22.660><c> does.</c>

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My<00:23:23.619><c> wounds</c><00:23:24.220><c> stink</c><00:23:24.880><c> and</c><00:23:25.359><c> are</c><00:23:25.599><c> corrupt</c>

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because<00:23:27.299><c> of</c><00:23:27.640><c> my</c><00:23:28.000><c> foolishness.</c>

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Psalm<00:23:29.460><c> 38,</c><00:23:29.960><c> verse</c><00:23:30.119><c> 6</c><00:23:30.380><c> now.</c>

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I<00:23:30.980><c> am</c><00:23:31.220><c> troubled,</c><00:23:31.839><c> I</c><00:23:31.900><c> am</c><00:23:32.180><c> bowed</c><00:23:32.400><c> down</c><00:23:32.720><c> greatly,</c>

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I<00:23:33.420><c> go</c><00:23:33.640><c> mourning</c><00:23:33.960><c> all</c><00:23:34.220><c> the</c><00:23:34.339><c> day</c><00:23:34.500><c> long,</c>

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for<00:23:35.160><c> my</c><00:23:35.380><c> loins</c><00:23:35.680><c> are</c><00:23:35.920><c> filled</c><00:23:36.119><c> with</c><00:23:36.380><c> a</c><00:23:36.500><c> loathsome</c><00:23:37.019><c> disease,</c>

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and<00:23:37.799><c> there</c><00:23:37.960><c> is</c><00:23:38.079><c> no</c><00:23:38.380><c> soundness</c><00:23:38.920><c> in</c><00:23:39.059><c> my</c><00:23:39.339><c> flesh.</c>

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:41.339
I<00:23:39.880><c> am</c><00:23:40.099><c> feeble</c><00:23:40.519><c> and</c><00:23:40.779><c> sore</c><00:23:40.940><c> broken,</c>

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:44.079
I<00:23:41.720><c> have</c><00:23:41.980><c> roared</c><00:23:42.220><c> by</c><00:23:42.460><c> reason</c><00:23:42.680><c> of</c><00:23:42.859><c> the</c><00:23:43.000><c> disquietness</c><00:23:43.440><c> of</c><00:23:43.619><c> my</c><00:23:43.839><c> heart.</c>

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:46.039
Lord,<00:23:44.559><c> all</c><00:23:44.799><c> my</c><00:23:45.099><c> desire</c><00:23:45.380><c> is</c><00:23:45.559><c> before</c><00:23:45.900><c> thee,</c>

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:48.019
and<00:23:46.460><c> all</c><00:23:46.619><c> my</c><00:23:46.900><c> groaning</c><00:23:47.180><c> is</c><00:23:47.359><c> not</c><00:23:47.519><c> hid</c><00:23:47.640><c> from</c><00:23:47.839><c> thee.</c>

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:50.720
My<00:23:48.500><c> heart</c><00:23:48.779><c> panteth,</c><00:23:49.460><c> my</c><00:23:49.700><c> strength</c><00:23:50.019><c> faileth</c><00:23:50.460><c> me,</c>

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as<00:23:51.140><c> for</c><00:23:51.279><c> the</c><00:23:51.400><c> light</c><00:23:51.539><c> of</c><00:23:51.779><c> mine</c><00:23:51.920><c> eyes</c><00:23:52.140><c> it</c><00:23:52.299><c> is</c><00:23:52.440><c> gone</c><00:23:52.640><c> from</c><00:23:52.859><c> me.</c>

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:55.619
My<00:23:53.460><c> lovers</c><00:23:53.640><c> and</c><00:23:53.859><c> my</c><00:23:54.079><c> friends</c><00:23:54.299><c> stand</c><00:23:54.559><c> aloof</c><00:23:54.880><c> from</c><00:23:55.119><c> my</c><00:23:55.400><c> sore,</c>

00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:57.579
and<00:23:56.019><c> my</c><00:23:56.200><c> kinsmen</c><00:23:56.619><c> stand</c><00:23:56.880><c> afar</c><00:23:57.220><c> off.</c>

00:23:58.000 --> 00:24:00.420
They<00:23:58.220><c> also</c><00:23:58.579><c> that</c><00:23:58.819><c> seek</c><00:23:58.960><c> my</c><00:23:59.259><c> life</c><00:23:59.460><c> lay</c><00:23:59.680><c> snares</c><00:23:59.980><c> for</c><00:24:00.180><c> me,</c>

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:02.980
and<00:24:00.720><c> they</c><00:24:00.859><c> that</c><00:24:01.099><c> seek</c><00:24:01.240><c> my</c><00:24:01.539><c> hurt</c><00:24:01.720><c> speak</c><00:24:02.059><c> mischievous</c><00:24:02.559><c> things,</c>

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:05.019
and<00:24:03.420><c> imagine</c><00:24:03.700><c> deceits</c><00:24:04.160><c> all</c><00:24:04.440><c> the</c><00:24:04.579><c> day</c><00:24:04.759><c> long,</c>

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:07.259
that<00:24:05.480><c> I</c><00:24:05.779><c> as</c><00:24:05.960><c> a</c><00:24:06.119><c> deaf</c><00:24:06.319><c> man</c><00:24:06.640><c> heard</c><00:24:06.920><c> not,</c>

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:10.480
I<00:24:07.799><c> was</c><00:24:07.920><c> as</c><00:24:08.079><c> a</c><00:24:08.240><c> dumb</c><00:24:08.400><c> man</c><00:24:08.619><c> that</c><00:24:08.819><c> openedeth</c><00:24:09.279><c> not</c><00:24:09.420><c> his</c><00:24:09.599><c> mouth.</c>

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:15.099
This<00:24:12.720><c> is</c><00:24:13.119><c> the</c><00:24:13.240><c> King</c><00:24:13.559><c> in</c><00:24:13.900><c> sore</c><00:24:14.119><c> distress.</c>

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:18.119
And<00:24:16.759><c> there</c><00:24:16.900><c> are</c><00:24:17.000><c> other</c><00:24:17.240><c> Psalms</c><00:24:17.579><c> which</c><00:24:17.740><c> he</c><00:24:17.920><c> wrote,</c>

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:20.240
brethren<00:24:18.420><c> and</c><00:24:18.640><c> sisters,</c><00:24:19.500><c> to</c><00:24:19.599><c> which</c><00:24:19.700><c> we</c><00:24:19.900><c> could</c><00:24:20.079><c> come,</c>

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.839
but<00:24:20.359><c> which</c><00:24:20.500><c> we</c><00:24:20.700><c> don't</c><00:24:20.900><c> have</c><00:24:21.099><c> time,</c>

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evidencing<00:24:23.099><c> that</c><00:24:23.299><c> the</c><00:24:23.460><c> King</c><00:24:23.660><c> was</c><00:24:23.900><c> in</c><00:24:24.259><c> serious</c><00:24:24.700><c> trouble</c><00:24:24.980><c> at</c>

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this<00:24:25.380><c> time.</c>

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:29.160
And<00:24:26.519><c> this</c><00:24:26.740><c> is</c><00:24:26.900><c> why</c><00:24:27.059><c> he</c><00:24:27.140><c> wasn't</c><00:24:27.440><c> in</c><00:24:27.660><c> the</c><00:24:27.819><c> gate</c><00:24:28.119><c> when</c><00:24:28.440><c> Absalom</c><00:24:28.799><c> came,</c>

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:32.359
and<00:24:29.480><c> Absalom</c><00:24:29.759><c> knew</c><00:24:29.940><c> it,</c><00:24:30.299><c> and</c><00:24:30.420><c> he</c><00:24:30.519><c> usurped</c><00:24:30.859><c> the</c><00:24:30.980><c> heart</c><00:24:31.140><c> of</c><00:24:31.299><c> the</c><00:24:31.440><c> people.</c>

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Well,<00:24:33.400><c> we</c><00:24:33.519><c> go</c><00:24:33.640><c> back</c><00:24:33.819><c> to</c><00:24:34.039><c> Samuel</c><00:24:34.259><c> now,</c>

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:40.480
and<00:24:35.859><c> ask</c><00:24:36.099><c> the</c><00:24:36.259><c> question,</c><00:24:37.359><c> why</c><00:24:37.779><c> was</c><00:24:38.299><c> Absalom</c><00:24:38.880><c> so</c><00:24:39.339><c> successful?</c>

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:43.839
I<00:24:42.220><c> know</c><00:24:42.319><c> David</c><00:24:42.599><c> was</c><00:24:42.920><c> sick,</c>

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:46.460
but<00:24:44.579><c> there's</c><00:24:44.859><c> another</c><00:24:45.160><c> key</c><00:24:45.640><c> to</c><00:24:45.940><c> the</c><00:24:46.059><c> matter</c>

00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:50.220
which<00:24:47.039><c> we</c><00:24:47.259><c> must</c><00:24:47.500><c> use</c><00:24:48.180><c> to</c><00:24:48.660><c> unlock</c><00:24:48.960><c> the</c><00:24:49.200><c> problem.</c>

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:54.980
And<00:24:51.240><c> it</c><00:24:51.359><c> is</c><00:24:51.559><c> this,</c><00:24:52.700><c> second</c><00:24:52.960><c> book</c><00:24:53.160><c> of</c><00:24:53.299><c> Samuel,</c>

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chapter<00:24:55.339><c> 15</c><00:24:56.200><c> and</c><00:24:57.380><c> verse</c><00:24:57.640><c> 12.</c>

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:06.180
And<00:25:03.619><c> Absalom</c><00:25:04.099><c> sent</c><00:25:04.460><c> for</c><00:25:04.779><c> Ahithophel</c><00:25:05.380><c> the</c><00:25:05.559><c> Guilonite,</c>

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:08.079
David's<00:25:06.799><c> counselor</c><00:25:07.160><c> from</c><00:25:07.500><c> his</c><00:25:07.700><c> city,</c>

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even<00:25:08.660><c> from</c><00:25:08.940><c> Guilo,</c><00:25:09.640><c> while</c><00:25:09.880><c> he</c><00:25:10.119><c> offered</c><00:25:10.319><c> sacrifices.</c>

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:13.680
And<00:25:11.619><c> the</c><00:25:11.900><c> conspiracy</c><00:25:12.279><c> was</c><00:25:12.700><c> strong,</c>

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for<00:25:13.839><c> the</c><00:25:14.059><c> people</c><00:25:14.240><c> increased</c><00:25:14.799><c> continually</c><00:25:15.519><c> with</c><00:25:15.779><c> Absalom.</c>

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Here<00:25:18.440><c> is</c><00:25:18.660><c> the</c><00:25:18.799><c> question,</c>

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:25.180
why<00:25:20.559><c> did</c><00:25:20.799><c> Ahithophel</c><00:25:21.720><c> so</c><00:25:22.279><c> willingly</c><00:25:22.799><c> go</c><00:25:23.680><c> over</c><00:25:23.940><c> to</c><00:25:24.119><c> Absalom?</c>

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:28.420
Ahithophel<00:25:26.839><c> was</c><00:25:27.039><c> David's</c><00:25:27.500><c> friend.</c>

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He<00:25:29.140><c> was</c><00:25:29.299><c> his</c><00:25:29.519><c> counselor.</c>

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We're<00:25:30.460><c> going</c><00:25:30.640><c> to</c><00:25:30.819><c> read</c><00:25:31.019><c> what</c><00:25:31.180><c> the</c><00:25:31.299><c> Word</c><00:25:31.480><c> of</c><00:25:31.660><c> God</c>

00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:34.640
has<00:25:32.119><c> to</c><00:25:32.279><c> say</c><00:25:32.460><c> about</c><00:25:32.700><c> the</c><00:25:32.819><c> man</c><00:25:33.000><c> shortly.</c>

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Ahithophel<00:25:36.099><c> was</c><00:25:36.579><c> David's</c><00:25:37.079><c> colleague.</c>

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He'd<00:25:37.579><c> been</c><00:25:37.720><c> with</c><00:25:37.900><c> him</c><00:25:38.259><c> since</c><00:25:38.559><c> the</c><00:25:38.740><c> year</c><00:25:39.000><c> dot.</c>

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Why,<00:25:41.079><c> when</c><00:25:41.319><c> Absalom</c><00:25:41.720><c> does</c><00:25:42.000><c> this,</c>

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does<00:25:44.259><c> Ahithophel</c><00:25:44.839><c> say,</c>

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I'll<00:25:45.680><c> turn</c><00:25:45.819><c> my</c><00:25:45.980><c> back</c><00:25:46.119><c> on</c><00:25:46.319><c> David</c><00:25:46.779><c> and</c><00:25:47.420><c> go</c><00:25:47.579><c> to</c><00:25:47.779><c> Absalom?</c>

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:50.079
Why<00:25:48.440><c> is</c><00:25:48.660><c> it?</c>

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Second<00:25:51.259><c> book</c><00:25:51.440><c> of</c><00:25:51.519><c> Samuel,</c><00:25:51.839><c> chapter</c><00:25:52.119><c> 16,</c><00:25:52.640><c> verse</c><00:25:52.759><c> 23.</c>

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And<00:25:58.920><c> the</c><00:25:59.119><c> counsel</c><00:25:59.460><c> of</c><00:25:59.660><c> Ahithophel,</c>

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:02.059
which<00:26:00.460><c> he</c><00:26:00.680><c> counseled</c><00:26:01.119><c> in</c><00:26:01.220><c> those</c><00:26:01.480><c> days,</c>

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:05.299
was<00:26:02.720><c> as</c><00:26:02.920><c> if</c><00:26:03.079><c> a</c><00:26:03.240><c> man</c><00:26:03.400><c> had</c><00:26:03.680><c> inquired</c><00:26:04.180><c> at</c><00:26:04.339><c> the</c><00:26:04.480><c> oracle</c><00:26:04.740><c> of</c><00:26:05.000><c> God.</c>

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:07.799
So<00:26:05.980><c> was</c><00:26:06.200><c> all</c><00:26:06.500><c> the</c><00:26:06.660><c> counsel</c><00:26:06.940><c> of</c><00:26:07.099><c> Ahithophel,</c>

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:09.839
both<00:26:08.180><c> with</c><00:26:08.460><c> David</c><00:26:08.839><c> and</c><00:26:09.259><c> with</c><00:26:09.539><c> Absalom.</c>

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:11.839
That<00:26:10.240><c> shows</c><00:26:10.420><c> how</c><00:26:10.640><c> great</c><00:26:10.880><c> he</c><00:26:11.099><c> was.</c>

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:15.079
That<00:26:12.460><c> shows</c><00:26:12.799><c> what</c><00:26:13.599><c> men</c><00:26:13.920><c> thought</c><00:26:14.200><c> about</c><00:26:14.440><c> his</c><00:26:14.680><c> counsel.</c>

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.319
You<00:26:15.359><c> want</c><00:26:15.579><c> good</c><00:26:15.779><c> advice?</c>

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.619
You<00:26:16.680><c> go</c><00:26:16.839><c> to</c><00:26:17.000><c> Ahithophel.</c>

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He'll<00:26:17.960><c> give</c><00:26:18.079><c> it</c><00:26:18.220><c> to</c><00:26:18.400><c> you.</c>

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He's<00:26:18.920><c> a</c><00:26:19.019><c> godly</c><00:26:19.299><c> man.</c>

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Chapter<00:26:21.859><c> 15,</c><00:26:22.440><c> verse</c><00:26:22.579><c> 31,</c>

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David<00:26:23.839><c> knows</c><00:26:24.099><c> it.</c>

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And<00:26:25.319><c> one</c><00:26:25.519><c> told</c><00:26:25.859><c> David,</c><00:26:26.640><c> saying,</c>

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:29.680
Ahithophel<00:26:27.819><c> is</c><00:26:27.980><c> among</c><00:26:28.180><c> the</c><00:26:28.460><c> conspirators</c><00:26:29.000><c> with</c><00:26:29.220><c> Absalom.</c>

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:31.160
And<00:26:30.200><c> David</c><00:26:30.420><c> said,</c><00:26:30.700><c> O</c><00:26:30.799><c> Lord,</c>

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:34.099
I<00:26:31.680><c> pray</c><00:26:31.880><c> thee</c><00:26:32.059><c> turn</c><00:26:32.240><c> the</c><00:26:32.440><c> counsel</c><00:26:32.700><c> of</c><00:26:32.839><c> Ahithophel</c><00:26:33.299><c> into</c><00:26:33.539><c> foolishness.</c>

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David<00:26:34.759><c> leaves</c><00:26:35.440><c> the</c><00:26:35.720><c> city</c><00:26:36.000><c> of</c><00:26:36.200><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:38.539
They<00:26:37.180><c> bring</c><00:26:37.380><c> the</c><00:26:37.599><c> ark</c><00:26:37.779><c> of</c><00:26:37.920><c> God</c><00:26:38.119><c> with</c><00:26:38.319><c> him.</c>

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:40.460
David<00:26:38.940><c> says,</c><00:26:39.220><c> take</c><00:26:39.380><c> it</c><00:26:39.579><c> back.</c>

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.460
Take<00:26:41.079><c> it</c><00:26:41.279><c> back.</c>

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My<00:26:41.619><c> name's</c><00:26:41.920><c> David,</c><00:26:42.299><c> not</c><00:26:42.480><c> Eli.</c>

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:45.380
I<00:26:43.559><c> don't</c><00:26:43.740><c> use</c><00:26:44.019><c> the</c><00:26:44.220><c> ark</c><00:26:44.380><c> of</c><00:26:44.539><c> God</c><00:26:44.720><c> as</c><00:26:44.900><c> a</c><00:26:45.039><c> mascot.</c>

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:47.359
It's<00:26:45.799><c> not</c><00:26:45.980><c> a</c><00:26:46.140><c> talisman</c><00:26:46.539><c> to</c><00:26:46.720><c> bring</c><00:26:46.859><c> me</c><00:26:47.000><c> victory.</c>

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.859
Take<00:26:47.880><c> it</c><00:26:48.099><c> back</c><00:26:48.299><c> into</c><00:26:48.480><c> the</c><00:26:48.660><c> city,</c>

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:50.380
and<00:26:49.180><c> the</c><00:26:49.359><c> ark</c><00:26:49.539><c> is</c><00:26:49.779><c> taken</c><00:26:50.019><c> back.</c>

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:54.859
And<00:26:51.140><c> David</c><00:26:51.500><c> limping</c><00:26:52.039><c> with</c><00:26:52.559><c> weakness</c><00:26:53.079><c> and</c><00:26:53.839><c> sickness,</c>

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:57.660
barely<00:26:55.460><c> recovering,</c><00:26:55.960><c> I</c><00:26:56.160><c> suggest,</c><00:26:56.500><c> from</c><00:26:56.759><c> his</c><00:26:56.900><c> leprosy.</c>

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The<00:26:58.140><c> sick</c><00:26:58.500><c> king.</c>

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I'll<00:26:59.640><c> tell</c><00:26:59.819><c> you</c><00:26:59.940><c> what,</c><00:27:00.220><c> brethren</c><00:27:00.380><c> and</c><00:27:00.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:04.400
if<00:27:01.220><c> we</c><00:27:01.380><c> had</c><00:27:01.559><c> time</c><00:27:02.140><c> to</c><00:27:02.480><c> equate</c><00:27:02.880><c> the</c><00:27:03.059><c> journey</c><00:27:03.380><c> out</c><00:27:03.640><c> of</c><00:27:03.799><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:07.519
of<00:27:05.339><c> David</c><00:27:05.779><c> with</c><00:27:06.039><c> that</c><00:27:06.259><c> of</c><00:27:06.460><c> our</c><00:27:06.579><c> master,</c>

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:11.440
we<00:27:07.920><c> would</c><00:27:09.279><c> see</c><00:27:09.460><c> such</c><00:27:09.700><c> a</c><00:27:09.960><c> close</c><00:27:10.180><c> relationship,</c>

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:16.039
even<00:27:13.220><c> to</c><00:27:13.640><c> the</c><00:27:13.779><c> end</c><00:27:13.900><c> that</c><00:27:14.079><c> the</c><00:27:14.180><c> king</c><00:27:14.380><c> ultimately</c><00:27:15.019><c> returns</c><00:27:15.500><c> in</c><00:27:15.799><c> glory</c>

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:17.940
to<00:27:16.240><c> the</c><00:27:16.420><c> acclamation</c><00:27:16.859><c> of</c><00:27:17.059><c> the</c><00:27:17.200><c> people.</c>

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But<00:27:18.359><c> that's</c><00:27:18.779><c> another</c><00:27:19.000><c> subject.</c>

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And<00:27:19.599><c> we</c><00:27:19.920><c> go</c><00:27:20.240><c> down</c><00:27:20.460><c> enough</c><00:27:20.859><c> avenues</c><00:27:21.220><c> as</c><00:27:21.380><c> it</c><00:27:21.559><c> is</c>

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without<00:27:22.059><c> looking</c><00:27:22.460><c> for</c><00:27:22.660><c> them.</c>

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So<00:27:25.579><c> David</c><00:27:26.180><c> is</c><00:27:26.940><c> limping</c><00:27:27.440><c> sick</c><00:27:27.660><c> out</c><00:27:27.880><c> of</c><00:27:28.059><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:31.720
and<00:27:29.380><c> an</c><00:27:29.579><c> Absalom</c><00:27:30.059><c> with</c><00:27:30.460><c> Ahithophel</c><00:27:31.059><c> at</c><00:27:31.140><c> his</c><00:27:31.279><c> shoulder</c>

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:36.640
is<00:27:32.440><c> strengthening</c><00:27:32.900><c> the</c><00:27:33.220><c> kingdom</c><00:27:33.900><c> in</c><00:27:36.079><c> the</c><00:27:36.259><c> city.</c>

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Chapter<00:27:37.400><c> 16,</c><00:27:37.880><c> verse</c><00:27:38.019><c> 20,</c><00:27:38.420><c> which</c><00:27:38.859><c> our</c><00:27:39.160><c> brother</c><00:27:39.319><c> has</c><00:27:39.539><c> read</c><00:27:39.680><c> for</c><00:27:39.920><c> us.</c>

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Very<00:27:42.480><c> well,</c><00:27:42.700><c> I</c><00:27:42.880><c> thought.</c>

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Someone<00:27:43.980><c> reads</c><00:27:44.279><c> the</c><00:27:44.420><c> word</c><00:27:44.599><c> of</c><00:27:44.720><c> God</c><00:27:45.000><c> well.</c>

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:47.660
They're<00:27:45.559><c> doing</c><00:27:45.660><c> the</c><00:27:45.980><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:46.259><c> of</c><00:27:46.500><c> great</c><00:27:46.740><c> service.</c>

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Verse<00:27:49.359><c> 20</c><00:27:49.680><c> of</c><00:27:49.799><c> 16.</c>

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Then<00:27:51.319><c> said</c><00:27:51.539><c> Absalom</c><00:27:51.900><c> to</c><00:27:52.079><c> Ahithophel,</c>

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:56.019
Give<00:27:53.019><c> counsel,</c><00:27:54.220><c> what</c><00:27:54.440><c> shall</c><00:27:54.700><c> we</c><00:27:54.900><c> do?</c>

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:59.220
Now<00:27:57.160><c> listen</c><00:27:57.380><c> to</c><00:27:57.539><c> this,</c><00:27:58.000><c> brethren</c><00:27:58.000><c> and</c><00:27:58.200><c> sisters.</c>

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:02.440
Absalom<00:27:59.759><c> was</c><00:27:59.940><c> looking</c><00:28:00.220><c> for</c><00:28:00.500><c> military</c><00:28:01.299><c> advice.</c>

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It's<00:28:03.559><c> one</c><00:28:03.779><c> thing</c><00:28:03.900><c> to</c><00:28:04.079><c> hold</c><00:28:04.220><c> the</c><00:28:04.420><c> city,</c>

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:06.420
but<00:28:04.799><c> David</c><00:28:05.000><c> had</c><00:28:05.160><c> never</c><00:28:05.299><c> lost</c><00:28:05.519><c> a</c><00:28:05.640><c> battle.</c>

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:09.700
He<00:28:07.619><c> was</c><00:28:07.759><c> like</c><00:28:08.079><c> a</c><00:28:08.200><c> lion</c><00:28:08.519><c> wounded.</c>

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:11.799
And<00:28:10.619><c> Absalom</c><00:28:10.900><c> was</c><00:28:11.119><c> looking</c><00:28:11.400><c> round,</c>

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:14.339
he'd<00:28:12.299><c> made</c><00:28:12.460><c> his</c><00:28:12.660><c> first</c><00:28:12.980><c> move,</c><00:28:13.500><c> he'd</c><00:28:13.720><c> taken</c><00:28:13.900><c> the</c><00:28:14.079><c> city,</c>

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.400
the<00:28:14.640><c> king</c><00:28:14.819><c> was</c><00:28:15.059><c> banished,</c>

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and<00:28:15.640><c> now</c><00:28:15.900><c> he</c><00:28:16.039><c> wanted</c><00:28:16.299><c> military</c><00:28:16.819><c> advice.</c>

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What<00:28:17.319><c> shall</c><00:28:17.519><c> we</c><00:28:17.680><c> do?</c>

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:20.440
And<00:28:18.539><c> Ahithophel</c><00:28:18.920><c> is</c><00:28:19.079><c> the</c><00:28:19.180><c> man</c><00:28:19.359><c> to</c><00:28:19.559><c> whom</c><00:28:19.660><c> you</c><00:28:19.759><c> must</c><00:28:19.960><c> go.</c>

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:24.140
And<00:28:20.960><c> Ahithophel</c><00:28:21.519><c> says,</c><00:28:22.500><c> verse</c><00:28:22.680><c> 21,</c>

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Go<00:28:25.380><c> in</c><00:28:25.619><c> unto</c><00:28:25.799><c> thy</c><00:28:26.079><c> father's</c><00:28:26.599><c> concubines,</c>

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:28.599
which<00:28:27.299><c> he</c><00:28:27.440><c> hath</c><00:28:27.539><c> left</c><00:28:27.759><c> to</c><00:28:28.000><c> keep</c><00:28:28.160><c> the</c><00:28:28.319><c> house,</c>

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:31.160
and<00:28:29.339><c> all</c><00:28:29.559><c> Israel</c><00:28:30.019><c> shall</c><00:28:30.299><c> hear</c><00:28:30.619><c> that</c><00:28:30.759><c> thou</c><00:28:30.920><c> art</c>

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aboard<00:28:31.480><c> of</c><00:28:31.700><c> thy</c><00:28:31.880><c> father.</c>

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Then<00:28:33.140><c> shall</c><00:28:33.420><c> the</c><00:28:33.579><c> hands</c><00:28:33.839><c> of</c><00:28:34.039><c> all</c><00:28:34.200><c> that</c><00:28:34.319><c> are</c><00:28:34.480><c> with</c><00:28:34.660><c> thee</c><00:28:34.779><c> be</c><00:28:35.079><c> strong.</c>

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:38.839
So<00:28:36.559><c> they</c><00:28:36.779><c> spread</c><00:28:36.960><c> Absalom</c><00:28:37.359><c> a</c><00:28:37.539><c> tent</c><00:28:37.660><c> upon</c><00:28:37.920><c> the</c><00:28:38.059><c> top</c><00:28:38.180><c> of</c><00:28:38.359><c> the</c><00:28:38.500><c> house,</c>

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:41.359
and<00:28:39.359><c> Absalom</c><00:28:39.680><c> went</c><00:28:39.900><c> in</c><00:28:40.119><c> unto</c><00:28:40.259><c> his</c><00:28:40.440><c> father's</c><00:28:40.920><c> concubines</c>

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:43.200
in<00:28:41.579><c> the</c><00:28:41.720><c> sight</c><00:28:41.839><c> of</c><00:28:42.019><c> all</c><00:28:42.200><c> Israel.</c>

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Strange<00:28:44.480><c> advice.</c>

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Why?<00:28:47.200><c> Why</c><00:28:47.579><c> was</c><00:28:47.799><c> it?</c>

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:54.200
Second<00:28:51.759><c> book</c><00:28:51.960><c> of</c><00:28:52.079><c> Samuel,</c><00:28:52.420><c> chapter</c><00:28:52.700><c> 23,</c>

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verse<00:28:58.460><c> 34,</c>

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Eliphelet<00:29:03.119><c> the</c><00:29:03.299><c> son</c><00:29:03.500><c> of</c><00:29:03.660><c> Ahasphai,</c>

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:06.980
the<00:29:04.819><c> son</c><00:29:04.960><c> of</c><00:29:05.099><c> the</c><00:29:05.599><c> Mahekathite,</c>

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:10.299
Eliam<00:29:07.920><c> the</c><00:29:08.039><c> son</c><00:29:08.279><c> of</c><00:29:08.380><c> Ahithophel,</c><00:29:09.059><c> the</c><00:29:09.220><c> Galanite.</c>

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It's<00:29:11.000><c> the</c><00:29:11.140><c> part</c><00:29:11.400><c> at</c><00:29:11.980><c> the</c><00:29:12.039><c> end</c><00:29:12.200><c> of</c><00:29:12.359><c> the</c><00:29:12.440><c> verse</c>

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in<00:29:12.740><c> which</c><00:29:12.819><c> we're</c><00:29:13.039><c> interested.</c>

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:15.579
We're<00:29:13.819><c> reading</c><00:29:14.039><c> a</c><00:29:14.279><c> catalogue</c><00:29:14.579><c> of</c><00:29:14.779><c> David's</c><00:29:15.119><c> mighty</c><00:29:15.299><c> men,</c>

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:17.460
and<00:29:15.880><c> one</c><00:29:16.059><c> of</c><00:29:16.200><c> them</c><00:29:16.279><c> at</c><00:29:16.440><c> the</c><00:29:16.500><c> end</c><00:29:16.700><c> of</c><00:29:16.839><c> verse</c><00:29:17.000><c> 34</c>

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:21.039
is<00:29:17.859><c> Eliam</c><00:29:18.420><c> the</c><00:29:18.660><c> son</c><00:29:18.839><c> of</c><00:29:18.980><c> Ahithophel,</c><00:29:19.740><c> the</c><00:29:19.940><c> Galanite.</c>

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And<00:29:21.680><c> verse</c><00:29:21.880><c> 39,</c><00:29:22.779><c> another</c><00:29:22.960><c> one,</c>

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Uriah<00:29:23.920><c> the</c><00:29:24.059><c> Hittite,</c>

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thirty<00:29:25.119><c> and</c><00:29:25.359><c> seven</c><00:29:25.579><c> men</c><00:29:25.940><c> in</c><00:29:26.200><c> all.</c>

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:34.740
Second<00:29:31.779><c> book</c><00:29:31.960><c> of</c><00:29:32.079><c> Samuel,</c><00:29:32.599><c> chapter</c><00:29:32.759><c> 11,</c>

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verses<00:29:37.519><c> two</c><00:29:37.779><c> and</c><00:29:37.920><c> three.</c>

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And<00:29:42.839><c> it</c><00:29:43.039><c> came</c><00:29:43.220><c> to</c><00:29:43.440><c> pass</c><00:29:43.680><c> in</c><00:29:43.839><c> an</c><00:29:44.039><c> evening</c><00:29:44.359><c> tide,</c>

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:47.500
that<00:29:46.039><c> David</c><00:29:46.240><c> arose</c><00:29:46.680><c> from</c><00:29:46.900><c> off</c><00:29:47.079><c> his</c><00:29:47.339><c> bed</c>

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:49.859
and<00:29:47.720><c> walked</c><00:29:47.960><c> upon</c><00:29:48.240><c> the</c><00:29:48.460><c> roof</c><00:29:48.720><c> of</c><00:29:49.000><c> the</c><00:29:49.160><c> king's</c><00:29:49.519><c> house.</c>

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Mark<00:29:50.480><c> every</c><00:29:50.839><c> word,</c><00:29:51.099><c> please.</c>

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:56.920
And<00:29:53.039><c> from</c><00:29:53.440><c> the</c><00:29:53.759><c> roof</c><00:29:54.200><c> he</c><00:29:54.779><c> saw</c><00:29:55.039><c> a</c><00:29:55.200><c> woman</c><00:29:55.420><c> washing</c><00:29:55.819><c> herself,</c>

00:29:57.019 --> 00:30:00.119
and<00:29:57.220><c> the</c><00:29:57.380><c> woman</c><00:29:57.680><c> was</c><00:29:58.039><c> very</c><00:29:58.460><c> beautiful</c><00:29:58.920><c> to</c><00:29:59.140><c> look</c><00:29:59.359><c> upon.</c>

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:04.000
And<00:30:01.460><c> David</c><00:30:01.680><c> sent</c><00:30:02.039><c> and</c><00:30:02.420><c> inquired</c><00:30:02.799><c> after</c><00:30:03.039><c> the</c><00:30:03.220><c> woman,</c>

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:08.319
and<00:30:04.619><c> one</c><00:30:04.880><c> said,</c><00:30:05.259><c> is</c><00:30:05.259><c> not</c><00:30:05.559><c> this</c><00:30:06.779><c> Bathsheba,</c>

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:14.460
daughter<00:30:09.299><c> of</c><00:30:10.059><c> Eliam,</c><00:30:11.480><c> wife</c><00:30:11.819><c> of</c><00:30:12.019><c> Uriah</c><00:30:12.480><c> the</c><00:30:12.619><c> Hittite?</c>

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:20.960
Situation,<00:30:19.480><c> brethren</c><00:30:19.619><c> and</c><00:30:19.859><c> sisters.</c>

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Ahithophel<00:30:21.660><c> had</c><00:30:21.900><c> a</c><00:30:22.099><c> son,</c>

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:25.240
we've<00:30:23.279><c> proved</c><00:30:23.460><c> it</c><00:30:23.680><c> from</c><00:30:24.099><c> second</c><00:30:24.420><c> book</c><00:30:24.619><c> of</c><00:30:24.779><c> Samuel,</c>

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:27.259
chapter<00:30:25.640><c> 23,</c><00:30:26.259><c> verse</c><00:30:26.500><c> 34.</c>

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:31.140
Ahithophel<00:30:28.079><c> had</c><00:30:28.240><c> a</c><00:30:28.380><c> son</c><00:30:28.779><c> whose</c><00:30:29.119><c> name</c><00:30:29.319><c> was</c><00:30:29.759><c> Eliam.</c>

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:37.259
Eliam<00:30:32.740><c> had</c><00:30:32.900><c> a</c><00:30:33.079><c> daughter</c><00:30:33.700><c> whose</c><00:30:34.660><c> name</c><00:30:34.920><c> was</c><00:30:35.880><c> Bathsheba.</c>

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:43.539
Bathsheba<00:30:39.019><c> therefore</c><00:30:39.700><c> was</c><00:30:40.299><c> the</c><00:30:40.539><c> granddaughter</c><00:30:41.180><c> of</c><00:30:42.039><c> Ahithophel.</c>

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:46.440
Bathsheba<00:30:44.880><c> marries</c><00:30:45.500><c> Uriah,</c>

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the<00:30:47.180><c> brother</c><00:30:47.500><c> officer</c><00:30:48.240><c> of</c><00:30:48.839><c> Eliam.</c>

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But<00:30:50.799><c> the</c><00:30:51.019><c> important</c><00:30:51.339><c> thing</c><00:30:52.220><c> is</c><00:30:52.880><c> that</c><00:30:53.099><c> Bathsheba</c>

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:59.640
is<00:30:54.779><c> related</c><00:30:55.380><c> to</c><00:30:56.180><c> Ahithophel</c><00:30:57.240><c> through</c><00:30:57.640><c> his</c><00:30:57.940><c> son</c><00:30:58.339><c> Eliam.</c>

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:05.640
Ahithophel,<00:31:02.799><c> Eliam,</c><00:31:04.099><c> Bathsheba.</c>

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:10.859
So<00:31:07.440><c> that</c><00:31:07.579><c> when</c><00:31:07.839><c> David</c><00:31:08.359><c> from</c><00:31:08.980><c> the</c><00:31:09.220><c> roof</c><00:31:09.440><c> of</c><00:31:09.680><c> the</c><00:31:09.819><c> king's</c><00:31:10.180><c> house</c>

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:14.619
looks<00:31:11.440><c> down</c><00:31:11.779><c> and</c><00:31:12.019><c> sees</c><00:31:12.160><c> a</c><00:31:12.299><c> beautiful</c><00:31:12.680><c> woman</c><00:31:12.980><c> washing</c><00:31:13.299><c> herself,</c>

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:17.880
sends<00:31:14.859><c> for</c><00:31:15.180><c> her</c><00:31:15.640><c> irrespective</c><00:31:16.400><c> of</c><00:31:16.539><c> the</c><00:31:16.700><c> fact</c><00:31:16.859><c> that</c><00:31:17.059><c> she's</c><00:31:17.339><c> married</c><00:31:17.599><c> to</c>

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.559
someone<00:31:18.119><c> else,</c>

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:22.279
commits<00:31:19.220><c> adultery</c><00:31:19.819><c> with</c><00:31:20.039><c> her</c><00:31:20.759><c> so</c><00:31:21.059><c> that</c><00:31:21.240><c> she's</c><00:31:21.539><c> with</c><00:31:21.799><c> child,</c>

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:26.720
so<00:31:22.880><c> much</c><00:31:23.099><c> so</c><00:31:23.319><c> that</c><00:31:23.440><c> he</c><00:31:23.579><c> has</c><00:31:23.779><c> to</c><00:31:24.000><c> organize</c><00:31:24.299><c> the</c><00:31:24.599><c> death</c><00:31:25.019><c> of</c><00:31:25.380><c> her</c><00:31:25.559><c> husband,</c>

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:34.000
the<00:31:28.220><c> man</c><00:31:28.519><c> who</c><00:31:28.759><c> is</c><00:31:29.019><c> hurt</c><00:31:29.420><c> most</c><00:31:29.859><c> of</c><00:31:30.119><c> all</c><00:31:31.039><c> is</c><00:31:32.640><c> Ahithophel,</c>

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:36.759
the<00:31:35.059><c> child's</c><00:31:35.660><c> grandfather.</c>

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:39.700
And<00:31:37.799><c> if</c><00:31:37.940><c> you</c><00:31:38.099><c> doubt</c><00:31:38.240><c> the</c><00:31:38.440><c> validity</c><00:31:38.839><c> of</c><00:31:39.160><c> that,</c>

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:42.559
those<00:31:40.400><c> of</c><00:31:40.660><c> you</c><00:31:40.819><c> who</c><00:31:40.960><c> may</c><00:31:41.200><c> be</c><00:31:41.460><c> grandfathers</c><00:31:42.019><c> now,</c>

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:44.880
ask<00:31:43.140><c> yourself</c><00:31:43.539><c> this</c><00:31:43.779><c> question.</c>

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:50.079
How<00:31:45.359><c> angry</c><00:31:45.720><c> would</c><00:31:45.980><c> you</c><00:31:46.200><c> be</c><00:31:47.059><c> if</c><00:31:47.819><c> a</c><00:31:47.980><c> man</c><00:31:48.579><c> in</c><00:31:48.859><c> authority,</c>

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:52.700
against<00:31:50.720><c> whom</c><00:31:50.940><c> you</c><00:31:51.079><c> could</c><00:31:51.319><c> make</c><00:31:51.539><c> no</c><00:31:51.859><c> claim,</c>

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:55.180
against<00:31:53.240><c> whom</c><00:31:53.440><c> there</c><00:31:53.559><c> was</c><00:31:53.740><c> no</c><00:31:54.000><c> recompense</c><00:31:54.559><c> to</c><00:31:54.779><c> law,</c>

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:57.440
in<00:31:56.119><c> a</c><00:31:56.279><c> high</c><00:31:56.579><c>-handed</c><00:31:56.920><c> way,</c>

00:31:57.700 --> 00:32:01.460
took<00:31:57.960><c> your</c><00:31:58.440><c> granddaughter</c><00:31:59.119><c> and</c><00:31:59.660><c> raped</c><00:31:59.980><c> her?</c>

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:06.680
How<00:32:04.019><c> angry</c><00:32:04.420><c> would</c><00:32:04.680><c> you</c><00:32:04.880><c> feel</c><00:32:05.119><c> in</c><00:32:05.339><c> your</c><00:32:05.619><c> heart?</c>

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:09.980
And<00:32:07.740><c> from</c><00:32:08.220><c> that</c><00:32:08.599><c> day,</c>

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:13.819
Ahithophel<00:32:10.619><c> was</c><00:32:11.019><c> waiting</c><00:32:11.420><c> to</c><00:32:11.599><c> put</c><00:32:11.839><c> the</c><00:32:11.960><c> knife</c><00:32:12.220><c> into</c><00:32:12.500><c> David's</c><00:32:13.039><c> back.</c>

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:17.559
So<00:32:15.500><c> that</c><00:32:15.700><c> when</c><00:32:15.960><c> Absalom</c><00:32:16.559><c> said,</c>

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:20.480
come<00:32:18.480><c> with</c><00:32:18.700><c> me</c><00:32:18.880><c> to</c><00:32:19.019><c> the</c><00:32:19.220><c> conspiracy,</c>

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.819
he<00:32:21.519><c> said,</c><00:32:21.799><c> with</c><00:32:21.960><c> pleasure.</c>

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:24.539
This<00:32:23.140><c> is</c><00:32:23.400><c> the</c><00:32:23.460><c> day</c><00:32:23.619><c> for</c><00:32:23.779><c> which</c><00:32:23.900><c> I've</c><00:32:24.059><c> been</c><00:32:24.220><c> waiting.</c>

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:26.319
This<00:32:25.019><c> is</c><00:32:25.240><c> the</c><00:32:25.299><c> day</c><00:32:25.500><c> for</c><00:32:25.680><c> which</c><00:32:25.799><c> I've</c><00:32:26.000><c> waited.</c>

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:28.640
I<00:32:26.759><c> want</c><00:32:27.039><c> it.</c><00:32:27.440><c> Good.</c><00:32:27.859><c> What</c><00:32:28.019><c> can</c><00:32:28.220><c> we</c><00:32:28.359><c> do?</c>

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:30.539
And<00:32:29.259><c> Absalom</c><00:32:29.539><c> says,</c><00:32:29.859><c> give</c><00:32:29.920><c> me</c><00:32:30.119><c> advice.</c>

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:32.440
And<00:32:31.099><c> he's</c><00:32:31.259><c> looking</c><00:32:31.420><c> for</c><00:32:31.619><c> military</c><00:32:32.019><c> advice.</c>

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:34.619
And<00:32:32.720><c> he</c><00:32:32.799><c> says,</c><00:32:33.039><c> I'll</c><00:32:33.119><c> tell</c><00:32:33.279><c> you</c><00:32:33.380><c> what</c><00:32:33.539><c> to</c><00:32:33.740><c> do.</c>

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:37.240
You<00:32:34.880><c> know</c><00:32:34.960><c> the</c><00:32:35.119><c> rooftop</c><00:32:35.519><c> in</c><00:32:35.940><c> your</c><00:32:36.099><c> father's</c><00:32:36.480><c> house?</c>

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:40.440
Take<00:32:39.660><c> his</c><00:32:39.980><c> wives,</c>

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:43.819
and<00:32:40.980><c> in</c><00:32:41.160><c> the</c><00:32:41.299><c> sight</c><00:32:41.440><c> of</c><00:32:41.619><c> all</c><00:32:41.799><c> Israel,</c><00:32:42.420><c> lie</c><00:32:42.579><c> with</c><00:32:42.859><c> them.</c>

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:46.900
Thus<00:32:44.680><c> shalt</c><00:32:45.000><c> thou</c><00:32:45.220><c> be</c><00:32:45.460><c> abhorred</c><00:32:46.059><c> of</c><00:32:46.279><c> thy</c><00:32:46.480><c> father,</c>

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:50.019
and<00:32:47.299><c> all</c><00:32:47.619><c> Israel</c><00:32:48.000><c> will</c><00:32:48.299><c> know</c><00:32:48.720><c> that</c><00:32:49.019><c> thou</c><00:32:49.200><c> art</c><00:32:49.460><c> abhorred</c><00:32:49.859><c> of</c>

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:51.079
thy<00:32:50.220><c> father.</c>

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:53.559
This<00:32:51.539><c> was</c><00:32:51.759><c> Ahithophel's</c><00:32:52.319><c> way</c><00:32:52.460><c> of</c><00:32:52.579><c> getting</c><00:32:52.819><c> back</c><00:32:53.099><c> at</c><00:32:53.240><c> the</c><00:32:53.359><c> man.</c>

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:56.180
The<00:32:54.000><c> same</c><00:32:54.500><c> sin,</c><00:32:55.420><c> adultery,</c>

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:59.900
in<00:32:56.720><c> the</c><00:32:56.920><c> same</c><00:32:57.240><c> place</c><00:32:57.740><c> on</c><00:32:58.220><c> the</c><00:32:58.359><c> rooftop</c><00:32:58.619><c> of</c><00:32:58.880><c> the</c><00:32:59.000><c> house.</c>

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:03.859
And<00:33:01.839><c> we</c><00:33:02.019><c> find</c><00:33:02.299><c> it,</c><00:33:02.559><c> brethren</c><00:33:02.720><c> and</c><00:33:02.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:08.940
just<00:33:04.500><c> by</c><00:33:04.759><c> having</c><00:33:05.000><c> an</c><00:33:05.299><c> inquiring</c><00:33:05.640><c> mind</c><00:33:06.019><c> and</c><00:33:07.480><c> saying</c><00:33:07.799><c> why.</c>

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:12.819
But<00:33:09.720><c> do</c><00:33:09.839><c> you</c><00:33:09.900><c> not</c><00:33:10.220><c> think</c><00:33:10.440><c> that</c><00:33:10.700><c> this</c><00:33:11.220><c> binds</c><00:33:11.660><c> the</c><00:33:11.880><c> word</c><00:33:12.079><c> of</c><00:33:12.259><c> God</c><00:33:12.380><c> together?</c>

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:16.599
If<00:33:13.339><c> this</c><00:33:13.539><c> were</c><00:33:13.720><c> written</c><00:33:13.980><c> by</c><00:33:14.299><c> a</c><00:33:14.440><c> man,</c><00:33:14.619><c> we</c><00:33:14.720><c> should</c><00:33:14.880><c> be</c><00:33:15.180><c> told</c><00:33:15.539><c> this.</c>

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:18.720
But<00:33:17.119><c> instead</c><00:33:17.460><c> we</c><00:33:17.599><c> have</c><00:33:17.799><c> to</c><00:33:17.960><c> find</c><00:33:18.160><c> it</c><00:33:18.400><c> out.</c>

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:21.039
And<00:33:19.299><c> these</c><00:33:19.400><c> are</c><00:33:19.480><c> some</c><00:33:19.660><c> of</c><00:33:19.799><c> the</c><00:33:19.920><c> things</c><00:33:20.079><c> that</c><00:33:20.259><c> we're</c><00:33:20.740><c> talking</c>

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:22.519
to<00:33:21.279><c> the</c><00:33:21.380><c> children</c><00:33:21.640><c> about.</c>

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:27.480
Fairly<00:33:24.420><c> simple</c><00:33:24.619><c> Bible</c><00:33:24.920><c> study,</c><00:33:25.400><c> I</c><00:33:25.400><c> think,</c><00:33:26.180><c> for</c><00:33:26.599><c> adults.</c>

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:32.359
But<00:33:28.339><c> I</c><00:33:29.039><c> am</c><00:33:29.779><c> much</c><00:33:30.119><c> moved</c><00:33:30.519><c> by</c><00:33:31.200><c> Bible</c><00:33:31.619><c> coincidences.</c>

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:35.279
And<00:33:32.759><c> when</c><00:33:33.180><c> you</c><00:33:33.680><c> find</c><00:33:34.019><c> your</c><00:33:34.339><c> own,</c>

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:38.319
they<00:33:36.160><c> are</c><00:33:36.440><c> worth</c><00:33:36.940><c> a</c><00:33:37.200><c> great</c><00:33:37.420><c> deal.</c>

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:41.299
And<00:33:39.039><c> my</c><00:33:39.759><c> exhortation</c><00:33:40.359><c> to</c><00:33:40.579><c> you</c><00:33:40.799><c> is,</c>

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:43.940
have<00:33:41.640><c> an</c><00:33:41.859><c> inquiring,</c><00:33:42.420><c> ask</c><00:33:42.740><c> questions,</c><00:33:43.299><c> will</c><00:33:43.460><c> you,</c>

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:47.740
about<00:33:45.119><c> the</c><00:33:45.400><c> things</c><00:33:45.700><c> which</c><00:33:46.619><c> we</c><00:33:46.880><c> read.</c>

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:56.019
Well,<00:33:51.319><c> I</c><00:33:51.660><c> think</c><00:33:51.819><c> we</c><00:33:51.940><c> have</c><00:33:52.119><c> time</c><00:33:52.619><c> to</c><00:33:53.819><c> press</c><00:33:54.099><c> on</c><00:33:54.599><c> a</c><00:33:54.819><c> little</c><00:33:55.019><c> more.</c>

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.960
Since<00:33:56.859><c> we're</c><00:33:57.039><c> in</c><00:33:57.140><c> the</c><00:33:57.220><c> book</c><00:33:57.359><c> of</c><00:33:57.579><c> Samuel,</c>

00:33:58.339 --> 00:34:02.140
could<00:33:58.559><c> we</c><00:33:58.900><c> go</c><00:33:59.119><c> back</c><00:33:59.319><c> to</c><00:33:59.500><c> the</c><00:33:59.640><c> first</c><00:33:59.900><c> book</c><00:34:00.359><c> and</c><00:34:00.680><c> chapter</c><00:34:00.940><c> 11?</c>

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:16.099
Very<00:34:14.579><c> quick</c><00:34:14.780><c> one.</c>

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:18.320
First<00:34:16.820><c> book</c><00:34:17.039><c> of</c><00:34:17.119><c> Samuel,</c><00:34:17.519><c> chapter</c><00:34:17.659><c> 11.</c>

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:21.199
Then<00:34:18.780><c> Nahash</c><00:34:19.219><c> the</c><00:34:19.460><c> Ammonite</c><00:34:19.800><c> came</c><00:34:20.039><c> up</c><00:34:20.239><c> and</c><00:34:20.440><c> encamped</c><00:34:20.780><c> against</c>

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:22.139
Jabesh<00:34:21.539><c>-gilead.</c>

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:24.000
And<00:34:22.420><c> all</c><00:34:22.579><c> the</c><00:34:22.599><c> men</c><00:34:22.760><c> of</c><00:34:22.960><c> Jabesh</c><00:34:23.280><c> said</c><00:34:23.440><c> unto</c><00:34:23.639><c> Nahash,</c>

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:26.059
Make<00:34:24.239><c> a</c><00:34:24.440><c> covenant</c><00:34:24.659><c> with</c><00:34:24.900><c> us</c><00:34:25.059><c> and</c><00:34:25.119><c> we</c><00:34:25.280><c> will</c><00:34:25.480><c> serve</c><00:34:25.780><c> thee.</c>

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:27.800
And<00:34:26.539><c> Nahash</c><00:34:26.840><c> the</c><00:34:26.980><c> Ammonite</c><00:34:27.320><c> answered</c><00:34:27.639><c> them,</c>

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:30.079
On<00:34:27.940><c> this</c><00:34:28.239><c> condition</c><00:34:28.719><c> will</c><00:34:28.940><c> I</c><00:34:29.079><c> make</c><00:34:29.239><c> a</c><00:34:29.420><c> covenant</c><00:34:29.619><c> with</c><00:34:29.840><c> you,</c>

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:32.099
that<00:34:30.380><c> I</c><00:34:30.579><c> may</c><00:34:30.760><c> thrust</c><00:34:30.980><c> out</c><00:34:31.199><c> all</c><00:34:31.360><c> your</c><00:34:31.539><c> right</c><00:34:31.800><c> eyes</c>

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:34.519
and<00:34:32.380><c> lay</c><00:34:32.579><c> for</c><00:34:32.940><c> a</c><00:34:33.159><c> reproach</c><00:34:33.900><c> upon</c><00:34:34.099><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:36.619
And<00:34:35.199><c> the</c><00:34:35.300><c> elders</c><00:34:35.480><c> of</c><00:34:35.699><c> Jabesh</c><00:34:36.019><c> said</c><00:34:36.199><c> unto</c><00:34:36.420><c> him,</c>

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:39.119
Give<00:34:36.940><c> us</c><00:34:37.099><c> seven</c><00:34:37.300><c> days</c><00:34:37.559><c> respite</c><00:34:38.000><c> that</c><00:34:38.119><c> we</c><00:34:38.300><c> may</c><00:34:38.440><c> send</c><00:34:38.679><c> messengers</c>

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:40.440
unto<00:34:39.360><c> all</c><00:34:39.539><c> the</c><00:34:39.659><c> coast</c><00:34:39.900><c> of</c><00:34:40.059><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:43.079
And<00:34:40.940><c> then,</c><00:34:41.400><c> if</c><00:34:41.599><c> there</c><00:34:41.719><c> be</c><00:34:41.840><c> no</c><00:34:41.980><c> men</c><00:34:42.059><c> to</c><00:34:42.300><c> save</c><00:34:42.420><c> us,</c><00:34:42.619><c> we</c><00:34:42.719><c> will</c><00:34:42.880><c> come</c>

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:44.119
out<00:34:43.280><c> to</c><00:34:43.420><c> thee.</c>

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:46.079
Strange<00:34:45.179><c> thing.</c>

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:49.000
I<00:34:46.739><c> mean,</c><00:34:47.039><c> don't</c><00:34:47.119><c> you</c><00:34:47.260><c> scratch</c><00:34:47.500><c> your</c><00:34:47.639><c> head</c><00:34:47.739><c> when</c><00:34:47.900><c> you</c><00:34:48.059><c> read</c><00:34:48.219><c> that.</c>

00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:53.300
And<00:34:49.300><c> say,</c><00:34:49.920><c> what</c><00:34:51.059><c> are</c><00:34:51.519><c> the</c><00:34:51.619><c> men</c><00:34:51.820><c> of</c><00:34:52.059><c> Jabesh</c><00:34:52.420><c> doing?</c>

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:55.780
They<00:34:53.940><c> had</c><00:34:54.199><c> no</c><00:34:54.519><c> muscle,</c><00:34:54.920><c> they</c><00:34:54.940><c> had</c><00:34:55.179><c> no...</c>

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:58.320
This<00:34:56.139><c> is</c><00:34:56.400><c> a</c><00:34:56.559><c> sinner</c><00:34:56.719><c> that</c><00:34:56.980><c> comes</c><00:34:57.219><c> to</c><00:34:57.480><c> them,</c>

00:34:58.599 --> 00:35:00.179
to<00:34:58.780><c> a</c><00:34:58.900><c> city</c><00:34:59.099><c> of</c><00:34:59.320><c> Benjamin,</c>

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:02.159
a<00:35:00.840><c> city</c><00:35:01.079><c> of</c><00:35:01.340><c> God,</c>

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:03.599
a<00:35:02.420><c> city</c><00:35:02.599><c> of</c><00:35:02.760><c> God's</c><00:35:03.159><c> appointment.</c>

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:05.840
And<00:35:04.139><c> this</c><00:35:04.460><c> wretched</c><00:35:04.719><c> Ammonite</c>

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:07.900
comes<00:35:06.539><c> up</c><00:35:06.679><c> and</c><00:35:06.780><c> he</c><00:35:06.880><c> knocks</c><00:35:07.039><c> on</c><00:35:07.219><c> the</c><00:35:07.340><c> gate</c><00:35:07.539><c> and</c><00:35:07.699><c> he</c><00:35:07.780><c> says,</c>

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:09.300
Oi,<00:35:08.559><c> out!</c>

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:11.280
You're<00:35:09.780><c> all</c><00:35:09.960><c> going</c><00:35:10.039><c> to</c><00:35:10.099><c> be</c><00:35:10.219><c> my</c><00:35:10.400><c> servants.</c>

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:12.900
And<00:35:11.420><c> when</c><00:35:11.500><c> you</c><00:35:11.599><c> come</c><00:35:11.719><c> out,</c><00:35:11.900><c> I</c><00:35:11.900><c> want</c><00:35:12.039><c> the</c><00:35:12.219><c> right</c><00:35:12.420><c> eye</c><00:35:12.539><c> of</c><00:35:12.619><c> everybody.</c>

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:14.800
Come<00:35:13.179><c> on,</c><00:35:13.500><c> let's</c><00:35:13.599><c> have</c><00:35:13.679><c> your</c><00:35:13.800><c> right</c><00:35:14.000><c> eye.</c>

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:15.920
That's<00:35:15.460><c> what</c><00:35:15.500><c> he's</c><00:35:15.639><c> saying.</c>

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:17.480
I<00:35:16.079><c> mean,</c><00:35:16.179><c> I'm</c><00:35:16.260><c> not</c><00:35:16.400><c> reading</c><00:35:16.639><c> into</c><00:35:16.820><c> the</c><00:35:16.960><c> word</c><00:35:17.059><c> of</c><00:35:17.260><c> God</c><00:35:17.360><c> what</c>

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.760
isn't<00:35:17.780><c> there.</c>

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.679
Let's<00:35:19.039><c> have</c><00:35:19.159><c> your</c><00:35:19.260><c> right</c><00:35:19.480><c> eye.</c>

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:21.480
Everybody<00:35:20.239><c> half</c><00:35:20.599><c>-blind.</c>

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:23.219
And<00:35:22.000><c> there</c><00:35:22.139><c> will</c><00:35:22.199><c> be</c><00:35:22.239><c> a</c><00:35:22.300><c> reproach</c><00:35:22.760><c> in</c><00:35:22.900><c> Israel</c>

00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:25.380
and<00:35:23.360><c> everybody</c><00:35:23.679><c> will</c><00:35:23.880><c> know</c><00:35:24.039><c> that</c><00:35:24.199><c> you</c><00:35:24.500><c> stink</c>

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:29.039
and<00:35:26.280><c> that</c><00:35:26.679><c> I</c><00:35:26.900><c> rule</c><00:35:27.099><c> this</c><00:35:27.300><c> territory,</c><00:35:27.719><c> not</c><00:35:27.820><c> you.</c>

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.320
Question.

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.260
Why<00:35:31.860><c> did...</c>

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:35.039
Why<00:35:32.679><c> did</c><00:35:33.039><c> Nahash</c><00:35:33.599><c> have</c><00:35:34.199><c> the</c><00:35:34.519><c> boldness</c>

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.920
to<00:35:35.179><c> come</c><00:35:35.340><c> and</c><00:35:35.519><c> do</c><00:35:35.659><c> this?</c>

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:38.480
How<00:35:36.400><c> did</c><00:35:36.599><c> he</c><00:35:36.780><c> know</c><00:35:37.079><c> the</c><00:35:37.400><c> gates</c><00:35:37.579><c> of</c><00:35:37.760><c> the</c><00:35:37.880><c> city</c><00:35:38.019><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:38.260><c> be</c>

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.940
flung<00:35:38.659><c> open</c>

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:40.179
and<00:35:39.039><c> with</c><00:35:39.219><c> a</c><00:35:39.360><c> blast</c><00:35:39.539><c> of</c><00:35:39.699><c> the</c><00:35:39.860><c> trumpet</c>

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:44.059
the<00:35:40.599><c> men</c><00:35:40.960><c> of</c><00:35:41.159><c> Jabesh</c><00:35:41.420><c> Gilead</c><00:35:41.739><c> would</c><00:35:41.920><c> have</c><00:35:42.039><c> been</c><00:35:42.139><c> at</c><00:35:42.340><c> him?</c>

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:46.159
He<00:35:44.739><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:44.940><c> have</c><00:35:45.099><c> done</c><00:35:45.219><c> it</c><00:35:45.400><c> in</c><00:35:45.500><c> any</c><00:35:45.699><c> other</c><00:35:45.880><c> city,</c>

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:47.579
I<00:35:46.300><c> tell</c><00:35:46.500><c> you.</c>

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:49.980
Why<00:35:48.079><c> did</c><00:35:48.260><c> he</c><00:35:48.360><c> pick</c><00:35:48.519><c> on</c><00:35:48.719><c> Jabesh</c><00:35:49.019><c> Gilead?</c>

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.320
Well,

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.440
we<00:35:53.739><c> won't</c><00:35:53.920><c> go</c><00:35:54.139><c> to</c><00:35:54.219><c> it</c><00:35:54.300><c> now</c>

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.980
because<00:35:54.599><c> I'd</c><00:35:54.820><c> like</c><00:35:54.920><c> to</c><00:35:55.059><c> come</c><00:35:55.199><c> to</c><00:35:55.300><c> one</c><00:35:55.420><c> of</c><00:35:55.519><c> the...</c>

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:58.820
one<00:35:56.260><c> if</c><00:35:56.420><c> we</c><00:35:56.579><c> have</c><00:35:56.719><c> time,</c><00:35:56.940><c> so</c><00:35:57.059><c> let's</c><00:35:57.219><c> rush</c><00:35:57.440><c> through</c><00:35:57.619><c> this</c><00:35:57.800><c> one.</c>

00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:00.260
Believe<00:36:00.079><c> me,</c>

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:02.699
you'll<00:36:00.739><c> know</c><00:36:00.900><c> the</c><00:36:00.980><c> word</c><00:36:01.119><c> of</c><00:36:01.260><c> God</c><00:36:01.400><c> is</c><00:36:01.679><c> true.</c>

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:05.079
And<00:36:03.460><c> that</c><00:36:03.579><c> I</c><00:36:03.739><c> try</c><00:36:03.880><c> to</c><00:36:04.280><c> speak</c><00:36:04.500><c> it</c><00:36:04.719><c> faithfully.</c>

00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:06.400
But<00:36:05.480><c> a</c><00:36:05.579><c> little</c><00:36:05.739><c> before</c>

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:07.820
Nahash<00:36:06.920><c> appears</c><00:36:07.219><c> on</c><00:36:07.420><c> the</c><00:36:07.579><c> scene,</c>

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:09.860
in<00:36:08.199><c> the</c><00:36:08.300><c> book</c><00:36:08.420><c> of</c><00:36:08.619><c> Judges,</c><00:36:09.260><c> we</c><00:36:09.380><c> find</c>

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:11.619
that<00:36:10.079><c> there</c><00:36:10.199><c> is</c><00:36:10.659><c> a</c><00:36:10.840><c> heinous</c><00:36:11.239><c> crime</c>

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:13.960
committed<00:36:12.179><c> by</c><00:36:12.780><c> men</c><00:36:12.940><c> of</c><00:36:13.099><c> Benjamin.</c>

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.800
Do<00:36:14.179><c> you</c><00:36:14.179><c> remember</c><00:36:14.400><c> it?</c>

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:18.119
When<00:36:15.599><c> they</c><00:36:15.960><c> rape</c><00:36:16.699><c> the</c><00:36:17.360><c> man's</c><00:36:17.739><c> wife</c>

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:19.179
and<00:36:18.559><c> she</c><00:36:18.780><c> dies.</c>

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:21.380
And<00:36:19.820><c> he</c><00:36:19.960><c> hacks</c><00:36:20.139><c> her</c><00:36:20.320><c> in</c><00:36:20.480><c> pieces</c><00:36:20.719><c> and</c><00:36:20.880><c> sends</c><00:36:21.079><c> her</c><00:36:21.239><c> throughout.</c>

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:23.639
Oh,<00:36:21.639><c> it's</c><00:36:21.800><c> a</c><00:36:21.800><c> terrible</c><00:36:22.239><c> situation.</c>

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:26.199
But<00:36:25.179><c> the</c><00:36:25.619><c> men</c><00:36:25.780><c> of</c><00:36:26.019><c> Israel</c>

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:27.739
say<00:36:26.440><c> this</c><00:36:26.639><c> is</c><00:36:26.940><c> a</c><00:36:27.119><c> dreadful</c><00:36:27.519><c> deed</c>

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:29.940
that<00:36:27.880><c> has</c><00:36:28.039><c> been</c><00:36:28.260><c> done</c><00:36:28.519><c> and</c><00:36:28.760><c> they</c><00:36:28.980><c> say</c><00:36:29.079><c> to</c><00:36:29.219><c> the</c><00:36:29.280><c> men</c><00:36:29.420><c> of</c><00:36:29.579><c> Benjamin,</c>

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:31.920
deliver<00:36:30.539><c> up</c><00:36:30.739><c> the</c><00:36:30.820><c> men</c><00:36:31.000><c> that</c><00:36:31.159><c> have</c>

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:33.539
perpetrated<00:36:32.559><c> this</c><00:36:32.840><c> sin</c><00:36:32.940><c> in</c><00:36:33.159><c> Israel,</c>

00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:36.139
the<00:36:33.960><c> rape</c><00:36:34.159><c> of</c><00:36:34.340><c> the</c><00:36:34.440><c> woman,</c><00:36:34.860><c> because</c><00:36:35.159><c> they've</c><00:36:35.380><c> got</c><00:36:35.440><c> to</c><00:36:35.559><c> pay</c><00:36:35.679><c> the</c><00:36:35.860><c> price.</c>

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:37.739
They're<00:36:36.500><c> going</c><00:36:36.579><c> to</c><00:36:36.780><c> die.</c>

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:40.019
And<00:36:38.480><c> Benjamin</c><00:36:38.719><c> says,</c><00:36:39.099><c> no</c><00:36:39.199><c> way,</c><00:36:39.519><c> they're</c><00:36:39.739><c> Benjamites,</c>

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:41.960
we're<00:36:40.300><c> not</c><00:36:40.300><c> going</c><00:36:40.460><c> to</c><00:36:40.579><c> deliver</c><00:36:40.699><c> them</c><00:36:40.820><c> up</c><00:36:40.940><c> to</c><00:36:41.099><c> you.</c>

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:44.400
And<00:36:42.599><c> so</c><00:36:42.780><c> Israel</c><00:36:43.360><c> declare</c><00:36:44.000><c> war</c>

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:45.539
on<00:36:44.639><c> Benjamin.</c>

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:48.400
And<00:36:46.199><c> eventually</c><00:36:46.780><c> 43</c><00:36:47.599><c>,000</c><00:36:48.159><c> men</c>

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:50.019
of<00:36:48.519><c> Benjamin</c><00:36:48.920><c> die.</c>

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:52.739
The<00:36:51.340><c> tribe</c><00:36:51.559><c> is</c><00:36:51.900><c> decimated.</c>

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:55.199
It<00:36:54.039><c> makes</c><00:36:54.179><c> fascinating</c><00:36:54.800><c> reading</c>

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:56.260
when<00:36:55.519><c> you</c>

00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:58.300
count<00:36:56.539><c> the</c><00:36:56.760><c> numbers</c><00:36:57.179><c> before</c>

00:36:58.300 --> 00:37:00.519
this<00:36:58.659><c> and</c><00:36:58.880><c> after</c><00:36:59.239><c> it.</c>

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:02.119
Without<00:37:01.599><c> guile</c>

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:04.239
the<00:37:02.579><c> numbers</c><00:37:02.900><c> are</c><00:37:03.239><c> tremendously</c><00:37:03.760><c> reduced.</c>

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:06.199
43<00:37:05.039><c>,000</c><00:37:05.599><c> men</c><00:37:05.900><c> die</c>

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:07.960
from<00:37:06.440><c> Benjamin</c><00:37:06.800><c> in</c><00:37:06.960><c> the</c><00:37:07.099><c> battle.</c>

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:10.420
And<00:37:09.159><c> so</c><00:37:09.300><c> when</c><00:37:09.579><c> the</c><00:37:09.760><c> children</c><00:37:10.000><c> of</c><00:37:10.099><c> Israel</c>

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:12.000
come<00:37:10.619><c> together,</c><00:37:10.920><c> they're</c><00:37:11.019><c> terribly</c><00:37:11.360><c> sorry</c><00:37:11.639><c> actually</c><00:37:11.920><c> that</c>

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.760
they've<00:37:12.159><c> had</c><00:37:12.219><c> to</c><00:37:12.400><c> do</c><00:37:12.539><c> it.</c>

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:14.380
But<00:37:13.000><c> it's</c><00:37:13.179><c> the</c><00:37:13.300><c> way</c><00:37:13.420><c> of</c><00:37:13.599><c> God</c><00:37:13.760><c> and</c><00:37:14.159><c> they</c>

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:16.380
must.<00:37:15.440><c> And</c><00:37:15.579><c> they</c><00:37:15.780><c> say,</c><00:37:15.960><c> let</c><00:37:16.059><c> us</c>

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:18.039
mourn<00:37:16.800><c> for</c><00:37:17.000><c> Benjamin.</c>

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:20.340
And<00:37:19.119><c> so</c><00:37:19.360><c> the</c><00:37:19.739><c> mourning</c><00:37:20.039><c> is</c>

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:21.940
proclaimed<00:37:20.780><c> for</c><00:37:20.960><c> Benjamin.</c>

00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:24.920
And<00:37:23.239><c> they</c><00:37:23.380><c> say,</c><00:37:23.599><c> hang</c><00:37:23.719><c> on</c><00:37:23.840><c> a</c><00:37:24.000><c> bit.</c>

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:29.019
Well,<00:37:27.360><c> if</c><00:37:27.480><c> you're</c><00:37:27.599><c> missing</c><00:37:27.900><c> here,</c>

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:32.519
didn't<00:37:30.559><c> the</c><00:37:30.780><c> message</c><00:37:31.000><c> go</c><00:37:31.239><c> out</c><00:37:31.480><c> through</c><00:37:31.719><c> all</c><00:37:31.980><c> the</c><00:37:32.159><c> land</c>

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:34.679
that<00:37:32.940><c> everybody</c><00:37:33.539><c> should</c><00:37:33.800><c> come</c><00:37:34.019><c> and</c><00:37:34.139><c> fight</c><00:37:34.400><c> against</c>

00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:36.920
Benjamin?<00:37:35.260><c> We</c><00:37:35.760><c> should</c><00:37:35.920><c> have</c><00:37:36.099><c> presented</c><00:37:36.380><c> a</c><00:37:36.639><c> united</c>

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:38.539
front.<00:37:37.599><c> Well,</c><00:37:37.940><c> we</c><00:37:38.000><c> just</c><00:37:38.340><c> find</c>

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:40.719
from<00:37:38.760><c> the</c><00:37:38.980><c> records</c><00:37:39.360><c> that</c><00:37:40.119><c> nobody</c><00:37:40.380><c> from</c>

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:42.559
Jabesh<00:37:41.000><c> Gilead</c><00:37:41.400><c> came.</c>

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:46.400
Nobody<00:37:44.880><c> came</c><00:37:45.199><c> from</c><00:37:45.420><c> the</c><00:37:45.519><c> city</c><00:37:45.760><c> of</c><00:37:45.940><c> Jabesh.</c>

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:47.960
Why<00:37:46.940><c> not?</c>

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:50.500
Why<00:37:49.000><c> didn't</c><00:37:49.199><c> you</c><00:37:49.400><c> come</c><00:37:49.800><c> and</c>

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:52.579
help<00:37:50.679><c> us</c><00:37:50.840><c> fight</c><00:37:51.059><c> against</c><00:37:51.260><c> Benjamin?</c><00:37:52.159><c> And</c><00:37:52.300><c> the</c><00:37:52.320><c> answer</c>

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:54.539
of<00:37:52.719><c> course</c><00:37:53.019><c> is</c><00:37:53.260><c> that</c><00:37:53.980><c> we're</c><00:37:54.280><c> not</c><00:37:54.420><c> going</c>

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:56.760
to<00:37:54.599><c> fight</c><00:37:54.820><c> against</c><00:37:55.360><c> our</c><00:37:55.559><c> own</c><00:37:55.719><c> people.</c>

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:58.659
Admittedly,<00:37:58.039><c> Benjamin</c><00:37:58.079><c> was</c><00:37:58.300><c> in</c><00:37:58.400><c> the</c><00:37:58.539><c> wrong,</c>

00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:00.639
but<00:37:58.860><c> we</c><00:37:58.980><c> belong</c><00:37:59.219><c> to</c><00:37:59.400><c> Benjamin.</c><00:37:59.760><c> The</c><00:37:59.800><c> men</c><00:37:59.960><c> of</c><00:38:00.039><c> Jabesh</c><00:38:00.340><c> belong</c>

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:02.940
to<00:38:00.719><c> Benjamin.</c><00:38:01.239><c> Why</c><00:38:01.480><c> then</c><00:38:01.739><c> should</c><00:38:01.860><c> we</c><00:38:02.039><c> climb</c><00:38:02.280><c> into</c><00:38:02.519><c> our</c><00:38:02.719><c> own</c>

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:04.820
folk?<00:38:03.380><c> No</c><00:38:03.619><c> way.</c><00:38:03.840><c> We've</c><00:38:03.940><c> got</c><00:38:04.099><c> relatives</c><00:38:04.440><c> there.</c>

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:06.579
We're<00:38:05.159><c> not</c><00:38:05.179><c> going</c><00:38:05.260><c> to</c><00:38:05.340><c> kill</c><00:38:05.480><c> them.</c>

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.739
And<00:38:10.280><c> so</c>

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:12.920
Israel<00:38:11.440><c> turn</c>

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:14.559
on<00:38:13.699><c> Jabesh.</c>

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:16.679
They<00:38:15.539><c> turn</c><00:38:15.800><c> their</c><00:38:16.059><c> attention,</c>

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:18.480
the<00:38:17.300><c> whole</c><00:38:17.960><c> land</c>

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:20.639
turns<00:38:19.300><c> their</c><00:38:19.579><c> attention</c><00:38:20.019><c> to</c><00:38:20.199><c> Jabesh.</c>

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:23.250
And<00:38:21.019><c> we</c><00:38:21.159><c> read</c><00:38:21.320><c> of</c><00:38:21.440><c> this</c><00:38:21.579><c> in</c><00:38:21.679><c> the</c><00:38:21.719><c> book</c><00:38:21.880><c> of</c><00:38:22.000><c> Judges,</c><00:38:22.260><c> Chapter</c><00:38:22.519><c> 21.</c>

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:33.599
Judges,<00:38:32.900><c> Chapter</c><00:38:33.199><c> 21,</c>

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:35.099
I<00:38:33.760><c> will</c><00:38:33.860><c> read</c><00:38:34.019><c> verse</c><00:38:34.219><c> 10.</c><00:38:34.559><c> Please</c><00:38:34.760><c> catch</c><00:38:35.000><c> up</c>

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:36.639
when<00:38:35.239><c> you</c><00:38:35.460><c> can.</c>

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:38.420
And<00:38:37.159><c> the</c><00:38:37.400><c> congregation</c><00:38:38.000><c> sent</c>

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:41.139
the<00:38:38.599><c> 12</c><00:38:39.159><c>,000</c><00:38:39.679><c> men</c><00:38:39.940><c> of</c><00:38:40.119><c> the</c><00:38:40.320><c> valiantist</c>

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:42.699
and<00:38:41.800><c> commanded</c><00:38:42.139><c> them</c><00:38:42.400><c> saying,</c>

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:44.860
Go<00:38:43.320><c> and</c><00:38:43.659><c> smite</c><00:38:43.900><c> the</c><00:38:44.139><c> inhabitants</c><00:38:44.599><c> of</c>

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:46.519
Jabesh<00:38:45.139><c> Gilead</c><00:38:45.539><c> with</c><00:38:45.739><c> the</c><00:38:45.840><c> edge</c><00:38:45.920><c> of</c><00:38:46.159><c> the</c><00:38:46.280><c> sword,</c>

00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:48.320
with<00:38:47.079><c> the</c><00:38:47.239><c> women</c><00:38:47.460><c> and</c><00:38:47.739><c> the</c><00:38:47.980><c> children.</c>

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:50.599
And<00:38:48.820><c> this</c><00:38:49.099><c> is</c><00:38:49.340><c> the</c><00:38:49.480><c> thing</c><00:38:49.659><c> that</c><00:38:49.880><c> ye</c><00:38:50.039><c> shall</c><00:38:50.239><c> do.</c>

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:52.760
Ye<00:38:51.000><c> shall</c><00:38:51.199><c> utterly</c><00:38:51.639><c> destroy</c><00:38:52.059><c> every</c><00:38:52.420><c> male</c>

00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:55.619
and<00:38:53.119><c> every</c><00:38:53.440><c> woman</c><00:38:53.719><c> that</c><00:38:53.940><c> hath</c><00:38:54.079><c> lain</c><00:38:54.340><c> by</c><00:38:54.639><c> man.</c>

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.500
Every<00:38:58.000><c> man</c>

00:38:58.500 --> 00:39:00.300
in<00:38:59.079><c> Jabesh</c><00:38:59.400><c> had</c><00:38:59.619><c> to</c><00:38:59.880><c> die</c>

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:02.719
because<00:39:00.940><c> they</c><00:39:01.179><c> didn't</c><00:39:01.500><c> come</c><00:39:01.860><c> in</c><00:39:02.199><c> the</c><00:39:02.420><c> righteous</c>

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:04.460
war<00:39:03.159><c> and</c><00:39:03.639><c> fight</c><00:39:03.940><c> against</c>

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:06.659
Benjamin<00:39:05.099><c> for</c><00:39:05.559><c> the</c><00:39:05.719><c> sin</c><00:39:05.820><c> that</c><00:39:06.039><c> earlier</c><00:39:06.280><c> had</c><00:39:06.420><c> been</c>

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:08.460
committed.<00:39:07.840><c> So</c><00:39:07.860><c> what's</c><00:39:08.119><c> happened</c><00:39:08.239><c> to</c>

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:11.099
Jabesh?<00:39:09.420><c> They've</c><00:39:09.539><c> got</c><00:39:09.659><c> no</c><00:39:09.800><c> men</c><00:39:09.960><c> in</c><00:39:10.119><c> the</c><00:39:10.239><c> city.</c>

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:12.639
The<00:39:11.840><c> only</c><00:39:12.079><c> guys</c><00:39:12.340><c> that</c><00:39:12.500><c> were</c>

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:14.500
left<00:39:12.840><c> are</c><00:39:13.099><c> so</c><00:39:13.300><c> old</c><00:39:13.480><c> they</c><00:39:13.619><c> couldn't</c><00:39:13.820><c> hold</c><00:39:14.059><c> a</c><00:39:14.239><c> sword.</c>

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:16.679
Much<00:39:14.840><c> less</c><00:39:15.000><c> open</c><00:39:15.179><c> the</c><00:39:15.380><c> gates</c><00:39:15.519><c> and</c><00:39:15.679><c> blow</c><00:39:15.800><c> a</c><00:39:15.940><c> trumpet.</c>

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.780
So<00:39:18.380><c> when</c>

00:39:18.780 --> 00:39:20.280
Nahash,<00:39:19.380><c> the</c><00:39:19.539><c> Ammonite</c><00:39:19.880><c> comes,</c>

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:22.780
he<00:39:20.739><c> knocks</c><00:39:20.920><c> on</c><00:39:21.679><c> the</c><00:39:21.780><c> door</c><00:39:22.059><c> and</c>

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:24.440
the<00:39:22.860><c> croaky</c><00:39:23.179><c> old</c><00:39:23.380><c> men</c><00:39:23.500><c> look</c><00:39:23.679><c> over</c><00:39:23.900><c> the</c><00:39:24.039><c> wall</c><00:39:24.159><c> and</c><00:39:24.300><c> they</c><00:39:24.400><c> say,</c>

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:26.260
What<00:39:24.559><c> do</c><00:39:24.780><c> you</c><00:39:24.780><c> want?</c><00:39:25.000><c> And</c><00:39:25.139><c> he</c><00:39:25.179><c> says,</c><00:39:25.340><c> I</c><00:39:25.440><c> want</c><00:39:25.539><c> your</c><00:39:25.679><c> right</c><00:39:25.940><c> eye.</c>

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:28.340
So<00:39:27.000><c> they</c><00:39:27.159><c> say,</c><00:39:27.340><c> Could</c><00:39:27.460><c> you</c><00:39:27.579><c> give</c><00:39:27.719><c> us</c><00:39:27.900><c> three</c><00:39:28.159><c> days?</c>

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:30.420
Could<00:39:28.539><c> you</c><00:39:28.639><c> give</c><00:39:28.719><c> us</c><00:39:28.860><c> a</c><00:39:28.980><c> few</c><00:39:29.079><c> days</c><00:39:29.340><c> please</c><00:39:29.599><c> to</c><00:39:30.199><c> try</c>

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:31.679
and<00:39:30.519><c> get</c><00:39:30.639><c> some</c><00:39:30.840><c> help?</c>

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:34.280
And<00:39:33.119><c> this</c><00:39:33.679><c> is</c>

00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:36.360
why<00:39:34.559><c> Nahash</c><00:39:34.940><c> was</c><00:39:35.119><c> so</c><00:39:35.400><c> bold</c>

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:38.619
because<00:39:36.940><c> he</c><00:39:37.159><c> knew</c><00:39:37.599><c> Jabesh</c><00:39:38.099><c> Gilead</c>

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:40.219
was<00:39:38.940><c> empty</c><00:39:39.380><c> of</c><00:39:39.639><c> fighting</c><00:39:39.900><c> men.</c>

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:41.860
They'd<00:39:40.559><c> all</c><00:39:40.699><c> been</c><00:39:40.880><c> killed.</c>

00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:44.280
But<00:39:42.840><c> the</c><00:39:42.940><c> Bible</c><00:39:43.179><c> doesn't</c><00:39:43.579><c> tell</c><00:39:43.880><c> us</c><00:39:44.059><c> that,</c>

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:46.460
brethren<00:39:44.559><c> and</c><00:39:44.780><c> sisters.</c><00:39:45.639><c> We</c><00:39:45.880><c> have</c><00:39:46.039><c> to</c><00:39:46.159><c> ask</c>

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.659
why.

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:50.219
Now<00:39:49.519><c> a</c><00:39:49.699><c> man</c><00:39:49.920><c> of</c><00:39:50.119><c> God</c>

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:52.099
is<00:39:50.420><c> not</c><00:39:50.579><c> afraid</c><00:39:50.960><c> of</c><00:39:51.179><c> knowledge.</c>

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:53.900
He's<00:39:52.840><c> enriched</c><00:39:53.260><c> by</c><00:39:53.599><c> it.</c>

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:57.039
A<00:39:54.659><c> man</c><00:39:54.860><c> of</c><00:39:55.019><c> God</c><00:39:55.139><c> shouldn't</c><00:39:55.340><c> be</c><00:39:55.579><c> afraid</c><00:39:55.780><c> of</c><00:39:56.019><c> questions</c>

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:57.820
because

00:39:57.820 --> 00:39:59.599
the<00:39:58.300><c> deeper</c><00:39:58.619><c> we</c><00:39:58.780><c> look</c><00:39:59.000><c> into</c><00:39:59.199><c> these</c><00:39:59.440><c> things</c>

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:02.860
the<00:39:59.780><c> more</c><00:40:00.320><c> beauties</c><00:40:00.639><c> come</c><00:40:00.840><c> out.</c><00:40:01.860><c> Incidentally,</c>

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:05.239
Jabesh<00:40:04.239><c> Gilead</c>

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:07.679
sent<00:40:06.559><c> messengers,</c><00:40:07.059><c> if</c><00:40:07.239><c> you</c><00:40:07.340><c> remember,</c>

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:09.840
and<00:40:08.159><c> Saul</c><00:40:08.539><c> gathered</c><00:40:09.380><c> the</c><00:40:09.619><c> army</c>

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:11.099
together<00:40:10.440><c> and</c><00:40:10.760><c> came.</c>

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:14.980
It<00:40:11.639><c> was</c><00:40:11.820><c> his</c><00:40:11.920><c> first</c><00:40:12.219><c> battle,</c><00:40:12.960><c> King</c><00:40:13.199><c> Saul's</c><00:40:13.699><c> first</c><00:40:13.940><c> battle.</c>

00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:20.400
And<00:40:17.840><c> he</c><00:40:18.340><c> destroyed</c><00:40:19.280><c> the</c><00:40:19.519><c> Ammonites.</c>

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:21.980
Nahash<00:40:21.440><c> was</c><00:40:21.599><c> put</c><00:40:21.780><c> to</c>

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:23.840
flight.<00:40:22.920><c> And</c><00:40:22.980><c> the</c><00:40:23.099><c> men</c><00:40:23.260><c> of</c>

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:26.800
the<00:40:24.239><c> inhabitants</c><00:40:24.579><c> who</c><00:40:24.760><c> were</c><00:40:24.900><c> left</c><00:40:25.119><c> in</c><00:40:25.679><c> Jabesh</c>

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:27.940
said,<00:40:27.900><c> We're</c>

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:30.750
very<00:40:28.239><c> grateful</c><00:40:28.599><c> to</c><00:40:28.880><c> you.</c><00:40:29.199><c> And</c><00:40:29.360><c> they</c><00:40:29.480><c> never</c><00:40:29.659><c> forgot</c><00:40:29.960><c> it.</c>

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:34.099
And<00:40:32.539><c> when</c><00:40:32.699><c> Saul</c><00:40:32.920><c> committed</c><00:40:33.340><c> suicide</c>

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:35.579
on<00:40:34.639><c> the</c><00:40:34.820><c> mountain</c>

00:40:35.889 --> 00:40:37.980
and<00:40:36.179><c> when</c><00:40:36.340><c> the</c><00:40:36.440><c> men</c><00:40:36.599><c> of</c><00:40:36.840><c> Philistia</c>

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:39.500
took<00:40:38.599><c> his</c><00:40:38.840><c> body</c>

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:42.099
and<00:40:40.400><c> that</c><00:40:40.539><c> of</c><00:40:40.739><c> his</c><00:40:40.900><c> son</c><00:40:41.079><c> Jonathan</c>

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:44.199
and<00:40:42.840><c> brought</c><00:40:43.059><c> it</c><00:40:43.340><c> back</c>

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:46.239
to<00:40:44.780><c> their</c><00:40:44.980><c> cities</c>

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:48.039
there<00:40:47.079><c> to</c><00:40:47.500><c> display</c>

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:50.179
before<00:40:49.039><c> all</c><00:40:49.440><c> the</c><00:40:49.579><c> men</c><00:40:49.739><c> and</c><00:40:49.880><c> women</c>

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:52.119
of<00:40:50.219><c> Philistia</c><00:40:50.940><c> the</c><00:40:51.119><c> death</c><00:40:51.360><c> of</c><00:40:51.679><c> the</c><00:40:51.780><c> famous</c>

00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:54.280
king,<00:40:53.239><c> the</c><00:40:53.340><c> man</c><00:40:53.579><c> who</c><00:40:53.780><c> was</c><00:40:53.940><c> head</c><00:40:54.099><c> and</c>

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:56.739
shoulders<00:40:54.579><c> taller</c><00:40:54.940><c> than</c><00:40:55.119><c> anybody</c><00:40:55.480><c> else.</c>

00:40:57.179 --> 00:40:58.280
The<00:40:57.420><c> incident</c><00:40:57.739><c> which</c><00:40:58.000><c> caused</c>

00:40:58.280 --> 00:41:00.699
David<00:40:58.679><c> to</c><00:40:58.960><c> write</c><00:40:59.159><c> the</c><00:41:00.320><c> wonderful</c>

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:02.179
wonderful<00:41:00.880><c> words</c><00:41:01.099><c> that</c><00:41:01.320><c> he</c><00:41:01.420><c> did</c><00:41:01.579><c> tell</c><00:41:01.800><c> it</c><00:41:01.980><c> not</c>

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:04.360
in<00:41:02.420><c> gas,</c><00:41:03.719><c> publish</c><00:41:04.079><c> it</c>

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:06.079
not<00:41:04.519><c> in</c><00:41:04.739><c> the</c><00:41:04.920><c> streets</c><00:41:05.099><c> of</c><00:41:05.400><c> Ascalon.</c>

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:08.619
How<00:41:06.840><c> are</c><00:41:07.119><c> the</c><00:41:07.280><c> mighty</c><00:41:07.760><c> fallen?</c>

00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:11.860
At<00:41:10.639><c> this</c><00:41:10.900><c> time</c>

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:15.019
Saul's<00:41:12.639><c> body</c><00:41:12.940><c> was</c><00:41:13.320><c> taken</c><00:41:13.659><c> down</c>

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:16.440
some<00:41:15.820><c> men</c><00:41:16.059><c> went</c>

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:17.820
in<00:41:16.760><c> the</c><00:41:16.820><c> middle</c><00:41:16.920><c> of</c><00:41:17.119><c> the</c><00:41:17.179><c> night</c>

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cut<00:41:18.300><c> the</c><00:41:18.559><c> chains,</c><00:41:19.119><c> took</c><00:41:19.280><c> his</c><00:41:19.480><c> body</c>

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and<00:41:20.079><c> gave</c><00:41:20.239><c> it</c><00:41:20.400><c> a</c><00:41:20.480><c> decent</c><00:41:20.719><c> burial.</c>

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You<00:41:23.059><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:23.280><c> be</c><00:41:23.539><c> surprised</c>

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would<00:41:24.079><c> you</c><00:41:24.159><c> to</c><00:41:24.360><c> learn</c><00:41:24.519><c> that</c><00:41:24.719><c> it</c><00:41:24.719><c> was</c><00:41:25.619><c> men</c><00:41:25.840><c> of</c>

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Kadesh

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who<00:41:28.280><c> did</c><00:41:28.460><c> it.</c>

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The<00:41:32.119><c> men</c><00:41:32.260><c> of</c><00:41:32.420><c> Kadesh</c><00:41:32.739><c> Barnea</c>

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remembered<00:41:34.199><c> Saul's</c><00:41:34.800><c> kindness</c>

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and<00:41:37.119><c> took</c><00:41:37.280><c> his</c><00:41:37.420><c> body</c><00:41:37.659><c> down</c>

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and<00:41:38.079><c> gave</c><00:41:38.199><c> it</c><00:41:38.380><c> a</c><00:41:38.480><c> decent</c><00:41:38.699><c> burial.</c>

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Well<00:41:41.260><c> time</c><00:41:41.500><c> has</c><00:41:41.679><c> beaten</c><00:41:41.860><c> us</c>

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brothers<00:41:42.260><c> and</c><00:41:42.420><c> sisters.</c><00:41:43.219><c> I've</c><00:41:43.659><c> got</c>

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so<00:41:44.019><c> much</c><00:41:44.239><c> more</c><00:41:44.440><c> that</c><00:41:44.579><c> I</c><00:41:44.679><c> wanted</c><00:41:44.900><c> to</c><00:41:45.159><c> tell</c><00:41:45.300><c> you</c><00:41:45.500><c> about</c>

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the<00:41:46.159><c> undesigned</c><00:41:46.760><c> Bible</c><00:41:47.119><c> coincidences</c>

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But<00:41:51.699><c> if</c><00:41:51.860><c> this</c><00:41:52.159><c> has</c><00:41:52.440><c> whetted</c><00:41:52.679><c> your</c><00:41:52.960><c> appetite</c>

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for<00:41:54.219><c> some</c><00:41:54.500><c> Bible</c><00:41:54.820><c> study</c>

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thank<00:41:56.539><c> you</c><00:41:56.699><c> for</c><00:41:56.860><c> listening.</c>

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