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And<00:10:12.200><c> sometimes</c><00:10:13.379><c> their</c><00:10:13.659><c> political</c><00:10:14.279><c> maneuvers</c><00:10:14.799><c> are</c><00:10:15.000><c> going</c><00:10:15.120><c> to</c>

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work<00:10:15.480><c> out,</c>

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but<00:10:16.799><c> other</c><00:10:17.019><c> times</c><00:10:17.440><c> it's</c><00:10:17.740><c> not.</c>

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And<00:10:18.659><c> one</c><00:10:18.759><c> of</c><00:10:18.860><c> the</c><00:10:19.019><c> worst</c><00:10:19.240><c> political</c><00:10:19.860><c> maneuvers</c>

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are<00:10:22.100><c> decisions</c><00:10:22.720><c> which</c><00:10:23.059><c> is</c><00:10:23.220><c> going</c><00:10:23.320><c> to</c><00:10:23.419><c> be</c><00:10:23.620><c> made</c><00:10:23.820><c> by</c><00:10:24.200><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:10:25.320><c> right?</c>

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He's<00:10:26.179><c> going</c><00:10:26.279><c> to</c><00:10:26.460><c> open</c><00:10:26.639><c> up</c><00:10:26.940><c> all</c><00:10:27.279><c> the</c><00:10:27.500><c> stores,</c><00:10:28.139><c> all</c><00:10:28.259><c> of</c><00:10:28.379><c> his</c><00:10:28.600><c> wealth,</c>

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and<00:10:29.720><c> the</c><00:10:29.980><c> ambassadors</c><00:10:30.860><c> of</c><00:10:32.620><c> Babylon</c><00:10:33.139><c> are</c><00:10:33.379><c> going</c><00:10:33.480><c> to</c><00:10:33.639><c> see</c><00:10:33.820><c> everything,</c>

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and<00:10:34.480><c> it's</c><00:10:34.620><c> going</c><00:10:34.720><c> to</c><00:10:34.799><c> be</c><00:10:34.980><c> the</c><00:10:35.139><c> catalyst</c><00:10:35.480><c> for</c><00:10:35.679><c> them,</c><00:10:35.879><c> obviously,</c>

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to<00:10:36.460><c> come</c><00:10:36.720><c> and</c><00:10:37.340><c> take</c><00:10:37.659><c> over</c><00:10:37.960><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:10:38.539><c> to</c><00:10:38.700><c> put</c><00:10:38.879><c> pressure</c><00:10:39.299><c> on</c><00:10:39.659><c> Egypt.</c>

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So<00:10:41.799><c> there's</c><00:10:42.019><c> going</c><00:10:42.159><c> to</c><00:10:42.259><c> be</c><00:10:42.379><c> a</c><00:10:42.460><c> lot</c><00:10:42.639><c> of</c><00:10:42.899><c> war,</c><00:10:43.200><c> obviously,</c><00:10:43.899><c> between</c><00:10:44.600><c> these</c><00:10:45.159><c> two.</c>

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And<00:10:45.559><c> so</c><00:10:45.740><c> this</c><00:10:45.779><c> is,</c><00:10:46.320><c> war</c><00:10:46.559><c> never</c><00:10:46.940><c> really</c><00:10:47.500><c> strengthens</c><00:10:48.940><c> a</c><00:10:49.419><c> country</c>

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that<00:10:50.720><c> are</c><00:10:51.120><c> evilly</c><00:10:51.879><c> matched.</c>

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And<00:10:52.460><c> so</c><00:10:52.580><c> this</c><00:10:52.759><c> is</c><00:10:52.899><c> going</c><00:10:52.960><c> to</c><00:10:53.059><c> be</c><00:10:53.320><c> a</c><00:10:53.659><c> kind</c><00:10:53.740><c> of</c><00:10:54.059><c> continual</c><00:10:55.059><c> thing</c>

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between<00:10:55.860><c> the</c><00:10:56.120><c> northern</c><00:10:56.399><c> tribes</c><00:10:56.980><c> and</c><00:10:57.759><c> the</c><00:10:58.000><c> southern</c><00:10:58.240><c> tribes.</c>

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You<00:10:58.700><c> know,</c><00:10:59.460><c> Judah</c><00:10:59.559><c> never</c><00:10:59.919><c> really</c><00:11:00.320><c> got</c><00:11:00.559><c> over</c><00:11:00.919><c> the</c><00:11:01.179><c> fact</c>

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that<00:11:01.600><c> they</c><00:11:01.840><c> lost</c><00:11:02.159><c> control</c><00:11:02.639><c> of</c><00:11:02.840><c> the</c><00:11:03.019><c> north.</c>

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Their<00:11:04.320><c> hold</c><00:11:04.620><c> on</c><00:11:04.840><c> the</c><00:11:05.019><c> north</c><00:11:05.240><c> really</c><00:11:05.580><c> was</c><00:11:05.820><c> very</c><00:11:06.240><c> tenuous,</c>

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as<00:11:06.860><c> we're</c><00:11:07.100><c> going</c><00:11:07.299><c> to</c><00:11:07.500><c> see,</c><00:11:07.940><c> because</c><00:11:08.019><c> of</c><00:11:08.580><c> geographical</c><00:11:09.379><c> issues.</c>

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And<00:11:11.320><c> we</c><00:11:11.519><c> talked</c><00:11:11.740><c> about</c><00:11:11.960><c> it</c><00:11:12.120><c> last</c><00:11:13.019><c> Sunday</c>

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that<00:11:13.620><c> Israel,</c><00:11:14.100><c> the</c><00:11:14.220><c> northern</c><00:11:14.500><c> tribes,</c><00:11:15.279><c> had</c><00:11:15.580><c> access</c><00:11:16.139><c> to</c><00:11:16.360><c> the</c><00:11:16.539><c> coast.</c>

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Judah<00:11:17.899><c> did</c><00:11:18.179><c> not,</c><00:11:18.659><c> and</c><00:11:18.899><c> that</c><00:11:19.299><c> can</c><00:11:19.480><c> be</c><00:11:19.679><c> a</c><00:11:19.860><c> problem,</c><00:11:20.100><c> right?</c>

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You<00:11:20.440><c> can</c><00:11:20.700><c> control</c><00:11:20.960><c> your</c><00:11:21.220><c> coastline.</c>

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You<00:11:22.179><c> can</c><00:11:22.539><c> control</c><00:11:22.879><c> trade</c><00:11:23.299><c> quite</c><00:11:23.580><c> a</c><00:11:23.759><c> bit</c><00:11:23.879><c> more.</c>

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And<00:11:24.720><c> that's</c><00:11:24.899><c> what's</c><00:11:25.059><c> going</c><00:11:25.159><c> to</c><00:11:25.299><c> happen</c><00:11:25.460><c> with</c><00:11:25.759><c> northern</c><00:11:25.960><c> Israel.</c>

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During<00:11:27.200><c> the</c><00:11:27.419><c> time</c><00:11:27.639><c> of</c><00:11:27.860><c> Ahab</c><00:11:28.059><c> that</c><00:11:28.240><c> we'll</c><00:11:28.500><c> see</c><00:11:28.679><c> next</c><00:11:29.639><c> class,</c>

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he's<00:11:30.820><c> going</c><00:11:30.919><c> to</c><00:11:31.039><c> make</c><00:11:31.340><c> a</c><00:11:31.639><c> league,</c><00:11:32.379><c> actually,</c><00:11:32.740><c> going</c><00:11:32.919><c> to</c><00:11:33.379><c> become</c><00:11:33.820><c> almost</c><00:11:34.399><c> one</c>

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with<00:11:35.779><c> the</c><00:11:36.179><c> Phoenicians</c><00:11:36.759><c> who</c><00:11:37.059><c> are</c><00:11:37.179><c> up</c><00:11:37.360><c> in</c><00:11:37.480><c> the</c><00:11:37.600><c> north.</c>

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And<00:11:37.980><c> we'll</c><00:11:38.360><c> take</c><00:11:38.620><c> a</c><00:11:38.700><c> look</c><00:11:38.820><c> at</c><00:11:38.940><c> that</c><00:11:39.559><c> a</c><00:11:39.600><c> little</c><00:11:39.799><c> bit.</c>

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The<00:11:40.379><c> Phoenicians,</c><00:11:40.879><c> you</c><00:11:41.039><c> want</c><00:11:41.159><c> to</c><00:11:41.299><c> talk</c><00:11:41.460><c> about</c><00:11:41.899><c> a</c><00:11:42.320><c> group</c><00:11:42.480><c> of</c><00:11:42.740><c> people</c>

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that<00:11:43.299><c> had</c><00:11:43.700><c> completely</c><00:11:44.179><c> different</c><00:11:44.580><c> views</c><00:11:44.899><c> than</c><00:11:45.100><c> Israel?</c>

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Yeah,<00:11:46.539><c> those</c><00:11:46.960><c> were</c><00:11:47.179><c> the</c><00:11:47.320><c> Phoenicians.</c>

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And<00:11:47.899><c> we</c><00:11:47.980><c> can</c><00:11:48.139><c> take</c><00:11:48.360><c> a</c><00:11:48.440><c> look</c><00:11:48.580><c> at</c><00:11:48.720><c> that,</c><00:11:49.019><c> too,</c><00:11:49.080><c> in</c><00:11:49.220><c> Isaiah</c><00:11:49.740><c> and</c><00:11:50.179><c> also</c><00:11:50.559><c> in</c><00:11:50.779><c> Ezekiel</c>

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in<00:11:51.320><c> our</c><00:11:51.500><c> next</c><00:11:51.740><c> class,</c><00:11:52.440><c> where</c><00:11:52.539><c> God</c><00:11:52.840><c> kind</c><00:11:53.100><c> of</c><00:11:53.340><c> lays</c><00:11:53.559><c> it</c><00:11:53.759><c> on</c><00:11:53.940><c> the</c><00:11:54.120><c> line</c>

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about<00:11:55.039><c> the</c><00:11:55.679><c> issues</c><00:11:56.080><c> that</c><00:11:56.320><c> he</c><00:11:56.460><c> had</c><00:11:56.600><c> with</c><00:11:56.860><c> the</c><00:11:57.000><c> Phoenicians.</c>

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You<00:11:58.240><c> know,</c><00:11:58.419><c> they</c><00:11:59.000><c> were</c><00:11:59.259><c> so</c><00:12:00.240><c> obsessed</c><00:12:02.440><c> with</c><00:12:02.700><c> the</c><00:12:02.960><c> making</c><00:12:03.220><c> of</c><00:12:03.539><c> money</c>

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and<00:12:04.080><c> commerce</c><00:12:04.580><c> that</c><00:12:05.080><c> they</c><00:12:05.320><c> forgot</c><00:12:05.620><c> about</c><00:12:05.919><c> other</c><00:12:06.200><c> people.</c>

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They<00:12:06.759><c> forgot</c><00:12:07.039><c> about</c><00:12:07.340><c> the</c><00:12:07.580><c> weak,</c><00:12:08.120><c> the</c><00:12:08.379><c> needy.</c>

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They<00:12:09.240><c> forgot</c><00:12:09.519><c> about</c><00:12:09.820><c> justice.</c>

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And<00:12:10.899><c> in</c><00:12:11.240><c> fact,</c><00:12:11.519><c> if</c><00:12:11.740><c> we</c><00:12:11.879><c> look</c><00:12:12.019><c> at</c><00:12:12.159><c> the</c><00:12:12.399><c> prophet</c><00:12:12.700><c> Hosea,</c>

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which<00:12:13.519><c> we</c><00:12:13.759><c> will</c><00:12:13.899><c> later</c><00:12:14.200><c> on,</c><00:12:15.700><c> those</c><00:12:16.019><c> are</c><00:12:16.299><c> the</c><00:12:16.440><c> same</c><00:12:16.720><c> types</c><00:12:17.080><c> of</c><00:12:17.320><c> things</c>

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that<00:12:17.799><c> God</c><00:12:18.019><c> is</c><00:12:18.259><c> talking</c><00:12:18.600><c> about</c><00:12:18.980><c> to</c><00:12:19.299><c> Israel</c><00:12:19.759><c> as</c><00:12:20.080><c> well.</c>

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They<00:12:20.879><c> had</c><00:12:21.240><c> become</c><00:12:21.559><c> rich</c><00:12:21.860><c> and</c><00:12:22.139><c> powerful</c><00:12:22.659><c> under</c><00:12:23.259><c> the</c><00:12:23.480><c> House</c><00:12:23.720><c> of</c><00:12:24.000><c> Omri.</c>

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And<00:12:25.259><c> under</c><00:12:25.600><c> Ahab,</c><00:12:26.019><c> they</c><00:12:26.159><c> had</c><00:12:26.379><c> become</c><00:12:26.639><c> very</c><00:12:27.059><c> powerful.</c>

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But<00:12:28.679><c> they</c><00:12:28.840><c> had</c><00:12:29.039><c> forgotten</c><00:12:29.379><c> about</c><00:12:29.860><c> the</c><00:12:30.159><c> poor</c><00:12:30.500><c> and</c><00:12:30.860><c> the</c><00:12:31.100><c> weak</c>

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and<00:12:31.460><c> the</c><00:12:31.659><c> land.</c>

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And<00:12:31.919><c> they</c><00:12:32.059><c> were</c><00:12:32.240><c> just</c><00:12:32.779><c> interested</c><00:12:33.399><c> in</c><00:12:33.700><c> gaining</c><00:12:33.940><c> more</c><00:12:34.299><c> power,</c>

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more<00:12:35.639><c> wealth,</c><00:12:36.559><c> and</c><00:12:36.779><c> more</c><00:12:36.960><c> control.</c>

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So<00:12:38.399><c> again,</c><00:12:38.840><c> that's</c><00:12:39.299><c> a</c><00:12:39.460><c> story</c><00:12:39.759><c> as</c><00:12:40.000><c> old</c><00:12:40.220><c> as</c><00:12:40.440><c> time,</c><00:12:40.779><c> isn't</c><00:12:40.960><c> it?</c>

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One<00:12:41.919><c> person</c><00:12:42.360><c> or</c><00:12:42.559><c> one</c><00:12:42.779><c> group</c><00:12:42.980><c> of</c><00:12:43.259><c> people</c><00:12:43.600><c> just</c><00:12:44.100><c> kind</c><00:12:44.320><c> of</c><00:12:44.840><c> takes</c><00:12:45.139><c> all</c>

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of<00:12:45.759><c> the</c><00:12:46.000><c> power</c><00:12:46.340><c> and</c><00:12:46.519><c> the</c><00:12:46.860><c> control</c><00:12:47.080><c> and</c><00:12:47.279><c> all</c><00:12:47.519><c> of</c><00:12:47.639><c> the</c><00:12:47.799><c> wealth</c><00:12:48.039><c> of</c>

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other<00:12:48.639><c> people.</c>

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And<00:12:49.120><c> they</c><00:12:49.279><c> oppress</c><00:12:49.580><c> them.</c>

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And<00:12:50.759><c> that's</c><00:12:51.019><c> what</c><00:12:51.139><c> was</c><00:12:51.360><c> going</c><00:12:51.620><c> on,</c><00:12:51.919><c> unfortunately,</c><00:12:52.519><c> in</c><00:12:52.659><c> Israel.</c>

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That's<00:12:53.519><c> what</c><00:12:53.639><c> we're</c><00:12:53.740><c> going</c><00:12:53.840><c> to</c><00:12:54.039><c> see.</c>

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Questions,<00:12:55.100><c> comments?</c>

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Will<00:12:56.700><c> we</c><00:12:56.840><c> go</c><00:12:57.080><c> on?</c>

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A<00:13:02.080><c> couple</c><00:13:02.240><c> sips</c><00:13:02.480><c> of</c><00:13:02.720><c> coffee.</c>

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Hold<00:13:03.320><c> on</c><00:13:03.600><c> here.</c>

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Okay.

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Yes.

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When<00:13:15.919><c> you</c><00:13:16.320><c> talk</c><00:13:16.559><c> about</c><00:13:16.879><c> Rama,</c><00:13:17.299><c> it's</c><00:13:17.500><c> a</c><00:13:17.659><c> city</c><00:13:17.860><c> that's</c><00:13:18.519><c> north</c>

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of<00:13:18.980><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:13:20.620><c> south</c><00:13:20.840><c> of</c><00:13:21.580><c> Israel.</c>

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Yes.

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And<00:13:23.620><c> it's</c><00:13:23.799><c> like</c><00:13:24.039><c> a</c><00:13:24.179><c> buffer.</c>

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It<00:13:25.720><c> was</c><00:13:28.519><c> built</c><00:13:28.879><c> primarily</c><00:13:29.759><c> to</c><00:13:30.799><c> strangle</c><00:13:31.440><c> trade</c><00:13:32.679><c> with</c><00:13:34.500><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:13:36.000><c> right</c><00:13:36.720><c> on</c><00:13:36.919><c> the</c><00:13:37.100><c> main</c><00:13:37.379><c> road</c><00:13:37.799><c> there,</c><00:13:38.460><c> they</c><00:13:38.659><c> built</c><00:13:38.919><c> Rama.</c>

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And<00:14:05.100><c> you</c><00:14:05.159><c> can't,</c><00:14:05.580><c> no</c><00:14:05.799><c> one's</c><00:14:06.059><c> going</c><00:14:06.220><c> in,</c><00:14:06.460><c> no</c><00:14:06.659><c> one's</c><00:14:06.940><c> coming</c><00:14:07.080><c> out.</c>

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It<00:14:07.379><c> was</c><00:14:07.460><c> a</c><00:14:07.580><c> way</c><00:14:07.679><c> just</c><00:14:07.879><c> to</c><00:14:08.179><c> strangle</c><00:14:08.460><c> them.</c>

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And<00:14:09.899><c> so</c><00:14:10.200><c> Be</c><00:14:10.460><c>'asha</c><00:14:10.720><c> is</c><00:14:12.539><c> forming</c><00:14:12.940><c> an</c><00:14:13.200><c> alliance</c><00:14:13.659><c> with</c><00:14:14.259><c> King</c><00:14:14.600><c> Hadad,</c>

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who<00:14:16.340><c> was</c><00:14:17.039><c> in</c><00:14:18.519><c> an</c><00:14:18.720><c> alliance</c><00:14:19.019><c> with</c><00:14:19.720><c> his</c><00:14:20.159><c> father.</c>

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Right.

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So<00:14:22.379><c> Asa</c><00:14:23.019><c> actually</c><00:14:24.059><c> makes</c><00:14:24.519><c> the</c><00:14:24.840><c> alliance</c><00:14:25.220><c> with</c><00:14:25.399><c> Ben</c><00:14:25.700><c> Hadad</c><00:14:26.340><c> to</c><00:14:26.639><c> come</c>

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the<00:14:30.940><c> city</c>

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and<00:14:50.480><c> fortifications</c><00:14:51.279><c> and</c><00:14:51.519><c> stuff</c><00:14:51.720><c> like</c><00:14:51.980><c> that.</c>

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So<00:14:52.700><c> that</c><00:14:52.860><c> was</c><00:14:53.179><c> interesting.</c>

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Rama<00:15:00.879><c> is</c><00:15:01.299><c> going</c><00:15:01.559><c> to</c><00:15:01.799><c> be</c><00:15:01.940><c> the</c><00:15:02.200><c> place</c><00:15:02.519><c> where</c><00:15:03.159><c> the</c><00:15:04.399><c> Babylonians</c>

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and<00:15:08.279><c> destruction</c><00:15:08.779><c> of</c><00:15:09.059><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:15:10.720><c> this</c><00:15:10.899><c> is</c><00:15:11.139><c> where</c><00:15:11.360><c> in</c><00:15:11.639><c> Jeremiah</c><00:15:12.139><c> it</c><00:15:12.360><c> says</c><00:15:12.659><c> that</c><00:15:13.960><c> Rachel</c><00:15:14.399><c> was</c><00:15:14.820><c> weeping</c>

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because,<00:15:21.639><c> you</c><00:15:21.919><c> know,</c><00:15:22.240><c> families</c><00:15:22.519><c> were</c><00:15:22.799><c> being</c><00:15:23.039><c> split</c><00:15:23.320><c> up.</c>

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So<00:15:27.419><c> there's</c><00:15:27.799><c> quite</c><00:15:28.039><c> a</c><00:15:28.159><c> bit</c><00:15:28.279><c> of</c><00:15:28.399><c> history</c><00:15:29.360><c> having</c><00:15:30.539><c> to</c><00:15:30.799><c> do</c><00:15:30.860><c> with</c><00:15:31.100><c> Rama.</c>

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It<00:15:31.519><c> was</c><00:15:32.200><c> an</c><00:15:32.299><c> important</c><00:15:32.720><c> city</c><00:15:33.000><c> or</c><00:15:33.139><c> became</c><00:15:33.480><c> an</c><00:15:33.779><c> important</c><00:15:33.960><c> city.</c>

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All<00:15:38.559><c> right.</c>

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Zimri.<00:15:42.059><c> Eli</c><00:15:42.519><c> is</c><00:15:42.799><c> not,</c><00:15:43.100><c> you</c><00:15:43.179><c> know,</c><00:15:43.399><c> again,</c><00:15:43.659><c> one</c><00:15:43.980><c> year.</c>

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He's<00:15:44.919><c> assassinated</c><00:15:45.659><c> while</c><00:15:45.879><c> he</c><00:15:46.080><c> gets</c><00:15:46.320><c> drunk.</c>

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Okay.<00:15:48.120><c> Not</c><00:15:48.440><c> great.</c>

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You<00:15:49.500><c> know,</c><00:15:49.600><c> what</c><00:15:49.740><c> are</c><00:15:49.860><c> you</c><00:15:50.000><c> known</c><00:15:50.240><c> for?</c>

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I<00:15:51.779><c> was</c><00:15:52.039><c> killed</c><00:15:52.379><c> while</c><00:15:52.659><c> drunk.</c>

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Oh,<00:15:53.960><c> okay.</c>

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So<00:15:55.820><c> again,</c><00:15:56.179><c> this</c><00:15:56.360><c> is</c><00:15:56.539><c> just</c><00:15:56.779><c> another</c><00:15:57.139><c> example</c>

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of<00:15:58.639><c> political</c><00:15:59.320><c> instability</c><00:16:00.399><c> in</c><00:16:01.080><c> the</c><00:16:01.360><c> early</c><00:16:01.779><c> years</c><00:16:02.620><c> of</c><00:16:03.879><c> Israel.</c>

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You<00:16:04.779><c> know,</c><00:16:05.519><c> this</c><00:16:05.740><c> is</c><00:16:05.899><c> going</c><00:16:05.980><c> to</c><00:16:06.059><c> be</c><00:16:06.200><c> the</c><00:16:06.360><c> second</c><00:16:06.639><c> guy</c><00:16:06.879><c> that's</c><00:16:07.080><c> going</c>

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to<00:16:07.299><c> be</c><00:16:07.500><c> assassinated</c><00:16:08.360><c> up</c><00:16:08.940><c> in</c><00:16:09.279><c> the</c><00:16:10.340><c> north.</c>

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Now,<00:16:12.639><c> we</c><00:16:12.700><c> didn't</c><00:16:12.980><c> have,</c><00:16:13.600><c> we</c><00:16:13.860><c> don't</c><00:16:14.179><c> have</c><00:16:14.519><c> this</c><00:16:14.799><c> political</c><00:16:15.379><c> instability</c>

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down<00:16:16.659><c> in</c><00:16:16.820><c> the</c><00:16:17.000><c> south</c><00:16:17.220><c> in</c><00:16:17.419><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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You<00:16:18.600><c> still</c><00:16:18.980><c> have</c><00:16:19.340><c> the</c><00:16:19.539><c> House</c><00:16:19.840><c> of</c><00:16:20.139><c> David</c><00:16:20.720><c> continuing</c>

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on<00:16:22.000><c> being</c><00:16:22.279><c> passed</c><00:16:22.820><c> on</c><00:16:23.179><c> to</c><00:16:23.820><c> their</c><00:16:24.000><c> sons.</c>

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There<00:16:24.759><c> isn't</c><00:16:25.000><c> really</c><00:16:25.440><c> a</c><00:16:25.480><c> whole</c><00:16:25.779><c> lot</c><00:16:26.000><c> of</c><00:16:26.259><c> assassination</c><00:16:26.980><c> going</c><00:16:27.399><c> on,</c>

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so<00:16:28.559><c> there</c><00:16:28.740><c> is</c><00:16:29.019><c> some</c><00:16:29.379><c> political</c><00:16:29.960><c> stability.</c>

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And<00:16:31.100><c> that's</c><00:16:31.419><c> really</c><00:16:31.700><c> one</c><00:16:31.860><c> of</c><00:16:31.960><c> the</c><00:16:32.080><c> reasons</c><00:16:32.460><c> why</c><00:16:33.240><c> it's</c><00:16:33.700><c> going</c>

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to<00:16:33.820><c> continue</c><00:16:34.299><c> for</c><00:16:34.639><c> as</c><00:16:34.879><c> long</c><00:16:35.039><c> as</c><00:16:35.159><c> it</c><00:16:35.320><c> did.</c>

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Israel<00:16:36.120><c> is</c><00:16:36.299><c> not</c><00:16:36.500><c> going</c><00:16:36.600><c> to</c><00:16:36.720><c> have</c><00:16:36.840><c> political</c><00:16:37.299><c> stability.</c>

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There's<00:16:38.700><c> going</c><00:16:38.820><c> to</c><00:16:38.980><c> be,</c><00:16:39.460><c> you</c><00:16:39.600><c> know,</c><00:16:39.960><c> usurpers</c><00:16:40.700><c> that</c><00:16:40.860><c> are</c><00:16:41.039><c> going</c>

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to<00:16:41.259><c> come</c><00:16:41.440><c> along,</c><00:16:41.799><c> they're</c><00:16:41.960><c> going</c><00:16:42.039><c> to</c><00:16:42.120><c> kill</c><00:16:42.379><c> the</c><00:16:42.620><c> previous</c><00:16:43.059><c> king</c>

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and<00:16:43.559><c> the</c><00:16:43.799><c> family,</c><00:16:44.539><c> and</c><00:16:44.720><c> this</c><00:16:44.940><c> is</c><00:16:45.059><c> just</c><00:16:45.259><c> going</c>

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to<00:16:45.500><c> be</c><00:16:45.720><c> continued</c><00:16:46.759><c> upheaval.</c>

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You<00:16:47.940><c> know,</c><00:16:48.080><c> there's</c><00:16:48.240><c> going</c><00:16:48.379><c> to</c><00:16:48.460><c> be</c><00:16:48.600><c> certain</c><00:16:48.879><c> kings</c>

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that<00:16:49.320><c> are</c><00:16:49.440><c> going</c><00:16:49.539><c> to</c><00:16:49.700><c> bring</c><00:16:49.820><c> stability,</c>

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like<00:16:50.919><c> Jeroboam</c><00:16:51.519><c> II,</c><00:16:52.419><c> he's</c><00:16:52.759><c> going</c><00:16:52.860><c> to</c><00:16:53.019><c> bring</c><00:16:53.179><c> stability.</c>

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Ahab<00:16:55.120><c> and</c><00:16:55.480><c> Omri,</c><00:16:56.399><c> they're</c><00:16:56.779><c> going</c><00:16:56.860><c> to</c><00:16:57.019><c> bring</c><00:16:57.179><c> stability.</c>

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I<00:16:57.799><c> know</c><00:16:57.899><c> we</c><00:16:58.039><c> don't</c><00:16:58.240><c> like</c><00:16:58.440><c> to</c><00:16:58.600><c> hear</c><00:16:58.759><c> that,</c><00:16:59.299><c> but</c><00:16:59.460><c> in</c><00:16:59.740><c> some</c><00:16:59.960><c> ways,</c>

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you<00:17:00.440><c> know,</c><00:17:03.000><c> Ahab</c><00:17:03.179><c> did</c><00:17:03.460><c> bring</c><00:17:03.899><c> political</c><00:17:04.500><c> stability.</c>

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And<00:17:06.279><c> so,</c><00:17:06.740><c> Zimri,</c><00:17:07.160><c> he's</c><00:17:07.420><c> going</c><00:17:07.539><c> to</c><00:17:07.619><c> be</c><00:17:07.799><c> a</c><00:17:07.960><c> military</c><00:17:08.799><c> commander.</c>

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He's<00:17:10.000><c> going</c><00:17:10.119><c> to</c><00:17:10.140><c> end</c><00:17:10.339><c> up</c><00:17:10.519><c> killing</c><00:17:10.779><c> Elur</c><00:17:11.099><c> and</c><00:17:11.319><c> Bayash's</c><00:17:11.880><c> family,</c>

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and<00:17:13.059><c> he's</c><00:17:13.359><c> going</c><00:17:13.519><c> to</c><00:17:13.740><c> rule</c><00:17:14.039><c> for</c><00:17:14.539><c> seven</c><00:17:14.940><c> whole</c><00:17:15.259><c> days.</c>

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And<00:17:17.640><c> so,</c><00:17:17.779><c> there's</c><00:17:17.900><c> going</c><00:17:18.059><c> to</c><00:17:18.140><c> be</c><00:17:18.359><c> carnage</c><00:17:18.799><c> and</c><00:17:18.980><c> civil</c><00:17:19.380><c> war,</c>

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and<00:17:20.059><c> I</c><00:17:20.220><c> think</c><00:17:20.440><c> he,</c><00:17:20.839><c> yeah,</c><00:17:21.220><c> he</c><00:17:22.180><c> commits</c><00:17:22.559><c> suicide</c><00:17:23.559><c> by</c><00:17:24.440><c> fire.</c>

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He<00:17:26.960><c> sets</c><00:17:27.299><c> the</c><00:17:27.500><c> whole</c><00:17:27.740><c> palace</c><00:17:28.059><c> on</c><00:17:28.359><c> fire,</c><00:17:28.619><c> I</c><00:17:28.779><c> believe</c><00:17:29.099><c> is</c><00:17:29.259><c> the</c><00:17:29.460><c> story,</c>

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and<00:17:29.859><c> he</c><00:17:30.039><c> dies</c><00:17:30.380><c> within</c><00:17:31.440><c> this</c><00:17:31.779><c> fire.</c>

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You<00:17:32.319><c> know,</c><00:17:32.599><c> what</c><00:17:32.900><c> a</c><00:17:33.059><c> way</c><00:17:33.140><c> to</c><00:17:33.400><c> go.</c>

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So,<00:17:35.160><c> no</c><00:17:35.440><c> real</c><00:17:35.740><c> accomplishments,</c><00:17:37.019><c> and</c><00:17:37.240><c> he's</c><00:17:37.500><c> going</c>

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to<00:17:37.740><c> have</c><00:17:37.920><c> a</c><00:17:38.200><c> brief</c><00:17:38.440><c> rivalry</c><00:17:39.059><c> between</c><00:17:39.619><c> Omri</c><00:17:40.200><c> and</c><00:17:40.700><c> Timni,</c>

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and<00:17:42.119><c> Omri</c><00:17:42.539><c> is</c><00:17:42.839><c> going</c><00:17:43.059><c> to</c><00:17:43.339><c> be</c><00:17:44.859><c> victorious.</c>

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He's<00:17:46.200><c> going</c><00:17:46.359><c> to</c><00:17:46.519><c> beat</c><00:17:46.640><c> these</c><00:17:46.980><c> guys.</c>

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He's<00:17:47.480><c> going</c><00:17:47.579><c> to</c><00:17:47.680><c> unify</c><00:17:48.079><c> the</c><00:17:48.299><c> kingdom.</c>

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Let's<00:17:48.740><c> take</c><00:17:48.960><c> a</c><00:17:49.059><c> look</c><00:17:49.259><c> in</c><00:17:50.079><c> 1</c><00:17:50.400><c> Kings</c><00:17:51.339><c> 16.</c>

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Then<00:18:00.140><c> were</c><00:18:00.500><c> the</c><00:18:00.680><c> people</c><00:18:01.180><c> of</c><00:18:01.420><c> Israel,</c><00:18:01.920><c> talking</c><00:18:02.359><c> about</c><00:18:02.579><c> the</c>

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northern<00:18:03.039><c> tribes,</c>

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divided<00:18:04.460><c> into</c><00:18:04.799><c> two</c><00:18:05.140><c> parts.</c>

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Half<00:18:06.799><c> of</c><00:18:07.039><c> the</c><00:18:07.259><c> people</c><00:18:07.640><c> followed</c><00:18:08.380><c> Timni,</c><00:18:09.440><c> the</c><00:18:09.640><c> son</c><00:18:09.880><c> of</c><00:18:10.500><c> Gnath,</c>

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to<00:18:11.700><c> make</c><00:18:11.960><c> him</c><00:18:12.279><c> king,</c><00:18:13.519><c> and</c><00:18:13.799><c> half</c><00:18:14.140><c> followed</c><00:18:14.779><c> Omri.</c>

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But<00:18:16.319><c> the</c><00:18:16.619><c> people</c><00:18:16.900><c> that</c><00:18:17.299><c> followed</c><00:18:17.700><c> Omri</c><00:18:19.000><c> prevailed</c><00:18:19.779><c> against</c>

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the<00:18:20.400><c> people</c>

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that<00:18:20.839><c> followed</c><00:18:21.359><c> Timni,</c><00:18:22.619><c> the</c><00:18:22.880><c> son</c><00:18:23.099><c> of</c><00:18:23.380><c> Gnath.</c>

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So,<00:18:24.200><c> Timni</c><00:18:24.420><c> died,</c><00:18:25.339><c> and</c><00:18:25.619><c> Omri</c><00:18:26.079><c> reigned.</c>

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You<00:18:28.420><c> know,</c><00:18:28.539><c> this</c><00:18:28.720><c> is,</c><00:18:29.460><c> I</c><00:18:29.740><c> don't</c><00:18:29.960><c> want</c><00:18:30.079><c> to</c><00:18:30.240><c> say</c><00:18:30.480><c> this</c><00:18:30.740><c> is</c><00:18:31.079><c> aggravating,</c>

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but<00:18:32.500><c> it</c><00:18:32.700><c> is</c><00:18:32.940><c> kind</c><00:18:33.180><c> of</c><00:18:33.460><c> aggravating</c><00:18:33.799><c> to</c><00:18:34.000><c> me</c><00:18:34.140><c> from</c><00:18:34.359><c> a</c><00:18:34.519><c> historical</c>

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point<00:18:35.299><c> of</c><00:18:35.480><c> view.</c>

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There's<00:18:36.440><c> more</c><00:18:36.700><c> to</c><00:18:36.859><c> this</c><00:18:37.200><c> story.</c>

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You<00:18:38.400><c> know,</c><00:18:38.839><c> I</c><00:18:39.299><c> want</c><00:18:39.519><c> to</c><00:18:39.619><c> know</c><00:18:39.720><c> the</c><00:18:39.980><c> details</c><00:18:40.759><c> of</c><00:18:41.420><c> how</c><00:18:41.619><c> this</c><00:18:41.920><c> went</c><00:18:42.099><c> down.</c>

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You<00:18:43.079><c> know,</c><00:18:43.200><c> we</c><00:18:43.400><c> have</c><00:18:43.519><c> this</c><00:18:43.799><c> little</c><00:18:44.039><c> statement,</c><00:18:44.980><c> but,</c><00:18:45.839><c> you</c><00:18:45.980><c> know,</c>

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I'd<00:18:46.319><c> love</c><00:18:46.420><c> to</c><00:18:46.680><c> know</c><00:18:46.859><c> more</c><00:18:47.220><c> details</c><00:18:47.660><c> about</c><00:18:47.960><c> this,</c><00:18:48.180><c> you</c><00:18:48.299><c> know.</c>

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Half,<00:18:49.339><c> half,</c><00:18:49.859><c> and</c><00:18:49.940><c> half,</c><00:18:50.039><c> you</c><00:18:50.119><c> know,</c><00:18:50.240><c> it</c><00:18:50.319><c> was</c><00:18:50.319><c> like</c><00:18:50.500><c> a</c><00:18:50.619><c> big</c>

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civil<00:18:51.160><c> war,</c>

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and<00:18:51.539><c> we</c><00:18:51.619><c> get</c><00:18:51.740><c> two</c><00:18:52.000><c> verses</c><00:18:52.400><c> on</c><00:18:52.599><c> a</c><00:18:52.759><c> massive</c><00:18:53.000><c> civil</c><00:18:53.440><c> war.</c>

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It's<00:18:54.140><c> not</c><00:18:54.339><c> right.</c>

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So,<00:18:56.619><c> anyways,</c><00:18:58.960><c> Omri</c><00:18:59.180><c> is</c><00:18:59.279><c> going</c><00:18:59.480><c> to</c><00:18:59.619><c> take</c><00:18:59.839><c> over</c><00:19:00.140><c> all</c><00:19:00.359><c> of</c><00:19:00.539><c> the</c><00:19:00.700><c> north,</c>

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and<00:19:01.299><c> that's</c><00:19:01.640><c> going</c><00:19:01.759><c> to</c><00:19:01.859><c> be</c><00:19:02.079><c> a</c><00:19:02.240><c> good</c><00:19:02.480><c> thing</c><00:19:02.779><c> for</c><00:19:03.000><c> Israel,</c><00:19:03.559><c> because</c><00:19:03.680><c> it's</c><00:19:03.940><c> going</c>

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to<00:19:04.180><c> end</c><00:19:04.440><c> the</c><00:19:04.700><c> civil</c><00:19:05.039><c> war,</c><00:19:06.000><c> it</c><00:19:06.279><c> brings</c><00:19:06.660><c> stability,</c>

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and<00:19:08.839><c> they</c><00:19:09.279><c> get</c><00:19:09.460><c> a</c><00:19:09.880><c> brand</c><00:19:10.380><c> new</c><00:19:10.839><c> capital</c><00:19:11.380><c> out</c><00:19:11.680><c> of</c><00:19:11.799><c> it</c><00:19:11.960><c> called</c><00:19:12.359><c> Samaria.</c>

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Let's<00:19:13.599><c> take</c><00:19:13.799><c> a</c><00:19:13.880><c> look</c><00:19:13.980><c> at</c><00:19:14.140><c> this</c><00:19:14.319><c> in</c><00:19:14.460><c> 16.</c>

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Yeah,<00:19:18.019><c> he's</c><00:19:18.079><c> going</c><00:19:18.259><c> to,</c><00:19:19.420><c> yes,</c><00:19:20.500><c> okay,</c><00:19:20.799><c> yes,</c><00:19:20.960><c> verse</c><00:19:21.180><c> 23.</c>

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In<00:19:22.200><c> the</c><00:19:22.579><c> 31st</c><00:19:24.299><c> year</c><00:19:24.559><c> of</c><00:19:24.880><c> Asa,</c><00:19:26.200><c> king</c><00:19:26.480><c> of</c><00:19:26.700><c> Judah,</c><00:19:26.839><c> now</c><00:19:27.039><c> think</c><00:19:27.319><c> of</c><00:19:27.460><c> this,</c>

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all<00:19:28.000><c> this</c><00:19:28.259><c> is</c><00:19:28.440><c> happening,</c><00:19:29.099><c> by</c><00:19:29.099><c> the</c><00:19:29.240><c> way,</c><00:19:29.380><c> brothers</c><00:19:29.640><c> and</c><00:19:29.880><c> sisters,</c>

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while<00:19:30.880><c> Asa</c><00:19:31.339><c> is</c><00:19:31.640><c> reigning.</c>

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There's<00:19:32.819><c> just</c><00:19:33.180><c> one</c><00:19:33.559><c> stable</c><00:19:33.960><c> king</c><00:19:34.339><c> in</c><00:19:34.619><c> Judah,</c><00:19:35.799><c> while</c><00:19:36.039><c> up</c><00:19:36.279><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:36.619><c> north,</c>

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civil<00:19:38.019><c> war,</c><00:19:38.660><c> assassinations,</c><00:19:40.640><c> drunk</c><00:19:40.839><c> guys</c><00:19:41.319><c> getting</c><00:19:42.700><c> killed,</c>

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another<00:19:44.180><c> one</c><00:19:44.440><c> being</c><00:19:44.700><c> burnt</c><00:19:45.039><c> in</c><00:19:45.220><c> the</c><00:19:45.400><c> fire,</c><00:19:46.220><c> instability,</c>

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like<00:19:47.099><c> you</c><00:19:47.240><c> wouldn't</c><00:19:47.460><c> believe.</c>

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Down<00:19:48.440><c> in</c><00:19:48.700><c> Judah,</c><00:19:49.680><c> smooth</c><00:19:50.140><c> and</c><00:19:50.420><c> easy,</c><00:19:51.019><c> baby,</c><00:19:51.180><c> right?</c>

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Asa's<00:19:52.279><c> the</c><00:19:52.400><c> only</c><00:19:52.700><c> guy,</c><00:19:53.099><c> he's</c><00:19:53.240><c> there</c><00:19:53.359><c> for</c><00:19:53.579><c> 31</c><00:19:54.079><c> years.</c>

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It's<00:19:55.599><c> unheard</c><00:19:55.940><c> of,</c><00:19:56.960><c> okay?</c>

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Omri<00:19:59.000><c> began</c><00:19:59.440><c> to</c><00:19:59.940><c> reign,</c><00:20:00.099><c> he's</c><00:20:00.420><c> going</c><00:20:00.539><c> to</c><00:20:00.700><c> reign</c><00:20:00.859><c> 12</c><00:20:01.279><c> years.</c>

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Six<00:20:02.359><c> years</c><00:20:02.880><c> reigned</c><00:20:03.279><c> he</c><00:20:03.720><c> in</c><00:20:05.200><c> Terza,</c><00:20:06.859><c> okay?</c>

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So,<00:20:08.220><c> that's</c><00:20:08.579><c> where</c><00:20:08.660><c> he's</c><00:20:08.920><c> going</c><00:20:09.059><c> to</c><00:20:09.200><c> reign</c><00:20:09.380><c> for</c><00:20:09.640><c> six</c><00:20:10.000><c> years.</c>

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He's<00:20:10.960><c> going</c><00:20:11.140><c> to</c><00:20:11.279><c> make</c><00:20:11.480><c> that,</c><00:20:12.599><c> that's</c><00:20:13.359><c> really</c><00:20:13.740><c> where</c><00:20:14.059><c> the</c><00:20:14.500><c> capital</c>

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of<00:20:15.339><c> the</c><00:20:15.500><c> northern</c><00:20:15.740><c> tribes</c><00:20:16.160><c> were</c><00:20:16.460><c> after</c><00:20:16.819><c> Shechem,</c>

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they're<00:20:17.460><c> going</c><00:20:17.480><c> to</c><00:20:17.579><c> move</c><00:20:17.700><c> it</c><00:20:17.839><c> up</c><00:20:17.960><c> to</c><00:20:18.160><c> Terzra.</c>

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Let's<00:20:19.700><c> see</c><00:20:19.880><c> what</c><00:20:20.079><c> happens</c><00:20:20.420><c> then.</c>

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And<00:20:22.660><c> he</c><00:20:22.839><c> brought</c><00:20:23.000><c> the</c><00:20:23.319><c> hill</c><00:20:23.900><c> Samaria</c><00:20:24.619><c> of</c><00:20:24.940><c> Shemer</c><00:20:25.259><c> for</c><00:20:25.619><c> two</c><00:20:26.059><c> talents</c><00:20:26.440><c> of</c><00:20:26.859><c> silver</c>

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and<00:20:28.319><c> built</c><00:20:28.539><c> on</c><00:20:28.819><c> the</c><00:20:28.980><c> hill</c><00:20:29.140><c> and</c><00:20:29.420><c> called</c><00:20:29.599><c> the</c><00:20:29.839><c> name</c><00:20:30.079><c> of</c><00:20:30.319><c> the</c><00:20:30.500><c> city,</c>

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which<00:20:30.980><c> he</c><00:20:31.259><c> built</c><00:20:31.480><c> after</c><00:20:31.839><c> the</c><00:20:32.079><c> name</c><00:20:32.240><c> of</c><00:20:32.579><c> Shemer,</c>

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owner<00:20:33.839><c> of</c><00:20:34.059><c> the</c><00:20:34.299><c> hill</c><00:20:34.779><c> Samaria.</c>

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And<00:20:36.799><c> so,</c><00:20:37.220><c> he</c><00:20:37.539><c> is</c><00:20:37.880><c> going</c><00:20:38.299><c> to</c><00:20:39.559><c> buy</c><00:20:40.859><c> this</c><00:20:41.259><c> area</c><00:20:41.720><c> on</c><00:20:42.039><c> this,</c><00:20:42.200><c> it's</c><00:20:42.440><c> a</c>

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hill,<00:20:43.240><c> okay?</c>

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And<00:20:44.220><c> he's</c><00:20:44.400><c> going</c><00:20:44.519><c> to</c><00:20:44.619><c> build</c><00:20:44.799><c> a</c><00:20:45.039><c> city</c><00:20:45.200><c> on</c><00:20:45.500><c> top</c><00:20:45.700><c> of</c><00:20:45.859><c> it.</c>

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And<00:20:46.640><c> so,</c><00:20:46.980><c> here</c><00:20:47.180><c> is</c><00:20:47.599><c> Omri</c><00:20:48.279><c> moving</c><00:20:49.720><c> the</c><00:20:50.720><c> capital</c><00:20:51.140><c> city</c><00:20:51.480><c> from</c><00:20:51.799><c> Terza</c>

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to<00:20:53.039><c> a</c><00:20:53.480><c> capital</c><00:20:53.799><c> that</c><00:20:54.059><c> he</c><00:20:54.299><c> is</c><00:20:54.559><c> going</c><00:20:54.839><c> to</c><00:20:55.160><c> build.</c>

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It's<00:20:55.619><c> a</c><00:20:55.740><c> much</c><00:20:55.940><c> better</c><00:20:56.200><c> location,</c><00:20:57.259><c> it's</c><00:20:57.680><c> a</c><00:20:57.900><c> stronger</c><00:20:58.200><c> area.</c>

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That's<00:20:59.539><c> an,</c><00:20:59.960><c> on</c><00:21:00.200><c> that</c><00:21:00.460><c> picture</c><00:21:00.740><c> right</c><00:21:01.059><c> there,</c><00:21:01.779><c> it's</c><00:21:02.160><c> an</c><00:21:02.460><c> AI</c><00:21:02.799><c> picture,</c>

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you<00:21:03.619><c> can</c><00:21:03.799><c> put</c><00:21:03.940><c> like</c><00:21:04.200><c> different</c><00:21:04.480><c> parameters</c><00:21:05.000><c> in</c><00:21:05.220><c> it.</c>

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I,<00:21:06.559><c> you</c><00:21:06.940><c> know,</c><00:21:07.039><c> I</c><00:21:07.140><c> think</c><00:21:07.279><c> it</c><00:21:07.440><c> makes</c><00:21:07.660><c> it,</c>

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makes<00:21:08.240><c> Samaria</c><00:21:08.640><c> look</c><00:21:08.940><c> probably</c><00:21:09.259><c> a</c><00:21:09.339><c> little</c><00:21:09.539><c> bigger</c><00:21:09.859><c> than</c><00:21:10.039><c> it</c><00:21:10.279><c> was,</c>

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but<00:21:10.660><c> I</c><00:21:10.779><c> think</c><00:21:10.900><c> it's</c><00:21:11.059><c> pretty</c><00:21:11.279><c> cool.</c>

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And<00:21:12.279><c> then</c><00:21:12.400><c> it</c><00:21:12.640><c> said,</c><00:21:12.779><c> you</c><00:21:12.920><c> know,</c><00:21:13.039><c> do</c><00:21:13.420><c> you</c><00:21:13.539><c> want</c><00:21:13.759><c> to</c><00:21:13.960><c> add</c><00:21:14.160><c> some</c>

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like<00:21:15.059><c> vineyards</c><00:21:15.420><c> on</c><00:21:15.640><c> the</c><00:21:15.779><c> outside?</c>

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Yes,<00:21:16.440><c> I</c><00:21:16.680><c> do.</c>

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Vineyards.<00:21:18.299><c> Then</c><00:21:18.460><c> it</c><00:21:18.740><c> said</c><00:21:18.859><c> you</c><00:21:19.039><c> want</c><00:21:19.359><c> to</c><00:21:19.619><c> add</c><00:21:20.279><c> terraces.</c>

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Yes,<00:21:21.980><c> terraces.</c>

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So,<00:21:23.460><c> this</c><00:21:23.700><c> is</c><00:21:23.920><c> the</c><00:21:24.039><c> picture</c><00:21:24.299><c> that</c><00:21:24.640><c> it</c><00:21:24.799><c> came</c><00:21:24.900><c> up</c><00:21:25.039><c> with.</c>

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I<00:21:25.279><c> think</c><00:21:25.420><c> it's</c><00:21:25.680><c> pretty</c><00:21:25.819><c> cool.</c>

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Silence<00:21:27.940><c> phones,</c><00:21:28.279><c> please.</c>

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So,<00:21:30.039><c> Omri</c><00:21:30.299><c> is</c><00:21:30.440><c> going</c><00:21:30.700><c> to,</c><00:21:30.799><c> you</c><00:21:30.940><c> know,</c><00:21:31.180><c> become</c><00:21:31.440><c> king.</c>

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He's<00:21:32.200><c> going</c><00:21:32.339><c> to</c><00:21:32.500><c> found</c><00:21:32.700><c> Samaria,</c><00:21:33.420><c> fortified</c><00:21:33.900><c> hilltop</c><00:21:34.339><c> city.</c>

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It,<00:21:35.400><c> it</c><00:21:35.960><c> is</c><00:21:36.299><c> going</c><00:21:36.599><c> to,</c><00:21:37.460><c> it</c><00:21:37.839><c> is</c><00:21:38.119><c> going</c><00:21:38.339><c> to</c><00:21:38.759><c> last</c><00:21:39.119><c> quite</c><00:21:39.480><c> a,</c>

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it's<00:21:40.819><c> going</c><00:21:40.980><c> to</c><00:21:41.279><c> last</c><00:21:42.160><c> even</c><00:21:43.900><c> though</c><00:21:44.240><c> it's</c><00:21:44.519><c> going</c><00:21:44.799><c> to</c><00:21:45.099><c> be,</c><00:21:46.039><c> you</c><00:21:47.059><c> know,</c>

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taken<00:21:47.680><c> captive</c><00:21:48.160><c> or</c><00:21:48.380><c> try</c><00:21:48.599><c> to</c><00:21:48.740><c> be</c><00:21:48.880><c> taken</c><00:21:49.059><c> captive</c>

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by<00:21:49.599><c> the</c><00:21:49.779><c> Assyrians</c><00:21:50.279><c> and</c><00:21:50.500><c> other</c><00:21:50.700><c> people.</c>

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It's<00:21:51.500><c> actually</c><00:21:51.759><c> a</c><00:21:51.900><c> very</c><00:21:52.200><c> well</c><00:21:52.420><c> fortified</c><00:21:52.960><c> city.</c>

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It's<00:21:53.559><c> going</c><00:21:53.680><c> to</c><00:21:53.839><c> last,</c><00:21:54.000><c> I</c><00:21:54.180><c> think,</c><00:21:54.339><c> three</c><00:21:54.759><c> years.</c>

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Remember,<00:21:56.019><c> Jerusalem</c><00:21:56.519><c> is</c><00:21:56.720><c> only</c><00:21:56.940><c> going</c><00:21:57.099><c> to</c><00:21:57.279><c> last</c><00:21:57.480><c> a</c><00:21:57.819><c> year</c>

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when<00:21:59.319><c> they</c><00:21:59.640><c> are</c><00:22:00.000><c> attacked</c><00:22:00.599><c> by</c><00:22:01.220><c> the</c><00:22:01.480><c> Babylonians.</c>

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Samaria<00:22:03.599><c> is</c><00:22:03.759><c> going</c><00:22:03.880><c> to</c><00:22:04.000><c> last</c><00:22:04.200><c> three</c><00:22:04.579><c> years,</c><00:22:05.480><c> okay?</c>

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So,<00:22:06.119><c> you</c><00:22:06.240><c> know,</c><00:22:06.720><c> differences,</c><00:22:07.680><c> you</c><00:22:07.920><c> know,</c><00:22:08.119><c> whether</c><00:22:08.299><c> or</c><00:22:08.480><c> not</c>

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it<00:22:08.680><c> was</c>

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because<00:22:09.299><c> of</c><00:22:09.480><c> the</c><00:22:09.720><c> geography</c><00:22:10.259><c> or</c><00:22:10.500><c> because</c><00:22:10.740><c> of</c><00:22:10.880><c> a</c><00:22:10.880><c> lot</c>

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of<00:22:11.240><c> different</c><00:22:11.420><c> things.</c>

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But<00:22:12.119><c> we</c><00:22:12.759><c> talk</c><00:22:13.019><c> about</c><00:22:13.279><c> Samaria</c><00:22:13.700><c> being</c><00:22:13.980><c> defeated</c>

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and<00:22:14.619><c> the</c><00:22:14.839><c> northern</c><00:22:14.980><c> tribes</c><00:22:15.380><c> being</c><00:22:15.700><c> defeated</c><00:22:16.099><c> by</c><00:22:16.400><c> the</c><00:22:16.559><c> Samaritans,</c>

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you<00:22:17.819><c> know,</c><00:22:18.180><c> by</c><00:22:18.680><c> the</c><00:22:18.980><c> Assyrians.</c>

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They<00:22:19.720><c> just</c><00:22:19.940><c> didn't</c><00:22:20.220><c> roll</c><00:22:20.539><c> over</c><00:22:20.900><c> and</c><00:22:21.119><c> give</c><00:22:21.299><c> up.</c>

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They<00:22:21.839><c> fought</c><00:22:22.119><c> for</c><00:22:22.400><c> a</c><00:22:22.440><c> very</c><00:22:22.779><c> long</c><00:22:23.059><c> period</c><00:22:23.460><c> of</c><00:22:23.700><c> time.</c>

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But<00:22:24.480><c> in</c><00:22:24.720><c> the</c><00:22:24.880><c> end,</c><00:22:25.079><c> you</c><00:22:25.180><c> know,</c><00:22:25.440><c> it</c><00:22:25.460><c> just,</c><00:22:26.119><c> they're</c><00:22:26.420><c> just</c><00:22:26.559><c> too</c><00:22:26.799><c> strong.</c>

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So,<00:22:27.940><c> yeah,</c><00:22:31.099><c> so</c><00:22:31.319><c> the</c><00:22:31.619><c> big</c><00:22:31.839><c> thing,</c><00:22:32.240><c> two</c><00:22:32.519><c> big</c><00:22:32.799><c> things</c>

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that<00:22:33.400><c> Omrai</c><00:22:33.720><c> is</c><00:22:33.960><c> going</c><00:22:34.200><c> to</c><00:22:34.400><c> do.</c>

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Number<00:22:35.160><c> one,</c><00:22:36.059><c> he's</c><00:22:36.299><c> going</c><00:22:36.480><c> to</c><00:22:36.599><c> build</c><00:22:36.799><c> Samaria,</c><00:22:37.539><c> the</c><00:22:37.740><c> new</c>

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capital<00:22:38.420><c> city.</c>

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It's<00:22:38.900><c> kind</c><00:22:39.039><c> of</c><00:22:39.119><c> like</c><00:22:39.339><c> what</c><00:22:39.759><c> Constantine</c><00:22:40.880><c> did</c><00:22:41.359><c> with,</c>

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he<00:22:42.900><c> moved</c><00:22:43.380><c> the</c><00:22:43.700><c> capital</c><00:22:44.059><c> city</c><00:22:44.559><c> from</c><00:22:45.079><c> Rome</c><00:22:45.839><c> out</c><00:22:46.799><c> into</c><00:22:47.940><c> Byzantium</c>

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and<00:22:49.599><c> changed</c><00:22:49.880><c> it</c><00:22:50.119><c> to</c><00:22:50.579><c> my</c><00:22:50.900><c> city,</c><00:22:51.660><c> Constantinople,</c><00:22:53.140><c> my</c><00:22:53.400><c> city.</c>

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Pretty<00:22:54.599><c> sweet.</c>

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And<00:22:55.960><c> so</c><00:22:56.200><c> this</c><00:22:56.420><c> is</c><00:22:56.599><c> what</c><00:22:56.799><c> Omrai</c><00:22:57.059><c> is</c><00:22:57.220><c> going</c><00:22:57.380><c> to</c><00:22:57.440><c> do</c><00:22:57.619><c> as</c><00:22:57.859><c> well.</c>

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The<00:22:58.920><c> second</c><00:22:59.240><c> big</c><00:22:59.519><c> thing</c><00:22:59.700><c> he's</c><00:22:59.960><c> going</c><00:23:00.079><c> to</c><00:23:00.220><c> do,</c>

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he's<00:23:01.099><c> going</c><00:23:01.359><c> to</c><00:23:01.599><c> ally</c><00:23:02.019><c> himself</c><00:23:02.599><c> with</c><00:23:02.920><c> the</c><00:23:03.160><c> Phoenicians.</c>

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In<00:23:04.619><c> fact,</c><00:23:05.339><c> he</c><00:23:05.940><c> is</c><00:23:06.259><c> going</c><00:23:06.619><c> to</c><00:23:07.160><c> have</c><00:23:07.440><c> his</c><00:23:07.819><c> son</c><00:23:08.380><c> Ahab</c><00:23:09.319><c> marry</c><00:23:09.880><c> a</c><00:23:10.440><c> beautiful,</c>

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stable,<00:23:14.960><c> ethical,</c><00:23:15.799><c> moral</c><00:23:16.519><c> Phoenician</c><00:23:17.380><c> princess</c><00:23:18.480><c> called</c><00:23:19.880><c> Brenda.</c>

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Huh?<00:23:23.339><c> Seeing</c><00:23:23.440><c> if</c><00:23:23.599><c> you</c><00:23:23.720><c> were</c><00:23:23.940><c> paying</c><00:23:24.019><c> attention,</c><00:23:25.099><c> Sister</c><00:23:25.400><c> Brenda.</c>

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Jezebel,<00:23:28.059><c> right?</c>

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I<00:23:29.700><c> remember</c><00:23:30.180><c> when</c><00:23:30.599><c> my</c><00:23:30.859><c> girls</c><00:23:31.059><c> were</c><00:23:31.299><c> little</c><00:23:31.599><c> and</c><00:23:32.079><c> we'd</c><00:23:32.319><c> go</c>

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over<00:23:33.359><c> Wes</c><00:23:33.960><c> and</c><00:23:34.140><c> Brenda's</c><00:23:34.480><c> house.</c>

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And<00:23:36.319><c> Wes,</c><00:23:37.099><c> you</c><00:23:37.240><c> know,</c><00:23:37.940><c> I</c><00:23:38.059><c> don't</c><00:23:38.180><c> know,</c>

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he<00:23:38.619><c> might,</c><00:23:39.480><c> I</c><00:23:39.599><c> think</c><00:23:39.779><c> McKinsey</c><00:23:40.220><c> had</c><00:23:40.519><c> like</c><00:23:40.839><c> some,</c><00:23:41.640><c> like</c><00:23:42.299><c> nail</c><00:23:42.759><c> polish</c>

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on<00:23:43.579><c> or</c><00:23:43.799><c> something</c><00:23:44.059><c> like</c><00:23:44.400><c> that.</c>

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So<00:23:45.240><c> Wes</c><00:23:45.519><c> would</c><00:23:45.740><c> go,</c><00:23:46.279><c> oh,</c><00:23:46.519><c> what</c><00:23:46.660><c> are</c><00:23:46.759><c> you</c><00:23:46.920><c> going,</c><00:23:47.119><c> little,</c>

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what<00:23:47.839><c> are</c><00:23:47.960><c> you</c><00:23:48.059><c> doing?</c>

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You're<00:23:48.519><c> looking</c><00:23:48.559><c> like</c><00:23:48.759><c> a</c><00:23:48.980><c> Jezebel</c><00:23:49.420><c> over</c><00:23:49.720><c> there.</c>

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That<00:23:52.559><c> was</c><00:23:52.799><c> pretty</c><00:23:53.079><c> funny.</c>

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So,<00:23:55.900><c> yeah,</c><00:23:56.579><c> and</c><00:23:56.579><c> that's,</c><00:23:56.859><c> you</c><00:23:56.859><c> know,</c>

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Jezebel<00:23:57.400><c> has</c><00:23:57.660><c> obviously</c><00:23:58.039><c> a</c><00:23:58.240><c> negative</c><00:23:58.599><c> connotation,</c><00:23:59.720><c> obviously,</c>

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as<00:24:00.200><c> we're</c><00:24:00.400><c> going</c><00:24:00.559><c> to</c><00:24:00.819><c> see.</c>

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So,<00:24:01.559><c> all</c><00:24:01.640><c> right,</c><00:24:01.900><c> any</c><00:24:02.039><c> questions</c><00:24:02.400><c> on</c><00:24:02.619><c> this?</c>