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compete<00:13:02.019><c> before</c><00:13:02.419><c> us.</c><00:13:03.100><c> And</c><00:13:03.419><c> Joab</c><00:13:03.740><c> said,</c><00:13:04.120><c> Let</c><00:13:04.320><c> them</c><00:13:04.539><c> arise.</c><00:13:05.580><c> Then</c><00:13:05.759><c> they</c><00:13:06.000><c> arose</c><00:13:06.340><c> and</c>

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together.<00:13:20.820><c> Therefore</c><00:13:21.080><c> that</c><00:13:21.340><c> place</c><00:13:21.659><c> is</c><00:13:21.940><c> called</c><00:13:22.720><c> Halakath</c><00:13:23.779><c> Hazarim,</c><00:13:25.059><c> which</c><00:13:25.179><c> is</c>

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at<00:13:26.100><c> Gideon.</c>

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This<00:13:27.620><c> is</c><00:13:27.799><c> a</c><00:13:27.879><c> really</c><00:13:28.120><c> tragic</c><00:13:28.559><c> story.</c><00:13:29.600><c> 24</c><00:13:30.279><c> brave</c><00:13:31.120><c> young</c><00:13:31.639><c> Israelites</c><00:13:32.200><c> die</c><00:13:32.759><c> here</c><00:13:33.480><c> in</c>

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a<00:13:34.000><c> senseless</c><00:13:34.340><c> slaughter</c><00:13:35.080><c> that</c><00:13:35.500><c> achieves</c><00:13:36.019><c> absolutely</c><00:13:36.720><c> nothing.</c>

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Joab<00:13:39.700><c> at</c><00:13:40.059><c> this</c><00:13:40.340><c> point</c><00:13:40.620><c> was</c><00:13:41.039><c> trying</c><00:13:41.519><c> to</c><00:13:41.879><c> act</c><00:13:42.240><c> in</c><00:13:42.559><c> support</c><00:13:43.139><c> of</c><00:13:43.600><c> David's</c><00:13:44.100><c> cause,</c><00:13:45.440><c> but</c><00:13:45.580><c> he</c>

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wasn't<00:13:46.159><c> following</c><00:13:47.159><c> David's</c><00:13:48.419><c> principles</c><00:13:49.179><c> in</c><00:13:49.740><c> what</c><00:13:49.940><c> he</c><00:13:50.080><c> was</c><00:13:50.279><c> doing.</c>

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David<00:13:51.779><c> would</c><00:13:52.279><c> never</c><00:13:52.899><c> have</c><00:13:53.460><c> put</c><00:13:54.019><c> men's</c><00:13:54.860><c> lives</c><00:13:55.320><c> at</c><00:13:55.919><c> stake</c><00:13:56.440><c> in</c><00:13:57.039><c> an</c>

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event<00:13:57.539><c> that</c><00:13:57.779><c> was</c><00:13:58.259><c> more</c><00:13:59.000><c> violent</c><00:13:59.679><c> entertainment</c><00:14:00.500><c> than</c><00:14:01.340><c> it</c><00:14:01.559><c> was</c>

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about<00:14:02.500><c> achieving</c><00:14:03.379><c> any</c><00:14:04.519><c> particular</c><00:14:05.740><c> end.</c>

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And<00:14:07.259><c> so</c><00:14:07.460><c> what</c><00:14:07.659><c> this</c><00:14:08.019><c> episode</c><00:14:08.539><c> shows</c><00:14:09.240><c> is</c><00:14:09.879><c> that</c><00:14:10.559><c> being</c><00:14:11.220><c> on</c><00:14:12.039><c> the</c>

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side<00:14:12.500><c> of</c><00:14:13.019><c> right</c><00:14:13.159><c> is</c><00:14:14.080><c> not</c><00:14:14.440><c> enough.</c><00:14:15.799><c> We</c><00:14:15.980><c> can't</c><00:14:16.320><c> just</c><00:14:16.679><c> be</c><00:14:16.860><c> on</c><00:14:17.039><c> the</c>

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side<00:14:17.360><c> of</c><00:14:17.460><c> right.</c><00:14:17.539><c> It's</c><00:14:17.820><c> important</c><00:14:18.179><c> to</c><00:14:18.360><c> be</c><00:14:18.460><c> on</c><00:14:18.600><c> the</c><00:14:18.799><c> side</c><00:14:18.960><c> of</c><00:14:19.200><c> right.</c>

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But<00:14:19.820><c> our</c><00:14:20.159><c> actions</c><00:14:20.759><c> in</c><00:14:21.299><c> support</c><00:14:21.980><c> of</c><00:14:22.220><c> the</c><00:14:22.440><c> side</c><00:14:22.659><c> of</c><00:14:23.039><c> right,</c><00:14:24.139><c> well</c>

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those<00:14:24.700><c> also</c><00:14:25.399><c> need</c><00:14:25.720><c> to</c><00:14:26.139><c> reflect</c><00:14:26.980><c> right</c><00:14:27.940><c> principles</c><00:14:28.860><c> of</c><00:14:29.500><c> behavior.</c><00:14:30.120><c> And</c><00:14:30.320><c> that</c><00:14:30.440><c> was</c><00:14:30.639><c> something</c><00:14:30.919><c> that's</c><00:14:31.539><c> missing</c><00:14:32.159><c> in</c>

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this<00:14:34.120><c> competition,</c><00:14:34.980><c> what</c><00:14:35.080><c> Joab</c><00:14:35.299><c> was</c><00:14:35.419><c> trying</c><00:14:35.679><c> to</c><00:14:35.779><c> do</c><00:14:36.000><c> in</c><00:14:36.080><c> support</c><00:14:38.340><c> of</c>

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David's<00:14:38.860><c> cause.</c>

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Well<00:14:40.320><c> after</c><00:14:40.659><c> this</c><00:14:40.840><c> competition,</c><00:14:41.480><c> a</c><00:14:41.600><c> battle</c><00:14:41.799><c> takes</c><00:14:42.080><c> place</c><00:14:42.440><c> between</c><00:14:42.779><c> these</c><00:14:43.059><c> two</c>

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armies.<00:14:44.179><c> And</c><00:14:44.399><c> during</c><00:14:44.659><c> the</c><00:14:44.960><c> fighting,</c><00:14:45.820><c> Asahel,</c><00:14:46.179><c> the</c><00:14:46.340><c> brother</c>

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of<00:14:46.840><c> Joab,</c><00:14:47.299><c> pursues</c><00:14:47.700><c> after</c><00:14:48.460><c> Abner.</c>

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Abner<00:14:49.759><c> tries</c><00:14:50.139><c> to</c><00:14:50.379><c> wave</c><00:14:50.519><c> him</c><00:14:50.720><c> off,</c><00:14:51.200><c> but</c><00:14:51.419><c> Asahel</c><00:14:51.820><c> refuses</c><00:14:52.240><c> to</c><00:14:52.500><c> turn</c><00:14:52.679><c> aside.</c><00:14:53.539><c> So</c>

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Abner<00:14:54.580><c> thrusts</c><00:14:55.360><c> the</c><00:14:55.500><c> back</c><00:14:55.879><c> of</c><00:14:56.220><c> his</c><00:14:56.659><c> spear</c><00:14:57.039><c> into</c><00:14:57.259><c> the</c><00:14:57.419><c> young</c><00:14:57.659><c> man</c><00:14:57.919><c> Asahel</c><00:14:58.399><c> is</c>

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following<00:14:58.980><c> him,</c><00:14:59.600><c> and</c><00:15:00.019><c> that</c><00:15:00.320><c> kills</c><00:15:00.600><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:15:01.360><c> when</c><00:15:01.519><c> I</c><00:15:01.600><c> was</c><00:15:01.759><c> a</c><00:15:01.879><c> kid,</c><00:15:02.080><c> I</c><00:15:02.139><c> always</c><00:15:02.539><c> really</c><00:15:03.019><c> struggled</c><00:15:03.259><c> with,</c>

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what<00:15:03.720><c> exactly,</c><00:15:04.360><c> how</c><00:15:04.580><c> does</c><00:15:04.700><c> that</c><00:15:04.899><c> work?</c><00:15:05.100><c> How</c><00:15:05.279><c> do</c><00:15:05.440><c> you</c><00:15:05.580><c> kill</c><00:15:05.779><c> someone</c><00:15:06.159><c> with</c><00:15:06.440><c> the</c>

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back<00:15:07.600><c> end</c><00:15:07.759><c> of</c><00:15:08.059><c> a</c><00:15:08.179><c> spear?</c>

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I<00:15:08.840><c> sort</c><00:15:09.019><c> of</c><00:15:10.360><c> think</c><00:15:10.519><c> of</c><00:15:10.700><c> like</c><00:15:10.779><c> a</c><00:15:10.940><c> rake,</c><00:15:11.120><c> and</c><00:15:11.240><c> what</c><00:15:11.299><c> does</c><00:15:11.440><c> the</c><00:15:11.759><c> back</c><00:15:11.919><c> of</c>

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a<00:15:12.120><c> rake</c><00:15:12.299><c> look</c><00:15:12.480><c> like?</c><00:15:12.639><c> It's</c><00:15:12.779><c> kind</c><00:15:12.899><c> of</c><00:15:13.000><c> like</c><00:15:13.220><c> blunt.</c><00:15:13.980><c> How</c><00:15:14.299><c> could</c>

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you<00:15:14.639><c> kill</c><00:15:14.879><c> someone</c><00:15:15.220><c> with</c><00:15:15.460><c> that?</c><00:15:15.679><c> You</c><00:15:15.740><c> have</c><00:15:15.860><c> to</c><00:15:15.960><c> hit</c><00:15:16.000><c> them</c>

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really,<00:15:16.580><c> really</c><00:15:16.820><c> hard.</c>

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Okay,<00:15:18.620><c> the</c><00:15:18.700><c> thing</c><00:15:18.820><c> is</c><00:15:19.019><c> the</c><00:15:19.379><c> back</c><00:15:19.659><c> end</c><00:15:19.820><c> of</c><00:15:19.940><c> the</c><00:15:20.080><c> Israelite</c><00:15:20.519><c> spears</c><00:15:21.259><c> were</c>

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not<00:15:22.320><c> blunt.</c><00:15:23.360><c> Remember</c><00:15:23.779><c> when</c><00:15:24.340><c> brother</c><00:15:24.960><c> Jay</c><00:15:25.080><c> was</c><00:15:25.200><c> talking</c><00:15:25.440><c> about</c><00:15:25.620><c> it</c>

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yesterday,<00:15:27.220><c> when</c><00:15:27.220><c> David</c><00:15:27.840><c> happens</c><00:15:28.320><c> on</c><00:15:29.000><c> Saul</c><00:15:29.360><c> and</c><00:15:29.740><c> Abner</c><00:15:29.940><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:30.259><c> night,</c><00:15:30.899><c> and</c><00:15:30.980><c> they're</c><00:15:31.080><c> asleep,</c><00:15:31.779><c> where</c><00:15:31.840><c> are</c><00:15:31.919><c> their</c><00:15:32.019><c> spears?</c>

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Hooked<00:15:33.899><c> into</c><00:15:34.139><c> the</c><00:15:34.299><c> ground.</c><00:15:35.179><c> You</c><00:15:35.200><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:35.539><c> wreck</c><00:15:35.919><c> the</c><00:15:36.539><c> weapon</c>

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end<00:15:37.220><c> of</c><00:15:37.419><c> the</c><00:15:37.519><c> spear</c><00:15:37.779><c> by</c><00:15:38.279><c> poking</c><00:15:38.419><c> it</c><00:15:38.600><c> into</c><00:15:38.700><c> the</c><00:15:38.879><c> ground.</c><00:15:39.620><c> They</c>

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said<00:15:39.679><c> what</c><00:15:39.799><c> you</c><00:15:39.919><c> would</c><00:15:40.039><c> do</c><00:15:40.120><c> is</c><00:15:40.240><c> you</c><00:15:40.279><c> would</c><00:15:40.480><c> sharpen</c><00:15:40.659><c> the</c><00:15:40.899><c> back</c>

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end<00:15:41.200><c> of</c><00:15:41.360><c> the</c><00:15:41.460><c> spear.</c>

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Poke<00:15:42.299><c> it</c><00:15:42.419><c> in</c><00:15:42.480><c> the</c><00:15:42.639><c> ground,</c><00:15:42.940><c> you</c><00:15:42.960><c> can</c><00:15:43.139><c> have</c><00:15:43.279><c> it</c><00:15:43.419><c> with</c><00:15:43.539><c> you</c><00:15:43.600><c> while</c>

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you're<00:15:43.919><c> asleep,</c><00:15:44.860><c> right?</c><00:15:45.379><c> So</c><00:15:45.559><c> if</c><00:15:45.700><c> you</c><00:15:45.820><c> need</c><00:15:45.940><c> it,</c><00:15:46.120><c> you</c><00:15:46.139><c> can</c><00:15:46.399><c> get</c>

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it<00:15:46.659><c> and</c><00:15:46.740><c> grab</c><00:15:46.899><c> it.</c><00:15:47.259><c> But</c><00:15:47.419><c> it's</c><00:15:47.600><c> not</c><00:15:47.779><c> laid</c><00:15:47.860><c> on</c><00:15:48.019><c> the</c><00:15:48.220><c> ground,</c><00:15:48.399><c> you</c>

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can<00:15:48.639><c> roll</c><00:15:48.940><c> on</c><00:15:49.100><c> it</c><00:15:49.360><c> and</c><00:15:49.720><c> lacerate</c><00:15:50.100><c> yourself.</c>

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And<00:15:51.460><c> so</c><00:15:51.779><c> they</c><00:15:52.259><c> would</c><00:15:52.460><c> stick</c><00:15:52.580><c> it</c><00:15:52.700><c> in</c><00:15:52.759><c> the</c><00:15:52.899><c> ground</c><00:15:53.039><c> by</c><00:15:53.179><c> their</c><00:15:53.360><c> head.</c><00:15:54.039><c> And</c>

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so<00:15:54.460><c> what</c><00:15:54.820><c> Abner</c><00:15:54.980><c> does,</c><00:15:55.179><c> he's</c><00:15:55.399><c> got</c><00:15:55.500><c> a</c><00:15:55.700><c> sharp</c><00:15:55.879><c> end</c><00:15:56.039><c> of</c><00:15:56.200><c> the</c><00:15:56.320><c> spear</c>

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on<00:15:56.639><c> the</c><00:15:56.860><c> back</c><00:15:57.039><c> end,</c><00:15:57.259><c> so</c><00:15:57.299><c> he</c><00:15:57.519><c> rings</c><00:15:57.759><c> that</c><00:15:58.019><c> behind</c><00:15:58.320><c> him,</c><00:15:58.460><c> and</c><00:15:58.620><c> that's</c><00:15:58.759><c> how</c>

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he<00:15:58.960><c> kills</c><00:15:59.320><c> Asahel.</c>

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So<00:16:01.059><c> anyway,</c><00:16:01.840><c> that</c><00:16:01.919><c> was</c><00:16:02.139><c> always</c><00:16:02.299><c> one</c><00:16:02.620><c> of</c><00:16:02.740><c> those</c><00:16:03.039><c> holdovers</c><00:16:03.580><c> from</c><00:16:03.799><c> childhood.</c><00:16:04.379><c> You</c>

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really,<00:16:04.580><c> what's</c><00:16:04.919><c> really</c><00:16:05.100><c> going</c><00:16:05.259><c> on</c><00:16:05.500><c> there?</c><00:16:06.019><c> So</c><00:16:06.059><c> it</c><00:16:06.320><c> was</c><00:16:06.539><c> helpful</c><00:16:06.679><c> for</c>

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me<00:16:06.899><c> to</c><00:16:07.019><c> find</c><00:16:07.120><c> that</c><00:16:07.379><c> out.</c>

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So<00:16:08.679><c> Asahel</c><00:16:09.080><c> dies</c><00:16:09.500><c> in</c><00:16:09.799><c> battle,</c><00:16:10.120><c> and</c><00:16:10.440><c> of</c><00:16:10.580><c> course</c><00:16:10.740><c> Abner</c><00:16:11.100><c> had</c><00:16:11.320><c> tried</c><00:16:11.639><c> to</c>

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prevent<00:16:12.399><c> this,</c><00:16:13.259><c> right?</c><00:16:13.860><c> But</c><00:16:14.460><c> Joab</c><00:16:14.779><c> was</c><00:16:15.039><c> still</c><00:16:15.440><c> really</c><00:16:15.960><c> angry</c>

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about<00:16:16.940><c> what</c><00:16:17.220><c> had</c><00:16:17.419><c> occurred</c><00:16:17.740><c> in</c><00:16:17.899><c> his</c><00:16:18.120><c> brother's</c><00:16:18.580><c> death.</c>

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Well<00:16:19.879><c> anyway,</c><00:16:20.580><c> a</c><00:16:20.639><c> battle</c><00:16:20.940><c> ensues,</c><00:16:22.820><c> and</c><00:16:22.960><c> Joab</c><00:16:23.340><c> and</c><00:16:23.500><c> his</c><00:16:23.700><c> forces</c>

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win<00:16:24.320><c> the</c><00:16:24.539><c> battle.</c><00:16:25.299><c> Several</c><00:16:25.639><c> hundred</c><00:16:26.340><c> of</c><00:16:26.639><c> the</c><00:16:26.740><c> men</c><00:16:26.899><c> of</c><00:16:26.980><c> Benjamin</c><00:16:27.720><c> end</c><00:16:28.360><c> up</c>

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dying<00:16:28.919><c> in</c><00:16:29.120><c> this</c><00:16:29.399><c> fighting.</c>

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At<00:16:31.059><c> the</c><00:16:31.179><c> end</c><00:16:31.299><c> of</c><00:16:31.460><c> the</c><00:16:31.460><c> day,</c><00:16:31.879><c> Abner</c><00:16:32.039><c> rallies</c><00:16:32.600><c> his</c><00:16:32.899><c> scattered</c><00:16:33.419><c> troops</c><00:16:33.820><c> on</c>

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top<00:16:34.500><c> of</c><00:16:34.700><c> a</c><00:16:34.779><c> hill,</c><00:16:35.320><c> and</c><00:16:35.480><c> he</c><00:16:35.759><c> cries</c><00:16:36.100><c> out</c><00:16:36.580><c> to</c><00:16:37.080><c> Joab</c><00:16:37.700><c> to</c><00:16:38.200><c> call</c><00:16:38.600><c> off</c>

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the<00:16:39.399><c> men</c><00:16:39.600><c> of</c><00:16:39.820><c> Judah</c><00:16:40.019><c> so</c><00:16:40.279><c> that</c><00:16:40.519><c> all</c><00:16:40.720><c> this</c><00:16:41.279><c> bloodshed,</c><00:16:42.059><c> which</c><00:16:42.200><c> is</c>

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just<00:16:42.500><c> so</c><00:16:42.820><c> tragically,</c><00:16:43.480><c> cease.</c>

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Joab<00:16:46.080><c> agrees</c><00:16:46.600><c> to</c><00:16:47.019><c> Abner's</c><00:16:47.500><c> request</c><00:16:47.919><c> to</c><00:16:48.200><c> call</c><00:16:48.500><c> off</c><00:16:48.700><c> the</c><00:16:48.879><c> fighting,</c><00:16:49.940><c> but</c><00:16:50.019><c> his</c><00:16:50.279><c> response</c><00:16:50.840><c> to</c>

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what<00:16:51.299><c> Abner</c><00:16:51.580><c> suggested</c><00:16:52.279><c> was</c><00:16:53.220><c> really,</c><00:16:53.940><c> really</c><00:16:54.559><c> petty,</c><00:16:56.080><c> especially</c><00:16:56.620><c> given</c>

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what<00:16:57.700><c> a</c><00:16:57.980><c> tragic</c><00:16:58.220><c> day</c><00:16:58.519><c> it</c><00:16:58.600><c> had</c><00:16:58.779><c> been.</c>

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Look<00:17:00.080><c> at</c><00:17:00.279><c> verse</c><00:17:00.500><c> 27</c><00:17:01.080><c> of</c><00:17:01.220><c> the</c><00:17:01.399><c> chapter.</c><00:17:01.740><c> I'm</c><00:17:01.860><c> going</c><00:17:01.940><c> to</c><00:17:01.960><c> read</c><00:17:02.179><c> from</c><00:17:02.379><c> the</c><00:17:02.539><c> American</c><00:17:03.000><c> Standard</c><00:17:03.419><c> Version.</c><00:17:04.779><c> It</c>

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reads<00:17:05.019><c> as</c><00:17:05.220><c> follows,</c><00:17:05.519><c> verse</c><00:17:05.720><c> 27.</c>

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And<00:17:07.000><c> Joab</c><00:17:07.220><c> said,</c><00:17:08.299><c> As</c><00:17:08.319><c> God</c><00:17:08.819><c> liveth,</c><00:17:10.019><c> if</c><00:17:10.160><c> thou</c><00:17:10.500><c> hadst</c><00:17:10.940><c> not</c><00:17:11.220><c> spoken,</c><00:17:12.460><c> surely</c><00:17:12.720><c> then</c>

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in<00:17:13.099><c> the</c><00:17:13.220><c> morning</c><00:17:13.500><c> the</c><00:17:13.839><c> people</c><00:17:14.140><c> had</c><00:17:14.359><c> gone</c><00:17:14.640><c> away,</c><00:17:15.299><c> nor</c><00:17:15.519><c> followed</c>

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everyone,<00:17:17.279><c> nor</c><00:17:17.839><c> followed</c><00:17:18.099><c> everyone</c><00:17:18.440><c> his</c><00:17:18.599><c> brother.</c>

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What<00:17:19.880><c> does</c><00:17:20.200><c> that</c><00:17:20.420><c> mean?</c><00:17:22.019><c> So</c><00:17:22.579><c> Abner</c><00:17:22.779><c> cries</c><00:17:23.039><c> out,</c><00:17:23.220><c> what</c><00:17:23.460><c> stopped</c>

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the<00:17:23.940><c> fighting?</c><00:17:24.180><c> And</c><00:17:24.380><c> Joab</c><00:17:24.579><c> responds,</c><00:17:25.759><c> yeah,</c><00:17:26.240><c> okay,</c><00:17:26.900><c> but</c><00:17:27.279><c> if</c>

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you<00:17:27.839><c> hadn't</c><00:17:28.019><c> suggested</c><00:17:28.559><c> the</c><00:17:28.900><c> competition</c><00:17:29.380><c> in</c><00:17:29.579><c> the</c><00:17:29.779><c> first</c><00:17:30.039><c> place,</c><00:17:31.619><c> if</c>

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you<00:17:32.000><c> had</c><00:17:32.160><c> not</c><00:17:32.500><c> spoken,</c><00:17:33.160><c> that's</c><00:17:33.319><c> what</c><00:17:33.380><c> he's</c><00:17:33.519><c> talking</c><00:17:33.779><c> about.</c>

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Surely<00:17:34.819><c> then</c><00:17:35.259><c> spoken</c><00:17:35.819><c> in</c><00:17:35.960><c> the</c><00:17:36.079><c> morning</c><00:17:36.279><c> is</c><00:17:36.420><c> when</c><00:17:36.519><c> the</c><00:17:36.740><c> competition</c><00:17:36.960><c> took</c><00:17:37.200><c> place.</c><00:17:37.500><c> If</c>

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you<00:17:38.079><c> hadn't</c><00:17:38.420><c> spoken,</c><00:17:39.220><c> then</c><00:17:39.279><c> in</c><00:17:39.440><c> the</c><00:17:39.619><c> morning</c><00:17:39.900><c> everyone</c><00:17:40.319><c> would</c>

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have<00:17:40.740><c> dispersed.</c>

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He's<00:17:41.519><c> saying,</c><00:17:41.900><c> if</c><00:17:41.960><c> you</c><00:17:42.160><c> hadn't</c><00:17:42.359><c> suggested</c><00:17:42.819><c> that</c><00:17:43.160><c> competition,</c><00:17:44.660><c> none</c><00:17:44.960><c> of</c>

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this<00:17:45.299><c> would</c><00:17:45.460><c> have</c><00:17:45.660><c> happened.</c>

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So<00:17:47.740><c> he</c><00:17:47.940><c> basically</c><00:17:48.400><c> blames</c><00:17:48.980><c> Abner</c><00:17:49.200><c> for</c><00:17:49.400><c> the</c><00:17:49.619><c> lives</c><00:17:49.859><c> that</c><00:17:50.039><c> are</c><00:17:50.180><c> lost.</c><00:17:51.980><c> Why</c><00:17:52.420><c> would</c><00:17:53.180><c> Joab</c><00:17:53.500><c> do</c><00:17:53.700><c> this?</c><00:17:54.680><c> First</c><00:17:55.119><c> of</c><00:17:55.279><c> all,</c><00:17:55.319><c> it's</c><00:17:55.460><c> wrong</c><00:17:55.759><c> because</c><00:17:55.960><c> he</c><00:17:56.240><c> agreed</c><00:17:56.440><c> with</c><00:17:56.680><c> the</c><00:17:56.859><c> competition.</c><00:17:57.160><c> It</c><00:17:57.180><c> was</c><00:17:57.299><c> such</c><00:17:57.480><c> a</c>

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bad<00:17:57.799><c> idea,</c><00:17:58.259><c> he</c><00:17:58.279><c> should</c><00:17:59.019><c> have</c><00:17:59.160><c> said</c><00:17:59.420><c> so.</c>

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But<00:18:00.920><c> I</c><00:18:01.220><c> think</c><00:18:01.380><c> there's</c><00:18:01.660><c> more</c><00:18:02.019><c> to</c><00:18:02.380><c> what</c><00:18:02.759><c> Joab</c><00:18:03.119><c> is</c><00:18:03.319><c> doing</c><00:18:03.539><c> here</c><00:18:03.819><c> than</c><00:18:04.019><c> that.</c><00:18:04.299><c> There's</c><00:18:04.619><c> a</c>

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bigger<00:18:05.000><c> problem</c><00:18:05.460><c> that</c><00:18:05.599><c> he's</c><00:18:05.940><c> got.</c><00:18:06.319><c> It's</c><00:18:06.559><c> basically</c><00:18:06.839><c> the</c><00:18:06.960><c> issue</c><00:18:07.220><c> of</c><00:18:07.460><c> blaming</c><00:18:07.680><c> others.</c><00:18:09.980><c> Blaming</c><00:18:10.339><c> others</c><00:18:10.859><c> is</c><00:18:11.559><c> not</c><00:18:11.980><c> the</c><00:18:12.220><c> behavior</c><00:18:12.660><c> of</c><00:18:13.200><c> a</c>

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spiritually<00:18:13.819><c> minded</c><00:18:14.200><c> person.</c><00:18:15.160><c> Blaming</c><00:18:15.480><c> others</c><00:18:16.140><c> gets</c><00:18:16.880><c> in</c><00:18:17.099><c> the</c>

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way<00:18:17.380><c> of</c><00:18:17.500><c> our</c><00:18:17.779><c> spiritual</c><00:18:18.140><c> growth.</c>

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One<00:18:18.819><c> of</c><00:18:18.960><c> the</c><00:18:19.059><c> things</c><00:18:19.299><c> that</c><00:18:19.519><c> we</c><00:18:19.579><c> need</c><00:18:19.839><c> to</c><00:18:20.019><c> do</c><00:18:20.180><c> when</c><00:18:20.380><c> we're</c><00:18:20.559><c> developing</c><00:18:21.119><c> in</c><00:18:21.279><c> the</c><00:18:21.519><c> truth</c><00:18:21.660><c> is</c>

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we<00:18:21.940><c> need</c><00:18:22.119><c> to</c><00:18:22.319><c> look</c><00:18:22.440><c> at</c><00:18:22.599><c> our</c><00:18:22.720><c> own</c><00:18:22.920><c> actions,</c><00:18:24.019><c> our</c><00:18:24.099><c> own</c><00:18:24.319><c> thoughts.</c>

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Honestly,<00:18:25.119><c> we</c><00:18:25.220><c> need</c><00:18:25.380><c> to</c><00:18:25.579><c> examine</c><00:18:25.880><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:18:27.319><c> when</c><00:18:27.480><c> we've</c><00:18:27.819><c> done</c><00:18:28.019><c> wrong,</c><00:18:28.539><c> we</c><00:18:28.640><c> need</c><00:18:28.920><c> to</c><00:18:29.160><c> admit</c><00:18:29.640><c> to</c><00:18:29.940><c> it</c><00:18:30.339><c> so</c>

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that<00:18:30.740><c> we</c><00:18:30.900><c> can</c><00:18:31.299><c> change.</c><00:18:31.799><c> That</c><00:18:32.079><c> is</c><00:18:32.420><c> the</c><00:18:32.640><c> path</c><00:18:32.920><c> to</c><00:18:33.200><c> change.</c><00:18:33.660><c> We</c><00:18:33.660><c> have</c><00:18:33.920><c> to</c>

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acknowledge<00:18:34.960><c> when</c><00:18:35.359><c> we've</c><00:18:35.759><c> been</c><00:18:35.940><c> wrong,</c><00:18:36.680><c> acknowledge</c><00:18:37.019><c> that</c>

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we've<00:18:37.420><c> had</c><00:18:37.559><c> spiritual</c><00:18:38.000><c> failures</c><00:18:38.339><c> because</c><00:18:38.640><c> that's</c><00:18:39.000><c> going</c><00:18:39.259><c> to</c>

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help<00:18:39.779><c> us</c><00:18:40.619><c> from</c><00:18:41.180><c> repeating</c><00:18:41.619><c> them.</c>

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Just<00:18:42.920><c> casting</c><00:18:43.259><c> blame</c><00:18:43.599><c> on</c><00:18:43.700><c> other</c><00:18:43.940><c> people,</c><00:18:44.720><c> like</c><00:18:44.839><c> Joab</c><00:18:45.119><c> does</c><00:18:45.380><c> here,</c><00:18:46.559><c> and</c><00:18:46.779><c> avoiding</c><00:18:47.119><c> honest</c><00:18:47.599><c> self</c><00:18:47.920><c>-examination</c><00:18:48.500><c> of</c>

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what<00:18:48.680><c> we're</c><00:18:48.819><c> doing,</c><00:18:49.859><c> what's</c><00:18:50.119><c> going</c><00:18:50.240><c> to</c><00:18:50.279><c> keep</c><00:18:50.480><c> us</c><00:18:51.000><c> from</c><00:18:51.400><c> being</c>

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able<00:18:52.039><c> to</c><00:18:52.299><c> grow</c><00:18:52.740><c> spiritually</c><00:18:53.579><c> and</c><00:18:53.819><c> to</c><00:18:53.900><c> improve</c><00:18:54.500><c> in</c><00:18:54.660><c> our</c><00:18:54.920><c> service</c><00:18:55.119><c> to</c><00:18:55.440><c> God?</c>

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So<00:18:55.779><c> we</c><00:18:55.880><c> really</c><00:18:56.180><c> need</c><00:18:56.380><c> to</c><00:18:56.900><c> avoid</c><00:18:57.420><c> this</c><00:18:57.880><c> temptation</c><00:18:58.519><c> that</c><00:18:58.839><c> Joab</c>

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gave<00:18:59.460><c> into</c><00:18:59.759><c> here</c><00:19:00.200><c> to</c><00:19:01.500><c> blame</c><00:19:01.900><c> other</c><00:19:02.160><c> people.</c>

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Okay,<00:19:03.759><c> so</c><00:19:03.920><c> following</c><00:19:04.140><c> this</c><00:19:04.420><c> battle</c><00:19:04.740><c> over</c><00:19:05.119><c> the</c><00:19:05.240><c> next</c><00:19:05.440><c> few</c><00:19:05.660><c> years,</c><00:19:06.660><c> as</c>

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the<00:19:07.079><c> two</c><00:19:07.339><c> sides</c><00:19:07.740><c> go</c><00:19:08.279><c> back</c><00:19:08.559><c> and</c><00:19:08.740><c> forth,</c><00:19:09.079><c> David's</c><00:19:09.279><c> position</c><00:19:09.680><c> gets</c><00:19:09.920><c> stronger</c><00:19:10.299><c> and</c>

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stronger,<00:19:11.440><c> and</c><00:19:11.819><c> Isbosheth</c><00:19:12.579><c> gets</c><00:19:13.200><c> weaker</c><00:19:13.599><c> and</c><00:19:13.839><c> weaker.</c>

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So<00:19:15.200><c> Abner,</c><00:19:15.519><c> who</c><00:19:15.720><c> is</c><00:19:16.079><c> of</c><00:19:16.200><c> course</c><00:19:16.359><c> the</c><00:19:16.619><c> general</c><00:19:17.000><c> who's</c><00:19:17.299><c> supporting</c><00:19:18.079><c> Isbosheth's</c><00:19:19.519><c> side,</c><00:19:20.119><c> he</c>

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decides<00:19:20.680><c> to</c><00:19:21.000><c> bring</c><00:19:21.160><c> an</c><00:19:21.359><c> end</c><00:19:21.559><c> to</c><00:19:21.700><c> the</c><00:19:21.859><c> Civil</c><00:19:22.160><c> War</c><00:19:22.640><c> by</c><00:19:23.359><c> bringing</c>

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the<00:19:24.160><c> people</c><00:19:24.579><c> of</c><00:19:24.859><c> Israel</c><00:19:25.380><c> over</c><00:19:25.920><c> to</c><00:19:26.160><c> the</c><00:19:26.359><c> side</c><00:19:26.799><c> of</c><00:19:27.359><c> David.</c>

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So<00:19:28.420><c> he</c><00:19:28.559><c> comes</c><00:19:29.019><c> to</c><00:19:29.579><c> David</c><00:19:29.940><c> with</c><00:19:30.200><c> his</c><00:19:30.559><c> plan.</c><00:19:31.839><c> David</c><00:19:32.119><c> agrees</c><00:19:32.640><c> to</c><00:19:32.940><c> it.</c><00:19:33.359><c> And</c><00:19:33.380><c> in</c><00:19:33.660><c> 2</c>

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Samuel<00:19:34.200><c> chapter</c><00:19:34.720><c> 3</c><00:19:35.500><c> verse</c><00:19:36.599><c> 20,</c><00:19:37.839><c> David</c><00:19:37.980><c> makes</c><00:19:38.579><c> Abner</c><00:19:38.920><c> a</c><00:19:39.279><c> feast.</c>

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I'll<00:19:39.900><c> just</c><00:19:40.180><c> read</c><00:19:40.339><c> it.</c>

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2<00:19:41.400><c> Samuel</c><00:19:41.700><c> 3</c><00:19:42.000><c> verse</c><00:19:42.200><c> 20.</c><00:19:42.819><c> So</c><00:19:43.099><c> Abner</c><00:19:43.259><c> came</c><00:19:43.559><c> to</c><00:19:43.759><c> David</c><00:19:44.140><c> to</c><00:19:44.420><c> Hebron,</c><00:19:45.200><c> and</c><00:19:45.359><c> twenty</c><00:19:45.599><c> men</c><00:19:45.900><c> with</c><00:19:46.160><c> him.</c><00:19:46.880><c> And</c><00:19:47.119><c> David</c><00:19:47.339><c> made</c><00:19:47.660><c> Abner</c><00:19:48.119><c> and</c><00:19:48.220><c> the</c><00:19:48.440><c> men</c><00:19:48.880><c> that</c><00:19:49.079><c> were</c><00:19:49.299><c> with</c><00:19:49.440><c> him</c><00:19:49.720><c> a</c><00:19:50.019><c> feast.</c>

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So<00:19:52.400><c> then</c><00:19:52.680><c> Abner</c><00:19:52.960><c> leaves.</c><00:19:54.359><c> And</c><00:19:54.599><c> Joab</c><00:19:54.960><c> has</c><00:19:55.160><c> been</c><00:19:55.420><c> out</c><00:19:55.799><c> fighting</c>

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for<00:19:56.319><c> David.</c><00:19:56.559><c> He's</c><00:19:56.619><c> been</c><00:19:56.819><c> out</c><00:19:57.019><c> pursuing</c><00:19:57.480><c> a</c><00:19:57.799><c> troop,</c><00:19:58.019><c> it</c><00:19:58.200><c> says,</c>

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and<00:19:58.799><c> he</c><00:19:59.039><c> returns</c><00:19:59.420><c> from</c><00:19:59.700><c> doing</c><00:19:59.960><c> that.</c>

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And<00:20:01.039><c> he</c><00:20:01.200><c> hears</c><00:20:01.579><c> about</c><00:20:01.980><c> what</c><00:20:02.339><c> happened,</c><00:20:03.039><c> and</c><00:20:03.339><c> Joab</c><00:20:03.500><c> is</c><00:20:03.819><c> absolutely</c><00:20:04.440><c> furious.</c><00:20:05.839><c> He</c><00:20:06.119><c> accused</c><00:20:06.640><c> Abner</c><00:20:07.140><c> of</c><00:20:07.680><c> having</c><00:20:08.000><c> acted</c><00:20:08.420><c> deceitfully.</c><00:20:09.599><c> He</c><00:20:09.779><c> said</c><00:20:10.039><c> that</c><00:20:10.519><c> Abner</c><00:20:10.779><c> only</c><00:20:11.099><c> came</c><00:20:11.359><c> to</c><00:20:11.640><c> David</c><00:20:12.279><c> to</c><00:20:13.079><c> spy</c><00:20:13.480><c> out</c><00:20:14.339><c> his</c><00:20:14.819><c> weaknesses</c><00:20:15.279><c> and</c><00:20:15.460><c> was</c><00:20:15.720><c> all</c><00:20:16.079><c> part</c><00:20:16.240><c> of</c><00:20:16.359><c> a</c>

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deception<00:20:17.000><c> to</c><00:20:17.299><c> try</c><00:20:17.400><c> to</c><00:20:17.599><c> trick</c><00:20:17.759><c> David.</c>

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Well,<00:20:19.839><c> in</c><00:20:20.000><c> saying</c><00:20:20.220><c> what</c><00:20:20.460><c> he</c><00:20:20.740><c> did,</c><00:20:21.880><c> Abner</c><00:20:22.240><c> reveals</c><00:20:22.779><c> a</c><00:20:23.099><c> whole</c><00:20:23.500><c> lot</c><00:20:23.960><c> about</c><00:20:24.700><c> his</c><00:20:25.059><c> character</c><00:20:25.640><c> and</c><00:20:26.259><c> the</c><00:20:26.440><c> kind</c><00:20:26.599><c> of</c>

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thoughts<00:20:27.019><c> that</c><00:20:27.200><c> are</c><00:20:27.299><c> going</c><00:20:27.460><c> through</c><00:20:27.799><c> his</c><00:20:28.200><c> mind.</c>

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Joab<00:20:30.000><c> was</c><00:20:30.240><c> a</c><00:20:30.579><c> crafty,</c><00:20:32.059><c> deceitful</c><00:20:32.460><c> person.</c><00:20:33.440><c> So</c><00:20:33.680><c> he</c><00:20:34.000><c> naturally</c>

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assumed,<00:20:35.819><c> what</c><00:20:35.940><c> he</c><00:20:36.279><c> considers</c><00:20:36.660><c> Abner's</c><00:20:37.380><c> actions,</c><00:20:38.539><c> that</c><00:20:38.859><c> Abner</c><00:20:39.339><c> was</c>

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acting<00:20:40.160><c> just</c><00:20:40.759><c> as</c><00:20:41.000><c> he</c><00:20:41.319><c> would</c><00:20:41.500><c> have</c><00:20:41.680><c> done</c><00:20:42.200><c> if</c><00:20:42.779><c> he</c><00:20:43.099><c> were</c><00:20:43.220><c> in</c><00:20:43.480><c> that</c><00:20:43.799><c> circumstance.</c>

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And<00:20:45.640><c> so</c><00:20:46.140><c> with</c><00:20:46.720><c> that</c><00:20:47.279><c> in</c><00:20:47.680><c> mind,</c><00:20:48.720><c> it's</c><00:20:49.079><c> really</c><00:20:49.480><c> important</c><00:20:50.140><c> for</c>

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us<00:20:50.819><c> to</c><00:20:51.180><c> consider</c><00:20:51.859><c> what</c><00:20:53.380><c> we</c><00:20:53.799><c> accuse</c><00:20:54.160><c> other</c><00:20:54.480><c> people</c><00:20:54.940><c> of.</c><00:20:55.839><c> Right?</c>

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If<00:20:56.079><c> we</c><00:20:56.339><c> see</c><00:20:56.579><c> something</c><00:20:56.880><c> and</c><00:20:57.160><c> we</c><00:20:57.460><c> impute</c><00:20:57.799><c> motives</c><00:20:58.200><c> to</c><00:20:58.579><c> others,</c>

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say<00:21:00.140><c> things</c><00:21:00.440><c> about</c><00:21:00.740><c> them</c><00:21:00.880><c> and</c><00:21:00.980><c> say</c><00:21:01.039><c> this</c><00:21:01.180><c> is</c><00:21:01.299><c> what</c><00:21:01.440><c> they're</c><00:21:01.619><c> doing,</c><00:21:01.900><c> this</c><00:21:02.039><c> is</c>

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why<00:21:02.400><c> they're</c><00:21:02.559><c> doing</c><00:21:02.859><c> it.</c>

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We<00:21:03.500><c> need</c><00:21:03.660><c> to</c><00:21:03.720><c> be</c><00:21:03.960><c> really,</c><00:21:04.319><c> really</c><00:21:04.779><c> careful</c><00:21:05.700><c> in</c><00:21:06.240><c> going</c><00:21:06.440><c> down</c><00:21:06.819><c> that</c><00:21:07.119><c> road</c><00:21:07.559><c> because</c><00:21:08.180><c> our</c><00:21:08.859><c> accusations</c><00:21:09.539><c> of</c>

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other<00:21:10.160><c> people</c><00:21:10.920><c> can</c><00:21:11.619><c> reveal</c><00:21:12.079><c> an</c><00:21:12.500><c> awful</c><00:21:12.859><c> lot</c><00:21:13.480><c> about</c><00:21:14.160><c> what's</c><00:21:14.500><c> going</c><00:21:14.759><c> on</c>

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in<00:21:15.200><c> our</c><00:21:15.579><c> minds</c><00:21:16.140><c> and</c><00:21:16.740><c> the</c><00:21:16.940><c> kind</c><00:21:17.140><c> of</c><00:21:17.299><c> things</c><00:21:17.599><c> that</c><00:21:18.099><c> we're</c><00:21:18.680><c> thinking</c><00:21:18.980><c> about.</c><00:21:19.920><c> Right?</c>

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It's<00:21:20.259><c> exactly</c><00:21:20.559><c> what</c><00:21:20.680><c> we</c><00:21:20.859><c> see</c><00:21:21.039><c> here</c><00:21:21.599><c> with</c><00:21:23.480><c> Abner</c><00:21:24.299><c> and</c><00:21:25.079><c> Joab's</c>

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accusation<00:21:26.140><c> of</c><00:21:26.319><c> him.</c><00:21:28.460><c> It's</c><00:21:28.700><c> also</c><00:21:28.900><c> interesting</c><00:21:29.299><c> to</c><00:21:29.559><c> think</c><00:21:29.759><c> about</c><00:21:30.579><c> this</c><00:21:31.480><c> episode</c><00:21:32.220><c> and</c>

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how<00:21:32.940><c> it</c><00:21:33.099><c> might</c><00:21:33.380><c> be</c><00:21:33.660><c> echoed</c><00:21:33.839><c> in</c><00:21:33.960><c> the</c><00:21:34.059><c> New</c><00:21:34.240><c> Testament.</c>

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We<00:21:35.000><c> know</c><00:21:35.339><c> that</c><00:21:35.720><c> parables</c><00:21:36.119><c> of</c><00:21:36.339><c> the</c><00:21:36.539><c> Lord</c><00:21:36.880><c> have</c><00:21:37.599><c> Old</c><00:21:37.900><c> Testament</c>

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roots.<00:21:39.680><c> Well,</c><00:21:39.839><c> this</c><00:21:40.039><c> episode</c><00:21:40.720><c> might</c><00:21:41.039><c> be</c><00:21:41.259><c> one</c><00:21:41.420><c> of</c><00:21:41.539><c> the</c><00:21:41.740><c> roots</c>

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of<00:21:42.819><c> the</c><00:21:43.140><c> parable</c><00:21:43.640><c> of</c><00:21:44.220><c> the</c><00:21:44.420><c> lost</c><00:21:44.819><c> sons</c><00:21:45.759><c> in</c><00:21:46.500><c> Luke</c><00:21:46.740><c> chapter</c><00:21:47.220><c> 15.</c>

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So<00:21:49.200><c> on</c><00:21:49.440><c> one</c><00:21:49.599><c> hand</c><00:21:49.839><c> of</c><00:21:49.980><c> the</c><00:21:50.200><c> story,</c><00:21:50.400><c> one</c><00:21:50.619><c> side</c><00:21:50.839><c> of</c><00:21:51.039><c> the</c><00:21:51.180><c> story,</c>

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there's<00:21:51.900><c> Abner.</c><00:21:52.559><c> And</c><00:21:52.839><c> Abner</c><00:21:53.079><c> seems</c><00:21:53.400><c> to</c><00:21:53.660><c> foreshadow</c><00:21:54.299><c> the</c><00:21:54.579><c> role</c>

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of<00:21:55.240><c> the</c><00:21:55.380><c> younger</c><00:21:55.640><c> son.</c><00:21:56.960><c> He</c><00:21:57.099><c> did</c><00:21:57.259><c> wrong.</c><00:21:58.559><c> But</c><00:21:59.039><c> he</c><00:21:59.539><c> looked</c><00:21:59.799><c> to</c><00:22:00.140><c> right</c><00:22:00.319><c> the</c><00:22:00.579><c> wrong</c><00:22:00.859><c> that</c><00:22:01.180><c> he</c>

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had<00:22:01.500><c> done.</c>

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And<00:22:02.619><c> when</c><00:22:02.779><c> he</c><00:22:02.920><c> did</c><00:22:03.180><c> so,</c><00:22:04.339><c> what</c><00:22:04.559><c> happened?</c><00:22:05.859><c> A</c><00:22:06.140><c> feast</c><00:22:06.359><c> was</c><00:22:06.519><c> given</c>

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to<00:22:06.940><c> him.</c><00:22:07.779><c> Right?</c><00:22:09.059><c> On</c><00:22:09.339><c> the</c><00:22:09.420><c> other</c><00:22:09.619><c> hand,</c><00:22:10.759><c> there's</c><00:22:11.140><c> Joab.</c><00:22:12.619><c> Joab</c>

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seems<00:22:13.720><c> to</c><00:22:14.099><c> foreshadow</c><00:22:14.839><c> the</c><00:22:15.220><c> role</c><00:22:15.579><c> of</c><00:22:16.180><c> the</c><00:22:16.720><c> older</c><00:22:17.259><c> son.</c>

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He<00:22:18.619><c> had</c><00:22:18.940><c> served</c><00:22:19.180><c> faithfully.</c><00:22:21.019><c> Joab</c><00:22:21.160><c> never</c><00:22:21.539><c> left,</c><00:22:22.059><c> did</c><00:22:22.059><c> he?</c><00:22:23.200><c> But</c><00:22:23.359><c> in</c>

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expressing<00:22:24.140><c> anger</c><00:22:25.039><c> over</c><00:22:26.099><c> the</c><00:22:26.799><c> feast</c><00:22:27.200><c> given</c><00:22:27.619><c> to</c><00:22:27.839><c> the</c><00:22:28.019><c> other</c><00:22:28.259><c> person,</c><00:22:29.599><c> he</c>

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revealed<00:22:30.420><c> that</c><00:22:30.680><c> his</c><00:22:31.000><c> own</c><00:22:31.420><c> heart</c><00:22:32.019><c> was</c><00:22:33.079><c> filled</c><00:22:33.940><c> with</c><00:22:34.579><c> unrighteousness.</c>

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And<00:22:37.099><c> he</c><00:22:37.519><c> showed</c><00:22:38.019><c> that</c><00:22:38.819><c> he</c><00:22:39.099><c> did</c><00:22:39.460><c> not</c><00:22:39.880><c> understand</c><00:22:40.799><c> the</c><00:22:41.559><c> person</c>

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for<00:22:42.299><c> whom</c><00:22:42.700><c> he</c><00:22:43.259><c> was</c><00:22:43.559><c> laboring.</c><00:22:46.660><c> Joab</c><00:22:46.759><c> fought</c><00:22:47.180><c> hard</c><00:22:47.740><c> for</c><00:22:48.180><c> David.</c>

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He<00:22:49.480><c> was</c><00:22:49.759><c> on</c><00:22:50.079><c> the</c><00:22:50.299><c> side</c><00:22:50.500><c> of</c><00:22:50.700><c> right.</c><00:22:51.619><c> But</c><00:22:51.839><c> Joab</c><00:22:52.180><c> supported</c><00:22:52.680><c> David</c>

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because<00:22:53.619><c> it</c><00:22:53.799><c> was</c><00:22:54.079><c> in</c><00:22:54.519><c> Joab's</c><00:22:55.400><c> best</c><00:22:55.539><c> interest.</c>

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David<00:22:57.400><c> and</c><00:22:57.539><c> Ishbechef,</c><00:22:58.339><c> David's</c><00:22:58.700><c> side</c><00:22:58.779><c> is</c><00:22:59.039><c> simply</c><00:22:59.339><c> stronger.</c>

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And<00:23:01.099><c> later</c><00:23:01.299><c> on</c><00:23:01.539><c> in</c><00:23:01.640><c> his</c><00:23:01.799><c> life,</c><00:23:02.299><c> Joab's</c><00:23:02.700><c> actions</c><00:23:02.900><c> show</c><00:23:03.180><c> that</c><00:23:03.359><c> he</c>

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was<00:23:03.740><c> not</c><00:23:03.980><c> really</c><00:23:04.660><c> necessarily</c><00:23:05.240><c> helping</c><00:23:05.640><c> David</c><00:23:06.140><c> because</c><00:23:06.720><c> it</c>

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was<00:23:07.200><c> God's</c><00:23:07.859><c> will</c><00:23:08.380><c> that</c><00:23:08.859><c> David</c><00:23:09.259><c> reign.</c>

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God's<00:23:11.339><c> will</c><00:23:11.460><c> about</c><00:23:11.640><c> who</c><00:23:11.819><c> the</c><00:23:12.000><c> king</c><00:23:12.140><c> should</c><00:23:12.420><c> be,</c><00:23:13.200><c> a</c><00:23:13.200><c> later</c><00:23:13.400><c> event</c><00:23:13.700><c> show,</c><00:23:14.019><c> is</c>

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not<00:23:14.240><c> that</c><00:23:14.380><c> important</c><00:23:14.819><c> to</c><00:23:15.099><c> Joab.</c><00:23:16.740><c> Joab</c><00:23:17.000><c> was</c><00:23:17.279><c> doing</c><00:23:17.579><c> the</c><00:23:18.059><c> right</c>

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thing<00:23:18.519><c> by</c><00:23:18.740><c> supporting</c><00:23:19.140><c> David.</c><00:23:20.380><c> Joab</c><00:23:20.640><c> was</c><00:23:20.819><c> doing</c><00:23:20.980><c> it</c><00:23:21.099><c> for</c><00:23:21.240><c> the</c>

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wrong<00:23:21.700><c> reason.</c>

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And<00:23:23.380><c> Joab's</c><00:23:23.859><c> story</c><00:23:24.279><c> shows</c><00:23:25.019><c> that</c><00:23:25.700><c> doing</c><00:23:26.180><c> the</c><00:23:26.819><c> right</c><00:23:27.319><c> thing</c><00:23:27.960><c> for</c>

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the<00:23:29.039><c> wrong</c><00:23:29.460><c> reason</c><00:23:30.039><c> is</c><00:23:30.799><c> not</c><00:23:31.200><c> good</c><00:23:31.480><c> enough.</c><00:23:32.500><c> Because</c><00:23:32.920><c> if</c><00:23:33.700><c> we're</c>

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only<00:23:34.359><c> doing</c><00:23:34.579><c> the</c><00:23:34.819><c> right</c><00:23:35.140><c> thing</c><00:23:35.460><c> because</c><00:23:35.700><c> it</c><00:23:36.079><c> coincides</c><00:23:36.700><c> with</c>

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our<00:23:37.519><c> personal</c><00:23:37.900><c> interests</c><00:23:38.279><c> and</c><00:23:38.460><c> we're</c><00:23:38.740><c> following</c><00:23:38.940><c> our</c>

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personal<00:23:39.519><c> interests,</c>

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then<00:23:40.839><c> what</c><00:23:41.039><c> are</c><00:23:41.200><c> we</c><00:23:41.279><c> going</c><00:23:41.480><c> to</c><00:23:41.660><c> do</c><00:23:42.140><c> when</c><00:23:42.599><c> our</c><00:23:42.940><c> personal</c><00:23:43.380><c> interests</c><00:23:43.819><c> in</c><00:23:44.059><c> the</c>

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way<00:23:44.500><c> of</c><00:23:44.859><c> right</c><00:23:45.220><c> diverge,</c><00:23:46.680><c> which</c><00:23:46.880><c> they</c><00:23:47.279><c> inevitably</c><00:23:47.880><c> will?</c><00:23:49.319><c> Well,</c><00:23:49.559><c> when</c><00:23:49.640><c> that</c><00:23:49.960><c> happens,</c><00:23:50.940><c> we're</c><00:23:51.240><c> probably</c><00:23:51.500><c> going</c><00:23:51.700><c> to</c>

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follow<00:23:52.079><c> our</c><00:23:52.400><c> own</c><00:23:52.680><c> self</c><00:23:52.940><c>-interest.</c>

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And<00:23:54.819><c> that's</c><00:23:55.259><c> what</c><00:23:55.400><c> Joab</c><00:23:55.619><c> did.</c><00:23:56.559><c> When</c><00:23:56.819><c> doing</c><00:23:57.099><c> right</c><00:23:57.460><c> and</c><00:23:57.579><c> doing</c>

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what<00:23:57.960><c> Joab</c><00:23:58.319><c> wanted</c><00:23:58.920><c> became</c><00:23:59.519><c> not</c><00:23:59.799><c> the</c><00:23:59.980><c> same</c><00:24:00.220><c> thing,</c><00:24:01.460><c> Joab</c><00:24:02.019><c> took</c>

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the<00:24:02.940><c> path</c><00:24:03.380><c> that</c><00:24:04.079><c> suited</c><00:24:04.519><c> Joab.</c><00:24:06.740><c> Joab</c><00:24:07.140><c> absolutely</c><00:24:07.720><c> could</c><00:24:08.019><c> not</c>

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forgive<00:24:08.720><c> Abner</c><00:24:09.079><c> for</c><00:24:09.319><c> having</c><00:24:09.559><c> killed</c><00:24:09.759><c> his</c><00:24:09.980><c> brother.</c>

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His<00:24:11.519><c> attitude</c><00:24:11.980><c> towards</c><00:24:12.460><c> Abner</c><00:24:12.779><c> was</c><00:24:13.059><c> so</c><00:24:13.519><c> different</c><00:24:13.960><c> than</c><00:24:14.140><c> that</c>

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of<00:24:14.599><c> David.</c><00:24:15.380><c> Think</c><00:24:15.599><c> about</c><00:24:15.859><c> Abner</c><00:24:16.140><c> for</c><00:24:16.380><c> a</c><00:24:16.480><c> minute.</c><00:24:16.640><c> He</c><00:24:16.819><c> had</c><00:24:17.140><c> fought</c><00:24:17.380><c> against</c><00:24:17.880><c> David</c><00:24:18.240><c> for</c>

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years.<00:24:19.680><c> He</c><00:24:19.940><c> kept</c><00:24:20.240><c> David</c><00:24:20.759><c> from</c><00:24:21.259><c> reigning</c><00:24:21.660><c> over</c><00:24:22.259><c> all</c><00:24:22.819><c> of</c><00:24:22.980><c> the</c><00:24:23.240><c> tribes.</c>

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But<00:24:24.380><c> in</c><00:24:24.819><c> spite</c><00:24:25.039><c> of</c><00:24:25.299><c> that,</c><00:24:26.740><c> David</c><00:24:26.740><c> still</c><00:24:27.740><c> saw</c><00:24:28.420><c> the</c><00:24:28.799><c> positive</c><00:24:29.460><c> side</c><00:24:29.839><c> of</c>

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this<00:24:30.240><c> man,</c><00:24:30.720><c> Abner.</c><00:24:31.119><c> Indeed,</c><00:24:31.579><c> in</c><00:24:31.619><c> 2</c><00:24:31.880><c> Samuel</c><00:24:32.259><c> chapter</c><00:24:32.839><c> 3</c><00:24:33.640><c> and</c><00:24:34.579><c> verse</c><00:24:35.099><c> 38,</c><00:24:35.640><c> look</c><00:24:35.839><c> how</c><00:24:36.000><c> he</c>

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describes<00:24:37.160><c> Abner.</c><00:24:38.500><c> He</c><00:24:38.720><c> calls</c><00:24:38.940><c> him</c><00:24:39.099><c> a</c><00:24:39.339><c> prince</c><00:24:39.960><c> and</c><00:24:40.500><c> a</c><00:24:40.940><c> great</c><00:24:41.299><c> man.</c>

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This<00:24:42.579><c> is</c><00:24:42.859><c> a</c><00:24:42.900><c> person</c><00:24:43.180><c> who'd</c><00:24:43.559><c> fought</c><00:24:43.680><c> against</c><00:24:44.099><c> him</c><00:24:44.259><c> for</c><00:24:44.619><c> years,</c>

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but<00:24:46.660><c> David</c><00:24:47.180><c> could</c><00:24:47.700><c> still</c><00:24:48.200><c> see</c><00:24:48.759><c> the</c><00:24:49.099><c> positive</c><00:24:49.740><c> side</c><00:24:50.299><c> of</c><00:24:50.680><c> Abner.</c>

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He<00:24:52.220><c> could</c><00:24:52.539><c> still</c><00:24:53.200><c> talk</c><00:24:53.819><c> about</c><00:24:54.799><c> the</c><00:24:55.180><c> positives</c><00:24:55.779><c> of</c><00:24:56.420><c> a</c><00:24:56.619><c> man</c><00:24:56.859><c> who</c>

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had<00:24:57.319><c> opposed</c><00:24:57.740><c> him</c><00:24:58.559><c> so</c><00:24:59.259><c> often.</c>

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And<00:25:00.359><c> so</c><00:25:00.440><c> we</c><00:25:00.599><c> need</c><00:25:00.720><c> to</c><00:25:01.019><c> strive</c><00:25:01.359><c> to</c><00:25:01.640><c> follow</c><00:25:01.859><c> David's</c><00:25:02.420><c> example</c><00:25:02.759><c> and</c><00:25:02.960><c> to</c>

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seek<00:25:03.279><c> to</c><00:25:03.799><c> recognize</c><00:25:04.500><c> the</c><00:25:05.099><c> strengths</c><00:25:05.640><c> of</c><00:25:06.359><c> those</c><00:25:06.799><c> in</c><00:25:07.420><c> the</c><00:25:08.059><c> meeting</c><00:25:08.299><c> that</c>

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we<00:25:08.559><c> may</c><00:25:08.740><c> sometimes</c><00:25:09.200><c> disagree</c><00:25:09.640><c> with.</c><00:25:09.900><c> And</c><00:25:10.039><c> we</c><00:25:10.140><c> need</c><00:25:10.279><c> to</c><00:25:10.440><c> follow</c>

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his<00:25:10.759><c> example</c><00:25:11.160><c> and</c><00:25:11.460><c> readily</c><00:25:11.720><c> acknowledge</c><00:25:12.220><c> those,</c><00:25:12.819><c> verbalize</c>

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those<00:25:13.640><c> strengths.</c>

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Just<00:25:14.259><c> like</c><00:25:14.519><c> David</c><00:25:14.779><c> does</c><00:25:15.079><c> here,</c><00:25:15.299><c> he</c><00:25:15.380><c> speaks</c><00:25:15.559><c> well</c><00:25:15.839><c> about</c><00:25:16.079><c> Abner.</c><00:25:17.500><c> That</c>

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wasn't<00:25:17.960><c> Joab's</c><00:25:18.339><c> way.</c><00:25:19.740><c> Joab,</c><00:25:20.480><c> in</c><00:25:20.660><c> contrast</c><00:25:21.099><c> to</c><00:25:21.299><c> David,</c><00:25:22.220><c> Joab</c>

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perceived<00:25:23.160><c> injustices</c><00:25:24.039><c> in</c><00:25:24.240><c> the</c><00:25:24.519><c> past</c><00:25:24.980><c> and</c><00:25:25.359><c> he</c><00:25:25.599><c> saw</c><00:25:25.819><c> injustices</c><00:25:26.640><c> regardless</c><00:25:27.200><c> of</c><00:25:27.420><c> whether</c><00:25:27.660><c> or</c><00:25:27.799><c> not</c>

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they<00:25:28.099><c> were</c><00:25:28.339><c> actually</c><00:25:28.920><c> well</c><00:25:29.279><c> founded,</c><00:25:30.579><c> like</c><00:25:30.859><c> Asahel</c><00:25:31.279><c> was</c><00:25:31.519><c> killed</c><00:25:31.759><c> in</c>

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war,<00:25:32.380><c> right?</c>

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Joab<00:25:33.640><c> didn't</c><00:25:33.839><c> see</c><00:25:34.039><c> it</c><00:25:34.099><c> that</c><00:25:34.319><c> way.</c><00:25:34.519><c> He</c><00:25:34.640><c> viewed</c><00:25:34.839><c> it</c><00:25:35.000><c> as</c><00:25:35.440><c> a</c><00:25:35.640><c> crime,</c>

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as<00:25:36.240><c> a</c><00:25:36.299><c> murder.</c><00:25:37.900><c> And</c><00:25:37.900><c> Joab</c><00:25:38.700><c> couldn't</c><00:25:38.980><c> let</c><00:25:39.180><c> things</c><00:25:39.440><c> go.</c><00:25:39.940><c> Joab</c><00:25:40.319><c> nurtured</c><00:25:40.740><c> old</c><00:25:41.019><c> hurts</c><00:25:41.400><c> and</c><00:25:41.700><c> he</c>

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let<00:25:42.059><c> those</c><00:25:42.460><c> feelings</c><00:25:42.900><c> drive</c><00:25:43.680><c> his</c><00:25:43.960><c> actions</c><00:25:44.380><c> and</c><00:25:44.660><c> dictate</c><00:25:45.039><c> what</c>

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he<00:25:45.400><c> did.</c>

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So<00:25:46.240><c> he</c><00:25:46.319><c> sends</c><00:25:46.500><c> a</c><00:25:46.779><c> messenger</c><00:25:47.099><c> to</c><00:25:47.380><c> run</c><00:25:47.539><c> after</c><00:25:47.940><c> Abner</c><00:25:48.279><c> after</c><00:25:48.579><c> he's</c>

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had<00:25:48.980><c> his</c><00:25:49.319><c> feast</c><00:25:49.599><c> and</c><00:25:49.900><c> Abner</c><00:25:50.240><c> returns</c><00:25:50.839><c> to</c><00:25:51.539><c> Hebron</c><00:25:51.880><c> in</c><00:25:52.200><c> response</c>

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and<00:25:53.220><c> there</c><00:25:53.460><c> Joab</c><00:25:53.880><c> slays</c><00:25:54.299><c> him</c><00:25:54.579><c> in</c><00:25:54.759><c> the</c><00:25:54.880><c> gate</c><00:25:55.000><c> of</c><00:25:55.180><c> the</c><00:25:55.339><c> city.</c>

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David<00:25:57.119><c> must</c><00:25:57.359><c> have</c><00:25:57.519><c> been</c><00:25:57.740><c> absolutely</c><00:25:58.420><c> horrified</c><00:25:59.240><c> at</c><00:25:59.500><c> what</c><00:25:59.980><c> Joab</c><00:26:00.220><c> had</c>

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done.<00:26:01.480><c> It</c><00:26:01.519><c> was</c><00:26:01.920><c> particularly</c><00:26:02.619><c> galling</c><00:26:03.500><c> that</c><00:26:04.079><c> Joab</c><00:26:04.980><c> killed</c><00:26:05.539><c> a</c>

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man<00:26:06.019><c> in</c><00:26:06.359><c> the</c><00:26:06.559><c> gate</c><00:26:06.779><c> of</c><00:26:07.140><c> Hebron</c><00:26:08.019><c> which</c><00:26:08.519><c> was</c><00:26:09.019><c> a</c><00:26:09.420><c> city</c><00:26:10.140><c> of</c><00:26:10.700><c> refuge.</c>

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Can<00:26:11.359><c> you</c><00:26:11.500><c> imagine?</c><00:26:12.079><c> Not</c><00:26:12.180><c> only</c><00:26:12.400><c> did</c><00:26:12.539><c> you</c><00:26:12.759><c> kill,</c><00:26:13.200><c> but</c><00:26:13.359><c> you</c><00:26:13.519><c> killed</c><00:26:13.779><c> in</c><00:26:14.000><c> the</c><00:26:14.099><c> city</c><00:26:14.279><c> of</c>

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refuge.<00:26:14.940><c> You</c><00:26:14.960><c> killed</c><00:26:15.259><c> in</c><00:26:15.500><c> the</c><00:26:15.859><c> gate</c><00:26:16.299><c> of</c><00:26:17.119><c> the</c><00:26:17.279><c> city</c><00:26:17.619><c> of</c><00:26:17.900><c> refuge.</c>

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David<00:26:19.940><c> was</c><00:26:20.220><c> furious.</c><00:26:20.440><c> He</c><00:26:20.700><c> rebuked</c><00:26:21.200><c> Joab.</c><00:26:21.859><c> He</c><00:26:22.140><c> calls</c><00:26:22.480><c> down</c><00:26:22.900><c> him</c>

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and<00:26:23.859><c> on</c><00:26:24.000><c> his</c><00:26:24.259><c> house</c><00:26:24.880><c> the</c><00:26:25.480><c> curses</c><00:26:26.200><c> for</c><00:26:26.599><c> disobedience</c><00:26:27.960><c> found</c><00:26:28.420><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:28.779><c> law</c><00:26:28.980><c> in</c><00:26:29.160><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:26:29.640><c> chapter</c><00:26:30.059><c> 28.</c>

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And<00:26:31.720><c> David</c><00:26:32.400><c> reprimands</c><00:26:33.140><c> Joab</c><00:26:33.680><c> very</c><00:26:34.220><c> publicly.</c><00:26:35.500><c> The</c><00:26:35.720><c> words</c><00:26:36.059><c> all</c><00:26:36.519><c> the</c><00:26:36.759><c> people</c><00:26:37.099><c> are</c><00:26:37.460><c> echoed</c><00:26:37.880><c> throughout</c><00:26:38.180><c> this</c><00:26:38.500><c> section</c><00:26:38.940><c> of</c>

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2<00:26:40.019><c> Samuel</c><00:26:40.299><c> 3</c><00:26:40.640><c> at</c><00:26:40.859><c> the</c><00:26:41.019><c> end.</c>

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If<00:26:41.480><c> you</c><00:26:41.619><c> look</c><00:26:41.839><c> at</c><00:26:42.000><c> verse</c><00:26:42.240><c> 31,</c><00:26:43.400><c> the</c><00:26:43.440><c> word</c><00:26:43.579><c> all</c><00:26:43.839><c> the</c><00:26:44.039><c> people</c><00:26:44.319><c> appears</c><00:26:44.680><c> in</c>

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verse<00:26:45.079><c> 31.</c><00:26:46.039><c> All</c><00:26:46.279><c> the</c><00:26:46.420><c> people</c><00:26:46.680><c> appears</c><00:26:47.059><c> in</c><00:26:47.220><c> verse</c><00:26:47.519><c> 32.</c><00:26:48.680><c> It</c><00:26:48.779><c> appears</c><00:26:48.960><c> in</c>

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verse<00:26:49.480><c> 34.</c><00:26:50.599><c> It</c><00:26:50.740><c> appears</c><00:26:50.880><c> in</c><00:26:51.019><c> verse</c><00:26:51.380><c> 35.</c>

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It<00:26:52.680><c> appears</c><00:26:52.920><c> twice</c><00:26:53.319><c> in</c><00:26:53.480><c> verse</c><00:26:53.779><c> 36.</c><00:26:54.779><c> And</c><00:26:55.000><c> again</c><00:26:55.319><c> in</c><00:26:55.500><c> verse</c><00:26:55.920><c> 37,</c>

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it<00:26:57.059><c> appears</c><00:26:57.519><c> seven</c><00:26:58.140><c> times.</c><00:26:59.000><c> The</c><00:26:59.099><c> words</c><00:26:59.380><c> all</c><00:26:59.680><c> the</c><00:26:59.859><c> people</c><00:27:00.099><c> in</c>

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that<00:27:00.559><c> span</c><00:27:00.960><c> really</c><00:27:01.519><c> emphasize</c><00:27:02.079><c> just</c><00:27:02.359><c> how</c><00:27:02.680><c> public</c><00:27:03.539><c> David's</c><00:27:04.420><c> rebuke</c><00:27:04.960><c> of</c>

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Joab<00:27:05.539><c> was.</c>

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He<00:27:07.440><c> was</c><00:27:07.660><c> to</c><00:27:07.920><c> contrast</c><00:27:08.440><c> to</c><00:27:08.660><c> Joab,</c><00:27:09.099><c> David.</c><00:27:10.039><c> David</c><00:27:10.339><c> was</c><00:27:10.559><c> a</c><00:27:10.660><c> real</c><00:27:10.920><c> man</c><00:27:11.200><c> of</c><00:27:11.519><c> class.</c><00:27:12.779><c> He</c><00:27:13.019><c> genuinely</c><00:27:13.700><c> mourned</c><00:27:14.599><c> the</c><00:27:14.940><c> loss</c><00:27:15.200><c> of</c><00:27:15.480><c> Abner.</c><00:27:16.279><c> And</c><00:27:16.279><c> later</c><00:27:16.500><c> on,</c><00:27:16.619><c> come</c><00:27:16.779><c> over</c><00:27:16.920><c> to</c><00:27:17.079><c> 1</c>

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Chronicles<00:27:17.680><c> 27.</c>

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I<00:27:18.380><c> think</c><00:27:18.539><c> this</c><00:27:18.700><c> is</c><00:27:18.900><c> wonderful.</c><00:27:19.359><c> You</c><00:27:19.359><c> know</c><00:27:20.200><c> David</c><00:27:21.440><c> appoints</c><00:27:22.720><c> people</c><00:27:22.980><c> to</c>

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be<00:27:23.720><c> rulers</c><00:27:24.220><c> over</c><00:27:25.019><c> the</c><00:27:25.480><c> various</c><00:27:26.079><c> tribes</c><00:27:26.900><c> of</c><00:27:27.160><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:27:28.259><c> I</c><00:27:28.380><c> think</c><00:27:28.519><c> it's</c><00:27:28.759><c> really,</c><00:27:29.160><c> really</c><00:27:29.859><c> excellent</c><00:27:30.420><c> to</c><00:27:30.759><c> consider</c>

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who<00:27:31.519><c> it</c><00:27:31.640><c> is</c><00:27:31.839><c> that</c><00:27:32.119><c> he</c><00:27:33.099><c> appoints</c><00:27:34.019><c> to</c><00:27:34.220><c> rule</c><00:27:34.599><c> over</c><00:27:35.200><c> the</c><00:27:35.519><c> tribe</c><00:27:35.759><c> of</c>

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Benjamin<00:27:36.380><c> when</c><00:27:36.859><c> he's</c><00:27:37.539><c> in</c><00:27:37.660><c> fact</c><00:27:37.880><c> reigning</c><00:27:38.180><c> over</c><00:27:38.400><c> Benjamin.</c>

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It's<00:27:39.539><c> verse</c><00:27:39.779><c> 21</c><00:27:40.500><c> of</c><00:27:41.059><c> 1</c><00:27:41.279><c> Chronicles</c><00:27:41.680><c> 27.</c><00:27:43.119><c> These</c><00:27:43.319><c> are</c><00:27:43.480><c> the</c><00:27:43.619><c> rulers</c><00:27:43.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:44.180><c> tribes.</c><00:27:45.740><c> Verse</c><00:27:45.859><c> 21,</c>

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Now<00:27:57.019><c> what</c><00:27:57.759><c> about</c><00:28:01.119><c> Joab?</c><00:28:02.160><c> Well,</c><00:28:03.220><c> David</c><00:28:03.220><c> decided</c><00:28:03.599><c> to</c><00:28:03.819><c> make</c><00:28:03.980><c> the</c>

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position<00:28:04.640><c> of</c><00:28:04.900><c> chief</c><00:28:05.140><c> captain,</c><00:28:05.680><c> which</c><00:28:05.819><c> was</c><00:28:06.420><c> Joab's</c><00:28:06.920><c> unofficial</c><00:28:07.359><c> title.</c>

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So<00:28:07.720><c> he</c><00:28:07.880><c> decided</c><00:28:08.279><c> to</c><00:28:08.579><c> make</c><00:28:08.759><c> that</c><00:28:09.299><c> open</c><00:28:09.720><c> for</c><00:28:10.059><c> competition.</c><00:28:11.359><c> But</c>

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:16.539
other<00:28:11.799><c> than</c><00:28:12.059><c> that,</c><00:28:12.339><c> he</c><00:28:12.559><c> did</c><00:28:13.000><c> nothing</c><00:28:13.640><c> to</c><00:28:14.859><c> punish</c><00:28:15.279><c> Joab</c><00:28:15.920><c> at</c><00:28:16.359><c> the</c>

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beginning<00:28:16.799><c> of</c><00:28:17.000><c> his</c><00:28:17.259><c> reign.</c>

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David<00:28:18.799><c> was</c><00:28:20.279><c> gentle</c><00:28:20.640><c> with</c><00:28:20.880><c> his</c><00:28:21.140><c> nephew</c><00:28:21.539><c> in</c><00:28:22.319><c> contrast</c><00:28:22.920><c> to</c><00:28:23.279><c> Joab's</c><00:28:24.079><c> ferocity.</c><00:28:25.640><c> And</c><00:28:25.900><c> speaking</c><00:28:26.079><c> about</c><00:28:26.299><c> his</c><00:28:26.619><c> mercy,</c><00:28:27.460><c> the</c><00:28:27.559><c> English</c><00:28:27.819><c> Standard</c><00:28:28.160><c> Version</c><00:28:28.839><c> renders</c><00:28:29.640><c> 2</c>

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Samuel<00:28:30.160><c> 3,</c><00:28:31.299><c> verse</c><00:28:31.579><c> 39</c><00:28:32.039><c> as</c><00:28:32.359><c> follows.</c>

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David<00:28:33.579><c> says,</c><00:28:34.599><c> And</c><00:28:34.599><c> I</c><00:28:34.680><c> was</c><00:28:34.900><c> gentle</c><00:28:35.279><c> today,</c><00:28:36.380><c> though</c><00:28:36.500><c> anointed</c>

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king.<00:28:38.079><c> These</c><00:28:38.180><c> men</c><00:28:38.440><c> the</c><00:28:38.599><c> sons</c><00:28:38.799><c> of</c><00:28:38.900><c> Zeruiah</c><00:28:39.500><c> are</c><00:28:40.059><c> more</c><00:28:40.400><c> severe</c>

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than<00:28:41.019><c> I.</c><00:28:42.279><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:42.660><c> repaid</c><00:28:43.059><c> the</c><00:28:43.299><c> evildoer</c><00:28:44.160><c> according</c><00:28:44.740><c> to</c><00:28:44.940><c> his</c><00:28:45.140><c> wickedness.</c>

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Basically<00:28:47.440><c> David</c><00:28:48.200><c> leaves</c><00:28:48.599><c> Joab's</c><00:28:49.160><c> punishment</c><00:28:49.619><c> to</c><00:28:49.920><c> God.</c><00:28:51.220><c> And</c>

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the<00:28:51.599><c> handling</c><00:28:51.920><c> of</c><00:28:52.259><c> Joab</c><00:28:52.519><c> at</c><00:28:52.740><c> the</c><00:28:52.819><c> end</c><00:28:52.960><c> of</c><00:28:53.079><c> this</c><00:28:53.319><c> chapter</c><00:28:53.940><c> might</c>

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be<00:28:54.680><c> an</c><00:28:54.859><c> illustration</c><00:28:55.380><c> of</c><00:28:55.579><c> God's</c><00:28:56.200><c> dealing</c><00:28:56.380><c> with</c><00:28:56.619><c> us.</c>

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Right?<00:28:58.180><c> He's</c><00:28:58.440><c> got</c><00:28:58.579><c> his</c><00:28:58.859><c> long</c><00:28:59.119><c> suffering</c><00:28:59.519><c> with</c><00:28:59.960><c> us,</c><00:29:00.640><c> but</c><00:29:00.900><c> he</c><00:29:01.240><c> will</c><00:29:01.720><c> judge</c><00:29:02.420><c> and</c><00:29:03.039><c> if</c>

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necessary,<00:29:04.019><c> he</c><00:29:04.319><c> will</c><00:29:05.019><c> punish</c><00:29:05.740><c> in</c><00:29:06.599><c> the</c><00:29:06.799><c> end.</c>

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Joab's<00:29:08.960><c> story</c><00:29:09.200><c> is</c><00:29:09.440><c> a</c><00:29:09.559><c> reminder</c><00:29:09.920><c> that</c><00:29:10.140><c> just</c><00:29:10.420><c> because</c><00:29:11.559><c> wickedness</c><00:29:12.279><c> is</c><00:29:12.640><c> not</c>

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punished<00:29:13.279><c> immediately</c><00:29:14.000><c> doesn't</c><00:29:15.119><c> mean</c><00:29:15.519><c> that</c><00:29:15.920><c> God</c><00:29:16.160><c> has</c><00:29:16.460><c> ignored</c><00:29:16.700><c> it</c><00:29:17.220><c> or</c>

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that<00:29:17.720><c> God</c><00:29:17.900><c> has</c><00:29:18.099><c> forgotten</c><00:29:18.339><c> about</c><00:29:18.539><c> it.</c>

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We<00:29:18.740><c> know</c><00:29:18.940><c> that</c><00:29:19.220><c> Joab</c><00:29:19.579><c> is</c><00:29:19.779><c> punished</c><00:29:20.039><c> for</c><00:29:20.240><c> the</c><00:29:20.440><c> sin</c><00:29:20.599><c> specifically</c><00:29:21.599><c> at</c><00:29:22.180><c> the</c><00:29:22.200><c> beginning</c><00:29:22.400><c> of</c>

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Solomon's<00:29:23.059><c> reign.</c>

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Joab<00:29:25.220><c> ended</c><00:29:25.440><c> up</c><00:29:25.680><c> having</c><00:29:26.019><c> a</c><00:29:26.240><c> number</c><00:29:26.619><c> of</c><00:29:26.859><c> remarkable</c><00:29:27.359><c> achievements</c><00:29:28.000><c> over</c><00:29:28.640><c> the</c>

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course<00:29:29.400><c> of</c><00:29:30.119><c> his</c><00:29:30.240><c> military</c><00:29:30.779><c> career.</c>

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But<00:29:32.259><c> the</c><00:29:32.440><c> things</c><00:29:32.720><c> that</c><00:29:33.000><c> he</c><00:29:33.200><c> did</c><00:29:33.519><c> for</c><00:29:33.779><c> his</c><00:29:34.099><c> king,</c><00:29:34.400><c> these</c><00:29:34.559><c> works,</c>

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were<00:29:35.599><c> no</c><00:29:36.059><c> compensation</c><00:29:36.940><c> for</c><00:29:37.799><c> his</c><00:29:38.500><c> defiance</c><00:29:39.440><c> of</c><00:29:40.079><c> the</c><00:29:40.299><c> wishes</c>

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and<00:29:40.960><c> the</c><00:29:41.259><c> principles</c><00:29:41.680><c> of</c><00:29:42.079><c> the</c><00:29:42.279><c> king.</c>

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And<00:29:42.940><c> that's</c><00:29:43.140><c> a</c><00:29:43.420><c> really</c><00:29:43.680><c> important</c><00:29:44.180><c> lesson</c><00:29:44.539><c> for</c><00:29:44.779><c> us</c><00:29:45.000><c> to</c><00:29:45.319><c> consider.</c>

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Sometimes<00:29:46.619><c> there's</c><00:29:47.079><c> this</c><00:29:47.299><c> part</c><00:29:47.500><c> of</c><00:29:47.640><c> us</c><00:29:48.140><c> that</c><00:29:48.440><c> is</c><00:29:48.660><c> tempted</c><00:29:48.940><c> to</c>

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believe<00:29:49.680><c> that</c><00:29:50.039><c> we</c><00:29:50.200><c> can</c><00:29:50.420><c> be</c><00:29:50.779><c> excused</c><00:29:52.400><c> from</c><00:29:52.740><c> our</c><00:29:53.099><c> sins</c><00:29:53.660><c> by</c><00:29:54.339><c> the</c>

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work<00:29:54.740><c> that</c><00:29:54.940><c> we</c><00:29:55.099><c> do.</c>

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We<00:29:55.720><c> might</c><00:29:55.980><c> think,</c><00:29:56.180><c> you</c><00:29:56.299><c> know,</c><00:29:56.400><c> maybe</c><00:29:56.619><c> if</c><00:29:56.799><c> we</c><00:29:56.960><c> really</c><00:29:57.359><c> sacrifice</c><00:29:58.079><c> ourselves</c><00:29:58.640><c> for</c><00:29:58.819><c> the</c>

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truth,<00:29:59.779><c> if</c><00:30:00.000><c> we</c><00:30:00.420><c> labor</c><00:30:00.980><c> diligently</c><00:30:01.720><c> for</c><00:30:01.980><c> the</c><00:30:02.279><c> truth,</c><00:30:02.640><c> if</c><00:30:02.880><c> we</c><00:30:03.339><c> say</c><00:30:03.680><c> the</c><00:30:03.940><c> right</c><00:30:04.200><c> things,</c><00:30:04.559><c> if</c>

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we<00:30:05.160><c> act</c><00:30:05.519><c> like</c><00:30:05.880><c> that,</c><00:30:06.339><c> that</c><00:30:06.539><c> can</c><00:30:06.759><c> somehow</c><00:30:07.019><c> be</c><00:30:07.319><c> a</c><00:30:07.599><c> compensation</c>

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for<00:30:08.619><c> the</c><00:30:08.819><c> wrong</c><00:30:08.980><c> that</c><00:30:09.180><c> we</c><00:30:09.380><c> do.</c>

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I<00:30:11.319><c> want</c><00:30:11.420><c> to</c><00:30:11.599><c> minimize</c><00:30:11.940><c> acts</c><00:30:12.259><c> of</c><00:30:12.519><c> service.</c><00:30:12.799><c> They're</c><00:30:12.980><c> really</c><00:30:13.319><c> important</c><00:30:13.740><c> to</c>

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the<00:30:14.099><c> life</c><00:30:14.220><c> of</c><00:30:14.480><c> a</c><00:30:14.619><c> spiritual</c><00:30:14.920><c> person.</c>

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But<00:30:16.200><c> what</c><00:30:16.380><c> does</c><00:30:16.500><c> God</c><00:30:16.720><c> require</c><00:30:17.259><c> of</c><00:30:17.440><c> us?</c><00:30:17.819><c> God</c><00:30:18.099><c> requires</c><00:30:18.539><c> us</c><00:30:18.779><c> to</c>

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be<00:30:19.500><c> obedient</c><00:30:20.099><c> to</c><00:30:20.339><c> his</c><00:30:20.500><c> commands.</c>

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And<00:30:22.119><c> Joab's</c><00:30:22.819><c> story</c><00:30:23.200><c> shows</c><00:30:23.900><c> that</c><00:30:24.440><c> acts</c><00:30:24.779><c> of</c><00:30:25.099><c> service</c><00:30:25.480><c> are</c><00:30:26.000><c> no</c>

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substitute<00:30:27.400><c> for</c><00:30:28.180><c> obeying</c><00:30:29.440><c> our</c><00:30:29.759><c> king.</c>

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Let's<00:30:31.319><c> consider</c><00:30:31.519><c> some</c><00:30:31.680><c> of</c><00:30:31.779><c> the</c><00:30:31.819><c> stuff</c><00:30:31.859><c> that</c><00:30:32.079><c> Joab</c><00:30:32.299><c> did.</c>

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Joab<00:30:33.720><c> was</c><00:30:33.900><c> willing</c><00:30:34.140><c> to</c><00:30:34.319><c> put</c><00:30:34.400><c> his</c><00:30:34.720><c> life</c><00:30:35.180><c> on</c><00:30:35.839><c> the</c><00:30:36.059><c> line</c><00:30:36.460><c> for</c><00:30:36.759><c> the</c>

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service<00:30:37.180><c> of</c><00:30:37.359><c> his</c><00:30:37.539><c> king.</c><00:30:37.859><c> He</c><00:30:37.859><c> was</c><00:30:38.039><c> really</c><00:30:38.420><c> willing</c><00:30:38.680><c> to</c>

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sacrifice<00:30:39.380><c> himself.</c>

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There's<00:30:40.599><c> a</c><00:30:40.759><c> number</c><00:30:41.000><c> of</c><00:30:41.319><c> instances</c><00:30:41.599><c> where</c><00:30:41.779><c> that's</c><00:30:42.099><c> demonstrated,</c><00:30:42.500><c> but</c><00:30:42.660><c> the</c><00:30:42.819><c> most</c><00:30:43.140><c> obvious</c><00:30:43.579><c> one</c><00:30:44.160><c> is</c>

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when<00:30:45.359><c> he</c><00:30:45.640><c> took</c><00:30:45.940><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:30:47.039><c> which</c><00:30:47.240><c> had</c><00:30:47.420><c> been</c><00:30:47.579><c> a</c><00:30:47.740><c> Jebusite</c><00:30:48.259><c> city.</c>

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Jerusalem<00:30:50.000><c> was</c><00:30:50.279><c> extremely</c><00:30:50.740><c> well</c><00:30:51.059><c> fortified.</c><00:30:51.619><c> Remember</c><00:30:51.880><c> that</c>

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the<00:30:52.299><c> Jebusites</c><00:30:52.779><c> were</c><00:30:52.980><c> so</c><00:30:53.339><c> confident</c><00:30:53.799><c> that</c><00:30:54.160><c> they</c><00:30:54.380><c> could</c><00:30:54.640><c> defend</c><00:30:55.019><c> it</c>

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from<00:30:55.319><c> David</c><00:30:55.619><c> and</c><00:30:55.759><c> his</c><00:30:55.960><c> army.</c>

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They<00:30:56.299><c> said,</c><00:30:56.460><c> look,</c><00:30:56.619><c> even</c><00:30:56.880><c> the</c><00:30:57.200><c> blind</c><00:30:57.380><c> and</c><00:30:57.619><c> the</c><00:30:57.859><c> lame</c><00:30:58.059><c> can</c><00:30:58.299><c> keep</c>

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you<00:30:58.680><c> out</c><00:30:58.839><c> of</c><00:30:59.019><c> here.</c>

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We<00:31:00.500><c> know</c><00:31:00.680><c> that,</c><00:31:00.779><c> of</c><00:31:00.859><c> course,</c><00:31:01.019><c> David</c><00:31:01.400><c> knew</c><00:31:01.700><c> the</c><00:31:01.900><c> way</c><00:31:02.059><c> into</c><00:31:02.299><c> the</c>

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city.<00:31:03.099><c> See,</c><00:31:03.920><c> it</c><00:31:04.200><c> was</c><00:31:04.440><c> through</c><00:31:04.539><c> the</c><00:31:04.700><c> city's</c><00:31:05.019><c> water</c><00:31:05.220><c> supply.</c>

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:08.960
Basically<00:31:06.160><c> outside</c><00:31:06.819><c> of</c><00:31:07.019><c> the</c><00:31:07.160><c> walled</c><00:31:07.579><c> city</c><00:31:07.880><c> of</c><00:31:08.359><c> Jebus,</c><00:31:08.759><c> the</c>

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:11.420
Jebusite<00:31:09.359><c> name</c><00:31:09.539><c> for</c><00:31:09.700><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:31:10.420><c> there</c><00:31:10.559><c> was</c><00:31:10.740><c> the</c><00:31:10.960><c> Gaihan</c>

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.279
Spring,<00:31:11.900><c> right?</c>

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:15.279
And<00:31:12.779><c> the</c><00:31:12.960><c> water</c><00:31:13.119><c> from</c><00:31:13.319><c> the</c><00:31:13.480><c> Gaihan</c><00:31:13.940><c> Spring,</c><00:31:14.559><c> it</c><00:31:14.759><c> was</c><00:31:14.920><c> outside</c>

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:18.680
the<00:31:15.500><c> city,</c><00:31:15.980><c> went</c><00:31:16.039><c> under</c><00:31:16.339><c> the</c><00:31:16.539><c> mountain</c><00:31:16.900><c> that</c><00:31:17.859><c> the</c><00:31:18.259><c> city</c><00:31:18.400><c> was</c>

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.259
built<00:31:18.900><c> upon.</c>

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:26.519
And<00:31:20.000><c> then</c><00:31:20.319><c> the</c><00:31:20.579><c> Jebusites</c><00:31:21.319><c> accessed</c><00:31:22.140><c> it</c><00:31:22.440><c> by</c><00:31:22.859><c> a</c><00:31:23.220><c> 40</c><00:31:23.539><c>-foot</c><00:31:24.200><c> vertical</c><00:31:25.299><c> shaft.</c><00:31:25.940><c> Basically</c><00:31:26.220><c> drop</c>

00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.700
a<00:31:26.779><c> bucket</c><00:31:27.000><c> down</c><00:31:27.240><c> into</c><00:31:27.460><c> that.</c>

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:31.599
So<00:31:28.380><c> there's</c><00:31:29.420><c> water</c><00:31:29.720><c> and</c><00:31:29.859><c> then</c><00:31:30.000><c> a</c><00:31:30.140><c> shaft.</c><00:31:30.700><c> Now,</c><00:31:30.940><c> it's</c><00:31:31.099><c> not</c><00:31:31.319><c> like</c>

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:35.299
this<00:31:31.880><c> shaft</c><00:31:32.160><c> had</c><00:31:32.319><c> a</c><00:31:32.559><c> wellhead</c><00:31:33.220><c> that</c><00:31:33.480><c> was</c><00:31:33.660><c> on</c><00:31:33.819><c> the</c><00:31:34.039><c> street</c><00:31:34.259><c> level.</c>

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:39.779
So<00:31:36.279><c> in</c><00:31:36.720><c> order</c><00:31:36.980><c> for</c><00:31:37.220><c> the</c><00:31:37.359><c> Jebusites</c><00:31:37.700><c> to</c><00:31:37.900><c> get</c><00:31:38.099><c> to</c><00:31:38.279><c> this</c><00:31:38.559><c> shaft,</c><00:31:39.279><c> they</c><00:31:39.359><c> had</c><00:31:39.559><c> a</c>

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:41.039
tunnel<00:31:39.880><c> that</c><00:31:40.059><c> went</c><00:31:40.180><c> from</c><00:31:40.339><c> their</c><00:31:40.640><c> street</c><00:31:40.859><c> level.</c>

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:44.619
It<00:31:41.140><c> was</c><00:31:41.279><c> a</c><00:31:41.359><c> really</c><00:31:41.740><c> narrow</c><00:31:42.079><c> tunnel</c><00:31:42.559><c> that</c><00:31:42.940><c> went</c><00:31:43.039><c> from</c><00:31:43.180><c> their</c><00:31:43.480><c> street</c><00:31:43.799><c> level</c><00:31:44.059><c> and</c><00:31:44.200><c> sort</c><00:31:44.319><c> of</c>

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:46.799
wound<00:31:44.839><c> down</c><00:31:45.539><c> to</c><00:31:45.859><c> this</c><00:31:46.539><c> shaft.</c>

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:48.759
And<00:31:47.019><c> then</c><00:31:47.220><c> drop</c><00:31:47.339><c> a</c><00:31:47.559><c> bucket</c><00:31:47.740><c> down,</c><00:31:48.079><c> pull</c><00:31:48.140><c> it</c><00:31:48.279><c> up,</c><00:31:48.420><c> bring</c><00:31:48.559><c> water</c>

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.799
into<00:31:48.960><c> the</c><00:31:49.099><c> city.</c>

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:53.480
So<00:31:49.980><c> David</c><00:31:50.200><c> said,</c><00:31:50.619><c> okay,</c><00:31:50.619><c> whoever</c><00:31:51.220><c> traverses</c><00:31:52.619><c> that</c><00:31:53.079><c> water,</c><00:31:53.380><c> so</c>

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:55.839
basically<00:31:53.700><c> you've</c><00:31:53.859><c> got</c><00:31:53.859><c> to</c><00:31:53.980><c> get</c><00:31:54.059><c> from</c><00:31:54.259><c> the</c><00:31:54.480><c> Gaihan</c><00:31:54.799><c> Spring</c><00:31:55.000><c> and</c><00:31:55.240><c> swim</c><00:31:55.680><c> to</c>

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.880
this<00:31:56.000><c> water.</c>

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:58.940
You've<00:31:57.579><c> got</c><00:31:57.579><c> to</c><00:31:57.599><c> get</c><00:31:57.700><c> to</c><00:31:57.779><c> this</c><00:31:57.980><c> vertical</c><00:31:58.319><c> shaft.</c><00:31:58.680><c> You've</c><00:31:58.859><c> got</c>

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.700
to<00:31:58.960><c> climb</c><00:31:59.200><c> that.</c>

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:03.779
Anybody<00:32:00.460><c> hears</c><00:32:00.859><c> you,</c><00:32:02.079><c> sees</c><00:32:02.279><c> you</c><00:32:02.539><c> coming</c><00:32:02.759><c> up</c><00:32:03.059><c> there,</c><00:32:03.240><c> like</c><00:32:03.380><c> here</c><00:32:03.579><c> you</c>

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:06.119
are<00:32:03.920><c> coming</c><00:32:04.140><c> to</c><00:32:04.259><c> this</c><00:32:04.359><c> thing</c><00:32:04.480><c> straight</c><00:32:04.819><c> up,</c><00:32:05.539><c> sees</c><00:32:05.759><c> you</c><00:32:06.000><c> coming</c>

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.720
straight<00:32:06.420><c> up,</c>

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:08.880
they're<00:32:06.980><c> going</c><00:32:07.000><c> to</c><00:32:07.039><c> drop</c><00:32:07.259><c> a</c><00:32:07.480><c> rock</c><00:32:07.700><c> on</c><00:32:07.920><c> you</c><00:32:08.119><c> and</c><00:32:08.220><c> there's</c><00:32:08.519><c> nothing</c><00:32:08.759><c> you</c>

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:10.380
can<00:32:09.079><c> do</c><00:32:09.279><c> about</c><00:32:09.440><c> it.</c><00:32:09.480><c> You</c><00:32:09.579><c> will</c><00:32:09.819><c> die.</c>

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:14.059
No<00:32:11.039><c> hope,</c><00:32:11.539><c> okay,</c><00:32:11.940><c> if</c><00:32:12.099><c> you</c><00:32:12.220><c> get</c><00:32:12.420><c> caught</c><00:32:12.700><c> climbing</c><00:32:13.059><c> this</c><00:32:13.359><c> thing.</c>

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:17.079
Then<00:32:14.859><c> it's</c><00:32:15.299><c> not</c><00:32:15.500><c> over</c><00:32:15.680><c> once</c><00:32:15.880><c> you've</c><00:32:16.299><c> climbed</c><00:32:16.480><c> this</c><00:32:16.720><c> vertical</c>

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:19.240
shaft.<00:32:17.420><c> Then</c><00:32:17.619><c> you're</c><00:32:17.799><c> in</c><00:32:18.000><c> this</c><00:32:18.319><c> narrow</c><00:32:18.759><c> tunnel.</c>

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:24.180
It's<00:32:20.019><c> been</c><00:32:20.200><c> estimated</c><00:32:20.640><c> that</c><00:32:20.900><c> the</c><00:32:21.099><c> two</c><00:32:21.220><c> or</c><00:32:21.380><c> three</c><00:32:21.599><c> soldiers</c><00:32:22.000><c> could</c><00:32:22.200><c> have</c><00:32:22.400><c> easily</c><00:32:22.779><c> defended</c><00:32:23.140><c> this</c><00:32:23.380><c> thing</c><00:32:23.500><c> against</c><00:32:23.819><c> a</c><00:32:24.000><c> hundred.</c>

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:28.579
It<00:32:24.839><c> was</c><00:32:25.299><c> narrow,</c><00:32:25.779><c> small</c><00:32:26.160><c> and</c><00:32:26.359><c> people</c><00:32:26.640><c> who</c><00:32:26.880><c> knew</c><00:32:26.980><c> it</c><00:32:27.160><c> could</c><00:32:27.339><c> have</c><00:32:27.579><c> easily</c><00:32:28.019><c> defended</c><00:32:28.380><c> it.</c>

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:33.640
So<00:32:28.799><c> if</c><00:32:29.140><c> Joab</c><00:32:29.720><c> was</c><00:32:30.259><c> seen</c><00:32:30.599><c> doing</c><00:32:30.900><c> this,</c><00:32:32.640><c> it</c><00:32:32.920><c> would</c><00:32:33.200><c> basically</c>

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:34.400
mean<00:32:33.859><c> his</c><00:32:34.140><c> death.</c>

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:39.259
But<00:32:35.140><c> he</c><00:32:35.299><c> goes</c><00:32:35.579><c> ahead</c><00:32:35.900><c> and</c><00:32:36.180><c> does</c><00:32:36.299><c> it.</c><00:32:37.099><c> He</c><00:32:37.380><c> leads</c><00:32:38.460><c> the</c><00:32:38.660><c> army</c><00:32:38.960><c> and</c>

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:42.500
takes<00:32:39.579><c> the</c><00:32:39.880><c> city</c><00:32:40.359><c> by</c><00:32:40.900><c> the</c><00:32:41.140><c> water</c><00:32:41.460><c> source.</c>

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:45.480
And<00:32:43.039><c> it</c><00:32:43.579><c> was</c><00:32:43.740><c> an</c><00:32:44.000><c> incredible</c><00:32:44.619><c> act</c><00:32:45.019><c> of</c><00:32:45.279><c> bravery.</c>

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:50.420
He<00:32:45.839><c> really</c><00:32:46.359><c> did</c><00:32:46.680><c> risk</c><00:32:46.920><c> his</c><00:32:47.099><c> life</c><00:32:47.839><c> in</c><00:32:48.200><c> service</c><00:32:48.599><c> to</c><00:32:49.359><c> his</c><00:32:49.960><c> people</c>

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:52.279
and<00:32:50.859><c> in</c><00:32:50.880><c> service</c><00:32:51.259><c> to</c><00:32:51.400><c> his</c><00:32:51.539><c> king.</c>

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:57.420
But<00:32:53.220><c> what</c><00:32:53.819><c> he</c><00:32:54.019><c> did,</c><00:32:55.140><c> these</c><00:32:55.960><c> acts</c><00:32:56.259><c> of</c><00:32:56.519><c> sacrifice,</c><00:32:57.160><c> these</c><00:32:57.299><c> acts</c>

00:32:57.420 --> 00:33:00.480
of<00:32:57.440><c> service,</c><00:32:57.720><c> they</c><00:32:57.859><c> were</c><00:32:57.980><c> nothing</c><00:32:58.380><c> if</c><00:32:59.019><c> you</c><00:32:59.259><c> don't</c><00:32:59.799><c> love</c><00:33:00.180><c> the</c>

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:03.779
king<00:33:00.779><c> and</c><00:33:01.220><c> serve</c><00:33:01.599><c> the</c><00:33:01.839><c> king</c><00:33:02.240><c> for</c><00:33:02.539><c> the</c><00:33:02.640><c> right</c><00:33:02.880><c> reason.</c>

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:08.000
Because<00:33:04.700><c> of</c><00:33:04.880><c> this</c><00:33:05.099><c> service</c><00:33:05.440><c> and</c><00:33:05.640><c> taking</c><00:33:05.859><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:33:07.460><c> Joab</c><00:33:07.700><c> is</c>

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:10.140
appointed<00:33:08.500><c> the</c><00:33:09.099><c> commander</c><00:33:09.500><c> of</c><00:33:09.660><c> the</c><00:33:09.839><c> army.</c>

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:13.700
And<00:33:10.819><c> in</c><00:33:10.960><c> that</c><00:33:11.119><c> position,</c><00:33:11.539><c> he</c><00:33:11.680><c> was</c><00:33:11.900><c> an</c><00:33:12.160><c> absolutely</c><00:33:12.759><c> tireless</c><00:33:13.299><c> worker.</c>

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:17.180
I<00:33:14.299><c> think</c><00:33:14.500><c> one</c><00:33:14.720><c> of</c><00:33:14.859><c> the</c><00:33:15.099><c> episodes</c><00:33:15.599><c> that</c><00:33:15.940><c> really</c><00:33:16.240><c> epitomizes</c><00:33:16.819><c> that</c><00:33:17.019><c> is</c>

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:18.839
the<00:33:17.400><c> conquest</c><00:33:17.819><c> of</c><00:33:18.579><c> Edom.</c>

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:22.460
So<00:33:19.400><c> there's</c><00:33:19.660><c> a</c><00:33:19.900><c> battle</c><00:33:20.259><c> fought</c><00:33:20.480><c> in</c><00:33:20.700><c> the</c><00:33:20.900><c> Valley</c><00:33:21.160><c> of</c><00:33:21.440><c> Salt</c><00:33:21.640><c> where</c><00:33:21.940><c> 18</c>

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:24.660
,000<00:33:23.000><c> Edomites</c><00:33:23.519><c> are</c><00:33:23.799><c> slain.</c>

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:29.539
But<00:33:24.960><c> after</c><00:33:25.299><c> that</c><00:33:25.559><c> victory,</c><00:33:26.799><c> Joab</c><00:33:27.279><c> stayed</c><00:33:27.880><c> in</c><00:33:28.339><c> Edom</c><00:33:28.700><c> for</c><00:33:29.140><c> six</c>

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:34.339
months<00:33:30.319><c> searching</c><00:33:30.960><c> out</c><00:33:31.519><c> every</c><00:33:32.000><c> male</c><00:33:32.359><c> in</c><00:33:32.740><c> Edom</c><00:33:33.200><c> to</c><00:33:33.500><c> kill</c><00:33:33.779><c> that</c><00:33:34.039><c> person.</c>

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:37.440
Let's<00:33:34.559><c> go</c><00:33:34.740><c> to</c><00:33:34.920><c> First</c><00:33:35.200><c> Kings</c><00:33:35.700><c> Chapter</c><00:33:36.400><c> 11.</c>

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:44.019
This<00:33:37.759><c> is</c><00:33:38.000><c> this</c><00:33:38.180><c> is</c><00:33:38.579><c> mentioned</c><00:33:38.980><c> in</c><00:33:39.160><c> the</c><00:33:39.440><c> context</c><00:33:39.920><c> of</c><00:33:40.180><c> describing</c><00:33:41.000><c> one</c><00:33:41.680><c> of</c><00:33:43.079><c> Solomon,</c><00:33:43.759><c> one</c><00:33:43.920><c> of</c>

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:46.460
the<00:33:44.339><c> adversaries</c><00:33:45.259><c> of</c><00:33:45.759><c> Solomon's</c><00:33:46.339><c> reign.</c>

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:50.339
It<00:33:46.660><c> mentions</c><00:33:47.220><c> that</c><00:33:47.599><c> this</c><00:33:48.160><c> is</c><00:33:48.559><c> what</c><00:33:49.079><c> this</c><00:33:49.079><c> is</c><00:33:49.279><c> what</c><00:33:49.559><c> Joab</c><00:33:49.900><c> did.</c>

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:52.279
So<00:33:50.660><c> it's</c><00:33:50.859><c> First</c><00:33:51.059><c> Kings</c><00:33:51.220><c> 11</c><00:33:51.599><c> verse</c><00:33:51.859><c> 16.</c>

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:54.359
We're<00:33:52.599><c> talking</c><00:33:52.660><c> about</c><00:33:52.839><c> one</c><00:33:52.920><c> of</c><00:33:53.160><c> Solomon's</c><00:33:53.640><c> enemies</c><00:33:53.859><c> here.</c>

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:59.299
But<00:33:54.839><c> it's</c><00:33:55.019><c> noted</c><00:33:55.220><c> in</c><00:33:55.619><c> parentheses</c><00:33:56.259><c> that</c><00:33:57.299><c> for</c><00:33:57.619><c> six</c><00:33:57.940><c> months,</c><00:33:58.539><c> First</c><00:33:58.660><c> Kings</c><00:33:58.880><c> 11</c>

00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:04.920
16,<00:34:00.440><c> for</c><00:34:00.619><c> six</c><00:34:00.900><c> months</c><00:34:01.279><c> did</c><00:34:01.579><c> Joab</c><00:34:02.000><c> remain</c><00:34:02.380><c> there</c><00:34:02.660><c> with</c><00:34:02.980><c> all</c><00:34:03.420><c> Israel</c><00:34:04.099><c> until</c><00:34:04.680><c> he</c>

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:07.500
cut<00:34:05.140><c> off</c><00:34:05.440><c> every</c><00:34:06.000><c> male</c><00:34:06.400><c> in</c><00:34:06.779><c> Edom.</c>

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:10.119
I<00:34:08.019><c> think</c><00:34:08.219><c> for</c><00:34:08.380><c> a</c><00:34:08.440><c> minute,</c><00:34:08.519><c> what's</c><00:34:08.940><c> Edom</c><00:34:09.179><c> like?</c>

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:13.519
Red<00:34:11.079><c> soil,</c><00:34:12.039><c> rocky,</c><00:34:13.000><c> craggy</c><00:34:13.380><c> place.</c>

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.719
What<00:34:13.719><c> are</c><00:34:13.860><c> the</c><00:34:14.039><c> Edomites</c><00:34:14.500><c> like?</c>

00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:17.159
What's<00:34:15.039><c> the</c><00:34:15.199><c> character</c><00:34:15.699><c> of</c><00:34:16.360><c> an</c><00:34:16.639><c> Edomite?</c>

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.579
Who<00:34:17.579><c> was</c><00:34:17.820><c> their</c><00:34:18.039><c> forefather?</c>

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:22.599
It<00:34:18.840><c> was</c><00:34:19.159><c> Esau,</c><00:34:19.980><c> the</c><00:34:20.139><c> mighty</c><00:34:20.460><c> hunter,</c><00:34:21.119><c> the</c><00:34:21.320><c> vicious</c><00:34:21.679><c> man,</c><00:34:22.480><c> the</c>

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:26.000
one<00:34:22.739><c> who</c><00:34:22.880><c> would</c><00:34:23.059><c> defy</c><00:34:23.599><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:24.219><c> at</c><00:34:24.539><c> any</c><00:34:24.900><c> cost.</c>

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:27.760
OK,<00:34:26.679><c> that's</c><00:34:27.099><c> who</c><00:34:27.159><c> you're</c><00:34:27.360><c> fighting.</c>

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:30.440
You're<00:34:28.380><c> trying</c><00:34:28.559><c> to</c><00:34:28.820><c> find</c><00:34:29.019><c> these</c><00:34:29.260><c> people,</c><00:34:29.599><c> hunt</c><00:34:29.840><c> them</c><00:34:30.039><c> up</c><00:34:30.280><c> and</c>

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:34.460
kill<00:34:30.739><c> them</c><00:34:30.980><c> all</c><00:34:31.400><c> in</c><00:34:32.059><c> this</c><00:34:32.340><c> really</c><00:34:32.980><c> barren,</c><00:34:33.500><c> rocky</c><00:34:33.960><c> area.</c>

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:36.880
Great<00:34:35.179><c> for</c><00:34:35.760><c> staging</c><00:34:36.139><c> ambushes.</c>

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:38.199
And<00:34:37.139><c> the</c><00:34:37.260><c> people</c><00:34:37.460><c> know</c><00:34:37.659><c> you're</c><00:34:37.900><c> coming.</c>

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:41.159
They're<00:34:38.780><c> not</c><00:34:38.960><c> just</c><00:34:39.159><c> going</c><00:34:39.300><c> to</c><00:34:39.559><c> wait</c><00:34:39.800><c> for</c><00:34:40.159><c> you</c><00:34:40.539><c> to</c><00:34:40.719><c> come</c><00:34:40.960><c> and</c>

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.380
kill<00:34:41.300><c> them.</c>

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:42.199
They're<00:34:41.480><c> going</c><00:34:41.639><c> to</c><00:34:41.800><c> hide.</c>

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:43.260
They're<00:34:42.519><c> going</c><00:34:42.719><c> to</c><00:34:42.920><c> organize.</c>

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:44.179
They're<00:34:43.619><c> going</c><00:34:43.739><c> to</c><00:34:43.900><c> fight.</c>

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:46.300
They're<00:34:44.480><c> going</c><00:34:44.559><c> to</c><00:34:44.800><c> resist</c><00:34:45.000><c> you</c><00:34:45.199><c> with</c><00:34:45.480><c> everything</c><00:34:45.719><c> they</c><00:34:46.000><c> had.</c>

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:50.699
And<00:34:46.900><c> Joab</c><00:34:47.260><c> stayed</c><00:34:47.780><c> there</c><00:34:48.280><c> for</c><00:34:48.619><c> six</c><00:34:48.920><c> months,</c><00:34:49.679><c> hunting</c><00:34:50.119><c> them</c>

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:52.219
all<00:34:51.280><c> down.</c>

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:58.599
I<00:34:52.440><c> mean,</c><00:34:52.679><c> that</c><00:34:52.820><c> is</c><00:34:53.500><c> wearying,</c><00:34:54.920><c> tiring,</c><00:34:56.099><c> hard,</c><00:34:56.780><c> hot,</c><00:34:57.579><c> dirty,</c>

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.409
rough<00:34:59.099><c> work.</c>

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:01.019
And<00:35:00.099><c> he</c><00:35:00.320><c> did</c><00:35:00.480><c> it.</c>

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:03.099
No<00:35:01.760><c> record</c><00:35:02.079><c> of</c><00:35:02.280><c> any</c><00:35:02.460><c> kind</c><00:35:02.659><c> of</c><00:35:02.840><c> complaint.</c>

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.760
He<00:35:03.340><c> did</c><00:35:03.559><c> it.</c>

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:05.300
He<00:35:03.940><c> got</c><00:35:04.139><c> it</c><00:35:04.420><c> done.</c>

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:08.320
Joab<00:35:06.699><c> was</c><00:35:07.039><c> a</c><00:35:07.400><c> tireless</c><00:35:07.920><c> worker.</c>

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:11.559
One<00:35:08.960><c> of</c><00:35:09.079><c> the</c><00:35:09.219><c> things</c><00:35:09.320><c> I</c><00:35:09.559><c> think</c><00:35:09.780><c> is</c><00:35:09.960><c> really</c><00:35:10.280><c> interesting</c><00:35:10.840><c> that</c>

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:15.940
really,<00:35:11.960><c> I</c><00:35:12.320><c> think,</c><00:35:12.739><c> shows</c><00:35:12.860><c> us</c><00:35:13.099><c> a</c><00:35:13.199><c> lot</c><00:35:13.480><c> about</c><00:35:14.559><c> the</c><00:35:14.960><c> work</c><00:35:15.659><c> ethic</c>

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:19.500
of<00:35:16.239><c> Joab</c><00:35:16.579><c> is</c><00:35:17.480><c> a</c><00:35:18.260><c> comment</c><00:35:18.500><c> that</c><00:35:18.780><c> Uriah</c><00:35:19.139><c> makes.</c>

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:21.719
We've<00:35:20.139><c> read</c><00:35:20.340><c> it</c><00:35:20.539><c> before,</c><00:35:20.800><c> very</c><00:35:21.039><c> familiar</c><00:35:21.380><c> with</c><00:35:21.579><c> it.</c>

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:24.539
It's<00:35:21.820><c> in</c><00:35:22.039><c> 2</c><00:35:22.179><c> Samuel</c><00:35:22.539><c> 11,</c><00:35:23.519><c> verse</c><00:35:23.860><c> 11.</c>

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:28.679
This<00:35:25.139><c> is</c><00:35:25.400><c> when</c><00:35:25.800><c> Uriah</c><00:35:26.340><c> will</c><00:35:26.519><c> not</c><00:35:26.719><c> go</c><00:35:27.059><c> home</c><00:35:27.420><c> to</c><00:35:27.619><c> his</c><00:35:27.880><c> wife</c><00:35:28.219><c> when</c>

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:30.539
he's<00:35:28.900><c> been</c><00:35:29.059><c> called</c><00:35:29.260><c> away</c><00:35:29.480><c> from</c><00:35:29.739><c> battle.</c>

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:32.980
This<00:35:30.820><c> is</c><00:35:30.960><c> what</c><00:35:31.059><c> he</c><00:35:31.320><c> says,</c><00:35:31.840><c> 2</c><00:35:31.980><c> Samuel</c><00:35:32.340><c> 11.</c>

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:38.159
And<00:35:33.679><c> Uriah</c><00:35:34.159><c> said</c><00:35:34.300><c> unto</c><00:35:34.460><c> David,</c><00:35:35.539><c> The</c><00:35:35.639><c> ark</c><00:35:35.940><c> and</c><00:35:36.199><c> Israel</c><00:35:36.780><c> and</c><00:35:37.099><c> Judah</c><00:35:37.420><c> abide</c><00:35:37.900><c> in</c>

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:43.280
tents,<00:35:38.599><c> and</c><00:35:38.960><c> my</c><00:35:39.280><c> lord</c><00:35:39.960><c> Joab</c><00:35:40.860><c> and</c><00:35:41.539><c> the</c><00:35:41.699><c> sermons</c><00:35:41.940><c> of</c><00:35:42.139><c> my</c><00:35:42.360><c> lord</c><00:35:42.599><c> are</c><00:35:42.840><c> encamped</c><00:35:43.159><c> in</c>

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:44.260
the<00:35:43.500><c> open</c><00:35:43.780><c> field.</c>

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:47.320
Shall<00:35:44.820><c> I</c><00:35:45.000><c> then</c><00:35:45.139><c> go</c><00:35:45.420><c> into</c><00:35:45.679><c> mine</c><00:35:45.900><c> house</c><00:35:46.280><c> to</c><00:35:46.460><c> eat</c><00:35:46.679><c> and</c><00:35:46.900><c> to</c><00:35:47.099><c> drink</c>

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:48.960
and<00:35:47.480><c> to</c><00:35:47.639><c> lie</c><00:35:47.800><c> with</c><00:35:47.980><c> my</c><00:35:48.239><c> wife?</c>

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:51.820
As<00:35:49.179><c> thou</c><00:35:49.460><c> livest</c><00:35:49.760><c> and</c><00:35:49.980><c> as</c><00:35:50.139><c> thy</c><00:35:50.360><c> soul</c><00:35:50.719><c> liveth,</c><00:35:51.280><c> I</c><00:35:51.320><c> will</c><00:35:51.480><c> not</c><00:35:51.639><c> do</c>

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.539
this<00:35:52.059><c> thing.</c>

00:35:53.019 --> 00:36:00.179
Where<00:35:53.340><c> in</c><00:35:53.500><c> the</c><00:35:53.639><c> history</c><00:35:53.980><c> of</c><00:35:54.199><c> warfare</c><00:35:54.840><c> do</c><00:35:55.500><c> you</c><00:35:55.659><c> hear</c><00:35:55.900><c> of</c><00:35:56.139><c> such</c><00:35:56.360><c> incredible</c><00:35:57.340><c> discipline</c><00:35:57.960><c> and</c><00:35:58.460><c> restraint</c><00:35:59.119><c> from</c><00:35:59.699><c> a</c><00:35:59.860><c> soldier?</c>

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:04.900
I<00:36:00.760><c> mean,</c><00:36:01.519><c> typically</c><00:36:01.519><c> the</c><00:36:01.719><c> way</c><00:36:02.000><c> soldiers</c><00:36:02.559><c> are</c><00:36:02.920><c> described</c><00:36:03.639><c> before</c><00:36:04.739><c> and</c>

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:06.860
after<00:36:05.360><c> a</c><00:36:05.500><c> battle</c><00:36:05.639><c> is</c><00:36:05.900><c> the</c><00:36:06.079><c> exact</c><00:36:06.480><c> opposite.</c>

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:08.139
It's<00:36:07.239><c> complete</c><00:36:07.579><c> debauchery.</c>

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:08.739
It's<00:36:08.440><c> women.</c>

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.380
It's<00:36:09.139><c> lions.</c>

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:09.960
Everything.

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:12.400
This<00:36:10.500><c> is</c><00:36:10.760><c> the</c><00:36:10.960><c> complete</c><00:36:11.420><c> opposite</c><00:36:11.880><c> of</c><00:36:12.139><c> that.</c>

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:14.380
Where<00:36:13.059><c> does</c><00:36:13.280><c> that</c><00:36:13.619><c> spirit</c><00:36:13.940><c> come</c><00:36:14.260><c> from?</c>

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:16.519
Where<00:36:14.579><c> does</c><00:36:14.840><c> this</c><00:36:15.119><c> discipline</c><00:36:15.480><c> and</c><00:36:15.679><c> dedication</c><00:36:16.119><c> come</c><00:36:16.400><c> from?</c>

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:17.900
Clearly<00:36:17.059><c> it</c><00:36:17.239><c> comes</c><00:36:17.380><c> from</c><00:36:17.559><c> David.</c>

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:20.619
But<00:36:18.400><c> who</c><00:36:18.559><c> was</c><00:36:18.780><c> showing</c><00:36:19.000><c> it</c><00:36:19.260><c> day</c><00:36:19.539><c> to</c><00:36:19.780><c> day</c><00:36:20.019><c> to</c><00:36:20.260><c> day?</c>

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.559
It<00:36:21.059><c> was</c><00:36:21.059><c> Joab.</c>

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:24.619
This<00:36:22.239><c> man</c><00:36:22.360><c> was</c><00:36:22.599><c> a</c><00:36:22.739><c> tireless,</c><00:36:23.820><c> hard</c><00:36:24.260><c> worker.</c>

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:26.860
He<00:36:25.059><c> toiled</c><00:36:25.420><c> in</c><00:36:25.659><c> the</c><00:36:25.920><c> truth.</c>

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:32.519
And<00:36:28.260><c> in</c><00:36:28.460><c> the</c><00:36:28.599><c> end,</c><00:36:29.679><c> when</c><00:36:29.679><c> David</c><00:36:29.840><c> talked</c><00:36:30.139><c> about</c><00:36:30.500><c> Joab,</c><00:36:31.840><c> he</c><00:36:31.980><c> didn't</c><00:36:32.119><c> mention</c><00:36:32.360><c> it</c>

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.860
at<00:36:32.719><c> all.</c>

00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:37.119
Because<00:36:34.719><c> Joab</c><00:36:35.519><c> disobeyed</c><00:36:36.239><c> him.</c>

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:38.559
Joab<00:36:37.599><c> had</c><00:36:37.820><c> disobeyed</c><00:36:38.420><c> the</c><00:36:38.420><c> king.</c>

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:42.900
Look,<00:36:39.039><c> this</c><00:36:39.260><c> is</c><00:36:39.420><c> David's</c><00:36:39.860><c> assessment</c><00:36:40.139><c> of</c><00:36:40.340><c> Joab,</c><00:36:41.159><c> 1</c><00:36:41.360><c> Kings</c><00:36:41.619><c> chapter</c><00:36:42.059><c> 2.</c>

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:49.179
1<00:36:46.179><c> Kings</c><00:36:46.460><c> chapter</c><00:36:46.760><c> 2,</c><00:36:47.699><c> verse</c><00:36:48.039><c> 5.</c>

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:51.900
None<00:36:50.000><c> of</c><00:36:50.519><c> that</c><00:36:51.119><c> is</c><00:36:51.539><c> mentioned.</c>

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:57.480
None<00:36:52.699><c> of</c><00:36:52.940><c> that</c><00:36:53.760><c> ceaseless,</c><00:36:54.980><c> hard,</c><00:36:55.820><c> laborious</c><00:36:56.480><c> toil</c><00:36:56.840><c> is</c><00:36:57.039><c> mentioned.</c>

00:36:57.960 --> 00:37:00.960
Here's<00:36:58.260><c> David's</c><00:36:58.719><c> assessment,</c><00:36:59.059><c> 1</c><00:36:59.260><c> Kings</c><00:36:59.440><c> 2,</c><00:36:59.699><c> verse</c><00:36:59.960><c> 5.</c>

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:27.739
It's<00:37:24.960><c> also</c><00:37:25.239><c> worth</c><00:37:25.480><c> noting</c><00:37:25.820><c> that</c><00:37:26.280><c> Joab</c><00:37:26.559><c> could</c><00:37:26.880><c> frequently</c><00:37:27.380><c> say</c>

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:29.760
the<00:37:27.940><c> right</c><00:37:28.199><c> things.</c>

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:33.460
Joab<00:37:30.420><c> is</c><00:37:30.599><c> recorded</c><00:37:31.079><c> as</c><00:37:31.340><c> having</c><00:37:31.579><c> spoken</c><00:37:31.980><c> words</c><00:37:32.440><c> of</c><00:37:32.699><c> incredible</c>

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:35.619
spiritual<00:37:34.760><c> discernment.</c>

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:41.039
After<00:37:36.500><c> this</c><00:37:37.019><c> victory</c><00:37:37.400><c> over</c><00:37:37.719><c> Edom,</c><00:37:38.800><c> Joab</c><00:37:39.539><c> was</c><00:37:40.219><c> involved</c><00:37:40.619><c> in</c><00:37:40.780><c> a</c>

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:43.320
war<00:37:41.260><c> against</c><00:37:41.639><c> Ammon</c><00:37:42.039><c> and</c><00:37:42.300><c> Syria.</c>

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:46.440
And<00:37:43.699><c> the</c><00:37:43.920><c> armies</c><00:37:44.159><c> of</c><00:37:44.420><c> Ammon</c><00:37:44.659><c> and</c><00:37:44.800><c> Syria</c><00:37:45.159><c> basically</c><00:37:45.599><c> caught</c><00:37:45.840><c> the</c><00:37:46.059><c> army</c><00:37:46.300><c> of</c>

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:47.800
Israel<00:37:46.679><c> in</c><00:37:46.860><c> a</c><00:37:47.019><c> pencil</c><00:37:47.239><c> movement.</c>

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:50.539
And<00:37:48.400><c> so</c><00:37:48.420><c> the</c><00:37:48.519><c> army</c><00:37:48.760><c> of</c><00:37:48.900><c> Israel</c><00:37:49.059><c> was</c><00:37:49.320><c> surrounded</c><00:37:49.679><c> on</c><00:37:49.920><c> two</c><00:37:50.159><c> sides</c>

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:52.219
by<00:37:50.760><c> the</c><00:37:50.980><c> Ammonites</c><00:37:51.360><c> and</c><00:37:51.579><c> the</c><00:37:51.760><c> Syrians.</c>

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:55.480
And<00:37:52.739><c> so</c><00:37:53.079><c> Joab</c><00:37:53.539><c> split</c><00:37:53.940><c> the</c><00:37:54.219><c> armies</c><00:37:54.579><c> of</c><00:37:54.960><c> Israel.</c>

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:59.340
And<00:37:55.940><c> he</c><00:37:56.059><c> took</c><00:37:56.280><c> the</c><00:37:57.300><c> best</c><00:37:57.679><c> soldiers</c><00:37:58.119><c> and</c><00:37:58.320><c> he</c><00:37:58.559><c> faced</c><00:37:58.780><c> himself</c>

00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:00.239
against<00:37:59.639><c> the</c><00:37:59.880><c> Syrians.</c>

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:03.780
And<00:38:00.380><c> he</c><00:38:00.480><c> put</c><00:38:00.559><c> the</c><00:38:00.739><c> rest</c><00:38:00.940><c> of</c><00:38:01.119><c> the</c><00:38:01.239><c> army</c><00:38:01.480><c> with</c><00:38:02.119><c> Abishai's</c><00:38:02.820><c> brother</c><00:38:03.179><c> in</c><00:38:03.380><c> charge</c><00:38:03.559><c> and</c>

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:05.760
had<00:38:03.920><c> them</c><00:38:04.179><c> face</c><00:38:04.719><c> the</c><00:38:05.199><c> Ammonites.</c>

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:08.980
And<00:38:06.260><c> here's</c><00:38:06.460><c> what</c><00:38:06.619><c> he</c><00:38:06.860><c> says</c><00:38:07.599><c> in</c><00:38:08.000><c> 2</c><00:38:08.239><c> Samuel</c><00:38:08.619><c> 10.</c>

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:12.420
It<00:38:09.199><c> really,</c><00:38:09.840><c> he</c><00:38:09.840><c> does</c><00:38:10.059><c> reflect</c><00:38:10.599><c> some,</c><00:38:11.239><c> he</c><00:38:11.500><c> understands</c><00:38:12.079><c> some</c>

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:13.059
spiritual<00:38:12.760><c> principles.</c>

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:15.219
He<00:38:13.760><c> voices</c><00:38:14.079><c> some</c><00:38:14.440><c> spiritual</c><00:38:14.780><c> principles.</c>

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:18.659
These<00:38:16.059><c> are</c><00:38:16.280><c> his</c><00:38:16.340><c> words</c><00:38:16.460><c> of</c><00:38:16.679><c> encouragement</c><00:38:17.219><c> to</c><00:38:17.480><c> his</c><00:38:17.639><c> brother.</c>

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:23.039
What<00:38:19.340><c> I</c><00:38:19.460><c> want</c><00:38:19.579><c> us</c><00:38:19.760><c> to</c><00:38:19.860><c> focus</c><00:38:20.179><c> on</c><00:38:20.400><c> is</c><00:38:20.579><c> the</c><00:38:20.739><c> fact</c><00:38:20.920><c> that</c><00:38:21.260><c> he</c><00:38:22.139><c> recognizes</c><00:38:22.679><c> that</c>

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:24.500
the<00:38:23.199><c> victory</c><00:38:23.500><c> is</c><00:38:23.619><c> in</c><00:38:23.739><c> God's</c><00:38:24.099><c> hand.</c>

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:29.019
And<00:38:24.960><c> also</c><00:38:25.260><c> notice</c><00:38:25.639><c> how</c><00:38:25.960><c> he</c><00:38:26.320><c> describes</c><00:38:27.079><c> the</c><00:38:27.739><c> cities</c><00:38:27.920><c> of</c><00:38:28.099><c> Israel.</c>

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:31.739
He<00:38:29.300><c> says</c><00:38:29.559><c> in</c><00:38:29.719><c> 2</c><00:38:30.000><c> Samuel</c><00:38:30.260><c> 10,</c><00:38:30.579><c> verse</c><00:38:30.760><c> 12.</c>

00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:41.199
Okay,<00:38:35.699><c> so</c><00:38:35.699><c> Yahweh's</c><00:38:40.159><c> in</c><00:38:40.300><c> control.</c>

00:38:41.219 --> 00:38:43.340
Who<00:38:41.639><c> do</c><00:38:41.739><c> the</c><00:38:41.960><c> cities</c><00:38:42.079><c> belong</c><00:38:42.480><c> to?</c>

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:44.659
They<00:38:43.800><c> belong</c><00:38:43.980><c> to</c><00:38:44.239><c> God.</c>

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:47.099
And<00:38:45.219><c> in</c><00:38:45.340><c> our</c><00:38:45.559><c> cities</c><00:38:45.780><c> he</c><00:38:45.960><c> says</c><00:38:46.039><c> they're</c><00:38:46.280><c> God's</c><00:38:46.880><c> cities.</c>

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:48.519
He's<00:38:47.619><c> right.</c>

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:49.599
Okay,<00:38:49.039><c> Joab's</c><00:38:49.260><c> right</c><00:38:49.500><c> here.</c>

00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:51.679
He<00:38:49.780><c> really</c><00:38:50.199><c> articulates</c><00:38:50.780><c> himself</c><00:38:51.219><c> well.</c>

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:55.639
Joab<00:38:52.300><c> could</c><00:38:52.719><c> say</c><00:38:53.420><c> the</c><00:38:53.860><c> right</c><00:38:54.500><c> thing.</c>

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:57.199
But<00:38:56.400><c> we</c><00:38:56.539><c> know</c><00:38:56.739><c> this.</c>

00:38:57.579 --> 00:39:02.480
We<00:38:57.679><c> know</c><00:38:57.980><c> saying</c><00:38:58.519><c> the</c><00:38:59.119><c> right</c><00:38:59.460><c> thing</c><00:38:59.980><c> isn't</c><00:39:01.019><c> enough</c><00:39:01.400><c> either.</c>

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:09.340
It's<00:39:03.260><c> not</c><00:39:03.460><c> enough</c><00:39:03.900><c> if</c><00:39:04.219><c> we</c><00:39:04.739><c> are</c><00:39:05.219><c> also</c><00:39:05.820><c> disobeying</c><00:39:06.659><c> God</c><00:39:07.219><c> whenever</c><00:39:07.699><c> it</c><00:39:08.039><c> suits</c><00:39:08.260><c> us.</c>

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:12.360
Joab<00:39:09.960><c> was</c><00:39:10.179><c> a</c><00:39:10.380><c> man</c><00:39:10.579><c> who</c><00:39:10.860><c> did</c><00:39:11.139><c> that</c><00:39:11.420><c> which</c><00:39:11.559><c> was</c><00:39:11.860><c> right</c><00:39:12.000><c> in</c><00:39:12.179><c> his</c>

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:13.000
own<00:39:12.519><c> eyes.</c>

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:16.860
And<00:39:13.639><c> his</c><00:39:13.840><c> reputation</c><00:39:14.400><c> for</c><00:39:14.599><c> doing</c><00:39:14.860><c> that</c><00:39:15.340><c> is</c><00:39:15.699><c> well</c><00:39:15.980><c> known.</c>

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:21.679
And<00:39:17.400><c> so</c><00:39:17.500><c> when</c><00:39:17.639><c> it</c><00:39:17.780><c> came</c><00:39:18.079><c> time</c><00:39:18.800><c> for</c><00:39:19.960><c> David</c><00:39:20.340><c> to</c><00:39:20.559><c> commit</c><00:39:20.780><c> his</c><00:39:21.219><c> sin</c>

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:25.239
against<00:39:22.340><c> Uriah</c><00:39:23.920><c> in</c><00:39:24.500><c> Bathsheba,</c>

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:27.900
he<00:39:25.659><c> knew</c><00:39:25.840><c> where</c><00:39:26.000><c> to</c><00:39:26.219><c> turn</c><00:39:26.599><c> for</c><00:39:27.000><c> aid.</c>

00:39:28.219 --> 00:39:32.360
We<00:39:28.280><c> know</c><00:39:28.440><c> the</c><00:39:28.679><c> story</c><00:39:29.219><c> when</c><00:39:29.920><c> David</c><00:39:30.260><c> is</c><00:39:30.599><c> warring</c><00:39:31.079><c> against</c><00:39:31.780><c> the,</c>

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:36.019
when<00:39:32.820><c> Israel</c><00:39:33.139><c> is</c><00:39:33.320><c> warring</c><00:39:33.639><c> against</c><00:39:34.139><c> the</c><00:39:34.699><c> Ammonites.</c>

00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:37.440
David<00:39:36.940><c> stays</c><00:39:37.280><c> home.</c>

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:41.199
This<00:39:37.820><c> follows</c><00:39:38.360><c> Joab</c><00:39:38.940><c> and</c><00:39:39.119><c> Abishai's</c><00:39:39.719><c> victory</c><00:39:40.099><c> over</c><00:39:40.420><c> the</c><00:39:40.679><c> Syrians</c><00:39:41.000><c> and</c>

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.880
the<00:39:41.340><c> Ammonites.</c>

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:45.460
They<00:39:42.480><c> later</c><00:39:42.940><c> pursue</c><00:39:43.760><c> the</c><00:39:44.039><c> Syrians</c><00:39:44.320><c> and</c><00:39:44.480><c> the</c><00:39:44.639><c> Syrians</c><00:39:44.840><c> defeat</c><00:39:45.219><c> them.</c>

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:47.460
And<00:39:45.579><c> then</c><00:39:45.679><c> the</c><00:39:45.880><c> Ammonites</c><00:39:46.219><c> in</c><00:39:46.400><c> the</c><00:39:46.480><c> meantime</c><00:39:46.760><c> retreat</c><00:39:47.159><c> back</c>

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.980
to<00:39:47.599><c> their</c><00:39:47.760><c> city</c><00:39:48.039><c> of</c><00:39:48.300><c> Rabah.</c>

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:53.239
And<00:39:49.480><c> so</c><00:39:50.260><c> David</c><00:39:51.039><c> sends</c><00:39:51.619><c> Joab</c><00:39:52.199><c> and</c><00:39:52.340><c> the</c><00:39:52.500><c> army</c><00:39:52.719><c> of</c><00:39:52.840><c> Israel</c><00:39:52.940><c> to</c><00:39:53.079><c> go</c>

00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:54.059
fight<00:39:53.380><c> the</c><00:39:53.619><c> Ammonites.</c>

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:55.840
They<00:39:54.300><c> besiege</c><00:39:54.900><c> Rabah.</c>

00:39:55.980 --> 00:40:00.099
David<00:39:56.340><c> in</c><00:39:56.519><c> the</c><00:39:56.659><c> meantime</c><00:39:57.239><c> stays</c><00:39:58.039><c> back</c><00:39:58.679><c> in</c><00:39:58.940><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:03.119
Perhaps<00:40:01.300><c> he</c><00:40:01.460><c> was</c><00:40:01.599><c> completely</c><00:40:02.039><c> worn</c><00:40:02.280><c> out</c><00:40:02.559><c> from</c><00:40:02.739><c> the</c><00:40:02.940><c> fighting</c>

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.900
at<00:40:03.320><c> this</c><00:40:03.539><c> point.</c>

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:06.760
Maybe<00:40:04.619><c> he</c><00:40:04.840><c> has</c><00:40:05.260><c> grown</c><00:40:05.519><c> complacent.</c>

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:09.860
Regardless<00:40:07.340><c> of</c><00:40:07.539><c> his</c><00:40:07.679><c> motivation,</c><00:40:08.679><c> his</c><00:40:08.880><c> spiritual</c><00:40:09.440><c> defenses</c>

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.539
are<00:40:10.179><c> down.</c>

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:13.800
Because<00:40:11.079><c> this</c><00:40:11.340><c> is</c><00:40:11.539><c> the</c><00:40:11.719><c> point</c><00:40:11.940><c> where</c><00:40:12.480><c> he</c><00:40:12.880><c> commits</c><00:40:13.239><c> his</c><00:40:13.579><c> sin</c>

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:15.320
with<00:40:14.059><c> Bathsheba.</c>

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:20.760
And<00:40:16.099><c> when</c><00:40:16.260><c> David</c><00:40:16.639><c> decides</c><00:40:17.400><c> to</c><00:40:17.760><c> kill</c><00:40:18.300><c> Bathsheba's</c><00:40:19.239><c> husband,</c><00:40:20.219><c> Uriah,</c>

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:23.400
he<00:40:21.199><c> knows</c><00:40:21.579><c> where</c><00:40:21.800><c> to</c><00:40:22.019><c> turn</c><00:40:22.260><c> to,</c><00:40:22.719><c> doesn't</c><00:40:22.840><c> he?</c>

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:25.199
Turns<00:40:23.820><c> to</c><00:40:24.239><c> Joab.</c>

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:31.219
Joab<00:40:26.219><c> has</c><00:40:26.900><c> committed</c><00:40:27.360><c> murder</c><00:40:27.980><c> for</c><00:40:28.320><c> personal</c><00:40:28.699><c> advantage</c><00:40:29.119><c> before</c><00:40:29.579><c> David</c><00:40:30.159><c> knows</c><00:40:30.760><c> this</c>

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:33.780
man<00:40:31.800><c> can</c><00:40:32.139><c> get</c><00:40:32.340><c> the</c><00:40:32.619><c> job</c><00:40:32.860><c> done.</c>

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:37.119
And<00:40:34.599><c> I</c><00:40:34.679><c> think</c><00:40:34.800><c> it's</c><00:40:34.980><c> really</c><00:40:35.340><c> interesting</c><00:40:35.659><c> to</c><00:40:35.940><c> note</c><00:40:36.280><c> that</c><00:40:36.599><c> there</c><00:40:36.840><c> are</c>

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:39.500
no<00:40:37.679><c> words</c><00:40:38.199><c> of</c><00:40:38.539><c> reproof</c>

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:43.239
from<00:40:39.960><c> Joab</c><00:40:40.340><c> to</c><00:40:40.639><c> David</c><00:40:41.139><c> when</c><00:40:41.519><c> David</c><00:40:41.860><c> orders</c><00:40:42.300><c> him</c><00:40:42.800><c> to</c><00:40:43.039><c> have</c>

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:45.079
Uriah<00:40:43.699><c> slain.</c>

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:48.980
And<00:40:45.320><c> the</c><00:40:45.440><c> thing</c><00:40:45.579><c> of</c><00:40:45.699><c> it</c><00:40:45.880><c> is,</c><00:40:46.119><c> is</c><00:40:46.219><c> that</c><00:40:46.360><c> when</c><00:40:46.519><c> it</c><00:40:46.599><c> came</c><00:40:46.840><c> to</c><00:40:47.059><c> matters</c><00:40:47.320><c> concerning</c><00:40:47.760><c> the</c><00:40:48.039><c> army,</c>

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:55.179
Joab<00:40:49.659><c> had</c><00:40:50.119><c> absolutely</c><00:40:51.079><c> no</c><00:40:52.139><c> problem</c><00:40:52.880><c> speaking</c><00:40:53.780><c> words</c><00:40:54.260><c> of</c><00:40:54.519><c> reproof</c><00:40:54.880><c> to</c><00:40:55.079><c> David.</c>

00:40:55.219 --> 00:40:58.860
It's<00:40:55.519><c> not</c><00:40:55.780><c> like</c><00:40:56.059><c> Joab</c><00:40:56.539><c> is</c><00:40:57.119><c> afraid</c><00:40:57.719><c> to</c><00:40:58.039><c> contradict</c><00:40:58.420><c> David.</c>

00:40:59.099 --> 00:41:00.179
He's<00:40:59.440><c> willing</c><00:40:59.679><c> to</c><00:40:59.920><c> do</c><00:41:00.059><c> that.</c>

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:03.940
Remember<00:41:00.519><c> what</c><00:41:00.780><c> happens</c><00:41:01.380><c> when</c><00:41:02.219><c> David</c><00:41:03.039><c> is</c><00:41:03.280><c> mourning</c><00:41:03.480><c> for</c><00:41:03.780><c> his</c>

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.599
son<00:41:04.119><c> Abner?</c>

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:09.820
Joab,<00:41:05.599><c> who</c><00:41:05.880><c> just</c><00:41:06.559><c> run</c><00:41:06.940><c> stakes</c><00:41:07.659><c> through</c><00:41:08.039><c> the</c><00:41:08.280><c> heart</c><00:41:08.480><c> of</c><00:41:08.780><c> David's</c><00:41:09.280><c> beloved</c><00:41:09.500><c> son,</c>

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:12.820
goes<00:41:10.219><c> in</c><00:41:10.420><c> there</c><00:41:10.599><c> and</c><00:41:10.940><c> chastises</c><00:41:11.559><c> him</c><00:41:11.980><c> because</c><00:41:12.519><c> of</c><00:41:12.639><c> the</c><00:41:12.679><c> way</c>

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:14.599
he's<00:41:13.139><c> treating</c><00:41:13.360><c> the</c><00:41:13.679><c> army.</c>

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:17.860
Later<00:41:15.119><c> on,</c><00:41:16.260><c> when</c><00:41:16.559><c> David</c><00:41:16.880><c> wants</c><00:41:17.219><c> to</c><00:41:17.340><c> number</c><00:41:17.519><c> the</c><00:41:17.760><c> people,</c>

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:21.300
remember<00:41:18.280><c> Joab</c><00:41:18.840><c> stands</c><00:41:19.199><c> up</c><00:41:19.480><c> to</c><00:41:19.559><c> him</c><00:41:19.679><c> and</c><00:41:19.739><c> says,</c><00:41:19.960><c> you</c><00:41:19.960><c> shouldn't</c><00:41:20.380><c> do</c><00:41:20.679><c> this.</c>

00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:23.960
So<00:41:22.000><c> when</c><00:41:22.199><c> it</c><00:41:22.260><c> came</c><00:41:22.500><c> to</c><00:41:22.699><c> matters</c><00:41:22.940><c> concerning</c><00:41:23.380><c> the</c><00:41:23.679><c> army,</c>

00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:29.619
Joab<00:41:24.920><c> had</c><00:41:25.300><c> absolutely</c><00:41:25.880><c> no</c><00:41:26.380><c> problem</c><00:41:27.539><c> reprimanding</c><00:41:28.920><c> David</c><00:41:29.340><c> and</c>

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:31.519
challenging<00:41:30.039><c> him</c><00:41:30.320><c> when</c><00:41:30.460><c> it</c><00:41:30.780><c> suited</c><00:41:30.940><c> him.</c>

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:38.480
But<00:41:32.199><c> he</c><00:41:32.360><c> doesn't</c><00:41:33.000><c> do</c><00:41:33.480><c> that</c><00:41:34.000><c> here</c><00:41:34.699><c> because</c><00:41:35.960><c> Joab</c><00:41:36.539><c> will</c><00:41:36.780><c> get</c><00:41:37.000><c> David</c><00:41:37.360><c> exactly</c><00:41:38.039><c> where</c><00:41:38.280><c> he</c>

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:39.139
wants<00:41:38.780><c> him.</c>

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:44.199
If<00:41:39.599><c> Joab</c><00:41:40.260><c> does</c><00:41:40.659><c> this,</c><00:41:41.699><c> then</c><00:41:41.940><c> he's</c><00:41:42.239><c> going</c><00:41:42.440><c> to</c><00:41:42.559><c> have</c><00:41:43.139><c> David.</c>

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:49.219
And<00:41:44.760><c> having</c><00:41:45.099><c> David</c><00:41:45.579><c> where</c><00:41:45.840><c> he</c><00:41:46.099><c> wants</c><00:41:46.460><c> him</c><00:41:47.300><c> to</c><00:41:47.539><c> Joab</c><00:41:48.000><c> is</c><00:41:48.300><c> so</c><00:41:48.599><c> worth</c><00:41:48.920><c> it,</c>

00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:53.320
even<00:41:49.500><c> if</c><00:41:49.659><c> it</c><00:41:49.800><c> means</c><00:41:50.360><c> sacrificing</c><00:41:51.340><c> the</c><00:41:51.800><c> life</c><00:41:52.099><c> of</c><00:41:52.300><c> Uriah</c><00:41:52.679><c> the</c><00:41:52.760><c> Hittite,</c>

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:58.460
who<00:41:53.699><c> was</c><00:41:53.940><c> undoubtedly</c><00:41:54.639><c> one</c><00:41:55.159><c> of</c><00:41:55.340><c> Joab's</c><00:41:55.920><c> best</c><00:41:56.340><c> and</c><00:41:56.480><c> most</c><00:41:56.880><c> loyal</c><00:41:57.340><c> soldiers.</c>

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:03.739
So<00:42:00.760><c> David</c><00:42:01.300><c> commits</c><00:42:01.900><c> this</c><00:42:02.840><c> sin.</c>

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:07.900
And<00:42:05.179><c> tumult,</c><00:42:05.579><c> of</c><00:42:05.920><c> course,</c><00:42:06.780><c> erupts</c><00:42:07.039><c> in</c><00:42:07.179><c> the</c><00:42:07.340><c> royal</c><00:42:07.519><c> family</c>

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:08.420
after<00:42:08.199><c> that.</c>

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:12.780
And<00:42:08.900><c> Joab</c><00:42:09.500><c> temporarily</c><00:42:10.380><c> takes</c><00:42:10.900><c> the</c><00:42:11.239><c> side</c><00:42:11.519><c> of</c><00:42:12.000><c> Absalom.</c>

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:17.860
Again,<00:42:13.719><c> Joab</c><00:42:14.159><c> could</c><00:42:14.559><c> see</c><00:42:14.940><c> that</c><00:42:16.380><c> the</c><00:42:16.780><c> thought</c><00:42:16.940><c> of</c><00:42:17.179><c> Absalom</c><00:42:17.519><c> was</c>

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.960
distracting<00:42:18.480><c> the</c><00:42:18.780><c> king,</c>

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:22.199
and<00:42:19.139><c> a</c><00:42:19.239><c> distracted</c><00:42:19.840><c> David</c><00:42:20.219><c> was</c><00:42:20.460><c> not</c><00:42:20.760><c> good</c><00:42:21.039><c> for</c><00:42:21.500><c> Joab.</c>

00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:28.300
And<00:42:22.820><c> so</c><00:42:23.519><c> Joab</c><00:42:24.119><c> tries</c><00:42:24.760><c> to</c><00:42:25.320><c> arrange</c><00:42:25.800><c> for</c><00:42:26.239><c> Absalom's</c><00:42:26.840><c> return</c><00:42:27.340><c> home.</c>

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:30.880
We<00:42:28.579><c> know</c><00:42:28.739><c> the</c><00:42:29.000><c> story</c><00:42:29.260><c> of</c><00:42:29.500><c> how,</c><00:42:29.739><c> in</c><00:42:29.900><c> his</c><00:42:30.280><c> craftiness,</c>

00:42:31.300 --> 00:42:35.699
Joab<00:42:31.719><c> arranges</c><00:42:32.239><c> for</c><00:42:32.659><c> a</c><00:42:32.920><c> wise</c><00:42:33.280><c> woman</c><00:42:33.619><c> of</c><00:42:33.920><c> Tekoa</c><00:42:34.340><c> to</c><00:42:34.559><c> come</c><00:42:34.760><c> before</c><00:42:35.099><c> the</c><00:42:35.360><c> king</c>

00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:38.980
and<00:42:36.179><c> to</c><00:42:36.420><c> tell</c><00:42:36.539><c> a</c><00:42:36.760><c> story</c><00:42:36.980><c> about</c><00:42:37.179><c> how</c><00:42:37.420><c> she</c><00:42:37.639><c> was</c><00:42:37.820><c> a</c><00:42:37.960><c> widow</c><00:42:38.280><c> who</c><00:42:38.840><c> had</c>

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:39.860
two<00:42:39.340><c> sons,</c>

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:41.880
and<00:42:40.480><c> one</c><00:42:40.679><c> had</c><00:42:40.960><c> murdered</c><00:42:41.139><c> the</c><00:42:41.400><c> other,</c>

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:45.500
and<00:42:42.380><c> she</c><00:42:42.599><c> was</c><00:42:42.880><c> worried</c><00:42:43.079><c> about</c><00:42:43.340><c> the</c><00:42:43.559><c> one</c><00:42:43.760><c> remaining</c><00:42:44.239><c> son</c><00:42:44.639><c> being</c><00:42:44.960><c> lost.</c>

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:49.920
And<00:42:46.280><c> then</c><00:42:46.599><c> Joab</c><00:42:47.059><c> had</c><00:42:47.500><c> her</c><00:42:48.239><c> manipulate</c><00:42:48.840><c> the</c><00:42:49.280><c> conversation</c>

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:54.659
so<00:42:50.860><c> that</c><00:42:51.739><c> David</c><00:42:52.039><c> would</c><00:42:52.420><c> see</c><00:42:52.719><c> the</c><00:42:53.179><c> contradiction</c><00:42:53.780><c> in</c><00:42:54.159><c> the</c><00:42:54.380><c> judgment</c>

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:57.780
that<00:42:54.900><c> he</c><00:42:55.079><c> gave</c><00:42:55.320><c> to</c><00:42:55.539><c> the</c><00:42:55.780><c> wise</c><00:42:56.039><c> woman</c><00:42:56.260><c> of</c><00:42:56.619><c> Tekoa</c><00:42:57.119><c> concerning</c>

00:42:57.780 --> 00:42:58.639
her<00:42:58.320><c> son</c>

00:42:58.639 --> 00:43:03.820
and<00:42:59.099><c> how</c><00:42:59.320><c> that</c><00:42:59.519><c> was</c><00:42:59.739><c> different</c><00:43:00.119><c> than</c><00:43:00.900><c> his</c><00:43:01.239><c> own</c><00:43:01.599><c> treatment</c><00:43:02.159><c> of</c><00:43:02.900><c> Absalom.</c>

00:43:05.099 --> 00:43:09.920
And<00:43:05.300><c> then</c><00:43:05.739><c> David</c><00:43:06.280><c> recognizes</c><00:43:07.280><c> the</c><00:43:07.780><c> hand</c><00:43:08.159><c> of</c><00:43:09.000><c> Joab</c><00:43:09.500><c> in</c><00:43:09.699><c> the</c>

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:11.440
trickery<00:43:10.320><c> that</c><00:43:10.760><c> ensnares</c><00:43:11.179><c> him.</c>

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:13.000
He<00:43:11.659><c> says</c><00:43:11.900><c> to</c><00:43:12.079><c> the</c><00:43:12.139><c> woman</c><00:43:12.380><c> of</c><00:43:12.579><c> Tekoa,</c>

00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:16.840
Is<00:43:13.579><c> that</c><00:43:13.780><c> the</c><00:43:13.920><c> hand</c><00:43:14.079><c> of</c><00:43:14.360><c> Joab</c><00:43:14.559><c> would</c><00:43:14.860><c> be</c><00:43:15.000><c> in</c><00:43:15.119><c> all</c><00:43:15.440><c> this?</c>

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:22.800
David<00:43:17.780><c> could</c><00:43:17.980><c> recognize</c><00:43:18.579><c> deceit,</c><00:43:19.599><c> and</c><00:43:19.679><c> he</c><00:43:19.900><c> knew</c><00:43:20.380><c> who</c><00:43:20.800><c> a</c><00:43:21.099><c> deceitful</c><00:43:21.599><c> person</c><00:43:21.980><c> was.</c>

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:26.840
Joab's<00:43:23.639><c> reputation</c><00:43:24.280><c> for</c><00:43:24.579><c> being</c><00:43:24.940><c> deceitful</c><00:43:25.500><c> was</c><00:43:25.780><c> so</c><00:43:26.119><c> well</c><00:43:26.460><c> established</c>

00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:30.079
that<00:43:27.019><c> when</c><00:43:27.260><c> David</c><00:43:27.619><c> sensed</c><00:43:28.059><c> deceit,</c><00:43:28.940><c> it's</c><00:43:29.360><c> got</c><00:43:29.440><c> to</c><00:43:29.559><c> be</c><00:43:29.760><c> Joab.</c>

00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:32.599
He's<00:43:30.400><c> got</c><00:43:30.500><c> to</c><00:43:30.619><c> be</c><00:43:30.739><c> the</c><00:43:30.880><c> person</c><00:43:31.159><c> behind</c><00:43:31.559><c> this.</c>

00:43:33.059 --> 00:43:36.039
Joab's<00:43:33.559><c> reputation</c><00:43:34.099><c> was</c><00:43:34.420><c> absolutely</c><00:43:34.940><c> terrible.</c>

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:40.800
Joab,<00:43:37.519><c> when</c><00:43:37.619><c> he</c><00:43:37.820><c> thought</c><00:43:37.980><c> Joab,</c><00:43:38.579><c> you</c><00:43:38.679><c> didn't</c><00:43:38.960><c> get</c><00:43:39.340><c> a</c><00:43:39.719><c> spiritual</c><00:43:40.159><c> sense.</c>

00:43:40.800 --> 00:43:44.239
You<00:43:41.179><c> didn't</c><00:43:41.460><c> see</c><00:43:41.739><c> a</c><00:43:41.900><c> good</c><00:43:42.139><c> spiritual</c><00:43:42.559><c> example</c><00:43:42.960><c> to</c><00:43:43.260><c> follow</c><00:43:43.619><c> when</c><00:43:44.079><c> you</c>

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:45.219
encounter<00:43:44.619><c> Joab.</c>

00:43:45.679 --> 00:43:48.699
And<00:43:45.800><c> that's</c><00:43:46.539><c> completely</c><00:43:47.000><c> the</c><00:43:47.199><c> opposite</c><00:43:47.579><c> of</c><00:43:47.739><c> the</c><00:43:47.800><c> way</c><00:43:47.980><c> our</c><00:43:48.239><c> lives</c><00:43:48.500><c> are</c>

00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:50.019
supposed<00:43:49.059><c> to</c><00:43:49.260><c> be.</c>

00:43:50.099 --> 00:43:52.500
In<00:43:50.199><c> the</c><00:43:50.360><c> Sermon</c><00:43:50.599><c> on</c><00:43:50.760><c> the</c><00:43:50.860><c> Mount,</c><00:43:51.139><c> the</c><00:43:51.239><c> Lord</c><00:43:51.480><c> says,</c>

00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:54.599
Ye<00:43:52.619><c> are</c><00:43:52.960><c> the</c><00:43:53.199><c> light</c><00:43:53.380><c> of</c><00:43:53.559><c> the</c><00:43:53.760><c> world.</c>

00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:59.099
A<00:43:55.059><c> city</c><00:43:55.480><c> that</c><00:43:55.980><c> is</c><00:43:56.239><c> set</c><00:43:56.380><c> on</c><00:43:56.659><c> a</c><00:43:56.800><c> hill</c><00:43:57.260><c> cannot</c><00:43:57.840><c> be</c><00:43:58.739><c> hid.</c>

00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:03.460
This<00:44:00.019><c> verse</c><00:44:00.480><c> teaches</c><00:44:01.179><c> that</c><00:44:01.860><c> people</c><00:44:02.400><c> are</c><00:44:02.800><c> supposed</c><00:44:03.119><c> to</c><00:44:03.320><c> see</c>

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:05.179
something<00:44:04.099><c> godly</c>

00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:11.300
and<00:44:05.559><c> something</c><00:44:06.059><c> different</c><00:44:07.139><c> in</c><00:44:07.840><c> us</c><00:44:08.679><c> when</c><00:44:09.480><c> they</c><00:44:09.860><c> interact</c><00:44:10.460><c> with</c><00:44:10.780><c> us.</c>

00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:16.199
We<00:44:11.760><c> are</c><00:44:12.019><c> supposed</c><00:44:12.420><c> to</c><00:44:12.659><c> be</c><00:44:13.199><c> showing</c><00:44:13.579><c> them</c><00:44:14.579><c> the</c><00:44:15.099><c> truth</c><00:44:15.440><c> in</c><00:44:15.659><c> our</c><00:44:15.860><c> actions.</c>

00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:18.019
That's<00:44:16.519><c> how</c><00:44:16.739><c> we're</c><00:44:17.000><c> ambassadors</c><00:44:17.500><c> for</c><00:44:17.739><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:20.820
We're<00:44:18.239><c> supposed</c><00:44:18.420><c> to</c><00:44:18.599><c> be</c><00:44:18.920><c> showing</c><00:44:19.159><c> him</c><00:44:19.800><c> the</c><00:44:20.300><c> characteristics</c>

00:44:20.820 --> 00:44:21.619
of<00:44:21.059><c> our</c><00:44:21.280><c> Lord</c>

00:44:21.619 --> 00:44:23.639
and<00:44:22.139><c> the</c><00:44:22.280><c> hope</c><00:44:22.420><c> of</c><00:44:22.599><c> the</c><00:44:22.780><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:27.400
Our<00:44:24.519><c> behavior</c><00:44:25.139><c> should</c><00:44:25.539><c> help</c><00:44:25.920><c> draw</c><00:44:26.539><c> people</c><00:44:26.920><c> to</c><00:44:27.139><c> God.</c>

00:44:27.860 --> 00:44:31.659
David's<00:44:28.500><c> behavior</c><00:44:29.000><c> helped</c><00:44:29.559><c> draw</c><00:44:30.699><c> people</c><00:44:31.159><c> to</c><00:44:31.360><c> God.</c>

00:44:31.699 --> 00:44:33.659
That's<00:44:31.980><c> what</c><00:44:32.119><c> a</c><00:44:32.340><c> virtuous</c><00:44:32.659><c> person</c><00:44:33.199><c> did.</c>

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:38.760
And<00:44:34.260><c> that</c><00:44:34.800><c> is</c><00:44:35.239><c> a</c><00:44:35.440><c> lesson</c><00:44:35.940><c> that</c><00:44:36.579><c> Joab</c><00:44:37.280><c> never</c><00:44:38.159><c> learned.</c>

00:44:38.980 --> 00:44:41.719
He<00:44:39.159><c> never</c><00:44:39.559><c> molded</c><00:44:40.119><c> his</c><00:44:40.340><c> behavior</c><00:44:40.699><c> so</c><00:44:40.900><c> that</c><00:44:41.079><c> it</c><00:44:41.320><c> drew</c><00:44:41.400><c> people</c>

00:44:41.719 --> 00:44:42.940
to<00:44:41.920><c> God.</c>

00:44:43.219 --> 00:44:44.539
Quite<00:44:43.320><c> the</c><00:44:43.699><c> opposite.</c>

00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:49.500
Our<00:44:45.599><c> reputation</c><00:44:46.380><c> is</c><00:44:47.079><c> an</c><00:44:47.400><c> indicator</c><00:44:47.800><c> of</c><00:44:48.139><c> the</c><00:44:48.420><c> quality</c><00:44:48.880><c> of</c><00:44:49.219><c> our</c>

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:50.619
work<00:44:49.760><c> before</c><00:44:50.099><c> God.</c>

00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:54.159
And<00:44:51.239><c> if</c><00:44:51.340><c> there</c><00:44:51.599><c> is</c><00:44:51.800><c> something</c><00:44:52.260><c> in</c><00:44:52.460><c> our</c><00:44:52.780><c> life</c><00:44:53.079><c> that</c><00:44:53.280><c> is</c><00:44:53.599><c> unchrist</c><00:44:54.059><c>-like,</c>

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:58.280
if<00:44:54.340><c> we</c><00:44:54.599><c> are</c><00:44:54.920><c> known</c><00:44:55.380><c> for</c><00:44:55.860><c> a</c><00:44:56.119><c> particular</c><00:44:56.900><c> unchrist</c><00:44:57.679><c>-like</c><00:44:57.840><c> behavior,</c>

00:44:58.280 --> 00:45:02.360
whether<00:44:58.599><c> it</c><00:44:58.800><c> is</c><00:44:59.179><c> anger,</c><00:45:00.340><c> whether</c><00:45:00.500><c> it</c><00:45:00.880><c> is</c><00:45:01.659><c> ambition,</c>

00:45:02.739 --> 00:45:05.340
whatever<00:45:03.179><c> it</c><00:45:03.519><c> is</c><00:45:04.139><c> that</c><00:45:04.340><c> we</c><00:45:04.519><c> are</c><00:45:04.619><c> known</c><00:45:04.920><c> for,</c>

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:09.480
we<00:45:05.860><c> really</c><00:45:06.440><c> need</c><00:45:06.820><c> to</c><00:45:07.039><c> get</c><00:45:07.239><c> rid</c><00:45:07.500><c> of</c><00:45:07.679><c> that</c><00:45:07.940><c> because</c><00:45:08.260><c> it</c><00:45:08.420><c> is</c><00:45:08.679><c> an</c><00:45:08.880><c> impediment</c>

00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:12.460
to<00:45:09.800><c> our</c><00:45:10.059><c> service</c><00:45:10.420><c> to</c><00:45:10.579><c> God,</c><00:45:11.260><c> just</c><00:45:11.480><c> like</c><00:45:11.840><c> Joab's</c><00:45:12.260><c> was.</c>

00:45:12.539 --> 00:45:15.079
People<00:45:12.900><c> encountered</c><00:45:13.360><c> him,</c><00:45:13.840><c> they</c><00:45:14.119><c> knew</c><00:45:14.260><c> what</c><00:45:14.420><c> he</c><00:45:14.539><c> was</c><00:45:14.820><c> like,</c>

00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:18.480
and<00:45:15.440><c> he</c><00:45:15.619><c> did</c><00:45:15.860><c> not</c><00:45:16.139><c> help</c><00:45:16.440><c> them</c><00:45:16.920><c> to</c><00:45:17.119><c> be</c><00:45:17.239><c> better</c><00:45:17.500><c> people.</c>

00:45:20.059 --> 00:45:24.840
So<00:45:20.460><c> back</c><00:45:21.139><c> to</c><00:45:21.300><c> the</c><00:45:21.559><c> story,</c><00:45:22.119><c> Joab</c><00:45:22.820><c> helps</c><00:45:23.320><c> Absalom</c><00:45:23.980><c> to</c><00:45:24.480><c> get</c><00:45:24.619><c> back</c>

00:45:24.840 --> 00:45:25.400
to<00:45:24.980><c> the</c><00:45:25.139><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:45:25.400 --> 00:45:29.480
But<00:45:26.000><c> doing</c><00:45:26.239><c> that</c><00:45:26.559><c> didn't</c><00:45:26.800><c> really</c><00:45:27.300><c> do</c><00:45:27.900><c> Joab</c><00:45:28.380><c> any</c><00:45:28.800><c> good,</c><00:45:29.320><c> did</c><00:45:29.380><c> it?</c>

00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:33.739
And<00:45:29.780><c> so</c><00:45:30.260><c> Joab</c><00:45:30.559><c> very,</c><00:45:30.880><c> very</c><00:45:31.179><c> quickly</c><00:45:31.539><c> distances</c><00:45:32.619><c> himself</c><00:45:33.219><c> from</c><00:45:33.599><c> Absalom.</c>

00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:37.000
Remember<00:45:34.199><c> that</c><00:45:34.679><c> Absalom</c><00:45:35.619><c> sends</c><00:45:35.980><c> the</c><00:45:36.239><c> messages</c><00:45:36.519><c> to</c><00:45:36.760><c> Joab,</c>

00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:38.619
and<00:45:37.139><c> Joab</c><00:45:37.280><c> just</c><00:45:37.519><c> ignores</c><00:45:37.820><c> them.</c>

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:42.360
And<00:45:39.159><c> when</c><00:45:39.400><c> Absalom</c><00:45:39.800><c> rose</c><00:45:40.159><c> up</c><00:45:40.400><c> in</c><00:45:40.559><c> revolt,</c><00:45:41.260><c> Joab</c><00:45:41.679><c> didn't</c><00:45:42.039><c> side</c>

00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:42.659
with<00:45:42.579><c> him.</c>

00:45:42.699 --> 00:45:46.539
Of<00:45:42.880><c> course</c><00:45:43.059><c> Joab</c><00:45:43.360><c> was</c><00:45:43.559><c> actually</c><00:45:43.860><c> the</c><00:45:43.940><c> person</c><00:45:44.340><c> who</c><00:45:45.199><c> was</c><00:45:45.579><c> responsible</c><00:45:46.179><c> for</c>

00:45:46.539 --> 00:45:48.059
Absalom's<00:45:47.159><c> death.</c>

00:45:48.840 --> 00:45:53.559
Now<00:45:48.980><c> some</c><00:45:49.099><c> people</c><00:45:49.300><c> have</c><00:45:49.539><c> seen</c><00:45:49.780><c> merit</c><00:45:50.239><c> in</c><00:45:51.099><c> Joab's</c><00:45:52.019><c> decision</c><00:45:52.539><c> to</c>

00:45:53.559 --> 00:45:55.099
end<00:45:54.119><c> Absalom's</c><00:45:54.900><c> life</c>

00:45:55.099 --> 00:45:57.579
when<00:45:55.440><c> Absalom</c><00:45:55.679><c> was</c><00:45:55.940><c> hanging</c><00:45:56.219><c> from</c><00:45:56.420><c> that</c><00:45:56.719><c> tree.</c>

00:45:57.639 --> 00:46:02.219
They<00:45:57.820><c> said,</c><00:45:58.179><c> well,</c><00:45:59.519><c> what</c><00:45:59.639><c> he</c><00:45:59.880><c> did</c><00:46:00.460><c> put</c><00:46:01.059><c> an</c><00:46:01.360><c> end</c><00:46:01.539><c> to</c><00:46:01.699><c> the</c><00:46:01.940><c> civil</c>

00:46:02.219 --> 00:46:04.619
war<00:46:02.699><c> that</c><00:46:02.980><c> had</c><00:46:03.159><c> engulfed</c><00:46:03.619><c> the</c><00:46:03.739><c> nation.</c>

00:46:05.380 --> 00:46:08.019
What<00:46:05.599><c> Joab</c><00:46:05.820><c> did</c><00:46:06.179><c> certainly</c><00:46:06.460><c> put</c><00:46:06.659><c> an</c><00:46:06.780><c> end</c><00:46:06.900><c> to</c><00:46:07.099><c> Absalom,</c>

00:46:08.500 --> 00:46:11.360
but<00:46:08.760><c> it</c><00:46:08.880><c> didn't</c><00:46:09.280><c> put</c><00:46:09.500><c> a</c><00:46:09.699><c> stop</c><00:46:09.900><c> to</c><00:46:10.119><c> civil</c><00:46:10.420><c> war,</c><00:46:10.780><c> did</c><00:46:10.780><c> it?</c>

00:46:11.780 --> 00:46:15.019
In<00:46:12.019><c> fact,</c><00:46:12.239><c> as</c><00:46:12.460><c> soon</c><00:46:12.639><c> as</c><00:46:13.099><c> David</c><00:46:13.420><c> was</c><00:46:13.900><c> returned,</c>

00:46:15.840 --> 00:46:19.920
a<00:46:16.000><c> Benjamite</c><00:46:16.400><c> named</c><00:46:16.639><c> Sheba</c><00:46:17.320><c> rose</c><00:46:17.699><c> up</c><00:46:17.940><c> in</c><00:46:18.119><c> revolt</c><00:46:18.619><c> once</c><00:46:19.659><c> David</c>

00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:21.159
was<00:46:20.199><c> back.</c>

00:46:21.440 --> 00:46:26.639
So<00:46:22.000><c> Joab's</c><00:46:22.559><c> decision</c><00:46:23.000><c> to</c><00:46:23.280><c> kill</c><00:46:23.559><c> Absalom</c><00:46:24.380><c> did</c><00:46:24.940><c> not</c><00:46:25.440><c> help</c><00:46:25.960><c> to</c>

00:46:26.639 --> 00:46:29.860
unify<00:46:27.400><c> the</c><00:46:27.739><c> Kingdom</c><00:46:28.179><c> under</c><00:46:28.739><c> David.</c>

00:46:30.360 --> 00:46:31.579
Think<00:46:30.539><c> about</c><00:46:30.880><c> the</c><00:46:31.139><c> context.</c>

00:46:31.800 --> 00:46:34.320
At<00:46:32.000><c> the</c><00:46:32.260><c> time</c><00:46:32.519><c> of</c><00:46:32.699><c> the</c><00:46:32.880><c> battle</c><00:46:33.179><c> against</c><00:46:33.539><c> Absalom,</c>

00:46:34.519 --> 00:46:37.860
many<00:46:34.860><c> people</c><00:46:35.300><c> in</c><00:46:35.519><c> Israel</c><00:46:36.059><c> have</c><00:46:36.599><c> revolted</c><00:46:37.119><c> from</c><00:46:37.320><c> the</c><00:46:37.539><c> king</c><00:46:37.719><c> and</c>

00:46:37.860 --> 00:46:39.900
are<00:46:38.059><c> no</c><00:46:38.239><c> longer</c><00:46:38.539><c> under</c><00:46:39.079><c> his</c><00:46:39.360><c> leadership.</c>

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:43.239
In<00:46:40.539><c> fact,</c><00:46:40.760><c> all</c><00:46:41.039><c> that</c><00:46:41.179><c> remains</c><00:46:41.559><c> to</c><00:46:41.840><c> David</c><00:46:42.059><c> are</c><00:46:42.380><c> a</c><00:46:42.579><c> core</c><00:46:42.800><c> group</c>

00:46:43.239 --> 00:46:44.480
of<00:46:43.519><c> dedicated</c><00:46:43.920><c> followers.</c>

00:46:44.860 --> 00:46:46.900
And<00:46:45.039><c> so</c><00:46:45.159><c> what</c><00:46:45.280><c> does</c><00:46:45.420><c> he</c><00:46:45.659><c> tell</c><00:46:45.820><c> the</c><00:46:46.039><c> leaders</c><00:46:46.340><c> of</c><00:46:46.460><c> those</c><00:46:46.659><c> people</c>

00:46:46.900 --> 00:46:47.659
in<00:46:47.079><c> front</c><00:46:47.199><c> of</c><00:46:47.460><c> everyone?</c>

00:46:47.659 --> 00:46:50.539
He<00:46:47.780><c> says,</c><00:46:48.380><c> well,</c><00:46:48.440><c> I</c><00:46:48.699><c> really</c><00:46:49.000><c> have</c><00:46:49.199><c> one</c><00:46:49.500><c> thing</c><00:46:49.719><c> that</c><00:46:49.860><c> he</c><00:46:50.000><c> wants,</c>

00:46:50.960 --> 00:46:54.639
and<00:46:51.079><c> that</c><00:46:51.179><c> is</c><00:46:51.320><c> he</c><00:46:51.539><c> wants</c><00:46:52.000><c> to</c><00:46:52.480><c> have</c><00:46:53.360><c> mercy</c><00:46:53.840><c> shown</c><00:46:54.199><c> to</c><00:46:54.480><c> Absalom.</c>

00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:57.400
This<00:46:54.900><c> is</c><00:46:55.159><c> what</c><00:46:55.300><c> his</c><00:46:55.659><c> wish</c><00:46:55.840><c> is</c><00:46:56.079><c> to</c><00:46:56.199><c> the</c><00:46:56.480><c> small</c><00:46:56.880><c> group</c><00:46:57.079><c> of</c><00:46:57.239><c> people</c>

00:46:57.400 --> 00:46:58.260
who<00:46:57.639><c> remain</c><00:46:57.820><c> loyal.</c>

00:46:58.719 --> 00:47:00.659
And<00:46:58.940><c> then</c><00:46:59.119><c> what</c><00:46:59.199><c> does</c><00:46:59.480><c> Joab</c><00:46:59.860><c> do?</c>

00:47:00.679 --> 00:47:05.760
He<00:47:01.139><c> openly</c><00:47:02.000><c> defies</c><00:47:03.059><c> the</c><00:47:03.500><c> king</c><00:47:04.079><c> and</c><00:47:04.800><c> kills</c><00:47:05.260><c> his</c><00:47:05.599><c> son,</c>

00:47:05.760 --> 00:47:08.139
the<00:47:06.000><c> one</c><00:47:06.260><c> thing</c><00:47:06.380><c> that</c><00:47:06.539><c> really</c><00:47:06.800><c> mattered</c><00:47:07.079><c> to</c><00:47:07.380><c> David.</c>

00:47:08.579 --> 00:47:10.360
So<00:47:08.820><c> what</c><00:47:08.960><c> are</c><00:47:09.039><c> the</c><00:47:09.199><c> people</c><00:47:09.420><c> thinking?</c>

00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:12.659
Does<00:47:11.239><c> anybody</c><00:47:11.699><c> follow</c><00:47:12.019><c> David</c><00:47:12.320><c> anymore?</c>

00:47:12.739 --> 00:47:14.679
I<00:47:12.900><c> mean,</c><00:47:12.960><c> the</c><00:47:13.059><c> rest</c><00:47:13.239><c> of</c><00:47:13.380><c> the</c><00:47:13.559><c> nations</c><00:47:13.699><c> are</c><00:47:13.920><c> in</c><00:47:14.099><c> revolt.</c>

00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:17.719
We're<00:47:15.400><c> the</c><00:47:15.619><c> followers</c><00:47:16.079><c> of</c><00:47:16.300><c> him,</c><00:47:16.400><c> and</c><00:47:16.559><c> then</c><00:47:16.719><c> one</c><00:47:16.840><c> of</c><00:47:16.920><c> his</c><00:47:17.119><c> leaders</c><00:47:17.500><c> won't</c>

00:47:17.719 --> 00:47:19.260
even<00:47:17.960><c> listen</c><00:47:18.239><c> to</c><00:47:18.480><c> him.</c>

00:47:21.980 --> 00:47:24.900
Joab's<00:47:22.280><c> decision</c><00:47:22.619><c> to</c><00:47:22.820><c> kill</c><00:47:23.000><c> Absalom</c><00:47:23.360><c> did</c><00:47:23.519><c> absolutely</c><00:47:23.800><c> nothing</c><00:47:24.280><c> to</c>

00:47:24.900 --> 00:47:27.579
help<00:47:25.400><c> strengthen</c><00:47:26.300><c> David's</c><00:47:26.800><c> reign.</c>

00:47:28.199 --> 00:47:30.760
Now,<00:47:28.519><c> afterward,</c><00:47:28.800><c> David</c><00:47:29.199><c> dissolved</c><00:47:29.719><c> completely</c><00:47:30.260><c> in</c><00:47:30.440><c> the</c><00:47:30.579><c> morning,</c>

00:47:30.820 --> 00:47:33.199
and<00:47:30.960><c> that's</c><00:47:31.119><c> when</c><00:47:31.280><c> Joab</c><00:47:31.719><c> goes</c><00:47:31.960><c> to</c><00:47:32.039><c> the</c><00:47:32.280><c> foreman</c><00:47:32.539><c> and</c><00:47:32.860><c> rebukes</c>

00:47:33.199 --> 00:47:33.699
him<00:47:33.340><c> and</c><00:47:33.500><c> says,</c>

00:47:33.900 --> 00:47:35.440
look,<00:47:33.900><c> you've</c><00:47:34.260><c> shamed</c><00:47:34.420><c> your</c><00:47:34.679><c> men.</c>

00:47:36.320 --> 00:47:42.219
What<00:47:36.579><c> Joab</c><00:47:36.940><c> said</c><00:47:37.280><c> there</c><00:47:37.800><c> seems</c><00:47:38.119><c> to</c><00:47:38.400><c> have</c><00:47:38.579><c> some</c><00:47:38.860><c> both</c><00:47:39.139><c> practical</c><00:47:39.659><c> and</c><00:47:40.199><c> spiritual</c><00:47:41.099><c> wisdom</c><00:47:41.539><c> to</c><00:47:41.920><c> it.</c>

00:47:42.219 --> 00:47:46.619
It's<00:47:43.260><c> okay</c><00:47:43.500><c> when</c><00:47:43.719><c> we</c><00:47:43.880><c> mourn,</c><00:47:44.739><c> but</c><00:47:44.860><c> God</c><00:47:45.239><c> is</c><00:47:45.420><c> not</c><00:47:45.739><c> glorified</c><00:47:46.239><c> when</c><00:47:46.420><c> we</c>

00:47:46.619 --> 00:47:50.219
forsake<00:47:47.159><c> everything</c><00:47:48.000><c> to</c><00:47:48.659><c> weep</c><00:47:48.960><c> before</c><00:47:49.300><c> him.</c>

00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:53.239
God<00:47:50.860><c> wants</c><00:47:51.139><c> us</c><00:47:51.400><c> to</c><00:47:51.559><c> bring</c><00:47:51.679><c> our</c><00:47:51.980><c> sorrows</c><00:47:52.219><c> to</c><00:47:52.400><c> him.</c>

00:47:53.619 --> 00:47:58.079
He<00:47:53.820><c> also</c><00:47:54.139><c> wants</c><00:47:54.440><c> us</c><00:47:54.880><c> to</c><00:47:55.119><c> trust</c><00:47:55.599><c> in</c><00:47:55.860><c> him</c><00:47:56.079><c> enough</c><00:47:56.579><c> to</c><00:47:57.059><c> care</c><00:47:57.340><c> for</c><00:47:57.579><c> us</c>

00:47:58.079 --> 00:48:01.440
that<00:47:58.420><c> we're</c><00:47:58.559><c> able</c><00:47:58.760><c> to</c><00:47:58.980><c> continue</c><00:47:59.619><c> our</c><00:48:00.219><c> work</c><00:48:00.400><c> in</c><00:48:00.539><c> his</c><00:48:00.780><c> service</c>

00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:03.800
because<00:48:02.039><c> we</c><00:48:02.320><c> believe</c><00:48:02.559><c> in</c><00:48:02.760><c> him.</c>

00:48:04.719 --> 00:48:08.960
Well,<00:48:04.920><c> David</c><00:48:05.360><c> removes</c><00:48:06.079><c> Joab</c><00:48:06.760><c> from</c><00:48:07.500><c> his</c><00:48:07.880><c> post</c><00:48:08.159><c> as</c><00:48:08.460><c> chief</c><00:48:08.739><c> and</c>

00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:11.019
captain<00:48:09.179><c> of</c><00:48:09.360><c> the</c><00:48:09.539><c> army</c><00:48:09.780><c> after</c><00:48:10.139><c> Absalom</c><00:48:10.539><c> died.</c>

00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:14.219
That<00:48:11.719><c> must</c><00:48:11.900><c> have</c><00:48:12.019><c> been</c><00:48:12.159><c> an</c><00:48:12.380><c> absolutely</c><00:48:12.739><c> devastating</c><00:48:13.300><c> demotion</c><00:48:13.820><c> to</c><00:48:14.139><c> Joab.</c>

00:48:14.280 --> 00:48:17.019
When<00:48:14.400><c> you</c><00:48:14.519><c> consider</c><00:48:14.880><c> Joab's</c><00:48:15.480><c> life,</c><00:48:16.079><c> you</c><00:48:16.239><c> really</c><00:48:16.559><c> see</c><00:48:16.719><c> that</c><00:48:16.900><c> he</c>

00:48:17.019 --> 00:48:18.900
was<00:48:17.179><c> really</c><00:48:17.480><c> all</c><00:48:17.679><c> about</c><00:48:17.900><c> the</c><00:48:18.159><c> army.</c>

00:48:19.139 --> 00:48:23.300
He<00:48:19.280><c> was</c><00:48:19.480><c> so</c><00:48:19.719><c> involved</c><00:48:20.159><c> that</c><00:48:20.360><c> Joab</c><00:48:20.739><c> was</c><00:48:20.960><c> involved</c><00:48:21.260><c> in</c><00:48:21.500><c> everything</c><00:48:21.780><c> from</c><00:48:22.179><c> generaling</c><00:48:22.699><c> the</c><00:48:22.900><c> troops</c>

00:48:23.300 --> 00:48:28.539
to<00:48:23.900><c> personally</c><00:48:24.360><c> fighting</c><00:48:25.000><c> to</c><00:48:25.619><c> selecting</c><00:48:25.980><c> the</c><00:48:26.320><c> messengers</c><00:48:26.719><c> who</c><00:48:26.880><c> would</c><00:48:27.099><c> deliver</c><00:48:27.619><c> the</c><00:48:28.119><c> news</c><00:48:28.340><c> of</c>

00:48:28.539 --> 00:48:30.019
the<00:48:28.639><c> battle</c><00:48:28.860><c> to</c><00:48:29.059><c> the</c><00:48:29.199><c> king.</c>

00:48:30.219 --> 00:48:34.719
And<00:48:30.460><c> so</c><00:48:30.579><c> when</c><00:48:30.800><c> he</c><00:48:31.179><c> was</c><00:48:31.480><c> demoted,</c><00:48:31.880><c> it</c><00:48:32.139><c> must</c><00:48:32.440><c> have</c><00:48:32.619><c> been</c><00:48:32.880><c> absolutely</c><00:48:33.480><c> crushing</c><00:48:33.900><c> to</c><00:48:34.159><c> him,</c>

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:36.519
because<00:48:35.039><c> Joab's</c><00:48:35.480><c> life</c><00:48:35.579><c> really</c><00:48:35.880><c> was</c><00:48:36.019><c> the</c><00:48:36.280><c> army.</c>

00:48:36.519 --> 00:48:40.460
Now,<00:48:37.480><c> some</c><00:48:37.619><c> people</c><00:48:37.840><c> have</c><00:48:38.099><c> wondered</c><00:48:38.360><c> why</c><00:48:39.300><c> David</c><00:48:39.820><c> didn't</c><00:48:40.079><c> just</c>

00:48:40.460 --> 00:48:43.539
kill<00:48:41.460><c> Joab</c><00:48:41.900><c> for</c><00:48:42.119><c> having</c><00:48:42.559><c> disobeyed</c><00:48:43.219><c> him.</c>

00:48:43.920 --> 00:48:48.000
I<00:48:44.039><c> think</c><00:48:44.199><c> the</c><00:48:44.440><c> answer</c><00:48:44.699><c> is</c><00:48:44.860><c> found,</c><00:48:45.380><c> and</c><00:48:45.519><c> the</c><00:48:45.719><c> mercy</c><00:48:45.920><c> that</c><00:48:46.079><c> he</c><00:48:46.320><c> showed</c><00:48:46.579><c> to</c><00:48:47.420><c> Shimei,</c>

00:48:48.159 --> 00:48:50.719
the<00:48:48.260><c> man</c><00:48:48.579><c> who</c><00:48:48.800><c> had</c><00:48:48.940><c> the</c><00:48:49.159><c> benjamite</c><00:48:49.579><c> who</c><00:48:49.860><c> had</c><00:48:49.940><c> cursed</c><00:48:50.159><c> him</c><00:48:50.420><c> so</c>

00:48:50.719 --> 00:48:53.300
viciously<00:48:51.139><c> when</c><00:48:51.380><c> David</c><00:48:51.559><c> was</c><00:48:51.860><c> fleeing</c><00:48:52.019><c> from</c><00:48:52.300><c> Absalom.</c>

00:48:53.380 --> 00:48:56.139
David<00:48:53.639><c> went</c><00:48:53.840><c> into</c><00:48:54.079><c> the</c><00:48:54.380><c> bloodshed.</c><00:48:55.440><c> He</c><00:48:55.480><c> didn't</c><00:48:55.639><c> want</c><00:48:55.800><c> anyone</c>

00:48:56.139 --> 00:48:56.840
else<00:48:56.440><c> to</c><00:48:56.659><c> die,</c>

00:48:56.840 --> 00:49:00.659
and<00:48:57.000><c> I</c><00:48:57.000><c> think</c><00:48:57.139><c> that's</c><00:48:57.320><c> why</c><00:48:57.579><c> he</c><00:48:57.920><c> showed</c><00:48:58.099><c> mercy</c><00:48:58.460><c> to</c><00:48:59.239><c> Joab</c><00:48:59.619><c> that</c><00:48:59.840><c> day.</c>

00:49:01.320 --> 00:49:03.420
But<00:49:01.579><c> Joab's</c><00:49:02.099><c> been</c><00:49:02.340><c> removed</c><00:49:02.639><c> from</c><00:49:02.800><c> his</c><00:49:03.039><c> position.</c>

00:49:03.420 --> 00:49:06.380
Well,<00:49:04.360><c> it</c><00:49:04.460><c> didn't</c><00:49:04.699><c> stay</c><00:49:04.940><c> that</c><00:49:05.199><c> way</c><00:49:05.360><c> for</c><00:49:05.639><c> long,</c><00:49:06.139><c> did</c><00:49:06.219><c> it?</c>

00:49:06.599 --> 00:49:10.159
There's<00:49:06.860><c> this</c><00:49:07.099><c> other</c><00:49:07.320><c> rebellion</c><00:49:07.980><c> being</c><00:49:08.739><c> led</c><00:49:09.000><c> by</c><00:49:09.360><c> Sheba.</c>

00:49:10.340 --> 00:49:14.239
David<00:49:10.619><c> puts</c><00:49:10.920><c> Amasa,</c><00:49:11.940><c> who</c><00:49:12.019><c> had</c><00:49:12.099><c> been</c><00:49:12.340><c> Absalom's</c><00:49:12.920><c> general,</c><00:49:13.920><c> in</c>

00:49:14.239 --> 00:49:16.940
charge<00:49:14.760><c> of</c><00:49:15.360><c> suppressing</c><00:49:15.820><c> that.</c>

00:49:16.960 --> 00:49:20.440
And<00:49:17.340><c> not</c><00:49:17.880><c> surprisingly,</c><00:49:18.719><c> given</c><00:49:18.780><c> the</c><00:49:19.039><c> fact</c><00:49:19.219><c> that</c><00:49:19.559><c> Amasa</c><00:49:19.980><c> was</c><00:49:20.219><c> a</c>

00:49:20.440 --> 00:49:24.579
defeated<00:49:20.780><c> general,</c><00:49:22.559><c> he</c><00:49:22.780><c> was</c><00:49:23.079><c> slow</c><00:49:23.179><c> to</c><00:49:23.420><c> take</c><00:49:23.599><c> action.</c>

00:49:24.719 --> 00:49:28.480
And<00:49:24.940><c> so</c><00:49:25.119><c> what</c><00:49:25.340><c> David</c><00:49:25.699><c> does</c><00:49:26.119><c> is</c><00:49:26.360><c> he</c><00:49:26.820><c> asks</c><00:49:27.199><c> Abishiai</c><00:49:27.880><c> to</c><00:49:28.079><c> lead</c><00:49:28.199><c> a</c>

00:49:28.480 --> 00:49:32.119
force<00:49:28.960><c> to</c><00:49:29.880><c> defeat</c><00:49:30.599><c> Sheba.</c>

00:49:32.119 --> 00:49:35.880
Abishiai<00:49:33.340><c> takes</c><00:49:33.619><c> Joab</c><00:49:34.139><c> and</c><00:49:34.280><c> Joab's</c><00:49:34.780><c> portion</c><00:49:34.960><c> of</c><00:49:35.159><c> the</c><00:49:35.239><c> army</c>

00:49:35.880 --> 00:49:38.699
and<00:49:36.239><c> pursues</c><00:49:36.659><c> after</c><00:49:37.000><c> Sheba</c><00:49:37.320><c> and</c><00:49:37.440><c> his</c><00:49:37.619><c> forces.</c>

00:49:39.139 --> 00:49:43.800
On<00:49:39.340><c> the</c><00:49:39.440><c> way</c><00:49:39.539><c> up</c><00:49:39.780><c> there,</c><00:49:41.039><c> they</c><00:49:41.260><c> encounter</c><00:49:41.719><c> Amasa,</c><00:49:42.960><c> and</c><00:49:43.179><c> Joab</c>

00:49:43.800 --> 00:49:45.119
kills<00:49:44.260><c> him.</c>

00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:48.059
Let's<00:49:45.500><c> go</c><00:49:45.659><c> over</c><00:49:45.760><c> to</c><00:49:45.960><c> 2</c><00:49:46.139><c> Samuel</c><00:49:46.519><c> chapter</c><00:49:47.019><c> 20.</c>

00:49:48.380 --> 00:49:52.320
There's<00:49:48.599><c> a</c><00:49:48.719><c> lot</c><00:49:48.960><c> of</c><00:49:49.280><c> text</c><00:49:49.739><c> here</c><00:49:50.139><c> that</c><00:49:50.420><c> describes</c><00:49:51.159><c> the</c><00:49:51.960><c> death</c>

00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:53.840
of<00:49:52.780><c> Amasa.</c>

00:49:54.659 --> 00:49:57.940
The<00:49:54.900><c> details</c><00:49:55.239><c> run</c><00:49:55.480><c> from</c><00:49:55.840><c> verse</c><00:49:56.119><c> 8</c><00:49:56.380><c> to</c><00:49:56.539><c> verse</c><00:49:56.800><c> 13.</c>

00:49:57.980 --> 00:50:00.360
I'm<00:49:58.460><c> just</c><00:49:58.579><c> going</c><00:49:58.699><c> to</c><00:49:58.719><c> read</c><00:49:58.920><c> verse</c><00:49:59.179><c> 12,</c><00:49:59.739><c> because</c><00:49:59.860><c> it</c><00:50:00.079><c> really,</c><00:50:00.239><c> I</c>

00:50:00.360 --> 00:50:02.739
believe,<00:50:00.920><c> shows</c><00:50:01.019><c> the</c><00:50:01.360><c> cold</c><00:50:01.559><c>-heartedness</c><00:50:02.139><c> of</c><00:50:02.460><c> Joab,</c>

00:50:02.800 --> 00:50:04.539
just<00:50:03.000><c> how</c><00:50:03.260><c> brutal</c><00:50:03.539><c> this</c><00:50:03.760><c> action</c><00:50:04.059><c> was.</c>

00:50:04.820 --> 00:50:06.139
Look<00:50:04.980><c> what</c><00:50:05.000><c> it</c><00:50:05.199><c> says.</c>

00:50:06.159 --> 00:50:09.340
And<00:50:06.159><c> Amasa</c><00:50:06.579><c> wallowed</c><00:50:07.159><c> in</c><00:50:07.420><c> blood</c><00:50:07.599><c> in</c><00:50:07.780><c> the</c><00:50:07.900><c> midst</c><00:50:08.059><c> of</c><00:50:08.219><c> the</c><00:50:08.380><c> highway.</c>

00:50:09.500 --> 00:50:12.019
And<00:50:09.599><c> when</c><00:50:09.739><c> the</c><00:50:09.900><c> men</c><00:50:10.099><c> saw</c><00:50:10.440><c> that</c><00:50:10.619><c> all</c><00:50:10.800><c> the</c><00:50:10.940><c> people</c><00:50:11.219><c> stood</c><00:50:11.579><c> still,</c>

00:50:12.280 --> 00:50:15.000
he<00:50:12.500><c> removed</c><00:50:12.820><c> Amasa</c><00:50:13.300><c> out</c><00:50:13.519><c> of</c><00:50:13.599><c> the</c><00:50:13.800><c> highway</c><00:50:14.159><c> into</c><00:50:14.360><c> the</c><00:50:14.639><c> field</c>

00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:18.260
and<00:50:15.500><c> cast</c><00:50:15.820><c> a</c><00:50:16.079><c> cloth</c><00:50:16.320><c> upon</c><00:50:16.639><c> him,</c><00:50:17.440><c> when</c><00:50:17.480><c> he</c><00:50:17.619><c> saw</c><00:50:17.719><c> that</c><00:50:17.960><c> everyone</c>

00:50:18.260 --> 00:50:21.159
that<00:50:18.460><c> came</c><00:50:18.659><c> by</c><00:50:19.019><c> him</c><00:50:19.699><c> stood</c><00:50:20.059><c> still.</c>

00:50:21.699 --> 00:50:25.800
So<00:50:22.300><c> Joab</c><00:50:22.579><c> and</c><00:50:22.719><c> his</c><00:50:22.880><c> army</c><00:50:23.159><c> then</c><00:50:23.519><c> reach</c><00:50:23.880><c> the</c><00:50:24.019><c> city</c><00:50:24.440><c> of</c><00:50:24.980><c> Abel,</c><00:50:25.519><c> which</c><00:50:25.619><c> is</c>

00:50:25.800 --> 00:50:28.400
where<00:50:26.019><c> Sheba</c><00:50:26.440><c> and</c><00:50:26.599><c> his</c><00:50:26.760><c> followers</c><00:50:27.199><c> have</c><00:50:27.500><c> gone.</c>

00:50:29.239 --> 00:50:33.400
And<00:50:29.239><c> again,</c><00:50:29.940><c> the</c><00:50:30.139><c> account</c><00:50:30.599><c> that</c><00:50:30.980><c> describes</c><00:50:31.579><c> this</c><00:50:32.179><c> episode</c><00:50:32.579><c> is</c>

00:50:33.400 --> 00:50:34.039
quite<00:50:33.739><c> long,</c>

00:50:34.340 --> 00:50:37.360
and<00:50:34.460><c> really</c><00:50:34.719><c> it</c><00:50:34.960><c> centers</c><00:50:35.099><c> on</c><00:50:35.400><c> the</c><00:50:35.599><c> exchange</c><00:50:35.920><c> between</c><00:50:36.599><c> Joab</c><00:50:37.019><c> and</c><00:50:37.199><c> a</c>

00:50:37.360 --> 00:50:38.480
wise<00:50:37.599><c> woman</c><00:50:37.820><c> of</c><00:50:38.039><c> the</c><00:50:38.219><c> city.</c>

00:50:38.940 --> 00:50:43.119
And<00:50:39.360><c> she's</c><00:50:39.760><c> really</c><00:50:40.199><c> surprised</c><00:50:41.000><c> that</c><00:50:41.500><c> Joab</c><00:50:42.019><c> hasn't</c><00:50:42.579><c> followed</c>

00:50:43.119 --> 00:50:44.820
the<00:50:43.539><c> commands</c><00:50:43.820><c> of</c><00:50:43.980><c> the</c><00:50:44.079><c> law</c><00:50:44.280><c> of</c><00:50:44.519><c> Moses</c>

00:50:44.820 --> 00:50:49.059
and<00:50:45.480><c> sought</c><00:50:45.860><c> peace</c><00:50:46.460><c> with</c><00:50:46.739><c> the</c><00:50:46.940><c> city</c><00:50:47.559><c> before</c><00:50:48.340><c> beginning</c><00:50:48.820><c> the</c>

00:50:49.059 --> 00:50:49.619
war<00:50:49.239><c> against</c><00:50:49.539><c> it.</c>

00:50:49.619 --> 00:50:52.460
This<00:50:49.820><c> is</c><00:50:49.860><c> what</c><00:50:50.079><c> she</c><00:50:50.280><c> says</c><00:50:50.519><c> in</c><00:50:50.659><c> verse</c><00:50:50.880><c> 18,</c><00:50:51.579><c> from</c><00:50:51.760><c> the</c><00:50:52.000><c> margin</c><00:50:52.300><c> of</c>

00:50:52.460 --> 00:50:54.039
the<00:50:52.599><c> King</c><00:50:52.760><c> James</c><00:50:53.039><c> Version.</c>

00:50:54.719 --> 00:50:57.599
Then<00:50:54.880><c> she</c><00:50:55.099><c> spake</c><00:50:55.380><c> saying,</c><00:50:56.380><c> they</c><00:50:56.559><c> plainly</c><00:50:57.079><c> spake</c><00:50:57.260><c> in</c><00:50:57.420><c> the</c>

00:50:57.599 --> 00:50:58.300
beginning<00:50:57.880><c> saying,</c>

00:50:58.579 --> 00:51:01.360
surely<00:50:58.880><c> they</c><00:50:59.039><c> will</c><00:50:59.239><c> ask</c><00:50:59.500><c> of</c><00:50:59.699><c> Abel</c><00:50:59.900><c> and</c><00:51:00.079><c> so</c><00:51:00.239><c> make</c><00:51:00.440><c> an</c><00:51:00.639><c> end.</c>

00:51:01.480 --> 00:51:04.039
She<00:51:01.880><c> thought</c><00:51:02.199><c> he</c><00:51:02.500><c> was</c><00:51:02.679><c> going</c><00:51:02.800><c> to</c><00:51:03.000><c> follow</c><00:51:03.199><c> the</c><00:51:03.539><c> principles</c><00:51:03.840><c> of</c>

00:51:04.039 --> 00:51:07.539
the<00:51:04.199><c> law</c><00:51:04.579><c> and</c><00:51:05.079><c> inquire</c><00:51:05.880><c> for</c><00:51:06.280><c> peace</c><00:51:06.659><c> of</c><00:51:06.980><c> the</c><00:51:07.219><c> city,</c>

00:51:07.940 --> 00:51:09.880
and<00:51:08.219><c> then</c><00:51:08.300><c> it</c><00:51:08.400><c> would</c><00:51:08.579><c> be</c><00:51:08.780><c> done.</c><00:51:09.039><c> People</c><00:51:09.340><c> of</c><00:51:09.460><c> the</c><00:51:09.559><c> city</c><00:51:09.679><c> would</c>

00:51:09.880 --> 00:51:10.440
readily<00:51:10.179><c> agree.</c>

00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:13.079
And<00:51:10.619><c> said</c><00:51:10.780><c> Joab</c><00:51:10.980><c> just</c><00:51:11.260><c> shows</c><00:51:11.420><c> up</c><00:51:11.659><c> and</c><00:51:11.820><c> begins</c><00:51:12.059><c> fighting</c><00:51:12.500><c> against</c><00:51:12.739><c> the</c><00:51:12.980><c> city.</c>

00:51:13.179 --> 00:51:14.320
She<00:51:13.260><c> said,</c><00:51:13.420><c> wait</c><00:51:13.579><c> a</c><00:51:13.659><c> minute,</c><00:51:13.719><c> wait</c><00:51:13.860><c> a</c><00:51:13.960><c> minute,</c><00:51:14.059><c> this</c><00:51:14.159><c> is</c><00:51:14.260><c> not</c>

00:51:14.320 --> 00:51:15.119
what<00:51:14.360><c> you're</c><00:51:14.519><c> supposed</c><00:51:14.739><c> to</c><00:51:14.920><c> do.</c>

00:51:15.119 --> 00:51:19.400
Again,<00:51:16.420><c> it's</c><00:51:16.900><c> an</c><00:51:17.039><c> illustration</c><00:51:17.599><c> of</c><00:51:17.820><c> how</c><00:51:18.119><c> Joab</c><00:51:18.360><c> is</c><00:51:18.659><c> willing</c><00:51:18.980><c> to</c>

00:51:19.400 --> 00:51:20.780
lay<00:51:19.599><c> aside</c><00:51:20.079><c> the</c><00:51:20.320><c> principles</c>

00:51:20.780 --> 00:51:25.519
and<00:51:21.000><c> the</c><00:51:21.179><c> commands</c><00:51:21.420><c> of</c><00:51:21.599><c> the</c><00:51:21.739><c> law</c><00:51:22.219><c> whenever</c><00:51:22.940><c> it</c><00:51:23.179><c> suits</c><00:51:23.340><c> him.</c>

00:51:26.179 --> 00:51:28.099
Sheba's<00:51:26.400><c> rebellion</c><00:51:26.739><c> is</c><00:51:27.039><c> suppressed.</c>

00:51:28.599 --> 00:51:33.119
Joab<00:51:29.260><c> remains</c><00:51:29.860><c> the</c><00:51:30.440><c> chief</c><00:51:30.719><c> and</c><00:51:30.940><c> captain</c><00:51:31.260><c> of</c><00:51:31.579><c> David's</c><00:51:31.940><c> army</c><00:51:32.260><c> for</c><00:51:32.619><c> the</c><00:51:32.739><c> rest</c><00:51:32.940><c> of</c>

00:51:33.119 --> 00:51:34.119
his<00:51:33.219><c> life.</c>

00:51:34.340 --> 00:51:36.639
Of<00:51:34.500><c> course,</c><00:51:34.639><c> David's</c><00:51:35.059><c> not</c><00:51:35.300><c> pleased</c><00:51:35.619><c> with</c><00:51:35.840><c> him.</c>

00:51:37.199 --> 00:51:43.059
David<00:51:37.860><c> tells</c><00:51:38.380><c> Solomon</c><00:51:38.880><c> to</c><00:51:39.760><c> bring</c><00:51:40.260><c> Joab's</c><00:51:41.119><c> head</c><00:51:41.900><c> to</c><00:51:42.500><c> the</c><00:51:42.639><c> grave</c>

00:51:43.059 --> 00:51:44.380
with<00:51:43.679><c> violence</c>

00:51:44.380 --> 00:51:47.360
because<00:51:45.059><c> he</c><00:51:45.280><c> had</c><00:51:45.460><c> murdered</c><00:51:45.639><c> Amasa</c><00:51:46.440><c> and</c><00:51:46.800><c> because</c><00:51:47.059><c> he</c><00:51:47.260><c> had</c>

00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:48.639
murdered<00:51:47.519><c> Abner.</c>

00:51:48.840 --> 00:51:53.940
The<00:51:49.019><c> law</c><00:51:49.300><c> of</c><00:51:49.460><c> Moses</c><00:51:49.860><c> taught</c><00:51:50.320><c> that</c><00:51:50.699><c> the</c><00:51:50.960><c> shed</c><00:51:51.179><c> blood</c><00:51:51.500><c> of</c><00:51:51.719><c> innocents</c><00:51:52.280><c> polluted</c><00:51:52.699><c> the</c><00:51:52.960><c> land.</c>

00:51:54.019 --> 00:51:56.440
Solomon,<00:51:54.480><c> who</c><00:51:54.639><c> was</c><00:51:54.820><c> about</c><00:51:55.059><c> to</c><00:51:55.179><c> become</c><00:51:55.460><c> king,</c><00:51:55.880><c> knew</c><00:51:55.920><c> this</c><00:51:56.199><c> well.</c>

00:51:56.619 --> 00:52:00.980
He<00:51:56.800><c> had</c><00:51:57.099><c> witnessed</c><00:51:57.639><c> the</c><00:51:58.179><c> three</c><00:51:58.360><c> years</c><00:51:58.639><c> of</c><00:51:58.900><c> famine</c><00:51:59.139><c> that</c><00:51:59.380><c> Israel</c><00:51:59.599><c> had</c><00:51:59.780><c> experienced.</c>

00:52:01.019 --> 00:52:05.059
They<00:52:01.199><c> had</c><00:52:01.539><c> experienced</c><00:52:01.940><c> that</c><00:52:02.199><c> because</c><00:52:02.880><c> the</c><00:52:03.239><c> Gibeonites,</c><00:52:03.960><c> whose</c><00:52:04.079><c> innocent</c><00:52:04.519><c> blood</c><00:52:04.900><c> had</c>

00:52:05.059 --> 00:52:06.840
been<00:52:05.280><c> shed</c><00:52:05.460><c> by</c><00:52:05.860><c> Saul,</c>

00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:10.179
their<00:52:07.179><c> blood</c><00:52:07.500><c> polluted</c><00:52:07.840><c> the</c><00:52:08.079><c> land</c><00:52:08.300><c> and</c><00:52:08.579><c> Israel</c><00:52:09.019><c> suffered</c><00:52:09.539><c> as</c>

00:52:10.179 --> 00:52:10.900
a<00:52:10.280><c> consequence.</c>

00:52:10.900 --> 00:52:14.559
So<00:52:11.940><c> Solomon</c><00:52:12.340><c> certainly</c><00:52:12.800><c> wanted</c><00:52:13.019><c> to</c><00:52:13.300><c> avoid</c><00:52:13.619><c> a</c><00:52:13.860><c> repetition</c><00:52:14.300><c> or</c>

00:52:14.559 --> 00:52:16.280
something<00:52:14.760><c> like</c><00:52:15.000><c> that</c><00:52:15.219><c> in</c><00:52:15.360><c> his</c><00:52:15.980><c> reign.</c>

00:52:16.739 --> 00:52:23.320
So<00:52:16.880><c> he</c><00:52:17.619><c> orders</c><00:52:18.099><c> Benaiah</c><00:52:18.739><c> to</c><00:52:19.320><c> slay</c><00:52:19.800><c> Joab.</c><00:52:21.840><c> Joab</c><00:52:22.059><c> knows</c><00:52:22.239><c> what's</c><00:52:22.500><c> coming.</c>

00:52:24.019 --> 00:52:28.760
So<00:52:24.539><c> Joab</c><00:52:25.059><c> catches</c><00:52:25.480><c> hold</c><00:52:27.920><c> of</c><00:52:28.139><c> the</c><00:52:28.239><c> horns</c><00:52:28.420><c> of</c><00:52:28.579><c> the</c><00:52:28.719><c> altar.</c>

00:52:28.880 --> 00:52:31.199
He<00:52:28.960><c> retreats</c><00:52:29.340><c> the</c><00:52:29.519><c> tabernacle</c><00:52:29.880><c> and</c><00:52:30.000><c> grabs</c><00:52:30.380><c> hold</c><00:52:30.619><c> of</c><00:52:30.780><c> the</c><00:52:30.880><c> horns</c><00:52:31.039><c> of</c>

00:52:31.199 --> 00:52:32.119
the<00:52:31.320><c> altar.</c>

00:52:32.539 --> 00:52:36.659
Once<00:52:32.860><c> again,</c><00:52:33.539><c> what</c><00:52:33.719><c> you</c><00:52:34.000><c> see</c><00:52:34.159><c> here</c><00:52:34.360><c> from</c><00:52:34.599><c> Joab,</c><00:52:36.019><c> this</c><00:52:36.300><c> is</c><00:52:36.539><c> a</c>

00:52:36.659 --> 00:52:38.760
guy<00:52:36.880><c> who</c><00:52:37.079><c> knows</c><00:52:37.280><c> his</c><00:52:37.579><c> Bible</c><00:52:37.920><c> pretty</c><00:52:38.360><c> well.</c>

00:52:38.760 --> 00:52:41.340
That's<00:52:39.559><c> why</c><00:52:39.760><c> he</c><00:52:39.920><c> does</c><00:52:40.219><c> what</c><00:52:40.400><c> he</c><00:52:40.559><c> does.</c>

00:52:42.079 --> 00:52:47.599
Exodus<00:52:42.639><c> 21</c><00:52:43.199><c> says</c><00:52:44.199><c> that</c><00:52:45.039><c> in</c><00:52:45.679><c> verses</c><00:52:46.059><c> 13</c><00:52:46.460><c> and</c><00:52:46.599><c> 14,</c><00:52:47.139><c> before</c><00:52:47.400><c> there</c>

00:52:47.599 --> 00:52:49.119
were<00:52:47.739><c> cities</c><00:52:47.940><c> of</c><00:52:48.179><c> refuge,</c>

00:52:49.159 --> 00:52:52.380
what<00:52:49.320><c> could</c><00:52:49.500><c> a</c><00:52:49.719><c> murderer</c><00:52:49.980><c> do</c><00:52:50.380><c> to</c><00:52:51.099><c> seek</c><00:52:51.460><c> mercy?</c>

00:52:52.440 --> 00:52:58.559
A<00:52:52.860><c> murderer</c><00:52:53.579><c> could</c><00:52:54.179><c> grab</c><00:52:55.039><c> hold</c><00:52:55.760><c> of</c><00:52:56.500><c> the</c><00:52:56.780><c> horns</c><00:52:57.320><c> of</c><00:52:57.900><c> the</c><00:52:58.179><c> altar.</c>

00:52:59.059 --> 00:53:00.800
And<00:52:59.280><c> so</c><00:52:59.460><c> that's</c><00:52:59.780><c> what</c><00:53:00.099><c> Joab</c><00:53:00.380><c> does.</c>

00:53:01.059 --> 00:53:03.820
He<00:53:01.280><c> goes</c><00:53:01.579><c> there,</c><00:53:01.840><c> he</c><00:53:02.019><c> follows</c><00:53:02.460><c> what</c><00:53:02.699><c> he</c><00:53:02.880><c> knows</c><00:53:03.039><c> is</c><00:53:03.179><c> in</c><00:53:03.360><c> the</c><00:53:03.440><c> Bible,</c>

00:53:04.139 --> 00:53:06.420
and<00:53:04.320><c> he</c><00:53:04.380><c> goes</c><00:53:04.559><c> there</c><00:53:04.780><c> and</c><00:53:05.019><c> grabs</c><00:53:05.440><c> hold</c><00:53:05.679><c> of</c><00:53:05.800><c> them</c><00:53:05.880><c> for</c><00:53:06.099><c> mercy.</c>

00:53:06.420 --> 00:53:13.199
To<00:53:07.659><c> me,</c><00:53:08.719><c> this</c><00:53:09.000><c> is</c><00:53:09.280><c> an</c><00:53:09.639><c> incredibly</c><00:53:10.239><c> powerful</c><00:53:11.800><c> image</c><00:53:12.619><c> we</c><00:53:12.960><c> have.</c>

00:53:13.699 --> 00:53:17.159
This<00:53:13.940><c> is</c><00:53:14.219><c> a</c><00:53:14.360><c> person</c><00:53:14.920><c> who</c><00:53:15.539><c> knows</c><00:53:15.920><c> the</c><00:53:16.199><c> Bible</c>

00:53:17.420 --> 00:53:21.320
and<00:53:17.900><c> who</c><00:53:18.099><c> has</c><00:53:18.360><c> been</c><00:53:18.719><c> ordered</c><00:53:19.059><c> to</c><00:53:19.320><c> be</c><00:53:19.639><c> executed</c><00:53:20.179><c> by</c><00:53:20.559><c> the</c><00:53:20.920><c> king</c>

00:53:21.320 --> 00:53:23.400
for<00:53:21.860><c> his</c><00:53:22.219><c> unrighteousness.</c>

00:53:23.860 --> 00:53:26.440
It's<00:53:24.059><c> a</c><00:53:24.219><c> really</c><00:53:24.619><c> sobering</c><00:53:25.219><c> illustration.</c>

00:53:26.719 --> 00:53:29.179
The<00:53:26.820><c> knowledge</c><00:53:26.980><c> of</c><00:53:27.179><c> the</c><00:53:27.340><c> Bible</c><00:53:27.739><c> is</c><00:53:28.579><c> not</c><00:53:28.800><c> enough.</c>

00:53:29.179 --> 00:53:33.239
We<00:53:29.579><c> need</c><00:53:29.900><c> to</c><00:53:30.219><c> follow</c><00:53:30.639><c> what</c><00:53:31.000><c> the</c><00:53:31.159><c> Bible</c><00:53:31.480><c> says</c><00:53:32.260><c> if</c><00:53:32.659><c> we</c><00:53:32.860><c> want</c><00:53:33.000><c> to</c>

00:53:33.239 --> 00:53:36.760
be<00:53:33.900><c> pleasing</c><00:53:34.480><c> to</c><00:53:34.920><c> the</c><00:53:35.099><c> king.</c>

00:53:38.719 --> 00:53:40.699
So<00:53:38.860><c> Joab's</c><00:53:39.219><c> life</c><00:53:39.380><c> ended.</c>

00:53:41.880 --> 00:53:44.820
His<00:53:42.179><c> life</c><00:53:42.420><c> is</c><00:53:42.599><c> an</c><00:53:42.719><c> illustration</c><00:53:43.280><c> of</c><00:53:43.559><c> the</c><00:53:43.659><c> words</c><00:53:44.000><c> of</c><00:53:44.440><c> Ezekiel</c>

00:53:44.820 --> 00:53:46.840
18,<00:53:45.480><c> verse</c><00:53:45.639><c> 24.</c>

00:53:47.340 --> 00:53:51.480
All<00:53:47.460><c> his</c><00:53:47.739><c> righteousness</c><00:53:48.219><c> that</c><00:53:48.679><c> he</c><00:53:48.880><c> hath</c><00:53:49.059><c> done</c><00:53:49.619><c> shall</c><00:53:50.099><c> not</c><00:53:50.340><c> be</c><00:53:50.559><c> mentioned.</c>

00:53:51.800 --> 00:53:54.340
It<00:53:51.900><c> is</c><00:53:52.119><c> trespassed</c><00:53:52.739><c> that</c><00:53:52.860><c> he</c><00:53:52.960><c> hath</c><00:53:53.099><c> trespassed,</c><00:53:53.920><c> and</c><00:53:54.000><c> it</c><00:53:54.239><c> is</c>

00:53:54.340 --> 00:53:55.719
sin<00:53:54.420><c> that</c><00:53:54.559><c> he</c><00:53:54.760><c> hath</c><00:53:54.940><c> sinned,</c>

00:53:55.840 --> 00:53:57.000
and<00:53:56.059><c> then</c><00:53:56.219><c> shall</c><00:53:56.420><c> he</c><00:53:56.659><c> die.</c>

00:53:57.000 --> 00:54:01.840
Joab's<00:53:58.320><c> life</c><00:53:58.619><c> overall</c><00:53:59.260><c> is</c><00:53:59.699><c> an</c><00:53:59.920><c> illustration</c><00:54:00.559><c> of</c><00:54:01.059><c> the</c><00:54:01.179><c> principle</c>

00:54:01.840 --> 00:54:05.940
that<00:54:03.099><c> sacrificing</c><00:54:04.039><c> ourself</c><00:54:04.559><c> for</c><00:54:04.840><c> the</c><00:54:04.960><c> truth,</c>

00:54:06.679 --> 00:54:09.420
working<00:54:06.820><c> hard</c><00:54:07.360><c> in</c><00:54:07.599><c> the</c><00:54:07.699><c> service</c><00:54:07.920><c> of</c><00:54:08.079><c> the</c><00:54:08.239><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:54:09.840 --> 00:54:14.280
saying<00:54:10.239><c> the</c><00:54:10.440><c> right</c><00:54:10.719><c> thing,</c><00:54:12.179><c> knowing</c><00:54:12.320><c> our</c><00:54:12.579><c> Bibles</c><00:54:12.840><c> really</c><00:54:13.280><c> well,</c>

00:54:14.639 --> 00:54:19.119
is<00:54:14.800><c> not</c><00:54:15.059><c> enough</c><00:54:15.639><c> if</c><00:54:16.260><c> we're</c><00:54:16.420><c> going</c><00:54:16.559><c> to</c><00:54:16.739><c> be</c><00:54:17.400><c> pleasing</c><00:54:17.760><c> to</c><00:54:18.059><c> our</c><00:54:18.280><c> God.</c>

00:54:20.079 --> 00:54:26.659
We<00:54:20.760><c> cannot</c><00:54:21.440><c> substitute</c><00:54:22.460><c> those</c><00:54:22.920><c> things</c><00:54:23.719><c> for</c><00:54:24.400><c> willful</c><00:54:25.340><c> disregard</c><00:54:26.079><c> for</c><00:54:26.480><c> the</c>

00:54:26.659 --> 00:54:28.340
commands<00:54:26.920><c> of</c><00:54:27.199><c> God</c>

00:54:28.940 --> 00:54:33.139
and<00:54:29.619><c> for</c><00:54:30.300><c> defiance</c><00:54:31.039><c> of</c><00:54:31.460><c> the</c><00:54:31.920><c> wishes</c><00:54:32.179><c> of</c><00:54:32.360><c> the</c><00:54:32.519><c> one</c><00:54:32.659><c> that</c><00:54:32.820><c> he</c><00:54:32.940><c> has</c>

00:54:33.139 --> 00:54:34.920
anointed<00:54:33.400><c> as</c><00:54:33.699><c> king.</c>

00:54:34.960 --> 00:54:38.980
Joab<00:54:35.159><c> had</c><00:54:35.480><c> repeated</c><00:54:35.980><c> opportunities</c><00:54:36.780><c> to</c><00:54:37.519><c> change</c><00:54:38.000><c> his</c><00:54:38.320><c> ways</c><00:54:38.599><c> and</c><00:54:38.800><c> to</c>

00:54:38.980 --> 00:54:40.420
turn<00:54:39.159><c> from</c><00:54:39.519><c> them.</c>

00:54:40.539 --> 00:54:43.440
But<00:54:40.719><c> instead</c><00:54:41.139><c> of</c><00:54:41.460><c> following</c><00:54:41.679><c> the</c><00:54:41.900><c> example</c><00:54:42.260><c> of</c><00:54:42.440><c> the</c><00:54:42.599><c> king,</c>

00:54:43.760 --> 00:54:47.900
he<00:54:44.000><c> chose</c><00:54:44.340><c> to</c><00:54:44.619><c> just</c><00:54:45.000><c> keep</c><00:54:45.239><c> on</c><00:54:45.619><c> doing</c><00:54:45.860><c> things</c><00:54:46.480><c> his</c><00:54:47.300><c> own</c><00:54:47.599><c> way.</c>

00:54:47.900 --> 00:54:51.699
And<00:54:47.980><c> so</c><00:54:48.139><c> he</c><00:54:48.320><c> suffered</c><00:54:48.960><c> as</c><00:54:49.599><c> a</c><00:54:49.659><c> result.</c><00:54:49.920><c> He</c><00:54:49.960><c> was</c><00:54:50.159><c> punished</c><00:54:50.480><c> as</c><00:54:50.780><c> a</c><00:54:50.820><c> result.</c>

00:54:52.679 --> 00:54:54.199
It's<00:54:52.860><c> a</c><00:54:53.000><c> sobering</c><00:54:53.400><c> lesson.</c>

00:54:54.380 --> 00:54:56.679
It's<00:54:54.679><c> a</c><00:54:54.780><c> challenging</c><00:54:55.260><c> thing</c><00:54:55.679><c> for</c><00:54:55.900><c> us</c><00:54:56.179><c> to</c><00:54:56.320><c> consider.</c>

00:54:56.760 --> 00:55:00.320
A<00:54:56.840><c> man</c><00:54:57.139><c> who</c><00:54:57.780><c> ostensibly</c><00:54:58.360><c> did</c><00:54:58.559><c> so</c><00:54:58.840><c> much</c><00:54:59.079><c> good</c><00:54:59.360><c> for</c><00:54:59.559><c> his</c><00:54:59.760><c> people</c>

00:55:00.320 --> 00:55:02.699
being<00:55:00.860><c> executed</c><00:55:01.440><c> for</c><00:55:01.739><c> unrighteousness.</c>

00:55:03.039 --> 00:55:04.280
But<00:55:03.239><c> it's</c><00:55:03.380><c> there</c><00:55:03.639><c> for</c><00:55:03.900><c> a</c><00:55:03.900><c> reason.</c>

00:55:04.659 --> 00:55:08.360
It's<00:55:05.019><c> there</c><00:55:05.280><c> to</c><00:55:05.619><c> help</c><00:55:05.920><c> us</c><00:55:06.699><c> make</c><00:55:07.079><c> use</c><00:55:07.340><c> of</c><00:55:07.480><c> the</c><00:55:07.679><c> time</c><00:55:07.900><c> that</c><00:55:08.079><c> we</c><00:55:08.260><c> have.</c>

00:55:08.519 --> 00:55:11.519
Joab<00:55:08.800><c> did</c><00:55:09.079><c> have</c><00:55:09.400><c> repeated</c><00:55:09.719><c> opportunities</c><00:55:10.280><c> to</c><00:55:10.559><c> change.</c><00:55:10.880><c> So</c><00:55:11.039><c> do</c><00:55:11.239><c> we.</c>

00:55:11.719 --> 00:55:14.079
We've<00:55:12.059><c> got</c><00:55:12.239><c> those</c><00:55:12.460><c> opportunities</c><00:55:13.139><c> to</c><00:55:13.500><c> change.</c>

00:55:14.079 --> 00:55:19.860
So<00:55:14.780><c> as</c><00:55:14.960><c> we</c><00:55:15.099><c> go</c><00:55:15.340><c> from</c><00:55:15.559><c> this</c><00:55:15.860><c> place,</c><00:55:17.420><c> let's</c><00:55:18.119><c> be</c><00:55:18.340><c> motivated</c><00:55:18.920><c> by</c>

00:55:19.860 --> 00:55:20.460
his<00:55:20.119><c> example.</c>

00:55:20.500 --> 00:55:25.659
Let's<00:55:20.840><c> be</c><00:55:21.059><c> encouraged</c><00:55:22.079><c> to</c><00:55:22.780><c> do</c><00:55:22.920><c> the</c><00:55:23.059><c> right</c><00:55:23.320><c> thing</c><00:55:24.000><c> and</c><00:55:25.219><c> to</c><00:55:25.480><c> do</c>

00:55:25.659 --> 00:55:27.920
it<00:55:26.539><c> for</c><00:55:26.739><c> the</c><00:55:26.880><c> right</c><00:55:27.059><c> reason.</c>