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and<00:10:03.299><c> to</c><00:10:03.419><c> seek</c><00:10:03.559><c> thy</c><00:10:03.840><c> soul,</c>

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but<00:10:04.840><c> the</c><00:10:05.059><c> soul</c><00:10:05.220><c> of</c><00:10:05.399><c> my</c><00:10:05.600><c> Lord</c>

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shall<00:10:06.279><c> be</c><00:10:06.659><c> bound</c><00:10:07.019><c> in</c><00:10:07.279><c> the</c><00:10:07.580><c> bundle</c><00:10:07.840><c> of</c><00:10:08.139><c> life</c>

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with<00:10:09.500><c> the</c><00:10:09.700><c> Lord</c><00:10:09.899><c> thy</c><00:10:10.159><c> God,</c>

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and<00:10:11.080><c> the</c><00:10:11.299><c> souls</c><00:10:11.480><c> of</c><00:10:11.639><c> thine</c><00:10:11.759><c> enemies</c>

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then<00:10:12.659><c> shall</c><00:10:12.799><c> he</c><00:10:13.000><c> sling</c><00:10:13.279><c> out,</c>

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and<00:10:14.460><c> she</c><00:10:14.600><c> brings</c><00:10:14.779><c> back</c><00:10:14.980><c> his</c><00:10:15.200><c> line</c><00:10:15.940><c> to</c><00:10:16.580><c> Goliath.</c>

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and<00:10:21.440><c> the</c><00:10:21.700><c> slinging</c><00:10:21.919><c> out</c><00:10:22.120><c> of</c><00:10:22.240><c> the</c><00:10:22.379><c> enemies</c><00:10:22.539><c> of</c><00:10:22.720><c> the</c><00:10:22.860><c> Lord,</c>

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and<00:10:23.700><c> so</c><00:10:23.840><c> it</c><00:10:23.919><c> is</c><00:10:24.440><c> that</c><00:10:24.759><c> her</c><00:10:25.480><c> perception</c>

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is<00:10:30.039><c> considerable,</c><00:10:30.580><c> isn't</c><00:10:30.700><c> it?</c>

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Have<00:10:35.600><c> you</c><00:10:35.740><c> noticed</c><00:10:36.000><c> her</c><00:10:36.259><c> strength</c><00:10:36.799><c> in</c><00:10:38.080><c> her</c><00:10:38.259><c> humility?</c>

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She<00:10:40.759><c> does</c><00:10:40.960><c> obeisance</c><00:10:41.679><c> before</c><00:10:42.139><c> David,</c>

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but<00:10:44.220><c> she</c><00:10:44.480><c> stands</c><00:10:44.659><c> above</c><00:10:44.960><c> him</c>

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in<00:10:46.480><c> his</c><00:10:46.659><c> character</c><00:10:47.100><c> at</c><00:10:47.259><c> this</c><00:10:47.440><c> time,</c>

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and<00:10:48.799><c> David</c><00:10:48.960><c> knows</c><00:10:49.360><c> as</c><00:10:49.460><c> he</c><00:10:49.559><c> goes</c><00:10:49.779><c> away</c>

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with<00:10:50.299><c> those</c><00:10:50.519><c> gifts</c><00:10:50.860><c> that</c><00:10:51.039><c> he's</c><00:10:51.240><c> received</c><00:10:51.559><c> from</c><00:10:51.740><c> her</c>

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not<00:10:55.019><c> only</c><00:10:55.299><c> faithful</c><00:10:55.799><c> in</c><00:10:56.259><c> Israel,</c>

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but<00:10:57.620><c> someone</c><00:10:57.899><c> who's</c><00:10:58.200><c> pointed</c><00:10:58.519><c> right</c><00:10:58.879><c> beyond</c>

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his<00:10:59.500><c> present</c><00:10:59.679><c> sufferings</c>

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to<00:11:00.240><c> the</c><00:11:00.399><c> time</c><00:11:00.779><c> of</c><00:11:01.019><c> the</c><00:11:01.200><c> shore</c><00:11:01.440><c> house.</c>

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And<00:11:04.039><c> brethren</c><00:11:04.279><c> and</c><00:11:04.440><c> sisters,</c><00:11:04.639><c> all</c><00:11:04.820><c> of</c><00:11:04.940><c> us</c><00:11:05.620><c> are</c><00:11:06.000><c> Abigail,</c>

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which<00:11:08.940><c> is</c><00:11:09.059><c> how</c><00:11:09.179><c> we</c><00:11:09.379><c> meet</c><00:11:10.039><c> the</c><00:11:10.279><c> Lord</c><00:11:10.500><c> Jesus</c><00:11:10.860><c> Christ.</c>

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Not<00:11:12.799><c> in</c><00:11:12.960><c> his</c><00:11:13.179><c> blood,</c><00:11:13.600><c> guiltiness</c><00:11:14.059><c> of</c><00:11:14.340><c> course,</c>

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but<00:11:15.399><c> in</c><00:11:15.559><c> our</c><00:11:15.940><c> faith</c><00:11:16.759><c> that</c><00:11:17.659><c> though</c><00:11:17.779><c> he</c><00:11:17.899><c> is</c><00:11:18.039><c> in</c><00:11:18.120><c> the</c><00:11:18.240><c> wilderness</c>

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and<00:11:19.440><c> at</c><00:11:19.539><c> the</c><00:11:19.659><c> present</c><00:11:19.840><c> time</c><00:11:20.120><c> not</c><00:11:20.379><c> crowned</c><00:11:20.879><c> King</c><00:11:21.019><c> of</c><00:11:21.220><c> Kings,</c>

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yet<00:11:21.639><c> the</c><00:11:21.820><c> Lord</c><00:11:21.960><c> will</c><00:11:22.159><c> establish</c><00:11:22.500><c> for</c><00:11:22.659><c> him</c><00:11:23.059><c> a</c><00:11:23.360><c> shore</c><00:11:23.580><c> house,</c>

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and<00:11:24.539><c> we</c><00:11:24.740><c> confess</c><00:11:25.000><c> our</c><00:11:25.340><c> faith</c>

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and<00:11:26.000><c> do</c><00:11:26.159><c> our</c><00:11:26.360><c> obeisance</c><00:11:26.740><c> before</c><00:11:27.120><c> him.</c>

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We<00:11:27.980><c> are</c><00:11:28.220><c> the</c><00:11:28.379><c> handmaid</c><00:11:28.720><c> of</c><00:11:28.879><c> the</c><00:11:29.019><c> Lord,</c>

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and<00:11:30.539><c> he</c><00:11:30.679><c> will</c><00:11:30.820><c> bless</c><00:11:31.000><c> us,</c>

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and<00:11:31.539><c> sling</c><00:11:31.759><c> out</c><00:11:32.039><c> all</c><00:11:32.279><c> the</c><00:11:32.480><c> enemies</c><00:11:32.639><c> of</c><00:11:32.820><c> the</c><00:11:32.940><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:11:33.419><c> bind</c><00:11:33.679><c> us</c><00:11:33.840><c> into</c><00:11:34.000><c> the</c><00:11:34.240><c> bundle</c><00:11:34.480><c> of</c><00:11:34.759><c> life.</c>

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And<00:11:36.340><c> that's</c><00:11:36.600><c> our</c><00:11:36.740><c> hope,</c><00:11:37.419><c> and</c><00:11:37.620><c> that's</c><00:11:37.799><c> why</c><00:11:37.899><c> we</c><00:11:38.059><c> come</c><00:11:38.240><c> here.</c>

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that<00:11:43.440><c> all</c><00:11:43.559><c> of</c><00:11:43.720><c> us</c><00:11:44.360><c> find</c><00:11:44.740><c> the</c><00:11:45.059><c> tight</c><00:11:45.539><c> band</c><00:11:46.019><c> of</c><00:11:46.179><c> the</c><00:11:46.279><c> Lord</c><00:11:46.440><c> about</c><00:11:46.700><c> us</c>

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when<00:11:47.759><c> his</c><00:11:48.000><c> day</c><00:11:48.179><c> comes.</c>

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and<00:11:51.559><c> one</c><00:11:51.659><c> can</c><00:11:51.860><c> see</c><00:11:51.980><c> David</c><00:11:52.340><c> standing</c><00:11:52.720><c> as</c><00:11:52.919><c> she</c><00:11:53.080><c> goes</c><00:11:53.279><c> away,</c><00:11:54.299><c> thinking,</c>

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and<00:11:55.399><c> talking</c><00:11:55.600><c> to</c><00:11:55.820><c> his</c><00:11:56.019><c> men,</c><00:11:56.539><c> perhaps</c><00:11:56.940><c> to</c><00:11:57.220><c> Joab,</c>

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to<00:11:58.379><c> Abishai,</c><00:11:59.320><c> and</c><00:11:59.460><c> to</c><00:11:59.700><c> Asahel,</c>

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his<00:12:00.799><c> three</c><00:12:01.399><c> faithful</c><00:12:01.899><c> warriors</c><00:12:02.419><c> who</c><00:12:02.799><c> walk</c><00:12:03.000><c> with</c><00:12:03.240><c> him,</c>

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men<00:12:06.080><c> who</c><00:12:06.279><c> stood</c><00:12:06.440><c> by</c><00:12:06.679><c> him</c><00:12:06.879><c> in</c><00:12:07.039><c> all</c><00:12:07.259><c> his</c><00:12:07.500><c> trials.</c>

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And<00:12:09.320><c> I</c><00:12:09.480><c> wonder</c><00:12:09.639><c> what</c><00:12:09.980><c> psalms</c><00:12:10.399><c> he</c><00:12:10.759><c> sang</c>

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as<00:12:11.240><c> he</c><00:12:11.340><c> went</c><00:12:11.539><c> back,</c><00:12:11.960><c> and</c><00:12:12.139><c> what</c><00:12:12.399><c> thoughts</c><00:12:12.659><c> he</c><00:12:12.980><c> had,</c>

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as<00:12:14.320><c> she</c><00:12:14.419><c> had</c><00:12:14.580><c> reminded</c><00:12:14.879><c> him</c><00:12:15.120><c> that</c><00:12:15.299><c> in</c><00:12:15.519><c> God</c><00:12:16.059><c> do</c><00:12:16.559><c> we</c><00:12:16.720><c> trust,</c>

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and<00:12:18.759><c> that</c><00:12:18.860><c> we</c><00:12:18.899><c> shouldn't</c><00:12:19.120><c> take</c><00:12:19.379><c> vengeance</c><00:12:19.899><c> of</c><00:12:20.320><c> any</c><00:12:20.500><c> kind</c><00:12:20.779><c> ourselves.</c>

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has<00:12:28.039><c> finished</c><00:12:28.240><c> his</c><00:12:28.460><c> sheep</c><00:12:28.679><c> shearing</c>

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and<00:12:29.200><c> continues</c><00:12:29.580><c> his</c><00:12:29.899><c> great</c><00:12:30.179><c> rejoicing,</c>

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he<00:12:31.240><c> goes</c><00:12:31.419><c> into</c><00:12:31.720><c> a</c><00:12:31.840><c> carousal.</c>

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and<00:12:38.019><c> in</c><00:12:38.139><c> his</c><00:12:38.399><c> foolishness</c><00:12:39.200><c> he's</c><00:12:39.639><c> smitten</c><00:12:39.840><c> by</c><00:12:40.120><c> God,</c>

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and<00:12:42.299><c> he</c><00:12:42.500><c> dies.</c>

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that<00:12:48.360><c> the</c><00:12:48.519><c> man</c><00:12:48.679><c> who</c><00:12:48.820><c> would</c><00:12:49.019><c> pull</c><00:12:49.159><c> down</c><00:12:49.360><c> his</c><00:12:49.620><c> barns</c><00:12:50.000><c> and</c><00:12:50.139><c> build</c><00:12:50.340><c> greater</c>

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And<00:13:01.340><c> they</c><00:13:01.539><c> became</c><00:13:01.779><c> David,</c><00:13:02.399><c> no</c><00:13:02.519><c> doubt,</c>

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because<00:13:05.299><c> as</c><00:13:05.460><c> soon</c><00:13:05.600><c> as</c><00:13:05.759><c> Nabal</c><00:13:05.980><c> is</c><00:13:06.220><c> dead,</c>

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but<00:13:10.200><c> with</c><00:13:10.320><c> love</c><00:13:10.740><c> northwards</c><00:13:11.460><c> to</c><00:13:11.720><c> fetch</c><00:13:11.840><c> Abigail.</c>

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and<00:13:15.860><c> one</c><00:13:15.960><c> can</c><00:13:16.179><c> see</c><00:13:16.259><c> them</c><00:13:16.399><c> as</c><00:13:16.440><c> she</c><00:13:16.559><c> comes</c><00:13:16.820><c> south</c>

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and<00:13:17.460><c> he</c><00:13:17.639><c> comes</c><00:13:17.899><c> north,</c>

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and<00:13:18.580><c> she</c><00:13:18.720><c> comes</c><00:13:18.879><c> upon</c><00:13:19.139><c> him,</c>

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and<00:13:20.779><c> perhaps</c><00:13:21.220><c> in</c><00:13:21.879><c> the</c><00:13:22.000><c> hollow</c><00:13:22.139><c> of</c><00:13:22.379><c> a</c><00:13:22.460><c> hill</c><00:13:22.940><c> so</c><00:13:23.279><c> they</c><00:13:23.480><c> meet.</c>

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As<00:13:23.820><c> she</c><00:13:23.940><c> comes</c><00:13:24.159><c> over</c><00:13:24.620><c> and</c><00:13:24.799><c> he</c><00:13:24.960><c> comes</c><00:13:25.139><c> over</c><00:13:25.379><c> the</c><00:13:25.519><c> other</c><00:13:25.759><c> side,</c>

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and<00:13:27.500><c> in</c><00:13:27.679><c> her</c><00:13:27.799><c> humility</c><00:13:28.159><c> she</c><00:13:28.419><c> still</c><00:13:28.700><c> falls</c><00:13:28.960><c> before</c><00:13:29.299><c> him,</c>

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and<00:13:30.240><c> he</c><00:13:30.360><c> takes</c><00:13:30.639><c> her</c><00:13:30.879><c> unto</c><00:13:31.080><c> himself</c><00:13:31.799><c> at</c><00:13:32.320><c> his</c><00:13:32.539><c> wife.</c>

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Well<00:13:34.580><c> now</c><00:13:34.740><c> after</c><00:13:34.919><c> this</c><00:13:35.340><c> she</c><00:13:35.960><c> becomes</c><00:13:36.500><c> a</c><00:13:37.860><c> queen</c><00:13:38.000><c> in</c><00:13:38.179><c> the</c><00:13:38.279><c> wilderness.</c>

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Not<00:13:40.399><c> yet</c><00:13:40.580><c> a</c><00:13:40.759><c> queen,</c><00:13:41.039><c> but</c><00:13:41.120><c> a</c><00:13:41.240><c> queen</c><00:13:41.379><c> to</c><00:13:41.600><c> be.</c>

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She's<00:13:42.139><c> with</c><00:13:42.259><c> David</c><00:13:42.539><c> in</c><00:13:42.740><c> all</c><00:13:43.080><c> his</c><00:13:43.419><c> trials,</c><00:13:43.779><c> in</c><00:13:43.919><c> all</c><00:13:44.100><c> his</c><00:13:44.299><c> sufferings,</c>

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and<00:13:45.120><c> they're</c><00:13:45.320><c> going</c><00:13:45.320><c> to</c><00:13:45.440><c> be</c><00:13:45.600><c> considerable.</c>

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She's<00:13:46.779><c> now</c><00:13:46.980><c> exposed</c><00:13:47.539><c> herself</c><00:13:48.000><c> to</c><00:13:48.460><c> something</c>

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to<00:13:49.220><c> which</c><00:13:49.340><c> she</c><00:13:49.460><c> is</c><00:13:49.519><c> not</c><00:13:49.700><c> at</c><00:13:49.799><c> all</c><00:13:49.940><c> accustomed.</c>

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She<00:13:51.039><c> lived</c><00:13:51.259><c> in</c><00:13:51.500><c> luxury</c><00:13:51.919><c> in</c><00:13:52.539><c> her</c><00:13:52.679><c> own</c><00:13:52.840><c> house</c><00:13:53.100><c> with</c><00:13:53.279><c> servants</c>

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about<00:13:53.919><c> her.</c>

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She's<00:13:54.360><c> brought</c><00:13:54.460><c> her</c><00:13:54.679><c> servants</c><00:13:54.879><c> with</c><00:13:55.100><c> her,</c>

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but<00:13:55.600><c> from</c><00:13:55.779><c> now</c><00:13:56.019><c> on</c><00:13:56.379><c> they</c><00:13:56.600><c> must</c><00:13:56.759><c> learn</c><00:13:57.000><c> to</c><00:13:57.259><c> march,</c>

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to<00:13:58.419><c> ride,</c><00:13:59.639><c> to</c><00:13:59.700><c> fast,</c>

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to<00:14:01.759><c> be</c><00:14:01.879><c> afraid</c><00:14:02.000><c> of</c><00:14:02.200><c> battle,</c>

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to<00:14:03.080><c> hide</c><00:14:03.259><c> in</c><00:14:03.460><c> caves</c><00:14:03.720><c> at</c><00:14:03.940><c> night,</c>

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and<00:14:05.340><c> to</c><00:14:05.500><c> depend</c><00:14:05.659><c> upon</c><00:14:05.879><c> the</c><00:14:06.059><c> Lord</c><00:14:06.299><c> for</c><00:14:06.779><c> protection.</c>

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And<00:14:07.740><c> so</c><00:14:07.860><c> her</c><00:14:08.019><c> own</c><00:14:08.279><c> character</c><00:14:08.519><c> too</c><00:14:08.779><c> is</c><00:14:08.980><c> to</c><00:14:09.080><c> be</c><00:14:09.240><c> developed</c>

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in<00:14:09.600><c> this</c><00:14:09.820><c> time</c><00:14:09.980><c> of</c><00:14:10.179><c> wandering.</c>

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And<00:14:10.860><c> that's</c><00:14:11.100><c> our</c><00:14:11.299><c> status,</c><00:14:11.580><c> isn't</c><00:14:11.720><c> it?</c>

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We<00:14:12.580><c> too</c><00:14:12.860><c> are</c><00:14:13.200><c> in</c><00:14:13.379><c> the</c><00:14:13.500><c> wilderness,</c><00:14:14.639><c> a</c><00:14:14.779><c> queen</c><00:14:14.960><c> to</c><00:14:15.179><c> be,</c>

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yet<00:14:16.340><c> we</c><00:14:16.500><c> have</c><00:14:16.620><c> to</c><00:14:16.720><c> walk</c><00:14:16.940><c> with</c><00:14:17.139><c> our</c><00:14:17.320><c> Lord,</c>

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with<00:14:18.019><c> us,</c><00:14:18.360><c> whoever</c><00:14:18.360><c> He</c><00:14:18.620><c> leads</c><00:14:18.779><c> us</c><00:14:19.200><c> during</c><00:14:19.460><c> this</c><00:14:19.740><c> time.</c>

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And<00:14:21.039><c> He</c><00:14:21.139><c> leads</c><00:14:21.440><c> her</c><00:14:21.919><c> into</c><00:14:22.299><c> the</c><00:14:22.460><c> wilderness</c><00:14:22.720><c> of</c><00:14:22.960><c> Ziph,</c>

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a<00:14:24.000><c> wilderness</c><00:14:24.240><c> again</c><00:14:24.840><c> well</c><00:14:25.259><c> south</c><00:14:25.480><c> of</c><00:14:25.659><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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yet<00:14:26.879><c> north</c><00:14:27.120><c> of</c><00:14:27.279><c> the</c><00:14:27.360><c> Dead</c><00:14:27.639><c> Sea.</c>

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And<00:14:28.500><c> the</c><00:14:28.639><c> Ziphites</c><00:14:29.019><c> there</c><00:14:29.500><c> again</c><00:14:30.000><c> betray</c><00:14:30.360><c> David</c>

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and<00:14:30.860><c> send</c><00:14:30.980><c> a</c><00:14:31.120><c> message</c><00:14:31.299><c> up</c><00:14:31.659><c> to</c><00:14:32.460><c> Saul,</c>

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and<00:14:32.860><c> he</c><00:14:32.940><c> comes</c><00:14:33.159><c> down</c><00:14:33.419><c> once</c><00:14:33.700><c> more</c><00:14:33.860><c> with</c><00:14:34.000><c> his</c><00:14:34.279><c> 3</c><00:14:34.559><c>,000</c><00:14:34.899><c> men</c>

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on<00:14:36.000><c> the</c><00:14:36.139><c> hunt</c><00:14:36.299><c> for</c><00:14:36.539><c> David.</c>

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And<00:14:37.399><c> I</c><00:14:37.519><c> suppose</c><00:14:37.799><c> as</c><00:14:38.000><c> David's</c><00:14:38.600><c> company</c><00:14:38.840><c> increases</c>

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and<00:14:39.580><c> there</c><00:14:39.679><c> are</c><00:14:39.759><c> women</c><00:14:39.980><c> in</c><00:14:40.139><c> the</c><00:14:40.299><c> company,</c>

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well,<00:14:41.059><c> he</c><00:14:41.179><c> takes</c><00:14:41.399><c> also</c><00:14:41.679><c> to</c><00:14:41.840><c> himself</c><00:14:42.460><c> another</c><00:14:42.919><c> wife</c><00:14:43.159><c> at</c><00:14:43.320><c> this</c><00:14:43.559><c> time,</c>

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as<00:14:44.320><c> there</c><00:14:44.460><c> are</c><00:14:44.620><c> women</c><00:14:44.840><c> in</c><00:14:45.000><c> the</c><00:14:45.179><c> company,</c>

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so<00:14:46.080><c> it</c><00:14:46.200><c> must</c><00:14:46.360><c> have</c><00:14:46.480><c> been</c><00:14:46.700><c> increasingly</c><00:14:47.120><c> difficult</c><00:14:47.559><c> for</c><00:14:47.820><c> them</c>

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to<00:14:48.299><c> move</c><00:14:48.539><c> without</c><00:14:48.840><c> being</c><00:14:49.179><c> seen.</c>

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Indeed,<00:14:50.720><c> I</c><00:14:50.960><c> imagine</c><00:14:51.220><c> that</c><00:14:51.360><c> with</c><00:14:51.580><c> that</c><00:14:51.860><c> company</c><00:14:52.159><c> of</c><00:14:52.279><c> men</c>

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it<00:14:52.580><c> was</c><00:14:52.799><c> now</c><00:14:53.059><c> almost</c><00:14:53.279><c> impossible</c><00:14:53.779><c> to</c><00:14:54.019><c> move</c><00:14:54.379><c> without</c><00:14:54.759><c> being</c><00:14:55.080><c> seen.</c>

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And<00:14:55.740><c> so</c><00:14:55.840><c> the</c><00:14:56.000><c> message</c><00:14:56.139><c> goes</c><00:14:56.460><c> north,</c><00:14:57.100><c> and</c><00:14:57.279><c> Saul</c><00:14:57.440><c> comes</c><00:14:57.740><c> south,</c>

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and<00:14:59.039><c> he</c><00:14:59.240><c> pitches</c><00:14:59.580><c> again</c><00:15:00.200><c> near</c><00:15:00.759><c> the</c><00:15:00.919><c> hill</c><00:15:01.039><c> of</c><00:15:01.200><c> Hakela,</c>

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you<00:15:02.080><c> remember</c><00:15:02.320><c> the</c><00:15:02.480><c> hill</c><00:15:02.799><c> that</c><00:15:03.019><c> we</c><00:15:03.159><c> mentioned</c><00:15:03.500><c> yesterday.</c>

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He<00:15:05.240><c> pitches</c><00:15:05.500><c> there</c><00:15:05.860><c> and</c><00:15:06.120><c> goes</c><00:15:06.299><c> to</c><00:15:06.480><c> sleep</c><00:15:06.600><c> at</c><00:15:06.799><c> night,</c>

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so<00:15:07.460><c> he</c><00:15:07.639><c> sets</c><00:15:07.840><c> around</c><00:15:08.159><c> his</c><00:15:08.419><c> camp,</c><00:15:08.779><c> Saul,</c>

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all<00:15:09.639><c> the</c><00:15:09.820><c> baggage</c><00:15:10.019><c> that</c><00:15:10.179><c> they</c><00:15:10.419><c> brought</c><00:15:10.580><c> with</c><00:15:10.840><c> them</c>

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as<00:15:11.379><c> an</c><00:15:11.559><c> outer</c><00:15:11.720><c> wall</c><00:15:11.919><c> of</c><00:15:12.139><c> defense.</c>

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And<00:15:13.240><c> the</c><00:15:13.320><c> king's</c><00:15:13.879><c> pillow</c><00:15:14.019><c> is</c><00:15:14.299><c> marked</c><00:15:14.539><c> by</c><00:15:14.779><c> his</c><00:15:15.000><c> javelin</c><00:15:15.519><c> at</c><00:15:15.879><c> his</c><00:15:16.139><c> side.</c>

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That's<00:15:17.179><c> the</c><00:15:17.259><c> mark</c><00:15:17.419><c> where</c><00:15:17.600><c> the</c><00:15:17.720><c> king</c><00:15:17.899><c> is.</c>

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That's<00:15:18.779><c> his</c><00:15:18.899><c> mark</c><00:15:19.019><c> of</c><00:15:19.200><c> authority,</c>

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as<00:15:20.259><c> well</c><00:15:20.360><c> as</c><00:15:20.440><c> a</c><00:15:20.559><c> weapon</c><00:15:20.759><c> that</c><00:15:20.919><c> he</c><00:15:21.019><c> might</c><00:15:21.200><c> use.</c>

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And<00:15:22.799><c> David</c><00:15:23.059><c> and</c><00:15:23.159><c> his</c><00:15:23.320><c> men</c><00:15:23.500><c> have</c><00:15:23.700><c> discovered</c><00:15:24.000><c> them.</c>

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David<00:15:26.159><c> says,</c><00:15:26.480><c> Who</c><00:15:26.500><c> will</c><00:15:26.720><c> go</c><00:15:26.899><c> with</c><00:15:27.139><c> me</c><00:15:27.799><c> into</c><00:15:28.179><c> the</c><00:15:28.360><c> camp</c><00:15:28.539><c> of</c><00:15:28.759><c> Saul?</c>

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And<00:15:29.799><c> he</c><00:15:29.899><c> speaks</c><00:15:30.159><c> to</c><00:15:30.399><c> Joab</c><00:15:30.620><c> and</c><00:15:30.759><c> to</c><00:15:30.919><c> Abishai.</c>

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Abishai<00:15:33.419><c> says,</c><00:15:33.799><c> I'll</c><00:15:33.840><c> come.</c>

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And<00:15:35.139><c> so</c><00:15:35.220><c> they</c><00:15:35.440><c> steal</c><00:15:35.759><c> through</c><00:15:35.980><c> the</c><00:15:36.120><c> night,</c>

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through<00:15:37.679><c> the</c><00:15:37.879><c> baggage,</c><00:15:38.779><c> into</c><00:15:38.879><c> the</c><00:15:39.100><c> company,</c>

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right<00:15:40.039><c> up</c><00:15:40.220><c> the</c><00:15:40.379><c> javelin.</c>

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And<00:15:43.159><c> Abishai</c><00:15:43.440><c> says,</c>

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Behold,<00:15:46.360><c> the</c><00:15:46.500><c> Lord</c><00:15:46.799><c> has</c><00:15:47.080><c> delivered</c><00:15:47.379><c> thine</c><00:15:47.620><c> enemy</c><00:15:48.059><c> into</c><00:15:48.580><c> thine</c><00:15:48.779><c> hand.</c>

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Let<00:15:49.120><c> me</c><00:15:49.320><c> smite</c><00:15:49.559><c> him,</c>

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because<00:15:51.460><c> I</c><00:15:51.559><c> won't</c><00:15:51.740><c> have</c><00:15:51.919><c> to</c><00:15:52.039><c> smite</c><00:15:52.200><c> him</c><00:15:52.340><c> a</c><00:15:52.460><c> second</c><00:15:52.639><c> time.</c>

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And<00:15:55.080><c> so</c><00:15:55.220><c> it</c><00:15:55.259><c> is</c><00:15:55.440><c> that</c><00:15:55.960><c> David</c><00:15:56.179><c> has</c><00:15:56.399><c> got</c><00:15:56.559><c> to</c><00:15:56.720><c> say</c><00:15:56.899><c> to</c><00:15:57.139><c> this</c><00:15:57.360><c> man,</c>

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as<00:15:57.700><c> he's</c><00:15:57.919><c> got</c><00:15:58.059><c> to</c><00:15:58.179><c> say</c><00:15:58.259><c> to</c><00:15:58.480><c> Joab</c><00:15:58.759><c> and</c><00:15:58.879><c> to</c><00:15:59.019><c> others,</c>

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that<00:15:59.399><c> these</c><00:15:59.720><c> sons</c><00:15:59.940><c> of</c><00:16:00.059><c> Zeruiwai</c><00:16:00.419><c> are</c><00:16:00.519><c> too</c><00:16:00.779><c> hard</c><00:16:01.019><c> for</c><00:16:01.179><c> him.</c>

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They<00:16:02.059><c> don't</c><00:16:02.240><c> understand</c><00:16:02.679><c> the</c><00:16:02.820><c> purpose</c><00:16:03.019><c> of</c><00:16:03.259><c> God,</c>

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and<00:16:03.539><c> he</c><00:16:03.639><c> will</c><00:16:03.779><c> not</c><00:16:03.899><c> in</c><00:16:04.039><c> any</c><00:16:04.240><c> way</c><00:16:04.820><c> afflict</c><00:16:05.200><c> Saul.</c>

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But<00:16:06.080><c> he</c><00:16:07.120><c> takes</c><00:16:07.120><c> away</c><00:16:07.740><c> the</c><00:16:08.039><c> crews</c><00:16:08.200><c> of</c><00:16:08.419><c> water</c>

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from<00:16:11.820><c> the</c><00:16:12.200><c> side</c><00:16:12.500><c> of</c><00:16:12.740><c> Saul</c><00:16:12.980><c> that</c><00:16:13.120><c> he</c><00:16:13.299><c> sleeps,</c>

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a<00:16:14.440><c> sleep</c><00:16:14.600><c> that's</c><00:16:14.799><c> from</c><00:16:14.960><c> the</c><00:16:15.139><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:16:17.460><c> they</c><00:16:17.539><c> needn't</c><00:16:18.100><c> have</c><00:16:18.399><c> come</c><00:16:18.500><c> down</c><00:16:18.840><c> so</c><00:16:19.080><c> quietly</c>

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and<00:16:20.139><c> the</c><00:16:20.279><c> javelin</c><00:16:20.559><c> and</c><00:16:20.700><c> disappear</c>

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until<00:16:21.340><c> they're</c><00:16:21.559><c> on</c><00:16:21.720><c> the</c><00:16:22.240><c> hillside</c><00:16:22.720><c> opposite.</c>

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And<00:16:24.080><c> again</c><00:16:24.220><c> as</c><00:16:24.500><c> dawn</c><00:16:24.879><c> breaks,</c><00:16:25.879><c> so</c><00:16:26.080><c> David</c><00:16:26.500><c> calls.</c>

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Is<00:16:28.360><c> it</c><00:16:28.519><c> thou,</c><00:16:28.980><c> Abner?</c>

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And<00:16:31.360><c> Abner</c><00:16:31.559><c> was</c><00:16:31.779><c> a</c><00:16:31.919><c> man</c><00:16:32.120><c> of</c><00:16:32.340><c> considerable</c><00:16:32.759><c> bravery</c>

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and<00:16:34.059><c> also</c><00:16:34.379><c> a</c><00:16:34.580><c> man</c><00:16:34.980><c> with</c><00:16:35.360><c> considerable</c><00:16:35.759><c> allegiance</c><00:16:36.240><c> to</c><00:16:36.539><c> Saul.</c>

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He's<00:16:37.279><c> of</c><00:16:37.379><c> the</c><00:16:37.500><c> tribe</c><00:16:37.620><c> of</c><00:16:37.820><c> Benjamin,</c><00:16:38.299><c> he's</c><00:16:38.500><c> Saul's</c><00:16:38.840><c> uncle,</c>

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and<00:16:39.539><c> he</c><00:16:39.720><c> stands</c><00:16:40.039><c> faithful</c><00:16:40.500><c> even</c><00:16:40.720><c> in</c><00:16:40.879><c> his</c><00:16:41.080><c> distresses.</c>

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He's<00:16:42.580><c> a</c><00:16:42.659><c> man</c><00:16:42.740><c> with</c><00:16:43.019><c> character.</c>

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Have<00:16:45.779><c> you</c><00:16:45.960><c> taken</c><00:16:46.159><c> care</c><00:16:46.419><c> of</c><00:16:46.559><c> your</c><00:16:46.659><c> master,</c><00:16:47.139><c> says</c><00:16:47.240><c> David?</c>

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What<00:16:49.879><c> of</c><00:16:50.000><c> these</c><00:16:50.200><c> things</c><00:16:50.379><c> that</c><00:16:50.559><c> I</c><00:16:50.779><c> have?</c>

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And<00:16:51.840><c> holds</c><00:16:52.039><c> them</c><00:16:52.259><c> out?</c>

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Oh,<00:16:53.899><c> but</c><00:16:54.139><c> Saul</c><00:16:54.320><c> is</c><00:16:54.559><c> moved</c><00:16:54.759><c> again</c><00:16:55.259><c> beyond</c><00:16:55.919><c> himself.</c>

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Is<00:16:57.159><c> it</c><00:16:57.379><c> thou,</c><00:16:57.639><c> my</c><00:16:57.919><c> son</c><00:16:58.200><c> David?</c>

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He<00:17:00.000><c> calls</c><00:17:00.240><c> across</c><00:17:00.639><c> the</c><00:17:00.879><c> gap</c><00:17:01.120><c> between</c><00:17:01.500><c> them.</c>

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And<00:17:04.019><c> David</c><00:17:04.660><c> stands</c><00:17:05.119><c> purely</c><00:17:05.480><c> looking</c><00:17:05.720><c> at</c><00:17:05.900><c> the</c><00:17:06.059><c> man</c>

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upon<00:17:07.759><c> whom</c><00:17:08.000><c> are</c><00:17:08.119><c> already</c><00:17:08.880><c> the</c><00:17:09.240><c> marks</c><00:17:09.599><c> of</c><00:17:09.859><c> death.</c>

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The<00:17:10.900><c> hand</c><00:17:11.180><c> of</c><00:17:11.339><c> God</c><00:17:11.500><c> is</c><00:17:11.700><c> upon</c><00:17:11.859><c> him.</c>

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I<00:17:14.099><c> have</c><00:17:14.400><c> sinned.</c>

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I<00:17:16.779><c> will</c><00:17:16.980><c> do</c><00:17:17.140><c> thee</c><00:17:17.279><c> no</c><00:17:17.599><c> more</c><00:17:17.839><c> harm,</c><00:17:19.519><c> says</c><00:17:19.680><c> Saul.</c>

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The<00:17:21.200><c> Lord</c><00:17:21.539><c> shall</c><00:17:21.720><c> render</c><00:17:22.000><c> to</c><00:17:22.180><c> every</c><00:17:22.440><c> man</c>

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according<00:17:22.960><c> to</c><00:17:23.140><c> his</c><00:17:23.359><c> righteousness</c><00:17:23.839><c> and</c><00:17:24.700><c> his</c><00:17:25.079><c> faithfulness,</c>

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says<00:17:26.400><c> David.</c>

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The<00:17:27.480><c> Lord</c><00:17:27.859><c> in</c><00:17:28.099><c> all</c><00:17:28.299><c> his</c><00:17:28.539><c> principles</c><00:17:29.079><c> has</c><00:17:29.339><c> learned</c><00:17:29.980><c> to</c><00:17:30.200><c> trust</c>

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in<00:17:30.640><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:32.059><c> listen</c><00:17:32.180><c> to</c><00:17:32.380><c> these</c><00:17:32.559><c> words</c><00:17:32.880><c> now</c><00:17:33.200><c> of</c><00:17:33.400><c> Saul,</c>

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his<00:17:33.940><c> second</c><00:17:34.279><c> prophecy.</c>

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His<00:17:35.539><c> first</c><00:17:35.759><c> one</c><00:17:36.119><c> was</c><00:17:36.299><c> at</c><00:17:36.460><c> the</c><00:17:36.599><c> time</c><00:17:37.279><c> when</c><00:17:38.140><c> David</c>

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similarly<00:17:39.000><c> delivered</c><00:17:39.400><c> him,</c><00:17:39.799><c> and</c><00:17:39.799><c> this</c><00:17:40.039><c> is</c><00:17:40.180><c> his</c><00:17:40.359><c> second</c><00:17:40.599><c> one.</c>

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Blessed<00:17:41.500><c> be</c><00:17:41.960><c> thou,</c><00:17:42.380><c> my</c><00:17:42.460><c> son</c><00:17:42.700><c> David.</c>

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Thou<00:17:44.079><c> should</c><00:17:44.319><c> do</c><00:17:44.680><c> great</c><00:17:45.039><c> things</c><00:17:45.660><c> and</c><00:17:46.019><c> thou</c><00:17:46.240><c> shalt</c><00:17:46.480><c> prevail.</c>

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This<00:17:48.299><c> inner</c><00:17:48.660><c> awareness</c><00:17:49.279><c> of</c><00:17:49.680><c> Saul</c><00:17:50.059><c> is</c><00:17:51.259><c> strange,</c><00:17:51.599><c> isn't</c><00:17:51.720><c> it?</c>

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And<00:17:52.140><c> have</c><00:17:52.220><c> you</c><00:17:52.319><c> noticed</c><00:17:52.640><c> how</c><00:17:53.019><c> some</c><00:17:53.220><c> of</c><00:17:53.339><c> the</c><00:17:53.480><c> qualities</c><00:17:53.740><c> of</c><00:17:54.079><c> Saul</c>

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lie<00:17:54.660><c> in</c><00:17:54.799><c> all</c><00:17:54.960><c> of</c><00:17:55.059><c> us?</c>

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How<00:17:56.259><c> sometimes</c><00:17:56.539><c> in</c><00:17:56.740><c> our</c><00:17:56.900><c> own</c><00:17:57.299><c> striving,</c>

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sometimes<00:17:58.640><c> in</c><00:17:58.819><c> our</c><00:17:58.980><c> weakness</c><00:17:59.279><c> and</c><00:17:59.660><c> sin,</c>

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although<00:18:00.259><c> we</c><00:18:00.500><c> know</c><00:18:00.720><c> what</c><00:18:00.880><c> the</c><00:18:01.000><c> purpose</c><00:18:01.279><c> of</c><00:18:01.500><c> God</c><00:18:01.619><c> is</c>

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and<00:18:01.819><c> what</c><00:18:01.980><c> we</c><00:18:02.259><c> should</c><00:18:02.440><c> do,</c><00:18:03.299><c> yet</c><00:18:03.400><c> we</c><00:18:03.880><c> sometimes</c><00:18:04.519><c> strive</c><00:18:04.900><c> against</c><00:18:05.259><c> it.</c>

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Knowing<00:18:05.940><c> how</c><00:18:06.359><c> vain</c><00:18:06.539><c> it</c><00:18:06.700><c> is</c><00:18:06.819><c> and</c><00:18:06.940><c> how</c><00:18:07.220><c> useless</c>

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to<00:18:07.980><c> pursue</c><00:18:08.319><c> the</c><00:18:08.500><c> path</c><00:18:08.759><c> that</c><00:18:08.900><c> was</c><00:18:09.079><c> chosen,</c>

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and<00:18:09.960><c> yet</c><00:18:10.039><c> we</c><00:18:10.200><c> do</c><00:18:10.380><c> it.</c>

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How<00:18:11.759><c> in</c><00:18:11.880><c> our</c><00:18:12.160><c> daily</c><00:18:12.440><c> living,</c><00:18:12.819><c> outside</c><00:18:13.319><c> our</c><00:18:13.599><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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and<00:18:14.480><c> out</c><00:18:14.579><c> of</c><00:18:14.759><c> association</c><00:18:15.240><c> with</c><00:18:15.500><c> brethren</c><00:18:15.799><c> and</c><00:18:16.039><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:18:16.759><c> sometimes</c><00:18:17.240><c> live</c><00:18:17.420><c> in</c><00:18:17.519><c> the</c><00:18:17.680><c> land</c><00:18:17.799><c> of</c><00:18:18.059><c> darkness</c>

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and<00:18:19.039><c> in</c><00:18:19.220><c> the</c><00:18:19.319><c> land</c><00:18:19.519><c> of</c><00:18:19.880><c> the</c><00:18:20.160><c> shadow</c><00:18:20.400><c> of</c><00:18:20.640><c> death</c>

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and<00:18:21.559><c> walk</c><00:18:21.720><c> in</c><00:18:21.819><c> it</c><00:18:21.980><c> willingly,</c>

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and<00:18:23.599><c> yet</c><00:18:23.680><c> in</c><00:18:23.859><c> our</c><00:18:24.059><c> hearts</c><00:18:24.339><c> we</c><00:18:24.599><c> know</c><00:18:24.839><c> concerning</c><00:18:25.380><c> not</c><00:18:25.960><c> David,</c>

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but<00:18:27.240><c> somebody</c><00:18:27.559><c> else.</c>

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Blessed<00:18:29.079><c> be</c><00:18:29.400><c> thou,</c><00:18:30.619><c> oh</c><00:18:30.740><c> my</c><00:18:30.880><c> Lord</c><00:18:31.220><c> Jesus</c><00:18:31.579><c> Christ.</c>

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Thou<00:18:33.279><c> should</c><00:18:33.480><c> do</c><00:18:33.700><c> great</c><00:18:34.000><c> things</c><00:18:34.460><c> and</c><00:18:35.200><c> thou</c><00:18:35.380><c> shalt</c><00:18:35.660><c> prevail.</c>

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And<00:18:37.279><c> he</c><00:18:37.480><c> will,</c><00:18:38.099><c> over</c><00:18:38.380><c> all</c><00:18:38.619><c> of</c><00:18:38.740><c> us</c><00:18:38.920><c> in</c><00:18:39.039><c> this</c><00:18:39.259><c> room,</c>

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whether<00:18:39.539><c> we</c><00:18:39.700><c> are</c><00:18:39.819><c> faithful</c><00:18:40.059><c> or</c><00:18:40.299><c> unfaithful,</c>

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the<00:18:41.339><c> Lord</c><00:18:41.579><c> Jesus</c><00:18:41.940><c> will</c><00:18:42.200><c> prevail</c><00:18:42.519><c> in</c><00:18:42.700><c> that</c><00:18:42.940><c> day,</c><00:18:43.200><c> will</c><00:18:43.240><c> he</c><00:18:43.420><c> not?</c>

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He<00:18:45.460><c> could</c><00:18:45.720><c> bind</c><00:18:45.980><c> us</c><00:18:46.140><c> in</c><00:18:46.279><c> his</c><00:18:46.480><c> bundle,</c>

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or<00:18:48.900><c> he</c><00:18:49.019><c> can</c><00:18:49.200><c> sling</c><00:18:49.420><c> us</c><00:18:49.579><c> out.</c>

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And<00:18:51.759><c> the</c><00:18:51.900><c> choice</c><00:18:52.059><c> is</c><00:18:52.319><c> ours.</c>

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As<00:18:54.119><c> it</c><00:18:54.279><c> was</c><00:18:54.400><c> with</c><00:18:54.660><c> Saul,</c><00:18:55.720><c> so</c><00:18:55.900><c> it</c><00:18:56.079><c> is</c><00:18:56.380><c> with</c><00:18:56.559><c> us</c><00:18:56.779><c> today.</c>

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David,<00:18:58.819><c> still</c><00:18:59.099><c> in</c><00:18:59.299><c> fear</c><00:18:59.480><c> of</c><00:18:59.660><c> Saul,</c><00:19:00.019><c> despite</c><00:19:00.299><c> what</c><00:19:00.539><c> Saul</c><00:19:00.740><c> has</c><00:19:01.000><c> said,</c>

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goes<00:19:01.539><c> further</c><00:19:01.880><c> south</c><00:19:02.099><c> and</c><00:19:02.240><c> this</c><00:19:02.460><c> time</c><00:19:02.680><c> he</c><00:19:02.980><c> turns</c><00:19:03.240><c> over</c>

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toward<00:19:03.940><c> the</c><00:19:04.460><c> southwest</c><00:19:04.940><c> and</c><00:19:05.400><c> goes</c><00:19:05.660><c> down</c>

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into<00:19:06.539><c> the</c><00:19:06.720><c> land</c><00:19:06.859><c> of</c><00:19:07.019><c> the</c><00:19:07.119><c> Philistines.</c>

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And<00:19:08.319><c> on</c><00:19:08.480><c> this</c><00:19:08.619><c> occasion</c><00:19:09.079><c> the</c><00:19:09.440><c> king,</c><00:19:09.839><c> Achish,</c>

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there<00:19:10.680><c> in</c><00:19:11.039><c> Gath,</c><00:19:11.779><c> gives</c><00:19:11.940><c> him</c><00:19:12.119><c> a</c><00:19:12.279><c> city.</c>

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And<00:19:13.599><c> he</c><00:19:13.700><c> gives</c><00:19:13.779><c> him</c><00:19:14.000><c> Zigglag,</c><00:19:14.420><c> which</c><00:19:14.539><c> is</c><00:19:14.660><c> on</c><00:19:14.779><c> the</c><00:19:14.960><c> outer</c><00:19:15.160><c> coast.</c>

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I<00:19:15.859><c> think</c><00:19:16.039><c> Zigglag</c><00:19:16.460><c> originally</c><00:19:16.920><c> belonged</c><00:19:17.220><c> to</c><00:19:17.420><c> Judah</c><00:19:17.920><c> or</c><00:19:19.240><c> Benjamin.</c>

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It<00:19:20.220><c> certainly</c><00:19:20.420><c> belonged</c><00:19:20.640><c> to</c><00:19:20.779><c> the</c><00:19:20.900><c> children</c><00:19:21.059><c> of</c><00:19:21.259><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:19:22.200><c> this</c><00:19:22.519><c> city</c><00:19:22.960><c> is</c><00:19:23.539><c> given</c><00:19:23.700><c> to</c><00:19:23.900><c> David</c><00:19:24.200><c> and</c><00:19:24.480><c> to</c><00:19:24.619><c> his</c><00:19:24.759><c> 600</c><00:19:25.059><c> men</c>

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and<00:19:25.619><c> to</c><00:19:25.759><c> their</c><00:19:26.160><c> wives</c><00:19:26.519><c> and</c><00:19:26.759><c> children.</c>

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And<00:19:27.619><c> they</c><00:19:27.779><c> dwell</c><00:19:27.960><c> there.</c>

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And<00:19:28.819><c> from</c><00:19:28.900><c> that</c><00:19:29.119><c> place</c><00:19:29.299><c> they</c><00:19:29.420><c> go</c><00:19:29.559><c> out</c><00:19:29.799><c> and</c><00:19:30.000><c> make</c><00:19:30.480><c> excursions</c>

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of<00:19:31.119><c> battle</c>

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against<00:19:32.259><c> the</c><00:19:32.380><c> people</c><00:19:32.599><c> of</c><00:19:32.759><c> the</c><00:19:32.900><c> south</c><00:19:33.079><c> country,</c>

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against<00:19:33.680><c> the</c><00:19:33.839><c> Amalekites</c><00:19:34.339><c> and</c><00:19:34.519><c> those</c><00:19:34.740><c> tribes</c>

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that<00:19:35.259><c> wandered</c><00:19:35.440><c> in</c><00:19:35.599><c> the</c><00:19:35.720><c> wilderness</c>

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and<00:19:36.500><c> used</c><00:19:36.599><c> to</c><00:19:36.700><c> come</c><00:19:36.859><c> up</c><00:19:37.059><c> against</c><00:19:37.299><c> the</c><00:19:37.440><c> south</c><00:19:37.579><c> of</c><00:19:37.720><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:19:38.579><c> they</c><00:19:38.660><c> went</c><00:19:38.859><c> out</c><00:19:39.039><c> and</c><00:19:39.119><c> when</c><00:19:39.240><c> they</c><00:19:39.440><c> went</c><00:19:39.579><c> out</c>

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they<00:19:39.900><c> brought</c><00:19:40.099><c> back</c><00:19:40.359><c> no</c><00:19:40.619><c> captives.</c>

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Only<00:19:42.460><c> the</c><00:19:42.759><c> spoil,</c><00:19:43.319><c> not</c><00:19:43.400><c> a</c><00:19:43.559><c> whisper</c><00:19:43.880><c> of</c><00:19:43.980><c> what</c><00:19:44.099><c> they</c><00:19:44.259><c> were</c><00:19:44.380><c> doing,</c>

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was<00:19:45.299><c> to</c><00:19:45.460><c> come</c><00:19:45.579><c> into</c><00:19:45.779><c> Achish,</c><00:19:46.259><c> king</c><00:19:46.440><c> of</c><00:19:46.640><c> Gath.</c>

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Achish<00:19:48.420><c> would</c><00:19:48.660><c> appear,</c><00:19:49.240><c> seemed</c><00:19:49.339><c> to</c><00:19:49.519><c> think</c><00:19:49.640><c> that</c><00:19:49.859><c> David</c>

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was<00:19:51.039><c> in</c><00:19:51.319><c> constant</c><00:19:51.619><c> conflict</c><00:19:52.099><c> with</c><00:19:52.380><c> the</c><00:19:52.579><c> children</c><00:19:52.740><c> of</c><00:19:52.960><c> Israel,</c>

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that<00:19:54.160><c> he</c><00:19:54.200><c> was</c><00:19:54.299><c> going</c><00:19:54.519><c> up</c><00:19:54.680><c> into</c><00:19:54.819><c> the</c><00:19:54.980><c> south</c><00:19:55.140><c> of</c><00:19:55.359><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:19:56.440><c> they</c><00:19:57.140><c> imagined,</c><00:19:57.940><c> the</c><00:19:58.039><c> Philistines</c><00:19:58.299><c> imagined</c><00:19:58.680><c> in</c><00:19:58.819><c> their</c><00:19:59.079><c> hearts</c>

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that<00:19:59.480><c> David</c><00:19:59.740><c> was</c><00:19:59.960><c> making</c><00:20:00.160><c> himself</c><00:20:00.680><c> continually</c>

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the<00:20:01.720><c> enemy</c><00:20:01.900><c> of</c><00:20:02.079><c> the</c><00:20:02.220><c> people.</c>

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But<00:20:05.039><c> it</c><00:20:05.599><c> so</c><00:20:05.819><c> happened</c><00:20:06.359><c> that</c><00:20:07.000><c> at</c><00:20:07.319><c> this</c><00:20:07.539><c> time</c>

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the<00:20:08.740><c> Philistines</c><00:20:09.299><c> decided</c><00:20:09.859><c> to</c><00:20:10.099><c> join</c><00:20:10.299><c> battle</c>

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with<00:20:11.140><c> the</c><00:20:11.299><c> children</c><00:20:11.500><c> of</c><00:20:11.680><c> Israel.</c>

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Now<00:20:12.539><c> I'd</c><00:20:12.700><c> like</c><00:20:12.799><c> you</c><00:20:12.920><c> to</c><00:20:13.079><c> picture</c><00:20:13.339><c> this</c><00:20:13.720><c> scene</c>

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because<00:20:14.160><c> it's</c><00:20:14.440><c> one</c><00:20:14.539><c> of</c><00:20:14.740><c> considerable</c><00:20:15.059><c> importance.</c>

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The<00:20:17.299><c> land</c><00:20:17.420><c> of</c><00:20:17.619><c> Palestine,</c><00:20:18.940><c> Mediterranean</c><00:20:19.359><c> Sea,</c>

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going<00:20:20.559><c> up</c><00:20:20.839><c> northwards</c><00:20:21.259><c> now,</c><00:20:21.859><c> right</c><00:20:22.000><c> northwards</c><00:20:22.519><c> to</c><00:20:22.720><c> Carmel.</c>

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And<00:20:24.279><c> then</c><00:20:24.500><c> coming</c><00:20:24.740><c> in</c><00:20:24.940><c> the</c><00:20:25.019><c> direction</c><00:20:25.460><c> southeast</c>

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runs<00:20:26.660><c> the</c><00:20:26.900><c> great</c><00:20:27.140><c> valley</c><00:20:27.420><c> of</c><00:20:27.579><c> Megiddo,</c>

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the<00:20:29.200><c> great</c><00:20:29.359><c> plain</c><00:20:29.759><c> of</c><00:20:29.980><c> Armageddon.</c>

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This<00:20:31.259><c> is</c><00:20:31.480><c> the</c><00:20:31.559><c> place</c><00:20:31.740><c> where</c><00:20:31.920><c> Mount</c><00:20:32.140><c> Tabor</c><00:20:32.599><c> stands,</c>

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the<00:20:33.299><c> place</c><00:20:33.759><c> in</c><00:20:33.900><c> which</c><00:20:33.980><c> we</c><00:20:34.079><c> can</c><00:20:34.319><c> find</c><00:20:34.500><c> Jezreel,</c>

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the<00:20:35.519><c> place</c><00:20:35.740><c> where</c><00:20:35.920><c> Mount</c><00:20:36.220><c> Gilboa</c><00:20:36.700><c> is</c><00:20:36.900><c> to</c><00:20:37.000><c> be</c><00:20:37.160><c> found,</c><00:20:37.460><c> and</c><00:20:37.640><c> Shunem.</c>

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And<00:20:39.599><c> so</c><00:20:40.019><c> there</c><00:20:40.240><c> begins</c><00:20:40.480><c> to</c><00:20:40.720><c> march</c><00:20:40.980><c> northwards</c>

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the<00:20:41.839><c> army</c><00:20:42.460><c> of</c><00:20:42.960><c> the</c><00:20:43.099><c> Philistines,</c>

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not<00:20:43.940><c> through</c><00:20:44.180><c> the</c><00:20:44.299><c> land</c><00:20:44.460><c> of</c><00:20:44.660><c> Judah,</c>

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inside<00:20:47.099><c> the</c><00:20:47.420><c> land,</c><00:20:47.799><c> but</c><00:20:47.940><c> up</c><00:20:48.079><c> that</c><00:20:48.420><c> strip</c><00:20:48.779><c> of</c><00:20:49.099><c> land,</c>

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that<00:20:49.859><c> green</c><00:20:50.319><c> strip</c><00:20:50.519><c> of</c><00:20:50.720><c> land</c><00:20:51.000><c> by</c><00:20:51.220><c> the</c><00:20:51.420><c> coast.</c>

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And<00:20:52.480><c> the</c><00:20:52.640><c> Philistines</c><00:20:53.119><c> march.</c>

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And<00:20:55.180><c> David</c><00:20:55.519><c> and</c><00:20:55.700><c> the</c><00:20:55.900><c> 600</c><00:20:56.259><c> behind</c><00:20:56.720><c> them</c>

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to<00:20:58.079><c> do</c><00:20:58.220><c> battle</c><00:20:58.559><c> with</c><00:20:59.779><c> the</c><00:20:59.960><c> children</c><00:21:00.200><c> of</c><00:21:00.380><c> Israel.</c>

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I<00:21:01.359><c> wonder</c><00:21:01.480><c> what</c><00:21:01.640><c> David</c><00:21:01.980><c> thought</c><00:21:02.299><c> as</c><00:21:02.460><c> he</c><00:21:02.579><c> went</c><00:21:02.759><c> north.</c>

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Had<00:21:03.980><c> he</c><00:21:04.059><c> made</c><00:21:04.200><c> a</c><00:21:04.359><c> mistake</c><00:21:04.619><c> in</c><00:21:04.819><c> committing</c><00:21:05.000><c> himself</c><00:21:05.500><c> to</c><00:21:05.740><c> the</c><00:21:05.839><c> Philistines?</c>

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Well,<00:21:06.819><c> that's</c><00:21:07.019><c> for</c><00:21:07.099><c> you</c><00:21:07.200><c> to</c><00:21:07.480><c> decide.</c>

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It's<00:21:08.660><c> something</c><00:21:09.019><c> on</c><00:21:09.299><c> which</c><00:21:09.380><c> there</c><00:21:09.500><c> is</c><00:21:09.579><c> no</c><00:21:09.799><c> comment</c><00:21:09.980><c> in</c><00:21:10.160><c> Scripture.</c>

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The<00:21:12.720><c> Lord</c><00:21:12.859><c> does</c><00:21:13.119><c> bless</c><00:21:13.299><c> David</c><00:21:13.619><c> even</c><00:21:13.880><c> throughout</c><00:21:14.140><c> all</c><00:21:14.480><c> these</c><00:21:14.720><c> circumstances.</c>

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But<00:21:16.099><c> now</c><00:21:16.299><c> he</c><00:21:16.380><c> was</c><00:21:16.519><c> in</c><00:21:16.619><c> a</c><00:21:16.779><c> predicament,</c><00:21:17.240><c> I'm</c><00:21:17.480><c> sure,</c>

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which<00:21:17.960><c> exercised</c><00:21:18.460><c> his</c><00:21:18.680><c> conscience</c><00:21:18.960><c> tremendously.</c>

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Is<00:21:20.099><c> he</c><00:21:20.220><c> going</c><00:21:20.339><c> to</c><00:21:20.579><c> fight</c><00:21:20.779><c> against</c><00:21:21.019><c> the</c><00:21:21.200><c> children</c><00:21:21.400><c> of</c><00:21:21.619><c> Israel?</c>

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Or<00:21:22.380><c> is</c><00:21:22.559><c> he</c><00:21:22.720><c> not</c><00:21:22.920><c> going</c><00:21:23.160><c> to</c><00:21:23.380><c> fight?</c>

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He's<00:21:24.640><c> been</c><00:21:24.799><c> faithful</c><00:21:25.180><c> to</c><00:21:25.720><c> Gath,</c><00:21:26.539><c> to</c><00:21:26.680><c> Achish,</c><00:21:26.980><c> king</c><00:21:27.160><c> of</c><00:21:27.279><c> Gath.</c>

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Achish<00:21:28.000><c> says,</c><00:21:28.220><c> I've</c><00:21:28.380><c> found</c><00:21:28.460><c> no</c><00:21:28.779><c> fault</c><00:21:28.920><c> in</c><00:21:29.019><c> him</c><00:21:29.200><c> at</c><00:21:29.400><c> all</c>

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while<00:21:29.720><c> he's</c><00:21:29.859><c> been</c><00:21:30.000><c> with</c><00:21:30.180><c> me.</c>

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David<00:21:32.839><c> had</c><00:21:33.059><c> seen</c><00:21:33.160><c> to</c><00:21:33.299><c> it</c><00:21:33.380><c> that</c><00:21:33.480><c> he</c><00:21:33.619><c> didn't.</c>

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But<00:21:35.279><c> he</c><00:21:35.420><c> certainly</c><00:21:35.640><c> hadn't</c><00:21:35.839><c> found</c><00:21:36.160><c> any</c><00:21:36.400><c> fault,</c><00:21:36.720><c> and</c><00:21:36.839><c> they</c>

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march<00:21:37.200><c> north.</c>

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And<00:21:38.400><c> Saul</c><00:21:38.599><c> and</c><00:21:38.720><c> his</c><00:21:38.940><c> armies</c><00:21:39.140><c> march</c><00:21:39.539><c> northwards</c>

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until<00:21:41.019><c> they</c><00:21:41.279><c> are</c><00:21:41.440><c> pitched</c><00:21:41.759><c> on</c><00:21:42.099><c> the</c><00:21:42.299><c> southern</c><00:21:42.519><c> side</c><00:21:42.859><c> of</c><00:21:43.019><c> the</c><00:21:43.160><c> plain</c><00:21:43.319><c> of</c><00:21:43.480><c> Megiddo,</c>

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and<00:21:44.660><c> the</c><00:21:44.799><c> Philistines</c><00:21:45.240><c> are</c><00:21:45.460><c> pitched</c><00:21:45.700><c> on</c><00:21:46.000><c> the</c><00:21:46.160><c> northern</c><00:21:46.400><c> side.</c>

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They've<00:21:46.980><c> come</c><00:21:47.180><c> up</c><00:21:47.720><c> north</c><00:21:48.200><c> and</c><00:21:48.359><c> come</c><00:21:48.559><c> down</c><00:21:49.200><c> onto</c><00:21:49.400><c> this</c><00:21:49.700><c> place,</c>

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and<00:21:50.480><c> so</c><00:21:50.740><c> they</c><00:21:51.000><c> are</c><00:21:51.140><c> now</c><00:21:51.759><c> opposite</c><00:21:52.059><c> one</c><00:21:52.240><c> another</c><00:21:52.579><c> in</c><00:21:52.880><c> their</c><00:21:53.140><c> encampments.</c>

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And<00:21:54.920><c> the</c><00:21:55.039><c> battle</c><00:21:55.420><c> is</c><00:21:55.859><c> about</c><00:21:56.039><c> to</c><00:21:56.220><c> be</c><00:21:56.339><c> joined.</c>

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Saul<00:21:59.559><c> is</c><00:22:00.000><c> distraught.</c>

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He<00:22:01.440><c> has</c><00:22:01.599><c> no</c><00:22:01.779><c> message</c><00:22:02.039><c> from</c><00:22:02.240><c> God</c><00:22:02.420><c> of</c><00:22:02.579><c> any</c><00:22:02.819><c> kind,</c>

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neither<00:22:03.319><c> by</c><00:22:03.619><c> dream</c><00:22:03.859><c> nor</c><00:22:04.019><c> by</c><00:22:04.220><c> any</c><00:22:04.799><c> kind</c><00:22:05.059><c> of</c><00:22:05.240><c> vision.</c>

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Urim<00:22:06.240><c> and</c><00:22:06.460><c> Thummim</c><00:22:06.680><c> have</c><00:22:06.859><c> forsaken</c><00:22:07.200><c> him.</c>

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He<00:22:07.559><c> still</c><00:22:07.700><c> has</c><00:22:07.779><c> his</c><00:22:07.960><c> own</c><00:22:08.180><c> priest,</c><00:22:08.920><c> his</c><00:22:09.059><c> own</c><00:22:09.200><c> high</c><00:22:09.480><c> priest.</c>

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There<00:22:09.779><c> are</c><00:22:09.880><c> two</c><00:22:10.000><c> at</c><00:22:10.160><c> this</c><00:22:10.400><c> time,</c><00:22:11.019><c> a</c><00:22:11.180><c> priest</c><00:22:11.339><c> with</c><00:22:11.519><c> David</c><00:22:11.799><c> and</c><00:22:11.940><c> a</c>

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priest<00:22:12.259><c> with</c><00:22:12.559><c> Saul.</c>

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But<00:22:13.220><c> he</c><00:22:13.299><c> gets</c><00:22:13.460><c> no</c><00:22:13.700><c> answer</c><00:22:13.880><c> from</c><00:22:14.079><c> God</c><00:22:14.299><c> at</c><00:22:14.579><c> all.</c>

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And<00:22:15.680><c> he's</c><00:22:15.799><c> never</c><00:22:16.019><c> seen</c><00:22:16.380><c> Samuel's</c><00:22:17.420><c> since</c><00:22:17.539><c> the</c><00:22:17.720><c> day</c><00:22:17.819><c> that</c><00:22:18.160><c> Samuel</c><00:22:18.579><c> rejected</c><00:22:19.200><c> him.</c>

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It<00:22:19.940><c> says</c><00:22:20.039><c> quite</c><00:22:20.339><c> clearly</c><00:22:20.619><c> in</c><00:22:20.799><c> that</c><00:22:20.980><c> 15th</c><00:22:22.200><c> chapter</c><00:22:22.539><c> of</c><00:22:22.940><c> 1</c><00:22:23.200><c> Samuel</c>

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that<00:22:24.119><c> Saul</c><00:22:24.779><c> never</c><00:22:25.220><c> saw</c><00:22:25.440><c> Samuel</c><00:22:26.039><c> again</c><00:22:26.640><c> until</c><00:22:27.259><c> the</c><00:22:27.359><c> day</c><00:22:27.500><c> of</c><00:22:27.619><c> his</c><00:22:27.779><c> death,</c>

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from<00:22:28.920><c> that</c><00:22:29.059><c> day</c><00:22:29.240><c> of</c><00:22:29.640><c> rejection.</c>

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With<00:22:31.880><c> whom,</c><00:22:32.079><c> then,</c><00:22:32.200><c> is</c><00:22:32.299><c> he</c><00:22:32.380><c> to</c><00:22:32.579><c> consult?</c>

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Is<00:22:34.220><c> there</c><00:22:34.420><c> anybody</c><00:22:35.039><c> that</c><00:22:35.519><c> he</c><00:22:35.599><c> can</c><00:22:35.759><c> approach</c>

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and<00:22:37.660><c> sow</c><00:22:37.839><c> out</c><00:22:38.039><c> of</c><00:22:38.200><c> the</c><00:22:38.380><c> darkness</c><00:22:38.779><c> of</c><00:22:39.000><c> his</c><00:22:39.220><c> mind,</c>

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swimming<00:22:41.359><c> up</c><00:22:41.660><c> from</c><00:22:41.839><c> the</c><00:22:42.019><c> bottom</c><00:22:42.279><c> right</c><00:22:42.700><c> from</c><00:22:42.880><c> that</c><00:22:43.119><c> 15th</c><00:22:43.900><c> chapter</c><00:22:44.200><c> of</c><00:22:44.819><c> 1</c><00:22:45.240><c> Samuel?</c>

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Rebellion<00:22:46.759><c> is</c><00:22:47.059><c> as</c><00:22:47.259><c> the</c><00:22:47.460><c> sin</c><00:22:47.579><c> of</c><00:22:47.799><c> witchcraft.</c>

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Is<00:22:49.259><c> there</c><00:22:49.500><c> a</c><00:22:49.660><c> witch?</c>

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Is<00:22:51.099><c> there</c><00:22:51.279><c> some</c><00:22:52.220><c> medium</c><00:22:52.680><c> here?</c>

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And<00:22:55.579><c> his</c><00:22:55.680><c> servants,</c><00:22:56.099><c> of</c><00:22:56.339><c> course,</c><00:22:57.099><c> knew</c><00:22:57.319><c> that</c><00:22:57.619><c> Saul</c><00:22:57.859><c> had</c><00:22:58.140><c> in</c><00:22:58.299><c> the</c><00:22:58.500><c> beginning</c><00:22:58.720><c> of</c>

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his<00:22:59.180><c> reign</c>

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put<00:22:59.960><c> down</c><00:23:00.299><c> all</c><00:23:00.539><c> witches</c><00:23:01.019><c> and</c><00:23:01.579><c> all</c><00:23:01.759><c> those</c><00:23:01.960><c> who</c><00:23:02.059><c> were</c><00:23:02.200><c> against</c>

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God<00:23:02.680><c> in</c><00:23:02.880><c> that</c><00:23:03.039><c> way.</c>

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His<00:23:04.400><c> enthusiasm</c><00:23:04.799><c> was</c><00:23:05.119><c> great</c><00:23:05.299><c> at</c><00:23:05.460><c> the</c><00:23:05.640><c> beginning.</c>

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He<00:23:07.420><c> put</c><00:23:07.579><c> his</c><00:23:07.759><c> hands</c><00:23:07.900><c> on</c><00:23:08.019><c> the</c><00:23:08.220><c> plow,</c><00:23:08.440><c> but</c><00:23:08.559><c> he</c><00:23:08.680><c> looked</c><00:23:08.859><c> back,</c>

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:12.599
and<00:23:10.140><c> he</c><00:23:10.259><c> would</c><00:23:10.440><c> never</c><00:23:10.660><c> enter</c><00:23:10.960><c> into</c><00:23:11.180><c> the</c><00:23:11.299><c> kingdom</c><00:23:11.500><c> of</c><00:23:11.740><c> God.</c>

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He<00:23:12.900><c> had</c><00:23:13.039><c> great</c><00:23:13.319><c> possibilities,</c>

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even<00:23:15.019><c> as</c><00:23:15.259><c> though</c><00:23:15.839><c> he</c><00:23:16.500><c> had</c><00:23:16.619><c> been</c><00:23:16.799><c> one</c><00:23:16.960><c> of</c><00:23:17.079><c> us</c><00:23:17.519><c> baptized</c>

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and<00:23:19.140><c> set</c><00:23:19.259><c> on</c><00:23:19.440><c> the</c><00:23:19.559><c> way</c><00:23:19.660><c> to</c><00:23:19.799><c> the</c><00:23:19.940><c> kingdom.</c>

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Then<00:23:21.819><c> he</c><00:23:22.059><c> turned</c><00:23:22.279><c> the</c><00:23:22.539><c> plow</c><00:23:22.779><c> and</c><00:23:22.940><c> gone</c><00:23:23.079><c> another</c><00:23:23.339><c> way.</c>

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His<00:23:25.160><c> furrow</c><00:23:25.380><c> was</c><00:23:25.559><c> never</c><00:23:25.859><c> straight.</c>

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He'd<00:23:28.259><c> never</c><00:23:28.460><c> bring</c><00:23:28.720><c> forth</c><00:23:29.019><c> fruit</c><00:23:29.259><c> unto</c><00:23:29.539><c> righteousness,</c>

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but<00:23:31.359><c> thorns</c><00:23:31.819><c> and</c><00:23:32.099><c> thistles,</c>

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and<00:23:33.940><c> that</c><00:23:34.079><c> which</c><00:23:34.220><c> was</c><00:23:34.420><c> displeasing</c><00:23:34.839><c> to</c><00:23:35.079><c> God.</c>

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:38.720
And<00:23:35.940><c> yes,</c><00:23:36.140><c> we</c><00:23:36.380><c> found</c><00:23:36.759><c> a</c><00:23:37.240><c> medium,</c><00:23:37.920><c> we</c><00:23:38.059><c> found</c><00:23:38.279><c> somebody,</c>

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and<00:23:39.079><c> so</c><00:23:39.200><c> by</c><00:23:39.460><c> night,</c><00:23:40.079><c> Saul</c><00:23:40.259><c> and</c><00:23:40.359><c> some</c><00:23:40.539><c> of</c><00:23:40.660><c> his</c><00:23:40.799><c> men</c>

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leave<00:23:41.880><c> where</c><00:23:42.079><c> they</c><00:23:42.339><c> are</c><00:23:42.539><c> on</c><00:23:42.720><c> the</c><00:23:43.019><c> south</c><00:23:43.480><c> of</c><00:23:44.400><c> this</c><00:23:44.759><c> great</c><00:23:45.039><c> valley,</c>

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and<00:23:46.099><c> they</c><00:23:46.279><c> go</c><00:23:46.440><c> behind</c><00:23:47.079><c> the</c><00:23:47.339><c> army</c><00:23:47.559><c> of</c><00:23:47.740><c> the</c><00:23:47.880><c> Philistines</c>

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until<00:23:49.339><c> they</c><00:23:49.559><c> come</c><00:23:49.720><c> to</c><00:23:49.900><c> the</c><00:23:50.000><c> place</c><00:23:50.500><c> of</c><00:23:50.660><c> Endor</c><00:23:51.200><c> where</c><00:23:51.460><c> the</c><00:23:51.619><c> witch</c><00:23:51.880><c> is.</c>

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And<00:23:54.140><c> he</c><00:23:54.180><c> comes</c><00:23:54.440><c> to</c><00:23:54.680><c> her,</c><00:23:54.940><c> this</c><00:23:55.140><c> great</c><00:23:55.420><c> man,</c>

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and<00:23:58.599><c> asks</c><00:23:59.079><c> whether</c><00:23:59.259><c> he</c><00:23:59.440><c> might</c><00:23:59.660><c> consult.</c>

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But<00:24:00.980><c> she</c><00:24:01.119><c> says,</c><00:24:01.259><c> you</c><00:24:01.420><c> know</c><00:24:01.759><c> that</c><00:24:02.039><c> Saul</c><00:24:02.220><c> has</c><00:24:02.500><c> put</c><00:24:02.680><c> to</c><00:24:02.839><c> death</c><00:24:03.000><c> all</c>

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the<00:24:03.380><c> witches</c>

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and<00:24:04.539><c> all</c><00:24:04.660><c> people</c><00:24:04.900><c> of</c><00:24:05.059><c> that</c><00:24:05.259><c> kind?</c>

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I<00:24:06.339><c> don't</c><00:24:06.660><c> enter</c><00:24:06.940><c> into</c><00:24:07.099><c> this.</c>

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But<00:24:09.240><c> he</c><00:24:09.400><c> presses</c><00:24:09.640><c> upon</c><00:24:09.960><c> her</c><00:24:10.519><c> and</c><00:24:10.880><c> his</c><00:24:11.099><c> servants</c><00:24:11.299><c> with</c><00:24:11.519><c> him,</c>

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and<00:24:13.400><c> she</c><00:24:13.539><c> asks</c><00:24:13.839><c> him,</c><00:24:15.299><c> whom</c><00:24:15.299><c> shall</c><00:24:15.519><c> I</c><00:24:15.640><c> bring</c><00:24:15.819><c> up?</c>

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And<00:24:18.039><c> he</c><00:24:18.140><c> said,</c><00:24:18.380><c> Samuel.</c>

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She<00:24:21.000><c> said,</c><00:24:21.220><c> right</c><00:24:21.319><c> away,</c><00:24:21.619><c> thou</c><00:24:21.680><c> art</c><00:24:21.900><c> Saul.</c>

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And<00:24:23.900><c> so</c><00:24:23.960><c> he's</c><00:24:24.180><c> got</c><00:24:24.259><c> to</c><00:24:24.440><c> quieten</c><00:24:24.940><c> her</c><00:24:25.660><c> feelings</c><00:24:25.940><c> of</c><00:24:26.279><c> fear</c>

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:28.720
that<00:24:26.640><c> he</c><00:24:26.819><c> might</c><00:24:26.960><c> on</c><00:24:27.160><c> the</c><00:24:27.319><c> spot</c><00:24:27.500><c> put</c><00:24:27.660><c> her</c><00:24:27.799><c> to</c><00:24:27.960><c> death.</c>

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He's<00:24:29.359><c> too</c><00:24:29.480><c> weak</c><00:24:29.660><c> a</c><00:24:29.799><c> man</c><00:24:29.900><c> now</c><00:24:30.140><c> to</c><00:24:30.299><c> put</c><00:24:30.380><c> her</c><00:24:30.519><c> to</c><00:24:30.680><c> death.</c>

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Sheers<00:24:31.900><c> the</c><00:24:32.099><c> stronger.</c>

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Oh,<00:24:33.059><c> but</c><00:24:33.160><c> they're</c><00:24:33.299><c> stronger</c><00:24:33.599><c> than</c><00:24:33.819><c> both</c><00:24:34.019><c> of</c><00:24:34.160><c> them</c><00:24:34.279><c> there,</c>

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for<00:24:35.460><c> out</c><00:24:35.640><c> of</c><00:24:35.759><c> this</c><00:24:36.019><c> circumstance</c><00:24:36.500><c> it</c><00:24:36.680><c> appears</c>

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that<00:24:37.160><c> God</c><00:24:37.339><c> Himself</c><00:24:37.779><c> works.</c>

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For<00:24:39.839><c> this</c><00:24:39.980><c> was</c><00:24:40.119><c> not</c><00:24:40.279><c> just</c><00:24:40.440><c> between</c><00:24:40.680><c> the</c><00:24:40.839><c> witch</c><00:24:41.000><c> and</c><00:24:41.200><c> between</c><00:24:41.519><c> Saul.</c>

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For<00:24:42.559><c> the</c><00:24:42.680><c> Lord</c><00:24:42.859><c> here</c><00:24:43.059><c> is</c><00:24:43.220><c> now</c><00:24:43.420><c> going</c><00:24:43.579><c> to</c><00:24:43.779><c> deliver</c><00:24:43.940><c> a</c><00:24:44.140><c> message.</c>

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And<00:24:45.160><c> whether</c><00:24:45.299><c> Samuel</c><00:24:45.619><c> himself</c><00:24:46.019><c> appears</c><00:24:46.400><c> personally</c>

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is<00:24:47.500><c> a</c><00:24:47.599><c> matter,</c><00:24:47.799><c> of</c><00:24:47.980><c> course,</c><00:24:48.240><c> of</c><00:24:48.380><c> some</c><00:24:48.700><c> controversy.</c>

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But<00:24:49.700><c> certainly</c><00:24:50.099><c> the</c><00:24:50.380><c> words</c><00:24:50.660><c> that</c><00:24:50.859><c> this</c><00:24:51.259><c> woman</c><00:24:51.500><c> is</c><00:24:51.779><c> called</c><00:24:51.920><c> to</c><00:24:52.180><c> speak</c>

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and<00:24:53.140><c> that</c><00:24:53.420><c> which</c><00:24:53.960><c> Saul</c><00:24:54.359><c> himself</c><00:24:54.799><c> is</c><00:24:55.039><c> called</c><00:24:55.160><c> to</c><00:24:55.400><c> hear</c>

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and<00:24:56.599><c> is</c><00:24:56.759><c> called</c><00:24:56.900><c> to</c><00:24:57.140><c> flash</c><00:24:57.319><c> upon</c><00:24:57.500><c> his</c><00:24:57.759><c> mind</c>

00:24:58.259 --> 00:25:00.039
is<00:24:58.680><c> a</c><00:24:58.799><c> message</c><00:24:59.059><c> direct</c><00:24:59.480><c> from</c><00:24:59.700><c> God.</c>

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And<00:25:00.400><c> perhaps</c><00:25:00.619><c> in</c><00:25:00.819><c> those</c><00:25:01.039><c> words</c><00:25:01.319><c> in</c><00:25:01.619><c> the</c><00:25:01.799><c> 1</c><00:25:02.039><c> Samuel</c><00:25:02.500><c> 15</c>

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that<00:25:03.680><c> Saul</c><00:25:04.319><c> never</c><00:25:04.960><c> saw</c><00:25:05.319><c> Samuel</c><00:25:05.799><c> until</c><00:25:06.400><c> the</c><00:25:06.619><c> day</c><00:25:06.759><c> of</c><00:25:06.940><c> his</c><00:25:07.180><c> death</c>

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now<00:25:08.359><c> receives</c><00:25:08.779><c> a</c><00:25:08.960><c> fulfillment.</c>

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Because<00:25:10.599><c> as</c><00:25:10.799><c> there</c><00:25:11.059><c> springs</c><00:25:11.440><c> to</c><00:25:11.640><c> the</c><00:25:11.779><c> mind</c><00:25:11.940><c> of</c><00:25:12.099><c> this</c><00:25:12.240><c> woman</c>

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what<00:25:14.279><c> Saul</c><00:25:14.599><c> wants,</c>

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there<00:25:16.180><c> also</c><00:25:16.579><c> springs</c><00:25:16.839><c> to</c><00:25:16.960><c> her</c><00:25:17.119><c> something</c><00:25:17.460><c> beyond</c><00:25:17.779><c> her</c><00:25:18.019><c> own</c><00:25:18.240><c> control.</c>

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For<00:25:20.400><c> she</c><00:25:20.539><c> herself</c><00:25:20.819><c> is</c><00:25:21.059><c> afraid</c>

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when<00:25:22.460><c> she</c><00:25:22.660><c> sees</c><00:25:22.819><c> the</c><00:25:23.000><c> old</c><00:25:23.200><c> man</c><00:25:23.500><c> with</c><00:25:23.680><c> the</c><00:25:23.819><c> mantle.</c>

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Why<00:25:26.779><c> hast</c><00:25:27.019><c> thou</c><00:25:27.160><c> disquieted</c><00:25:28.000><c> me</c><00:25:28.799><c> to</c><00:25:30.299><c> bring</c><00:25:30.440><c> me</c><00:25:30.660><c> up?</c>

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And<00:25:33.079><c> Saul</c><00:25:33.460><c> now</c><00:25:33.799><c> in</c><00:25:33.920><c> all</c><00:25:34.180><c> his</c><00:25:34.400><c> poverty</c><00:25:35.079><c> says</c>

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that<00:25:36.460><c> he's</c><00:25:36.680><c> bereft</c><00:25:36.980><c> of</c><00:25:37.180><c> every</c><00:25:37.400><c> vision</c><00:25:37.619><c> of</c><00:25:37.839><c> God</c>

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and<00:25:38.359><c> where</c><00:25:38.500><c> there</c><00:25:38.640><c> is</c><00:25:38.799><c> no</c><00:25:39.000><c> vision</c><00:25:39.200><c> the</c><00:25:39.359><c> people</c><00:25:39.619><c> perish.</c>

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And<00:25:41.019><c> that's</c><00:25:41.380><c> precisely</c><00:25:41.839><c> the</c><00:25:42.119><c> message</c>

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that<00:25:42.740><c> Samuel</c><00:25:42.980><c> was</c><00:25:43.259><c> now</c><00:25:43.720><c> to</c><00:25:43.980><c> deliver</c><00:25:44.619><c> unto</c><00:25:44.940><c> Saul.</c>

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:48.920
He<00:25:45.740><c> had</c><00:25:45.859><c> no</c><00:25:46.039><c> message</c><00:25:46.259><c> of</c><00:25:46.500><c> comfort,</c><00:25:46.779><c> no</c><00:25:47.039><c> word</c><00:25:47.299><c> to</c><00:25:47.519><c> give</c><00:25:47.599><c> to</c><00:25:47.799><c> him.</c>

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:52.680
And<00:25:50.460><c> the</c><00:25:50.539><c> witch</c><00:25:50.980><c> listens</c>

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and<00:25:53.980><c> Saul</c><00:25:54.420><c> hears</c><00:25:54.779><c> the</c><00:25:55.019><c> words</c>

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:56.920
that<00:25:55.660><c> by</c><00:25:55.940><c> this</c><00:25:56.119><c> time</c><00:25:56.380><c> tomorrow</c>

00:25:56.920 --> 00:26:00.180
both<00:25:57.359><c> thou</c><00:25:57.680><c> and</c><00:25:57.839><c> thy</c><00:25:58.039><c> son</c><00:25:58.359><c> shall</c><00:25:58.579><c> be</c><00:25:58.680><c> with</c><00:25:58.839><c> me.</c>

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:04.220
Just<00:26:01.920><c> an</c><00:26:02.119><c> interesting</c><00:26:02.539><c> side</c><00:26:03.480><c> comment</c><00:26:03.819><c> there.</c>

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:06.559
They<00:26:04.400><c> were</c><00:26:04.559><c> all</c><00:26:04.779><c> going</c><00:26:04.920><c> to</c><00:26:05.099><c> be,</c><00:26:05.319><c> the</c><00:26:05.440><c> righteous</c><00:26:05.700><c> and</c><00:26:05.960><c> the</c><00:26:06.099><c> unrighteous,</c>

00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.819
in<00:26:06.740><c> the</c><00:26:06.859><c> same</c><00:26:07.079><c> place</c><00:26:07.319><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:10.539
Saul<00:26:08.400><c> with</c><00:26:08.599><c> Samuel,</c><00:26:09.619><c> Samuel</c><00:26:09.859><c> with</c><00:26:10.099><c> Jonathan,</c>

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:13.519
and<00:26:11.059><c> the</c><00:26:11.160><c> rest</c><00:26:11.680><c> of</c><00:26:12.319><c> his</c><00:26:12.480><c> sons.</c>

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.980
All<00:26:14.339><c> there</c><00:26:14.559><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:17.200
And<00:26:15.460><c> so</c><00:26:15.619><c> Saul</c><00:26:15.779><c> is</c><00:26:15.940><c> about</c><00:26:16.119><c> to</c><00:26:16.279><c> set</c><00:26:16.400><c> back</c><00:26:16.640><c> through</c><00:26:16.859><c> the</c><00:26:16.980><c> night</c>

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:19.980
but<00:26:17.519><c> now</c><00:26:17.779><c> the</c><00:26:17.839><c> woman</c><00:26:18.079><c> prevails</c><00:26:18.440><c> upon</c><00:26:18.640><c> him</c><00:26:19.059><c> to</c><00:26:19.359><c> take</c><00:26:19.519><c> a</c><00:26:19.700><c> meal.</c>

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:24.339
All<00:26:20.680><c> his</c><00:26:21.059><c> strength</c><00:26:21.259><c> has</c><00:26:21.500><c> gone</c><00:26:21.619><c> and</c><00:26:21.779><c> he's</c><00:26:22.440><c> cast</c><00:26:22.599><c> down</c><00:26:22.920><c> upon</c><00:26:23.140><c> the</c><00:26:23.339><c> ground.</c>

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:27.779
His<00:26:24.940><c> servants</c><00:26:25.359><c> and</c><00:26:25.559><c> she</c><00:26:25.740><c> herself</c><00:26:26.420><c> prevail</c><00:26:27.039><c> upon</c><00:26:27.299><c> him</c>

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:29.559
and<00:26:28.180><c> he</c><00:26:28.299><c> takes</c><00:26:28.480><c> a</c><00:26:28.640><c> little</c><00:26:28.799><c> sustenance.</c>

00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:31.740
Meanwhile<00:26:30.519><c> in</c><00:26:30.700><c> the</c><00:26:30.819><c> camp</c><00:26:30.960><c> of</c><00:26:31.119><c> the</c><00:26:31.240><c> Philistines</c>

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:33.500
there's<00:26:32.099><c> some</c><00:26:32.339><c> disturbance.</c>

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:35.559
For<00:26:33.799><c> there</c><00:26:34.420><c> the</c><00:26:34.700><c> lords</c><00:26:34.920><c> of</c><00:26:35.079><c> the</c><00:26:35.200><c> Philistines</c>

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.799
who've<00:26:35.859><c> marched</c><00:26:36.079><c> on</c><00:26:36.319><c> before</c>

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:38.480
and<00:26:37.200><c> Achish</c><00:26:37.440><c> coming</c><00:26:37.680><c> on</c><00:26:37.920><c> behind</c>

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:40.019
have<00:26:38.920><c> come</c><00:26:39.039><c> into</c><00:26:39.180><c> this</c><00:26:39.420><c> great</c><00:26:39.619><c> array,</c>

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:42.539
moved<00:26:40.539><c> up</c><00:26:40.740><c> their</c><00:26:40.900><c> army</c><00:26:41.200><c> to</c><00:26:41.319><c> the</c><00:26:41.500><c> place</c><00:26:41.779><c> Aphek</c>

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:44.880
where<00:26:43.160><c> battles</c><00:26:43.660><c> had</c><00:26:43.900><c> taken</c><00:26:44.099><c> place</c><00:26:44.380><c> before.</c>

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:47.640
This<00:26:45.299><c> is</c><00:26:45.440><c> the</c><00:26:45.559><c> place</c><00:26:46.079><c> where</c><00:26:46.500><c> Balak</c><00:26:46.960><c> and</c><00:26:47.220><c> Deborah</c>

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:50.440
had<00:26:48.299><c> entered</c><00:26:48.500><c> into</c><00:26:48.779><c> conflict</c><00:26:49.240><c> with</c><00:26:49.559><c> Sisera,</c><00:26:49.880><c> you</c><00:26:50.059><c> remember.</c>

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:52.579
In<00:26:50.940><c> this</c><00:26:51.099><c> battle</c><00:26:51.359><c> also</c><00:26:51.940><c> later</c><00:26:52.319><c> on</c>

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:54.599
the<00:26:52.960><c> Messiah</c><00:26:52.960><c> was</c><00:26:53.160><c> to</c><00:26:53.299><c> meet</c><00:26:53.460><c> with</c><00:26:53.740><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:26:54.180><c> Niko,</c>

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:56.759
and<00:26:55.039><c> in</c><00:26:55.359><c> this</c><00:26:55.579><c> very</c><00:26:55.779><c> place</c>

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:58.119
according<00:26:57.480><c> to</c><00:26:57.720><c> Scripture</c>

00:26:58.119 --> 00:27:00.339
there<00:26:58.440><c> will</c><00:26:58.599><c> be</c><00:26:58.859><c> a</c><00:26:59.079><c> great</c><00:26:59.220><c> and</c><00:26:59.539><c> final</c><00:26:59.759><c> conflict.</c>

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:02.559
And<00:27:00.859><c> here</c><00:27:01.019><c> it</c><00:27:01.140><c> is</c><00:27:01.380><c> that</c><00:27:01.980><c> Saul's</c><00:27:02.420><c> army</c>

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:04.019
is<00:27:02.779><c> pitched</c><00:27:02.960><c> on</c><00:27:03.160><c> Mount</c><00:27:03.400><c> Gilboa</c>

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:06.500
and<00:27:04.279><c> David</c><00:27:04.740><c> is</c><00:27:05.019><c> coming</c><00:27:05.220><c> into</c><00:27:05.480><c> array</c><00:27:05.759><c> on</c><00:27:05.960><c> the</c><00:27:06.059><c> other</c><00:27:06.299><c> side</c>

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:08.619
and<00:27:06.660><c> the</c><00:27:06.819><c> Philistines</c><00:27:07.140><c> say,</c><00:27:07.380><c> who's</c><00:27:07.619><c> this?</c>

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:10.599
And<00:27:08.799><c> Achish</c><00:27:08.960><c> says,</c><00:27:09.259><c> this</c><00:27:09.319><c> is</c><00:27:10.200><c> David.</c>

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:13.400
But<00:27:11.099><c> isn't</c><00:27:11.240><c> this</c><00:27:11.500><c> the</c><00:27:11.660><c> servant</c><00:27:11.880><c> of</c><00:27:12.079><c> Saul,</c><00:27:12.380><c> they</c><00:27:12.599><c> said?</c>

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:16.059
Haven't<00:27:14.759><c> we</c><00:27:14.880><c> got</c><00:27:15.019><c> a</c><00:27:15.200><c> traitor</c><00:27:15.400><c> in</c><00:27:15.579><c> our</c><00:27:15.720><c> midst?</c>

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.220
Send<00:27:16.660><c> him</c><00:27:16.839><c> back.</c>

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:19.400
And<00:27:17.799><c> so</c><00:27:17.920><c> it</c><00:27:18.019><c> is</c><00:27:18.140><c> that</c><00:27:18.359><c> the</c><00:27:18.519><c> lords</c><00:27:18.740><c> of</c><00:27:18.920><c> the</c><00:27:19.019><c> Philistines,</c>

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:21.200
the<00:27:19.640><c> five</c><00:27:19.980><c> lords</c><00:27:20.339><c> of</c><00:27:20.480><c> the</c><00:27:20.599><c> Philistines</c>

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:23.700
prevail<00:27:21.920><c> upon</c><00:27:22.500><c> Achish,</c>

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.099
a<00:27:24.259><c> name</c><00:27:24.420><c> like</c><00:27:24.720><c> Pharaoh,</c>

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:27.559
Achish<00:27:25.799><c> of</c><00:27:25.980><c> Gath,</c><00:27:26.660><c> and</c><00:27:26.839><c> so</c><00:27:27.000><c> it</c><00:27:27.099><c> is</c>

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.960
that<00:27:27.920><c> David</c><00:27:28.099><c> is</c><00:27:28.299><c> to</c><00:27:28.400><c> be</c><00:27:28.519><c> sent</c><00:27:28.660><c> back.</c>

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:30.440
And<00:27:29.119><c> yet</c><00:27:29.259><c> David</c><00:27:29.539><c> seems</c><00:27:29.759><c> to</c><00:27:29.940><c> be</c><00:27:30.059><c> hesitant.</c>

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.819
I<00:27:30.920><c> don't</c><00:27:31.099><c> think</c><00:27:31.160><c> he</c><00:27:31.359><c> really</c><00:27:31.579><c> was.</c>

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:34.039
I<00:27:31.960><c> think</c><00:27:32.119><c> this</c><00:27:32.740><c> was</c><00:27:32.940><c> a</c><00:27:33.059><c> great</c><00:27:33.180><c> relief</c><00:27:33.480><c> to</c><00:27:33.640><c> him.</c>

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:36.079
He<00:27:34.480><c> seems</c><00:27:34.680><c> to</c><00:27:34.839><c> be</c><00:27:34.960><c> hesitant</c><00:27:35.240><c> for</c><00:27:35.420><c> the</c><00:27:35.579><c> moment</c><00:27:35.740><c> and</c><00:27:35.900><c> says,</c>

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.519
what<00:27:36.599><c> evil</c><00:27:36.819><c> have</c><00:27:37.000><c> I</c><00:27:37.160><c> done?</c>

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:39.220
And<00:27:37.920><c> Achish</c><00:27:38.119><c> says</c><00:27:38.299><c> nothing</c><00:27:38.640><c> at</c><00:27:38.900><c> all,</c>

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.619
but<00:27:39.559><c> returns</c><00:27:39.859><c> him</c><00:27:40.119><c> southward</c>

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:42.519
and<00:27:40.960><c> so</c><00:27:41.119><c> it</c><00:27:41.240><c> is</c><00:27:41.339><c> that</c><00:27:41.460><c> the</c><00:27:41.599><c> hundred</c><00:27:41.779><c> mile</c><00:27:42.039><c> march</c>

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:44.339
begins<00:27:42.940><c> again</c><00:27:43.440><c> southward</c>

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:46.460
which<00:27:44.559><c> it</c><00:27:44.799><c> looks</c><00:27:45.059><c> as</c><00:27:45.259><c> though</c><00:27:45.400><c> David</c><00:27:45.700><c> and</c><00:27:45.880><c> his</c><00:27:46.119><c> men</c>

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:48.019
perform<00:27:47.000><c> in</c><00:27:47.180><c> three</c><00:27:47.400><c> days</c>

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:49.940
from<00:27:48.759><c> the</c><00:27:49.180><c> place</c><00:27:49.380><c> where</c><00:27:49.559><c> they're</c><00:27:49.799><c> pitched</c>

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:51.420
right<00:27:50.299><c> down</c><00:27:50.660><c> to</c><00:27:50.900><c> Zigglag.</c>

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:54.420
And<00:27:51.859><c> as</c><00:27:51.940><c> his</c><00:27:52.079><c> men</c><00:27:52.279><c> march</c><00:27:52.559><c> southward</c><00:27:52.940><c> and</c><00:27:53.079><c> come</c><00:27:53.180><c> to</c><00:27:53.319><c> Zigglag,</c>

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.880
it<00:27:55.460><c> isn't</c><00:27:55.640><c> there.</c>

00:27:58.420 --> 00:28:00.940
Just<00:27:58.900><c> smoldering</c><00:27:59.380><c> ruins</c><00:27:59.799><c> left.</c>

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:02.740
No<00:28:01.599><c> people.</c>

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.599
No<00:28:03.440><c> possessions.</c>

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:06.619
And<00:28:05.240><c> for</c><00:28:05.539><c> once,</c>

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:08.180
this<00:28:06.859><c> seems</c><00:28:07.019><c> to</c><00:28:07.140><c> be</c><00:28:07.240><c> the</c><00:28:07.319><c> only</c><00:28:07.559><c> time</c>

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:10.799
until<00:28:08.720><c> later</c><00:28:09.000><c> after</c><00:28:09.240><c> David's</c><00:28:09.700><c> own</c><00:28:09.839><c> sin,</c>

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.640
the<00:28:11.460><c> six</c><00:28:11.579><c> hundred</c><00:28:11.779><c> men</c><00:28:11.980><c> turn</c><00:28:12.180><c> against</c><00:28:12.460><c> him</c>

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:13.960
and<00:28:12.740><c> there</c><00:28:12.859><c> are</c><00:28:13.000><c> murmurs</c><00:28:13.220><c> in</c><00:28:13.420><c> the</c><00:28:13.579><c> camp</c>

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:15.920
about<00:28:14.440><c> stoning</c><00:28:14.759><c> him.</c>

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:18.559
But<00:28:16.940><c> he</c><00:28:16.980><c> takes</c><00:28:17.420><c> consultation</c><00:28:17.940><c> with</c><00:28:18.160><c> God</c>

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:20.200
and<00:28:18.880><c> asks</c><00:28:19.200><c> whether</c><00:28:19.400><c> he</c><00:28:19.579><c> should</c><00:28:19.700><c> pursue</c>

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:22.039
the<00:28:20.720><c> force</c><00:28:20.980><c> that</c><00:28:21.119><c> has</c><00:28:21.339><c> overtaken</c>

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:24.059
Zigglag,<00:28:22.920><c> his</c><00:28:23.099><c> home.</c>

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:26.599
Abigail<00:28:25.279><c> is</c><00:28:25.539><c> gone.</c>

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:28.480
Ahinoam<00:28:27.079><c> the</c><00:28:27.240><c> Jezreelitis.</c>

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:30.400
The<00:28:28.660><c> wives</c><00:28:28.960><c> of</c><00:28:29.119><c> the</c><00:28:29.259><c> six</c><00:28:29.380><c> hundred</c><00:28:29.640><c> men</c><00:28:29.859><c> have</c><00:28:30.079><c> gone.</c>

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:32.039
Nothing<00:28:30.940><c> is</c><00:28:31.119><c> left,</c><00:28:31.480><c> all</c><00:28:31.579><c> their</c><00:28:31.720><c> children</c>

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:33.119
and<00:28:32.240><c> all</c><00:28:32.400><c> their</c><00:28:32.579><c> possessions.</c>

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:35.720
And<00:28:33.640><c> just</c><00:28:33.940><c> a</c><00:28:34.200><c> smoking,</c><00:28:34.880><c> smoking</c><00:28:35.299><c> ruin</c>

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:37.680
is<00:28:36.220><c> left</c><00:28:36.420><c> there</c><00:28:36.759><c> behind.</c>

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:39.579
God<00:28:38.319><c> says</c><00:28:38.519><c> pursue.</c>

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:42.619
And<00:28:40.539><c> they</c><00:28:40.720><c> pursue</c><00:28:41.099><c> and</c><00:28:41.299><c> go</c><00:28:41.500><c> on</c><00:28:41.900><c> and</c><00:28:42.160><c> on.</c>

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:44.900
But<00:28:43.279><c> there's</c><00:28:43.440><c> still</c><00:28:43.599><c> no</c><00:28:43.839><c> sight</c><00:28:44.039><c> of</c><00:28:44.180><c> those</c>

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:46.839
who<00:28:45.400><c> raided</c><00:28:45.599><c> their</c><00:28:45.880><c> home</c><00:28:46.160><c> and</c><00:28:46.420><c> burned</c><00:28:46.640><c> it</c>

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:49.339
to<00:28:46.920><c> the</c><00:28:47.079><c> ground.</c><00:28:47.980><c> Until</c><00:28:48.220><c> they</c><00:28:48.420><c> come</c><00:28:48.599><c> across</c>

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:52.039
a<00:28:49.960><c> man</c><00:28:50.180><c> lying</c><00:28:50.539><c> on</c><00:28:50.759><c> the</c><00:28:50.940><c> ground.</c>

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:54.000
An<00:28:52.960><c> Egyptian.</c>

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.940
A<00:28:54.940><c> servant.</c>

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:57.680
Who<00:28:56.460><c> is</c><00:28:56.759><c> sick.</c>

00:28:58.500 --> 00:29:00.500
And<00:28:58.779><c> you</c><00:28:58.940><c> know,</c><00:28:59.839><c> that</c><00:29:00.079><c> was</c><00:29:00.319><c> the</c>

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:02.859
undoing<00:29:01.359><c> of</c><00:29:01.519><c> the</c><00:29:01.619><c> Amalekite.</c>

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.839
A<00:29:04.259><c> man</c><00:29:04.460><c> had</c><00:29:04.599><c> ill</c>

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:06.400
treated<00:29:05.039><c> his</c><00:29:05.400><c> servant.</c>

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:09.059
And<00:29:07.599><c> they</c><00:29:07.759><c> lost</c><00:29:07.980><c> the</c><00:29:08.140><c> battle.</c>

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:12.299
It<00:29:10.640><c> was</c><00:29:10.859><c> only</c><00:29:11.140><c> an</c><00:29:11.400><c> Egyptian.</c>

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.859
You<00:29:13.119><c> can</c><00:29:13.279><c> get</c><00:29:13.519><c> servants</c>

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:15.380
any<00:29:14.200><c> day,</c><00:29:15.039><c> anywhere.</c>

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:17.000
You<00:29:15.599><c> can</c><00:29:15.880><c> buy</c><00:29:16.140><c> them</c><00:29:16.339><c> for</c><00:29:16.559><c> money.</c>

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:19.880
And<00:29:17.440><c> we've</c><00:29:17.640><c> taken</c><00:29:17.839><c> plenty</c><00:29:18.160><c> of</c><00:29:18.380><c> money</c><00:29:18.579><c> from</c><00:29:18.839><c> Zigglag.</c>

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:21.220
The<00:29:20.359><c> servant</c><00:29:20.579><c> can't</c><00:29:20.960><c> march.</c>

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:22.680
He's<00:29:21.559><c> sick.</c><00:29:21.779><c> Leave</c><00:29:21.940><c> him</c><00:29:22.180><c> behind.</c>

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:24.839
And<00:29:23.240><c> so</c><00:29:23.380><c> the</c><00:29:23.500><c> whole</c><00:29:23.640><c> of</c><00:29:23.759><c> the</c><00:29:23.839><c> Amalekites</c><00:29:24.299><c> and</c><00:29:24.400><c> their</c><00:29:24.559><c> company</c>

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:27.240
go<00:29:25.140><c> southward</c><00:29:25.799><c> and</c><00:29:26.319><c> leave</c><00:29:26.539><c> one</c><00:29:26.920><c> man</c>

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:29.220
a<00:29:27.519><c> sick</c><00:29:27.680><c> Egyptian</c><00:29:28.140><c> behind.</c>

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:32.240
But<00:29:30.299><c> that's</c><00:29:30.500><c> all</c><00:29:30.680><c> that</c><00:29:30.819><c> the</c><00:29:30.940><c> Lord</c><00:29:31.079><c> requires.</c>

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:34.299
And<00:29:33.220><c> the</c><00:29:33.380><c> Egyptian</c><00:29:33.599><c> communicates</c>

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.579
to<00:29:34.500><c> David</c><00:29:34.720><c> and</c><00:29:34.880><c> to</c><00:29:34.980><c> his</c><00:29:35.119><c> company</c>

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:37.440
who<00:29:35.859><c> it</c><00:29:36.099><c> is</c><00:29:36.460><c> and</c><00:29:36.640><c> where</c><00:29:36.880><c> they</c><00:29:37.140><c> are</c>

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:39.859
and<00:29:37.799><c> where</c><00:29:37.920><c> they</c><00:29:38.039><c> might</c><00:29:38.220><c> be</c><00:29:38.400><c> found</c><00:29:38.559><c> at</c><00:29:38.720><c> this</c><00:29:38.940><c> time.</c>

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.220
And<00:29:40.279><c> so</c><00:29:40.380><c> out</c><00:29:40.559><c> of</c><00:29:40.759><c> sickness</c>

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.720
out<00:29:42.079><c> of</c><00:29:42.279><c> weakness</c>

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:45.519
the<00:29:43.440><c> Lord</c><00:29:43.619><c> brings</c><00:29:43.900><c> forth</c><00:29:44.359><c> strength.</c>

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.460
And<00:29:46.720><c> so</c><00:29:46.839><c> David</c><00:29:47.059><c> and</c><00:29:47.180><c> his</c><00:29:47.279><c> men</c>

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:49.299
march.<00:29:47.900><c> They've</c><00:29:48.079><c> done</c><00:29:48.200><c> a</c><00:29:48.299><c> hundred</c><00:29:48.460><c> miles</c><00:29:48.740><c> in</c><00:29:48.900><c> three</c><00:29:49.099><c> days</c>

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.839
and<00:29:49.400><c> they're</c><00:29:49.579><c> still</c><00:29:49.740><c> marching</c><00:29:50.079><c> southwards.</c>

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And<00:29:51.420><c> they</c><00:29:51.559><c> can't</c><00:29:51.839><c> keep</c><00:29:52.099><c> pace.</c>

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:54.640
They've<00:29:53.279><c> got</c><00:29:53.359><c> to</c><00:29:53.539><c> split</c><00:29:53.660><c> up</c><00:29:53.819><c> into</c><00:29:53.960><c> two</c><00:29:54.160><c> companies.</c>

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:57.319
Some<00:29:55.339><c> men</c><00:29:55.539><c> are</c><00:29:55.799><c> too</c><00:29:56.099><c> sick,</c><00:29:56.720><c> too</c><00:29:57.000><c> tired</c>

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:59.099
too<00:29:57.700><c> faint</c><00:29:57.960><c> and</c><00:29:58.779><c> weary</c>

00:29:59.099 --> 00:30:01.539
to<00:29:59.640><c> march</c><00:29:59.960><c> further.</c><00:30:00.720><c> And</c><00:30:00.920><c> David</c><00:30:01.099><c> leaves</c><00:30:01.299><c> them</c>

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:04.380
behind<00:30:01.900><c> with</c><00:30:02.119><c> the</c><00:30:02.339><c> stuff.</c><00:30:02.720><c> David</c><00:30:02.980><c> is</c><00:30:03.200><c> still</c><00:30:03.319><c> marching.</c>

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:05.619
Until<00:30:04.819><c> they</c><00:30:05.019><c> come</c><00:30:05.200><c> at</c><00:30:05.400><c> night</c>

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:07.440
upon<00:30:05.819><c> the</c><00:30:05.940><c> great</c><00:30:06.259><c> company</c><00:30:06.559><c> of</c><00:30:06.700><c> the</c><00:30:06.779><c> Amalekites</c>

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:09.339
and<00:30:07.900><c> see</c><00:30:08.079><c> all</c><00:30:08.359><c> their</c><00:30:08.640><c> encampments</c>

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:12.200
and<00:30:09.680><c> their</c><00:30:09.920><c> dancing</c><00:30:10.400><c> and</c><00:30:10.759><c> rioting</c><00:30:11.160><c> at</c><00:30:11.359><c> night.</c>

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.019
And<00:30:13.720><c> David</c>

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:15.380
and<00:30:14.200><c> his</c><00:30:14.380><c> men</c>

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:17.759
finally<00:30:15.960><c> enter</c><00:30:16.220><c> into</c><00:30:16.460><c> the</c><00:30:16.700><c> encampments.</c>

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.740
And<00:30:18.519><c> there's</c><00:30:18.680><c> a</c><00:30:18.799><c> great</c><00:30:19.059><c> slaughter</c><00:30:19.380><c> that</c><00:30:19.619><c> seems</c>

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:21.339
to<00:30:20.000><c> last</c><00:30:20.420><c> a</c><00:30:20.720><c> whole</c><00:30:21.000><c> day.</c>

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:23.720
Either<00:30:21.700><c> from</c><00:30:21.980><c> the</c><00:30:22.200><c> evening</c><00:30:22.480><c> to</c><00:30:22.660><c> the</c><00:30:22.819><c> following</c><00:30:23.099><c> morning</c>

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:25.500
or<00:30:24.640><c> from</c><00:30:24.880><c> the</c><00:30:25.059><c> morning</c>

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:27.640
the<00:30:25.759><c> following</c><00:30:26.019><c> morning</c><00:30:26.480><c> until</c><00:30:26.700><c> the</c><00:30:26.920><c> following</c><00:30:27.140><c> evening.</c>

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:29.660
It's<00:30:28.160><c> not</c><00:30:28.299><c> absolutely</c><00:30:28.700><c> certain</c><00:30:29.039><c> because</c><00:30:29.339><c> of</c><00:30:29.500><c> this</c>

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:31.940
matter<00:30:30.019><c> of</c><00:30:30.359><c> evenings</c><00:30:30.740><c> being</c><00:30:31.279><c> spoken</c><00:30:31.640><c> of</c>

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:33.640
in<00:30:32.619><c> Jewish</c><00:30:32.839><c> wise</c><00:30:33.240><c> as</c><00:30:33.460><c> either</c>

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:35.720
the<00:30:34.019><c> beginning</c><00:30:34.019><c> or</c><00:30:34.220><c> the</c><00:30:34.359><c> end</c><00:30:34.519><c> of</c><00:30:34.660><c> the</c><00:30:34.759><c> day.</c><00:30:35.160><c> It</c><00:30:35.279><c> matters</c><00:30:35.519><c> not.</c>

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:37.539
There<00:30:35.799><c> was</c><00:30:35.940><c> a</c><00:30:36.079><c> conflict</c><00:30:36.440><c> for</c><00:30:36.700><c> the</c><00:30:36.779><c> whole</c><00:30:36.900><c> of</c><00:30:37.059><c> the</c><00:30:37.119><c> day</c>

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:39.799
and<00:30:37.920><c> the</c><00:30:38.039><c> only</c><00:30:38.200><c> people</c><00:30:38.440><c> that</c><00:30:38.599><c> escaped</c><00:30:38.940><c> from</c><00:30:39.079><c> the</c><00:30:39.180><c> Amalekites</c>

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:41.799
were<00:30:40.140><c> some</c><00:30:40.559><c> young</c><00:30:40.819><c> men</c><00:30:41.119><c> who</c><00:30:41.420><c> rode</c><00:30:41.599><c> away</c>

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:43.119
on<00:30:42.059><c> camels.</c>

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:45.579
But<00:30:43.960><c> David</c><00:30:44.119><c> recovers</c><00:30:44.420><c> his</c><00:30:44.619><c> family.</c>

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:47.500
He<00:30:46.140><c> recovers</c><00:30:46.400><c> everything.</c>

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.799
Indeed<00:30:48.420><c> he</c><00:30:48.539><c> takes</c><00:30:48.859><c> the</c><00:30:49.059><c> spoils</c>

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:51.819
of<00:30:50.039><c> the</c><00:30:50.140><c> Amalekites</c><00:30:50.559><c> themselves</c><00:30:51.000><c> and</c><00:30:51.160><c> comes</c><00:30:51.400><c> northward</c>

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:53.619
with<00:30:51.960><c> all</c><00:30:52.299><c> his</c><00:30:52.759><c> stuff.</c>

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:55.759
And<00:30:54.240><c> they</c><00:30:54.339><c> come</c><00:30:54.579><c> after</c><00:30:54.839><c> marching</c><00:30:55.119><c> for</c><00:30:55.319><c> a</c><00:30:55.380><c> little</c><00:30:55.519><c> time</c>

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:57.400
upon<00:30:55.940><c> the</c><00:30:56.180><c> company</c><00:30:56.380><c> that</c><00:30:56.480><c> had</c><00:30:56.599><c> been</c><00:30:56.740><c> left</c><00:30:56.920><c> behind</c>

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:59.660
sitting<00:30:57.680><c> down</c><00:30:58.039><c> weary.</c><00:30:58.960><c> And</c><00:30:59.119><c> those</c><00:30:59.240><c> who'd</c><00:30:59.519><c> fought</c>

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:02.460
the<00:30:59.859><c> battle</c><00:31:00.119><c> said,</c><00:31:01.299><c> too</c><00:31:01.460><c> bad.</c>

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:04.099
You<00:31:03.140><c> can't</c><00:31:03.500><c> share</c><00:31:03.640><c> the</c><00:31:03.900><c> spoil</c>

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:05.599
with<00:31:04.279><c> us.</c>

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:07.720
But<00:31:06.319><c> David</c><00:31:06.559><c> was</c><00:31:06.759><c> aware</c><00:31:06.980><c> of</c><00:31:07.140><c> the</c><00:31:07.279><c> law.</c>

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:10.460
Shall<00:31:08.160><c> we</c><00:31:08.279><c> have</c><00:31:08.400><c> a</c><00:31:08.440><c> look</c><00:31:08.559><c> at</c><00:31:08.640><c> it?</c><00:31:08.779><c> It's</c><00:31:08.920><c> in</c><00:31:09.039><c> Numbers</c><00:31:09.259><c> chapter</c><00:31:09.619><c> 31.</c>

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:18.400
The<00:31:17.220><c> conscience</c><00:31:17.619><c> of</c><00:31:17.920><c> David</c>

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:20.200
and<00:31:18.740><c> the</c><00:31:18.839><c> way</c><00:31:18.980><c> he</c><00:31:19.380><c> imposes</c><00:31:19.819><c> his</c>

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:22.059
will,<00:31:21.440><c> the</c><00:31:21.559><c> will</c><00:31:21.700><c> of</c><00:31:21.839><c> God</c>

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:24.319
upon<00:31:22.259><c> his</c><00:31:22.500><c> people</c><00:31:22.660><c> is</c><00:31:22.819><c> remarkable</c><00:31:23.279><c> even</c><00:31:23.500><c> though</c><00:31:23.680><c> he's</c>

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:25.960
not<00:31:24.480><c> king</c><00:31:25.000><c> and</c><00:31:25.359><c> has</c><00:31:25.539><c> no</c><00:31:25.740><c> true</c>

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:28.259
authority.<00:31:27.259><c> Yet</c><00:31:27.519><c> he</c><00:31:27.779><c> constantly</c>

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:30.059
brings<00:31:28.880><c> to</c><00:31:29.279><c> bear</c><00:31:29.440><c> the</c><00:31:29.720><c> principles</c>

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:32.200
of<00:31:30.180><c> the</c><00:31:30.420><c> righteousness</c><00:31:30.880><c> of</c><00:31:31.279><c> God.</c>

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:34.240
He<00:31:32.759><c> exercises</c><00:31:33.319><c> them</c><00:31:33.539><c> in</c><00:31:33.700><c> himself</c>

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:36.259
and<00:31:34.880><c> he</c><00:31:35.200><c> expects</c><00:31:35.420><c> his</c><00:31:35.720><c> servant</c><00:31:36.000><c> so</c>

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:38.039
to<00:31:36.420><c> do.</c><00:31:37.180><c> In</c><00:31:37.299><c> Numbers</c><00:31:37.559><c> 31</c>

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:40.200
I<00:31:38.339><c> think</c><00:31:38.700><c> at</c><00:31:39.059><c> verse</c>

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:44.200
25.<00:31:43.799><c> And</c><00:31:43.799><c> the</c><00:31:43.920><c> Lord</c>

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:46.319
spake<00:31:44.500><c> unto</c><00:31:44.680><c> Moses,</c><00:31:45.319><c> saying,</c><00:31:45.440><c> Take</c><00:31:45.640><c> the</c><00:31:45.799><c> sum</c><00:31:45.920><c> of</c><00:31:46.119><c> the</c>

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:48.079
prey<00:31:46.500><c> that</c><00:31:46.619><c> was</c><00:31:46.900><c> taken,</c><00:31:47.240><c> both</c><00:31:47.500><c> of</c><00:31:47.680><c> man</c>

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:50.279
and<00:31:48.319><c> of</c><00:31:48.599><c> beast,</c><00:31:49.460><c> thou</c><00:31:49.700><c> and</c><00:31:49.900><c> Elisha</c>

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:52.180
the<00:31:50.539><c> priest</c><00:31:50.980><c> and</c><00:31:51.400><c> the</c><00:31:51.599><c> chief</c>

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:54.500
fathers<00:31:52.599><c> of</c><00:31:52.819><c> the</c><00:31:53.039><c> congregation,</c><00:31:53.859><c> and</c><00:31:54.019><c> divide</c>

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:56.460
the<00:31:54.880><c> prey</c><00:31:55.099><c> into</c><00:31:55.359><c> two</c><00:31:55.660><c> parts</c>

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:58.079
between<00:31:57.059><c> them</c><00:31:57.400><c> that</c><00:31:57.660><c> took</c>

00:31:58.079 --> 00:32:00.460
up<00:31:58.319><c> the</c><00:31:58.319><c> war</c><00:31:58.480><c> upon</c><00:31:58.819><c> them,</c><00:31:59.299><c> who</c><00:31:59.480><c> went</c><00:31:59.700><c> out</c><00:31:59.940><c> to</c><00:32:00.140><c> battle</c>

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:02.079
and<00:32:00.819><c> between</c><00:32:01.039><c> all</c><00:32:01.339><c> the</c><00:32:01.559><c> congregation</c>

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:04.200
there<00:32:02.500><c> was</c><00:32:02.640><c> a</c><00:32:02.819><c> principle</c><00:32:03.160><c> laid</c><00:32:03.500><c> down</c><00:32:03.779><c> by</c><00:32:04.039><c> the</c>

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:06.240
Lord.<00:32:05.640><c> That</c><00:32:05.720><c> the</c><00:32:05.839><c> men</c><00:32:05.900><c> of</c><00:32:06.079><c> battle</c>

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:08.539
were<00:32:06.380><c> not</c><00:32:06.500><c> to</c><00:32:06.619><c> be</c><00:32:06.819><c> separate</c><00:32:07.059><c> from</c><00:32:07.259><c> the</c><00:32:07.500><c> people</c><00:32:07.680><c> of</c><00:32:07.839><c> the</c><00:32:08.019><c> congregation</c>

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:10.220
nor<00:32:08.980><c> the</c><00:32:09.200><c> people</c><00:32:09.420><c> of</c><00:32:09.559><c> the</c><00:32:09.759><c> congregation</c>

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:12.279
from<00:32:10.440><c> the</c><00:32:10.539><c> men</c><00:32:10.640><c> of</c><00:32:10.859><c> battle.</c><00:32:11.400><c> They</c><00:32:11.619><c> were</c><00:32:11.960><c> one</c>

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:14.119
in<00:32:12.599><c> the</c><00:32:12.720><c> sight</c><00:32:12.839><c> of</c><00:32:13.039><c> God.</c><00:32:13.640><c> And</c><00:32:13.839><c> so</c><00:32:13.920><c> it</c><00:32:14.039><c> was</c>

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:16.599
to<00:32:14.299><c> be</c><00:32:14.359><c> with</c><00:32:14.559><c> David.</c><00:32:15.099><c> If</c><00:32:15.299><c> he'd</c><00:32:15.599><c> allowed</c><00:32:15.880><c> this</c>

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.440
division<00:32:17.920><c> to</c><00:32:18.240><c> appear</c>

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:20.039
between<00:32:18.740><c> his</c><00:32:19.000><c> men,</c><00:32:19.339><c> he</c><00:32:19.519><c> would</c><00:32:19.640><c> never</c><00:32:19.819><c> have</c><00:32:19.980><c> held</c>

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:22.019
them<00:32:20.220><c> together.</c><00:32:20.880><c> They</c><00:32:21.000><c> would</c><00:32:21.099><c> have</c><00:32:21.180><c> been</c><00:32:21.339><c> envy</c><00:32:21.519><c> and</c><00:32:21.759><c> strife</c>

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:23.960
between<00:32:22.339><c> them.</c><00:32:22.859><c> But</c><00:32:23.180><c> by</c><00:32:23.539><c> bringing</c>

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:26.420
to<00:32:24.339><c> bear</c><00:32:24.579><c> the</c><00:32:24.880><c> principles</c><00:32:25.220><c> that</c><00:32:25.460><c> God</c><00:32:25.640><c> had</c><00:32:25.859><c> laid</c><00:32:26.039><c> down</c>

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:29.400
so<00:32:26.900><c> they</c><00:32:27.200><c> divide</c><00:32:27.579><c> the</c><00:32:27.880><c> spoil,</c><00:32:28.460><c> and</c><00:32:28.660><c> in</c><00:32:28.819><c> their</c><00:32:29.059><c> triumph</c>

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:30.660
they<00:32:29.839><c> return</c><00:32:30.079><c> together</c>

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:32.619
unto<00:32:30.940><c> Ziglag.</c><00:32:32.059><c> We</c><00:32:32.220><c> go</c><00:32:32.359><c> now</c>

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:34.640
northwards<00:32:33.019><c> to</c><00:32:33.160><c> the</c><00:32:33.319><c> battle</c><00:32:33.640><c> that's</c><00:32:34.059><c> about</c><00:32:34.279><c> to</c><00:32:34.420><c> be</c>

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:36.660
joined.<00:32:35.200><c> I</c><00:32:35.359><c> wonder</c><00:32:35.500><c> how</c><00:32:35.779><c> Saul</c><00:32:35.920><c> entered</c><00:32:36.200><c> into</c><00:32:36.420><c> that</c>

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:38.619
battle.<00:32:37.279><c> How</c><00:32:37.440><c> would</c><00:32:37.579><c> you</c><00:32:37.740><c> have</c><00:32:37.900><c> entered</c><00:32:38.099><c> if</c><00:32:38.279><c> you</c><00:32:38.460><c> knew</c>

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:41.259
that<00:32:38.799><c> that</c><00:32:38.980><c> day</c><00:32:39.420><c> was</c><00:32:39.619><c> to</c><00:32:39.740><c> be</c><00:32:39.859><c> your</c><00:32:40.019><c> day</c><00:32:40.200><c> of</c><00:32:40.420><c> death?</c>

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.599
The<00:32:42.079><c> enemy</c><00:32:42.279><c> comes</c>

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:44.579
heavily<00:32:42.940><c> upon</c><00:32:43.279><c> Saul.</c><00:32:44.059><c> Jonathan</c><00:32:44.339><c> is</c>

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:46.559
fighting<00:32:44.900><c> there</c><00:32:45.180><c> as</c><00:32:45.420><c> bravely</c><00:32:45.700><c> as</c><00:32:45.720><c> he</c><00:32:45.980><c> can</c>

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:48.640
with<00:32:47.180><c> the</c><00:32:47.319><c> remainder</c><00:32:47.559><c> of</c><00:32:47.779><c> Saul's</c><00:32:48.200><c> family.</c>

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:50.619
The<00:32:49.059><c> Philistines</c><00:32:49.519><c> press</c><00:32:49.859><c> upon</c><00:32:50.119><c> them</c><00:32:50.259><c> in</c><00:32:50.420><c> this</c>

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:52.839
great<00:32:50.819><c> valley</c><00:32:51.079><c> until</c><00:32:51.579><c> they've</c><00:32:51.920><c> got</c><00:32:52.160><c> the</c>

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:54.359
whole<00:32:53.079><c> of</c><00:32:53.319><c> the</c><00:32:53.359><c> children</c><00:32:53.539><c> of</c><00:32:53.660><c> Israel</c><00:32:53.859><c> upon</c><00:32:54.079><c> Mount</c>

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:57.160
Gilboa,<00:32:54.880><c> and</c><00:32:54.940><c> they're</c><00:32:55.220><c> firing</c><00:32:55.480><c> at</c><00:32:55.660><c> them</c><00:32:55.759><c> with</c><00:32:55.940><c> their</c><00:32:56.180><c> arrows.</c>

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.680
For<00:32:57.859><c> David</c><00:32:58.140><c> there</c><00:32:58.299><c> had</c><00:32:58.380><c> been</c><00:32:58.480><c> an</c>

00:32:58.680 --> 00:33:00.759
arrow<00:32:58.799><c> of</c><00:32:59.039><c> deliverance.</c>

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:02.400
But<00:33:01.259><c> for</c><00:33:01.559><c> Saul,</c><00:33:02.200><c> an</c>

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:04.460
arrow<00:33:02.579><c> of</c><00:33:02.839><c> death.</c><00:33:04.000><c> It</c><00:33:04.279><c> enters</c>

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:07.059
into<00:33:04.700><c> him,</c><00:33:04.980><c> and</c><00:33:05.039><c> he's</c><00:33:05.220><c> wounded</c><00:33:05.500><c> by</c><00:33:05.740><c> the</c><00:33:05.920><c> archers.</c>

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:08.579
I<00:33:07.259><c> think</c><00:33:07.339><c> he's</c><00:33:07.519><c> still</c><00:33:07.700><c> fighting</c><00:33:08.079><c> very</c>

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:10.420
hard<00:33:08.980><c> until</c><00:33:09.539><c> finally</c><00:33:09.900><c> the</c><00:33:10.140><c> Philistines</c>

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:12.759
are<00:33:10.579><c> about</c><00:33:10.779><c> to</c><00:33:10.900><c> come</c><00:33:11.019><c> upon</c><00:33:11.200><c> him.</c><00:33:11.960><c> And</c><00:33:12.220><c> he</c><00:33:12.380><c> asks</c>

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:14.519
his<00:33:13.259><c> armor</c><00:33:13.480><c> bearer</c><00:33:13.740><c> to</c><00:33:13.839><c> put</c><00:33:14.019><c> him</c><00:33:14.140><c> to</c><00:33:14.299><c> death</c>

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:16.460
so<00:33:15.359><c> that</c><00:33:15.420><c> he'd</c><00:33:15.720><c> fall</c><00:33:15.839><c> not</c><00:33:15.980><c> into</c><00:33:16.160><c> the</c><00:33:16.299><c> hand</c>

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:18.799
of<00:33:16.579><c> these</c><00:33:16.819><c> uncircumcised</c><00:33:17.519><c> Philistines.</c>

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.640
But<00:33:19.500><c> this</c><00:33:19.700><c> man</c><00:33:19.960><c> won't</c><00:33:20.240><c> perform</c>

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:22.539
the<00:33:21.460><c> work</c><00:33:21.619><c> of</c><00:33:21.779><c> his</c><00:33:21.920><c> master.</c><00:33:22.319><c> These</c>

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:24.359
men<00:33:22.720><c> who</c><00:33:22.839><c> wouldn't</c><00:33:23.119><c> slay</c><00:33:23.359><c> the</c><00:33:23.559><c> priests</c><00:33:23.740><c> of</c><00:33:23.920><c> the</c><00:33:24.059><c> Lord,</c>

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:26.160
neither<00:33:24.779><c> will</c><00:33:25.000><c> they</c><00:33:25.200><c> attack</c><00:33:25.299><c> the</c><00:33:25.500><c> Lord's</c><00:33:25.839><c> anointed.</c>

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:28.559
And<00:33:26.740><c> so</c><00:33:26.839><c> it</c><00:33:26.960><c> says</c><00:33:27.200><c> that</c><00:33:27.440><c> Saul</c><00:33:27.680><c> falls</c><00:33:28.039><c> upon</c><00:33:28.259><c> his</c>

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:31.140
sword<00:33:28.880><c> and</c><00:33:29.299><c> falls</c><00:33:29.640><c> unto</c><00:33:29.880><c> the</c><00:33:30.099><c> ground.</c>

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.740
And<00:33:32.240><c> Saul</c><00:33:32.480><c> is</c>

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.700
dead.

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:36.140
And<00:33:34.720><c> Jonathan</c><00:33:35.000><c> is</c><00:33:35.240><c> dead.</c>

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:39.480
And<00:33:36.799><c> all</c><00:33:37.059><c> the</c><00:33:37.220><c> glory</c><00:33:37.440><c> of</c><00:33:37.640><c> Israel</c><00:33:37.920><c> is</c><00:33:38.119><c> laid</c><00:33:38.380><c> low.</c>

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.380
When<00:33:39.839><c> in</c><00:33:39.980><c> the</c><00:33:40.140><c> morning</c>

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:42.339
the<00:33:40.640><c> Philistines</c><00:33:41.019><c> come</c><00:33:41.240><c> and</c><00:33:41.440><c> look</c><00:33:41.700><c> through</c><00:33:41.940><c> the</c><00:33:42.099><c> host</c>

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:44.420
for<00:33:42.519><c> the</c><00:33:42.799><c> spoil,</c><00:33:43.140><c> for</c><00:33:43.299><c> the</c><00:33:43.460><c> bracelet,</c>

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:46.519
that<00:33:45.160><c> which</c><00:33:45.319><c> is</c><00:33:45.460><c> about</c><00:33:45.579><c> their</c><00:33:45.819><c> ankles,</c><00:33:46.180><c> for</c><00:33:46.339><c> the</c>

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:48.539
garments<00:33:46.960><c> that</c><00:33:47.200><c> are</c><00:33:47.420><c> worth</c><00:33:47.660><c> taking,</c><00:33:48.200><c> and</c><00:33:48.299><c> for</c><00:33:48.400><c> the</c>

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:50.599
weapons<00:33:48.940><c> that</c><00:33:49.099><c> are</c><00:33:49.240><c> worthwhile,</c><00:33:49.980><c> for</c><00:33:50.200><c> the</c><00:33:50.380><c> jewels</c>

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:52.920
that<00:33:50.720><c> men</c><00:33:50.980><c> carried</c><00:33:51.319><c> in</c><00:33:51.519><c> any</c><00:33:51.700><c> possessions</c><00:33:52.059><c> that</c><00:33:52.240><c> they</c><00:33:52.440><c> had,</c>

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:55.200
they<00:33:53.359><c> come</c><00:33:53.660><c> there</c><00:33:53.980><c> upon</c><00:33:54.180><c> the</c><00:33:54.460><c> king</c>

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:57.220
slain<00:33:56.200><c> upon</c><00:33:56.420><c> the</c><00:33:56.619><c> hill</c>

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:58.759
with<00:33:57.539><c> his</c><00:33:57.759><c> crown</c><00:33:58.140><c> and</c><00:33:58.319><c> the</c><00:33:58.400><c> things</c><00:33:58.539><c> that</c>

00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:00.339
belonged<00:33:58.980><c> unto</c><00:33:59.200><c> him.</c>

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:02.960
And<00:34:01.099><c> they</c><00:34:01.240><c> take</c><00:34:01.400><c> him</c><00:34:02.240><c> and</c><00:34:02.720><c> they</c><00:34:02.859><c> cut</c>

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:04.759
off<00:34:03.099><c> his</c><00:34:03.339><c> head.</c>

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.519
Saul

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:09.000
like<00:34:08.519><c> Goliath</c>

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:11.000
slain<00:34:09.679><c> this</c><00:34:09.940><c> time</c><00:34:10.099><c> by</c><00:34:10.340><c> the</c><00:34:10.519><c> Philistines.</c>

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:13.019
They've<00:34:11.320><c> taken</c><00:34:11.559><c> their</c><00:34:11.820><c> revenge.</c>

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.719
And<00:34:13.940><c> he</c><00:34:14.119><c> became</c><00:34:14.340><c> no</c><00:34:14.579><c> better</c>

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:17.239
than<00:34:14.900><c> Goliath</c><00:34:15.360><c> in</c><00:34:15.539><c> his</c><00:34:15.760><c> death.</c>

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.659
Although<00:34:17.699><c> he's</c><00:34:17.920><c> one</c><00:34:18.079><c> of</c><00:34:18.219><c> the</c><00:34:18.380><c> chosen</c>

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:20.659
men<00:34:18.760><c> of</c><00:34:18.760><c> Israel.</c><00:34:19.800><c> And</c><00:34:20.019><c> they</c><00:34:20.139><c> take</c><00:34:20.340><c> him</c>

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:22.360
and<00:34:20.820><c> put</c><00:34:20.960><c> his</c><00:34:21.099><c> head</c><00:34:21.239><c> in</c><00:34:21.380><c> the</c><00:34:21.500><c> house</c><00:34:21.699><c> of</c><00:34:22.000><c> Dagon</c>

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:24.480
and<00:34:22.739><c> they</c><00:34:22.920><c> take</c><00:34:23.000><c> his</c><00:34:23.300><c> body</c><00:34:23.639><c> and</c><00:34:24.199><c> they</c><00:34:24.400><c> hang</c>

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:26.219
it<00:34:24.599><c> from</c><00:34:24.760><c> the</c><00:34:24.820><c> wall</c><00:34:25.019><c> of</c><00:34:25.219><c> Bethshan,</c><00:34:25.800><c> a</c><00:34:25.880><c> city</c>

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:28.599
north<00:34:26.699><c> of</c><00:34:26.860><c> the</c><00:34:27.000><c> plain</c><00:34:27.159><c> of</c><00:34:27.300><c> Megiddo,</c><00:34:27.900><c> which</c><00:34:27.980><c> seems</c><00:34:28.239><c> already</c>

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:30.440
to<00:34:28.780><c> have</c><00:34:28.920><c> been</c><00:34:29.519><c> either</c>

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:32.480
in<00:34:30.699><c> allegiance</c><00:34:31.000><c> with</c><00:34:31.300><c> or</c><00:34:31.579><c> in</c><00:34:31.800><c> possession</c><00:34:32.059><c> of</c>

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:34.599
the<00:34:32.659><c> Philistines.</c><00:34:33.219><c> And</c><00:34:33.420><c> so</c><00:34:33.559><c> the</c><00:34:33.739><c> bodies</c><00:34:33.940><c> also</c>

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:36.179
of<00:34:34.840><c> Saul's</c><00:34:35.280><c> sons</c>

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:39.300
and<00:34:36.619><c> do</c><00:34:36.780><c> despite</c><00:34:37.239><c> unto</c><00:34:37.440><c> them</c><00:34:37.579><c> and</c><00:34:37.699><c> hang</c><00:34:37.900><c> them</c><00:34:38.000><c> in</c><00:34:38.159><c> the</c><00:34:38.340><c> sun.</c>

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.900
And<00:34:39.960><c> there</c><00:34:40.099><c> comes</c><00:34:40.280><c> a</c><00:34:40.460><c> message</c>

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:42.940
right<00:34:41.340><c> over</c><00:34:41.639><c> the</c><00:34:41.800><c> river,</c>

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:44.800
straight<00:34:43.460><c> over</c><00:34:43.739><c> Jordan,</c>

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:46.320
right<00:34:45.199><c> onto</c><00:34:45.400><c> the</c><00:34:45.599><c> other</c><00:34:45.840><c> side</c>

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:48.360
to<00:34:46.519><c> the</c><00:34:46.699><c> long,</c><00:34:47.380><c> long</c><00:34:47.920><c> memories</c>

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:50.420
of<00:34:48.559><c> the</c><00:34:48.659><c> men</c><00:34:48.880><c> of</c><00:34:49.099><c> Jabesh</c><00:34:49.400><c> Goliath.</c>

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:52.480
Do<00:34:50.960><c> you</c><00:34:50.960><c> remember?</c>

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:54.500
Saul<00:34:52.920><c> had</c><00:34:53.199><c> delivered</c><00:34:53.460><c> them</c>

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:56.179
when<00:34:55.460><c> the</c><00:34:55.760><c> Ammonites</c>

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:58.380
wished<00:34:56.400><c> to</c><00:34:56.579><c> put</c><00:34:56.760><c> out</c><00:34:56.920><c> their</c><00:34:57.099><c> right</c><00:34:57.420><c> eye.</c>

00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:01.440
And<00:34:59.360><c> now</c><00:34:59.619><c> right</c><00:34:59.860><c> at</c><00:34:59.980><c> the</c><00:35:00.059><c> end</c><00:35:00.159><c> of</c><00:35:00.300><c> his</c><00:35:00.480><c> reign</c>

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:04.219
when<00:35:02.340><c> he</c><00:35:02.519><c> is</c><00:35:02.719><c> dead</c><00:35:03.219><c> and</c><00:35:03.659><c> can</c><00:35:03.820><c> no</c><00:35:03.960><c> longer</c>

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:06.119
receive<00:35:04.539><c> their</c><00:35:04.780><c> thankfulness,</c><00:35:05.300><c> they</c><00:35:05.539><c> send</c><00:35:05.760><c> out</c>

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:08.280
brave<00:35:06.519><c> men</c><00:35:06.940><c> from</c><00:35:07.260><c> Jabesh</c><00:35:07.679><c> Goliath.</c>

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:10.099
And<00:35:08.679><c> they</c><00:35:08.800><c> go</c><00:35:08.920><c> up</c><00:35:09.079><c> to</c><00:35:09.199><c> the</c><00:35:09.320><c> walls</c><00:35:09.500><c> of</c><00:35:09.699><c> Bethshan</c>

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:12.179
and<00:35:10.219><c> take</c><00:35:10.480><c> down</c><00:35:11.219><c> the</c><00:35:11.519><c> bodies</c><00:35:11.699><c> of</c><00:35:12.000><c> Saul</c>

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:14.159
and<00:35:12.239><c> of</c><00:35:12.380><c> his</c><00:35:12.599><c> sons</c><00:35:12.860><c> and</c><00:35:13.099><c> carry</c><00:35:13.300><c> them</c><00:35:13.440><c> through</c><00:35:13.639><c> the</c><00:35:13.760><c> night</c>

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:16.360
down<00:35:14.679><c> across</c><00:35:14.960><c> the</c><00:35:15.059><c> river</c><00:35:15.219><c> Jordan</c><00:35:15.679><c> and</c><00:35:16.039><c> bring</c><00:35:16.199><c> them</c>

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:18.019
to<00:35:16.500><c> Jabesh</c><00:35:16.800><c> Goliath</c>

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:20.280
where<00:35:18.440><c> they</c><00:35:18.719><c> burn</c><00:35:18.940><c> them</c><00:35:19.579><c> and</c><00:35:20.099><c> bury</c>

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:21.699
their<00:35:20.559><c> bones.</c>

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:24.059
And<00:35:22.460><c> David</c><00:35:22.579><c> was</c><00:35:22.960><c> mightily</c><00:35:23.380><c> touched</c>

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:25.960
by<00:35:24.840><c> that</c><00:35:25.059><c> active</c><00:35:25.380><c> affection</c>

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:28.280
and<00:35:26.559><c> of</c><00:35:26.739><c> allegiance</c><00:35:27.260><c> to</c><00:35:28.159><c> a</c>

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dead<00:35:28.420><c> man.</c>

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:32.000
The<00:35:31.039><c> message</c><00:35:31.199><c> now</c><00:35:31.440><c> comes</c><00:35:31.679><c> right</c>

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:33.320
south<00:35:32.199><c> to</c><00:35:32.420><c> David.</c>

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:36.380
What<00:35:34.820><c> would</c><00:35:35.059><c> you</c><00:35:35.300><c> have</c><00:35:35.539><c> said</c>

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:38.800
if<00:35:37.119><c> your</c><00:35:37.400><c> enemy</c><00:35:37.659><c> was</c><00:35:38.000><c> dead?</c>

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:41.179
2<00:35:40.400><c> Samuel</c>

00:35:41.179 --> 00:35:43.739
chapter<00:35:42.579><c> 1</c>

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:03.380
And<00:36:01.639><c> David,</c><00:36:02.239><c> verse</c><00:36:02.719><c> 17</c>

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:05.579
lamented<00:36:05.360><c> with</c>

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:07.679
this<00:36:05.860><c> lamentation</c><00:36:06.619><c> over</c><00:36:07.019><c> Saul</c>

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:09.320
and<00:36:09.039><c> over</c>

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:11.039
Jonathan<00:36:09.579><c> his</c><00:36:09.900><c> son.</c>

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:12.679
Also<00:36:11.739><c> he</c><00:36:12.019><c> bade</c><00:36:12.159><c> them</c><00:36:12.340><c> teach</c>

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:15.239
the<00:36:13.280><c> children</c><00:36:13.619><c> of</c><00:36:13.860><c> Judah</c><00:36:14.300><c> the</c><00:36:15.019><c> use</c>

00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:17.260
or<00:36:15.420><c> the</c><00:36:15.699><c> song</c><00:36:15.940><c> of</c><00:36:16.159><c> the</c><00:36:16.320><c> bow.</c>

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:19.340
Behold<00:36:18.260><c> it</c><00:36:18.380><c> is</c><00:36:18.579><c> written</c><00:36:18.880><c> in</c><00:36:19.199><c> the</c>

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:21.179
book<00:36:19.519><c> of</c><00:36:20.400><c> the</c><00:36:20.699><c> upright.</c>

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:23.300
That's<00:36:21.840><c> the</c><00:36:21.940><c> meaning</c><00:36:22.099><c> of</c><00:36:22.300><c> the</c><00:36:22.440><c> word.</c>

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:25.519
Now<00:36:23.800><c> I'd</c><00:36:23.960><c> like</c><00:36:24.019><c> us</c><00:36:24.179><c> to</c><00:36:24.340><c> look</c>

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:27.940
at<00:36:25.880><c> verses</c><00:36:26.099><c> 19</c><00:36:26.639><c> to</c><00:36:26.780><c> 27</c>

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:29.440
and<00:36:28.559><c> to</c><00:36:28.760><c> enter</c><00:36:29.099><c> into</c>

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:31.639
the<00:36:29.880><c> feeling</c><00:36:30.559><c> of</c><00:36:31.159><c> David</c>

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:33.719
when<00:36:32.360><c> he</c><00:36:32.500><c> thinks</c><00:36:32.719><c> both</c><00:36:32.980><c> of</c><00:36:33.320><c> Saul</c>

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:35.139
in<00:36:34.219><c> all</c><00:36:34.400><c> that</c><00:36:34.500><c> he</c><00:36:34.599><c> might</c><00:36:34.800><c> have</c><00:36:35.000><c> been</c>

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:37.300
and<00:36:35.300><c> all</c><00:36:35.460><c> he</c><00:36:35.679><c> was</c><00:36:35.900><c> at</c><00:36:36.099><c> one</c><00:36:36.320><c> time</c><00:36:36.539><c> in</c><00:36:36.780><c> his</c>

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:38.239
beauty<00:36:37.519><c> of</c><00:36:37.780><c> character</c>

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:40.940
and<00:36:39.079><c> of</c><00:36:39.280><c> Jonathan</c><00:36:39.639><c> his</c><00:36:39.960><c> love.</c>

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:43.280
And<00:36:41.679><c> notice</c><00:36:41.900><c> how</c>

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:44.780
David

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:47.239
blots<00:36:45.539><c> out</c><00:36:45.880><c> the</c><00:36:46.059><c> iniquity</c><00:36:46.599><c> of</c><00:36:46.900><c> Saul</c>

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:49.440
and<00:36:48.199><c> holds</c><00:36:48.500><c> nothing</c><00:36:48.800><c> against</c><00:36:49.219><c> him.</c>

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.940
The<00:36:49.719><c> judgment</c><00:36:49.940><c> was</c><00:36:50.099><c> not</c><00:36:50.260><c> to</c><00:36:50.420><c> be</c><00:36:50.559><c> his</c>

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:53.539
but<00:36:52.059><c> to</c><00:36:52.239><c> be</c><00:36:52.340><c> that</c><00:36:52.500><c> of</c><00:36:52.679><c> God.</c>

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:55.360
Shall<00:36:55.000><c> we</c><00:36:55.139><c> read</c>

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:56.780
this<00:36:55.719><c> together</c>

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:59.199
and<00:36:57.380><c> enter</c><00:36:57.599><c> into</c><00:36:57.840><c> the</c><00:36:58.139><c> feelings</c><00:36:58.559><c> of</c><00:36:58.780><c> this</c>

00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:01.260
lamentation<00:37:00.320><c> inspired</c>

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:03.000
by<00:37:01.639><c> God</c><00:37:01.960><c> no</c><00:37:02.219><c> doubt</c>

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:04.440
as<00:37:03.380><c> David</c>

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:06.840
writes<00:37:05.539><c> down</c><00:37:05.880><c> with</c><00:37:06.139><c> poetry</c>

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:09.230
his<00:37:07.940><c> inner</c><00:37:08.360><c> sorrows.</c>

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:11.150
Verse<00:37:10.280><c> 19</c>

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:14.460
The<00:37:13.880><c> beauty</c>

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:16.579
of<00:37:14.840><c> Israel</c><00:37:15.480><c> is</c><00:37:16.019><c> slain</c>

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:18.860
upon<00:37:16.940><c> thy</c><00:37:17.300><c> high</c><00:37:17.599><c> places.</c>

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:20.500
How<00:37:19.579><c> are</c><00:37:19.880><c> the</c><00:37:20.099><c> mighty</c>

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:22.559
fallen?<00:37:22.159><c> Tell</c><00:37:22.280><c> it</c>

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:24.639
not<00:37:22.820><c> in</c><00:37:23.139><c> gas,</c><00:37:24.340><c> publish</c>

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:27.250
it<00:37:25.039><c> not</c><00:37:25.239><c> in</c><00:37:25.480><c> the</c><00:37:25.719><c> streets</c><00:37:26.079><c> of</c><00:37:26.380><c> Ascalon</c>

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:28.579
lest<00:37:27.900><c> the</c><00:37:28.260><c> daughters</c>

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:31.019
of<00:37:28.820><c> the</c><00:37:28.980><c> Philistines</c><00:37:29.639><c> rejoice,</c>

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:32.579
lest<00:37:31.420><c> the</c><00:37:31.699><c> daughters</c><00:37:32.039><c> of</c><00:37:32.260><c> the</c>

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:34.659
circumcised<00:37:33.480><c> triumph.</c>

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:36.099
Ye<00:37:35.280><c> mountains</c><00:37:35.860><c> of</c>

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:38.539
Gilboa,<00:37:37.659><c> let</c><00:37:37.780><c> there</c><00:37:38.019><c> be</c><00:37:38.219><c> no</c>

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:40.539
dew,<00:37:39.480><c> neither</c><00:37:39.780><c> let</c><00:37:40.079><c> there</c><00:37:40.280><c> be</c>

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:42.460
rain<00:37:40.860><c> upon</c><00:37:41.260><c> you,</c><00:37:42.199><c> nor</c>

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:44.300
fields<00:37:42.880><c> of</c><00:37:43.219><c> offerings.</c>

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:46.400
For<00:37:44.719><c> there</c><00:37:45.179><c> the</c><00:37:45.380><c> shield</c><00:37:45.739><c> of</c><00:37:45.920><c> the</c><00:37:46.099><c> mighty</c>

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:48.880
is<00:37:46.900><c> violently</c><00:37:47.440><c> cast</c><00:37:47.780><c> away,</c>

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:50.340
the<00:37:49.219><c> shield</c><00:37:49.539><c> of</c><00:37:49.900><c> Saul</c>

00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:52.519
as<00:37:50.960><c> though</c><00:37:51.159><c> he</c><00:37:51.300><c> had</c><00:37:51.539><c> not</c><00:37:51.820><c> been</c><00:37:52.079><c> anointed</c>

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.900
with<00:37:52.820><c> oil.</c>

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:56.559
From<00:37:54.440><c> the</c><00:37:54.659><c> blood</c><00:37:54.980><c> of</c><00:37:55.300><c> the</c><00:37:55.460><c> slain,</c>

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:58.639
from<00:37:56.860><c> the</c><00:37:57.099><c> fat</c><00:37:57.239><c> of</c><00:37:57.440><c> the</c><00:37:57.679><c> mighty,</c>

00:37:58.840 --> 00:38:00.559
the<00:37:59.019><c> bow</c><00:37:59.239><c> of</c><00:37:59.559><c> Jonathan</c><00:38:00.019><c> turned</c>

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:02.619
not<00:38:00.760><c> back</c><00:38:01.300><c> and</c><00:38:02.139><c> the</c><00:38:02.380><c> sword</c>

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:05.440
of<00:38:02.940><c> Saul</c><00:38:03.219><c> returned</c><00:38:03.760><c> not</c><00:38:04.119><c> empty.</c>

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.579
Saul<00:38:06.260><c> and</c>

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:08.639
Jonathan<00:38:07.019><c> were</c><00:38:07.360><c> lovely</c><00:38:07.880><c> and</c>

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:10.079
pleasant<00:38:08.980><c> in</c><00:38:09.219><c> their</c><00:38:09.519><c> lives</c>

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:12.800
and<00:38:11.019><c> in</c><00:38:11.239><c> their</c><00:38:11.460><c> death</c><00:38:11.940><c> they</c><00:38:12.260><c> were</c><00:38:12.519><c> not</c>

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:13.860
divided.

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:16.199
They<00:38:14.559><c> were</c><00:38:14.820><c> swifter</c><00:38:15.239><c> than</c><00:38:15.519><c> eagles,</c>

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:19.260
they<00:38:16.840><c> were</c><00:38:17.219><c> stronger</c><00:38:17.599><c> than</c><00:38:17.920><c> lions.</c>

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.920
Ye<00:38:19.579><c> daughters</c><00:38:19.980><c> of</c><00:38:20.159><c> Israel,</c>

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:22.539
weep<00:38:21.719><c> over</c><00:38:22.079><c> Saul</c>

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:24.619
who<00:38:23.260><c> clothed</c><00:38:23.659><c> you</c><00:38:23.880><c> in</c><00:38:24.179><c> scarlet</c>

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:26.139
with<00:38:24.900><c> other</c><00:38:25.219><c> delights,</c>

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:28.559
who<00:38:26.719><c> put</c><00:38:26.980><c> on</c><00:38:27.420><c> ornaments</c><00:38:27.860><c> of</c><00:38:28.139><c> gold</c>

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:30.280
and<00:38:28.599><c> upon</c><00:38:28.880><c> your</c><00:38:29.300><c> apparel.</c>

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:32.440
How<00:38:31.079><c> are</c><00:38:31.380><c> the</c><00:38:31.579><c> mighty</c><00:38:31.980><c> fallen</c>

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:34.400
in<00:38:32.800><c> the</c><00:38:32.940><c> midst</c><00:38:33.219><c> of</c><00:38:33.400><c> the</c><00:38:33.559><c> battle?</c>

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:36.219
Oh,<00:38:35.159><c> Jonathan,</c>

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:38.320
thou<00:38:36.659><c> was</c><00:38:37.019><c> slain</c><00:38:37.500><c> in</c><00:38:37.820><c> thine</c><00:38:37.980><c> high</c>

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:40.840
places.<00:38:39.599><c> I</c><00:38:39.900><c> am</c><00:38:40.179><c> distressed</c>

00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:42.420
for<00:38:41.119><c> thee,</c><00:38:41.739><c> my</c><00:38:42.039><c> brother</c>

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:44.679
Jonathan.<00:38:43.820><c> Very</c><00:38:44.199><c> pleasant</c>

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:47.039
hast<00:38:45.039><c> thou</c><00:38:45.199><c> been</c><00:38:45.599><c> unto</c><00:38:45.860><c> me.</c>

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:48.360
Thy<00:38:47.280><c> love</c><00:38:47.559><c> to</c><00:38:47.820><c> me</c><00:38:48.099><c> was</c>

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:50.440
wonderful,<00:38:49.679><c> passing</c><00:38:49.980><c> the</c><00:38:50.219><c> love</c>

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:52.480
of<00:38:50.659><c> women.</c><00:38:51.960><c> How</c>

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:54.440
are<00:38:52.780><c> the</c><00:38:53.000><c> mighty</c><00:38:53.340><c> fallen</c>

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:56.760
and<00:38:54.739><c> the</c><00:38:54.920><c> weapons</c><00:38:55.280><c> of</c><00:38:55.619><c> war</c><00:38:55.960><c> perished?</c>

00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:58.940
And<00:38:58.280><c> those</c>

00:38:58.940 --> 00:39:00.699
brethren<00:38:59.320><c> and</c><00:38:59.539><c> sisters</c><00:38:59.860><c> who</c>

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:02.739
from<00:39:01.260><c> time</c><00:39:01.500><c> to</c><00:39:01.739><c> time</c><00:39:02.440><c> have</c>

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:05.019
in<00:39:02.900><c> their</c><00:39:03.119><c> studies</c><00:39:03.739><c> to</c><00:39:04.500><c> study</c>

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:06.679
the<00:39:05.400><c> classics</c>

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:09.039
of<00:39:08.480><c> Rome</c>

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:10.960
or<00:39:09.800><c> of</c><00:39:10.000><c> Greece</c>

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:13.000
or<00:39:12.000><c> the</c><00:39:12.139><c> books</c><00:39:12.340><c> of</c><00:39:12.559><c> Britain</c>

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:14.840
to<00:39:14.219><c> enter</c><00:39:14.599><c> into</c>

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:17.179
the<00:39:15.119><c> poetry</c><00:39:15.659><c> of</c><00:39:16.340><c> great</c><00:39:16.539><c> men</c>

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:18.980
who<00:39:18.500><c> will</c><00:39:18.579><c> never</c><00:39:18.739><c> find</c>

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:20.820
anything<00:39:19.320><c> to</c><00:39:19.599><c> excel</c><00:39:20.099><c> the</c><00:39:20.400><c> beauty</c>

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:23.139
of<00:39:21.599><c> this</c><00:39:21.920><c> kind</c><00:39:22.260><c> of</c><00:39:22.699><c> expression</c>

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:24.900
that<00:39:23.440><c> is</c><00:39:23.639><c> here.</c><00:39:24.280><c> Read</c><00:39:24.519><c> it</c>

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:26.840
time<00:39:25.360><c> and</c><00:39:25.539><c> time</c><00:39:25.840><c> again,</c><00:39:26.659><c> and</c>

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:28.760
notice<00:39:27.239><c> the</c><00:39:27.619><c> feelings</c><00:39:28.079><c> in</c><00:39:28.320><c> the</c><00:39:28.579><c> heart</c>

00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:29.840
of<00:39:29.000><c> David.</c>

00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:33.380
I'm<00:39:31.679><c> sure</c><00:39:31.900><c> he</c><00:39:32.059><c> was</c><00:39:32.280><c> distressed.</c>

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.699
He<00:39:33.579><c> was</c><00:39:33.739><c> distressed</c><00:39:34.039><c> before</c><00:39:34.360><c> Jonathan</c>

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:37.159
died<00:39:35.380><c> when</c><00:39:35.920><c> he</c><00:39:36.179><c> stood</c><00:39:36.320><c> on</c><00:39:36.519><c> the</c><00:39:36.699><c> northern</c>

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:38.699
side<00:39:37.559><c> of</c><00:39:37.719><c> the</c><00:39:37.840><c> valley</c>

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:41.300
and<00:39:39.400><c> Jonathan</c><00:39:39.840><c> was</c><00:39:40.019><c> on</c><00:39:40.219><c> the</c><00:39:40.400><c> south.</c>

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:43.400
Notice<00:39:42.019><c> the</c><00:39:42.260><c> allegiance</c><00:39:42.579><c> of</c>

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:45.000
Jonathan.<00:39:44.400><c> Sticks</c>

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:47.440
to<00:39:45.179><c> his</c><00:39:45.480><c> father</c><00:39:45.760><c> right</c><00:39:46.019><c> unto</c><00:39:46.179><c> the</c><00:39:46.300><c> day</c><00:39:46.440><c> of</c><00:39:46.639><c> death.</c>

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:50.840
Fought<00:39:50.059><c> with</c><00:39:50.659><c> the</c>

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:52.019
Lord's<00:39:51.179><c> anointed.</c>

00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:53.880
You<00:39:52.679><c> see,</c><00:39:53.460><c> neither</c>

00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:55.800
David<00:39:54.239><c> nor</c><00:39:54.480><c> Jonathan</c><00:39:54.900><c> would</c>

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:57.800
betray<00:39:56.320><c> the</c><00:39:56.619><c> Lord's</c><00:39:56.980><c> anointed.</c>

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:59.880
And<00:39:58.159><c> it</c><00:39:58.280><c> cost</c><00:39:58.420><c> Jonathan</c><00:39:58.719><c> his</c><00:39:58.960><c> life.</c><00:39:59.380><c> And</c><00:39:59.480><c> one</c><00:39:59.639><c> wonders</c>

00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:01.579
sometimes,<00:40:00.579><c> why</c><00:40:00.679><c> was</c><00:40:01.019><c> it</c><00:40:01.420><c> that</c>

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:03.820
God<00:40:01.800><c> allowed</c><00:40:02.199><c> Jonathan</c><00:40:02.639><c> to</c><00:40:02.900><c> die?</c>

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:05.800
Well<00:40:04.599><c> isn't</c><00:40:04.739><c> that</c><00:40:04.980><c> the</c><00:40:05.139><c> question</c><00:40:05.460><c> that</c><00:40:05.619><c> we</c>

00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:07.940
ask<00:40:06.239><c> time</c><00:40:06.659><c> and</c><00:40:06.860><c> time</c><00:40:07.099><c> again</c><00:40:07.420><c> about</c>

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:09.480
the<00:40:08.199><c> death</c><00:40:08.360><c> of</c><00:40:08.559><c> the</c><00:40:08.679><c> righteous?</c>

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:14.380
It<00:40:12.239><c> was</c><00:40:12.460><c> right</c><00:40:12.699><c> that</c><00:40:12.900><c> he</c><00:40:13.019><c> should</c><00:40:13.219><c> die.</c>

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:15.840
It<00:40:15.219><c> was</c><00:40:15.420><c> the</c><00:40:15.579><c> right</c>

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:17.000
time.

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:19.960
And<00:40:18.019><c> Jonathan</c><00:40:18.320><c> was</c><00:40:18.559><c> ready</c><00:40:18.800><c> for</c><00:40:19.059><c> death.</c>

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:22.039
He<00:40:20.940><c> required</c><00:40:21.340><c> nothing</c><00:40:21.599><c> else,</c>

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:23.960
neither<00:40:22.400><c> a</c><00:40:22.659><c> seat</c><00:40:23.019><c> at</c><00:40:23.659><c> the</c><00:40:23.780><c> side</c>

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:25.820
of<00:40:24.179><c> David,</c><00:40:25.460><c> nor</c><00:40:25.599><c> any</c>

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:26.980
kind<00:40:26.000><c> of</c><00:40:26.139><c> honor</c><00:40:26.280><c> from</c><00:40:26.480><c> David</c>

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:30.400
to<00:40:27.920><c> make</c><00:40:28.019><c> him</c><00:40:28.219><c> righteous</c><00:40:28.739><c> or</c><00:40:29.300><c> lovely.</c>

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:32.300
Yes,<00:40:31.820><c> truly</c>

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:33.599
David<00:40:32.840><c> and</c><00:40:33.079><c> Jonathan</c>

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:35.539
were<00:40:34.380><c> separated</c>

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:38.380
at<00:40:36.119><c> the</c><00:40:36.300><c> day</c><00:40:36.579><c> of</c><00:40:36.820><c> Jonathan's</c><00:40:37.360><c> death.</c>

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.840
But<00:40:39.320><c> they</c><00:40:39.500><c> will</c><00:40:39.679><c> be</c>

00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:41.780
united<00:40:40.420><c> in</c><00:40:41.539><c> the</c><00:40:41.679><c> day</c>

00:40:41.780 --> 00:40:43.199
of<00:40:41.960><c> the</c><00:40:42.099><c> resurrection.</c>

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:45.420
When<00:40:44.000><c> one</c><00:40:44.219><c> who</c><00:40:44.340><c> has</c><00:40:44.519><c> loved</c><00:40:44.679><c> them</c><00:40:44.900><c> with</c><00:40:45.059><c> a</c><00:40:45.199><c> love</c>

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:46.940
surpassing<00:40:45.980><c> the</c><00:40:46.079><c> love</c><00:40:46.219><c> of</c><00:40:46.420><c> women,</c>

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:49.300
who<00:40:47.639><c> himself</c><00:40:48.059><c> was</c><00:40:48.420><c> greatly</c><00:40:48.760><c> distressed</c>

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:50.960
on<00:40:49.500><c> our</c><00:40:49.679><c> behalf</c><00:40:50.219><c> and</c>

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:53.239
delivered<00:40:51.179><c> us</c><00:40:51.420><c> from</c><00:40:51.619><c> the</c><00:40:51.880><c> streets</c><00:40:52.380><c> of</c><00:40:52.559><c> the</c>

00:40:53.619 --> 00:40:54.900
uncircumcised<00:40:54.179><c> and</c><00:40:54.539><c> brought</c><00:40:54.760><c> us</c>

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:57.599
unto<00:40:55.079><c> himself</c><00:40:55.840><c> and</c><00:40:56.480><c> has</c><00:40:56.679><c> taught</c><00:40:56.820><c> us</c>

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:59.099
the<00:40:58.079><c> song</c><00:40:58.360><c> of</c><00:40:58.539><c> the</c><00:40:58.719><c> bow</c>

00:40:59.099 --> 00:41:01.039
and<00:40:59.300><c> has</c><00:40:59.500><c> written</c><00:40:59.619><c> our</c><00:40:59.920><c> names</c><00:41:00.239><c> in</c><00:41:00.460><c> the</c><00:41:00.639><c> book</c><00:41:00.760><c> of</c><00:41:00.920><c> the</c>

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:02.940
upright,<00:41:02.260><c> even</c><00:41:02.500><c> the</c><00:41:02.699><c> Lord</c>

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:04.840
Jesus<00:41:03.300><c> Christ</c><00:41:03.559><c> himself</c><00:41:04.139><c> shall</c>

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:07.659
bless<00:41:05.039><c> us.</c><00:41:06.460><c> And</c><00:41:06.639><c> Jonathan</c>

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:08.880
will<00:41:08.420><c> greet</c><00:41:08.599><c> John</c>

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:10.099
the<00:41:09.019><c> Baptist.</c>

00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:12.619
Two<00:41:11.300><c> lesser</c><00:41:11.579><c> lights</c>

00:41:12.619 --> 00:41:15.059
made<00:41:13.199><c> to</c><00:41:13.480><c> shine</c><00:41:13.699><c> brightly</c><00:41:14.219><c> in</c><00:41:14.900><c> the</c>

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:17.639
murmurment<00:41:15.679><c> of</c><00:41:16.360><c> God's</c><00:41:16.699><c> heaven.</c>

00:41:21.500 --> 00:41:23.260
It's<00:41:21.699><c> now,</c><00:41:22.000><c> brethren</c><00:41:22.099><c> and</c><00:41:22.380><c> sisters,</c><00:41:22.780><c> with</c><00:41:23.019><c> Saul</c>

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:24.920
dead,<00:41:23.820><c> that</c><00:41:23.940><c> one</c><00:41:24.039><c> would</c><00:41:24.260><c> think</c><00:41:24.400><c> that</c><00:41:24.599><c> immediately</c>

00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:27.059
the<00:41:25.159><c> kingdom</c><00:41:25.360><c> would</c><00:41:25.599><c> fall</c><00:41:25.780><c> right</c><00:41:26.039><c> into</c><00:41:26.239><c> the</c><00:41:26.380><c> hands</c><00:41:26.519><c> of</c><00:41:26.739><c> David.</c>

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:29.039
But<00:41:27.420><c> he's</c><00:41:27.539><c> down</c><00:41:27.739><c> in</c><00:41:27.880><c> the</c><00:41:28.059><c> south,</c><00:41:28.380><c> in</c><00:41:28.519><c> Ziglag,</c>

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:31.710
right<00:41:29.599><c> on</c><00:41:29.800><c> the</c><00:41:29.960><c> borders</c><00:41:30.300><c> of</c><00:41:30.480><c> the</c><00:41:30.599><c> land</c><00:41:30.719><c> of</c><00:41:30.900><c> the</c><00:41:31.000><c> Philistines.</c>

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:33.320
And<00:41:32.179><c> remember</c><00:41:32.500><c> that</c><00:41:32.860><c> Saul</c>

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:35.360
is<00:41:33.519><c> of</c><00:41:33.619><c> the</c><00:41:33.840><c> tribe</c><00:41:34.079><c> of</c><00:41:34.400><c> Benjamin.</c>

00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:37.019
And<00:41:35.920><c> the</c><00:41:36.059><c> Benjamites</c><00:41:36.500><c> are</c><00:41:36.659><c> going</c><00:41:36.760><c> to</c><00:41:36.860><c> be</c>

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:38.420
faithful<00:41:37.320><c> to</c><00:41:37.480><c> him.</c>

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:40.800
They<00:41:39.239><c> stick</c><00:41:39.420><c> to</c><00:41:39.579><c> him</c>

00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:43.300
as<00:41:41.179><c> does</c><00:41:41.360><c> Abner</c><00:41:41.760><c> and</c><00:41:42.039><c> the</c><00:41:42.239><c> soldiers,</c><00:41:42.639><c> the</c><00:41:42.840><c> host.</c>

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:45.480
They<00:41:43.699><c> remain</c><00:41:44.019><c> faithful</c><00:41:44.739><c> unto</c><00:41:45.159><c> Saul</c>

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:47.440
for<00:41:45.659><c> some</c><00:41:45.840><c> considerable</c><00:41:46.199><c> time.</c>

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:49.199
Now<00:41:47.940><c> David</c><00:41:48.239><c> moves</c><00:41:48.559><c> northwards</c>

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:51.440
and<00:41:49.460><c> comes</c><00:41:49.719><c> into</c><00:41:49.920><c> Hebron.</c>

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:53.480
Now<00:41:52.820><c> Hebron</c>

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:55.380
is<00:41:54.000><c> a</c><00:41:54.280><c> city</c><00:41:54.860><c> of</c>

00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:56.360
refuge.

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:59.699
I'd<00:41:57.539><c> like</c><00:41:57.599><c> you</c><00:41:57.699><c> to</c><00:41:57.820><c> notice</c><00:41:57.980><c> that.</c><00:41:58.500><c> It's</c><00:41:58.679><c> a</c><00:41:58.760><c> city</c><00:41:58.940><c> of</c><00:41:59.159><c> refuge.</c>

00:42:00.179 --> 00:42:01.800
And<00:42:00.360><c> it's</c><00:42:00.739><c> in</c><00:42:00.880><c> Hebron</c>

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:03.300
that<00:42:03.000><c> David</c>

00:42:03.300 --> 00:42:05.380
becomes,<00:42:03.719><c> first</c><00:42:03.940><c> of</c><00:42:04.119><c> all,</c><00:42:04.599><c> enthroned.</c>

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:07.780
He<00:42:06.039><c> sent</c><00:42:06.280><c> all</c><00:42:06.480><c> his</c><00:42:06.719><c> presents</c>

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:09.420
to<00:42:09.000><c> the</c><00:42:09.179><c> man</c>

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:11.300
of<00:42:09.579><c> the</c><00:42:09.820><c> south</c><00:42:10.059><c> of</c><00:42:10.260><c> Judah,</c><00:42:11.199><c> sent</c>

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:13.139
presents<00:42:11.599><c> that</c><00:42:11.840><c> he'd</c><00:42:11.860><c> taken</c><00:42:12.099><c> from</c><00:42:12.320><c> Ziglag,</c>

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:14.780
sent<00:42:13.579><c> spoil</c><00:42:14.039><c> that</c><00:42:14.219><c> he'd</c><00:42:14.480><c> taken</c>

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:17.340
to<00:42:15.179><c> many</c><00:42:15.380><c> of</c><00:42:15.519><c> the</c><00:42:15.699><c> places</c><00:42:16.019><c> to</c><00:42:16.179><c> which</c><00:42:16.360><c> David</c><00:42:16.659><c> and</c><00:42:16.800><c> his</c><00:42:17.000><c> men</c>

00:42:17.340 --> 00:42:19.719
had<00:42:17.679><c> paid</c><00:42:17.880><c> visits</c><00:42:18.480><c> during</c><00:42:19.159><c> the</c><00:42:19.360><c> days</c>

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:21.659
when<00:42:20.079><c> David</c><00:42:20.340><c> was</c><00:42:20.599><c> outlawed.</c>

00:42:21.739 --> 00:42:23.340
Lots<00:42:22.039><c> of</c><00:42:22.239><c> those</c><00:42:22.480><c> southern</c><00:42:22.739><c> villages</c><00:42:23.099><c> were</c>

00:42:23.340 --> 00:42:25.300
faithful<00:42:23.699><c> to</c><00:42:23.920><c> David.</c><00:42:24.500><c> No</c><00:42:24.659><c> doubt</c><00:42:24.840><c> they</c><00:42:25.000><c> gave</c><00:42:25.119><c> him</c>

00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:27.340
provisions,<00:42:26.159><c> water,</c><00:42:26.840><c> words</c><00:42:27.059><c> of</c>

00:42:27.340 --> 00:42:29.320
encouragement,<00:42:28.199><c> perhaps</c><00:42:28.500><c> an</c><00:42:28.800><c> opportunity</c>

00:42:29.320 --> 00:42:31.820
of<00:42:29.820><c> communal</c><00:42:30.119><c> worship</c><00:42:30.579><c> from</c><00:42:30.940><c> time</c><00:42:31.159><c> to</c><00:42:31.360><c> time.</c>

00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:33.320
And<00:42:32.260><c> it's</c><00:42:32.380><c> to</c><00:42:32.519><c> them</c><00:42:32.719><c> that</c><00:42:32.880><c> David</c><00:42:33.139><c> sent</c>

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:35.679
his<00:42:33.500><c> messages</c><00:42:33.880><c> of</c><00:42:34.280><c> love</c><00:42:34.659><c> and</c><00:42:35.119><c> of</c><00:42:35.280><c> thanks.</c>

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:37.500
And<00:42:36.179><c> he</c><00:42:36.260><c> comes</c><00:42:36.480><c> up,</c><00:42:37.000><c> he's</c><00:42:37.219><c> anointed</c>

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:39.559
king<00:42:37.820><c> over</c><00:42:38.119><c> Judah</c><00:42:38.440><c> in</c><00:42:38.840><c> Hebron.</c>

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:41.659
And<00:42:39.860><c> it's</c><00:42:40.039><c> in</c><00:42:40.119><c> this</c><00:42:40.320><c> place</c><00:42:40.519><c> that</c><00:42:40.699><c> he</c><00:42:40.860><c> reigns</c><00:42:41.219><c> for</c><00:42:41.380><c> seven</c>

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:43.780
and<00:42:41.860><c> a</c><00:42:41.880><c> half</c><00:42:42.079><c> years.</c><00:42:43.360><c> He</c><00:42:43.500><c> becomes</c>

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:46.019
king<00:42:44.139><c> there</c><00:42:44.480><c> in</c><00:42:44.699><c> Hebron</c><00:42:45.219><c> for</c><00:42:45.559><c> seven</c>

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:47.300
and<00:42:46.300><c> a</c><00:42:46.440><c> half</c><00:42:46.639><c> years.</c>

00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:49.619
He<00:42:47.960><c> sends</c><00:42:48.079><c> a</c><00:42:48.300><c> message</c><00:42:48.579><c> right</c><00:42:48.980><c> northwards</c>

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:51.619
across<00:42:50.000><c> the</c><00:42:50.159><c> River</c><00:42:50.360><c> Jordan</c><00:42:50.760><c> to</c><00:42:51.099><c> the</c><00:42:51.239><c> men</c><00:42:51.420><c> of</c>

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:53.480
Jabesh<00:42:51.900><c>-Gilead,</c>

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:55.480
sends<00:42:53.860><c> his</c><00:42:54.119><c> greetings</c><00:42:54.360><c> to</c><00:42:54.559><c> them</c><00:42:54.659><c> and</c><00:42:54.800><c> his</c><00:42:55.019><c> thanks</c>

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:57.559
for<00:42:55.780><c> that</c><00:42:56.019><c> which</c><00:42:56.139><c> they</c><00:42:56.300><c> had</c><00:42:56.519><c> done</c><00:42:56.880><c> to</c><00:42:57.260><c> Saul</c>

00:42:57.559 --> 00:42:59.760
and<00:42:57.980><c> to</c><00:42:58.199><c> Jonathan,</c><00:42:59.260><c> and</c><00:42:59.420><c> tries,</c>

00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:01.179
if<00:43:00.159><c> possible,</c>

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:03.599
to<00:43:02.099><c> secure</c><00:43:02.380><c> their</c><00:43:02.619><c> allegiance.</c><00:43:02.980><c> He</c><00:43:03.119><c> doesn't</c>

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:05.739
for<00:43:03.840><c> the</c><00:43:03.980><c> time</c><00:43:04.139><c> being.</c><00:43:04.420><c> The</c><00:43:04.519><c> men</c><00:43:04.659><c> of</c><00:43:04.800><c> Jabesh</c><00:43:05.059><c>-Gilead</c><00:43:05.300><c> are</c><00:43:05.440><c> going</c><00:43:05.519><c> to</c><00:43:05.619><c> be</c>

00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:07.659
faithful<00:43:06.019><c> to</c><00:43:06.260><c> Saul.</c><00:43:06.900><c> They</c><00:43:07.019><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:07.280><c> have</c>

00:43:07.659 --> 00:43:09.440
touched<00:43:07.739><c> his</c><00:43:07.960><c> body</c><00:43:08.239><c> otherwise.</c>

00:43:09.619 --> 00:43:11.940
And<00:43:09.840><c> in</c><00:43:09.980><c> the</c><00:43:10.119><c> north,</c><00:43:10.559><c> right</c><00:43:10.880><c> there</c><00:43:11.179><c> on</c><00:43:11.380><c> the</c><00:43:11.559><c> other</c><00:43:11.800><c> side</c>

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:13.679
of<00:43:12.079><c> the</c><00:43:12.159><c> River</c><00:43:12.360><c> Jordan,</c><00:43:13.260><c> in</c><00:43:13.400><c> a</c><00:43:13.519><c> city</c>

00:43:13.679 --> 00:43:16.210
called<00:43:13.960><c> Mahaneum,</c><00:43:14.980><c> where</c><00:43:15.099><c> Jacob</c><00:43:15.460><c> met</c>

00:43:16.380 --> 00:43:17.619
the<00:43:16.699><c> angel</c><00:43:17.000><c> of</c><00:43:17.159><c> the</c><00:43:17.280><c> Lord.</c>

00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:19.820
In<00:43:18.039><c> that</c><00:43:18.260><c> city,</c><00:43:19.159><c> Saul's</c>

00:43:19.820 --> 00:43:21.679
son,<00:43:20.400><c> Ish</c><00:43:20.639><c>-Bosheth,</c><00:43:21.440><c> is</c>

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:24.170
crowned<00:43:22.260><c> king</c><00:43:22.619><c> of</c><00:43:23.019><c> the</c><00:43:23.420><c> ten</c>

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:25.539
northern<00:43:25.059><c> tribes.</c>

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:27.800
It's<00:43:26.019><c> interesting,</c><00:43:26.519><c> there's</c><00:43:26.900><c> a</c><00:43:27.239><c> kind</c><00:43:27.420><c> of</c><00:43:27.599><c> division</c>

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:29.460
at<00:43:27.960><c> this</c><00:43:28.179><c> time,</c><00:43:28.440><c> perhaps</c><00:43:28.679><c> eleven</c><00:43:29.019><c> tribes</c>

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:31.739
in<00:43:29.900><c> effect</c><00:43:30.320><c> are</c><00:43:31.300><c> included</c><00:43:31.519><c> in</c>

00:43:31.739 --> 00:43:33.619
this.<00:43:32.239><c> And</c><00:43:32.340><c> he's</c><00:43:32.539><c> crowned</c><00:43:32.960><c> king</c><00:43:33.059><c> and</c><00:43:33.199><c> he</c><00:43:33.400><c> reigns</c>

00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:35.800
there<00:43:33.960><c> for</c><00:43:34.179><c> two</c><00:43:34.460><c> years</c><00:43:34.840><c> in</c><00:43:35.179><c> Mahaneum</c>

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:37.940
on<00:43:36.019><c> the</c><00:43:36.219><c> other</c><00:43:36.480><c> side</c><00:43:36.699><c> of</c><00:43:36.699><c> Jordan,</c><00:43:37.360><c> and</c><00:43:37.619><c> Abner,</c>

00:43:38.219 --> 00:43:40.019
the<00:43:38.380><c> captain</c><00:43:38.639><c> of</c><00:43:38.800><c> the</c><00:43:38.940><c> host,</c><00:43:39.500><c> is</c><00:43:39.579><c> the</c><00:43:39.699><c> one</c><00:43:39.820><c> who</c>

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:42.079
crowns<00:43:40.280><c> him</c><00:43:40.440><c> king</c><00:43:40.860><c> and</c><00:43:41.119><c> who</c><00:43:41.300><c> stands</c><00:43:41.539><c> faithful</c>

00:43:42.079 --> 00:43:43.219
to<00:43:42.280><c> him.</c>

00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:45.920
Abner,<00:43:44.659><c> faithful</c><00:43:45.219><c> to</c><00:43:45.619><c> Saul.</c>

00:43:46.139 --> 00:43:47.599
This<00:43:46.500><c> delights</c><00:43:47.159><c> David.</c>

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:50.000
He's<00:43:48.320><c> a</c><00:43:48.320><c> man</c><00:43:48.559><c> that</c><00:43:48.880><c> delights</c><00:43:49.219><c> in</c><00:43:49.500><c> allegiance,</c>

00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:51.860
in<00:43:50.739><c> faithfulness</c><00:43:51.159><c> of</c><00:43:51.500><c> spirit.</c>

00:43:52.300 --> 00:43:53.760
And<00:43:52.460><c> that's</c><00:43:52.719><c> precisely</c>

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:56.099
what<00:43:54.360><c> Abner</c><00:43:54.820><c> is</c><00:43:55.119><c> willing</c><00:43:55.420><c> to</c><00:43:55.719><c> show</c>

00:43:56.099 --> 00:43:57.820
to<00:43:56.500><c> his</c><00:43:56.760><c> dead</c><00:43:56.980><c> master</c><00:43:57.400><c> and</c>

00:43:57.820 --> 00:43:59.500
now<00:43:58.000><c> to</c><00:43:58.179><c> his</c><00:43:58.320><c> master's</c><00:43:58.719><c> son.</c>

00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:01.900
But<00:44:00.039><c> after</c><00:44:00.300><c> two</c><00:44:00.619><c> years,</c><00:44:01.460><c> there</c>

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:03.300
comes<00:44:02.280><c> about</c><00:44:02.559><c> a</c><00:44:02.880><c> meeting.</c>

00:44:03.300 --> 00:44:05.539
A<00:44:04.179><c> meeting</c><00:44:04.420><c> between</c><00:44:05.000><c> Abner</c>

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:07.260
and<00:44:06.099><c> Joab.</c>

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:09.440
They<00:44:07.599><c> come</c><00:44:07.880><c> down</c><00:44:08.179><c> to</c><00:44:08.340><c> a</c><00:44:08.519><c> place</c><00:44:08.880><c> where</c><00:44:09.179><c> they</c>

00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:11.440
meet<00:44:09.780><c> and</c><00:44:10.820><c> they</c><00:44:11.000><c> bring</c><00:44:11.099><c> their</c><00:44:11.300><c> men</c>

00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:13.320
with<00:44:11.719><c> them.</c><00:44:11.980><c> It's</c><00:44:12.179><c> rather</c><00:44:12.420><c> a</c><00:44:12.619><c> peculiar</c><00:44:12.960><c> meeting</c>

00:44:13.320 --> 00:44:15.679
and<00:44:13.519><c> one</c><00:44:14.099><c> tries</c><00:44:14.420><c> to</c><00:44:14.719><c> bring</c><00:44:14.900><c> out</c><00:44:15.039><c> of</c><00:44:15.139><c> the</c><00:44:15.280><c> record</c>

00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:17.840
what<00:44:16.519><c> one</c><00:44:16.780><c> can.</c>

00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:19.760
They<00:44:18.940><c> meet</c><00:44:19.079><c> at</c><00:44:19.219><c> a</c><00:44:19.480><c> pool</c>

00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:21.239
in<00:44:20.039><c> Gibeon</c>

00:44:21.199 --> 00:44:23.500
and<00:44:21.480><c> there's</c><00:44:21.679><c> a</c><00:44:21.820><c> kind</c><00:44:22.579><c> of</c>

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:25.980
athletic<00:44:24.159><c> match</c><00:44:24.860><c> there.</c>

00:44:26.199 --> 00:44:27.860
I<00:44:26.599><c> don't</c><00:44:26.840><c> quite</c><00:44:27.079><c> understand</c>

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:29.980
this<00:44:28.920><c> encounter,</c>

00:44:30.019 --> 00:44:31.500
but<00:44:30.159><c> it</c><00:44:30.260><c> looks</c><00:44:30.420><c> as</c><00:44:30.579><c> though</c><00:44:30.760><c> twelve</c><00:44:31.000><c> men</c><00:44:31.239><c> from</c>

00:44:31.500 --> 00:44:33.480
one<00:44:31.739><c> side</c><00:44:32.480><c> and</c><00:44:32.719><c> twelve</c><00:44:32.860><c> from</c><00:44:33.059><c> the</c><00:44:33.199><c> other</c>

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:35.599
enter<00:44:33.920><c> into</c><00:44:34.159><c> a</c><00:44:34.260><c> kind</c><00:44:34.460><c> of</c><00:44:34.659><c> battle</c>

00:44:35.719 --> 00:44:37.639
before<00:44:36.239><c> all</c><00:44:36.480><c> the</c><00:44:36.619><c> people,</c><00:44:37.039><c> almost</c><00:44:37.320><c> as</c><00:44:37.539><c> though</c>

00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:39.579
they<00:44:37.800><c> were</c><00:44:37.980><c> themselves</c><00:44:38.420><c> to</c><00:44:38.659><c> decide</c><00:44:39.059><c> who</c><00:44:39.400><c> was</c>

00:44:39.579 --> 00:44:41.619
to<00:44:39.679><c> be</c><00:44:39.800><c> victorious</c><00:44:40.340><c> between</c><00:44:40.659><c> the</c><00:44:40.860><c> two</c><00:44:41.219><c> opposing</c>

00:44:41.619 --> 00:44:43.500
armies,<00:44:42.380><c> although</c><00:44:42.659><c> so</c><00:44:42.960><c> far</c><00:44:43.119><c> there</c><00:44:43.239><c> has</c><00:44:43.340><c> been</c>

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:45.139
no<00:44:43.679><c> mention</c><00:44:43.920><c> of</c><00:44:44.139><c> battle.</c>

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:47.599
But<00:44:46.159><c> in</c><00:44:46.300><c> their</c><00:44:46.539><c> strange</c><00:44:47.019><c> encounter</c>

00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:49.500
it<00:44:47.860><c> says,</c><00:44:48.119><c> each</c><00:44:48.420><c> man</c><00:44:48.679><c> took</c><00:44:48.920><c> hold</c>

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:51.139
of<00:44:49.920><c> his</c><00:44:50.159><c> opponent</c>

00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:53.559
and<00:44:51.920><c> ran</c><00:44:52.079><c> him</c><00:44:52.360><c> through</c><00:44:52.619><c> with</c><00:44:52.800><c> his</c><00:44:53.079><c> sword</c>

00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:55.559
and<00:44:54.320><c> all</c><00:44:54.699><c> men</c><00:44:54.980><c> fall</c><00:44:55.320><c> down</c>

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:57.599
to<00:44:55.739><c> the</c><00:44:55.900><c> ground</c><00:44:56.360><c> in</c><00:44:56.920><c> a</c><00:44:57.119><c> great</c>

00:44:57.599 --> 00:44:59.159
bloody<00:44:58.139><c> heap.</c>

00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:01.619
And<00:45:00.480><c> as</c><00:45:00.659><c> soon</c><00:45:00.800><c> as</c><00:45:00.920><c> that's</c><00:45:01.340><c> over</c>

00:45:01.619 --> 00:45:03.380
so<00:45:01.960><c> it</c><00:45:02.139><c> is</c><00:45:02.280><c> that</c><00:45:02.400><c> the</c><00:45:02.559><c> men</c><00:45:02.659><c> of</c><00:45:02.820><c> the</c><00:45:03.000><c> south</c>

00:45:03.380 --> 00:45:05.280
under<00:45:03.659><c> Joab</c><00:45:04.219><c> go</c><00:45:04.760><c> northwards</c>

00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:06.739
in<00:45:05.460><c> pursuit</c><00:45:05.920><c> of</c><00:45:06.559><c> Abner</c>

00:45:06.739 --> 00:45:09.079
and<00:45:06.920><c> his</c><00:45:07.039><c> host.</c><00:45:08.280><c> And</c><00:45:08.460><c> Abner</c>

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:11.079
escapes.<00:45:10.400><c> But</c><00:45:10.559><c> Joab,</c>

00:45:11.360 --> 00:45:13.019
Abishai,<00:45:12.380><c> and</c><00:45:12.619><c> Asahel</c>

00:45:13.019 --> 00:45:14.940
pursue.<00:45:13.840><c> And</c><00:45:14.019><c> Asahel</c><00:45:14.300><c> is</c><00:45:14.519><c> like</c><00:45:14.739><c> a</c>

00:45:14.940 --> 00:45:16.820
foot.<00:45:15.420><c> He's</c><00:45:15.599><c> like</c><00:45:15.840><c> a</c><00:45:16.099><c> row</c><00:45:16.260><c> on</c><00:45:16.460><c> his</c><00:45:16.699><c> feet</c>

00:45:16.820 --> 00:45:18.820
it<00:45:17.000><c> says.</c><00:45:17.840><c> And</c><00:45:17.960><c> he's</c><00:45:18.400><c> in</c><00:45:18.599><c> pursuit</c>

00:45:18.820 --> 00:45:21.360
of<00:45:19.000><c> Abner.</c><00:45:19.760><c> And</c><00:45:19.940><c> Abner,</c><00:45:20.380><c> as</c><00:45:20.619><c> he</c>

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:22.820
goes<00:45:21.800><c> in</c><00:45:22.119><c> flight</c><00:45:22.340><c> from</c><00:45:22.519><c> the</c><00:45:22.679><c> battle,</c>

00:45:22.920 --> 00:45:24.800
keeps<00:45:23.059><c> looking</c><00:45:23.260><c> over</c><00:45:23.500><c> his</c><00:45:23.760><c> shoulder</c><00:45:23.980><c> and</c><00:45:24.119><c> Asahel</c><00:45:24.460><c> is</c><00:45:24.639><c> coming</c>

00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:26.099
on<00:45:25.079><c> behind.</c>

00:45:26.500 --> 00:45:28.300
And<00:45:26.920><c> he</c><00:45:27.059><c> recognizes</c>

00:45:28.659 --> 00:45:29.800
Asahel.<00:45:29.360><c> He</c><00:45:29.480><c> knows</c><00:45:29.639><c> who</c>

00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:31.739
he<00:45:30.039><c> is.</c><00:45:31.300><c> And</c><00:45:31.460><c> Asahel</c>

00:45:31.739 --> 00:45:33.840
is<00:45:31.880><c> a</c><00:45:32.019><c> young</c><00:45:32.199><c> man</c><00:45:32.940><c> who</c><00:45:33.380><c> seems</c>

00:45:33.840 --> 00:45:35.780
hot<00:45:34.480><c> in</c><00:45:35.179><c> pursuit</c><00:45:35.420><c> of</c><00:45:35.719><c> Abner</c>

00:45:35.780 --> 00:45:37.780
as<00:45:35.940><c> though</c><00:45:36.079><c> he's</c><00:45:36.260><c> determined</c><00:45:36.980><c> to</c><00:45:37.500><c> do</c><00:45:37.619><c> a</c>

00:45:37.780 --> 00:45:40.280
duty<00:45:37.960><c> for</c><00:45:38.199><c> David</c><00:45:38.440><c> and</c><00:45:38.579><c> to</c><00:45:38.679><c> put</c><00:45:38.820><c> Abner</c><00:45:39.099><c> to</c><00:45:39.340><c> death.</c>

00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:41.940
And<00:45:40.500><c> Abner</c><00:45:40.699><c> is</c><00:45:41.079><c> most</c><00:45:41.360><c> reluctant</c>

00:45:41.940 --> 00:45:43.940
in<00:45:42.139><c> any</c><00:45:42.380><c> way</c><00:45:42.619><c> to</c><00:45:42.780><c> do</c><00:45:42.960><c> death</c><00:45:43.139><c> unto</c><00:45:43.360><c> Asahel.</c>

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:45.820
He<00:45:44.360><c> tells</c><00:45:44.539><c> him</c><00:45:44.679><c> to</c><00:45:44.820><c> turn</c><00:45:45.000><c> aside</c><00:45:45.320><c> to</c><00:45:45.500><c> the</c><00:45:45.639><c> right</c>

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:47.880
or<00:45:45.960><c> to</c><00:45:46.119><c> the</c><00:45:46.199><c> left,</c><00:45:46.820><c> but</c><00:45:46.940><c> Asahel</c><00:45:47.280><c> keeps</c><00:45:47.579><c> on</c>

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:49.980
coming,<00:45:48.480><c> coming,</c><00:45:48.900><c> coming,</c><00:45:49.579><c> until</c>

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:51.840
Abner<00:45:50.420><c> sees</c><00:45:50.739><c> that</c><00:45:50.880><c> it's</c><00:45:51.059><c> a</c><00:45:51.119><c> matter</c><00:45:51.300><c> either</c>

00:45:51.840 --> 00:45:53.780
of<00:45:52.219><c> his</c><00:45:52.380><c> own</c><00:45:52.579><c> life</c><00:45:53.059><c> or</c><00:45:53.420><c> that</c><00:45:53.579><c> of</c>

00:45:53.780 --> 00:45:56.239
Asahel.<00:45:55.239><c> And</c><00:45:55.780><c> no</c>

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:58.019
young<00:45:56.579><c> soldier</c><00:45:56.940><c> can</c><00:45:57.179><c> fight</c><00:45:57.400><c> against</c><00:45:57.719><c> an</c>

00:45:58.019 --> 00:46:00.300
experienced<00:45:58.639><c> hand</c><00:45:59.019><c> like</c><00:45:59.300><c> Abner.</c>

00:46:01.940 --> 00:46:04.139
Yes,<00:46:02.519><c> with</c><00:46:02.699><c> a</c><00:46:02.820><c> deft</c><00:46:03.059><c> movement</c><00:46:03.340><c> of</c><00:46:03.519><c> his</c><00:46:03.860><c> spear</c>

00:46:04.139 --> 00:46:06.559
and<00:46:04.519><c> Abner</c><00:46:04.780><c> is</c><00:46:05.400><c> falling</c><00:46:05.579><c> from</c><00:46:05.800><c> behind</c>

00:46:06.559 --> 00:46:08.719
and<00:46:07.000><c> falls</c><00:46:07.260><c> to</c><00:46:07.480><c> the</c><00:46:07.599><c> ground.</c>

00:46:09.980 --> 00:46:12.460
And<00:46:10.000><c> Joab</c><00:46:10.260><c> and</c><00:46:10.460><c> Abishai</c><00:46:10.860><c> find</c><00:46:11.139><c> him.</c>

00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:13.820
And<00:46:13.360><c> Joab</c><00:46:13.559><c> never</c>

00:46:13.820 --> 00:46:15.639
forgot<00:46:14.159><c> the</c><00:46:14.320><c> death</c><00:46:14.440><c> of</c><00:46:14.559><c> his</c><00:46:14.699><c> brother.</c>

00:46:16.360 --> 00:46:17.780
They<00:46:16.559><c> saw</c><00:46:16.639><c> his</c><00:46:16.880><c> blood</c>

00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:19.920
and<00:46:18.380><c> the</c><00:46:18.480><c> young</c><00:46:18.639><c> man</c><00:46:18.860><c> left</c><00:46:19.119><c> in</c><00:46:19.300><c> the</c><00:46:19.420><c> way.</c>

00:46:20.260 --> 00:46:22.079
And<00:46:20.360><c> so</c><00:46:20.440><c> it</c><00:46:20.519><c> is</c><00:46:20.559><c> they</c><00:46:20.719><c> pursue</c><00:46:21.019><c> northwards,</c><00:46:21.679><c> northwards,</c>

00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:24.500
in<00:46:22.800><c> great</c><00:46:23.079><c> slaughter</c><00:46:23.579><c> until</c><00:46:23.880><c> finally</c><00:46:24.280><c> Abner</c>

00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:26.760
says,<00:46:26.360><c> unless</c><00:46:26.460><c> this</c>

00:46:26.760 --> 00:46:28.460
stops,<00:46:27.500><c> there'll</c><00:46:27.559><c> be</c><00:46:27.659><c> nothing</c><00:46:27.840><c> left</c><00:46:28.119><c> of</c><00:46:28.280><c> our</c>

00:46:28.460 --> 00:46:29.980
people.

00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:32.480
And<00:46:31.159><c> so</c><00:46:31.320><c> they</c><00:46:31.519><c> return</c><00:46:31.800><c> each</c><00:46:31.960><c> to</c><00:46:32.119><c> his</c><00:46:32.260><c> own</c>

00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:33.619
place.

00:46:34.539 --> 00:46:36.420
And<00:46:34.699><c> Abner</c><00:46:35.219><c> remains</c><00:46:35.659><c> still</c><00:46:35.960><c> faithful</c>

00:46:36.420 --> 00:46:38.579
throughout<00:46:37.480><c> this</c><00:46:37.800><c> time</c>

00:46:38.579 --> 00:46:40.199
unto<00:46:39.320><c> Saul.</c>

00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:42.559
And<00:46:41.000><c> so</c><00:46:41.099><c> when</c><00:46:41.340><c> the</c><00:46:41.820><c> years</c><00:46:42.179><c> have</c><00:46:42.360><c> been</c>

00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:44.300
finally<00:46:42.840><c> accomplished,</c><00:46:44.219><c> so</c>

00:46:44.300 --> 00:46:46.380
it<00:46:44.460><c> is</c><00:46:44.940><c> that</c><00:46:45.239><c> Saul</c><00:46:45.699><c> and</c><00:46:46.179><c> his</c>

00:46:46.380 --> 00:46:48.280
kingdom,<00:46:46.800><c> Saul's</c><00:46:47.219><c> kingdom,</c><00:46:47.860><c> is</c><00:46:47.960><c> finally</c>

00:46:48.280 --> 00:46:50.280
turned<00:46:48.840><c> unto</c><00:46:49.360><c> David.</c>