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And<00:10:40.879><c> I</c><00:10:41.039><c> think</c><00:10:41.340><c> we</c><00:10:41.539><c> have</c><00:10:41.799><c> in</c><00:10:41.980><c> scripture</c><00:10:42.279><c> an</c><00:10:42.519><c> example</c><00:10:42.980><c> of</c><00:10:43.179><c> just</c>

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story<00:10:53.759><c> of</c><00:10:54.080><c> Micah.</c>

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Micah<00:10:55.759><c> the</c><00:10:55.919><c> man</c><00:10:56.360><c> of</c><00:10:56.860><c> Mount</c><00:10:57.179><c> Ephraim.</c>

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And<00:11:00.259><c> this</c><00:11:00.519><c> Micah</c><00:11:01.460><c> seems</c><00:11:01.879><c> to</c><00:11:02.159><c> be</c><00:11:02.659><c> something</c><00:11:03.120><c> less</c><00:11:03.539><c> than</c><00:11:03.720><c> a</c>

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worthy<00:11:04.139><c> character.</c>

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17<00:11:05.679><c> verse</c><00:11:06.059><c> 1</c><00:11:06.340><c> and</c><00:11:06.500><c> 2.</c>

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And<00:11:07.419><c> there</c><00:11:07.580><c> was</c><00:11:07.740><c> a</c><00:11:07.799><c> man</c><00:11:08.019><c> of</c><00:11:08.159><c> Mount</c><00:11:08.419><c> Ephraim</c><00:11:08.899><c> whose</c><00:11:09.139><c> name</c><00:11:09.360><c> was</c><00:11:09.679><c> Micah.</c>

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The<00:11:12.460><c> eleven</c><00:11:12.740><c> hundred</c><00:11:13.080><c> shekels</c><00:11:13.519><c> of</c><00:11:13.659><c> silver</c><00:11:13.879><c> that</c><00:11:14.019><c> were</c><00:11:14.259><c> taken</c>

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from<00:11:14.799><c> thee,</c>

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about<00:11:15.559><c> which</c><00:11:15.799><c> thou</c><00:11:16.080><c> cursest,</c><00:11:16.840><c> nice</c><00:11:17.220><c> gal,</c><00:11:18.139><c> and</c><00:11:18.399><c> spaken</c><00:11:18.740><c> of</c><00:11:18.940><c> also</c><00:11:19.360><c> in</c>

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mine<00:11:19.700><c> ears,</c>

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Behold<00:11:20.740><c> the</c><00:11:21.000><c> silver</c><00:11:21.399><c> is</c><00:11:21.679><c> with</c><00:11:21.860><c> me,</c><00:11:22.139><c> I</c><00:11:22.519><c> took</c><00:11:22.779><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:11:23.559><c> listen</c><00:11:23.879><c> to</c><00:11:24.000><c> this</c><00:11:24.240><c> woman.</c>

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And<00:11:25.240><c> his</c><00:11:25.440><c> mother</c><00:11:25.700><c> said,</c><00:11:26.679><c> Blessed</c><00:11:27.000><c> be</c><00:11:27.480><c> thou</c><00:11:27.899><c> of</c><00:11:28.179><c> the</c><00:11:28.360><c> Lord</c><00:11:28.580><c> my</c><00:11:28.879><c> son.</c>

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And<00:11:29.940><c> when</c><00:11:30.100><c> he</c><00:11:30.279><c> had</c><00:11:30.480><c> restored</c><00:11:30.820><c> the</c><00:11:31.059><c> eleven</c><00:11:31.259><c> hundred</c><00:11:31.580><c> shekels</c>

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look<00:11:33.620><c> what</c><00:11:33.759><c> she</c><00:11:33.940><c> does.</c>

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unto<00:11:37.000><c> the</c><00:11:37.179><c> Lord</c><00:11:37.480><c> from</c><00:11:39.080><c> mine</c><00:11:39.379><c> hand,</c>

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Now<00:11:44.080><c> therefore</c><00:11:44.639><c> I</c><00:11:45.139><c> will</c><00:11:45.379><c> restore</c><00:11:45.759><c> it</c><00:11:45.940><c> unto</c><00:11:46.019><c> thee.</c>

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Yet<00:11:47.139><c> he</c><00:11:47.460><c> restored</c><00:11:47.759><c> the</c><00:11:47.940><c> money</c><00:11:48.120><c> unto</c><00:11:48.320><c> his</c><00:11:48.600><c> mother,</c><00:11:48.840><c> and</c><00:11:48.919><c> his</c><00:11:49.039><c> mother</c><00:11:49.240><c> took</c><00:11:49.639><c> two</c><00:11:49.919><c> hundred</c><00:11:50.259><c> shekels</c><00:11:50.700><c> of</c><00:11:50.820><c> silver</c>

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and<00:11:55.000><c> a</c><00:11:55.179><c> molten</c><00:11:55.460><c> image,</c>

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and<00:11:56.080><c> they</c><00:11:56.279><c> were</c><00:11:56.539><c> in</c><00:11:56.720><c> the</c><00:11:56.860><c> house</c><00:11:57.120><c> of</c><00:11:57.360><c> Micah.</c>

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So<00:11:58.179><c> this</c><00:11:58.460><c> woman,</c><00:11:58.700><c> upon</c><00:11:59.039><c> learning</c><00:11:59.399><c> that</c><00:11:59.580><c> her</c><00:11:59.799><c> son</c><00:12:00.000><c> had</c><00:12:00.340><c> stolen</c>

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a<00:12:01.080><c> tremendous</c><00:12:01.519><c> amount</c><00:12:01.840><c> of</c><00:12:01.899><c> money</c><00:12:02.179><c> from</c><00:12:02.460><c> her,</c>

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are<00:12:05.879><c> you.</c>

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Her<00:12:06.940><c> interest</c><00:12:07.159><c> seemed</c><00:12:07.379><c> to</c><00:12:07.500><c> be</c><00:12:07.559><c> more</c><00:12:07.820><c> in</c><00:12:07.940><c> the</c><00:12:08.139><c> money</c><00:12:08.460><c> than</c><00:12:08.700><c> in</c>

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What<00:12:12.700><c> right</c><00:12:12.919><c> had</c><00:12:13.039><c> he</c><00:12:13.240><c> had</c><00:12:13.440><c> to</c><00:12:13.600><c> do</c><00:12:13.840><c> that?</c>

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What<00:12:14.580><c> did</c><00:12:14.740><c> it</c><00:12:14.879><c> say</c><00:12:15.059><c> about</c><00:12:15.320><c> this</c><00:12:15.679><c> Micah?</c>

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And<00:12:16.779><c> what</c><00:12:16.919><c> kind</c><00:12:17.080><c> of</c><00:12:17.299><c> reaction</c><00:12:17.659><c> is</c><00:12:17.879><c> that</c><00:12:18.100><c> from</c><00:12:18.299><c> a</c><00:12:18.500><c> mother</c><00:12:18.720><c> who's</c>

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dealing<00:12:19.240><c> with</c><00:12:19.500><c> the</c><00:12:19.679><c> son</c>

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To<00:12:22.320><c> make</c><00:12:22.519><c> matters</c><00:12:22.820><c> worse,</c><00:12:23.480><c> she</c><00:12:23.539><c> indulges</c><00:12:24.120><c> him</c><00:12:24.379><c> by</c><00:12:24.779><c> making</c><00:12:25.139><c> for</c>

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him<00:12:26.179><c> this</c><00:12:26.720><c> molten</c><00:12:27.100><c> image</c>

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and<00:12:30.120><c> decorated</c><00:12:30.639><c> the</c><00:12:30.840><c> house</c><00:12:31.159><c> with</c><00:12:31.419><c> this</c><00:12:31.740><c> statuary</c><00:12:32.340><c> which</c><00:12:32.519><c> she</c>

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and<00:12:42.799><c> make</c><00:12:42.960><c> him</c><00:12:43.200><c> a</c><00:12:43.500><c> spineless</c><00:12:44.559><c> individual</c><00:12:45.700><c> and</c><00:12:46.019><c> quite</c><00:12:46.279><c> useless</c>

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And<00:12:48.899><c> it's</c><00:12:49.159><c> a</c><00:12:49.259><c> danger</c><00:12:49.600><c> that</c><00:12:49.860><c> exists,</c><00:12:50.360><c> brothers</c><00:12:50.480><c> and</c><00:12:50.740><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:12:59.779><c> she</c><00:13:00.019><c> always</c><00:13:01.019><c> perpetually</c><00:13:02.179><c> dissipated</c><00:13:02.980><c> the</c><00:13:03.279><c> character</c><00:13:03.700><c> by</c><00:13:04.000><c> a</c><00:13:04.240><c> kind</c><00:13:04.519><c> of</c><00:13:04.799><c> love</c>

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that<00:13:05.519><c> was</c><00:13:05.740><c> really</c><00:13:06.059><c> no</c><00:13:06.320><c> love</c><00:13:06.539><c> at</c><00:13:06.779><c> all,</c><00:13:07.659><c> but</c><00:13:07.860><c> was</c><00:13:08.240><c> an</c><00:13:08.580><c> element</c><00:13:08.820><c> of</c>

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weakness<00:13:09.539><c> and</c><00:13:09.919><c> spinelessness.</c>

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and<00:13:25.639><c> shake</c><00:13:25.840><c> him</c><00:13:26.000><c> until</c><00:13:26.159><c> his</c><00:13:26.379><c> teeth</c><00:13:26.580><c> rattle</c><00:13:27.059><c> and</c><00:13:27.620><c> let</c><00:13:27.779><c> him</c><00:13:27.899><c> know</c>

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that<00:13:28.259><c> what</c><00:13:28.379><c> he's</c><00:13:28.580><c> doing</c><00:13:28.860><c> is</c><00:13:29.080><c> not</c><00:13:29.379><c> right.</c>

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And<00:13:30.279><c> you'd</c><00:13:30.440><c> be</c><00:13:30.559><c> amazed</c><00:13:30.860><c> at</c><00:13:31.000><c> what</c><00:13:31.139><c> an</c><00:13:31.320><c> early</c><00:13:31.500><c> age</c><00:13:31.679><c> that</c><00:13:31.899><c> starts,</c>

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I<00:13:32.639><c> certainly</c><00:13:33.100><c> have.</c>

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They<00:13:34.259><c> don't</c><00:13:34.480><c> take</c><00:13:34.679><c> very</c><00:13:35.039><c> long</c><00:13:35.240><c> before</c><00:13:35.519><c> they</c><00:13:35.799><c> exercise</c><00:13:36.299><c> their</c>

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will<00:13:37.039><c> and</c><00:13:37.740><c> they</c><00:13:37.960><c> want</c><00:13:38.179><c> to</c><00:13:38.480><c> tell</c><00:13:38.659><c> you</c><00:13:38.940><c> what</c><00:13:39.159><c> to</c><00:13:39.360><c> do.</c>

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And<00:13:39.940><c> that's</c><00:13:40.220><c> coming</c><00:13:40.440><c> from</c><00:13:41.000><c> a</c><00:13:42.240><c> child</c><00:13:42.519><c> who's</c><00:13:43.440><c> not</c><00:13:43.700><c> a</c><00:13:43.879><c> year</c><00:13:44.100><c> old</c><00:13:44.320><c> yet.</c>

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Children<00:13:45.740><c> are</c><00:13:46.000><c> born</c><00:13:46.240><c> into</c><00:13:46.440><c> this</c><00:13:46.740><c> world</c><00:13:47.039><c> willful</c><00:13:47.799><c> individuals.</c>

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And<00:13:49.379><c> if</c><00:13:49.559><c> a</c><00:13:49.659><c> mother</c><00:13:49.840><c> capitulates</c><00:13:50.559><c> to</c><00:13:50.799><c> that</c><00:13:51.039><c> will</c><00:13:51.279><c> time</c><00:13:51.639><c> and</c><00:13:51.840><c> time</c><00:13:52.059><c> again</c><00:13:52.419><c> out</c>

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of<00:13:52.980><c> a</c><00:13:53.240><c> misguided</c><00:13:53.740><c> sense</c><00:13:54.000><c> of</c><00:13:54.240><c> love,</c>

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she's<00:13:54.620><c> going</c><00:13:54.740><c> to</c><00:13:54.860><c> create</c><00:13:55.019><c> a</c><00:13:55.360><c> monster,</c><00:13:56.399><c> an</c><00:13:56.740><c> absolute</c><00:13:57.340><c> monster.</c>

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So<00:13:59.200><c> as</c><00:13:59.519><c> the</c><00:14:00.000><c> proverb</c><00:14:00.299><c> says,</c><00:14:01.360><c> spare</c><00:14:01.559><c> the</c><00:14:01.899><c> rod</c><00:14:02.080><c> and</c><00:14:02.340><c> spoil</c><00:14:02.659><c> the</c><00:14:02.940><c> child.</c>

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And<00:14:04.340><c> indeed</c><00:14:05.039><c> it's</c><00:14:05.340><c> true</c><00:14:05.600><c> and</c><00:14:05.740><c> you</c><00:14:05.860><c> can</c><00:14:06.100><c> see</c><00:14:06.259><c> it</c><00:14:06.460><c> again</c><00:14:06.639><c> and</c><00:14:06.860><c> again</c><00:14:07.279><c> where</c><00:14:07.840><c> that</c><00:14:08.080><c> rod</c>

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has<00:14:08.519><c> been</c><00:14:08.799><c> spared</c>

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and<00:14:09.200><c> that</c><00:14:09.440><c> child</c><00:14:09.700><c> has</c><00:14:09.919><c> been</c><00:14:10.139><c> destroyed.</c>

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And<00:14:11.919><c> he's</c><00:14:12.179><c> turned</c><00:14:12.340><c> into</c><00:14:12.659><c> an</c><00:14:12.899><c> individual</c><00:14:13.419><c> who's</c><00:14:13.840><c> petulant,</c>

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who's<00:14:14.820><c> arrogant,</c><00:14:15.379><c> who's</c><00:14:15.700><c> proud,</c>

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who's<00:14:17.600><c> a</c><00:14:17.799><c> whiner</c><00:14:18.379><c> through</c><00:14:19.019><c> his</c><00:14:19.279><c> adult</c><00:14:19.539><c> years.</c>

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And<00:14:20.740><c> it's</c><00:14:20.899><c> up</c><00:14:21.019><c> to</c><00:14:21.200><c> the</c><00:14:21.360><c> mothers</c><00:14:21.720><c> as</c><00:14:22.460><c> well</c><00:14:22.679><c> as</c><00:14:22.840><c> the</c><00:14:23.019><c> fathers</c><00:14:23.419><c> to</c>

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take<00:14:23.899><c> a</c><00:14:24.059><c> hold</c><00:14:24.179><c> of</c><00:14:24.360><c> that</c><00:14:24.559><c> child.</c>

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And<00:14:24.980><c> when</c><00:14:25.080><c> he</c><00:14:25.259><c> has</c><00:14:25.419><c> gone</c><00:14:25.620><c> off</c><00:14:25.980><c> the</c><00:14:26.379><c> tracks</c><00:14:26.779><c> and</c><00:14:26.960><c> has</c><00:14:27.200><c> done</c><00:14:27.340><c> that</c>

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which<00:14:27.700><c> is</c><00:14:27.980><c> wrong,</c>

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to<00:14:28.899><c> let</c><00:14:29.000><c> him</c><00:14:29.159><c> know</c><00:14:29.399><c> in</c><00:14:29.500><c> no</c><00:14:29.700><c> uncertain</c><00:14:30.159><c> terms</c><00:14:30.700><c> and</c><00:14:31.080><c> to</c><00:14:31.240><c> lay</c><00:14:31.419><c> upon</c>

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him<00:14:32.019><c> stripes</c>

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that<00:14:34.139><c> will</c><00:14:34.620><c> let</c><00:14:34.759><c> him</c><00:14:34.980><c> know</c><00:14:35.240><c> that</c><00:14:35.379><c> you're</c><00:14:35.679><c> serious.</c>

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And<00:14:37.200><c> it's</c><00:14:38.080><c> a</c><00:14:38.279><c> disastrous</c><00:14:39.340><c> state</c><00:14:39.580><c> of</c><00:14:39.779><c> affairs</c><00:14:40.039><c> that</c><00:14:40.220><c> the</c><00:14:40.340><c> world</c>

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has<00:14:40.720><c> gotten</c><00:14:40.919><c> itself</c><00:14:41.299><c> into</c>

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that<00:14:43.139><c> child</c><00:14:43.580><c> psychologists</c><00:14:44.320><c> and</c><00:14:44.460><c> I've</c><00:14:44.700><c> read</c><00:14:44.799><c> this</c><00:14:45.059><c> in</c><00:14:45.240><c> the</c><00:14:45.460><c> textbooks</c><00:14:45.779><c> that</c><00:14:46.059><c> I</c>

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had<00:14:46.779><c> when</c><00:14:46.919><c> I</c><00:14:47.139><c> was</c><00:14:47.299><c> in</c><00:14:47.500><c> school.</c>

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You<00:14:48.559><c> know</c><00:14:48.639><c> they</c><00:14:49.139><c> said</c><00:14:49.820><c> well</c><00:14:50.019><c> maybe</c><00:14:50.320><c> we</c><00:14:50.519><c> should</c><00:14:50.679><c> change</c><00:14:50.980><c> the</c><00:14:51.240><c> proverb</c><00:14:51.519><c> to</c>

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use<00:14:53.019><c> the</c><00:14:53.279><c> rod</c><00:14:53.500><c> sparingly</c>

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or<00:14:54.700><c> spoil</c><00:14:55.000><c> the</c><00:14:55.279><c> child</c><00:14:55.620><c> or</c><00:14:56.059><c> better</c><00:14:56.399><c> yet</c><00:14:56.700><c> don't</c><00:14:56.960><c> use</c><00:14:57.240><c> the</c><00:14:57.559><c> rod</c><00:14:57.759><c> at</c><00:14:58.059><c> all.</c>

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It's<00:14:59.759><c> a</c><00:14:59.879><c> measure</c><00:15:00.120><c> of</c><00:15:00.419><c> insanity</c><00:15:00.840><c> that</c><00:15:01.059><c> the</c><00:15:01.220><c> world</c><00:15:01.360><c> has</c><00:15:01.600><c> come</c><00:15:01.720><c> to</c><00:15:01.919><c> this.</c>

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You<00:15:02.559><c> know</c><00:15:02.639><c> you</c><00:15:02.720><c> can't</c><00:15:03.000><c> talk</c><00:15:03.320><c> about</c><00:15:03.659><c> disciplining</c><00:15:04.139><c> children</c><00:15:04.620><c> nowadays</c>

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without<00:15:05.419><c> somebody</c><00:15:05.759><c> jumping</c><00:15:06.100><c> down</c><00:15:06.299><c> your</c><00:15:06.559><c> throat</c><00:15:06.679><c> about</c><00:15:06.919><c> child</c><00:15:07.399><c> abuse.</c>

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You<00:15:08.899><c> know</c><00:15:09.000><c> those</c><00:15:09.220><c> two</c><00:15:09.559><c> subjects</c><00:15:09.960><c> have</c><00:15:10.340><c> nothing</c><00:15:10.679><c> to</c><00:15:10.899><c> do</c><00:15:11.000><c> with</c>

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each<00:15:11.500><c> other.</c>

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Child<00:15:12.860><c> abuse</c><00:15:13.299><c> is</c><00:15:13.519><c> something</c><00:15:13.840><c> entirely</c><00:15:14.460><c> removed</c><00:15:15.179><c> from</c><00:15:15.419><c> discipline.</c>

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You<00:15:17.019><c> know</c><00:15:17.179><c> laying</c><00:15:17.419><c> your</c><00:15:17.720><c> hand</c><00:15:17.960><c> upon</c><00:15:18.220><c> the</c><00:15:18.440><c> backside</c><00:15:18.919><c> of</c><00:15:19.399><c> a</c>

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disobedient<00:15:20.279><c> child</c>

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in<00:15:21.600><c> the</c><00:15:21.840><c> spirit</c><00:15:22.159><c> of</c><00:15:22.440><c> righteous</c><00:15:22.799><c> indignation</c><00:15:23.500><c> is</c><00:15:23.799><c> not</c><00:15:24.399><c> child</c><00:15:25.080><c> abuse.</c>

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It<00:15:26.659><c> doesn't</c><00:15:26.940><c> even</c><00:15:27.220><c> get</c><00:15:27.519><c> close</c><00:15:27.940><c> to</c><00:15:28.200><c> child</c><00:15:28.559><c> abuse.</c>

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Child<00:15:29.320><c> abuse</c><00:15:29.679><c> is</c><00:15:29.879><c> the</c><00:15:30.100><c> function</c><00:15:30.379><c> of</c><00:15:30.600><c> a</c><00:15:31.039><c> sick</c><00:15:31.700><c> mind.</c>

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It's<00:15:34.100><c> a</c><00:15:34.539><c> disease</c><00:15:35.340><c> of</c><00:15:35.559><c> the</c><00:15:35.799><c> mind</c><00:15:36.259><c> that</c><00:15:36.519><c> most</c><00:15:36.860><c> of</c><00:15:37.039><c> us</c><00:15:37.279><c> simply</c><00:15:37.620><c> do</c>

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not<00:15:37.940><c> have</c><00:15:38.100><c> a</c><00:15:38.279><c> problem</c><00:15:38.639><c> with.</c>

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If<00:15:39.799><c> we</c><00:15:40.919><c> see</c><00:15:41.139><c> our</c><00:15:41.480><c> handprint</c><00:15:41.940><c> on</c><00:15:42.159><c> the</c><00:15:42.399><c> child's</c><00:15:43.019><c> bottom</c><00:15:43.259><c> for</c><00:15:43.580><c> a</c>

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couple<00:15:43.899><c> of</c><00:15:44.080><c> days</c>

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that's<00:15:44.799><c> not</c><00:15:45.000><c> child</c><00:15:45.320><c> abuse</c><00:15:45.639><c> either.</c><00:15:46.360><c> That's</c><00:15:46.799><c> good.</c>

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And<00:15:48.059><c> if</c><00:15:48.159><c> he</c><00:15:48.299><c> has</c><00:15:48.440><c> to</c><00:15:48.659><c> rub</c><00:15:48.879><c> that</c><00:15:50.240><c> mark</c><00:15:50.559><c> of</c><00:15:50.919><c> discipline</c><00:15:51.320><c> for</c><00:15:51.580><c> a</c><00:15:51.740><c> few</c><00:15:51.840><c> days</c><00:15:52.039><c> that's</c><00:15:52.399><c> good</c><00:15:52.559><c> as</c><00:15:52.820><c> well.</c>

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You<00:15:54.200><c> know</c><00:15:54.200><c> some</c><00:15:54.320><c> people</c><00:15:54.600><c> will</c><00:15:54.799><c> say</c><00:15:54.899><c> well</c><00:15:55.080><c> it's</c><00:15:55.179><c> alright</c><00:15:55.360><c> if</c><00:15:55.500><c> you</c><00:15:55.600><c> hit</c><00:15:55.700><c> him</c><00:15:55.840><c> if</c>

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you<00:15:56.080><c> don't</c><00:15:56.200><c> leave</c><00:15:56.379><c> a</c><00:15:56.600><c> bruise.</c>

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You<00:15:57.340><c> know</c><00:15:57.419><c> don't</c><00:15:57.480><c> leave</c><00:15:57.659><c> any</c><00:15:57.799><c> marks.</c>

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Of<00:15:59.740><c> course</c><00:16:00.059><c> they</c><00:16:00.419><c> tell</c><00:16:00.740><c> you</c><00:16:00.940><c> that</c><00:16:01.059><c> if</c><00:16:01.220><c> the</c><00:16:01.360><c> kid</c><00:16:01.480><c> shows</c><00:16:01.740><c> up</c><00:16:01.960><c> at</c><00:16:02.100><c> school</c><00:16:02.299><c> with</c><00:16:02.559><c> a</c><00:16:02.720><c> mark</c>

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you<00:16:03.200><c> know</c><00:16:03.299><c> you</c><00:16:03.299><c> might</c><00:16:03.460><c> get</c><00:16:03.600><c> in</c><00:16:03.700><c> trouble</c><00:16:03.980><c> from</c><00:16:04.220><c> the</c><00:16:04.399><c> law.</c>

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Actually<00:16:05.539><c> that's</c><00:16:05.919><c> a</c><00:16:06.000><c> great</c><00:16:06.139><c> big</c><00:16:06.480><c> lie.</c>

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At<00:16:07.659><c> least</c><00:16:07.820><c> where</c><00:16:07.980><c> we</c><00:16:08.200><c> come</c><00:16:08.460><c> from</c><00:16:08.700><c> the</c><00:16:08.860><c> laws</c><00:16:09.100><c> have</c><00:16:09.379><c> not</c><00:16:09.600><c> been</c><00:16:09.919><c> changed.</c>

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And<00:16:11.840><c> any</c><00:16:12.120><c> law</c><00:16:12.399><c> enforcement</c><00:16:12.860><c> officer</c><00:16:13.299><c> will</c><00:16:13.580><c> tell</c><00:16:13.820><c> you</c><00:16:14.139><c> that</c>

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the<00:16:14.460><c> law</c><00:16:14.620><c> has</c><00:16:14.860><c> always</c><00:16:15.159><c> been</c><00:16:15.379><c> the</c><00:16:15.620><c> same.</c>

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That<00:16:16.059><c> a</c><00:16:16.240><c> parent</c><00:16:16.480><c> is</c><00:16:16.779><c> allowed</c><00:16:17.120><c> to</c><00:16:17.720><c> do</c><00:16:17.820><c> what</c><00:16:17.980><c> is</c><00:16:18.220><c> ever</c><00:16:18.519><c> reasonable</c><00:16:19.240><c> and</c><00:16:19.960><c> proper</c>

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in<00:16:20.440><c> the</c><00:16:20.679><c> disciplining</c><00:16:21.039><c> of</c><00:16:21.200><c> their</c><00:16:21.419><c> children</c><00:16:21.860><c> including</c>

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physical<00:16:22.899><c> abuse.</c>

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Not<00:16:24.080><c> physical</c><00:16:24.480><c> abuse,</c><00:16:26.039><c> physical</c><00:16:26.240><c> discipline.</c>

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Sometimes<00:16:29.080><c> you</c><00:16:29.220><c> feel</c><00:16:29.519><c> like</c><00:16:29.740><c> abusing</c><00:16:30.080><c> them,</c><00:16:30.440><c> I</c><00:16:30.440><c> know.</c>

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Murdering<00:16:31.700><c> them</c><00:16:31.860><c> in</c><00:16:32.059><c> fact.</c>

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And<00:16:33.639><c> the</c><00:16:34.379><c> one</c><00:16:34.720><c> segment</c><00:16:35.039><c> of</c><00:16:35.340><c> society</c><00:16:35.940><c> that</c><00:16:36.240><c> best</c><00:16:36.600><c> appreciates</c>

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child<00:16:37.519><c> discipline</c>

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are<00:16:38.299><c> law</c><00:16:38.559><c> enforcement</c><00:16:39.039><c> officials.</c>

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They've<00:16:39.860><c> written</c><00:16:40.000><c> any</c><00:16:40.240><c> number</c><00:16:40.519><c> of</c><00:16:40.759><c> articles</c><00:16:41.039><c> which</c><00:16:41.299><c> say</c><00:16:41.500><c> look</c>

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America<00:16:43.379><c> you're</c><00:16:43.580><c> raising</c><00:16:43.919><c> a</c><00:16:44.120><c> society</c><00:16:44.620><c> of</c><00:16:44.860><c> delinquents.</c>

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Why?<00:16:46.519><c> Because</c><00:16:46.659><c> you're</c><00:16:46.840><c> not</c><00:16:46.980><c> prepared</c><00:16:47.320><c> to</c><00:16:47.580><c> draw</c><00:16:47.740><c> lines</c><00:16:48.059><c> and</c>

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make<00:16:48.419><c> them</c><00:16:48.639><c> stick.</c>

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That<00:16:50.399><c> was</c><00:16:50.639><c> a</c><00:16:50.799><c> problem</c><00:16:51.159><c> with</c><00:16:51.500><c> mothers</c><00:16:51.799><c> and</c><00:16:52.039><c> ages</c><00:16:52.259><c> gone</c><00:16:52.539><c> by.</c>

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It's<00:16:53.019><c> a</c><00:16:53.019><c> problem</c><00:16:53.320><c> with</c><00:16:53.519><c> mothers</c><00:16:53.840><c> today</c><00:16:54.759><c> and</c><00:16:55.179><c> fathers.</c>

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You<00:16:56.799><c> have</c><00:16:56.980><c> to</c><00:16:57.139><c> be</c><00:16:57.340><c> prepared</c><00:16:57.840><c> to</c><00:16:58.120><c> plow</c><00:16:58.399><c> into</c><00:16:58.700><c> this</c><00:16:59.299><c> child</c><00:16:59.740><c> rearing</c><00:17:00.080><c> business</c><00:17:00.539><c> with</c>

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a<00:17:01.259><c> firm</c><00:17:01.480><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:17:02.799><c> I</c><00:17:03.159><c> know</c><00:17:03.559><c> you</c><00:17:04.500><c> hear</c><00:17:04.700><c> people</c><00:17:04.960><c> say</c><00:17:05.160><c> well</c><00:17:05.339><c> it</c><00:17:05.440><c> hurts</c><00:17:05.599><c> me</c><00:17:05.839><c> more</c>

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than<00:17:06.160><c> it</c><00:17:06.299><c> hurts</c><00:17:06.539><c> you.</c>

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And<00:17:07.059><c> you</c><00:17:07.200><c> thought</c><00:17:07.400><c> oh</c><00:17:07.680><c> yeah</c><00:17:07.960><c> sure</c><00:17:08.259><c> it</c><00:17:08.480><c> hurt</c><00:17:08.559><c> me</c><00:17:08.819><c> plenty.</c>

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It<00:17:09.220><c> doesn't</c><00:17:09.420><c> seem</c><00:17:09.579><c> to</c><00:17:09.700><c> be</c><00:17:09.839><c> hurting</c><00:17:09.960><c> you</c><00:17:10.220><c> at</c><00:17:10.420><c> all.</c>

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But<00:17:11.740><c> it</c><00:17:11.940><c> is</c><00:17:12.180><c> true.</c><00:17:12.539><c> It's</c><00:17:12.740><c> emotionally</c><00:17:13.240><c> draining.</c>

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It<00:17:13.980><c> is</c><00:17:14.339><c> emotionally</c><00:17:14.960><c> draining</c><00:17:15.420><c> to</c><00:17:15.720><c> discipline</c><00:17:16.059><c> children.</c>

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I<00:17:17.420><c> don't</c><00:17:17.519><c> know</c><00:17:17.599><c> how</c><00:17:17.779><c> many</c><00:17:18.000><c> times</c><00:17:18.319><c> I've</c><00:17:18.539><c> been</c><00:17:18.720><c> through</c><00:17:18.980><c> it</c><00:17:19.119><c> and</c>

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I<00:17:19.359><c> just</c><00:17:19.599><c> felt</c><00:17:19.740><c> absolutely</c><00:17:20.480><c> drained</c>

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and<00:17:21.319><c> kind</c><00:17:21.359><c> of</c><00:17:21.640><c> rotten</c><00:17:21.839><c> as</c><00:17:22.119><c> well</c><00:17:22.380><c> that</c><00:17:22.480><c> it</c><00:17:22.680><c> all</c><00:17:22.859><c> had</c><00:17:23.000><c> to</c><00:17:23.259><c> happen.</c>

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You<00:17:24.160><c> get</c><00:17:24.339><c> so</c><00:17:24.740><c> angry</c><00:17:25.099><c> and</c><00:17:25.299><c> so</c><00:17:25.539><c> upset</c><00:17:26.140><c> and</c><00:17:26.799><c> you</c><00:17:27.000><c> finally</c><00:17:27.400><c> take</c><00:17:27.720><c> the</c><00:17:27.960><c> kid</c><00:17:28.059><c> by</c>

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the<00:17:28.599><c> neck</c>

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and<00:17:28.980><c> you</c><00:17:29.160><c> really</c><00:17:29.559><c> clobber</c><00:17:29.960><c> him</c><00:17:30.079><c> because</c><00:17:30.420><c> you're</c><00:17:30.660><c> just</c><00:17:30.960><c> so</c><00:17:31.200><c> absolutely</c><00:17:31.740><c> fed</c><00:17:32.119><c> up</c>

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with<00:17:33.000><c> this</c><00:17:33.339><c> nonsense</c><00:17:33.980><c> that</c><00:17:34.200><c> they</c><00:17:34.420><c> keep</c><00:17:34.700><c> on</c><00:17:35.119><c> spilling</c><00:17:35.359><c> out</c><00:17:35.619><c> at</c><00:17:35.740><c> you.</c>

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And<00:17:36.619><c> it's</c><00:17:36.779><c> fair</c><00:17:36.900><c> to</c><00:17:37.140><c> say</c><00:17:37.299><c> a</c><00:17:37.460><c> kid</c><00:17:37.619><c> won't</c><00:17:37.940><c> shut</c><00:17:38.279><c> up</c><00:17:38.480><c> until</c><00:17:38.660><c> you</c>

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make<00:17:39.099><c> them.</c>

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You<00:17:40.019><c> give</c><00:17:40.180><c> them</c><00:17:40.339><c> an</c><00:17:40.519><c> inch</c><00:17:40.680><c> and</c><00:17:40.779><c> they'll</c><00:17:41.059><c> just</c><00:17:41.319><c> keep</c><00:17:41.559><c> on</c><00:17:41.920><c> rattling</c><00:17:42.220><c> on,</c>

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rattling<00:17:43.079><c> on.</c>

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It's<00:17:43.579><c> just</c><00:17:43.779><c> amazing</c><00:17:44.259><c> the</c><00:17:44.539><c> amount</c><00:17:44.779><c> of</c><00:17:45.039><c> verbiage</c><00:17:45.440><c> that</c><00:17:45.599><c> can</c><00:17:45.759><c> come</c><00:17:45.940><c> out</c>

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of<00:17:46.160><c> such</c><00:17:46.299><c> a</c><00:17:46.539><c> small</c><00:17:46.740><c> body.</c>

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But<00:17:48.759><c> until</c><00:17:49.160><c> you</c><00:17:49.339><c> put</c><00:17:49.519><c> your</c><00:17:49.759><c> foot</c><00:17:49.940><c> down</c><00:17:50.359><c> and</c><00:17:50.619><c> sometimes</c><00:17:51.140><c> put</c><00:17:51.480><c> something</c><00:17:51.680><c> in</c>

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that<00:17:52.160><c> mouth</c><00:17:52.359><c> to</c><00:17:52.579><c> plug</c><00:17:52.759><c> it,</c>

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you<00:17:53.440><c> won't</c><00:17:53.579><c> get</c><00:17:53.819><c> anywhere</c><00:17:54.000><c> with</c><00:17:54.279><c> them.</c>

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And<00:17:55.619><c> it's</c><00:17:55.880><c> so</c><00:17:56.140><c> vitally</c><00:17:56.480><c> important,</c><00:17:57.079><c> brothers</c><00:17:57.160><c> and</c><00:17:57.440><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:17:58.019><c> future</c><00:17:58.359><c> of</c><00:17:58.539><c> our</c><00:17:58.799><c> brotherhood</c><00:17:59.660><c> rests</c><00:18:00.200><c> on</c><00:18:01.059><c> that</c><00:18:01.299><c> the</c><00:18:01.480><c> stalwart</c><00:18:02.059><c> mothers</c><00:18:02.440><c> in</c>

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our<00:18:02.839><c> community</c>

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are<00:18:03.480><c> prepared</c><00:18:03.920><c> to</c><00:18:04.180><c> toe</c><00:18:04.319><c> the</c><00:18:04.559><c> line.</c>

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Our<00:18:07.880><c> existence</c><00:18:08.440><c> is</c><00:18:09.299><c> dependent</c><00:18:09.900><c> upon</c><00:18:10.420><c> that.</c>

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It<00:18:12.240><c> truly</c><00:18:12.559><c> is.</c>

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It<00:18:14.279><c> was</c><00:18:14.519><c> the</c><00:18:14.740><c> case</c><00:18:15.119><c> in</c><00:18:15.339><c> Israel</c><00:18:15.779><c> of</c><00:18:16.000><c> old.</c>

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If<00:18:16.960><c> the</c><00:18:17.240><c> mothers</c><00:18:17.500><c> hadn't</c><00:18:17.819><c> come</c><00:18:18.140><c> through,</c><00:18:19.619><c> the</c><00:18:19.700><c> nation</c><00:18:20.039><c> would</c>

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have<00:18:20.420><c> ceased</c><00:18:20.579><c> to</c><00:18:20.880><c> exist</c><00:18:21.059><c> in</c><00:18:21.220><c> its</c><00:18:21.440><c> entirety.</c>

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The<00:18:22.759><c> righteous</c><00:18:23.220><c> remnant</c><00:18:23.660><c> that</c><00:18:23.859><c> persisted</c><00:18:24.400><c> in</c><00:18:24.480><c> the</c><00:18:24.619><c> nation</c>

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was<00:18:25.099><c> undoubtedly</c><00:18:25.579><c> due</c>

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to<00:18:26.980><c> the</c><00:18:27.759><c> parents</c><00:18:28.119><c> that</c><00:18:28.299><c> were</c><00:18:28.559><c> prepared</c><00:18:29.220><c> to</c><00:18:29.940><c> discipline</c><00:18:30.380><c> children.</c>

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And<00:18:31.940><c> we</c><00:18:32.000><c> have</c><00:18:32.180><c> examples</c><00:18:32.640><c> of</c><00:18:32.839><c> good</c><00:18:33.180><c> and</c><00:18:33.579><c> bad</c><00:18:33.900><c> in</c><00:18:34.160><c> that</c><00:18:34.339><c> respect.</c>

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And<00:18:35.640><c> Zeruiah</c><00:18:36.339><c> represents</c><00:18:37.000><c> a</c><00:18:37.539><c> rather</c><00:18:37.839><c> mixed</c><00:18:38.200><c> bag</c><00:18:38.700><c> because</c><00:18:39.640><c> some</c><00:18:39.920><c> of</c>

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those<00:18:40.519><c> sons,</c>

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Abishai<00:18:41.759><c> in</c><00:18:41.960><c> particular,</c><00:18:42.700><c> were</c><00:18:42.960><c> undoubtedly</c><00:18:43.599><c> righteous</c><00:18:44.240><c> men.</c>

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Yet<00:18:44.759><c> they</c><00:18:45.039><c> showed</c><00:18:45.440><c> significant</c><00:18:46.039><c> areas</c><00:18:46.359><c> of</c><00:18:46.579><c> weakness.</c>

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And<00:18:48.039><c> undoubtedly</c><00:18:48.400><c> it</c><00:18:48.660><c> was</c><00:18:49.079><c> attributable</c><00:18:49.759><c> to</c><00:18:50.240><c> this</c><00:18:50.480><c> woman</c><00:18:50.779><c> Zeruiah</c>

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who<00:18:52.240><c> undoubtedly</c><00:18:52.799><c> was</c><00:18:53.079><c> an</c><00:18:53.240><c> ambitious</c><00:18:53.680><c> individual.</c>

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Now<00:18:55.420><c> as</c><00:18:55.640><c> we've</c><00:18:55.920><c> indicated,</c><00:18:56.740><c> these</c><00:18:56.759><c> were</c><00:18:57.019><c> bold</c><00:18:57.420><c> and</c><00:18:57.660><c> daring</c><00:18:57.900><c> men</c><00:18:58.099><c> of</c><00:18:58.380><c> action.</c>

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These<00:18:58.980><c> were</c><00:18:59.200><c> not</c><00:18:59.420><c> men</c><00:18:59.900><c> who</c><00:19:00.279><c> were</c><00:19:00.460><c> prepared</c><00:19:00.720><c> to</c><00:19:00.900><c> sit</c><00:19:01.019><c> on</c><00:19:01.200><c> the</c><00:19:01.440><c> sidelines.</c>

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They<00:19:02.059><c> wanted</c><00:19:02.259><c> to</c><00:19:02.440><c> be</c><00:19:02.599><c> involved.</c><00:19:03.099><c> They</c><00:19:03.200><c> wanted</c><00:19:03.420><c> to</c><00:19:03.539><c> be</c><00:19:03.640><c> on</c><00:19:03.779><c> the</c><00:19:04.000><c> forefront.</c>

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They<00:19:05.039><c> wanted</c><00:19:05.279><c> to</c><00:19:05.519><c> be</c><00:19:05.700><c> in</c><00:19:05.859><c> the</c><00:19:06.000><c> very</c><00:19:06.339><c> midst</c><00:19:06.559><c> of</c><00:19:06.759><c> the</c><00:19:06.980><c> fray.</c>

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We<00:19:07.940><c> have</c><00:19:08.079><c> the</c><00:19:08.240><c> example</c><00:19:08.579><c> of</c><00:19:08.900><c> Asahel.</c><00:19:09.319><c> We</c><00:19:09.480><c> all</c><00:19:09.660><c> remember</c><00:19:09.980><c> that</c><00:19:10.299><c> story</c><00:19:10.619><c> in</c><00:19:10.880><c> 2</c>

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Samuel<00:19:11.519><c> 2</c>

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where<00:19:12.839><c> Asahel,</c><00:19:13.380><c> the</c><00:19:13.559><c> young</c><00:19:13.759><c> man,</c><00:19:14.420><c> the</c><00:19:14.619><c> one</c><00:19:14.940><c> fleet</c><00:19:15.180><c> of</c><00:19:15.400><c> foot</c><00:19:15.519><c> as</c>

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a<00:19:15.900><c> deer,</c>

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was<00:19:16.480><c> pursuing</c><00:19:16.819><c> Abner,</c><00:19:17.319><c> the</c><00:19:17.559><c> seasoned</c><00:19:17.859><c> warrior.</c>

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It's<00:19:19.720><c> a</c><00:19:19.799><c> reflection</c><00:19:20.180><c> upon</c><00:19:20.559><c> Asahel.</c><00:19:21.299><c> Why</c><00:19:21.559><c> was</c><00:19:21.799><c> he</c><00:19:22.039><c> pursuing</c><00:19:22.440><c> Abner?</c>

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Abner<00:19:23.539><c> said,</c><00:19:24.000><c> look,</c><00:19:24.660><c> go</c><00:19:25.279><c> after</c><00:19:25.519><c> one</c><00:19:25.740><c> of</c><00:19:25.839><c> the</c><00:19:26.000><c> young</c><00:19:26.160><c> men.</c><00:19:26.920><c> You</c>

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better<00:19:27.200><c> not</c><00:19:27.460><c> pursue</c><00:19:27.759><c> me.</c>

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Abner<00:19:29.539><c> knew</c><00:19:29.980><c> that</c><00:19:30.240><c> Asahel,</c><00:19:30.880><c> being</c><00:19:31.000><c> the</c><00:19:31.200><c> kind</c><00:19:31.359><c> of</c><00:19:31.480><c> person</c><00:19:31.700><c> he</c><00:19:31.880><c> was,</c>

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would<00:19:32.660><c> not</c><00:19:32.940><c> be</c><00:19:33.240><c> stopped</c><00:19:33.559><c> unless</c><00:19:33.839><c> it</c><00:19:34.000><c> was</c><00:19:34.599><c> with</c><00:19:34.940><c> a</c><00:19:35.160><c> permanent</c><00:19:35.400><c> solution.</c>

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And<00:19:36.720><c> it</c><00:19:36.839><c> would</c><00:19:37.099><c> seem</c><00:19:37.420><c> that</c><00:19:37.859><c> Abner</c><00:19:38.200><c> tried</c><00:19:38.819><c> to</c><00:19:39.519><c> do</c><00:19:40.480><c> what</c><00:19:40.640><c> he</c><00:19:40.900><c> could</c><00:19:41.160><c> to</c>

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stave<00:19:41.799><c> Asahel</c><00:19:42.359><c> off.</c>

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And<00:19:42.920><c> it</c><00:19:43.019><c> does</c><00:19:43.240><c> say</c><00:19:43.500><c> that</c><00:19:43.779><c> he</c><00:19:44.200><c> hit</c><00:19:44.420><c> him</c><00:19:44.539><c> with</c><00:19:44.720><c> the</c><00:19:45.019><c> butt</c><00:19:45.279><c> of</c><00:19:45.559><c> his</c><00:19:45.900><c> spear,</c>

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which<00:19:47.180><c> doesn't</c><00:19:47.599><c> seem</c><00:19:47.960><c> to</c><00:19:48.200><c> be</c><00:19:48.660><c> a</c><00:19:48.859><c> particularly</c><00:19:49.400><c> fatal</c><00:19:49.960><c> blow,</c>

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but<00:19:50.579><c> as</c><00:19:50.799><c> we</c><00:19:50.880><c> know</c><00:19:51.059><c> in</c><00:19:51.299><c> Asahel's</c><00:19:51.779><c> case,</c><00:19:52.640><c> it</c><00:19:52.839><c> was.</c>

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In<00:19:54.000><c> 2</c><00:19:54.220><c> Samuel</c><00:19:54.660><c> 2,</c><00:19:54.980><c> 21,</c><00:19:55.400><c> and</c><00:19:55.539><c> Abner</c><00:19:55.799><c> said</c><00:19:56.039><c> to</c><00:19:56.119><c> him,</c>

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Turn<00:19:56.619><c> thee</c><00:19:56.839><c> aside</c><00:19:57.160><c> to</c><00:19:57.319><c> the</c><00:19:57.500><c> right</c><00:19:57.859><c> hand</c><00:19:58.059><c> or</c><00:19:58.200><c> to</c><00:19:58.319><c> thy</c><00:19:58.460><c> left,</c>

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and<00:19:59.380><c> lay</c><00:19:59.599><c> thee</c><00:19:59.839><c> hold</c><00:20:00.000><c> on</c><00:20:00.140><c> one</c><00:20:00.299><c> of</c><00:20:00.380><c> the</c><00:20:00.519><c> young</c><00:20:00.759><c> men,</c><00:20:01.019><c> and</c><00:20:01.099><c> take</c>

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thee<00:20:01.519><c> his</c><00:20:01.740><c> armor.</c>

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But<00:20:02.259><c> Asahel</c><00:20:02.680><c> would</c><00:20:02.920><c> not</c><00:20:03.119><c> turn</c><00:20:03.400><c> aside</c><00:20:04.059><c> from</c><00:20:04.559><c> following</c><00:20:04.900><c> him.</c>

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Why<00:20:05.599><c> following</c><00:20:06.000><c> him?</c><00:20:06.680><c> Because</c><00:20:07.099><c> Abner</c><00:20:07.359><c> was</c><00:20:07.579><c> the</c><00:20:07.819><c> biggest</c><00:20:08.059><c> plum</c>

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of<00:20:08.500><c> all.</c>

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You<00:20:09.380><c> bring</c><00:20:09.579><c> down</c><00:20:09.839><c> the</c><00:20:10.019><c> captain</c><00:20:10.240><c> of</c><00:20:10.400><c> the</c><00:20:10.559><c> host,</c><00:20:11.180><c> that's</c><00:20:12.119><c> big</c><00:20:12.359><c> stuff.</c>

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Asahel<00:20:14.799><c> wasn't</c><00:20:15.000><c> going</c><00:20:15.119><c> to</c><00:20:15.200><c> be</c><00:20:15.440><c> satisfied</c><00:20:15.940><c> with</c><00:20:16.140><c> some</c><00:20:16.400><c> lightweight.</c>

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He<00:20:17.460><c> was</c><00:20:17.660><c> after</c><00:20:17.960><c> the</c><00:20:18.160><c> big</c><00:20:18.339><c> one.</c>

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And<00:20:19.440><c> he</c><00:20:19.539><c> lost</c><00:20:19.799><c> his</c><00:20:20.079><c> life</c><00:20:20.579><c> because</c><00:20:21.500><c> of</c><00:20:21.640><c> it,</c><00:20:22.619><c> because</c><00:20:22.900><c> Abner</c><00:20:23.160><c> was</c>

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no<00:20:23.640><c> mean</c><00:20:23.799><c> opponent.</c>

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So<00:20:24.980><c> we</c><00:20:25.180><c> find</c><00:20:25.480><c> with</c><00:20:25.700><c> this</c><00:20:25.960><c> youngest</c><00:20:26.279><c> man</c><00:20:26.640><c> who</c><00:20:26.819><c> met</c><00:20:27.000><c> an</c><00:20:27.220><c> untimely</c><00:20:27.680><c> end,</c>

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that<00:20:28.519><c> he</c><00:20:28.599><c> was</c><00:20:28.839><c> ambitious,</c><00:20:29.480><c> he</c><00:20:29.579><c> was</c><00:20:29.900><c> daring,</c><00:20:30.180><c> he</c><00:20:30.279><c> was</c><00:20:30.519><c> prepared</c>

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to<00:20:31.019><c> take</c><00:20:31.220><c> risks</c>

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in<00:20:32.500><c> order</c><00:20:32.900><c> to</c><00:20:33.779><c> enjoy</c><00:20:35.740><c> the</c><00:20:36.140><c> glory</c><00:20:36.480><c> and</c><00:20:36.660><c> the</c><00:20:36.839><c> honor</c>

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that<00:20:37.099><c> would</c><00:20:37.240><c> come</c><00:20:37.480><c> with</c><00:20:37.859><c> that</c><00:20:38.180><c> risk</c><00:20:38.500><c> taking.</c>

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And<00:20:39.740><c> we</c><00:20:39.779><c> can</c><00:20:39.980><c> only</c><00:20:40.180><c> assume</c><00:20:40.660><c> that</c><00:20:40.960><c> Asahel</c><00:20:42.019><c> would</c><00:20:42.759><c> have</c>

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probably<00:20:43.359><c> followed</c>

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the<00:20:44.039><c> pattern</c><00:20:44.440><c> of</c><00:20:44.599><c> his</c><00:20:44.740><c> older</c><00:20:45.019><c> brother</c><00:20:45.339><c> Joab,</c>

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an<00:20:46.599><c> individual</c><00:20:47.180><c> who</c><00:20:48.059><c> was</c><00:20:49.400><c> striving</c><00:20:49.740><c> after</c><00:20:50.180><c> glory,</c>

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but<00:20:51.220><c> a</c><00:20:51.420><c> glory</c><00:20:51.759><c> that</c><00:20:52.000><c> was</c><00:20:52.200><c> for</c><00:20:52.380><c> himself,</c><00:20:53.019><c> not</c><00:20:53.299><c> for</c><00:20:53.519><c> the</c><00:20:53.640><c> God</c><00:20:53.799><c> of</c><00:20:53.920><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:20:55.200><c> then</c><00:20:55.319><c> we</c><00:20:55.480><c> find</c><00:20:55.720><c> Abishai,</c><00:20:56.420><c> probably</c><00:20:56.799><c> the</c><00:20:56.960><c> most</c><00:20:57.240><c> worthy</c><00:20:57.559><c> one</c><00:20:57.779><c> of</c><00:20:58.019><c> all.</c>

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And<00:20:58.720><c> again,</c><00:20:59.200><c> we</c><00:20:59.240><c> find</c><00:20:59.559><c> in</c><00:20:59.880><c> Abishai</c><00:21:00.359><c> a</c><00:21:00.480><c> man</c><00:21:00.759><c> of</c><00:21:01.039><c> valiantness,</c>

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a<00:21:01.700><c> man</c><00:21:01.880><c> of</c><00:21:02.119><c> courage,</c><00:21:02.640><c> a</c><00:21:02.720><c> man</c><00:21:02.960><c> prepared</c><00:21:03.339><c> to</c><00:21:03.640><c> do</c><00:21:03.980><c> something.</c>

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These<00:21:05.059><c> were</c><00:21:05.259><c> not</c><00:21:05.559><c> fence</c><00:21:05.940><c>-sitters.</c><00:21:06.319><c> These</c><00:21:06.559><c> men</c><00:21:06.740><c> wanted</c><00:21:07.000><c> to</c><00:21:07.319><c> do.</c>

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They<00:21:07.680><c> were</c><00:21:07.819><c> men</c><00:21:07.940><c> of</c><00:21:08.240><c> action.</c>

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When<00:21:09.519><c> you</c><00:21:09.839><c> thrust</c><00:21:10.160><c> them</c><00:21:10.319><c> into</c><00:21:10.539><c> a</c><00:21:10.740><c> situation,</c>

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they<00:21:11.700><c> propelled</c><00:21:12.059><c> themselves</c><00:21:12.519><c> into</c><00:21:12.900><c> it,</c>

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and<00:21:13.579><c> they</c><00:21:13.740><c> were</c><00:21:13.940><c> sure</c><00:21:14.140><c> to</c><00:21:14.420><c> accomplish</c><00:21:14.779><c> something.</c>

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We<00:21:16.059><c> find</c><00:21:16.259><c> that</c><00:21:16.400><c> it</c><00:21:16.480><c> was</c><00:21:16.660><c> Abishai</c><00:21:17.380><c> who</c><00:21:17.599><c> was</c><00:21:17.940><c> prepared</c>

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to<00:21:19.039><c> execute</c><00:21:19.519><c> judgment</c><00:21:19.920><c> for</c><00:21:20.180><c> David</c><00:21:20.380><c> against</c><00:21:20.700><c> Saul</c><00:21:21.059><c> on</c><00:21:21.200><c> a</c><00:21:21.299><c> number</c><00:21:21.579><c> of</c><00:21:21.859><c> occasions.</c>

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We<00:21:22.980><c> recall</c><00:21:23.339><c> that</c><00:21:23.519><c> incident</c><00:21:23.859><c> in</c><00:21:24.019><c> the</c><00:21:24.200><c> field,</c><00:21:24.640><c> 1</c><00:21:24.779><c> Samuel</c><00:21:25.119><c> 26,</c>

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where<00:21:26.779><c> they</c><00:21:27.339><c> came</c><00:21:27.700><c> upon</c><00:21:28.200><c> Saul</c><00:21:28.480><c> sleeping</c><00:21:28.960><c> amongst</c><00:21:29.319><c> the</c><00:21:29.559><c> baggage,</c>

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and<00:21:30.140><c> Abishai</c><00:21:30.559><c> said,</c><00:21:30.980><c> look,</c><00:21:31.079><c> I'll</c><00:21:31.319><c> hit</c><00:21:31.500><c> him</c><00:21:31.660><c> once,</c>

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and<00:21:32.059><c> I</c><00:21:32.160><c> won't</c><00:21:32.339><c> hit</c><00:21:32.539><c> him</c><00:21:32.680><c> again,</c><00:21:33.000><c> and</c><00:21:33.039><c> he'll</c><00:21:33.220><c> be</c><00:21:33.440><c> a</c><00:21:33.579><c> dead</c><00:21:33.720><c> man.</c>

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And<00:21:35.180><c> David</c><00:21:35.339><c> said,</c><00:21:35.599><c> what</c><00:21:35.759><c> have</c><00:21:35.900><c> I</c><00:21:36.039><c> to</c><00:21:36.099><c> do</c><00:21:36.220><c> with</c><00:21:36.500><c> you,</c>

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you<00:21:36.940><c> sons</c><00:21:37.160><c> of</c><00:21:37.319><c> Zeruiah?</c><00:21:37.980><c> He's</c><00:21:38.279><c> the</c><00:21:38.480><c> Lord's</c><00:21:38.819><c> anointed.</c>

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Don't<00:21:39.339><c> touch</c><00:21:39.640><c> him.</c>

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While<00:21:41.880><c> they</c><00:21:42.079><c> were</c><00:21:42.359><c> valiant</c><00:21:42.740><c> supporters</c><00:21:43.119><c> of</c><00:21:43.339><c> David,</c>

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they<00:21:43.819><c> caused</c><00:21:44.119><c> him</c><00:21:44.299><c> a</c><00:21:44.420><c> great</c><00:21:44.559><c> deal</c><00:21:44.759><c> of</c><00:21:45.039><c> consternation</c><00:21:45.599><c> and</c><00:21:45.839><c> grief.</c>

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Abishai,<00:21:48.160><c> though</c><00:21:48.640><c> probably</c><00:21:49.220><c> the</c><00:21:49.460><c> worthiest</c><00:21:49.900><c> of</c><00:21:50.099><c> all,</c>

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had<00:21:50.559><c> not</c><00:21:50.940><c> the</c><00:21:51.220><c> spiritual</c><00:21:51.680><c> sight</c><00:21:51.960><c> of</c><00:21:52.099><c> David,</c>

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where<00:21:53.480><c> David,</c><00:21:53.980><c> though</c><00:21:54.119><c> Saul</c><00:21:54.440><c> was</c><00:21:54.720><c> his</c><00:21:55.079><c> hardened</c><00:21:55.339><c> enemy,</c>

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would<00:21:55.839><c> not</c><00:21:56.079><c> lay</c><00:21:56.299><c> a</c><00:21:56.539><c> hand</c><00:21:56.779><c> on</c><00:21:57.019><c> him</c><00:21:58.000><c> until</c><00:21:58.519><c> the</c><00:21:58.720><c> Lord</c><00:21:58.960><c> moved</c><00:21:59.279><c> in</c>

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his<00:21:59.579><c> own</c><00:21:59.759><c> good</c><00:22:00.000><c> time.</c>

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Abishai<00:22:01.380><c> was</c><00:22:01.579><c> an</c><00:22:01.799><c> impatient</c><00:22:02.200><c> individual.</c>

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He<00:22:02.920><c> was</c><00:22:03.119><c> not</c><00:22:03.279><c> prepared</c><00:22:03.740><c> to</c><00:22:03.960><c> wait</c><00:22:04.279><c> on</c><00:22:04.920><c> God.</c>

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He<00:22:05.460><c> wanted</c><00:22:05.720><c> to</c><00:22:05.980><c> do</c><00:22:06.119><c> it</c><00:22:06.200><c> himself,</c><00:22:06.779><c> and</c><00:22:06.880><c> do</c><00:22:07.000><c> it</c><00:22:07.140><c> now,</c><00:22:07.720><c> and</c><00:22:07.980><c> do</c><00:22:08.200><c> it</c><00:22:08.640><c> permanently.</c>

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And<00:22:10.519><c> so</c><00:22:10.640><c> we</c><00:22:10.839><c> find</c><00:22:11.339><c> that</c><00:22:11.880><c> Abishai,</c><00:22:12.980><c> a</c><00:22:13.000><c> man</c><00:22:13.220><c> of</c><00:22:13.440><c> action.</c>

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And<00:22:13.880><c> again,</c><00:22:14.279><c> Shimei,</c><00:22:14.680><c> I</c><00:22:14.819><c> believe</c><00:22:15.079><c> you</c><00:22:15.279><c> just</c><00:22:15.539><c> touched</c><00:22:15.759><c> on</c><00:22:16.000><c> this</c>

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in<00:22:16.279><c> the</c><00:22:16.420><c> previous</c><00:22:16.980><c> class.</c>

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Shimei,<00:22:19.779><c> the</c><00:22:20.099><c> man</c><00:22:20.480><c> of</c><00:22:20.660><c> Saul's</c><00:22:21.079><c> household</c><00:22:21.359><c> who</c><00:22:21.579><c> cursed</c><00:22:21.880><c> David,</c>

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and<00:22:22.420><c> the</c><00:22:23.500><c> words</c><00:22:23.920><c> of</c><00:22:24.319><c> Abishai</c><00:22:24.940><c> are</c><00:22:25.220><c> so</c><00:22:25.539><c> typical</c><00:22:26.039><c> of</c><00:22:26.640><c> these</c><00:22:26.900><c> men.</c>

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What<00:22:28.079><c> did</c><00:22:28.240><c> he</c><00:22:28.400><c> say?</c><00:22:29.359><c> And</c><00:22:29.500><c> twice</c><00:22:29.720><c> he</c><00:22:29.940><c> said</c><00:22:30.160><c> it.</c>

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When<00:22:31.960><c> they</c><00:22:32.099><c> were</c><00:22:32.279><c> walking</c><00:22:32.559><c> out</c><00:22:32.759><c> of</c><00:22:32.859><c> the</c><00:22:33.019><c> city,</c><00:22:33.319><c> 16</c><00:22:33.759><c> verse</c><00:22:34.019><c> 9,</c>

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then<00:22:34.519><c> said</c><00:22:34.680><c> Abishai,</c><00:22:35.220><c> the</c><00:22:35.279><c> son</c><00:22:35.440><c> of</c><00:22:35.599><c> Zeruiah</c><00:22:36.019><c> unto</c><00:22:36.160><c> the</c><00:22:36.359><c> king,</c>

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why<00:22:37.180><c> should</c><00:22:37.519><c> this</c><00:22:37.980><c> dead</c><00:22:38.400><c> dog</c><00:22:38.759><c> curse</c><00:22:39.160><c> my</c><00:22:39.400><c> lord</c><00:22:39.599><c> the</c><00:22:39.759><c> king?</c>

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Let<00:22:40.160><c> me</c><00:22:40.279><c> go</c><00:22:40.579><c> over,</c><00:22:40.799><c> I</c><00:22:40.940><c> pray</c><00:22:41.119><c> thee,</c><00:22:41.359><c> and</c><00:22:41.460><c> take</c><00:22:41.720><c> off</c><00:22:41.920><c> his</c><00:22:42.200><c> head.</c>

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And<00:22:43.259><c> the</c><00:22:43.400><c> king</c><00:22:43.579><c> said,</c><00:22:43.940><c> what</c><00:22:44.039><c> have</c><00:22:44.180><c> I</c><00:22:44.299><c> to</c><00:22:44.440><c> do</c><00:22:44.559><c> with</c><00:22:44.799><c> you,</c>

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ye<00:22:45.240><c> sons</c><00:22:45.500><c> of</c><00:22:45.559><c> Zeruiah?</c><00:22:46.339><c> So</c><00:22:46.559><c> let</c><00:22:46.740><c> him</c><00:22:46.900><c> curse.</c>

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Now<00:22:48.440><c> this</c><00:22:48.640><c> was</c><00:22:48.920><c> the</c><00:22:49.140><c> spirit</c><00:22:49.319><c> of</c><00:22:49.480><c> these</c><00:22:49.720><c> men.</c>

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You<00:22:50.099><c> hear</c><00:22:50.299><c> somebody</c><00:22:50.779><c> like</c><00:22:51.319><c> Shimei,</c>

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why<00:22:52.039><c> put</c><00:22:52.279><c> up</c><00:22:52.400><c> with</c><00:22:52.579><c> a</c><00:22:52.779><c> dog</c><00:22:52.960><c> like</c><00:22:53.339><c> that?</c>

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I'll<00:22:54.000><c> take</c><00:22:54.180><c> off</c><00:22:54.400><c> his</c><00:22:54.660><c> head</c><00:22:54.859><c> one</c><00:22:55.180><c> swipe</c><00:22:55.500><c> and</c><00:22:55.619><c> it'll</c><00:22:55.759><c> be</c><00:22:56.000><c> rolling</c>

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on<00:22:56.359><c> the</c><00:22:56.559><c> ground.</c>

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These<00:22:57.619><c> were</c><00:22:57.839><c> not</c><00:22:58.119><c> fainthearted</c><00:22:58.700><c> individuals.</c>

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These<00:23:00.180><c> were</c><00:23:00.380><c> not</c><00:23:00.579><c> men</c><00:23:00.799><c> who</c><00:23:01.240><c> quailed</c><00:23:01.880><c> at</c><00:23:02.420><c> a</c><00:23:02.700><c> task</c><00:23:02.940><c> at</c><00:23:03.200><c> hand.</c>

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The<00:23:03.579><c> only</c><00:23:03.819><c> trouble</c><00:23:04.099><c> is</c><00:23:04.380><c> they</c><00:23:05.079><c> sometimes</c><00:23:05.619><c> didn't</c><00:23:05.900><c> appreciate</c>

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when<00:23:06.660><c> to</c><00:23:06.819><c> hold</c><00:23:07.079><c> back</c><00:23:07.599><c> and</c><00:23:07.940><c> when</c><00:23:08.099><c> to</c><00:23:08.359><c> sally</c><00:23:08.640><c> forth.</c>

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And<00:23:09.599><c> when</c><00:23:09.759><c> David</c><00:23:10.059><c> returned</c><00:23:10.599><c> in</c><00:23:10.759><c> 19</c><00:23:11.160><c> verse</c><00:23:11.400><c> 21,</c><00:23:11.880><c> same</c><00:23:12.160><c> thing.</c>

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You<00:23:13.000><c> know,</c><00:23:13.460><c> you're</c><00:23:13.619><c> going</c><00:23:13.619><c> to</c><00:23:13.640><c> let</c><00:23:13.799><c> him</c><00:23:14.039><c> live</c><00:23:14.500><c> after</c><00:23:14.920><c> what</c><00:23:15.059><c> he</c>

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did<00:23:15.299><c> to</c><00:23:15.539><c> you?</c>

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Let's<00:23:16.960><c> finish</c><00:23:17.160><c> him</c><00:23:17.460><c> off.</c><00:23:18.500><c> Let's</c><00:23:18.819><c> do</c><00:23:18.980><c> it</c><00:23:19.140><c> now.</c><00:23:19.380><c> Let's</c><00:23:19.599><c> do</c><00:23:19.759><c> it</c><00:23:20.000><c> right.</c>

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This<00:23:20.519><c> was</c><00:23:20.759><c> the</c><00:23:20.859><c> kind</c><00:23:21.079><c> of</c><00:23:21.200><c> men</c><00:23:21.319><c> they</c><00:23:21.559><c> were.</c>

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And<00:23:22.960><c> yet,</c><00:23:23.599><c> Abishai,</c><00:23:24.319><c> his</c><00:23:24.539><c> willingness</c><00:23:24.940><c> to</c><00:23:25.259><c> act</c><00:23:25.599><c> and</c><00:23:25.819><c> act</c><00:23:25.960><c> quickly,</c>

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saved<00:23:26.839><c> David's</c><00:23:27.380><c> life.</c>

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If<00:23:28.839><c> we</c><00:23:29.000><c> turn</c><00:23:29.200><c> over</c><00:23:29.359><c> to</c><00:23:29.500><c> 2</c><00:23:29.759><c> Samuel</c><00:23:30.119><c> 21,</c><00:23:30.640><c> 17,</c>

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we<00:23:32.119><c> find</c><00:23:32.400><c> that</c><00:23:32.519><c> it</c><00:23:32.599><c> was</c><00:23:32.819><c> Abishai</c><00:23:34.240><c> who</c><00:23:34.839><c> intervened</c><00:23:35.460><c> when</c><00:23:35.680><c> David,</c>

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older<00:23:37.140><c> man,</c><00:23:37.839><c> not</c><00:23:38.299><c> the</c><00:23:38.740><c> young</c><00:23:39.000><c> vigorous</c><00:23:39.400><c> individual</c><00:23:39.859><c> that</c><00:23:40.019><c> he</c><00:23:40.180><c> was,</c>

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sallied<00:23:42.160><c> forth</c><00:23:42.559><c> and</c><00:23:43.000><c> saved</c><00:23:43.299><c> David.</c>

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Verse<00:23:45.660><c> 15,</c><00:23:46.140><c> Moreover</c><00:23:46.440><c> the</c><00:23:46.700><c> Philistines</c><00:23:47.140><c> had</c><00:23:47.359><c> yet</c><00:23:47.579><c> war</c><00:23:47.859><c> again</c>

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with<00:23:48.359><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:23:49.000><c> David</c><00:23:49.119><c> went</c><00:23:49.359><c> down</c><00:23:49.720><c> in</c><00:23:49.900><c> his</c><00:23:50.079><c> servants</c><00:23:50.279><c> with</c><00:23:50.519><c> him</c>

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and<00:23:51.319><c> fought</c><00:23:51.539><c> against</c><00:23:51.839><c> the</c><00:23:52.059><c> Philistines</c><00:23:52.559><c> and</c><00:23:52.779><c> David</c><00:23:53.839><c> waxed</c><00:23:54.839><c> faint.</c>

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Not<00:23:56.240><c> the</c><00:23:56.359><c> young</c><00:23:56.559><c> man</c><00:23:56.799><c> that</c><00:23:56.940><c> he</c><00:23:57.039><c> was</c><00:23:57.240><c> anymore.</c>

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He<00:23:57.880><c> was</c><00:23:58.140><c> aging.</c>

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He<00:23:59.420><c> was</c><00:24:00.099><c> unable</c><00:24:00.819><c> to</c><00:24:01.319><c> cope</c><00:24:01.700><c> with</c><00:24:02.119><c> the</c><00:24:02.339><c> exigencies</c><00:24:02.880><c> of</c><00:24:03.140><c> battle.</c>

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And<00:24:04.599><c> Ishbi</c><00:24:05.180><c> Benab,</c><00:24:05.940><c> which</c><00:24:06.160><c> was</c><00:24:06.380><c> of</c><00:24:06.480><c> the</c><00:24:06.680><c> sons</c><00:24:06.819><c> of</c><00:24:07.000><c> the</c><00:24:07.200><c> giant,</c>

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the<00:24:08.500><c> weight</c><00:24:08.680><c> of</c><00:24:08.859><c> whose</c><00:24:09.119><c> spear</c><00:24:09.400><c> weighed</c><00:24:09.660><c> 300</c><00:24:10.299><c> shekels</c><00:24:10.819><c> of</c><00:24:10.940><c> brass</c><00:24:11.259><c> in</c><00:24:11.519><c> weight,</c>

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he<00:24:12.640><c> being</c><00:24:12.960><c> girded</c><00:24:13.660><c> with</c><00:24:13.900><c> a</c><00:24:14.059><c> new</c><00:24:14.299><c> sword,</c><00:24:14.759><c> thought</c><00:24:14.819><c> to</c><00:24:15.019><c> have</c>

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slain<00:24:15.460><c> David.</c>

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But<00:24:16.819><c> Abishai,</c><00:24:17.440><c> the</c><00:24:17.559><c> son</c><00:24:17.700><c> of</c><00:24:17.839><c> Zeruiah,</c><00:24:18.500><c> suckered</c><00:24:18.839><c> him</c><00:24:19.019><c> and</c><00:24:19.319><c> smote</c><00:24:19.599><c> the</c><00:24:19.839><c> Philistine</c>

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and<00:24:21.059><c> killed</c><00:24:21.440><c> him.</c>

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Then<00:24:22.559><c> the</c><00:24:22.700><c> men</c><00:24:22.880><c> of</c><00:24:22.980><c> David</c><00:24:23.480><c> swear</c><00:24:24.099><c> unto</c><00:24:24.319><c> him,</c><00:24:24.539><c> saying,</c>

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Thou<00:24:25.039><c> shalt</c><00:24:25.440><c> no</c><00:24:25.839><c> more</c><00:24:26.019><c> go</c><00:24:26.240><c> out</c><00:24:26.380><c> with</c><00:24:26.519><c> us</c><00:24:26.720><c> to</c><00:24:26.900><c> battle,</c>

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that<00:24:27.279><c> thou</c><00:24:27.599><c> quench</c><00:24:28.019><c> not</c><00:24:28.579><c> the</c><00:24:29.259><c> light</c><00:24:29.680><c> of</c><00:24:30.180><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:24:31.539><c> so</c><00:24:31.700><c> we</c><00:24:31.920><c> find,</c><00:24:32.440><c> as</c><00:24:32.799><c> we</c><00:24:33.000><c> touched</c><00:24:33.220><c> on</c><00:24:33.440><c> yesterday,</c>

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here<00:24:34.539><c> is</c><00:24:34.779><c> a</c><00:24:35.019><c> manifestation</c><00:24:35.619><c> of</c><00:24:36.039><c> tender</c><00:24:36.299><c> and</c><00:24:36.500><c> loving</c><00:24:36.720><c> concern</c>

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for<00:24:37.440><c> David</c>

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on<00:24:37.839><c> the</c><00:24:38.000><c> part</c><00:24:38.140><c> of</c><00:24:38.279><c> his</c><00:24:38.460><c> men.</c>

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And<00:24:39.240><c> it</c><00:24:39.279><c> was</c><00:24:39.440><c> Abishai</c><00:24:39.980><c> who</c><00:24:40.140><c> saw</c><00:24:40.480><c> the</c><00:24:40.759><c> situation.</c>

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A<00:24:41.579><c> vigorous</c><00:24:42.019><c> man,</c><00:24:42.400><c> a</c><00:24:42.500><c> man</c><00:24:42.720><c> of</c><00:24:42.980><c> valor,</c>

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who<00:24:43.359><c> rushed</c><00:24:43.660><c> in</c><00:24:43.920><c> there</c><00:24:44.200><c> and</c><00:24:44.740><c> polished</c><00:24:45.160><c> this</c><00:24:45.579><c> chap</c><00:24:45.799><c> off</c>

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when<00:24:46.960><c> he</c><00:24:47.079><c> was</c><00:24:47.240><c> about</c><00:24:47.519><c> to</c><00:24:47.799><c> slay</c><00:24:48.160><c> his</c><00:24:48.460><c> king</c><00:24:48.880><c> and</c><00:24:49.079><c> his</c><00:24:49.299><c> uncle</c><00:24:49.680><c> and</c>

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a<00:24:50.420><c> godly</c><00:24:50.779><c> man.</c>

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And<00:24:51.700><c> we</c><00:24:51.740><c> know</c><00:24:51.920><c> that</c><00:24:52.200><c> Abishai</c><00:24:52.559><c> was</c><00:24:52.799><c> listed</c><00:24:53.180><c> amongst</c><00:24:53.579><c> the</c><00:24:54.000><c> mighty</c><00:24:54.319><c> men</c>

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of<00:24:54.720><c> David,</c>

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those<00:24:55.940><c> 30</c><00:24:56.460><c> stalwart,</c><00:24:57.079><c> faithful</c><00:24:57.539><c> individuals</c>

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who<00:24:58.980><c> comprised</c><00:24:59.619><c> the</c><00:25:00.460><c> core</c><00:25:00.839><c> of</c><00:25:01.079><c> David's</c><00:25:01.559><c> army,</c>

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those<00:25:02.519><c> men</c><00:25:02.759><c> which</c><00:25:02.960><c> were</c><00:25:03.119><c> with</c><00:25:03.259><c> David</c><00:25:03.640><c> continually,</c>

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that<00:25:04.640><c> had</c><00:25:04.859><c> been</c><00:25:05.059><c> with</c><00:25:05.319><c> David</c><00:25:05.859><c> for</c><00:25:06.680><c> many</c><00:25:07.019><c> long</c><00:25:07.400><c> years,</c>

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both<00:25:08.380><c> in</c><00:25:08.660><c> bad</c><00:25:08.880><c> times</c><00:25:09.119><c> and</c><00:25:09.299><c> in</c><00:25:09.480><c> good.</c>

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And<00:25:09.839><c> Abishai</c><00:25:10.240><c> was</c><00:25:10.420><c> one</c><00:25:10.579><c> of</c><00:25:10.720><c> them.</c>

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They<00:25:11.619><c> were</c><00:25:11.859><c> alongside</c><00:25:12.720><c> David</c><00:25:13.140><c> continually.</c>

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And<00:25:15.579><c> we</c><00:25:15.759><c> turn</c><00:25:15.980><c> to</c><00:25:16.200><c> Joab.</c>

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Again,<00:25:17.500><c> a</c><00:25:17.660><c> man</c><00:25:17.779><c> of</c><00:25:18.039><c> valor,</c><00:25:18.339><c> a</c><00:25:18.380><c> man</c><00:25:18.559><c> who</c><00:25:18.799><c> risked</c><00:25:19.160><c> his</c><00:25:19.460><c> life</c>

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to<00:25:20.380><c> take</c><00:25:20.619><c> the</c><00:25:20.720><c> city</c><00:25:20.960><c> of</c><00:25:21.160><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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We<00:25:21.819><c> remember</c><00:25:22.119><c> that</c><00:25:22.400><c> story.</c>

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The<00:25:23.519><c> gutter</c><00:25:23.839><c> that</c><00:25:24.079><c> had</c><00:25:24.259><c> to</c><00:25:24.539><c> be</c><00:25:25.099><c> ascended</c>

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so<00:25:25.980><c> that</c><00:25:26.140><c> the</c><00:25:26.299><c> city</c><00:25:26.440><c> could</c><00:25:26.640><c> be</c><00:25:26.900><c> taken.</c>

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If<00:25:28.000><c> we</c><00:25:28.000><c> turn</c><00:25:28.200><c> to</c><00:25:28.299><c> 1</c><00:25:28.480><c> Chronicles</c><00:25:29.039><c> 11,</c>

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we'll<00:25:29.799><c> recall</c><00:25:30.200><c> that</c><00:25:30.440><c> account.</c>

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It<00:25:31.559><c> was</c><00:25:31.819><c> the</c><00:25:31.900><c> city</c><00:25:32.180><c> of</c><00:25:32.440><c> Jebus,</c>

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which<00:25:33.039><c> David</c><00:25:33.359><c> wanted</c><00:25:33.599><c> to</c><00:25:33.819><c> make</c><00:25:33.940><c> his</c><00:25:34.180><c> capital,</c><00:25:34.680><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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the<00:25:36.539><c> site</c><00:25:36.779><c> where</c><00:25:37.000><c> Mount</c><00:25:37.279><c> Moriah</c><00:25:37.759><c> was,</c>

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the<00:25:38.559><c> site</c><00:25:38.839><c> that</c><00:25:39.599><c> every</c><00:25:40.019><c> Israelite</c><00:25:40.519><c> knew</c><00:25:40.740><c> was</c><00:25:41.039><c> hallowed</c><00:25:41.400><c> in</c>

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God's<00:25:42.019><c> eyes,</c>

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for<00:25:42.380><c> it</c><00:25:42.480><c> was</c><00:25:42.720><c> there</c><00:25:43.119><c> that</c><00:25:43.359><c> God</c><00:25:43.500><c> had</c><00:25:43.640><c> sent</c><00:25:43.740><c> Abraham</c><00:25:44.259><c> to</c><00:25:44.539><c> offer</c><00:25:44.740><c> Isaac.</c>

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It<00:25:45.880><c> was</c><00:25:46.180><c> there</c><00:25:46.700><c> that</c><00:25:47.960><c> David</c><00:25:48.279><c> had</c><00:25:48.539><c> taken</c><00:25:48.759><c> the</c><00:25:48.960><c> head</c><00:25:49.039><c> of</c><00:25:49.299><c> Goliath</c>

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:52.720
to<00:25:49.940><c> intimidate</c><00:25:50.480><c> those</c><00:25:50.720><c> men</c><00:25:50.980><c> because</c><00:25:51.240><c> he</c><00:25:51.460><c> knew</c><00:25:51.680><c> it</c><00:25:51.839><c> was</c><00:25:52.019><c> that</c><00:25:52.279><c> city</c>

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:55.240
which<00:25:53.480><c> would</c><00:25:53.700><c> be</c><00:25:54.019><c> the</c><00:25:54.440><c> focal</c><00:25:54.759><c> point,</c>

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:58.579
which<00:25:55.720><c> would</c><00:25:55.880><c> be</c><00:25:56.039><c> the</c><00:25:56.240><c> resting</c><00:25:56.500><c> place</c><00:25:56.819><c> of</c><00:25:57.079><c> God</c><00:25:57.339><c> and</c><00:25:57.480><c> the</c><00:25:57.640><c> nation.</c>

00:25:58.680 --> 00:26:00.640
And<00:25:58.960><c> so</c><00:25:59.180><c> how</c><00:25:59.400><c> is</c><00:25:59.619><c> this</c><00:25:59.779><c> city</c><00:25:59.980><c> to</c><00:26:00.140><c> be</c><00:26:00.339><c> taken?</c>

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.740
They<00:26:00.920><c> use</c><00:26:01.119><c> a</c><00:26:01.380><c> ploy.</c>

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.880
And<00:26:02.400><c> David</c><00:26:02.599><c> makes</c><00:26:02.859><c> it</c><00:26:03.079><c> actually</c><00:26:03.359><c> a</c><00:26:03.619><c> test</c>

00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:08.359
as<00:26:03.880><c> to</c><00:26:04.599><c> who</c><00:26:04.779><c> would</c><00:26:05.000><c> be</c><00:26:05.720><c> his</c><00:26:06.720><c> captain</c><00:26:07.099><c> of</c><00:26:07.259><c> the</c><00:26:07.440><c> guard.</c>

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:10.759
In<00:26:08.700><c> chapter</c><00:26:09.119><c> 11,</c><00:26:09.480><c> verses</c><00:26:09.779><c> 6</c><00:26:10.160><c> to</c><00:26:10.220><c> 8,</c>

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:14.099
And<00:26:11.140><c> David</c><00:26:11.480><c> said,</c><00:26:11.940><c> Whosoever</c><00:26:12.440><c> smite</c><00:26:12.700><c> at</c><00:26:12.839><c> the</c><00:26:12.980><c> Jebusites</c><00:26:13.519><c> first</c>

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:16.319
shall<00:26:14.420><c> be</c><00:26:14.660><c> chief</c><00:26:15.039><c> and</c><00:26:15.339><c> captain.</c>

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:19.519
So<00:26:16.640><c> Joab</c><00:26:16.859><c> the</c><00:26:16.960><c> son</c><00:26:17.160><c> of</c><00:26:17.200><c> Zeruiah</c><00:26:17.839><c> went</c><00:26:18.000><c> up</c><00:26:18.319><c> first</c><00:26:18.700><c> and</c><00:26:18.839><c> was</c><00:26:19.059><c> chief,</c>

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:22.099
and<00:26:19.940><c> David</c><00:26:20.299><c> dwelt</c><00:26:20.619><c> in</c><00:26:20.779><c> the</c><00:26:20.960><c> castle</c><00:26:21.279><c> of</c><00:26:21.460><c> the</c><00:26:21.640><c> fortress.</c>

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:24.920
Therefore<00:26:22.920><c> they</c><00:26:23.140><c> call</c><00:26:23.400><c> it</c><00:26:23.900><c> the</c><00:26:24.160><c> city</c><00:26:24.380><c> of</c><00:26:24.599><c> David.</c>

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:27.980
And<00:26:25.099><c> if</c><00:26:25.240><c> we</c><00:26:25.640><c> compare</c><00:26:25.940><c> the</c><00:26:26.240><c> account</c><00:26:26.700><c> in</c><00:26:27.220><c> 2</c><00:26:27.480><c> Samuel,</c>

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:32.079
we'd<00:26:28.660><c> find</c><00:26:28.880><c> that</c><00:26:30.339><c> there</c><00:26:30.680><c> was</c><00:26:30.880><c> a</c><00:26:31.039><c> gutter</c><00:26:31.299><c> to</c><00:26:31.539><c> be</c><00:26:31.740><c> ascended.</c>

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:34.940
And<00:26:32.220><c> if</c><00:26:32.779><c> any</c><00:26:33.000><c> of</c><00:26:33.099><c> you</c><00:26:33.220><c> have</c><00:26:33.400><c> had</c><00:26:33.559><c> opportunity</c><00:26:34.039><c> to</c><00:26:34.240><c> visit</c><00:26:34.460><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:36.900
you<00:26:35.079><c> can</c><00:26:35.359><c> see</c><00:26:35.579><c> that</c><00:26:35.859><c> gutter</c><00:26:36.079><c> to</c><00:26:36.240><c> this</c><00:26:36.539><c> day.</c>

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:41.019
It<00:26:37.359><c> was</c><00:26:37.579><c> a</c><00:26:37.779><c> vertical</c><00:26:38.180><c> shaft</c><00:26:39.059><c> that</c><00:26:39.720><c> came</c><00:26:39.960><c> in</c><00:26:40.240><c> from</c><00:26:40.420><c> the</c><00:26:40.640><c> side</c><00:26:40.859><c> of</c>

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:42.099
the<00:26:41.180><c> hill</c>

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and<00:26:42.799><c> ascended</c><00:26:43.220><c> straight</c><00:26:44.339><c> upwards.</c>

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:48.079
And<00:26:45.640><c> there,</c><00:26:47.079><c> actually</c><00:26:47.539><c> what</c><00:26:47.759><c> it</c><00:26:47.920><c> was,</c>

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:51.299
it<00:26:48.160><c> was</c><00:26:48.359><c> a</c><00:26:48.539><c> channel</c><00:26:49.019><c> that</c><00:26:49.799><c> inclined</c><00:26:50.200><c> gently</c><00:26:50.599><c> into</c><00:26:50.799><c> the</c><00:26:50.980><c> hill.</c>

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:54.779
It<00:26:51.900><c> came</c><00:26:52.119><c> to</c><00:26:52.359><c> a</c><00:26:52.579><c> hole</c><00:26:52.779><c> which</c><00:26:53.140><c> plunged</c><00:26:53.619><c> vertically</c><00:26:54.039><c> down.</c>

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:58.519
The<00:26:55.180><c> spring</c><00:26:55.539><c> Gishon</c><00:26:56.819><c> filled</c><00:26:57.440><c> the</c><00:26:57.700><c> bottom</c><00:26:57.980><c> of</c><00:26:58.160><c> the</c><00:26:58.299><c> hole</c>

00:26:58.519 --> 00:27:01.000
such<00:26:58.759><c> that</c><00:26:58.960><c> you</c><00:26:59.099><c> let</c><00:26:59.279><c> buckets</c><00:26:59.599><c> down</c><00:26:59.940><c> and</c><00:27:00.119><c> drew</c><00:27:00.279><c> up</c><00:27:00.559><c> water.</c>

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:03.579
Now<00:27:02.079><c> the</c><00:27:02.359><c> incline</c><00:27:02.799><c> was</c><00:27:02.980><c> no</c><00:27:03.259><c> problem,</c>

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:06.200
but<00:27:03.759><c> that</c><00:27:04.099><c> vertical</c><00:27:04.559><c> part</c><00:27:04.980><c> was</c><00:27:05.359><c> a</c><00:27:05.640><c> death</c><00:27:05.920><c> trap</c>

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:08.019
because<00:27:06.539><c> all</c><00:27:06.779><c> you</c><00:27:06.920><c> had</c><00:27:07.119><c> to</c><00:27:07.259><c> do</c><00:27:07.339><c> was</c><00:27:07.480><c> look</c><00:27:07.680><c> down,</c>

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:10.380
see<00:27:08.240><c> somebody</c><00:27:08.559><c> coming</c><00:27:08.819><c> up</c><00:27:09.059><c> and</c><00:27:09.579><c> a</c><00:27:09.779><c> few</c><00:27:09.980><c> stones</c>

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:12.079
would<00:27:10.640><c> send</c><00:27:10.779><c> them</c><00:27:10.920><c> to</c><00:27:11.099><c> his</c><00:27:11.339><c> death.</c>

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:15.140
Undoubtedly<00:27:12.880><c> Joab</c><00:27:14.059><c> ascended</c><00:27:14.559><c> at</c><00:27:14.859><c> night,</c>

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:17.960
but<00:27:15.599><c> nonetheless</c><00:27:16.000><c> it</c><00:27:16.240><c> was</c><00:27:16.579><c> desperately</c><00:27:17.160><c> risky</c>

00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:23.180
because<00:27:18.500><c> those</c><00:27:19.519><c> walled</c><00:27:19.920><c> cities</c><00:27:20.140><c> had</c><00:27:20.460><c> guards</c><00:27:20.859><c> mounted</c><00:27:21.460><c> 24</c><00:27:22.140><c> hours</c><00:27:22.519><c> a</c><00:27:22.720><c> day.</c>

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:27.000
And<00:27:23.759><c> it</c><00:27:23.799><c> was</c><00:27:24.039><c> Joab</c><00:27:24.480><c> who</c><00:27:24.680><c> had</c><00:27:24.880><c> the</c><00:27:25.140><c> courage</c><00:27:25.519><c> and</c><00:27:26.140><c> the</c><00:27:26.660><c> willingness</c>

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:31.579
to<00:27:27.359><c> tackle</c><00:27:27.940><c> this</c><00:27:28.400><c> and</c><00:27:28.740><c> hence</c><00:27:28.980><c> become</c><00:27:29.759><c> captain</c><00:27:30.319><c> of</c><00:27:30.500><c> the</c><00:27:30.680><c> host.</c>

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:34.500
And<00:27:32.019><c> we</c><00:27:32.140><c> know</c><00:27:32.440><c> that</c><00:27:32.920><c> Joab</c><00:27:33.099><c> was</c><00:27:33.339><c> a</c><00:27:33.559><c> courageous</c><00:27:34.000><c> warrior</c>

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:36.440
in<00:27:34.740><c> the</c><00:27:34.940><c> face</c><00:27:35.180><c> of</c><00:27:35.460><c> overwhelming</c><00:27:35.920><c> odds.</c>

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:40.119
If<00:27:37.000><c> we</c><00:27:37.079><c> turn</c><00:27:37.259><c> over</c><00:27:37.420><c> to</c><00:27:37.599><c> 2</c><00:27:37.859><c> Samuel</c><00:27:38.559><c> chapter</c><00:27:39.799><c> 10,</c>

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:44.839
we<00:27:40.359><c> recall</c><00:27:40.920><c> that</c><00:27:41.500><c> incident</c><00:27:41.880><c> when</c><00:27:42.059><c> they</c><00:27:42.259><c> were</c><00:27:42.680><c> fighting</c><00:27:43.000><c> against</c><00:27:43.380><c> the</c><00:27:43.640><c> Ammonites,</c>

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:48.039
when<00:27:45.240><c> the</c><00:27:45.700><c> Ammonites</c><00:27:46.119><c> had</c><00:27:46.359><c> called</c><00:27:46.519><c> upon</c><00:27:46.900><c> Syrian</c><00:27:47.359><c> mercenaries</c>

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:51.220
to<00:27:48.279><c> help</c><00:27:48.480><c> them</c><00:27:48.740><c> fight</c><00:27:49.140><c> the</c><00:27:49.740><c> armies</c><00:27:49.980><c> of</c><00:27:50.220><c> David.</c>

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:58.920
And<00:27:51.940><c> in</c><00:27:52.140><c> this</c><00:27:52.440><c> situation</c><00:27:53.920><c> when</c><00:27:57.799><c> Ammon</c><00:27:58.059><c> and</c><00:27:58.220><c> the</c><00:27:58.420><c> Syrians</c>

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:00.799
came<00:27:59.240><c> up</c><00:27:59.480><c> against</c><00:27:59.779><c> the</c><00:27:59.960><c> armies</c><00:28:00.160><c> of</c><00:28:00.380><c> David,</c>

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:04.079
that<00:28:01.339><c> they</c><00:28:01.500><c> put</c><00:28:01.720><c> the</c><00:28:01.960><c> army</c><00:28:02.339><c> of</c><00:28:02.839><c> David</c><00:28:03.119><c> in</c><00:28:03.319><c> a</c><00:28:03.440><c> bit</c><00:28:03.500><c> of</c><00:28:03.720><c> a</c><00:28:03.819><c> pickle</c>

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:10.000
in<00:28:04.460><c> verses</c><00:28:04.720><c> 10</c><00:28:05.019><c> to</c><00:28:05.119><c> 13,</c><00:28:08.799><c> verse</c><00:28:09.160><c> 9</c><00:28:09.519><c> will</c><00:28:09.740><c> begin,</c>

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:12.240
And<00:28:10.140><c> when</c><00:28:10.440><c> Joab</c><00:28:10.720><c> saw</c><00:28:11.160><c> that</c><00:28:11.339><c> the</c><00:28:11.559><c> front</c><00:28:11.720><c> of</c><00:28:11.900><c> the</c><00:28:12.059><c> battle</c>

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:14.099
was<00:28:12.519><c> against</c><00:28:12.900><c> him</c><00:28:13.119><c> before</c><00:28:13.500><c> and</c><00:28:13.640><c> behind</c><00:28:13.960><c> him,</c>

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:16.460
he<00:28:14.259><c> chose</c><00:28:14.619><c> of</c><00:28:14.880><c> all</c><00:28:15.200><c> the</c><00:28:15.460><c> choice</c><00:28:15.720><c> men</c><00:28:15.839><c> of</c><00:28:15.980><c> Israel</c>

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:18.940
and<00:28:17.059><c> put</c><00:28:17.299><c> them</c><00:28:17.480><c> in</c><00:28:17.680><c> a</c><00:28:17.779><c> ray</c><00:28:17.960><c> against</c><00:28:18.339><c> the</c><00:28:18.599><c> Syrians</c>

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:20.619
and<00:28:19.119><c> the</c><00:28:19.160><c> rest</c><00:28:19.359><c> of</c><00:28:19.539><c> the</c><00:28:19.660><c> people</c><00:28:19.900><c> who</c><00:28:20.059><c> he</c><00:28:20.299><c> delivered</c>

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:22.660
into<00:28:20.900><c> the</c><00:28:21.000><c> hand</c><00:28:21.200><c> of</c><00:28:21.400><c> Abishai,</c><00:28:22.000><c> his</c><00:28:22.160><c> brother,</c>

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:24.980
that<00:28:23.200><c> he</c><00:28:23.380><c> might</c><00:28:23.519><c> put</c><00:28:23.740><c> them</c><00:28:23.960><c> in</c><00:28:24.059><c> a</c><00:28:24.160><c> ray</c><00:28:24.240><c> against</c><00:28:24.559><c> the</c><00:28:24.759><c> children</c>

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.480
of<00:28:25.299><c> Ammon.</c>

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.559
So<00:28:25.660><c> they</c><00:28:25.779><c> were</c><00:28:25.980><c> surrounded.</c>

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:29.599
And<00:28:27.200><c> he</c><00:28:27.440><c> said,</c><00:28:27.640><c> If</c><00:28:27.759><c> the</c><00:28:28.099><c> Syrians</c><00:28:28.420><c> be</c><00:28:28.660><c> too</c><00:28:28.980><c> strong</c><00:28:29.160><c> for</c><00:28:29.359><c> me,</c>

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:31.099
then<00:28:29.859><c> thou</c><00:28:30.140><c> shalt</c><00:28:30.380><c> help</c><00:28:30.599><c> me.</c>

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:33.880
But<00:28:31.480><c> if</c><00:28:31.640><c> the</c><00:28:31.779><c> children</c><00:28:32.019><c> of</c><00:28:32.339><c> Ammon</c><00:28:32.559><c> be</c><00:28:32.779><c> too</c><00:28:33.119><c> strong</c><00:28:33.339><c> for</c><00:28:33.579><c> thee,</c>

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:35.380
then<00:28:34.039><c> I</c><00:28:34.279><c> will</c><00:28:34.420><c> come</c><00:28:34.619><c> and</c><00:28:34.759><c> help</c><00:28:34.920><c> thee.</c>

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:39.000
Be<00:28:36.079><c> of</c><00:28:36.259><c> good</c><00:28:36.500><c> courage</c><00:28:37.000><c> and</c><00:28:37.140><c> let</c><00:28:37.299><c> us</c><00:28:37.440><c> play</c><00:28:37.640><c> the</c><00:28:37.920><c> men</c><00:28:38.160><c> for</c><00:28:38.420><c> our</c><00:28:38.640><c> people</c>

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:40.539
and<00:28:39.160><c> for</c><00:28:39.319><c> the</c><00:28:39.539><c> cities</c><00:28:39.740><c> of</c><00:28:39.940><c> our</c><00:28:40.140><c> God.</c>

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:43.319
And<00:28:41.059><c> the</c><00:28:41.180><c> Lord</c><00:28:41.480><c> do</c><00:28:41.859><c> that</c><00:28:42.119><c> which</c><00:28:42.400><c> seemeth</c><00:28:42.660><c> him</c><00:28:42.859><c> good.</c>

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:46.359
And<00:28:43.799><c> as</c><00:28:44.000><c> we</c><00:28:44.180><c> know,</c><00:28:44.700><c> those</c><00:28:45.000><c> Ammonites</c><00:28:45.519><c> and</c><00:28:45.759><c> Syrians</c><00:28:45.980><c> were</c><00:28:46.180><c> put</c>

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.000
to<00:28:46.500><c> the</c><00:28:46.720><c> flight.</c>

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:50.039
But<00:28:47.539><c> certainly</c><00:28:47.980><c> we</c><00:28:48.240><c> have</c><00:28:48.680><c> in</c><00:28:49.200><c> this</c><00:28:49.500><c> occasion</c>

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:51.940
the<00:28:50.380><c> manifestation</c><00:28:50.920><c> of</c><00:28:51.180><c> great</c><00:28:51.380><c> courage</c>

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:55.789
and<00:28:52.519><c> not</c><00:28:52.700><c> only</c><00:28:53.039><c> the</c><00:28:53.440><c> manifestation</c><00:28:54.000><c> of</c><00:28:54.339><c> courage</c><00:28:54.640><c> and</c><00:28:54.980><c> valiantness,</c>

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:58.420
but<00:28:56.140><c> the</c><00:28:56.339><c> willingness</c><00:28:56.680><c> to</c><00:28:57.019><c> ascribe</c><00:28:57.380><c> the</c><00:28:57.599><c> battle</c><00:28:57.779><c> to</c><00:28:58.059><c> God.</c>

00:28:58.519 --> 00:29:00.819
You<00:28:58.519><c> know,</c><00:28:58.960><c> Joab</c><00:28:59.180><c> knew</c><00:28:59.640><c> from</c><00:28:59.960><c> whence</c><00:29:00.259><c> he</c><00:29:00.359><c> came.</c>

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:03.740
He<00:29:01.400><c> knew</c><00:29:01.680><c> that</c><00:29:01.819><c> he</c><00:29:01.900><c> was</c><00:29:02.119><c> a</c><00:29:02.240><c> worshiper</c><00:29:02.599><c> of</c><00:29:02.740><c> the</c><00:29:02.900><c> God</c><00:29:03.039><c> of</c><00:29:03.220><c> Israel.</c>

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:07.440
He<00:29:04.319><c> knew</c><00:29:04.680><c> from</c><00:29:04.940><c> whence</c><00:29:05.500><c> the</c><00:29:06.799><c> strength</c>

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:10.759
and<00:29:08.039><c> the</c><00:29:08.420><c> victory</c><00:29:08.839><c> of</c><00:29:09.180><c> the</c><00:29:09.400><c> battle</c><00:29:09.720><c> would</c><00:29:10.299><c> arise.</c>

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:12.079
It<00:29:10.880><c> would</c><00:29:11.059><c> arise</c><00:29:11.319><c> from</c><00:29:11.539><c> God.</c>

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:13.680
And<00:29:12.559><c> he</c><00:29:12.779><c> acknowledged</c><00:29:13.240><c> this.</c>

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:16.660
But<00:29:14.200><c> he</c><00:29:14.500><c> was</c><00:29:14.700><c> by</c><00:29:14.980><c> no</c><00:29:15.299><c> means</c><00:29:15.740><c> lackadaisical</c>

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:18.579
when<00:29:16.799><c> it</c><00:29:16.920><c> came</c><00:29:17.119><c> to</c><00:29:17.279><c> his</c><00:29:17.460><c> own</c><00:29:17.720><c> part.</c>

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:21.259
Be<00:29:18.859><c> strong</c><00:29:19.279><c> and</c><00:29:19.400><c> let</c><00:29:19.519><c> us</c><00:29:19.680><c> play</c><00:29:19.859><c> the</c><00:29:20.119><c> men</c><00:29:20.319><c> for</c><00:29:20.599><c> our</c><00:29:20.859><c> people.</c>

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:23.059
Let<00:29:21.519><c> us</c><00:29:21.680><c> go</c><00:29:21.859><c> to</c><00:29:22.019><c> the</c><00:29:22.220><c> forefront</c><00:29:22.460><c> of</c><00:29:22.660><c> the</c><00:29:22.839><c> battle</c>

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:24.920
and<00:29:23.279><c> wage</c><00:29:23.519><c> war</c><00:29:23.819><c> against</c><00:29:24.119><c> these</c><00:29:24.460><c> heathens.</c>

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:26.440
That<00:29:25.279><c> was</c><00:29:25.539><c> the</c><00:29:25.660><c> attitude</c><00:29:25.900><c> of</c><00:29:26.240><c> Joab.</c>

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:28.640
And<00:29:26.640><c> he</c><00:29:26.819><c> relied</c><00:29:27.000><c> upon</c><00:29:27.259><c> his</c><00:29:27.500><c> brother</c><00:29:27.759><c> who</c><00:29:27.920><c> was</c><00:29:28.079><c> a</c><00:29:28.180><c> man</c><00:29:28.339><c> just</c>

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.619
like<00:29:28.839><c> him.</c>

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:31.599
So<00:29:29.859><c> we</c><00:29:30.079><c> find</c><00:29:30.240><c> that</c><00:29:30.440><c> all</c><00:29:30.619><c> three</c><00:29:30.799><c> of</c><00:29:30.940><c> these</c><00:29:31.160><c> individuals</c>

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:33.119
were<00:29:31.819><c> men</c><00:29:31.920><c> of</c><00:29:32.119><c> courage.</c>

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:36.299
And<00:29:33.420><c> as</c><00:29:33.619><c> we</c><00:29:33.859><c> noted,</c><00:29:34.359><c> Joab</c><00:29:34.819><c> was</c><00:29:35.079><c> the</c><00:29:35.599><c> dominant</c><00:29:35.980><c> figure</c>

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.319
amongst<00:29:36.599><c> these</c><00:29:36.920><c> brothers.</c>

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:39.660
It<00:29:37.559><c> was</c><00:29:37.900><c> Joab</c><00:29:38.400><c> that</c><00:29:38.539><c> we</c><00:29:38.700><c> know</c><00:29:38.859><c> the</c><00:29:39.039><c> most</c><00:29:39.299><c> of.</c>

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:43.460
Joab<00:29:40.559><c> who</c><00:29:40.720><c> was</c><00:29:40.920><c> the</c><00:29:41.180><c> captain</c><00:29:41.500><c> of</c><00:29:41.660><c> the</c><00:29:41.859><c> army</c><00:29:42.140><c> for</c><00:29:42.380><c> most</c><00:29:42.640><c> of</c><00:29:42.799><c> his</c><00:29:43.019><c> reign.</c>

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:47.279
And<00:29:44.019><c> that</c><00:29:44.119><c> was</c><00:29:44.319><c> a</c><00:29:44.640><c> responsible</c><00:29:45.359><c> position</c><00:29:46.079><c> indeed.</c>

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:51.440
Now,<00:29:49.460><c> there's</c><00:29:49.819><c> a</c><00:29:49.940><c> perception</c><00:29:50.440><c> of</c><00:29:50.700><c> Joab,</c>

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:54.059
which<00:29:52.400><c> we</c><00:29:53.019><c> generally</c><00:29:53.480><c> have.</c>

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:57.640
We<00:29:54.640><c> feel</c><00:29:55.079><c> that</c><00:29:55.440><c> Joab,</c><00:29:56.200><c> and</c><00:29:56.619><c> we</c><00:29:56.900><c> would</c><00:29:57.039><c> all</c><00:29:57.279><c> agree</c>

00:29:57.640 --> 00:30:00.339
that<00:29:57.980><c> Joab</c><00:29:58.299><c> was</c><00:29:58.500><c> an</c><00:29:58.599><c> unspiritual</c><00:29:59.140><c> individual,</c>

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:03.099
but<00:30:00.559><c> we</c><00:30:00.779><c> tend</c><00:30:00.880><c> to</c><00:30:01.160><c> see</c><00:30:01.279><c> him</c><00:30:01.400><c> as</c><00:30:01.559><c> a</c><00:30:01.640><c> bit</c><00:30:01.720><c> of</c><00:30:01.960><c> a</c><00:30:02.079><c> scurrilous</c><00:30:02.539><c> character.</c>

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:07.559
We<00:30:03.920><c> tend</c><00:30:04.099><c> to</c><00:30:04.380><c> see</c><00:30:04.460><c> him</c><00:30:04.640><c> as</c><00:30:04.839><c> a</c><00:30:05.079><c> self</c><00:30:05.339><c>-serving,</c><00:30:06.079><c> self</c><00:30:06.259><c>-interested</c><00:30:06.960><c> man.</c>

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:09.519
That<00:30:07.680><c> should</c><00:30:07.940><c> be</c><00:30:08.119><c> man,</c><00:30:08.420><c> not</c><00:30:08.660><c> men.</c>

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:12.259
Who<00:30:10.180><c> exploited</c><00:30:10.880><c> and</c><00:30:11.180><c> intimidated</c><00:30:11.740><c> David.</c>

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:13.799
He<00:30:12.980><c> bullied</c><00:30:13.279><c> David.</c>

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:17.119
Some<00:30:14.460><c> have</c><00:30:14.680><c> even</c><00:30:14.920><c> suggested</c><00:30:15.480><c> that</c><00:30:15.819><c> he</c><00:30:16.059><c> blackmailed</c><00:30:16.660><c> David</c>

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:21.799
with<00:30:17.640><c> the</c><00:30:18.099><c> letter</c><00:30:18.599><c> that</c><00:30:19.279><c> was</c><00:30:20.220><c> given</c><00:30:20.440><c> to</c><00:30:20.680><c> him</c><00:30:21.279><c> concerning</c>

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:23.299
Uriah's<00:30:22.500><c> death.</c>

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:27.160
But<00:30:23.500><c> we</c><00:30:23.640><c> tend</c><00:30:23.819><c> to</c><00:30:24.059><c> see</c><00:30:24.299><c> Joab</c><00:30:25.059><c> as</c><00:30:25.619><c> somebody</c><00:30:26.039><c> who</c><00:30:26.539><c> was</c><00:30:26.700><c> just</c><00:30:26.940><c> out</c>

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:28.000
for<00:30:27.339><c> himself</c>

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:31.519
and<00:30:28.680><c> who</c><00:30:28.900><c> never</c><00:30:29.160><c> gave</c><00:30:29.480><c> thought</c><00:30:29.759><c> to</c><00:30:30.000><c> anything</c><00:30:30.339><c> else</c><00:30:30.700><c> but</c><00:30:30.880><c> himself</c>

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:35.099
and<00:30:31.799><c> who</c><00:30:32.279><c> essentially</c><00:30:33.160><c> was</c><00:30:33.859><c> a</c><00:30:34.440><c> ball</c><00:30:34.579><c> and</c><00:30:34.900><c> chain</c>

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:36.900
around<00:30:35.380><c> David's</c><00:30:35.880><c> feet</c><00:30:35.960><c> all</c><00:30:36.200><c> his</c><00:30:36.440><c> life.</c>

00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:39.900
And<00:30:37.539><c> yet,</c><00:30:37.900><c> brothers</c><00:30:38.039><c> and</c><00:30:38.240><c> sisters,</c><00:30:38.680><c> I</c><00:30:38.680><c> think</c><00:30:38.880><c> there's</c><00:30:39.099><c> another</c><00:30:39.420><c> view</c>

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:41.900
that<00:30:40.299><c> we</c><00:30:40.440><c> have</c><00:30:40.619><c> to</c><00:30:40.799><c> take</c><00:30:40.920><c> into</c><00:30:41.160><c> consideration.</c>

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:44.799
A<00:30:42.079><c> view</c><00:30:42.539><c> that</c><00:30:43.019><c> I</c><00:30:43.200><c> think</c><00:30:43.380><c> is</c><00:30:43.599><c> a</c><00:30:43.700><c> little</c><00:30:43.839><c> more</c><00:30:44.180><c> appropriate</c>

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:48.380
and<00:30:45.400><c> fits</c><00:30:45.740><c> the</c><00:30:46.079><c> facts</c><00:30:46.460><c> a</c><00:30:47.200><c> little</c><00:30:47.440><c> better.</c>

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:52.589
The<00:30:48.839><c> suggestion</c><00:30:49.400><c> is</c><00:30:49.720><c> that</c><00:30:50.039><c> Joab</c><00:30:50.400><c> was</c><00:30:50.720><c> a</c><00:30:50.980><c> misguided</c><00:30:51.779><c> zealot.</c>

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:55.660
A<00:30:53.000><c> man</c><00:30:53.420><c> who</c><00:30:53.680><c> was</c><00:30:54.019><c> zealous</c><00:30:54.279><c> for</c><00:30:54.500><c> his</c><00:30:54.759><c> nation,</c>

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:57.539
zealous<00:30:56.119><c> for</c><00:30:56.380><c> his</c><00:30:56.660><c> king,</c>

00:30:57.559 --> 00:31:00.680
but<00:30:57.680><c> whose</c><00:30:57.980><c> thinking</c><00:30:58.299><c> was</c><00:30:58.660><c> motivated</c><00:30:59.180><c> by</c><00:30:59.460><c> the</c><00:30:59.720><c> flesh.</c>

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:03.779
Joab<00:31:01.240><c> was</c><00:31:01.539><c> a</c><00:31:01.640><c> man</c><00:31:01.819><c> who</c><00:31:01.960><c> was</c><00:31:02.299><c> enthusiastic</c><00:31:03.079><c> for</c><00:31:03.339><c> Israel</c>

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:05.559
and<00:31:04.119><c> enthusiastic</c><00:31:04.859><c> for</c><00:31:05.160><c> David.</c>

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:07.460
He<00:31:05.980><c> wanted</c><00:31:06.259><c> to</c><00:31:06.400><c> see</c><00:31:06.619><c> David</c><00:31:06.940><c> advance.</c>

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:09.039
He<00:31:07.619><c> wanted</c><00:31:07.859><c> to</c><00:31:08.039><c> see</c><00:31:08.220><c> David</c><00:31:08.559><c> do</c><00:31:08.779><c> well.</c>

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:13.819
And<00:31:09.200><c> he</c><00:31:09.240><c> was</c><00:31:09.539><c> content</c><00:31:09.900><c> to</c><00:31:10.200><c> be</c><00:31:11.240><c> second</c><00:31:11.660><c> to</c><00:31:12.220><c> David</c><00:31:12.519><c> in</c><00:31:12.700><c> the</c><00:31:12.859><c> nation.</c>

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:15.119
He<00:31:14.259><c> was</c><00:31:14.559><c> a</c><00:31:14.839><c> zealot.</c>

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:21.960
But<00:31:15.339><c> his</c><00:31:15.740><c> zealousness</c><00:31:17.099><c> was</c><00:31:17.720><c> motivated</c><00:31:18.519><c> not</c><00:31:19.039><c> by</c><00:31:19.759><c> a</c><00:31:20.299><c> spirit</c><00:31:20.740><c> of</c><00:31:21.420><c> godliness,</c>

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:25.559
but<00:31:22.400><c> a</c><00:31:22.839><c> zealousness</c><00:31:23.460><c> that</c><00:31:23.599><c> was</c><00:31:23.859><c> really</c><00:31:24.299><c> nationalistic</c><00:31:25.039><c> in</c><00:31:25.279><c> origin.</c>

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:30.759
He<00:31:25.759><c> was</c><00:31:26.000><c> a</c><00:31:26.180><c> zealot</c><00:31:26.460><c> for</c><00:31:26.819><c> Israel,</c><00:31:27.779><c> but</c><00:31:28.019><c> not</c><00:31:28.279><c> a</c><00:31:28.480><c> zealot</c><00:31:28.759><c> for</c><00:31:28.960><c> Israel's</c><00:31:29.720><c> god.</c>

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:34.660
His<00:31:31.480><c> thinking</c><00:31:31.960><c> was</c><00:31:32.359><c> too</c><00:31:32.680><c> dominated</c><00:31:33.359><c> by</c><00:31:34.079><c> fleshliness.</c>

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:38.140
And<00:31:34.859><c> so</c><00:31:35.180><c> that</c><00:31:35.380><c> when</c><00:31:35.740><c> Joab</c><00:31:35.980><c> could</c><00:31:36.200><c> have</c><00:31:36.319><c> come</c><00:31:36.619><c> through</c><00:31:37.339><c> with</c>

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:39.339
great<00:31:38.599><c> things,</c>

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:43.779
instead<00:31:40.200><c> we</c><00:31:40.400><c> find</c><00:31:40.759><c> that</c><00:31:41.019><c> Joab</c><00:31:41.319><c> was</c><00:31:41.700><c> tripped</c><00:31:41.980><c> up</c><00:31:42.779><c> by</c><00:31:43.140><c> his</c><00:31:43.420><c> lack</c>

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:45.000
of<00:31:44.079><c> vision.</c>

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:47.460
His<00:31:45.359><c> vision</c><00:31:45.839><c> was</c><00:31:46.079><c> for</c><00:31:46.259><c> Israel,</c><00:31:47.119><c> yes,</c>

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:50.180
but<00:31:47.980><c> not</c><00:31:48.359><c> for</c><00:31:48.579><c> the</c><00:31:48.920><c> Israel</c><00:31:49.140><c> that</c><00:31:49.380><c> God</c><00:31:49.740><c> saw.</c>

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:54.319
Not<00:31:50.519><c> for</c><00:31:50.740><c> an</c><00:31:51.019><c> Israel</c><00:31:51.579><c> that</c><00:31:52.119><c> was</c><00:31:52.579><c> infused</c><00:31:53.220><c> with</c><00:31:53.599><c> spirituality.</c>

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:57.279
He<00:31:55.000><c> wanted</c><00:31:55.259><c> to</c><00:31:55.420><c> see</c><00:31:55.559><c> Israel</c><00:31:55.940><c> on</c><00:31:56.099><c> the</c><00:31:56.380><c> top</c><00:31:56.640><c> of</c><00:31:56.819><c> the</c><00:31:56.980><c> heap.</c>

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:59.819
He<00:31:57.759><c> wanted</c><00:31:58.019><c> to</c><00:31:58.160><c> see</c><00:31:58.400><c> Israel</c><00:31:58.839><c> a</c><00:31:58.940><c> great</c><00:31:59.259><c> empire.</c>

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:02.019
And<00:31:59.960><c> he</c><00:32:00.000><c> wanted</c><00:32:00.220><c> to</c><00:32:00.359><c> see</c><00:32:00.619><c> David</c><00:32:00.980><c> as</c><00:32:01.180><c> a</c><00:32:01.279><c> great</c><00:32:01.500><c> king.</c>

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:04.099
And<00:32:02.640><c> that</c><00:32:02.779><c> was</c><00:32:03.000><c> all</c><00:32:03.240><c> fine</c><00:32:03.460><c> and</c><00:32:03.700><c> well.</c>

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:06.680
But<00:32:04.480><c> what</c><00:32:04.700><c> he</c><00:32:04.759><c> had</c><00:32:05.000><c> to</c><00:32:05.200><c> acknowledge</c><00:32:05.740><c> and</c><00:32:05.920><c> what</c><00:32:06.220><c> Joab</c><00:32:06.339><c> couldn't</c>

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.519
come<00:32:07.059><c> to</c>

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:10.880
was<00:32:07.920><c> a</c><00:32:08.119><c> realization</c><00:32:08.740><c> that</c><00:32:08.980><c> this</c><00:32:09.180><c> was</c><00:32:09.460><c> all</c><00:32:09.759><c> done</c><00:32:09.980><c> for</c><00:32:10.200><c> the</c><00:32:10.480><c> honor</c><00:32:10.700><c> and</c>

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.700
glory<00:32:11.099><c> of</c><00:32:11.339><c> God,</c>

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:13.200
not<00:32:11.960><c> of</c><00:32:12.220><c> man.</c>

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:16.660
Joab<00:32:13.819><c> saw</c><00:32:14.160><c> the</c><00:32:14.440><c> honor</c><00:32:14.720><c> and</c><00:32:15.000><c> glory</c><00:32:15.259><c> as</c><00:32:15.519><c> occurring</c><00:32:15.839><c> to</c><00:32:16.099><c> men</c><00:32:16.480><c> and</c>

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.480
to<00:32:16.779><c> the</c><00:32:16.940><c> nation,</c>

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:19.200
not<00:32:18.019><c> to</c><00:32:18.279><c> God.</c>

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:22.819
And<00:32:19.400><c> this</c><00:32:19.599><c> gummed</c><00:32:20.359><c> Joab</c><00:32:20.779><c> up</c><00:32:21.039><c> on</c><00:32:21.220><c> a</c><00:32:21.299><c> number</c><00:32:21.559><c> of</c><00:32:21.819><c> occasions.</c>

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:25.000
And<00:32:23.119><c> yet</c><00:32:23.220><c> when</c><00:32:23.400><c> we</c><00:32:23.559><c> consider</c><00:32:23.960><c> Joab's</c><00:32:24.619><c> life,</c>

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:28.200
we<00:32:25.519><c> find</c><00:32:25.779><c> that</c><00:32:25.940><c> he</c><00:32:26.059><c> was</c><00:32:26.220><c> really</c><00:32:26.539><c> consistently</c><00:32:27.140><c> loyal</c><00:32:27.740><c> to</c><00:32:28.019><c> David.</c>

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:30.140
He<00:32:28.319><c> was</c><00:32:28.559><c> with</c><00:32:28.819><c> David</c><00:32:29.140><c> in</c><00:32:29.299><c> the</c><00:32:29.460><c> cave</c><00:32:29.640><c> of</c><00:32:29.819><c> Adalim.</c>

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:32.420
He<00:32:30.259><c> was</c><00:32:30.480><c> with</c><00:32:30.759><c> David</c><00:32:31.079><c> during</c><00:32:31.380><c> those</c><00:32:31.599><c> years</c><00:32:31.839><c> of</c><00:32:32.119><c> flight.</c>

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:36.740
And<00:32:33.039><c> when</c><00:32:33.279><c> Absalom</c><00:32:33.779><c> put</c><00:32:34.940><c> David</c><00:32:35.319><c> to</c><00:32:35.759><c> flight</c>

00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:39.480
and<00:32:37.900><c> caused</c><00:32:38.380><c> David</c><00:32:38.700><c> to</c><00:32:38.920><c> flee</c><00:32:39.059><c> the</c><00:32:39.279><c> city,</c>

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.380
Joab<00:32:39.819><c> was</c><00:32:40.079><c> there.</c>

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:42.539
Joab<00:32:40.839><c> was</c><00:32:41.059><c> faithful</c><00:32:41.440><c> to</c><00:32:41.700><c> David.</c>

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:47.119
He<00:32:42.779><c> wasn't</c><00:32:43.440><c> a</c><00:32:43.759><c> turncoat</c><00:32:44.359><c> who</c><00:32:45.700><c> hopped</c><00:32:46.079><c> on</c><00:32:46.279><c> the</c><00:32:46.519><c> bandwagon.</c>

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:49.559
Joab<00:32:47.500><c> was</c><00:32:47.779><c> faithful</c><00:32:48.220><c> to</c><00:32:48.460><c> his</c><00:32:48.619><c> uncle.</c>

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:51.920
And<00:32:49.720><c> he</c><00:32:49.819><c> was</c><00:32:50.019><c> quite</c><00:32:50.240><c> happy</c><00:32:50.519><c> to</c><00:32:50.759><c> be</c><00:32:50.960><c> so.</c>

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:54.160
And<00:32:52.359><c> a</c><00:32:52.440><c> number</c><00:32:52.619><c> of</c><00:32:52.859><c> other</c><00:32:53.019><c> things</c><00:32:53.259><c> come</c><00:32:53.500><c> to</c><00:32:53.660><c> light</c><00:32:53.779><c> when</c><00:32:53.940><c> we</c>

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:56.279
consider<00:32:55.279><c> the</c><00:32:55.619><c> man</c><00:32:55.880><c> Joab.</c>

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:58.880
We<00:32:56.859><c> took</c><00:32:57.079><c> note</c><00:32:57.259><c> of</c><00:32:57.420><c> the</c><00:32:57.579><c> fact</c><00:32:57.759><c> that</c><00:32:57.940><c> in</c><00:32:58.059><c> this</c><00:32:58.299><c> battle</c><00:32:58.579><c> against</c>

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.839
the<00:32:59.180><c> Ammonites,</c>

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:04.799
Joab<00:33:00.740><c> was</c><00:33:01.140><c> prepared</c><00:33:01.579><c> to</c><00:33:01.799><c> recognize</c><00:33:02.960><c> God's</c><00:33:03.900><c> contribution</c><00:33:04.400><c> to</c><00:33:04.680><c> it,</c>

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:08.759
that<00:33:04.960><c> God</c><00:33:05.220><c> was</c><00:33:05.500><c> responsible</c><00:33:06.259><c> for</c><00:33:07.619><c> the</c><00:33:08.380><c> victory.</c>

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:10.400
And<00:33:08.920><c> he</c><00:33:09.059><c> certainly</c><00:33:09.400><c> believed</c><00:33:09.819><c> in</c><00:33:10.119><c> God.</c>

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:13.640
So<00:33:10.579><c> we</c><00:33:10.700><c> aren't</c><00:33:10.880><c> dealing</c><00:33:11.140><c> with</c><00:33:11.380><c> an</c><00:33:11.680><c> atheist</c><00:33:12.059><c> by</c><00:33:12.400><c> any</c><00:33:12.619><c> means.</c>

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:17.880
Furthermore,<00:33:14.880><c> we</c><00:33:14.960><c> know</c><00:33:15.319><c> that</c><00:33:15.799><c> on</c><00:33:16.099><c> a</c><00:33:16.200><c> number</c><00:33:16.460><c> of</c><00:33:16.759><c> occasions,</c>

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:21.960
Joab<00:33:18.700><c> gave</c><00:33:19.099><c> David</c><00:33:19.660><c> very</c><00:33:20.339><c> sound</c><00:33:20.779><c> advice.</c>

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:27.140
Joab<00:33:23.559><c> knew</c><00:33:24.220><c> when</c><00:33:25.980><c> and</c><00:33:26.240><c> what</c><00:33:26.500><c> to</c><00:33:26.819><c> say.</c>

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:30.640
And<00:33:27.299><c> when</c><00:33:27.579><c> David</c><00:33:27.960><c> was</c><00:33:28.259><c> mourning</c><00:33:28.500><c> excessively</c><00:33:29.240><c> for</c><00:33:29.539><c> Absalom,</c>

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:33.720
Joab<00:33:31.279><c> went</c><00:33:31.460><c> in</c><00:33:31.660><c> there</c><00:33:31.779><c> and</c><00:33:31.880><c> he</c><00:33:31.980><c> had</c><00:33:32.180><c> some</c><00:33:32.440><c> very</c><00:33:32.839><c> harsh</c><00:33:33.339><c> words</c>

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:34.240
for<00:33:33.940><c> David,</c>

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:36.000
but<00:33:34.460><c> they</c><00:33:34.700><c> were</c><00:33:34.980><c> right.</c>

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:39.519
Joab<00:33:36.799><c> knew</c><00:33:37.279><c> a</c><00:33:38.579><c> lot</c><00:33:38.819><c> about</c><00:33:39.119><c> people.</c>

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.920
And<00:33:39.720><c> he</c><00:33:39.759><c> knew</c><00:33:39.940><c> a</c><00:33:40.099><c> lot</c><00:33:40.220><c> about</c><00:33:40.480><c> men.</c>

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:43.200
He<00:33:41.380><c> was</c><00:33:41.559><c> not</c><00:33:41.720><c> a</c><00:33:41.900><c> stupid</c><00:33:42.160><c> man.</c>

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:45.859
When<00:33:43.420><c> we</c><00:33:43.619><c> turn</c><00:33:43.779><c> to</c><00:33:43.960><c> 2</c><00:33:44.200><c> Samuel</c><00:33:44.539><c> 19,</c><00:33:45.140><c> verses</c><00:33:45.359><c> 1</c><00:33:45.680><c> to</c><00:33:45.779><c> 8,</c>

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:47.119
we<00:33:46.119><c> recall</c><00:33:46.460><c> that</c><00:33:46.700><c> incident.</c>

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:49.059
David<00:33:47.960><c> mourning</c><00:33:48.500><c> and</c><00:33:48.720><c> weeping.</c>

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:50.319
Verse<00:33:49.299><c> 1,</c><00:33:49.519><c> it</c><00:33:49.599><c> was</c><00:33:49.799><c> told,</c><00:33:50.160><c> Joab,</c>

00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:52.680
Behold,<00:33:50.640><c> the</c><00:33:50.779><c> king</c><00:33:51.039><c> weepeth</c><00:33:51.519><c> and</c><00:33:51.700><c> mourneth</c><00:33:51.940><c> for</c><00:33:52.200><c> Absalom.</c>

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:55.839
And<00:33:53.279><c> the</c><00:33:53.440><c> victory</c><00:33:53.799><c> that</c><00:33:54.019><c> day</c><00:33:54.200><c> was</c><00:33:54.420><c> turned</c><00:33:54.619><c> into</c><00:33:54.940><c> mourning</c><00:33:55.359><c> unto</c><00:33:55.599><c> all</c>

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.259
the<00:33:56.019><c> people</c>

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.839
when<00:33:56.400><c> they</c><00:33:56.579><c> heard</c><00:33:56.720><c> that</c><00:33:56.920><c> the</c><00:33:57.079><c> king</c><00:33:57.180><c> was</c><00:33:57.460><c> grieving.</c>

00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:59.640
And<00:33:58.440><c> the</c><00:33:58.539><c> king</c><00:33:58.759><c> covered</c><00:33:59.059><c> his</c><00:33:59.359><c> face.</c>

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:03.619
Verse<00:33:59.859><c> 4,</c><00:34:00.099><c> O</c><00:34:00.200><c> my</c><00:34:00.480><c> son</c><00:34:00.680><c> Absalom,</c><00:34:01.319><c> O</c><00:34:01.480><c> Absalom,</c><00:34:02.039><c> my</c><00:34:02.220><c> son,</c><00:34:02.500><c> my</c><00:34:02.740><c> son.</c>

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:05.740
And<00:34:04.619><c> Joab</c><00:34:04.859><c> comes</c><00:34:05.119><c> on</c><00:34:05.400><c> the</c><00:34:05.619><c> scene.</c>

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:07.680
He<00:34:05.839><c> wasn't</c><00:34:06.039><c> about</c><00:34:06.339><c> to</c><00:34:06.460><c> put</c><00:34:06.579><c> up</c><00:34:06.680><c> with</c><00:34:06.839><c> this</c><00:34:07.079><c> nonsense.</c>

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:10.179
Joab<00:34:08.480><c> came</c><00:34:08.739><c> into</c><00:34:08.980><c> the</c><00:34:09.139><c> house</c><00:34:09.320><c> to</c><00:34:09.480><c> the</c><00:34:09.559><c> king</c><00:34:09.739><c> and</c><00:34:09.960><c> said,</c>

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:13.380
Thou<00:34:10.800><c> hast</c><00:34:11.019><c> shamed</c><00:34:11.340><c> this</c><00:34:11.639><c> day</c><00:34:11.820><c> the</c><00:34:12.000><c> faces</c><00:34:12.340><c> of</c><00:34:12.539><c> all</c><00:34:12.699><c> thy</c><00:34:12.920><c> servants,</c>

00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:16.579
which<00:34:14.000><c> this</c><00:34:14.340><c> day</c><00:34:14.500><c> have</c><00:34:14.699><c> saved</c><00:34:14.960><c> thy</c><00:34:15.320><c> life</c><00:34:15.659><c> and</c><00:34:16.159><c> the</c><00:34:16.300><c> lives</c><00:34:16.420><c> of</c>

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.099
thy<00:34:16.800><c> sons</c>

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:19.260
and<00:34:17.280><c> of</c><00:34:17.420><c> thy</c><00:34:17.699><c> daughters</c><00:34:18.239><c> and</c><00:34:18.360><c> the</c><00:34:18.519><c> lives</c><00:34:18.639><c> of</c><00:34:18.780><c> thy</c><00:34:18.960><c> wives</c>

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:20.719
and<00:34:19.400><c> the</c><00:34:19.519><c> lives</c><00:34:19.679><c> of</c><00:34:19.820><c> thy</c><00:34:19.980><c> concubines,</c>

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:23.960
and<00:34:21.159><c> that</c><00:34:21.300><c> thou</c><00:34:21.619><c> lovest</c><00:34:22.039><c> thine</c><00:34:22.320><c> enemies</c><00:34:22.619><c> and</c><00:34:22.920><c> hatest</c><00:34:23.199><c> thy</c><00:34:23.420><c> friends.</c>

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:26.460
For<00:34:24.480><c> thou</c><00:34:24.679><c> hast</c><00:34:24.880><c> declared</c><00:34:25.260><c> this</c><00:34:25.500><c> day</c><00:34:25.679><c> that</c><00:34:25.820><c> thou</c><00:34:25.980><c> regardest</c>

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:28.019
neither<00:34:26.760><c> princes</c><00:34:27.199><c> nor</c><00:34:27.519><c> servants.</c>

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:30.719
For<00:34:28.599><c> this</c><00:34:28.820><c> day</c><00:34:28.980><c> I</c><00:34:29.179><c> perceived</c><00:34:29.539><c> that</c><00:34:29.679><c> if</c><00:34:29.940><c> Absalom</c><00:34:30.260><c> had</c><00:34:30.519><c> lived</c>

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:32.059
and<00:34:30.880><c> all</c><00:34:31.059><c> we</c><00:34:31.199><c> had</c><00:34:31.420><c> died</c><00:34:31.639><c> this</c><00:34:31.920><c> day,</c>

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:34.079
then<00:34:32.199><c> it</c><00:34:32.300><c> would</c><00:34:32.420><c> have</c><00:34:32.539><c> pleased</c><00:34:32.699><c> thee</c><00:34:32.940><c> well.</c>

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:36.619
Now<00:34:35.219><c> therefore</c><00:34:35.639><c> arise,</c><00:34:36.199><c> go</c><00:34:36.380><c> forth,</c>

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:38.460
and<00:34:36.780><c> speak</c><00:34:37.079><c> comfortably</c><00:34:37.559><c> unto</c><00:34:37.840><c> thy</c><00:34:38.079><c> servants.</c>

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:41.219
For<00:34:38.900><c> I</c><00:34:39.179><c> swear</c><00:34:39.440><c> by</c><00:34:39.699><c> the</c><00:34:39.880><c> Lord,</c><00:34:40.099><c> if</c><00:34:40.139><c> thou</c><00:34:40.360><c> go</c><00:34:40.559><c> not</c><00:34:40.739><c> forth,</c>

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:45.280
there<00:34:41.599><c> will</c><00:34:41.800><c> not</c><00:34:42.000><c> tarry</c><00:34:42.400><c> one</c><00:34:42.840><c> with</c><00:34:44.400><c> thee</c><00:34:44.639><c> this</c><00:34:44.920><c> night.</c>

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:47.679
And<00:34:45.699><c> that</c><00:34:45.860><c> will</c><00:34:46.039><c> be</c><00:34:46.320><c> worse</c><00:34:46.519><c> unto</c><00:34:46.699><c> thee</c><00:34:46.920><c> than</c><00:34:47.059><c> all</c><00:34:47.320><c> the</c><00:34:47.519><c> evil</c>

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:50.380
that<00:34:47.940><c> befell</c><00:34:48.260><c> thee</c><00:34:48.500><c> from</c><00:34:48.679><c> thy</c><00:34:48.900><c> youth</c><00:34:49.139><c> until</c><00:34:49.400><c> now.</c>

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:52.139
Wow!

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:55.119
Joab<00:34:52.579><c> didn't</c><00:34:52.800><c> give</c><00:34:53.059><c> this</c><00:34:53.380><c> poor</c><00:34:53.579><c> David</c><00:34:53.880><c> any</c><00:34:54.260><c> quarter</c><00:34:54.539><c> at</c><00:34:54.820><c> all.</c>

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:57.099
You<00:34:55.500><c> know,</c><00:34:55.699><c> you</c><00:34:55.860><c> could</c><00:34:56.159><c> say,</c><00:34:56.559><c> well,</c><00:34:56.840><c> you</c><00:34:56.920><c> know,</c>

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:58.500
this<00:34:57.260><c> has</c><00:34:57.440><c> been</c><00:34:57.579><c> rough</c><00:34:57.800><c> on</c><00:34:58.099><c> David.</c>

00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:00.199
And<00:34:59.239><c> certainly</c><00:34:59.659><c> it</c><00:34:59.860><c> was.</c>

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.619
Trash.

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:03.340
I<00:35:00.780><c> mean,</c><00:35:01.219><c> David</c><00:35:01.300><c> knew</c><00:35:01.519><c> why</c><00:35:01.840><c> Absalom</c><00:35:02.179><c> died.</c>

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:06.079
Absalom<00:35:04.000><c> died</c><00:35:04.320><c> because</c><00:35:04.599><c> David's</c><00:35:05.199><c> example</c><00:35:05.480><c> as</c><00:35:05.659><c> a</c><00:35:05.860><c> father</c>

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:08.599
had<00:35:06.619><c> failed</c><00:35:07.039><c> miserably.</c>

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:10.460
That's<00:35:09.079><c> why</c><00:35:09.260><c> David</c><00:35:09.679><c> mourned.</c>

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:12.679
Because<00:35:11.059><c> he</c><00:35:11.280><c> felt</c><00:35:11.500><c> utterly</c><00:35:11.940><c> to</c><00:35:12.280><c> blame</c>

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:15.380
for<00:35:12.840><c> what</c><00:35:12.980><c> had</c><00:35:13.199><c> happened</c><00:35:13.380><c> to</c><00:35:13.599><c> this</c><00:35:13.840><c> man,</c><00:35:14.159><c> Absalom.</c>

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:18.199
And<00:35:15.820><c> yet</c><00:35:15.980><c> that</c><00:35:16.260><c> time</c><00:35:16.559><c> of</c><00:35:16.739><c> mourning</c><00:35:16.900><c> was</c><00:35:17.219><c> passed</c><00:35:17.639><c> and</c><00:35:17.880><c> over,</c>

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:19.139
and<00:35:18.480><c> Joab</c><00:35:18.719><c> knew</c><00:35:18.960><c> it.</c>

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:21.099
So<00:35:19.300><c> he</c><00:35:19.440><c> took</c><00:35:19.780><c> a</c><00:35:19.960><c> hold</c><00:35:20.079><c> of</c><00:35:20.280><c> that,</c><00:35:20.559><c> David,</c><00:35:20.780><c> and</c><00:35:20.780><c> he</c><00:35:20.880><c> said,</c>

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:23.760
look,<00:35:21.739><c> pal,</c><00:35:21.980><c> you</c><00:35:22.099><c> better</c><00:35:22.280><c> get</c><00:35:22.500><c> out</c><00:35:22.679><c> there</c><00:35:22.860><c> and</c><00:35:22.960><c> act</c><00:35:23.159><c> a</c><00:35:23.380><c> king.</c>

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:26.000
You<00:35:24.280><c> want</c><00:35:24.440><c> to</c><00:35:24.519><c> have</c><00:35:24.639><c> a</c><00:35:24.800><c> kingdom</c><00:35:25.000><c> to</c><00:35:25.199><c> rule</c><00:35:25.340><c> over,</c><00:35:25.539><c> and</c><00:35:25.659><c> I'll</c><00:35:25.820><c> see</c>

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:27.059
to<00:35:26.219><c> it.</c>

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:29.440
Now<00:35:28.079><c> that</c><00:35:28.300><c> was</c><00:35:28.599><c> the</c><00:35:28.820><c> word,</c><00:35:29.179><c> you</c><00:35:29.179><c> know,</c>

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:31.079
that<00:35:29.579><c> the</c><00:35:29.820><c> wounds</c><00:35:30.039><c> of</c><00:35:30.239><c> a</c><00:35:30.480><c> friend</c><00:35:30.659><c> are</c><00:35:30.900><c> good,</c>

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:33.739
and<00:35:31.260><c> those</c><00:35:31.460><c> were</c><00:35:31.699><c> the</c><00:35:31.820><c> wounds</c><00:35:31.980><c> of</c><00:35:32.179><c> a</c><00:35:32.400><c> friend,</c><00:35:32.599><c> and</c><00:35:32.780><c> David</c><00:35:33.019><c> knew</c><00:35:33.260><c> it.</c>

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:35.619
David<00:35:34.360><c> knew</c><00:35:34.539><c> he</c><00:35:34.719><c> had</c><00:35:34.880><c> to</c><00:35:35.039><c> hear</c><00:35:35.179><c> those</c><00:35:35.420><c> words,</c>

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:37.420
and<00:35:35.800><c> he</c><00:35:36.099><c> responded</c><00:35:36.559><c> to</c><00:35:36.780><c> those</c><00:35:37.059><c> words.</c>

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:39.860
It<00:35:37.559><c> was</c><00:35:37.800><c> good</c><00:35:38.039><c> advice</c><00:35:38.559><c> that</c><00:35:38.940><c> Joab</c><00:35:39.139><c> gave</c><00:35:39.440><c> David.</c>

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:42.980
He<00:35:40.380><c> had</c><00:35:40.619><c> to</c><00:35:40.800><c> hear</c><00:35:40.940><c> it,</c><00:35:41.440><c> and</c><00:35:41.679><c> hear</c><00:35:41.860><c> it</c><00:35:41.980><c> he</c><00:35:42.099><c> did.</c>

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:45.619
And<00:35:43.219><c> Joab</c><00:35:43.400><c> wasn't</c><00:35:43.639><c> about</c><00:35:43.920><c> to</c><00:35:44.139><c> shirk</c><00:35:44.320><c> from</c><00:35:44.539><c> the</c><00:35:44.719><c> duty.</c>

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:49.500
And<00:35:46.380><c> certainly</c><00:35:46.820><c> a</c><00:35:48.019><c> good</c><00:35:48.219><c> example</c><00:35:48.699><c> for</c><00:35:48.920><c> each</c><00:35:49.099><c> one</c><00:35:49.219><c> of</c><00:35:49.300><c> us,</c>

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.239
brethren<00:35:49.719><c> and</c><00:35:49.980><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:52.460
to<00:35:50.440><c> be</c><00:35:50.639><c> prepared</c><00:35:51.000><c> to</c><00:35:51.239><c> say</c><00:35:51.420><c> what</c><00:35:51.579><c> has</c><00:35:51.840><c> to</c><00:35:52.019><c> be</c><00:35:52.239><c> said</c>

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:54.699
in<00:35:52.639><c> the</c><00:35:52.820><c> day</c><00:35:53.000><c> when</c><00:35:53.139><c> it</c><00:35:53.280><c> has</c><00:35:53.500><c> to</c><00:35:53.639><c> be</c><00:35:53.860><c> said.</c>

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:57.019
Because<00:35:55.219><c> so</c><00:35:55.619><c> often</c><00:35:55.900><c> we</c><00:35:56.139><c> miss</c><00:35:56.380><c> the</c><00:35:56.579><c> opportunity</c>

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:58.380
every<00:35:57.320><c> one</c><00:35:57.519><c> of</c><00:35:57.579><c> us</c><00:35:57.760><c> has</c><00:35:57.980><c> done</c><00:35:58.119><c> it.</c>

00:35:58.619 --> 00:36:00.000
How<00:35:58.860><c> often</c><00:35:59.139><c> have</c><00:35:59.280><c> we</c><00:35:59.420><c> said</c><00:35:59.579><c> to</c><00:35:59.679><c> ourselves,</c>

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:02.440
oh,<00:36:00.460><c> would</c><00:36:00.579><c> I</c><00:36:00.699><c> have</c><00:36:00.840><c> said</c><00:36:01.039><c> that,</c><00:36:01.380><c> or</c><00:36:01.519><c> would</c><00:36:01.659><c> I</c><00:36:01.880><c> have</c><00:36:01.940><c> said</c><00:36:02.139><c> this?</c>

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:05.500
Maybe<00:36:02.760><c> it</c><00:36:02.880><c> could</c><00:36:03.059><c> have</c><00:36:03.619><c> stopped</c><00:36:04.039><c> something</c><00:36:04.400><c> bad</c><00:36:04.780><c> from</c><00:36:05.079><c> happening.</c>

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:07.880
And<00:36:06.239><c> instead</c><00:36:06.440><c> we're</c><00:36:06.619><c> afraid</c><00:36:06.940><c> of</c><00:36:07.139><c> hurting</c><00:36:07.400><c> feelings.</c>

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:11.039
We're<00:36:08.139><c> afraid</c><00:36:08.619><c> of</c><00:36:09.000><c> what</c><00:36:09.380><c> the</c><00:36:09.800><c> consequences</c><00:36:10.300><c> might</c><00:36:10.699><c> be.</c>

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:13.260
We're<00:36:11.480><c> afraid</c><00:36:11.699><c> the</c><00:36:11.860><c> person</c><00:36:12.159><c> might</c><00:36:12.400><c> not</c><00:36:12.719><c> like</c><00:36:12.960><c> us,</c>

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and<00:36:13.440><c> we</c><00:36:13.880><c> wring</c><00:36:14.099><c> our</c><00:36:14.360><c> hands,</c>

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and<00:36:14.820><c> we</c><00:36:15.000><c> slink</c><00:36:15.320><c> away,</c>

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:17.380
and<00:36:15.739><c> we</c><00:36:15.920><c> never</c><00:36:16.239><c> say</c><00:36:16.420><c> what</c><00:36:16.559><c> we</c><00:36:16.780><c> should</c><00:36:16.960><c> say.</c>

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:19.079
But<00:36:17.820><c> not</c><00:36:18.199><c> Joab.</c>

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:21.559
When<00:36:19.480><c> something</c><00:36:19.780><c> had</c><00:36:19.980><c> to</c><00:36:20.139><c> be</c><00:36:20.400><c> said,</c><00:36:20.579><c> he</c><00:36:21.019><c> said</c><00:36:21.320><c> it,</c>

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:24.579
and<00:36:21.699><c> he</c><00:36:21.820><c> left</c><00:36:22.099><c> no</c><00:36:23.260><c> minced</c><00:36:23.639><c> words</c><00:36:24.039><c> here,</c>

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and<00:36:25.159><c> no</c><00:36:25.380><c> uncertain</c><00:36:25.820><c> terms.</c>

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:28.940
And<00:36:27.099><c> so</c><00:36:27.219><c> we</c><00:36:27.400><c> find</c><00:36:27.619><c> that</c><00:36:27.900><c> Joab</c><00:36:28.199><c> had</c><00:36:28.460><c> qualities</c>

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:30.599
and<00:36:29.219><c> qualifications</c><00:36:29.760><c> that</c><00:36:29.980><c> were</c><00:36:30.199><c> good,</c>

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.960
that<00:36:31.039><c> were</c><00:36:31.239><c> good</c><00:36:31.440><c> for</c><00:36:31.719><c> David,</c>

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:33.460
that<00:36:32.119><c> were</c><00:36:32.380><c> important</c><00:36:32.780><c> for</c><00:36:33.000><c> David.</c>

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:35.539
Because<00:36:34.139><c> Joab</c><00:36:34.440><c> could</c><00:36:34.679><c> see</c><00:36:34.880><c> through</c><00:36:35.139><c> things</c>

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:37.900
that<00:36:36.159><c> David</c><00:36:36.599><c> couldn't</c><00:36:36.940><c> always.</c>

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:41.179
And<00:36:38.139><c> so</c><00:36:38.280><c> he</c><00:36:38.380><c> gives</c><00:36:38.579><c> David</c><00:36:38.920><c> very</c><00:36:39.320><c> sound</c><00:36:39.739><c> and</c><00:36:39.940><c> good</c><00:36:40.159><c> advice.</c>

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:45.659
And<00:36:42.679><c> we</c><00:36:42.820><c> know</c><00:36:43.239><c> that</c><00:36:43.960><c> Joab</c><00:36:44.559><c> on</c><00:36:44.679><c> a</c><00:36:44.760><c> number</c><00:36:45.059><c> of</c><00:36:45.320><c> occasions</c>

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:47.320
acted<00:36:46.099><c> on</c><00:36:46.280><c> his</c><00:36:46.480><c> own</c><00:36:46.699><c> authority.</c>

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:49.599
We<00:36:47.860><c> see</c><00:36:48.139><c> that</c><00:36:48.360><c> as</c><00:36:48.539><c> a</c><00:36:48.619><c> problem</c><00:36:49.019><c> with</c><00:36:49.320><c> Joab.</c>

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:51.159
You<00:36:49.760><c> know,</c><00:36:49.980><c> Joab</c><00:36:50.159><c> didn't</c><00:36:50.360><c> care</c><00:36:50.639><c> about</c><00:36:50.960><c> David.</c>

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:52.119
He<00:36:51.280><c> did</c><00:36:51.460><c> what</c><00:36:51.579><c> he</c><00:36:51.800><c> wanted.</c>

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:54.599
But<00:36:52.559><c> that's</c><00:36:52.820><c> not</c><00:36:53.079><c> strictly</c><00:36:53.460><c> true.</c>

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:58.239
You<00:36:55.500><c> know,</c><00:36:55.780><c> Joab</c><00:36:56.119><c> knew</c><00:36:56.460><c> that</c><00:36:56.719><c> certain</c><00:36:56.960><c> things</c><00:36:57.239><c> needed</c><00:36:57.480><c> to</c><00:36:57.659><c> be</c><00:36:57.860><c> done,</c>

00:36:58.300 --> 00:37:00.579
and<00:36:58.519><c> he</c><00:36:58.619><c> knew,</c><00:36:59.059><c> his</c><00:36:59.280><c> uncle,</c><00:36:59.780><c> he</c><00:36:59.780><c> knew</c><00:36:59.960><c> that</c><00:37:00.219><c> David</c>

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:02.539
would<00:37:00.820><c> not</c><00:37:00.980><c> have</c><00:37:01.119><c> the</c><00:37:01.280><c> wherewithal</c><00:37:01.760><c> to</c><00:37:01.860><c> do</c><00:37:02.079><c> them.</c>

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:05.099
So<00:37:03.219><c> that</c><00:37:03.340><c> when</c><00:37:03.460><c> it</c><00:37:03.679><c> came</c><00:37:03.940><c> to</c><00:37:04.119><c> this</c><00:37:04.480><c> Absalom,</c>

00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:07.320
David<00:37:05.519><c> had</c><00:37:05.780><c> said,</c><00:37:05.880><c> you</c><00:37:06.019><c> know,</c><00:37:06.380><c> just</c><00:37:06.599><c> take</c><00:37:06.820><c> him</c><00:37:06.980><c> alive.</c>

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:08.400
Don't<00:37:07.659><c> hurt</c><00:37:07.920><c> him.</c>

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:10.659
Oh,<00:37:08.880><c> Joab,</c><00:37:09.679><c> you</c><00:37:09.820><c> knew</c><00:37:09.980><c> what</c><00:37:10.119><c> Joab</c><00:37:10.360><c> was</c><00:37:10.539><c> thinking.</c>

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:14.340
The<00:37:11.039><c> first</c><00:37:11.280><c> chance</c><00:37:11.559><c> I</c><00:37:11.760><c> get,</c><00:37:12.679><c> that</c><00:37:13.059><c> boy's</c><00:37:13.559><c> dying.</c>

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:16.840
And<00:37:15.019><c> he</c><00:37:15.119><c> deserved</c><00:37:15.559><c> to</c><00:37:15.820><c> die.</c>

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:19.719
Because<00:37:17.239><c> Absalom</c><00:37:17.500><c> was</c><00:37:17.739><c> a</c><00:37:17.880><c> rebellious</c><00:37:18.659><c> son.</c>

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:21.599
And<00:37:20.320><c> David</c><00:37:20.480><c> should</c><00:37:20.699><c> have</c><00:37:20.880><c> acknowledged</c>

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:23.739
that<00:37:21.980><c> that</c><00:37:22.199><c> was</c><00:37:22.460><c> the</c><00:37:22.679><c> needful</c><00:37:23.079><c> thing</c><00:37:23.280><c> to</c><00:37:23.500><c> do.</c>

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:27.059
Absalom<00:37:24.739><c> had</c><00:37:25.559><c> to</c><00:37:26.039><c> die.</c>

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:30.400
And<00:37:27.760><c> Joab</c><00:37:27.900><c> was</c><00:37:28.119><c> going</c><00:37:28.260><c> to</c><00:37:28.380><c> see</c><00:37:28.539><c> to</c><00:37:28.780><c> it</c><00:37:29.159><c> that</c><00:37:29.400><c> he</c><00:37:29.599><c> did</c><00:37:29.860><c> die.</c>

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:33.400
And<00:37:31.019><c> we</c><00:37:31.179><c> have</c><00:37:31.320><c> that</c><00:37:31.619><c> remarkable</c><00:37:32.619><c> interchange</c>

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:38.400
between<00:37:34.320><c> the</c><00:37:34.880><c> man,</c><00:37:36.619><c> the</c><00:37:37.840><c> soldier,</c>

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:43.619
who<00:37:38.679><c> found</c><00:37:39.739><c> Absalom</c><00:37:41.139><c> hung</c><00:37:41.679><c> up</c><00:37:41.880><c> in</c><00:37:42.000><c> a</c><00:37:42.219><c> tree.</c>

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:51.639
And<00:37:45.619><c> the</c><00:37:46.159><c> young</c><00:37:46.400><c> man</c><00:37:46.739><c> comes</c><00:37:47.139><c> to</c><00:37:47.440><c> Joab</c><00:37:47.780><c> in</c><00:37:48.019><c> chapter</c><00:37:48.380><c> 18,</c><00:37:50.500><c> verse</c><00:37:50.719><c> 11.</c>

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:53.619
And<00:37:51.860><c> Joab</c><00:37:52.400><c> said</c><00:37:52.559><c> unto</c><00:37:52.760><c> the</c><00:37:52.880><c> man</c><00:37:53.059><c> that</c><00:37:53.239><c> told</c><00:37:53.460><c> him,</c>

00:37:53.739 --> 00:37:57.179
And<00:37:53.760><c> behold,</c><00:37:54.199><c> thou</c><00:37:54.340><c> sawest</c><00:37:54.659><c> him,</c><00:37:54.860><c> and</c><00:37:55.079><c> why</c><00:37:56.440><c> didst</c><00:37:56.820><c> thou</c><00:37:56.960><c> not</c>

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smite<00:37:57.420><c> him</c>

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there<00:37:57.820><c> to</c><00:37:57.940><c> the</c><00:37:58.119><c> ground?</c>

00:37:58.860 --> 00:38:01.940
I<00:37:59.039><c> would</c><00:37:59.179><c> have</c><00:37:59.260><c> given</c><00:37:59.400><c> thee</c><00:37:59.639><c> ten</c><00:37:59.880><c> shekels</c><00:38:00.280><c> of</c><00:38:00.340><c> silver</c><00:38:00.619><c> and</c><00:38:00.760><c> a</c><00:38:00.920><c> girdle.</c>

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:06.840
Now,<00:38:03.239><c> this</c><00:38:03.719><c> man</c><00:38:04.300><c> respected</c><00:38:04.900><c> his</c><00:38:05.139><c> king</c><00:38:05.380><c> more</c><00:38:05.639><c> than</c><00:38:05.739><c> he</c><00:38:05.880><c> respected</c><00:38:06.280><c> Joab.</c>

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:09.820
He<00:38:07.500><c> said,</c><00:38:07.880><c> Though</c><00:38:07.880><c> I</c><00:38:08.119><c> should</c><00:38:08.320><c> receive</c><00:38:08.719><c> a</c><00:38:08.920><c> thousand</c><00:38:09.340><c> shekels</c>

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.159
of<00:38:09.840><c> silver</c>

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:12.480
in<00:38:10.400><c> my</c><00:38:10.679><c> hand,</c><00:38:10.920><c> yet</c><00:38:11.079><c> would</c><00:38:11.280><c> I</c><00:38:11.440><c> not</c><00:38:11.599><c> put</c><00:38:11.780><c> forth</c><00:38:12.000><c> my</c><00:38:12.280><c> hand</c>

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.500
against<00:38:12.739><c> the</c><00:38:12.940><c> king's</c><00:38:13.239><c> son.</c>

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:16.300
For<00:38:14.119><c> I</c><00:38:14.400><c> know,</c><00:38:14.599><c> you</c><00:38:14.699><c> know,</c><00:38:14.900><c> he</c><00:38:15.079><c> heard</c><00:38:15.239><c> what</c><00:38:15.440><c> the</c><00:38:15.559><c> king</c><00:38:15.679><c> had</c><00:38:15.960><c> said.</c>

00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:18.820
Verse<00:38:16.900><c> 13,</c><00:38:17.400><c> Otherwise</c><00:38:17.719><c> I</c><00:38:17.920><c> should</c><00:38:18.079><c> have</c><00:38:18.260><c> wrought</c><00:38:18.440><c> falsehood</c>

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:19.800
against<00:38:19.159><c> mine</c><00:38:19.340><c> own</c><00:38:19.599><c> life.</c>

00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:21.559
For<00:38:19.960><c> there</c><00:38:20.159><c> is</c><00:38:20.280><c> no</c><00:38:20.500><c> matter</c><00:38:20.719><c> hid</c><00:38:20.860><c> from</c><00:38:21.039><c> the</c><00:38:21.280><c> king,</c>

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:24.320
and<00:38:22.099><c> thou</c><00:38:22.280><c> thyself</c><00:38:22.760><c> would</c><00:38:22.900><c> have</c><00:38:23.059><c> set</c><00:38:23.159><c> thyself</c><00:38:23.619><c> against</c><00:38:23.980><c> me.</c>

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:26.340
Now,<00:38:24.840><c> I</c><00:38:24.920><c> don't</c><00:38:25.199><c> think</c><00:38:25.360><c> that</c><00:38:25.559><c> was</c><00:38:25.760><c> fair</c><00:38:25.940><c> to</c><00:38:26.280><c> Joab.</c>

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:29.139
I<00:38:26.639><c> don't</c><00:38:27.079><c> think</c><00:38:27.400><c> Joab</c><00:38:27.760><c> would</c><00:38:27.920><c> have</c><00:38:28.059><c> done</c><00:38:28.260><c> that.</c>

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:33.139
Joab<00:38:29.780><c> was</c><00:38:30.079><c> not</c><00:38:31.380><c> nasty</c><00:38:31.840><c> in</c><00:38:32.099><c> that</c><00:38:32.400><c> kind</c><00:38:32.659><c> of</c><00:38:32.840><c> a</c><00:38:32.940><c> way.</c>

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:35.619
I<00:38:33.500><c> think</c><00:38:33.719><c> Joab</c><00:38:34.079><c> would</c><00:38:34.219><c> have</c><00:38:34.400><c> actually</c><00:38:34.739><c> covered</c><00:38:35.019><c> for</c><00:38:35.260><c> the</c><00:38:35.420><c> man</c>

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:37.940
because<00:38:36.079><c> Joab</c><00:38:36.219><c> knew</c><00:38:36.420><c> what</c><00:38:36.599><c> had</c><00:38:36.840><c> to</c><00:38:36.940><c> be</c><00:38:37.139><c> done.</c>

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:42.820
I<00:38:38.159><c> think</c><00:38:38.460><c> the</c><00:38:38.860><c> man's</c><00:38:39.199><c> evaluation</c><00:38:39.719><c> of</c><00:38:39.920><c> Joab</c><00:38:40.219><c> is</c><00:38:40.579><c> a</c><00:38:40.719><c> little</c><00:38:41.820><c> harsh.</c>

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:44.699
But<00:38:43.199><c> Joab,</c><00:38:43.440><c> having</c><00:38:43.719><c> heard</c><00:38:43.940><c> all</c><00:38:44.219><c> this</c><00:38:44.440><c> drivel,</c>

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:46.539
says,<00:38:45.019><c> Look,</c><00:38:45.079><c> get</c><00:38:45.260><c> out</c><00:38:45.380><c> of</c><00:38:45.460><c> my</c><00:38:45.639><c> way.</c>

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:48.480
And<00:38:46.880><c> he</c><00:38:47.019><c> puts</c><00:38:47.239><c> three</c><00:38:47.559><c> darts</c><00:38:47.800><c> through</c><00:38:48.039><c> Absalom</c>

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:52.559
and<00:38:48.579><c> says</c><00:38:48.860><c> to</c><00:38:49.039><c> the</c><00:38:49.159><c> young</c><00:38:49.340><c> men,</c><00:38:49.719><c> cut</c><00:38:49.900><c> him</c><00:38:50.119><c> down</c><00:38:51.000><c> and</c><00:38:51.340><c> bury</c><00:38:51.579><c> him.</c>

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:55.699
Now,<00:38:52.780><c> that</c><00:38:52.920><c> was</c><00:38:53.260><c> the</c><00:38:54.139><c> action</c><00:38:54.780><c> of</c><00:38:55.019><c> the</c><00:38:55.099><c> man</c><00:38:55.340><c> Joab,</c>

00:38:55.699 --> 00:38:57.579
and<00:38:55.800><c> he</c><00:38:55.900><c> was</c><00:38:56.199><c> right</c><00:38:56.579><c> in</c><00:38:56.960><c> doing</c><00:38:57.199><c> it.</c>

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:59.699
Now,<00:38:57.980><c> it's</c><00:38:58.199><c> rather</c><00:38:58.619><c> interesting,</c><00:38:59.239><c> you</c><00:38:59.559><c> know,</c>

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:01.880
we<00:39:00.059><c> talk</c><00:39:00.320><c> about</c><00:39:00.639><c> authority.</c>

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:06.219
Authority<00:39:02.920><c> in</c><00:39:03.039><c> Israel</c><00:39:03.619><c> functioned</c><00:39:04.719><c> in</c><00:39:04.780><c> a</c><00:39:04.840><c> rather</c><00:39:05.159><c> interesting</c><00:39:05.539><c> way.</c>

00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:08.179
Joab<00:39:06.760><c> doesn't</c><00:39:07.320><c> listen</c><00:39:07.639><c> to</c><00:39:07.880><c> David.</c>

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:10.840
The<00:39:08.699><c> man</c><00:39:08.900><c> doesn't</c><00:39:09.179><c> listen</c><00:39:09.480><c> to</c><00:39:09.780><c> Joab.</c>

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:14.119
You<00:39:11.500><c> know,</c><00:39:11.739><c> when</c><00:39:11.860><c> men</c><00:39:12.440><c> felt</c><00:39:12.900><c> they</c><00:39:13.099><c> had</c><00:39:13.360><c> something</c><00:39:13.719><c> to</c><00:39:13.960><c> do</c>

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:15.480
that<00:39:14.280><c> was</c><00:39:14.480><c> right</c><00:39:14.780><c> and</c><00:39:15.079><c> proper,</c>

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:17.739
they<00:39:16.099><c> did</c><00:39:16.380><c> what</c><00:39:16.519><c> they</c><00:39:16.800><c> felt</c><00:39:16.940><c> was</c><00:39:17.119><c> right</c><00:39:17.340><c> and</c><00:39:17.539><c> proper.</c>

00:39:17.820 --> 00:39:18.980
This<00:39:18.000><c> man</c><00:39:18.199><c> was</c><00:39:18.400><c> under</c><00:39:18.639><c> Joab.</c>

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:20.119
He<00:39:19.099><c> was</c><00:39:19.280><c> the</c><00:39:19.460><c> captain</c><00:39:19.659><c> of</c><00:39:19.820><c> the</c><00:39:19.960><c> host.</c>

00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:23.099
This<00:39:20.760><c> other</c><00:39:21.059><c> chap</c><00:39:21.219><c> was</c><00:39:21.380><c> just</c><00:39:21.659><c> a</c><00:39:21.739><c> common</c><00:39:22.019><c> soldier.</c>

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:28.420
But<00:39:23.980><c> it</c><00:39:24.659><c> was</c><00:39:25.059><c> a</c><00:39:25.300><c> reflection</c><00:39:26.119><c> upon</c><00:39:26.920><c> the</c><00:39:27.199><c> attitude</c><00:39:27.460><c> of</c><00:39:27.659><c> the</c><00:39:27.960><c> Israelites.</c>

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:33.579
They<00:39:29.280><c> had</c><00:39:29.599><c> never</c><00:39:29.920><c> really</c><00:39:30.659><c> adapted</c><00:39:31.239><c> themselves</c><00:39:32.139><c> to</c><00:39:32.719><c> a</c><00:39:32.960><c> king</c>

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:38.360
in<00:39:34.539><c> the</c><00:39:34.739><c> way</c><00:39:35.099><c> that</c><00:39:35.380><c> represented</c><00:39:35.840><c> a</c><00:39:36.380><c> kind</c><00:39:36.380><c> of</c><00:39:36.599><c> a</c><00:39:36.760><c> totalitarian</c><00:39:37.599><c> monarchy</c>

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:40.219
that<00:39:38.900><c> never</c><00:39:39.239><c> existed</c><00:39:39.719><c> in</c><00:39:39.880><c> Israel.</c>

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:42.800
And<00:39:40.340><c> it</c><00:39:40.400><c> was</c><00:39:40.539><c> good</c><00:39:40.739><c> that</c><00:39:40.920><c> it</c><00:39:41.039><c> didn't</c><00:39:41.320><c> because</c><00:39:41.719><c> their</c><00:39:42.000><c> first</c><00:39:42.360><c> authority,</c>

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:46.619
their<00:39:43.420><c> first</c><00:39:43.780><c> allegiance,</c><00:39:44.760><c> the</c><00:39:44.940><c> greatest</c><00:39:45.320><c> authority</c><00:39:45.719><c> was</c><00:39:46.039><c> God.</c>

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:49.099
And<00:39:47.119><c> it's</c><00:39:47.340><c> him</c><00:39:47.579><c> that</c><00:39:47.699><c> they</c><00:39:47.900><c> had</c><00:39:48.119><c> to</c><00:39:48.360><c> acknowledge.</c>

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:51.860
And<00:39:49.840><c> so</c><00:39:50.019><c> when</c><00:39:50.659><c> Joab</c><00:39:50.840><c> felt</c><00:39:51.079><c> the</c><00:39:51.280><c> king</c><00:39:51.440><c> was</c><00:39:51.659><c> wrong,</c>

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:53.139
he<00:39:52.019><c> did</c><00:39:52.159><c> what</c><00:39:52.300><c> he</c><00:39:52.519><c> felt</c><00:39:52.619><c> was</c><00:39:52.860><c> right.</c>

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:54.900
When<00:39:53.619><c> the</c><00:39:53.719><c> man</c><00:39:53.980><c> felt</c><00:39:54.219><c> Joab</c><00:39:54.539><c> was</c><00:39:54.699><c> wrong,</c>

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:58.460
the<00:39:54.960><c> man</c><00:39:55.260><c> felt</c><00:39:55.659><c> he</c><00:39:56.539><c> should</c><00:39:56.699><c> do</c><00:39:56.860><c> what</c><00:39:57.159><c> he</c><00:39:57.380><c> felt</c><00:39:57.619><c> was</c><00:39:57.900><c> right</c>

00:39:58.460 --> 00:40:00.320
and<00:39:58.820><c> listen</c><00:39:58.980><c> to</c><00:39:59.179><c> David</c><00:39:59.380><c> and</c><00:39:59.539><c> not</c><00:39:59.719><c> Joab.</c>

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:04.019
And<00:40:00.940><c> it</c><00:40:00.960><c> was</c><00:40:01.179><c> good</c><00:40:01.500><c> and</c><00:40:01.880><c> proper</c><00:40:02.159><c> that</c><00:40:02.340><c> it</c><00:40:02.559><c> functioned</c><00:40:03.199><c> so.</c>

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:08.760
And<00:40:04.360><c> it's</c><00:40:06.400><c> probably</c><00:40:06.840><c> a</c><00:40:07.119><c> characteristic</c><00:40:07.719><c> of</c><00:40:08.400><c> the</c><00:40:08.599><c> Jew</c>

00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:10.420
that<00:40:08.880><c> has</c><00:40:09.219><c> existed</c><00:40:09.480><c> to</c><00:40:09.679><c> this</c><00:40:09.940><c> day</c>

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:14.219
that<00:40:11.019><c> they</c><00:40:12.019><c> pursue</c><00:40:12.460><c> an</c><00:40:12.739><c> independent</c><00:40:13.159><c> course</c><00:40:13.460><c> of</c><00:40:13.719><c> action</c>

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:17.639
nine<00:40:14.739><c> times</c><00:40:15.059><c> out</c><00:40:15.260><c> of</c><00:40:15.420><c> ten</c><00:40:15.719><c> despite</c><00:40:16.199><c> what</c><00:40:16.559><c> others</c><00:40:16.800><c> might</c><00:40:17.059><c> tell</c><00:40:17.300><c> them.</c>

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:20.039
And<00:40:18.019><c> it</c><00:40:18.099><c> was</c><00:40:18.320><c> certainly</c><00:40:18.619><c> characteristic</c><00:40:19.219><c> of</c><00:40:19.400><c> the</c><00:40:19.619><c> Israelites</c>

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:23.280
in<00:40:20.780><c> the</c><00:40:20.940><c> day</c><00:40:21.199><c> of</c><00:40:22.500><c> David.</c>

00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:27.280
And<00:40:24.519><c> then</c><00:40:24.719><c> we</c><00:40:24.940><c> come</c><00:40:25.199><c> to</c><00:40:25.659><c> two</c><00:40:26.119><c> incidents</c>

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:32.199
which<00:40:29.440><c> don't</c><00:40:30.159><c> reflect</c><00:40:30.599><c> terribly</c><00:40:31.019><c> well</c><00:40:31.380><c> upon</c><00:40:31.739><c> Joab.</c>

00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:36.360
And<00:40:32.800><c> that</c><00:40:32.880><c> is</c><00:40:33.139><c> the</c><00:40:33.219><c> murder</c><00:40:33.500><c> of</c><00:40:34.000><c> Abner</c><00:40:34.380><c> and</c><00:40:34.679><c> the</c><00:40:34.800><c> murder</c><00:40:35.079><c> of</c><00:40:35.320><c> Amasa.</c>

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:41.000
We<00:40:37.400><c> know</c><00:40:37.800><c> that</c><00:40:38.420><c> what</c><00:40:39.480><c> Joab</c><00:40:39.840><c> did</c><00:40:40.139><c> here,</c>

00:40:42.219 --> 00:40:48.340
we<00:40:42.679><c> consider</c><00:40:43.260><c> to</c><00:40:45.219><c> exemplify</c><00:40:46.139><c> his</c><00:40:46.539><c> desire</c><00:40:46.920><c> for</c><00:40:47.219><c> self</c><00:40:47.460><c>-advancement.</c>

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:51.159
He<00:40:48.840><c> got</c><00:40:49.039><c> rid</c><00:40:49.199><c> of</c><00:40:49.400><c> Abner</c><00:40:49.699><c> because</c><00:40:50.039><c> Abner</c><00:40:50.400><c> was</c><00:40:50.619><c> a</c><00:40:50.900><c> competitor.</c>

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:54.440
He<00:40:51.380><c> got</c><00:40:51.579><c> rid</c><00:40:51.760><c> of</c><00:40:51.880><c> Amasa</c><00:40:52.360><c> because</c><00:40:52.659><c> Amasa</c><00:40:53.139><c> was</c><00:40:53.340><c> a</c><00:40:53.599><c> competitor.</c>

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:58.980
And<00:40:55.260><c> we</c><00:40:55.360><c> feel</c><00:40:55.579><c> that</c><00:40:55.780><c> they</c><00:40:56.119><c> reflect</c><00:40:56.519><c> upon</c><00:40:56.960><c> Joab's</c><00:40:57.840><c> lack</c><00:40:58.179><c> of</c><00:40:58.500><c> spirituality.</c>

00:40:59.059 --> 00:41:01.400
And<00:40:59.199><c> it's</c><00:40:59.400><c> true,</c><00:41:00.059><c> they</c><00:41:00.420><c> do.</c>

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:05.420
This<00:41:02.260><c> is</c><00:41:02.440><c> where</c><00:41:02.719><c> Joab</c><00:41:03.400><c> becomes</c><00:41:03.800><c> a</c><00:41:04.039><c> misguided</c><00:41:04.579><c> zealot.</c>

00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:08.320
Where<00:41:06.039><c> Joab</c><00:41:06.739><c> takes</c><00:41:07.099><c> matters</c><00:41:07.400><c> into</c><00:41:07.679><c> his</c><00:41:07.880><c> own</c><00:41:08.139><c> hand</c>

00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:11.179
when<00:41:08.460><c> he</c><00:41:08.639><c> should</c><00:41:08.820><c> have</c><00:41:08.940><c> let</c><00:41:09.139><c> God</c><00:41:09.480><c> look</c><00:41:09.760><c> after</c><00:41:10.159><c> things.</c>

00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:12.719
This<00:41:11.579><c> was</c><00:41:11.780><c> Joab's</c><00:41:12.280><c> weakness.</c>

00:41:13.179 --> 00:41:15.099
This<00:41:13.320><c> was</c><00:41:13.559><c> Joab's</c><00:41:14.099><c> failure.</c>

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:17.679
And<00:41:15.639><c> yet,</c><00:41:16.159><c> when</c><00:41:16.340><c> he</c><00:41:16.519><c> does</c><00:41:16.820><c> do</c><00:41:17.039><c> these</c><00:41:17.420><c> things,</c>

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:19.760
they<00:41:17.900><c> were</c><00:41:18.179><c> not</c><00:41:18.440><c> without</c><00:41:18.800><c> good</c><00:41:19.199><c> reason.</c>

00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:24.300
They<00:41:20.380><c> were</c><00:41:22.780><c> not</c><00:41:23.099><c> simple</c><00:41:23.559><c> vindictiveness</c>

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:26.059
on<00:41:24.920><c> the</c><00:41:25.039><c> part</c><00:41:25.239><c> of</c><00:41:25.500><c> Joab.</c>

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:29.019
Rather,<00:41:27.559><c> they</c><00:41:27.639><c> were</c><00:41:27.840><c> the</c><00:41:28.059><c> elimination</c><00:41:28.480><c> of</c><00:41:28.760><c> men</c>

00:41:29.019 --> 00:41:32.519
that<00:41:29.179><c> as</c><00:41:29.380><c> far</c><00:41:29.639><c> as</c><00:41:29.860><c> Joab</c><00:41:30.239><c> could</c><00:41:30.539><c> see</c><00:41:30.860><c> were</c><00:41:31.400><c> absolutely</c><00:41:32.059><c> useless.</c>

00:41:32.820 --> 00:41:35.099
Abner,<00:41:33.159><c> he</c><00:41:33.159><c> didn't</c><00:41:33.360><c> trust</c><00:41:33.739><c> as</c><00:41:33.980><c> far</c><00:41:34.179><c> as</c><00:41:34.320><c> he</c><00:41:34.380><c> could</c><00:41:34.619><c> throw</c><00:41:34.820><c> him.</c>

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:37.300
He<00:41:35.699><c> was</c><00:41:35.900><c> absolutely</c><00:41:36.380><c> appalled</c><00:41:36.880><c> that</c><00:41:37.099><c> David</c>

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:38.800
would<00:41:37.480><c> have</c><00:41:37.639><c> anything</c><00:41:37.880><c> to</c><00:41:38.099><c> do</c><00:41:38.159><c> with</c><00:41:38.320><c> this</c><00:41:38.579><c> man.</c>

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:41.440
Of<00:41:39.360><c> course,</c><00:41:39.719><c> he</c><00:41:39.960><c> had</c><00:41:40.159><c> murdered</c><00:41:40.360><c> his</c><00:41:40.579><c> brother</c><00:41:40.800><c> Asahel,</c>

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:44.219
and<00:41:41.539><c> there</c><00:41:41.639><c> was</c><00:41:41.780><c> an</c><00:41:41.940><c> element</c><00:41:42.139><c> of</c><00:41:42.420><c> revenge</c><00:41:42.760><c> and</c><00:41:42.940><c> all</c><00:41:43.099><c> of</c><00:41:43.260><c> this.</c>

00:41:45.179 --> 00:41:48.300
And<00:41:45.460><c> yet,</c><00:41:45.800><c> we</c><00:41:45.940><c> know</c><00:41:46.380><c> that</c><00:41:46.699><c> Abner</c><00:41:47.059><c> has</c><00:41:47.380><c> thrown</c><00:41:47.539><c> in</c><00:41:47.719><c> his</c><00:41:48.000><c> lot</c>

00:41:48.300 --> 00:41:51.460
with<00:41:48.559><c> the</c><00:41:48.619><c> house</c><00:41:48.980><c> of</c><00:41:49.219><c> Saul</c><00:41:49.480><c> for</c><00:41:49.780><c> many,</c><00:41:50.059><c> many</c><00:41:50.280><c> years.</c>

00:41:51.699 --> 00:41:54.519
And<00:41:52.059><c> it</c><00:41:52.380><c> did</c><00:41:52.599><c> not</c><00:41:52.820><c> reflect</c><00:41:53.219><c> at</c><00:41:53.440><c> all</c><00:41:53.659><c> well</c><00:41:53.900><c> on</c><00:41:54.340><c> Abner.</c>

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:56.079
Abner<00:41:54.880><c> was</c><00:41:55.119><c> not</c><00:41:55.320><c> a</c><00:41:55.500><c> godly</c><00:41:55.800><c> man.</c>

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:58.179
He<00:41:56.199><c> was</c><00:41:56.380><c> not</c><00:41:56.639><c> a</c><00:41:57.079><c> spiritual</c><00:41:57.579><c> individual.</c>

00:41:58.579 --> 00:42:01.340
He<00:41:58.659><c> had</c><00:41:58.800><c> been</c><00:41:58.940><c> a</c><00:41:59.260><c> traitor</c><00:41:59.659><c> to</c><00:42:00.460><c> God's</c><00:42:00.940><c> anointed.</c>

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:03.659
He<00:42:01.860><c> had</c><00:42:02.119><c> thrown</c><00:42:02.280><c> in</c><00:42:02.420><c> his</c><00:42:02.599><c> lot</c><00:42:02.699><c> with</c><00:42:02.980><c> Ishbechef</c>

00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:06.380
when<00:42:04.059><c> it</c><00:42:04.659><c> would</c><00:42:04.820><c> have</c><00:42:04.940><c> been</c><00:42:05.119><c> far</c><00:42:05.440><c> better</c><00:42:05.699><c> for</c><00:42:05.920><c> the</c><00:42:06.039><c> nation,</c>

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:08.739
for<00:42:06.639><c> the</c><00:42:06.780><c> house</c><00:42:07.000><c> of</c><00:42:07.239><c> Saul</c><00:42:07.480><c> to</c><00:42:07.820><c> step</c><00:42:08.219><c> down,</c>

00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:12.420
and<00:42:09.500><c> for</c><00:42:09.960><c> the</c><00:42:10.360><c> nation</c><00:42:10.639><c> to</c><00:42:10.780><c> be</c><00:42:10.960><c> united</c><00:42:11.260><c> under</c><00:42:11.480><c> the</c><00:42:11.679><c> house</c><00:42:11.880><c> of</c><00:42:12.099><c> David.</c>

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:15.960
In<00:42:13.099><c> fact,</c><00:42:13.440><c> Ishbechef,</c><00:42:14.260><c> if</c><00:42:14.519><c> it</c><00:42:14.679><c> hadn't</c><00:42:14.860><c> been</c><00:42:15.159><c> for</c><00:42:15.460><c> Abner,</c>

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:17.360
never<00:42:16.420><c> would</c><00:42:16.599><c> have</c><00:42:16.719><c> done</c><00:42:16.920><c> what</c><00:42:17.079><c> he</c><00:42:17.219><c> did.</c>

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:19.079
And<00:42:17.360><c> yet,</c><00:42:17.519><c> Abner</c><00:42:17.699><c> was</c><00:42:17.880><c> the</c><00:42:17.960><c> power</c><00:42:18.280><c> behind</c><00:42:18.619><c> the</c><00:42:18.840><c> throne.</c>

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:22.079
It<00:42:19.179><c> was</c><00:42:19.460><c> Abner's</c><00:42:20.019><c> desire</c><00:42:20.519><c> for</c><00:42:21.139><c> self</c><00:42:21.440><c>-advancement</c>

00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:23.920
and<00:42:22.260><c> honor</c><00:42:22.480><c> and</c><00:42:22.659><c> glory</c><00:42:23.000><c> that</c><00:42:23.239><c> compelled</c><00:42:23.659><c> him</c>

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:25.960
to<00:42:24.139><c> fight</c><00:42:24.420><c> David</c><00:42:24.840><c> for</c><00:42:25.139><c> seven</c><00:42:25.440><c> years</c>

00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:28.719
until<00:42:26.579><c> it</c><00:42:26.699><c> was</c><00:42:26.880><c> apparent</c><00:42:27.320><c> that</c><00:42:27.599><c> the</c><00:42:27.719><c> house</c><00:42:27.920><c> of</c><00:42:28.159><c> Saul</c><00:42:28.340><c> was</c><00:42:28.579><c> a</c>

00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:29.960
lost<00:42:28.960><c> cause.</c>

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:32.420
Abner<00:42:30.320><c> was</c><00:42:30.460><c> just</c><00:42:30.719><c> a</c><00:42:30.960><c> fleshly</c><00:42:31.380><c> man</c><00:42:31.619><c> out</c><00:42:31.820><c> for</c><00:42:32.039><c> his</c><00:42:32.260><c> own,</c>

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.980
and<00:42:32.719><c> Joab</c><00:42:32.940><c> knew</c><00:42:33.139><c> it.</c>

00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:36.760
And<00:42:34.619><c> Joab</c><00:42:34.880><c> was</c><00:42:35.119><c> a</c><00:42:35.260><c> man</c><00:42:35.460><c> out</c><00:42:36.139><c> for</c><00:42:36.340><c> himself</c>

00:42:36.760 --> 00:42:38.320
to<00:42:36.980><c> a</c><00:42:37.139><c> certain</c><00:42:37.320><c> extent</c><00:42:37.639><c> as</c><00:42:37.920><c> well.</c>

00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:40.800
But<00:42:38.920><c> his</c><00:42:39.159><c> allegiance</c><00:42:39.619><c> was</c><00:42:39.920><c> to</c><00:42:40.059><c> the</c><00:42:40.239><c> right</c><00:42:40.480><c> man.</c>

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:41.760
It<00:42:40.900><c> was</c><00:42:41.079><c> to</c><00:42:41.340><c> David.</c>

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:45.739
And<00:42:42.440><c> there's</c><00:42:42.619><c> no</c><00:42:42.940><c> question</c><00:42:43.320><c> that</c><00:42:43.559><c> Abner</c><00:42:43.980><c> was</c><00:42:44.360><c> not</c><00:42:45.079><c> worthy</c>

00:42:45.739 --> 00:42:49.159
of<00:42:46.039><c> any</c><00:42:46.340><c> association</c><00:42:47.000><c> with</c><00:42:47.199><c> David</c><00:42:47.659><c> at</c><00:42:48.139><c> all.</c>

00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:51.579
He<00:42:49.340><c> had</c><00:42:49.579><c> proven</c><00:42:49.800><c> that</c><00:42:50.260><c> by</c><00:42:50.900><c> his</c><00:42:51.099><c> behavior</c>

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:53.380
during<00:42:52.280><c> the</c><00:42:52.480><c> previous</c><00:42:52.920><c> years.</c>

00:42:53.639 --> 00:42:57.780
And<00:42:53.659><c> so</c><00:42:53.900><c> Abner's</c><00:42:54.460><c> death,</c><00:42:55.860><c> though</c><00:42:56.239><c> inappropriately</c><00:42:57.380><c> done,</c>

00:42:57.860 --> 00:42:59.579
was<00:42:58.079><c> not</c><00:42:58.340><c> altogether</c><00:42:58.860><c> undeserved.</c>

00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:01.139
And<00:43:00.079><c> the</c><00:43:00.260><c> same</c><00:43:00.420><c> with</c><00:43:00.659><c> Amasa,</c>

00:43:01.239 --> 00:43:05.400
that<00:43:01.519><c> rather</c><00:43:01.960><c> gory</c><00:43:02.340><c> story</c><00:43:02.719><c> of</c><00:43:02.860><c> Amasa</c><00:43:03.340><c> wallowing</c><00:43:03.860><c> in</c><00:43:03.980><c> his</c><00:43:04.179><c> own</c><00:43:04.420><c> blood</c>

00:43:05.739 --> 00:43:07.500
when<00:43:06.260><c> Joab</c><00:43:06.639><c> comes</c><00:43:06.860><c> up</c><00:43:07.099><c> to</c><00:43:07.179><c> him</c><00:43:07.320><c> and</c><00:43:07.360><c> says,</c>

00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:09.360
my<00:43:07.800><c> brother,</c><00:43:08.119><c> and</c><00:43:08.219><c> gives</c><00:43:08.320><c> him</c><00:43:08.500><c> a</c><00:43:08.679><c> kiss</c>

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:12.179
and<00:43:10.000><c> gives</c><00:43:10.239><c> him</c><00:43:10.500><c> a</c><00:43:10.639><c> poke</c><00:43:10.780><c> under</c><00:43:11.000><c> the</c><00:43:11.199><c> fifth</c><00:43:11.400><c> rib.</c>

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:15.860
Now,<00:43:12.960><c> we</c><00:43:13.300><c> see</c><00:43:13.659><c> that</c><00:43:13.920><c> as</c><00:43:14.280><c> a</c><00:43:14.840><c> terrible</c><00:43:15.340><c> thing</c><00:43:15.579><c> to</c><00:43:15.760><c> do,</c>

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:17.219
and<00:43:15.980><c> it</c><00:43:16.179><c> was.</c>

00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:18.920
But<00:43:17.460><c> let's</c><00:43:17.719><c> consider</c><00:43:18.199><c> Amasa.</c>

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:21.219
Was<00:43:19.599><c> he</c><00:43:19.820><c> worthy</c><00:43:20.179><c> of</c><00:43:20.340><c> anything</c><00:43:20.679><c> else?</c>

00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:23.699
Who<00:43:21.940><c> had</c><00:43:22.159><c> he</c><00:43:22.360><c> thrown</c><00:43:22.519><c> his</c><00:43:22.880><c> lot</c><00:43:23.059><c> in</c><00:43:23.340><c> with?</c>

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:25.420
With<00:43:24.340><c> Absalom.</c>

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:27.260
Amasa<00:43:26.000><c> was</c><00:43:26.239><c> a</c><00:43:26.400><c> rebel.</c>

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:31.219
Amasa<00:43:27.780><c> was</c><00:43:28.079><c> an</c><00:43:28.400><c> individual</c><00:43:28.980><c> who</c><00:43:29.440><c> had</c><00:43:29.639><c> betrayed</c><00:43:30.199><c> the</c><00:43:30.480><c> God's</c><00:43:30.900><c> anointed,</c>

00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:33.719
and<00:43:31.380><c> the</c><00:43:32.119><c> God's</c><00:43:32.460><c> anointed</c><00:43:32.659><c> had</c><00:43:32.800><c> never</c><00:43:33.079><c> been</c><00:43:33.280><c> Absalom,</c>

00:43:33.739 --> 00:43:35.440
and<00:43:33.840><c> the</c><00:43:33.960><c> nation</c><00:43:34.199><c> should</c><00:43:34.380><c> have</c><00:43:34.519><c> known</c><00:43:34.699><c> it.</c>

00:43:35.579 --> 00:43:37.880
The<00:43:35.800><c> nation</c><00:43:36.119><c> was</c><00:43:36.400><c> in</c><00:43:36.460><c> a</c><00:43:36.679><c> weak</c><00:43:36.840><c> condition</c><00:43:37.320><c> spiritually</c>

00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:39.619
to<00:43:38.139><c> have</c><00:43:38.360><c> thrown</c><00:43:38.500><c> in</c><00:43:38.639><c> their</c><00:43:38.760><c> lot</c><00:43:38.880><c> with</c><00:43:39.179><c> Absalom</c>

00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:42.280
and<00:43:39.880><c> then</c><00:43:39.880><c> with</c><00:43:40.179><c> Sheba,</c><00:43:40.619><c> as</c><00:43:40.679><c> we</c><00:43:40.739><c> know</c><00:43:40.920><c> later</c><00:43:41.260><c> on.</c>

00:43:42.380 --> 00:43:45.119
And<00:43:42.519><c> so</c><00:43:42.679><c> both</c><00:43:43.059><c> men</c><00:43:43.619><c> represented</c>

00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:47.219
fleshly<00:43:46.139><c> thinking</c><00:43:46.460><c> and</c><00:43:46.699><c> carnality,</c>

00:43:47.300 --> 00:43:50.019
and<00:43:47.360><c> they</c><00:43:47.579><c> met</c><00:43:47.840><c> their</c><00:43:48.179><c> end</c><00:43:48.420><c> at</c><00:43:48.599><c> the</c><00:43:48.760><c> hand</c><00:43:49.019><c> of</c><00:43:49.300><c> Joab,</c>

00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:52.679
who,<00:43:50.659><c> though</c><00:43:51.019><c> in</c><00:43:51.139><c> many</c><00:43:51.320><c> respects</c><00:43:51.719><c> just</c><00:43:52.079><c> as</c><00:43:52.360><c> carnal</c>

00:43:52.679 --> 00:43:54.099
and<00:43:52.840><c> just</c><00:43:53.099><c> as</c><00:43:53.340><c> fleshly,</c>

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:57.000
had<00:43:54.619><c> put</c><00:43:54.880><c> his</c><00:43:55.239><c> eggs</c><00:43:55.440><c> in</c><00:43:55.599><c> the</c><00:43:55.719><c> right</c><00:43:55.920><c> basket.</c>

00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:59.619
He<00:43:57.199><c> had</c><00:43:57.420><c> put</c><00:43:57.659><c> his</c><00:43:58.239><c> allegiance</c><00:43:58.699><c> with</c><00:43:58.960><c> the</c><00:43:59.119><c> right</c><00:43:59.300><c> man,</c>

00:43:59.619 --> 00:44:00.760
and<00:43:59.719><c> it</c><00:43:59.800><c> was</c><00:43:59.980><c> the</c><00:44:00.119><c> man</c><00:44:00.320><c> David.</c>

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:03.900
And<00:44:01.380><c> as</c><00:44:01.519><c> we</c><00:44:01.760><c> recall,</c><00:44:02.239><c> Amasa,</c><00:44:02.659><c> we</c><00:44:03.059><c> remember</c><00:44:03.400><c> the</c><00:44:03.679><c> story,</c>

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:06.039
when<00:44:04.139><c> Sheba</c><00:44:04.440><c> rebelled</c><00:44:04.940><c> and</c><00:44:05.099><c> David</c><00:44:05.380><c> said</c><00:44:05.539><c> to</c><00:44:05.679><c> Amasa,</c>

00:44:06.179 --> 00:44:06.880
look,<00:44:06.260><c> get</c><00:44:06.519><c> going.</c>

00:44:06.880 --> 00:44:08.719
And<00:44:07.420><c> after</c><00:44:07.760><c> so</c><00:44:08.179><c> many</c><00:44:08.420><c> days,</c>

00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:10.480
Amasa<00:44:09.139><c> hadn't</c><00:44:09.380><c> gotten</c><00:44:09.639><c> his</c><00:44:09.880><c> act</c><00:44:10.019><c> together.</c>

00:44:10.760 --> 00:44:12.119
Not<00:44:10.940><c> only</c><00:44:11.159><c> had</c><00:44:11.320><c> he</c><00:44:11.539><c> been</c><00:44:11.760><c> a</c><00:44:11.960><c> traitor,</c>

00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:14.300
he<00:44:12.239><c> was</c><00:44:12.480><c> incompetent</c><00:44:13.019><c> as</c><00:44:13.280><c> well.</c>

00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:17.880
And<00:44:14.699><c> Joab</c><00:44:14.820><c> was</c><00:44:15.099><c> one</c><00:44:15.300><c> individual</c><00:44:15.800><c> who</c><00:44:16.079><c> hated</c><00:44:16.260><c> incompetence.</c>

00:44:18.059 --> 00:44:20.579
He<00:44:18.239><c> hated</c><00:44:18.420><c> it</c><00:44:18.559><c> so</c><00:44:18.840><c> much</c><00:44:19.119><c> that</c><00:44:19.340><c> the</c><00:44:19.599><c> incompetent</c><00:44:20.039><c> individual</c>

00:44:20.579 --> 00:44:23.219
was<00:44:21.559><c> disposed</c><00:44:22.059><c> of,</c><00:44:22.519><c> not</c><00:44:22.739><c> demoted,</c>

00:44:23.420 --> 00:44:26.119
simply<00:44:23.780><c> killed</c><00:44:24.079><c> as</c><00:44:24.300><c> far</c><00:44:24.500><c> as</c><00:44:24.679><c> Joab</c><00:44:24.880><c> was</c><00:44:25.099><c> concerned.</c>

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:29.239
Now,<00:44:28.000><c> there's</c><00:44:28.460><c> another</c><00:44:28.780><c> incident</c>

00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:31.960
which<00:44:29.539><c> reflects</c><00:44:30.360><c> rather</c><00:44:31.219><c> well</c><00:44:31.420><c> on</c><00:44:31.699><c> Joab,</c>

00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:35.300
better<00:44:32.260><c> than</c><00:44:32.559><c> the</c><00:44:33.079><c> murder</c><00:44:33.400><c> of</c><00:44:33.719><c> Abner</c><00:44:34.239><c> and</c><00:44:34.780><c> Amasa,</c>

00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:38.079
and<00:44:35.500><c> that</c><00:44:35.739><c> was</c><00:44:36.219><c> the</c><00:44:36.460><c> numbering</c><00:44:36.820><c> of</c><00:44:36.960><c> Israel.</c>

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:40.920
It's<00:44:39.000><c> interesting,</c><00:44:39.739><c> Joab's</c><00:44:40.079><c> reaction</c><00:44:40.480><c> to</c><00:44:40.699><c> that.</c>

00:44:41.179 --> 00:44:44.780
Joab<00:44:41.400><c> seemed</c><00:44:41.699><c> to</c><00:44:42.000><c> perceive</c><00:44:42.679><c> the</c><00:44:43.440><c> disastrous</c><00:44:44.139><c> mistake</c>

00:44:44.780 --> 00:44:45.679
David<00:44:45.139><c> was</c><00:44:45.380><c> making.</c>

00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:48.940
If<00:44:45.880><c> we</c><00:44:46.019><c> turn</c><00:44:46.199><c> over</c><00:44:46.340><c> to</c><00:44:46.500><c> 2</c><00:44:46.739><c> Samuel</c><00:44:47.179><c> 24,</c>

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:52.280
again,<00:44:49.659><c> Joab</c><00:44:50.019><c> comes</c><00:44:50.340><c> through</c><00:44:50.639><c> with</c><00:44:50.860><c> good</c><00:44:51.119><c> advice.</c>

00:44:52.780 --> 00:44:54.260
And<00:44:52.960><c> we</c><00:44:53.119><c> note</c><00:44:53.320><c> that</c><00:44:53.519><c> the</c><00:44:53.599><c> anger</c><00:44:53.860><c> of</c><00:44:53.980><c> the</c><00:44:54.119><c> Lord</c>

00:44:54.260 --> 00:44:55.559
was<00:44:54.500><c> kindled</c><00:44:54.800><c> against</c><00:44:55.099><c> Israel,</c>

00:44:55.599 --> 00:44:57.300
and<00:44:55.719><c> he</c><00:44:55.880><c> moved</c><00:44:56.039><c> David</c><00:44:56.360><c> against</c><00:44:56.699><c> them</c><00:44:56.880><c> to</c><00:44:57.119><c> say,</c>

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:59.260
go<00:44:57.519><c> number</c><00:44:57.800><c> Israel</c><00:44:58.179><c> and</c><00:44:58.420><c> Judah.</c>

00:44:59.940 --> 00:45:01.500
And<00:45:00.179><c> the</c><00:45:00.360><c> king</c><00:45:00.699><c> said</c><00:45:01.019><c> to</c><00:45:01.219><c> Joab,</c>

00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:03.400
the<00:45:01.679><c> captain</c><00:45:02.000><c> of</c><00:45:02.159><c> the</c><00:45:02.340><c> host,</c><00:45:02.619><c> which</c><00:45:02.739><c> was</c><00:45:02.980><c> with</c><00:45:03.199><c> him,</c>

00:45:03.400 --> 00:45:05.780
go<00:45:03.780><c> now</c><00:45:04.260><c> through</c><00:45:04.519><c> all</c><00:45:04.860><c> the</c><00:45:05.039><c> tribes</c><00:45:05.219><c> of</c><00:45:05.380><c> Israel</c>

00:45:05.780 --> 00:45:07.239
from<00:45:06.079><c> Dan,</c><00:45:06.340><c> even</c><00:45:06.500><c> to</c><00:45:06.639><c> Beersheba,</c>

00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:08.619
and<00:45:07.840><c> number</c><00:45:08.039><c> ye</c><00:45:08.219><c> the</c><00:45:08.360><c> people,</c>

00:45:08.659 --> 00:45:10.360
that<00:45:08.739><c> I</c><00:45:08.920><c> may</c><00:45:09.039><c> know</c><00:45:09.260><c> the</c><00:45:09.380><c> number</c><00:45:09.619><c> of</c><00:45:09.760><c> the</c><00:45:09.920><c> people.</c>

00:45:10.780 --> 00:45:13.199
Now,<00:45:11.320><c> Joab's</c><00:45:11.579><c> response</c><00:45:12.420><c> reflects</c>

00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:16.500
a<00:45:13.679><c> tremendous</c><00:45:14.219><c> amount</c><00:45:14.519><c> of</c><00:45:14.719><c> understanding</c><00:45:15.179><c> and</c><00:45:15.460><c> perception.</c>

00:45:17.340 --> 00:45:21.179
Joab<00:45:17.780><c> knew</c><00:45:18.219><c> that</c><00:45:19.460><c> this</c><00:45:19.719><c> was</c><00:45:19.920><c> a</c><00:45:20.019><c> mistake.</c>

00:45:21.619 --> 00:45:22.739
And<00:45:21.780><c> Joab</c><00:45:22.159><c> said</c><00:45:22.300><c> unto</c><00:45:22.440><c> the</c><00:45:22.599><c> king,</c>

00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:25.179
now<00:45:22.980><c> the</c><00:45:23.139><c> Lord</c><00:45:23.440><c> thy</c><00:45:23.699><c> God,</c><00:45:24.219><c> add</c><00:45:24.440><c> unto</c><00:45:24.619><c> the</c><00:45:24.880><c> people,</c>

00:45:25.400 --> 00:45:27.800
how<00:45:25.579><c> many</c><00:45:25.840><c> soever</c><00:45:26.179><c> they</c><00:45:26.420><c> be,</c><00:45:26.739><c> and</c><00:45:26.840><c> a</c><00:45:26.940><c> hundredfold,</c>

00:45:28.300 --> 00:45:30.440
and<00:45:28.420><c> that</c><00:45:28.559><c> the</c><00:45:28.699><c> eyes</c><00:45:28.940><c> of</c><00:45:29.119><c> my</c><00:45:29.300><c> lord</c><00:45:29.500><c> the</c><00:45:29.599><c> king</c><00:45:29.820><c> may</c><00:45:30.139><c> see</c><00:45:30.260><c> it.</c>

00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:33.900
So<00:45:30.599><c> why</c><00:45:31.099><c> doeth</c><00:45:31.780><c> doth</c><00:45:32.019><c> my</c><00:45:32.300><c> lord</c><00:45:32.500><c> the</c><00:45:32.659><c> king</c><00:45:32.880><c> delight</c><00:45:33.159><c> in</c><00:45:33.300><c> this</c><00:45:33.619><c> thing?</c>

00:45:34.239 --> 00:45:35.380
Joab<00:45:34.380><c> didn't</c><00:45:34.619><c> want</c><00:45:34.880><c> to</c><00:45:35.099><c> do</c><00:45:35.239><c> it.</c>

00:45:35.380 --> 00:45:37.000
He<00:45:35.440><c> knew</c><00:45:35.599><c> it</c><00:45:35.760><c> was</c><00:45:35.920><c> a</c><00:45:35.980><c> mistake.</c>

00:45:37.139 --> 00:45:39.940
He<00:45:37.199><c> knew</c><00:45:37.340><c> it</c><00:45:37.480><c> was</c><00:45:37.599><c> going</c><00:45:37.719><c> to</c><00:45:37.880><c> bring</c><00:45:38.300><c> disaster</c><00:45:38.980><c> upon</c><00:45:39.320><c> the</c><00:45:39.500><c> nation.</c>

00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:41.960
But,<00:45:40.579><c> of</c><00:45:40.699><c> course,</c><00:45:40.860><c> it</c><00:45:40.940><c> was</c><00:45:41.179><c> God's</c><00:45:41.699><c> will,</c>

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:45.760
and<00:45:42.179><c> so</c><00:45:42.380><c> David</c><00:45:42.619><c> was</c><00:45:42.920><c> moved</c><00:45:43.159><c> to</c><00:45:43.579><c> follow</c><00:45:43.820><c> through</c><00:45:44.219><c> with</c><00:45:44.519><c> this</c><00:45:44.739><c> mistake.</c>

00:45:45.800 --> 00:45:48.519
But<00:45:45.940><c> it's</c><00:45:46.199><c> interesting</c><00:45:46.599><c> what</c><00:45:46.800><c> Joab</c><00:45:47.300><c> does.</c>

00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:54.340
The<00:45:51.159><c> corresponding</c><00:45:51.639><c> account</c><00:45:52.380><c> in</c><00:45:53.480><c> Chronicles</c>

00:45:54.340 --> 00:45:57.699
to<00:45:54.940><c> get</c><00:45:55.219><c> the</c><00:45:56.800><c> full</c><00:45:57.159><c>-blown</c><00:45:57.380><c> picture,</c>

00:45:57.760 --> 00:45:59.659
flip<00:45:57.980><c> over</c><00:45:58.139><c> to</c><00:45:58.260><c> 1</c><00:45:58.440><c> Chronicles</c><00:45:58.960><c> 21,</c>

00:45:59.659 --> 00:46:03.119
because<00:46:00.260><c> it's</c><00:46:00.599><c> interesting</c><00:46:00.920><c> what</c><00:46:01.219><c> Joab</c><00:46:01.480><c> says</c>

00:46:04.420 --> 00:46:05.900
in<00:46:04.940><c> this</c><00:46:05.460><c> respect.</c>

00:46:06.139 --> 00:46:10.639
1<00:46:06.159><c> Chronicles</c><00:46:06.800><c> 21,</c><00:46:08.639><c> 3</c><00:46:09.139><c> to</c><00:46:09.280><c> 4,</c>

00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:14.880
a<00:46:11.380><c> similar</c><00:46:11.920><c> incident</c><00:46:13.059><c> is</c><00:46:13.260><c> recorded</c><00:46:13.559><c> in</c><00:46:13.860><c> Samuel.</c>

00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:18.179
But<00:46:15.699><c> know</c><00:46:15.860><c> what</c><00:46:16.000><c> it</c><00:46:16.179><c> says</c><00:46:16.320><c> in</c><00:46:16.500><c> verse</c><00:46:16.719><c> 6</c><00:46:17.000><c> of</c><00:46:17.119><c> 1</c><00:46:17.360><c> Chronicles</c><00:46:17.760><c> 21,</c>

00:46:18.280 --> 00:46:20.679
But<00:46:18.420><c> Levi</c><00:46:18.800><c> and</c><00:46:19.000><c> Benjamin</c><00:46:19.500><c> counted</c><00:46:19.880><c> he</c><00:46:20.079><c> not</c><00:46:20.239><c> among</c><00:46:20.519><c> them,</c>

00:46:20.699 --> 00:46:23.980
for<00:46:20.840><c> the</c><00:46:21.079><c> king's</c><00:46:21.400><c> word</c><00:46:21.539><c> was</c><00:46:21.920><c> abominable</c><00:46:22.619><c> to</c><00:46:22.840><c> Joab.</c>

00:46:24.219 --> 00:46:25.420
You<00:46:24.440><c> know</c><00:46:24.539><c> what</c><00:46:24.659><c> Joab</c><00:46:24.940><c> tried</c><00:46:25.179><c> to</c><00:46:25.340><c> do?</c>

00:46:25.480 --> 00:46:27.739
He<00:46:25.539><c> tried</c><00:46:25.760><c> to</c><00:46:25.940><c> invalidate</c><00:46:26.519><c> the</c><00:46:26.780><c> census.</c>

00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:31.159
He<00:46:28.500><c> tried</c><00:46:28.820><c> to</c><00:46:29.039><c> leave</c><00:46:30.039><c> enough</c><00:46:30.599><c> out</c>

00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:34.179
so<00:46:31.440><c> that</c><00:46:31.619><c> the</c><00:46:31.860><c> census</c><00:46:32.159><c> could</c><00:46:32.400><c> not</c><00:46:32.579><c> be</c><00:46:32.800><c> considered</c><00:46:33.099><c> a</c><00:46:33.320><c> proper</c><00:46:33.659><c> census.</c>

00:46:34.420 --> 00:46:36.960
I'm<00:46:34.559><c> sure</c><00:46:34.780><c> that's</c><00:46:35.019><c> what</c><00:46:35.320><c> Joab's</c><00:46:35.679><c> motivation</c><00:46:36.219><c> was.</c>

00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:40.159
And<00:46:37.800><c> yet,</c><00:46:37.940><c> of</c><00:46:38.099><c> course,</c><00:46:38.380><c> it</c><00:46:38.500><c> was</c><00:46:38.719><c> God's</c><00:46:39.159><c> will</c><00:46:39.440><c> that</c><00:46:39.760><c> this</c><00:46:40.039><c> thing</c>

00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:40.719
be<00:46:40.400><c> done,</c>

00:46:40.739 --> 00:46:44.340
and<00:46:40.900><c> God</c><00:46:41.119><c> was</c><00:46:41.340><c> going</c><00:46:41.519><c> to</c><00:46:42.960><c> bring</c><00:46:42.960><c> punishment</c><00:46:43.639><c> upon</c><00:46:43.960><c> the</c><00:46:44.119><c> nation</c>

00:46:44.340 --> 00:46:45.699
as<00:46:44.559><c> a</c><00:46:44.719><c> result</c><00:46:44.920><c> of</c><00:46:45.099><c> this</c><00:46:45.260><c> incident,</c>

00:46:45.800 --> 00:46:49.679
which<00:46:46.079><c> is</c><00:46:46.340><c> a</c><00:46:46.500><c> situation</c><00:46:46.940><c> we</c><00:46:47.219><c> could</c><00:46:47.599><c> discuss</c><00:46:48.179><c> in</c><00:46:49.059><c> and</c><00:46:49.179><c> of</c><00:46:49.300><c> itself,</c>

00:46:49.679 --> 00:46:51.440
but<00:46:49.920><c> we</c><00:46:50.159><c> won't</c><00:46:50.260><c> touch</c><00:46:50.519><c> on</c><00:46:50.699><c> it</c><00:46:50.820><c> at</c><00:46:50.900><c> this</c><00:46:51.159><c> point.</c>

00:46:51.599 --> 00:46:53.519
We're<00:46:51.920><c> considering</c><00:46:52.320><c> the</c><00:46:52.599><c> attitude</c><00:46:52.840><c> of</c><00:46:53.019><c> this</c><00:46:53.219><c> man.</c>

00:46:53.800 --> 00:46:55.579
He<00:46:54.099><c> understood</c><00:46:54.659><c> that</c><00:46:54.800><c> it</c><00:46:54.920><c> was</c><00:46:55.099><c> a</c><00:46:55.179><c> mistake,</c>

00:46:55.579 --> 00:46:57.940
and<00:46:55.719><c> again,</c><00:46:56.320><c> Joab</c><00:46:56.380><c> took</c><00:46:56.599><c> matters</c><00:46:56.900><c> into</c><00:46:57.099><c> his</c><00:46:57.340><c> own</c><00:46:57.539><c> hands</c>

00:46:57.940 --> 00:47:01.559
and<00:46:58.619><c> sought</c><00:46:58.840><c> to</c><00:46:59.119><c> undo</c><00:46:59.360><c> the</c><00:46:59.679><c> damage</c><00:47:00.139><c> that</c><00:47:00.719><c> David</c><00:47:00.980><c> did.</c>

00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:04.320
And<00:47:02.139><c> we</c><00:47:02.400><c> take</c><00:47:02.579><c> note</c><00:47:02.760><c> that</c><00:47:02.920><c> in</c><00:47:03.059><c> 1</c><00:47:03.199><c> Chronicles</c><00:47:03.699><c> 26,</c>

00:47:04.340 --> 00:47:06.340
he<00:47:04.440><c> was</c><00:47:04.719><c> involved</c><00:47:05.099><c> in</c><00:47:05.400><c> dedicating</c><00:47:05.840><c> material</c>

00:47:06.340 --> 00:47:08.179
for<00:47:06.579><c> the</c><00:47:06.780><c> temple</c><00:47:07.000><c> construction.</c>

00:47:08.260 --> 00:47:10.480
Now,<00:47:08.440><c> Joab</c><00:47:08.679><c> was</c><00:47:08.940><c> an</c><00:47:09.219><c> integral</c><00:47:09.599><c> part</c><00:47:09.920><c> of</c><00:47:10.039><c> the</c><00:47:10.199><c> nation.</c>

00:47:10.679 --> 00:47:11.820
He<00:47:10.840><c> was</c><00:47:11.119><c> involved.</c>

00:47:12.179 --> 00:47:13.179
This<00:47:12.360><c> was</c><00:47:12.559><c> his</c><00:47:12.780><c> interest.</c>

00:47:13.300 --> 00:47:16.059
This<00:47:13.460><c> was</c><00:47:14.159><c> his</c><00:47:14.380><c> sphere</c><00:47:14.860><c> of</c><00:47:15.199><c> activity.</c>

00:47:16.119 --> 00:47:17.179
This<00:47:16.300><c> was</c><00:47:16.519><c> his</c><00:47:16.860><c> love.</c>

00:47:17.179 --> 00:47:19.980
He<00:47:17.400><c> loved</c><00:47:17.699><c> it,</c><00:47:18.159><c> and</c><00:47:18.400><c> he</c><00:47:18.719><c> devoted</c><00:47:18.960><c> all</c><00:47:19.239><c> his</c><00:47:19.480><c> energies</c>

00:47:19.980 --> 00:47:22.440
and<00:47:20.260><c> all</c><00:47:20.460><c> his</c><00:47:20.960><c> talents</c><00:47:21.440><c> and</c><00:47:21.619><c> all</c><00:47:21.760><c> his</c><00:47:21.960><c> abilities</c>

00:47:22.440 --> 00:47:24.659
to<00:47:22.980><c> the</c><00:47:23.280><c> advancement</c><00:47:23.579><c> of</c><00:47:23.820><c> the</c><00:47:24.280><c> nation,</c>

00:47:24.659 --> 00:47:26.460
the<00:47:25.019><c> advancement</c><00:47:25.360><c> of</c><00:47:25.559><c> David,</c>

00:47:26.920 --> 00:47:28.860
and<00:47:27.099><c> the</c><00:47:27.519><c> glorification</c><00:47:28.219><c> of</c><00:47:28.380><c> the</c><00:47:28.500><c> nation</c>

00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:33.039
in<00:47:29.280><c> the</c><00:47:29.500><c> construction</c><00:47:29.980><c> of</c><00:47:31.300><c> this</c><00:47:31.579><c> temple.</c>

00:47:34.940 --> 00:47:37.159
And<00:47:35.260><c> as</c><00:47:35.440><c> we've</c><00:47:35.780><c> noted,</c><00:47:36.179><c> however,</c>

00:47:37.579 --> 00:47:39.820
there<00:47:37.699><c> were</c><00:47:37.960><c> those</c><00:47:38.619><c> elements</c><00:47:39.000><c> of</c><00:47:39.300><c> weakness</c>

00:47:39.820 --> 00:47:42.360
that<00:47:40.559><c> brought</c><00:47:40.940><c> Joab</c><00:47:41.239><c> down.</c>

00:47:42.539 --> 00:47:44.179
As<00:47:42.960><c> we've</c><00:47:43.199><c> already</c><00:47:43.460><c> taken</c><00:47:43.780><c> note</c><00:47:44.019><c> of,</c>

00:47:44.219 --> 00:47:47.940
he<00:47:44.440><c> saw</c><00:47:44.800><c> situations</c><00:47:45.579><c> in</c><00:47:45.800><c> terms</c><00:47:46.599><c> of</c><00:47:47.159><c> expediency,</c>

00:47:48.059 --> 00:47:49.500
not<00:47:48.340><c> in</c><00:47:48.400><c> terms</c><00:47:48.679><c> of</c><00:47:48.960><c> spirituality,</c>

00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:51.900
and<00:47:49.699><c> that</c><00:47:49.900><c> comes</c><00:47:50.239><c> through</c><00:47:50.900><c> in</c><00:47:51.179><c> two</c><00:47:51.400><c> incidents.</c>

00:47:51.900 --> 00:47:54.179
One,<00:47:53.079><c> we</c><00:47:53.239><c> know</c><00:47:53.460><c> that</c><00:47:53.599><c> he</c><00:47:53.860><c> worked</c>

00:47:54.179 --> 00:47:56.519
for<00:47:54.420><c> the</c><00:47:54.619><c> restoration</c><00:47:55.099><c> of</c><00:47:55.500><c> Absalom</c><00:47:55.739><c> to</c><00:47:56.059><c> favor</c>

00:47:56.519 --> 00:47:59.139
in<00:47:56.860><c> order</c><00:47:57.099><c> to</c><00:47:57.400><c> reunite</c><00:47:58.159><c> the</c><00:47:58.460><c> royal</c><00:47:58.719><c> family</c>

00:47:59.139 --> 00:48:00.559
and<00:47:59.380><c> stabilize</c><00:47:59.860><c> the</c><00:48:00.119><c> kingdom.</c>

00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:04.199
But<00:48:01.059><c> recall</c><00:48:01.440><c> how</c><00:48:02.139><c> Absalom</c><00:48:02.579><c> sent</c><00:48:02.900><c> the</c><00:48:03.519><c> widow</c><00:48:03.760><c> woman</c>

00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:06.000
who<00:48:04.539><c> gave</c><00:48:04.780><c> David</c><00:48:05.119><c> the</c><00:48:05.300><c> big</c><00:48:05.539><c> spiel,</c>

00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:08.179
and<00:48:06.260><c> David</c><00:48:06.599><c> said,</c><00:48:07.039><c> well,</c><00:48:07.420><c> who</c><00:48:07.679><c> sent</c><00:48:07.860><c> you?</c>

00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:09.880
Well,<00:48:08.860><c> Joab</c><00:48:08.980><c> did.</c>

00:48:10.179 --> 00:48:12.940
Joab<00:48:10.739><c> realized</c><00:48:11.300><c> that</c><00:48:11.500><c> the</c><00:48:11.659><c> king</c><00:48:11.780><c> was</c><00:48:12.000><c> in</c><00:48:12.099><c> a</c><00:48:12.199><c> bit</c><00:48:12.280><c> of</c><00:48:12.500><c> a</c><00:48:12.619><c> pickle</c>

00:48:12.940 --> 00:48:14.920
and<00:48:13.480><c> tried</c><00:48:13.840><c> to</c><00:48:14.280><c> fix</c><00:48:14.559><c> things</c>

00:48:14.920 --> 00:48:17.099
so<00:48:15.199><c> that</c><00:48:15.659><c> everything</c><00:48:15.960><c> was</c><00:48:16.300><c> regularized.</c>

00:48:17.420 --> 00:48:17.980
Why?

00:48:18.199 --> 00:48:20.460
Because<00:48:18.519><c> Absalom</c><00:48:19.039><c> was</c><00:48:19.260><c> the</c><00:48:19.519><c> heir</c><00:48:19.739><c> to</c><00:48:19.960><c> the</c><00:48:20.179><c> throne.</c>

00:48:20.460 --> 00:48:22.139
He<00:48:20.619><c> was</c><00:48:20.820><c> the</c><00:48:21.099><c> oldest.</c>

00:48:22.199 --> 00:48:24.340
It<00:48:22.400><c> was</c><00:48:22.800><c> bad</c><00:48:23.300><c> for</c><00:48:23.699><c> succession</c>

00:48:24.340 --> 00:48:27.039
to<00:48:24.719><c> have</c><00:48:24.960><c> the</c><00:48:25.300><c> king</c><00:48:25.480><c> and</c><00:48:25.639><c> his</c><00:48:25.900><c> heir</c><00:48:26.119><c> out</c><00:48:26.380><c> of</c><00:48:26.619><c> sorts.</c>

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:30.599
It<00:48:27.559><c> could</c><00:48:27.639><c> result</c><00:48:27.940><c> in</c><00:48:28.079><c> a</c><00:48:28.079><c> lot</c><00:48:28.280><c> of</c><00:48:28.500><c> instability</c><00:48:28.920><c> and</c><00:48:29.239><c> bloodshed.</c>

00:48:30.719 --> 00:48:32.139
As<00:48:31.039><c> it</c><00:48:31.260><c> turned</c><00:48:31.400><c> out,</c><00:48:31.820><c> it</c><00:48:31.840><c> did,</c>

00:48:32.179 --> 00:48:34.340
but<00:48:32.460><c> Joab</c><00:48:32.639><c> didn't</c><00:48:33.119><c> anticipate</c><00:48:33.840><c> that.</c>

00:48:34.559 --> 00:48:36.539
And<00:48:34.739><c> so</c><00:48:34.860><c> he</c><00:48:35.099><c> worked</c><00:48:35.239><c> to</c><00:48:35.599><c> stabilize</c><00:48:36.059><c> the</c><00:48:36.340><c> kingdom</c>

00:48:36.539 --> 00:48:38.380
by<00:48:36.800><c> bringing</c><00:48:37.119><c> Absalom</c><00:48:37.500><c> back</c><00:48:37.780><c> into</c><00:48:37.980><c> favor.</c>

00:48:38.800 --> 00:48:40.460
Now,<00:48:39.199><c> Joab</c><00:48:39.380><c> didn't</c><00:48:39.619><c> take</c><00:48:39.860><c> into</c><00:48:40.079><c> account</c>

00:48:40.460 --> 00:48:43.719
that<00:48:40.639><c> Absalom</c><00:48:41.019><c> was</c><00:48:41.260><c> utterly</c><00:48:41.820><c> unworthy</c><00:48:42.380><c> for</c><00:48:42.639><c> the</c><00:48:42.840><c> job.</c>

00:48:43.940 --> 00:48:45.500
Absalom<00:48:44.360><c> was</c><00:48:44.539><c> an</c><00:48:44.659><c> unspiritual</c><00:48:45.219><c> man,</c>

00:48:45.500 --> 00:48:47.460
but<00:48:45.639><c> that's</c><00:48:45.880><c> not</c><00:48:46.099><c> quite</c><00:48:46.239><c> how</c><00:48:46.539><c> Joab</c><00:48:46.800><c> saw</c><00:48:47.159><c> things.</c>

00:48:47.460 --> 00:48:50.679
He<00:48:47.619><c> just</c><00:48:47.820><c> saw</c><00:48:48.099><c> things</c><00:48:48.500><c> in</c><00:48:48.840><c> terms</c><00:48:49.039><c> of</c><00:48:49.179><c> their</c><00:48:49.320><c> political</c><00:48:49.860><c> expediency.</c>

00:48:51.139 --> 00:48:54.039
And<00:48:51.360><c> that's</c><00:48:51.579><c> what</c><00:48:51.840><c> prompted</c><00:48:52.099><c> his</c><00:48:52.360><c> support</c><00:48:52.659><c> for</c><00:48:52.960><c> Adonijah.</c>

00:48:54.219 --> 00:48:57.659
He<00:48:54.480><c> saw</c><00:48:54.880><c> Adonijah</c><00:48:55.679><c> as,</c><00:48:56.099><c> again,</c><00:48:56.360><c> the</c><00:48:56.639><c> rightful</c><00:48:57.099><c> heir.</c>

00:48:58.099 --> 00:49:01.139
And<00:48:58.280><c> so</c><00:48:58.519><c> when</c><00:48:58.619><c> it</c><00:48:58.699><c> was</c><00:48:58.920><c> time</c><00:48:59.219><c> for</c><00:48:59.519><c> someone</c><00:48:59.699><c> to</c><00:48:59.940><c> succeed</c><00:49:00.380><c> David,</c>

00:49:01.659 --> 00:49:03.679
well,<00:49:01.860><c> Joab</c><00:49:01.980><c> naturally</c><00:49:02.639><c> threw</c><00:49:02.820><c> his</c><00:49:03.079><c> lot</c><00:49:03.239><c> in</c>

00:49:03.679 --> 00:49:05.940
with<00:49:04.199><c> the</c><00:49:04.460><c> one</c><00:49:04.579><c> who</c><00:49:04.699><c> was</c><00:49:04.940><c> supposed</c><00:49:05.219><c> to</c><00:49:05.500><c> have</c><00:49:05.659><c> it.</c>

00:49:06.440 --> 00:49:09.420
Joab,<00:49:06.960><c> and</c><00:49:07.119><c> this</c><00:49:07.280><c> is</c><00:49:07.480><c> where</c><00:49:07.579><c> his</c><00:49:07.719><c> lack</c><00:49:07.980><c> of</c><00:49:08.380><c> spirituality</c>

00:49:10.519 --> 00:49:11.940
causes<00:49:11.039><c> him</c><00:49:11.280><c> problems,</c>

00:49:12.420 --> 00:49:13.739
you<00:49:12.539><c> know,</c><00:49:12.800><c> didn't</c><00:49:13.019><c> recognize</c>

00:49:13.739 --> 00:49:15.619
that<00:49:14.059><c> God's</c><00:49:14.559><c> choice</c><00:49:14.739><c> was</c><00:49:15.019><c> Solomon,</c>

00:49:15.619 --> 00:49:17.139
not<00:49:16.300><c> Adonijah.</c>

00:49:17.619 --> 00:49:19.199
Joab<00:49:17.780><c> felt</c><00:49:18.139><c> that</c><00:49:18.440><c> right</c><00:49:18.619><c> was</c><00:49:18.880><c> right,</c>

00:49:19.440 --> 00:49:20.699
that<00:49:19.519><c> Adonijah</c><00:49:19.900><c> gets</c><00:49:20.139><c> the</c><00:49:20.440><c> throne,</c>

00:49:20.820 --> 00:49:22.920
things<00:49:21.159><c> are</c><00:49:21.639><c> done</c><00:49:21.900><c> decently</c><00:49:22.360><c> in</c><00:49:22.539><c> an</c><00:49:22.699><c> order,</c>

00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:24.820
and<00:49:23.059><c> that's</c><00:49:23.360><c> the</c><00:49:23.460><c> way</c><00:49:23.559><c> it</c><00:49:23.679><c> ought</c><00:49:23.800><c> to</c><00:49:23.940><c> be.</c>

00:49:24.860 --> 00:49:26.420
That<00:49:25.139><c> wasn't</c><00:49:25.440><c> how</c><00:49:25.679><c> God</c><00:49:25.920><c> functioned.</c>

00:49:26.420 --> 00:49:29.199
God<00:49:26.619><c> was</c><00:49:26.820><c> not</c><00:49:27.139><c> bound</c><00:49:27.619><c> by</c><00:49:27.900><c> the</c><00:49:28.079><c> laws</c><00:49:28.400><c> of</c><00:49:28.679><c> succession</c>

00:49:29.199 --> 00:49:32.239
or<00:49:29.440><c> by</c><00:49:30.059><c> the</c><00:49:30.400><c> rules</c><00:49:30.699><c> that</c><00:49:31.000><c> govern</c><00:49:31.260><c> the</c><00:49:31.500><c> kingdoms</c><00:49:31.760><c> of</c><00:49:32.019><c> men.</c>

00:49:32.300 --> 00:49:34.039
That's<00:49:32.559><c> not</c><00:49:32.679><c> how</c><00:49:32.800><c> God</c><00:49:33.079><c> worked.</c>

00:49:34.139 --> 00:49:35.780
But<00:49:34.320><c> Joab</c><00:49:34.460><c> couldn't</c><00:49:34.760><c> appreciate</c><00:49:35.360><c> that</c>

00:49:35.780 --> 00:49:38.179
because<00:49:36.099><c> he</c><00:49:36.480><c> lacked</c><00:49:36.860><c> spirituality.</c>

00:49:38.420 --> 00:49:41.400
And<00:49:38.579><c> so</c><00:49:38.699><c> we</c><00:49:38.900><c> find</c><00:49:39.239><c> that</c><00:49:39.500><c> Joab's</c><00:49:39.980><c> downfall</c><00:49:40.460><c> was</c><00:49:40.739><c> to,</c>

00:49:41.539 --> 00:49:45.139
his<00:49:42.219><c> failure</c><00:49:42.679><c> to</c><00:49:42.980><c> establish</c><00:49:43.619><c> right</c><00:49:43.900><c> priorities.</c>

00:49:45.340 --> 00:49:48.699
Unlike<00:49:45.820><c> David,</c><00:49:46.420><c> he</c><00:49:46.559><c> was</c><00:49:46.800><c> prepared</c><00:49:47.199><c> to</c><00:49:47.420><c> do</c><00:49:47.559><c> what</c><00:49:47.719><c> was</c><00:49:47.980><c> expedient,</c>

00:49:48.820 --> 00:49:52.500
what<00:49:48.980><c> was</c><00:49:49.960><c> good</c><00:49:50.599><c> and</c><00:49:50.880><c> right</c><00:49:51.079><c> from</c><00:49:51.320><c> the</c><00:49:51.619><c> flesh's</c><00:49:52.059><c> point</c><00:49:52.179><c> of</c><00:49:52.340><c> view,</c>

00:49:52.579 --> 00:49:54.800
as<00:49:52.760><c> opposed</c><00:49:53.239><c> to</c><00:49:53.420><c> doing</c><00:49:53.619><c> that</c><00:49:53.940><c> which</c><00:49:54.099><c> was</c><00:49:54.280><c> good</c><00:49:54.480><c> and</c><00:49:54.619><c> right</c>

00:49:54.800 --> 00:49:56.800
from<00:49:55.019><c> God's</c><00:49:55.440><c> point</c><00:49:55.739><c> of</c><00:49:55.940><c> view.</c>

00:49:56.940 --> 00:49:58.980
Now,<00:49:57.059><c> I</c><00:49:57.159><c> think,</c><00:49:57.599><c> brethren</c><00:49:57.679><c> and</c><00:49:57.980><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:59.019 --> 00:50:02.239
we<00:49:59.500><c> can</c><00:49:59.699><c> fall</c><00:50:00.019><c> into</c><00:50:00.239><c> this</c><00:50:00.500><c> pit</c><00:50:00.639><c> that</c><00:50:00.920><c> Joab</c><00:50:01.199><c> did.</c>

00:50:02.860 --> 00:50:06.559
We<00:50:03.340><c> can</c><00:50:03.579><c> begin</c><00:50:03.900><c> to</c><00:50:04.159><c> see</c><00:50:04.280><c> our</c><00:50:04.639><c> involvement</c><00:50:05.079><c> in</c><00:50:05.280><c> the</c><00:50:05.480><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:50:06.539 --> 00:50:09.260
from<00:50:06.780><c> a</c><00:50:07.019><c> point</c><00:50:07.199><c> of</c><00:50:07.360><c> view</c><00:50:07.519><c> that</c><00:50:07.659><c> is</c><00:50:07.880><c> not</c><00:50:08.159><c> God's.</c>

00:50:09.380 --> 00:50:11.400
We<00:50:09.800><c> can</c><00:50:10.059><c> begin</c><00:50:10.280><c> to</c><00:50:10.519><c> see</c><00:50:10.639><c> the</c><00:50:10.860><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:50:11.400 --> 00:50:14.539
as<00:50:11.840><c> something</c><00:50:11.980><c> that</c><00:50:12.239><c> we</c><00:50:12.360><c> want</c><00:50:12.599><c> to</c><00:50:12.800><c> advance</c><00:50:13.239><c> and</c><00:50:13.559><c> promote,</c>

00:50:15.219 --> 00:50:16.699
organize,<00:50:16.199><c> strengthen,</c>

00:50:17.119 --> 00:50:19.880
but<00:50:17.260><c> the</c><00:50:17.440><c> way</c><00:50:17.699><c> we</c><00:50:18.000><c> do</c><00:50:18.260><c> it</c><00:50:18.679><c> is</c><00:50:19.159><c> not</c><00:50:19.559><c> good.</c>

00:50:20.019 --> 00:50:21.659
It's<00:50:20.139><c> not</c><00:50:20.420><c> spiritual.</c>

00:50:21.880 --> 00:50:24.840
Quite<00:50:22.159><c> often,</c><00:50:22.599><c> those</c><00:50:22.800><c> things</c><00:50:23.019><c> which</c><00:50:23.280><c> seem</c><00:50:23.500><c> good</c><00:50:23.760><c> to</c><00:50:23.960><c> the</c><00:50:24.239><c> flesh</c>

00:50:24.840 --> 00:50:26.340
are<00:50:25.219><c> anathema</c><00:50:25.659><c> to</c><00:50:25.840><c> God.</c>

00:50:26.659 --> 00:50:28.639
We<00:50:26.840><c> can</c><00:50:27.019><c> think</c><00:50:27.199><c> of</c><00:50:27.400><c> examples,</c>

00:50:29.059 --> 00:50:30.179
like<00:50:29.480><c> a</c><00:50:29.760><c> hierarchy.</c>

00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:32.380
Why<00:50:30.500><c> have</c><00:50:30.719><c> we</c><00:50:30.900><c> not</c><00:50:31.219><c> followed</c><00:50:31.460><c> the</c><00:50:31.699><c> route</c><00:50:31.800><c> of</c><00:50:31.980><c> the</c><00:50:32.139><c> churches</c>

00:50:32.380 --> 00:50:33.760
and<00:50:32.619><c> established</c><00:50:32.980><c> a</c><00:50:33.260><c> hierarchy?</c>

00:50:34.199 --> 00:50:35.480
It<00:50:34.380><c> would</c><00:50:34.519><c> make</c><00:50:34.719><c> things</c><00:50:35.039><c> neat.</c>

00:50:35.719 --> 00:50:37.159
It<00:50:35.860><c> would</c><00:50:36.019><c> make</c><00:50:36.219><c> things</c><00:50:36.539><c> organized.</c>

00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:38.940
It<00:50:37.400><c> would</c><00:50:37.440><c> be</c><00:50:37.599><c> a</c><00:50:37.719><c> known</c><00:50:37.940><c> chain</c><00:50:38.159><c> of</c><00:50:38.420><c> command.</c>

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It<00:50:39.460><c> would</c><00:50:39.719><c> kind</c><00:50:39.940><c> of</c><00:50:40.179><c> coalesce</c><00:50:40.699><c> us</c><00:50:40.940><c> and</c><00:50:41.539><c> pool</c><00:50:41.820><c> our</c><00:50:42.179><c> resources.</c>

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You<00:50:43.659><c> know,</c><00:50:43.739><c> you</c><00:50:43.820><c> can</c><00:50:44.079><c> begin</c><00:50:44.320><c> to</c><00:50:44.599><c> see</c><00:50:44.780><c> where</c><00:50:45.039><c> somebody</c>

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who<00:50:46.139><c> began</c><00:50:46.400><c> to</c><00:50:46.659><c> think</c><00:50:46.800><c> according</c><00:50:47.119><c> to</c><00:50:47.300><c> the</c><00:50:47.519><c> flesh</c>

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would<00:50:47.920><c> push</c><00:50:48.280><c> this</c><00:50:48.539><c> in</c><00:50:48.719><c> the</c><00:50:48.920><c> brotherhood.</c>

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But<00:50:50.199><c> it's</c><00:50:50.380><c> not</c><00:50:50.639><c> good</c><00:50:50.920><c> for</c><00:50:51.159><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:50:51.539><c> not</c><00:50:51.860><c> right.</c>

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It's<00:50:53.280><c> not</c><00:50:53.480><c> the</c><00:50:53.760><c> spiritual</c><00:50:54.199><c> thing</c><00:50:54.460><c> to</c><00:50:54.679><c> do.</c>

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And<00:50:55.579><c> we</c><00:50:55.719><c> could</c><00:50:55.900><c> dwell</c><00:50:56.079><c> on</c><00:50:56.280><c> a</c><00:50:56.360><c> number</c><00:50:56.559><c> of</c><00:50:56.840><c> examples</c><00:50:57.119><c> if</c><00:50:57.340><c> we</c><00:50:57.480><c> had</c><00:50:57.659><c> time,</c>

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and<00:50:58.139><c> we</c><00:50:58.260><c> can</c><00:50:58.480><c> think</c><00:50:58.679><c> of</c><00:50:58.739><c> them</c><00:50:58.940><c> in</c><00:50:59.199><c> our</c><00:50:59.380><c> own</c><00:50:59.639><c> time,</c>

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where<00:51:00.940><c> Joab's</c><00:51:02.159><c> way</c><00:51:02.400><c> of</c><00:51:02.639><c> doing</c><00:51:02.860><c> things</c>

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can<00:51:03.380><c> intrude</c><00:51:03.699><c> itself</c><00:51:04.219><c> into</c><00:51:04.440><c> the</c><00:51:04.719><c> Ecclesia</c>

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and<00:51:05.920><c> cause</c><00:51:06.099><c> not</c><00:51:06.320><c> only</c><00:51:06.480><c> the</c><00:51:06.739><c> spiritual</c><00:51:07.219><c> downfall</c><00:51:07.800><c> of</c><00:51:08.000><c> the</c><00:51:08.179><c> man</c>

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or<00:51:08.739><c> the</c><00:51:09.320><c> brother</c><00:51:09.579><c> or</c><00:51:09.739><c> the</c><00:51:09.940><c> sister,</c>

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but<00:51:10.860><c> also</c><00:51:11.239><c> cause</c><00:51:11.539><c> problems</c><00:51:12.159><c> for</c><00:51:12.699><c> the</c><00:51:12.900><c> Ecclesia</c><00:51:13.260><c> as</c><00:51:13.559><c> well.</c>

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And<00:51:14.440><c> so</c><00:51:14.500><c> we</c><00:51:14.659><c> are</c><00:51:14.860><c> commended</c><00:51:15.179><c> to</c><00:51:15.400><c> the</c><00:51:15.619><c> example</c><00:51:16.039><c> of</c><00:51:16.320><c> Joab,</c>

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to<00:51:16.920><c> the</c><00:51:17.099><c> example</c><00:51:17.400><c> of</c><00:51:17.679><c> Abishai</c><00:51:18.159><c> and</c><00:51:18.400><c> Asahel,</c>

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and<00:51:19.019><c> to</c><00:51:19.119><c> their</c><00:51:19.320><c> mother</c><00:51:19.519><c> Zeruiah,</c>

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as<00:51:21.079><c> individuals</c><00:51:21.699><c> who</c><00:51:21.980><c> had</c><00:51:22.119><c> qualities</c>

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that<00:51:23.280><c> on</c><00:51:23.619><c> occasion</c><00:51:23.980><c> we</c><00:51:24.179><c> must</c><00:51:24.440><c> emulate,</c>

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but<00:51:25.539><c> who</c><00:51:25.719><c> had</c><00:51:25.860><c> weaknesses</c><00:51:26.460><c> that</c><00:51:26.739><c> each</c><00:51:27.000><c> one</c><00:51:27.139><c> of</c><00:51:27.239><c> us</c><00:51:27.400><c> must</c><00:51:27.639><c> avoid.</c>

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Thank<00:51:51.860><c> you.</c>