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He<00:10:43.669><c> arises</c><00:10:44.070><c> and</c><00:10:44.230><c> he</c><00:10:44.389><c> goes</c><00:10:44.490><c> and</c><00:10:44.649><c> he</c><00:10:44.850><c> catches</c><00:10:45.070><c> hold</c><00:10:45.470><c> on</c><00:10:46.029><c> the</c><00:10:46.330><c> horns</c><00:10:46.669><c> of</c>

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What<00:10:47.970><c> that</c><00:10:48.210><c> means,</c><00:10:48.490><c> by</c><00:10:48.710><c> the</c><00:10:48.830><c> way,</c><00:10:49.029><c> is</c><00:10:49.169><c> that</c><00:10:49.250><c> he's</c><00:10:49.490><c> gone</c><00:10:49.750><c> to</c><00:10:49.970><c> Gibeon.</c>

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And<00:10:50.750><c> on</c><00:10:50.889><c> the</c><00:10:51.110><c> screen</c><00:10:51.309><c> there</c><00:10:51.490><c> you</c><00:10:51.549><c> can</c><00:10:51.850><c> see</c><00:10:51.990><c> where</c><00:10:52.269><c> Jerusalem</c><00:10:52.690><c> is,</c>

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the<00:10:53.210><c> bottom</c><00:10:53.370><c> two</c><00:10:53.789><c> arrows,</c><00:10:55.009><c> which</c><00:10:55.309><c> is</c><00:10:55.529><c> where</c><00:10:55.909><c> the</c><00:10:56.289><c> king</c><00:10:56.429><c> was</c><00:10:56.690><c> living.</c>

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And<00:10:57.549><c> Gibeon</c><00:10:57.830><c> is</c><00:10:57.970><c> about</c><00:10:58.169><c> eight</c><00:10:58.450><c> kilometers</c><00:10:58.850><c> to</c><00:10:59.149><c> the</c><00:10:59.389><c> northwest,</c>

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and<00:11:02.330><c> that's</c><00:11:02.570><c> where</c><00:11:02.750><c> the</c><00:11:03.009><c> tabernacle</c><00:11:03.450><c> was</c><00:11:03.750><c> established</c><00:11:04.269><c> at</c><00:11:04.690><c> that</c><00:11:04.909><c> point</c><00:11:05.110><c> in</c><00:11:05.350><c> time.</c>

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When<00:11:05.889><c> it</c><00:11:05.990><c> says</c><00:11:06.129><c> he</c><00:11:06.289><c> went</c><00:11:06.450><c> and</c><00:11:06.669><c> grabbed</c><00:11:06.870><c> hold</c><00:11:07.049><c> of</c><00:11:07.250><c> the</c><00:11:07.529><c> horns</c><00:11:07.830><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:08.350><c> altar,</c>

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it's<00:11:09.309><c> literally</c><00:11:09.610><c> the</c><00:11:09.809><c> horns,</c><00:11:10.009><c> it's</c><00:11:10.250><c> the</c><00:11:10.389><c> idea</c><00:11:10.610><c> of</c><00:11:10.809><c> the</c><00:11:11.009><c> brazen</c><00:11:11.309><c> altar</c>

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that<00:11:11.769><c> at</c><00:11:11.990><c> that</c><00:11:12.250><c> time</c><00:11:12.529><c> was</c><00:11:13.049><c> in</c><00:11:13.269><c> the</c><00:11:13.450><c> tabernacle.</c>

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So<00:11:14.429><c> the</c><00:11:14.549><c> message</c><00:11:14.809><c> comes</c><00:11:15.129><c> back</c><00:11:15.350><c> to</c><00:11:15.610><c> Solomon</c><00:11:15.830><c> saying,</c>

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Adonijah's<00:11:17.110><c> rushed</c><00:11:17.309><c> up,</c><00:11:17.669><c> he's</c><00:11:18.049><c> grabbed</c><00:11:18.309><c> hold</c><00:11:18.490><c> of</c><00:11:18.649><c> the</c><00:11:18.830><c> horns</c>

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of<00:11:19.169><c> the</c><00:11:19.330><c> altar,</c>

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and<00:11:19.950><c> he's</c><00:11:20.169><c> asking</c><00:11:20.570><c> for</c><00:11:20.830><c> you</c><00:11:20.929><c> to</c><00:11:21.210><c> promise</c><00:11:21.509><c> that</c><00:11:21.870><c> you</c><00:11:22.049><c> will</c><00:11:22.389><c> spare</c><00:11:22.889><c> his</c><00:11:23.769><c> life.</c>

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So<00:11:27.070><c> now</c><00:11:27.470><c> what</c><00:11:27.750><c> is</c><00:11:27.950><c> the</c><00:11:28.090><c> young</c><00:11:28.289><c> king</c><00:11:28.429><c> going</c><00:11:28.669><c> to</c><00:11:28.830><c> do?</c>

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Now<00:11:29.330><c> bear</c><00:11:29.450><c> in</c><00:11:29.649><c> mind</c><00:11:29.730><c> that</c><00:11:29.870><c> this</c><00:11:29.990><c> is</c><00:11:30.149><c> a</c><00:11:30.250><c> man</c><00:11:30.389><c> who's</c><00:11:30.730><c> probably</c><00:11:31.070><c> still</c><00:11:31.690><c> in</c>

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his<00:11:32.470><c> teens.</c>

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He's<00:11:33.809><c> been</c><00:11:34.009><c> victorious,</c><00:11:35.450><c> his</c><00:11:35.710><c> brother</c><00:11:35.990><c> has</c><00:11:36.470><c> failed,</c><00:11:37.490><c> his</c><00:11:37.750><c> brother's</c><00:11:38.309><c> frightened</c><00:11:38.649><c> of</c><00:11:38.870><c> him,</c>

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and<00:11:39.429><c> he's</c><00:11:39.730><c> submitted</c><00:11:40.049><c> saying,</c><00:11:40.529><c> look,</c><00:11:40.549><c> please</c><00:11:40.889><c> don't</c><00:11:41.169><c> harm</c>

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me,<00:11:41.809><c> Solomon.</c>

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So<00:11:42.690><c> what's</c><00:11:42.929><c> he</c><00:11:43.049><c> going</c><00:11:43.129><c> to</c><00:11:43.289><c> do?</c>

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And<00:11:44.269><c> I'd</c><00:11:44.450><c> like</c><00:11:44.529><c> us</c><00:11:44.710><c> to</c><00:11:45.009><c> read</c><00:11:45.289><c> verse</c><00:11:45.649><c> 52</c><00:11:46.090><c> and</c><00:11:46.309><c> 53</c>

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and<00:11:47.590><c> just</c><00:11:47.950><c> analyze</c><00:11:48.570><c> carefully</c><00:11:49.029><c> what</c><00:11:49.210><c> we</c><00:11:50.590><c> read</c><00:11:50.870><c> and</c><00:11:51.250><c> see</c><00:11:51.509><c> what</c>

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it<00:11:51.970><c> tells</c><00:11:52.289><c> us</c>

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These<00:11:55.470><c> are</c><00:11:55.690><c> the</c><00:11:55.990><c> first</c><00:11:56.350><c> words</c><00:11:56.769><c> recorded</c><00:11:57.570><c> of</c><00:11:58.289><c> Solomon</c><00:11:58.629><c> in</c><00:11:58.990><c> scripture.</c>

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Solomon<00:12:00.250><c> said,</c>

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there<00:12:04.909><c> shall</c><00:12:05.110><c> not</c><00:12:05.330><c> an</c><00:12:05.470><c> hair</c><00:12:05.669><c> of</c><00:12:06.169><c> him</c><00:12:06.450><c> fall</c><00:12:06.809><c> to</c><00:12:07.029><c> the</c><00:12:07.210><c> earth.</c>

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But<00:12:08.269><c> if</c><00:12:08.529><c> wickedness</c><00:12:09.450><c> shall</c><00:12:09.730><c> be</c><00:12:10.029><c> found</c><00:12:10.409><c> in</c><00:12:10.710><c> him,</c><00:12:11.450><c> he</c><00:12:12.409><c> shall</c><00:12:13.090><c> die.</c>

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Now,<00:12:15.070><c> these</c><00:12:15.450><c> words</c><00:12:15.769><c> give</c><00:12:16.029><c> us</c><00:12:16.309><c> quite</c><00:12:16.470><c> a</c><00:12:16.710><c> remarkable</c><00:12:17.289><c> insight</c>

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First<00:12:24.230><c> of</c><00:12:24.370><c> all,</c><00:12:24.509><c> we</c><00:12:24.549><c> see</c><00:12:24.750><c> a</c><00:12:24.909><c> man</c><00:12:25.049><c> who's</c><00:12:25.370><c> willing</c><00:12:25.730><c> and</c><00:12:26.250><c> ready</c>

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That<00:12:29.750><c> was</c><00:12:30.049><c> an</c><00:12:30.269><c> integral</c><00:12:30.470><c> part</c><00:12:30.870><c> of</c><00:12:31.049><c> being</c><00:12:31.230><c> a</c><00:12:31.429><c> king</c><00:12:31.730><c> in</c><00:12:32.289><c> those</c><00:12:32.549><c> days.</c>

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But<00:12:33.590><c> look</c><00:12:33.789><c> at</c><00:12:33.870><c> what</c><00:12:33.970><c> it</c><00:12:34.169><c> tells</c><00:12:34.370><c> us</c><00:12:34.610><c> about</c><00:12:34.850><c> his</c><00:12:35.070><c> values.</c>

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What<00:12:36.129><c> are</c><00:12:36.250><c> the</c><00:12:36.429><c> two</c><00:12:36.649><c> attributes</c><00:12:37.190><c> he</c><00:12:37.450><c> mentions?</c>

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Worthiness<00:12:40.549><c> or</c><00:12:41.070><c> wickedness?</c>

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If<00:12:43.450><c> worthiness</c><00:12:43.970><c> is</c><00:12:44.210><c> found</c><00:12:44.450><c> in</c><00:12:44.629><c> you,</c><00:12:44.750><c> you</c><00:12:44.850><c> will</c><00:12:45.169><c> not</c><00:12:45.370><c> be</c><00:12:45.649><c> harmed.</c>

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If<00:12:46.909><c> wickedness</c><00:12:47.649><c> or</c><00:12:48.009><c> wrath</c><00:12:48.330><c> or</c><00:12:48.590><c> evil</c><00:12:48.909><c> is</c><00:12:49.190><c> found</c><00:12:49.389><c> in</c><00:12:49.549><c> you,</c><00:12:50.110><c> then</c>

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And<00:12:52.970><c> it</c><00:12:53.090><c> tells</c><00:12:53.389><c> us</c><00:12:54.090><c> right</c><00:12:54.509><c> from</c><00:12:54.730><c> the</c><00:12:54.870><c> outset</c><00:12:55.330><c> the</c><00:12:55.929><c> values</c>

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Worthiness<00:13:06.570><c> in</c><00:13:07.070><c> my</c><00:13:07.370><c> kingdom</c><00:13:07.750><c> is</c><00:13:08.269><c> going</c><00:13:08.389><c> to</c><00:13:08.509><c> be</c><00:13:08.649><c> something</c><00:13:08.950><c> you</c>

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aspire<00:13:09.730><c> to.</c>

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Wickedness<00:13:11.950><c> in</c><00:13:12.110><c> my</c><00:13:12.409><c> kingdom</c><00:13:12.830><c> is</c><00:13:13.289><c> something</c><00:13:13.690><c> that</c><00:13:13.809><c> will</c><00:13:14.009><c> be</c>

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And<00:13:15.970><c> in</c><00:13:16.669><c> my</c><00:13:16.990><c> kingdom,</c><00:13:17.750><c> there</c><00:13:17.850><c> are</c><00:13:18.149><c> going</c><00:13:18.389><c> to</c><00:13:18.570><c> be</c><00:13:18.850><c> consequences.</c>

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And<00:13:20.950><c> you</c><00:13:21.029><c> can</c><00:13:21.549><c> identify</c><00:13:22.110><c> right</c><00:13:22.450><c> from</c><00:13:22.669><c> these</c><00:13:22.889><c> opening</c><00:13:23.169><c> words</c>

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Second<00:13:32.389><c> thing</c><00:13:32.590><c> is,</c><00:13:32.710><c> do</c><00:13:32.809><c> you</c><00:13:32.909><c> notice</c><00:13:33.190><c> this</c><00:13:33.529><c> rather</c><00:13:33.830><c> interesting</c><00:13:34.429><c> blend</c>

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of<00:13:35.190><c> mercy</c><00:13:35.730><c> and</c><00:13:36.350><c> judgment?</c>

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It's<00:13:54.509><c> a</c><00:13:54.529><c> rather</c><00:13:54.830><c> unusual</c><00:13:55.309><c> extension</c><00:13:55.870><c> of</c><00:13:56.429><c> mercy</c><00:13:56.769><c> here</c>

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But<00:13:59.289><c> you</c><00:13:59.450><c> also</c><00:13:59.850><c> see</c><00:14:00.210><c> a</c><00:14:00.409><c> steely</c><00:14:00.610><c> resolve.</c>

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There's<00:14:01.669><c> steel</c><00:14:02.029><c> beneath</c><00:14:02.429><c> the</c><00:14:02.690><c> velvet</c><00:14:02.929><c> glove.</c>

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But<00:14:03.789><c> if</c><00:14:04.029><c> you</c><00:14:04.269><c> show</c><00:14:04.450><c> wickedness,</c><00:14:06.070><c> this</c><00:14:06.230><c> young</c><00:14:06.490><c> 19</c><00:14:06.850><c>-year</c><00:14:07.090><c>-old</c><00:14:07.190><c> or</c>

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18<00:14:07.610><c>-year</c><00:14:07.789><c>-old</c><00:14:07.870><c> is</c><00:14:08.049><c> saying,</c>

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if<00:14:08.590><c> you're</c><00:14:08.850><c> wicked,</c><00:14:09.710><c> you'll</c><00:14:10.409><c> die.</c>

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And<00:14:12.470><c> you</c><00:14:12.629><c> pick</c><00:14:12.789><c> up</c><00:14:13.029><c> the</c><00:14:13.309><c> strength</c><00:14:13.549><c> and</c><00:14:13.789><c> resolve</c><00:14:14.210><c> that's</c><00:14:14.509><c> there.</c>

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But<00:14:15.690><c> you</c><00:14:15.730><c> know,</c><00:14:15.929><c> just</c><00:14:16.129><c> passing</c><00:14:16.409><c> this</c><00:14:16.690><c> judgment</c>

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and<00:14:17.370><c> sending</c><00:14:17.669><c> the</c><00:14:17.889><c> message</c><00:14:18.210><c> off</c><00:14:18.590><c> bravely</c><00:14:19.070><c> by</c><00:14:19.330><c> someone</c><00:14:19.610><c> else</c>

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was<00:14:20.629><c> not</c><00:14:20.950><c> sufficient.</c>

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You<00:14:22.169><c> see,</c><00:14:22.289><c> this</c><00:14:22.490><c> man's</c><00:14:23.509><c> wise.</c>

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He's<00:14:24.570><c> wise</c><00:14:24.789><c> enough</c><00:14:24.990><c> to</c><00:14:25.269><c> understand</c><00:14:25.850><c> that</c><00:14:26.230><c> he</c><00:14:26.409><c> needs</c><00:14:26.710><c> to</c><00:14:26.970><c> bring</c>

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Adonijah<00:14:27.789><c> into</c><00:14:28.470><c> his</c><00:14:28.950><c> presence</c><00:14:29.610><c> physically</c><00:14:30.470><c> and</c><00:14:31.389><c> personally.</c>

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It's<00:14:33.710><c> a</c><00:14:33.789><c> bit</c><00:14:33.889><c> like</c><00:14:34.129><c> these</c><00:14:34.409><c> days,</c><00:14:34.590><c> you</c><00:14:34.750><c> know,</c><00:14:34.889><c> you</c><00:14:34.909><c> get</c><00:14:35.029><c> the</c>

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email<00:14:35.629><c> warrior</c>

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who<00:14:37.210><c> types</c><00:14:37.470><c> out</c><00:14:37.809><c> strong,</c><00:14:38.429><c> brave</c><00:14:38.789><c> words</c><00:14:39.309><c> on</c><00:14:39.830><c> the</c><00:14:39.990><c> email</c>

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and<00:14:40.970><c> then</c><00:14:41.070><c> he</c><00:14:41.330><c> summons</c><00:14:41.730><c> the</c><00:14:41.990><c> moral</c><00:14:42.289><c> courage</c><00:14:42.809><c> and</c><00:14:43.190><c> internal</c><00:14:43.529><c> fortitude</c>

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to<00:14:44.450><c> push</c><00:14:44.690><c> the</c><00:14:44.929><c> send</c><00:14:45.190><c> button.</c>

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Not<00:14:47.429><c> so</c><00:14:47.629><c> with</c><00:14:47.830><c> Solomon.</c>

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He<00:14:48.990><c> says,</c><00:14:49.970><c> bring</c><00:14:50.090><c> him</c><00:14:50.450><c> to</c><00:14:50.769><c> me.</c>

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And<00:14:51.590><c> so</c><00:14:51.730><c> the</c><00:14:51.889><c> record</c><00:14:52.110><c> says</c><00:14:52.350><c> they</c><00:14:52.870><c> brought</c><00:14:53.169><c> him</c><00:14:53.350><c> down</c><00:14:53.649><c> from</c><00:14:53.850><c> the</c><00:14:54.009><c> altar.</c>

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He<00:14:54.629><c> came</c><00:14:54.889><c> and</c><00:14:55.070><c> he</c><00:14:55.269><c> bowed</c><00:14:55.409><c> himself</c><00:14:55.809><c> to</c><00:14:55.990><c> King</c><00:14:56.149><c> Solomon.</c>

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And<00:14:56.909><c> in</c><00:14:57.009><c> your</c><00:14:57.210><c> mind,</c><00:14:57.429><c> see</c><00:14:57.610><c> the</c><00:14:57.870><c> scene.</c>

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Here's<00:14:58.570><c> the</c><00:14:58.669><c> young</c><00:14:58.850><c> man,</c><00:14:59.409><c> Adonijah.</c>

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He's<00:15:00.269><c> a</c><00:15:00.269><c> bit</c><00:15:00.409><c> older</c><00:15:00.590><c> than</c><00:15:00.789><c> Solomon.</c>

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He<00:15:01.289><c> comes</c><00:15:01.549><c> and</c><00:15:01.730><c> he</c><00:15:01.950><c> falls</c><00:15:02.149><c> down</c><00:15:02.450><c> on</c><00:15:02.590><c> the</c><00:15:02.750><c> ground</c><00:15:02.929><c> in</c><00:15:03.129><c> front</c><00:15:03.269><c> of</c><00:15:03.509><c> Solomon.</c>

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And<00:15:05.789><c> Solomon</c><00:15:05.970><c> eyeballs</c><00:15:06.450><c> him.</c>

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And<00:15:08.250><c> he</c><00:15:08.370><c> says,</c><00:15:10.090><c> go</c><00:15:10.269><c> to</c><00:15:10.490><c> your</c><00:15:10.629><c> house.</c>

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See<00:15:12.809><c> what</c><00:15:12.889><c> he's</c><00:15:13.090><c> doing?</c>

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He's<00:15:15.210><c> asserting</c><00:15:15.730><c> authority</c><00:15:16.750><c> over</c><00:15:17.350><c> Adonijah.</c>

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It's<00:15:18.289><c> no</c><00:15:18.549><c> question</c><00:15:19.070><c> about</c><00:15:19.850><c> who</c><00:15:20.169><c> is</c><00:15:20.409><c> in</c><00:15:20.649><c> control</c><00:15:21.230><c> with</c><00:15:21.730><c> this</c>

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particular<00:15:23.230><c> matter.</c>

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By<00:15:25.029><c> the</c><00:15:25.190><c> way,</c><00:15:25.509><c> whilst</c><00:15:25.610><c> this</c><00:15:25.809><c> is</c><00:15:25.950><c> all</c><00:15:26.090><c> happening,</c><00:15:26.529><c> where's</c><00:15:26.750><c> David?</c>

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He's<00:15:27.950><c> still</c><00:15:28.169><c> around.</c>

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David's<00:15:30.830><c> still</c><00:15:31.029><c> around,</c><00:15:31.690><c> but</c><00:15:31.789><c> he's</c><00:15:31.950><c> in</c><00:15:32.049><c> the</c><00:15:32.129><c> background.</c>

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And<00:15:33.149><c> he's</c><00:15:33.309><c> left</c><00:15:33.529><c> the</c><00:15:33.850><c> dealing</c><00:15:34.289><c> with</c><00:15:34.830><c> these</c><00:15:35.149><c> issues</c><00:15:35.710><c> to</c><00:15:36.110><c> Solomon</c><00:15:36.529><c> to</c><00:15:36.870><c> handle.</c>

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By<00:15:39.450><c> the</c><00:15:39.590><c> way,</c><00:15:39.830><c> also,</c><00:15:40.750><c> when</c><00:15:40.850><c> he</c><00:15:41.070><c> says</c><00:15:41.210><c> there,</c><00:15:41.750><c> if</c><00:15:41.750><c> he</c><00:15:42.009><c> shows</c><00:15:42.250><c> himself</c><00:15:42.750><c> a</c>

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worthy<00:15:43.429><c> man,</c>

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in<00:15:43.970><c> verse</c><00:15:44.169><c> 52,</c><00:15:44.570><c> the</c><00:15:44.690><c> word</c><00:15:44.870><c> for</c><00:15:45.110><c> man</c><00:15:45.350><c> there</c><00:15:45.570><c> is</c><00:15:45.769><c> a</c><00:15:46.330><c> rather</c><00:15:46.649><c> unexpected</c><00:15:47.230><c> word.</c>

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What<00:15:48.070><c> are</c><00:15:48.190><c> the</c><00:15:48.350><c> normal</c><00:15:48.590><c> words</c><00:15:48.870><c> for</c><00:15:49.110><c> man?</c>

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Well,<00:15:49.809><c> we</c><00:15:49.990><c> have</c><00:15:50.509><c> Adam,</c><00:15:51.690><c> it's</c><00:15:52.009><c> not</c><00:15:52.230><c> Adam.</c>

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We<00:15:53.750><c> have</c><00:15:54.169><c> Ish,</c><00:15:55.110><c> it's</c><00:15:55.470><c> not</c><00:15:55.669><c> Ish.</c>

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Sometimes<00:15:57.309><c> we</c><00:15:57.570><c> have</c><00:15:57.789><c> Gibor,</c><00:15:58.230><c> the</c><00:15:58.409><c> mighty</c><00:15:58.710><c> man.</c>

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It's<00:15:59.929><c> not</c><00:16:00.110><c> Gibor.</c>

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You<00:16:01.470><c> know</c><00:16:01.509><c> what</c><00:16:01.610><c> the</c><00:16:01.750><c> word</c><00:16:01.850><c> is</c><00:16:02.009><c> for</c><00:16:02.210><c> men?</c>

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It's<00:16:03.970><c> the</c><00:16:04.090><c> word</c><00:16:04.250><c> Ben,</c><00:16:05.809><c> which</c><00:16:06.049><c> means</c><00:16:06.350><c> a</c><00:16:06.649><c> son,</c><00:16:07.389><c> or</c><00:16:07.809><c> can</c><00:16:08.110><c> also</c><00:16:08.370><c> mean,</c><00:16:08.750><c> by</c><00:16:08.750><c> extension,</c>

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a<00:16:09.710><c> member</c><00:16:09.909><c> of</c><00:16:10.070><c> a</c><00:16:10.230><c> family,</c><00:16:11.250><c> what</c><00:16:11.389><c> Solomon's</c><00:16:11.990><c> saying</c><00:16:12.090><c> to</c><00:16:12.289><c> his</c>

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older<00:16:12.490><c> brother.</c>

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If<00:16:14.690><c> you</c><00:16:15.009><c> show</c><00:16:15.269><c> yourself</c><00:16:16.009><c> to</c><00:16:17.169><c> be</c><00:16:17.389><c> a</c><00:16:17.710><c> worthy</c><00:16:18.070><c> son</c><00:16:18.529><c> of</c><00:16:18.830><c> our</c><00:16:19.049><c> father,</c>

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a<00:16:21.169><c> worthy</c><00:16:21.549><c> member</c><00:16:21.970><c> of</c><00:16:22.289><c> our</c><00:16:22.509><c> family,</c><00:16:23.990><c> then</c><00:16:24.190><c> you'll</c><00:16:24.450><c> live.</c>

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If<00:16:26.289><c> there's</c><00:16:26.529><c> wickedness,</c><00:16:26.909><c> you'll</c><00:16:27.129><c> die.</c>

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Now,<00:16:28.110><c> those</c><00:16:28.169><c> are</c><00:16:28.730><c> the</c><00:16:28.789><c> criteria</c><00:16:29.230><c> the</c><00:16:29.409><c> Lord</c><00:16:29.529><c> Jesus</c><00:16:29.909><c> Christ</c><00:16:30.190><c> will</c><00:16:30.429><c> use</c>

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when<00:16:31.370><c> he</c><00:16:31.549><c> sits</c><00:16:31.750><c> upon</c><00:16:32.009><c> his</c><00:16:32.309><c> throne</c><00:16:32.590><c> and</c><00:16:33.210><c> establishes</c><00:16:33.789><c> his</c><00:16:34.070><c> moral</c><00:16:34.370><c> values</c><00:16:34.730><c> as</c><00:16:34.990><c> king.</c>

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If<00:16:36.029><c> you're</c><00:16:36.330><c> a</c><00:16:36.490><c> worthy</c><00:16:36.789><c> member</c><00:16:37.210><c> of</c><00:16:37.509><c> my</c><00:16:37.809><c> father's</c><00:16:38.389><c> household,</c>

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you'll<00:16:39.370><c> live.</c>

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But<00:16:40.789><c> if</c><00:16:40.990><c> wickedness</c><00:16:41.570><c> is</c><00:16:41.909><c> found</c><00:16:42.169><c> in</c><00:16:42.490><c> you,</c><00:16:43.269><c> then</c><00:16:43.629><c> you</c><00:16:43.950><c> will</c><00:16:44.190><c> die.</c>

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Well,<00:16:46.210><c> so</c><00:16:46.370><c> much</c><00:16:46.590><c> for</c><00:16:46.769><c> Adonijah,</c><00:16:47.429><c> but</c><00:16:47.570><c> there's</c><00:16:47.809><c> three</c><00:16:48.049><c> ringleaders,</c><00:16:48.529><c> aren't</c><00:16:48.669><c> there?</c>

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What<00:16:48.990><c> about</c><00:16:49.149><c> the</c><00:16:49.389><c> other</c><00:16:49.570><c> two</c><00:16:49.830><c> who,</c><00:16:50.289><c> in</c><00:16:50.490><c> chapter</c><00:16:50.730><c> one</c><00:16:50.970><c> and</c>

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verse<00:16:51.350><c> seven,</c>

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had<00:16:52.409><c> conferred</c><00:16:53.789><c> with</c><00:16:54.269><c> Adonijah?</c>

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What<00:16:55.750><c> about</c><00:16:56.250><c> Joab,</c><00:16:57.809><c> the</c><00:16:57.990><c> grizzled</c><00:16:58.610><c> old</c><00:16:59.210><c> warhorse,</c><00:17:01.090><c> that</c>

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battle<00:17:02.570><c>-scarred</c><00:17:03.269><c> veteran,</c>

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uncompromising,<00:17:06.289><c> tough,</c><00:17:07.269><c> and</c><00:17:07.430><c> ruthless?</c>

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He's<00:17:09.109><c> still</c><00:17:09.650><c> the</c><00:17:10.150><c> head</c><00:17:10.529><c> of</c><00:17:10.890><c> the</c><00:17:11.069><c> armed</c><00:17:11.289><c> forces.</c>

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And<00:17:12.490><c> what</c><00:17:12.670><c> about</c><00:17:13.049><c> Abiathar,</c><00:17:13.789><c> the</c><00:17:13.930><c> high</c><00:17:14.190><c> priest</c><00:17:14.430><c> himself,</c><00:17:15.049><c> and</c>

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he's<00:17:15.809><c> a</c><00:17:15.970><c> traitor.</c>

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These<00:17:16.890><c> are</c><00:17:17.309><c> extremely</c><00:17:18.309><c> dangerous</c><00:17:19.150><c> men</c><00:17:19.769><c> to</c><00:17:20.470><c> have</c><00:17:20.869><c> on</c><00:17:21.349><c> the</c><00:17:21.549><c> loose</c><00:17:21.849><c> in</c>

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your<00:17:22.450><c> new</c><00:17:22.650><c> kingdom.</c>

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So<00:17:23.950><c> what's</c><00:17:24.269><c> he</c><00:17:24.390><c> going</c><00:17:24.529><c> to</c><00:17:24.710><c> say</c><00:17:24.970><c> to</c><00:17:26.369><c> them?</c>

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Nothing.

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Silence.

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He<00:17:33.690><c> says</c><00:17:33.970><c> absolutely</c><00:17:34.829><c> nothing</c><00:17:35.549><c> to</c><00:17:35.670><c> them</c><00:17:35.849><c> at</c><00:17:36.089><c> all.</c>

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Not<00:17:36.710><c> a</c><00:17:36.849><c> word,</c><00:17:38.069><c> not</c><00:17:38.190><c> a</c><00:17:38.349><c> rebuke,</c><00:17:39.410><c> just</c><00:17:40.109><c> silence.</c>

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Silence.

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Can<00:17:43.130><c> you</c><00:17:43.390><c> imagine</c><00:17:43.829><c> the</c><00:17:44.230><c> tensions</c><00:17:44.789><c> sitting</c><00:17:45.630><c> below</c><00:17:46.369><c> the</c><00:17:46.670><c> surface</c><00:17:47.289><c> in</c>

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this<00:17:47.970><c> realm</c>

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after<00:17:49.549><c> Joab</c><00:17:50.089><c> and</c><00:17:50.609><c> Abiathar</c><00:17:51.289><c> have</c><00:17:51.690><c> returned</c><00:17:52.190><c> to</c><00:17:52.369><c> their</c><00:17:52.549><c> homes?</c>

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And<00:17:55.109><c> what</c><00:17:55.410><c> do</c><00:17:55.589><c> you</c><00:17:55.789><c> think</c><00:17:56.089><c> that</c><00:17:56.349><c> those</c><00:17:56.809><c> two</c><00:17:57.329><c> highly</c><00:17:57.849><c> experienced</c><00:17:58.789><c> and</c><00:17:59.170><c> wily</c>

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old<00:18:00.009><c> individuals</c><00:18:00.609><c> are</c><00:18:00.849><c> doing</c>

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or<00:18:02.069><c> thinking?</c>

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They've<00:18:04.569><c> seen</c><00:18:04.769><c> a</c><00:18:04.910><c> lot</c><00:18:05.029><c> on</c><00:18:05.190><c> their</c><00:18:05.349><c> day,</c><00:18:06.250><c> and</c><00:18:06.730><c> now</c><00:18:06.930><c> they're</c><00:18:07.069><c> sitting</c><00:18:07.329><c> back</c>

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at<00:18:07.849><c> home,</c>

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and<00:18:09.089><c> they're</c><00:18:09.750><c> watching,</c><00:18:10.809><c> and</c><00:18:10.869><c> they're</c><00:18:11.089><c> waiting,</c><00:18:12.450><c> they're</c>

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thinking,<00:18:13.950><c> and</c><00:18:14.029><c> they're</c><00:18:14.390><c> strategizing.</c>

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So<00:18:16.349><c> let's</c><00:18:16.589><c> take</c><00:18:16.849><c> Joab.</c>

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What<00:18:17.609><c> do</c><00:18:17.710><c> you</c><00:18:17.730><c> reckon</c><00:18:17.950><c> would</c><00:18:18.130><c> have</c><00:18:18.309><c> happened</c><00:18:18.490><c> if</c><00:18:18.750><c> the</c><00:18:18.950><c> roles</c>

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had<00:18:19.289><c> been</c><00:18:19.450><c> reversed</c>

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and<00:18:19.990><c> Joab</c><00:18:20.390><c> had</c><00:18:20.670><c> been</c><00:18:20.910><c> sitting</c><00:18:21.049><c> on</c><00:18:21.230><c> the</c><00:18:21.410><c> throne</c><00:18:21.529><c> and</c><00:18:21.730><c> Solomon</c>

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had<00:18:22.190><c> rebelled</c><00:18:22.410><c> against</c><00:18:22.670><c> him?</c>

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I<00:18:23.910><c> don't</c><00:18:24.130><c> think</c><00:18:24.250><c> we</c><00:18:24.430><c> need</c><00:18:24.569><c> much</c><00:18:24.829><c> imagination</c><00:18:25.410><c> to</c><00:18:25.670><c> know</c><00:18:25.849><c> how</c>

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Joab<00:18:26.569><c> would</c><00:18:26.890><c> have</c><00:18:27.130><c> handled</c><00:18:27.490><c> the</c><00:18:27.690><c> situation.</c>

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You<00:18:28.990><c> know,</c><00:18:29.069><c> there</c><00:18:29.130><c> was</c><00:18:29.329><c> something</c><00:18:29.549><c> about</c><00:18:29.990><c> the</c><00:18:30.269><c> idea</c><00:18:30.470><c> of</c><00:18:30.750><c> Solomon</c><00:18:31.069><c> being</c><00:18:31.410><c> king,</c>

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which<00:18:32.250><c> Joab</c><00:18:32.589><c> hadn't</c><00:18:32.950><c> liked.</c>

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It<00:18:33.349><c> was</c><00:18:33.470><c> not</c><00:18:33.630><c> going</c><00:18:33.730><c> to</c><00:18:33.829><c> be</c><00:18:33.930><c> as</c><00:18:34.150><c> advantageous</c><00:18:34.769><c> for</c><00:18:34.990><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:18:35.930><c> precisely</c><00:18:36.450><c> why</c><00:18:36.890><c> he</c><00:18:37.130><c> backed</c><00:18:37.309><c> out</c><00:18:37.509><c> of</c><00:18:37.650><c> Niger.</c>

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Even<00:18:38.930><c> though</c><00:18:39.329><c> Solomon</c><00:18:39.690><c> had</c><00:18:39.950><c> been</c><00:18:40.470><c> appointed</c><00:18:40.990><c> to</c><00:18:41.170><c> be</c><00:18:41.349><c> the</c><00:18:41.549><c> king</c>

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by<00:18:42.690><c> David.</c>

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But<00:18:44.690><c> unfortunately,</c><00:18:45.529><c> it's</c><00:18:45.690><c> happened.</c>

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Solomon<00:18:46.630><c> is</c><00:18:47.150><c> now</c><00:18:47.430><c> king.</c>

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I'm<00:18:48.930><c> on</c><00:18:49.069><c> the</c><00:18:49.190><c> wrong</c><00:18:49.390><c> side</c><00:18:49.569><c> of</c><00:18:49.750><c> the</c><00:18:49.869><c> fence.</c>

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What<00:18:51.609><c> should</c><00:18:51.849><c> be</c><00:18:52.109><c> my</c><00:18:52.289><c> next</c><00:18:52.630><c> move?</c>

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And<00:18:53.289><c> you</c><00:18:53.369><c> can</c><00:18:53.529><c> imagine</c><00:18:53.829><c> Joab's</c><00:18:54.309><c> thoughts.</c>

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Solomon<00:18:55.589><c> hasn't</c><00:18:55.930><c> moved</c><00:18:56.210><c> on</c><00:18:56.390><c> me</c><00:18:56.529><c> yet.</c>

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Is<00:18:57.269><c> he</c><00:18:57.369><c> too</c><00:18:57.609><c> weak</c><00:18:57.730><c> to</c><00:18:57.970><c> take</c><00:18:58.069><c> me</c><00:18:58.269><c> on?</c>

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What's<00:18:59.170><c> going</c><00:18:59.369><c> on</c><00:18:59.549><c> here?</c>

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Is<00:18:59.789><c> he</c><00:19:00.029><c> ignoring</c><00:19:00.250><c> me?</c>

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What<00:19:00.970><c> are</c><00:19:01.109><c> my</c><00:19:01.309><c> options?</c>

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How<00:19:02.329><c> can</c><00:19:02.490><c> I</c><00:19:02.730><c> consolidate</c><00:19:03.190><c> my</c><00:19:03.450><c> position?</c>

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How<00:19:04.089><c> can</c><00:19:04.309><c> I</c><00:19:04.549><c> ensure</c><00:19:04.809><c> my</c><00:19:05.190><c> safety?</c>

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And<00:19:06.250><c> then,</c><00:19:07.190><c> you</c><00:19:07.250><c> know,</c><00:19:07.490><c> where</c><00:19:07.609><c> there's</c><00:19:07.829><c> life,</c><00:19:08.250><c> there's</c><00:19:08.289><c> hope.</c>

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And<00:19:09.309><c> I'm</c><00:19:09.569><c> not</c><00:19:09.789><c> the</c><00:19:09.970><c> sort</c><00:19:10.109><c> of</c><00:19:10.269><c> person</c><00:19:10.569><c> to</c><00:19:10.789><c> take</c><00:19:11.049><c> things</c><00:19:11.490><c> lying</c><00:19:11.950><c> down.</c>

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I<00:19:13.869><c> can</c><00:19:14.009><c> imagine</c><00:19:14.390><c> two</c><00:19:14.730><c> old</c><00:19:15.049><c> men</c><00:19:15.289><c> here,</c><00:19:16.289><c> very</c><00:19:16.690><c> ill</c><00:19:16.970><c> at</c><00:19:17.250><c> ease</c><00:19:17.529><c> and</c>

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rather<00:19:18.269><c> on</c><00:19:18.690><c> tenterhooks.</c>

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But<00:19:20.430><c> nothing</c><00:19:20.630><c> happens.</c>

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Days<00:19:23.029><c> pass</c><00:19:23.630><c> into</c><00:19:23.950><c> weeks</c><00:19:24.589><c> and</c><00:19:25.430><c> weeks</c><00:19:25.769><c> pass</c><00:19:26.529><c> into</c><00:19:27.029><c> months.</c>

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Until<00:19:29.029><c> finally</c><00:19:29.450><c> the</c><00:19:29.670><c> time</c><00:19:29.809><c> arrives</c><00:19:30.309><c> when</c><00:19:30.569><c> the</c><00:19:30.769><c> old</c><00:19:31.009><c> king</c><00:19:31.269><c> senses</c><00:19:31.650><c> that</c>

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he's<00:19:31.970><c> on</c><00:19:32.170><c> his</c><00:19:32.349><c> way</c><00:19:32.569><c> out</c>

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and<00:19:32.950><c> he</c><00:19:33.529><c> crowns</c><00:19:34.210><c> Solomon</c><00:19:34.529><c> king</c><00:19:34.970><c> second</c><00:19:35.529><c> time.</c>

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Keep<00:19:37.029><c> a</c><00:19:37.210><c> hand</c><00:19:37.329><c> there,</c><00:19:37.630><c> a</c><00:19:37.690><c> marker</c><00:19:37.890><c> in</c><00:19:38.069><c> 1</c><00:19:38.269><c> Kings</c><00:19:38.549><c> 1.</c>

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We're<00:19:38.930><c> going</c><00:19:39.009><c> to</c><00:19:39.150><c> flick</c><00:19:39.269><c> back</c><00:19:39.529><c> to</c><00:19:39.690><c> it</c><00:19:39.970><c> in</c><00:19:40.289><c> fairly</c><00:19:40.390><c> quick</c><00:19:40.589><c> order.</c>

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But<00:19:41.450><c> across</c><00:19:41.630><c> in</c><00:19:41.849><c> 1</c><00:19:42.089><c> Chronicles</c><00:19:42.630><c> 29,</c><00:19:43.730><c> we</c><00:19:43.849><c> read</c><00:19:44.250><c> of</c><00:19:44.490><c> that</c><00:19:45.769><c> second</c>

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coronation<00:19:47.230><c> of</c><00:19:47.529><c> Solomon.</c>

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We've<00:19:49.930><c> read</c><00:19:50.049><c> the</c><00:19:50.230><c> verse</c><00:19:50.390><c> already.</c>

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They<00:19:51.029><c> did</c><00:19:51.210><c> eat,</c><00:19:51.390><c> they</c><00:19:51.589><c> drank.</c>

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This<00:19:52.069><c> is</c><00:19:52.309><c> 1</c><00:19:52.509><c> Chronicles</c><00:19:53.029><c> 29</c><00:19:53.470><c> verse</c><00:19:53.710><c> 22.</c>

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Before<00:19:54.529><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:54.869><c> on</c><00:19:55.029><c> that</c><00:19:55.190><c> day</c><00:19:55.329><c> with</c><00:19:55.529><c> great</c><00:19:55.809><c> gladness.</c>

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And<00:19:56.630><c> they</c><00:19:56.809><c> made</c><00:19:57.029><c> Solomon</c><00:19:57.430><c> the</c><00:19:57.589><c> son</c><00:19:57.750><c> of</c><00:19:57.849><c> David</c><00:19:58.230><c> king</c><00:19:58.490><c> the</c><00:19:58.750><c> second</c><00:19:58.990><c> time</c>

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and<00:19:59.690><c> anointed</c><00:20:00.009><c> him</c><00:20:00.430><c> unto</c><00:20:00.730><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:01.190><c> to</c><00:20:01.390><c> be</c><00:20:01.490><c> the</c><00:20:01.650><c> chief</c><00:20:01.869><c> governor.</c>

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And<00:20:02.970><c> Zadok</c><00:20:03.190><c> to</c><00:20:03.390><c> be</c><00:20:03.569><c> the</c><00:20:03.789><c> priest.</c>

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Zadok<00:20:07.049><c> to</c><00:20:07.190><c> be</c><00:20:07.329><c> the</c><00:20:07.470><c> priest.</c>

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So<00:20:09.450><c> put</c><00:20:09.730><c> yourself</c><00:20:10.130><c> in</c><00:20:10.349><c> a</c><00:20:10.490><c> buy</c><00:20:10.670><c> of</c><00:20:10.829><c> his</c><00:20:11.089><c> shoes.</c>

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What's<00:20:13.170><c> just</c><00:20:13.829><c> happened?</c>

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He's<00:20:15.890><c> just</c><00:20:16.130><c> been</c><00:20:16.309><c> superseded.</c>

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He<00:20:18.029><c> has</c><00:20:18.329><c> just</c><00:20:18.950><c> been</c><00:20:19.910><c> publicly</c><00:20:20.730><c> sacked.</c>

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Zadok<00:20:23.150><c> has</c><00:20:23.509><c> just</c><00:20:24.069><c> formally</c><00:20:24.829><c> in</c><00:20:25.349><c> a</c><00:20:25.630><c> ceremony</c><00:20:26.049><c> been</c><00:20:26.710><c> made</c><00:20:26.990><c> high</c>

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priest<00:20:27.769><c> instead</c><00:20:28.569><c> of</c><00:20:28.769><c> him.</c>

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Public<00:20:30.190><c> humiliation</c><00:20:31.289><c> because</c><00:20:32.069><c> the</c><00:20:32.369><c> role</c><00:20:32.569><c> of</c><00:20:32.849><c> high</c><00:20:33.069><c> priest</c>

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has<00:20:34.049><c> been</c><00:20:34.349><c> removed.</c>

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You<00:20:35.789><c> know,</c><00:20:36.009><c> the</c><00:20:36.009><c> record's</c><00:20:36.589><c> sparse,</c><00:20:37.710><c> but</c><00:20:37.809><c> read</c><00:20:38.049><c> what's</c><00:20:38.470><c> said.</c>

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Think<00:20:39.650><c> through</c><00:20:39.890><c> the</c><00:20:40.089><c> implications</c><00:20:40.789><c> and</c><00:20:41.509><c> think</c><00:20:41.809><c> through</c><00:20:42.049><c> the</c><00:20:42.410><c> conversations</c>

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which<00:20:43.190><c> would</c><00:20:43.390><c> have</c><00:20:43.509><c> taken</c><00:20:43.690><c> place</c><00:20:44.190><c> around</c><00:20:44.650><c> the</c><00:20:44.910><c> dining</c><00:20:45.109><c> rooms</c>

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in<00:20:45.750><c> Israel</c><00:20:46.250><c> in</c><00:20:46.710><c> those</c><00:20:47.009><c> days.</c>

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Here<00:20:48.029><c> is</c><00:20:48.269><c> an</c><00:20:48.470><c> old</c><00:20:48.789><c> man</c><00:20:49.109><c> who</c><00:20:49.349><c> has</c><00:20:49.650><c> been</c><00:20:49.990><c> thrust</c><00:20:50.450><c> out</c><00:20:51.130><c> of</c><00:20:51.369><c> his</c><00:20:51.710><c> role</c>

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as<00:20:52.529><c> the</c><00:20:52.849><c> spiritual</c><00:20:53.269><c> head</c><00:20:53.690><c> of</c><00:20:54.069><c> that</c><00:20:54.329><c> nation.</c>

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He<00:20:55.170><c> has</c><00:20:55.410><c> had</c><00:20:55.690><c> to</c><00:20:56.049><c> stand</c><00:20:56.369><c> by</c><00:20:56.769><c> as</c><00:20:57.230><c> another</c><00:20:57.730><c> man</c><00:20:58.390><c> is</c><00:20:58.730><c> given</c><00:20:59.009><c> his</c><00:20:59.430><c> role.</c>

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Can<00:21:00.630><c> you</c><00:21:01.049><c> imagine</c><00:21:01.690><c> how</c><00:21:02.130><c> that</c><00:21:02.410><c> would</c><00:21:02.750><c> have</c><00:21:03.130><c> irked</c><00:21:03.509><c> a</c><00:21:03.829><c> biopher?</c>

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How<00:21:05.789><c> galling</c><00:21:06.450><c> that</c><00:21:06.950><c> would</c><00:21:07.170><c> have</c><00:21:07.390><c> been.</c>

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I<00:21:08.650><c> can</c><00:21:08.869><c> imagine</c><00:21:09.349><c> a</c><00:21:09.990><c> bitter</c><00:21:10.250><c> old</c><00:21:10.829><c> man</c><00:21:11.529><c> retreating</c><00:21:12.509><c> to</c><00:21:12.769><c> his</c><00:21:12.950><c> home</c>

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to<00:21:13.769><c> nurse</c><00:21:14.029><c> his</c><00:21:14.250><c> grievances.</c>

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And<00:21:15.910><c> now</c><00:21:16.410><c> the</c><00:21:16.769><c> scene</c><00:21:17.109><c> is</c><00:21:17.650><c> set.</c>

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Well<00:21:19.970><c> now</c><00:21:20.069><c> on</c><00:21:20.190><c> his</c><00:21:20.410><c> deathbed,</c><00:21:20.849><c> David</c><00:21:21.230><c> calls</c><00:21:21.650><c> Solomon</c><00:21:22.069><c> to</c><00:21:22.390><c> him</c>

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and<00:21:22.849><c> he</c><00:21:22.970><c> gives</c><00:21:23.210><c> him</c><00:21:23.470><c> some</c><00:21:23.750><c> last</c><00:21:24.289><c> private</c><00:21:24.769><c> words.</c>

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You<00:21:25.569><c> know,</c><00:21:25.750><c> he's</c><00:21:25.930><c> well</c><00:21:26.109><c> and</c><00:21:26.250><c> truly</c><00:21:26.450><c> said</c><00:21:26.730><c> most</c><00:21:27.089><c> of</c><00:21:27.210><c> what's</c><00:21:27.450><c> to</c>

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be<00:21:27.710><c> said.</c>

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We've<00:21:28.029><c> already</c><00:21:28.269><c> seen</c><00:21:28.650><c> both</c><00:21:28.990><c> his</c><00:21:29.250><c> private</c><00:21:29.569><c> comments</c><00:21:29.869><c> to</c><00:21:30.130><c> Solomon</c>

00:21:30.390 --> 00:21:34.190
and<00:21:30.750><c> then</c><00:21:30.950><c> his</c><00:21:31.210><c> public</c><00:21:31.730><c> comments</c><00:21:32.369><c> when</c><00:21:32.650><c> he</c><00:21:32.829><c> gave</c><00:21:32.990><c> him</c><00:21:33.150><c> the</c><00:21:33.410><c> charge</c><00:21:33.809><c> to</c>

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build<00:21:34.369><c> a</c><00:21:34.569><c> house.</c>

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But<00:21:35.970><c> there's</c><00:21:37.289><c> something</c><00:21:37.589><c> else</c><00:21:38.109><c> that</c><00:21:38.450><c> he</c><00:21:38.589><c> wanted</c><00:21:38.809><c> to</c><00:21:39.089><c> say.</c>

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Something<00:21:41.849><c> important,</c><00:21:43.289><c> but</c><00:21:43.470><c> altogether</c><00:21:44.150><c> more</c><00:21:44.470><c> personal</c><00:21:45.109><c> and</c>

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more<00:21:46.190><c> private.</c>

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This<00:21:48.009><c> is</c><00:21:48.410><c> something</c><00:21:48.710><c> that</c><00:21:48.910><c> he</c><00:21:49.150><c> hadn't</c><00:21:49.569><c> chosen</c><00:21:50.069><c> to</c><00:21:50.470><c> say</c><00:21:50.970><c> earlier.</c>

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Let's<00:21:52.089><c> go</c><00:21:52.269><c> to</c><00:21:52.410><c> 1</c><00:21:52.609><c> Kings</c><00:21:52.970><c> chapter</c><00:21:53.450><c> 2</c><00:21:54.289><c> and</c><00:21:54.589><c> we'll</c><00:21:54.730><c> pick</c><00:21:54.869><c> up</c><00:21:55.009><c> the</c>

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record<00:21:55.930><c> in</c><00:21:56.750><c> verse...</c>

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Well<00:21:59.650><c> in</c><00:21:59.970><c> verse</c><00:22:00.230><c> 1.</c>

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Now<00:22:01.049><c> the</c><00:22:01.089><c> days</c><00:22:01.349><c> of</c><00:22:01.589><c> David</c><00:22:01.829><c> drew</c><00:22:02.049><c> nigh</c><00:22:02.250><c> that</c><00:22:02.349><c> he</c><00:22:02.529><c> should</c><00:22:02.710><c> die</c><00:22:03.109><c> and</c><00:22:03.549><c> he</c>

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charged<00:22:04.150><c> Solomon</c><00:22:04.609><c> his</c><00:22:04.930><c> son.</c>

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Now<00:22:05.730><c> bear</c><00:22:06.009><c> in</c><00:22:06.210><c> mind</c><00:22:06.349><c> what</c><00:22:06.470><c> we're</c><00:22:06.670><c> talking</c><00:22:06.869><c> about</c><00:22:07.069><c> here.</c>

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There's<00:22:08.710><c> an</c><00:22:08.930><c> elderly</c><00:22:09.250><c> man</c><00:22:09.609><c> here</c><00:22:09.910><c> on</c><00:22:10.190><c> his</c><00:22:10.470><c> deathbed.</c>

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I<00:22:10.890><c> want</c><00:22:11.029><c> you</c><00:22:11.190><c> to</c><00:22:11.369><c> try</c><00:22:11.470><c> and</c><00:22:11.650><c> picture</c><00:22:11.869><c> the</c><00:22:12.150><c> scene.</c>

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Here's<00:22:13.609><c> a</c><00:22:13.769><c> man</c><00:22:14.150><c> who's</c><00:22:14.430><c> on</c><00:22:14.589><c> his</c><00:22:14.849><c> deathbed</c><00:22:15.529><c> and</c><00:22:16.589><c> Solomon</c><00:22:17.009><c> has</c>

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been<00:22:17.609><c> brought</c><00:22:17.869><c> into</c><00:22:18.109><c> his</c><00:22:18.369><c> presence</c>

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to<00:22:19.109><c> receive</c><00:22:19.589><c> the</c><00:22:20.289><c> very</c><00:22:21.089><c> last</c><00:22:21.829><c> words</c><00:22:22.250><c> from</c><00:22:22.410><c> his</c><00:22:22.589><c> father.</c>

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I<00:22:23.309><c> imagine</c><00:22:23.569><c> that</c><00:22:23.789><c> these</c><00:22:23.970><c> words</c><00:22:24.430><c> are</c><00:22:24.890><c> spoken</c><00:22:25.250><c> very</c><00:22:25.930><c> weakly,</c>

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very<00:22:27.970><c> slowly</c>

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by<00:22:30.150><c> an</c><00:22:30.309><c> old</c><00:22:30.670><c> man</c><00:22:31.289><c> who</c><00:22:32.109><c> has</c><00:22:32.329><c> the</c><00:22:32.710><c> last</c><00:22:33.329><c> words</c><00:22:33.869><c> for</c><00:22:34.150><c> his</c><00:22:34.390><c> son.</c>

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And<00:22:35.029><c> what</c><00:22:35.130><c> does</c><00:22:35.170><c> he</c><00:22:35.329><c> say?</c>

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Verse<00:22:36.829><c> 2.</c>

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I<00:22:38.910><c> go</c><00:22:39.130><c> the</c><00:22:39.410><c> way</c><00:22:40.089><c> of</c><00:22:40.690><c> all</c><00:22:40.990><c> the</c><00:22:41.150><c> earth.</c>

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I<00:22:42.509><c> can</c><00:22:42.609><c> imagine</c><00:22:42.849><c> him</c><00:22:43.009><c> reaching</c><00:22:43.269><c> out</c><00:22:43.549><c> a</c><00:22:43.730><c> shaking</c><00:22:43.930><c> hand</c><00:22:44.250><c> and</c><00:22:44.470><c> grabbing</c><00:22:44.769><c> hold</c><00:22:45.069><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:45.410><c> son.</c>

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He<00:22:46.309><c> says,</c><00:22:47.529><c> be</c><00:22:47.529><c> brave,</c><00:22:48.230><c> my</c><00:22:48.390><c> boy,</c><00:22:49.430><c> be</c><00:22:49.690><c> brave.</c>

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I'm<00:22:51.309><c> going</c><00:22:51.470><c> to</c><00:22:51.690><c> die,</c><00:22:52.569><c> but</c><00:22:52.650><c> be</c><00:22:52.950><c> brave.</c>

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Verse<00:22:55.869><c> 3.</c>

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Keep<00:22:57.589><c> the</c><00:22:58.390><c> charge</c><00:22:58.930><c> of</c><00:22:59.289><c> Yahweh.</c>

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That's<00:23:01.349><c> his</c><00:23:01.450><c> perspective.</c>

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Do<00:23:02.630><c> what</c><00:23:02.829><c> God's</c><00:23:03.289><c> asked.</c>

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Why?

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Because<00:23:05.009><c> if</c><00:23:05.269><c> you</c><00:23:05.490><c> do</c><00:23:05.630><c> in</c><00:23:05.849><c> verse</c><00:23:06.049><c> 4,</c><00:23:06.670><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:06.829><c> will</c><00:23:07.069><c> continue</c><00:23:07.410><c> the</c><00:23:07.670><c> word</c><00:23:07.829><c> which</c><00:23:08.009><c> he</c>

00:23:08.190 --> 00:23:09.069
spoke<00:23:08.390><c> to</c><00:23:08.609><c> me.</c>

00:23:09.410 --> 00:23:14.750
Solomon,<00:23:09.789><c> keep</c><00:23:10.210><c> doing</c><00:23:10.490><c> what's</c><00:23:10.930><c> right</c><00:23:11.130><c> because</c><00:23:11.509><c> then</c><00:23:12.069><c> God</c><00:23:12.509><c> will</c><00:23:12.789><c> fulfill</c><00:23:13.130><c> those</c><00:23:13.490><c> promises</c><00:23:14.029><c> which</c><00:23:14.569><c> he</c>

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gave<00:23:14.950><c> me.</c>

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Oh,<00:23:17.890><c> and</c><00:23:18.329><c> by</c><00:23:19.750><c> the</c><00:23:19.990><c> way,</c><00:23:21.890><c> there's</c><00:23:22.029><c> three</c><00:23:22.289><c> things</c><00:23:22.630><c> I</c><00:23:22.809><c> want</c><00:23:22.990><c> you</c>

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to<00:23:23.309><c> do.</c>

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Verse<00:23:25.490><c> 5.</c>

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Joab.

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Joab's<00:23:29.670><c> got</c><00:23:29.970><c> to</c><00:23:30.369><c> die</c><00:23:30.769><c> because</c><00:23:31.589><c> he's</c><00:23:31.849><c> a</c><00:23:32.029><c> murderer.</c>

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He<00:23:33.589><c> was</c><00:23:33.769><c> too</c><00:23:34.069><c> strong</c><00:23:34.430><c> for</c><00:23:34.630><c> me</c><00:23:34.809><c> to</c><00:23:35.009><c> deal</c><00:23:35.190><c> with.</c>

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Don't<00:23:36.630><c> let</c><00:23:37.029><c> Joab</c><00:23:37.509><c> die</c><00:23:38.029><c> in</c><00:23:38.509><c> peace.</c>

00:23:39.230 --> 00:23:42.410
You<00:23:39.450><c> have</c><00:23:39.829><c> to</c><00:23:40.150><c> execute</c><00:23:40.630><c> vengeance</c><00:23:41.230><c> on</c><00:23:41.789><c> Joab.</c>

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Number<00:23:43.289><c> 2.</c>

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Basilei,<00:23:44.089><c> I</c><00:23:44.309><c> promised</c><00:23:44.670><c> to</c><00:23:44.910><c> look</c><00:23:45.049><c> after</c><00:23:45.329><c> his</c><00:23:45.650><c> sons</c><00:23:46.009><c> because</c><00:23:46.829><c> he</c>

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helped<00:23:47.390><c> me</c><00:23:47.549><c> when</c><00:23:47.670><c> I</c><00:23:47.869><c> needed</c><00:23:48.109><c> help.</c>

00:23:48.609 --> 00:23:51.430
I<00:23:48.910><c> need</c><00:23:49.210><c> you</c><00:23:49.410><c> to</c><00:23:49.710><c> continue</c><00:23:49.910><c> to</c><00:23:50.109><c> do</c><00:23:50.210><c> that</c><00:23:50.789><c> for</c><00:23:51.029><c> me.</c>

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Basilei,<00:23:52.349><c> I</c><00:23:52.349><c> particularly</c><00:23:52.869><c> asked</c><00:23:53.210><c> for</c><00:23:53.490><c> Chimham</c><00:23:53.829><c> to</c><00:23:53.970><c> be</c><00:23:54.210><c> helped.</c>

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So<00:23:54.950><c> I</c><00:23:55.089><c> want</c><00:23:55.269><c> you</c><00:23:55.470><c> to</c><00:23:55.630><c> do</c><00:23:55.769><c> that</c><00:23:56.009><c> for</c><00:23:56.210><c> me.</c>

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And<00:23:57.670><c> lastly,</c><00:23:58.549><c> verses</c><00:23:58.650><c> 8</c><00:23:58.930><c> and</c><00:23:59.029><c> 9,</c><00:24:00.109><c> Shimei.</c>

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I<00:24:01.529><c> couldn't</c><00:24:01.829><c> deal</c><00:24:02.170><c> with</c><00:24:02.430><c> Shimei.</c>

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I'd<00:24:03.789><c> made</c><00:24:03.930><c> him</c><00:24:04.109><c> a</c><00:24:04.329><c> promise,</c><00:24:05.190><c> but</c><00:24:05.349><c> he</c><00:24:05.690><c> cursed</c><00:24:05.970><c> me</c><00:24:06.210><c> with</c><00:24:06.450><c> a</c>

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grievous<00:24:07.049><c> curse.</c>

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He's<00:24:08.730><c> an</c><00:24:08.829><c> old</c><00:24:08.970><c> man</c><00:24:09.190><c> now,</c><00:24:09.470><c> Solomon.</c>

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Don't<00:24:11.069><c> hold</c><00:24:11.410><c> him</c><00:24:11.710><c> guiltless.</c>

00:24:12.410 --> 00:24:17.210
Bring<00:24:12.950><c> his</c><00:24:13.369><c> grey</c><00:24:13.650><c> head</c><00:24:14.109><c> to</c><00:24:14.849><c> the</c><00:24:15.089><c> grave</c><00:24:15.490><c> in</c><00:24:16.309><c> blood.</c>

00:24:17.970 --> 00:24:20.130
Now<00:24:18.069><c> these</c><00:24:18.170><c> are</c><00:24:18.410><c> very</c><00:24:18.789><c> serious</c><00:24:19.269><c> words.</c>

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He's<00:24:20.490><c> actually</c><00:24:20.930><c> asking</c><00:24:21.509><c> for</c><00:24:22.450><c> the</c><00:24:22.730><c> death</c><00:24:22.990><c> sentence</c><00:24:23.490><c> to</c><00:24:23.730><c> be</c><00:24:24.069><c> passed</c><00:24:24.450><c> on</c>

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to<00:24:25.130><c> men.</c>

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It's<00:24:27.150><c> a</c><00:24:27.289><c> sentence</c><00:24:27.630><c> that</c><00:24:27.910><c> David</c><00:24:28.109><c> himself</c><00:24:28.630><c> had</c><00:24:28.970><c> for</c><00:24:29.190><c> various</c><00:24:29.509><c> reasons</c><00:24:29.950><c> been</c><00:24:30.230><c> incapable</c><00:24:30.809><c> of</c>

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carrying<00:24:31.849><c> out,</c>

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but<00:24:32.670><c> they're</c><00:24:32.950><c> so</c><00:24:33.250><c> important</c><00:24:33.730><c> that</c><00:24:34.069><c> he</c><00:24:34.349><c> entrusts</c><00:24:34.769><c> them</c><00:24:34.930><c> to</c><00:24:35.190><c> Solomon.</c>

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Can<00:24:35.950><c> you</c><00:24:36.150><c> imagine</c><00:24:36.549><c> being</c><00:24:36.950><c> tasked</c><00:24:37.490><c> with</c><00:24:37.789><c> that</c><00:24:38.049><c> task</c><00:24:38.390><c> by</c><00:24:38.809><c> your</c>

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departing<00:24:39.529><c> father?</c>

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Oh<00:24:40.269><c> yeah,</c><00:24:40.650><c> can</c><00:24:40.809><c> you</c><00:24:40.890><c> just</c><00:24:41.089><c> dispose</c><00:24:41.390><c> of</c><00:24:41.630><c> Joab</c><00:24:41.769><c> for</c><00:24:41.970><c> me?</c>

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Joab?

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And<00:24:44.569><c> he</c><00:24:44.730><c> places</c><00:24:45.009><c> the</c><00:24:45.349><c> burden</c><00:24:45.730><c> of</c><00:24:46.150><c> that</c><00:24:46.390><c> responsibility</c><00:24:47.150><c> on</c><00:24:47.690><c> the</c><00:24:47.910><c> shoulders</c><00:24:48.309><c> of</c>

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his<00:24:48.869><c> son.</c>

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Actually<00:24:50.309><c> we</c><00:24:50.490><c> pick</c><00:24:50.630><c> up</c><00:24:50.750><c> from</c><00:24:50.890><c> the</c><00:24:51.069><c> record</c><00:24:51.289><c> here</c><00:24:51.450><c> that</c><00:24:51.670><c> David</c>

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had<00:24:52.069><c> already</c><00:24:52.289><c> observed</c><00:24:52.750><c> his</c><00:24:53.369><c> fledgling</c><00:24:53.970><c> son</c>

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at<00:24:54.630><c> work</c><00:24:54.750><c> and</c><00:24:54.829><c> he</c><00:24:54.970><c> was</c><00:24:55.150><c> impressed</c><00:24:55.789><c> by</c><00:24:56.309><c> the</c><00:24:56.609><c> wisdom</c><00:24:56.950><c> that</c><00:24:57.269><c> Solomon</c><00:24:57.569><c> was</c>

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already<00:24:58.670><c> displaying.</c>

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So<00:24:59.789><c> in</c><00:25:00.029><c> verse</c><00:25:00.210><c> 6</c><00:25:00.450><c> he</c><00:25:00.589><c> says,</c>

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Do<00:25:01.089><c> therefore</c><00:25:01.829><c> according</c><00:25:02.549><c> to</c><00:25:02.809><c> thy</c><00:25:02.970><c> wisdom.</c>

00:25:03.829 --> 00:25:07.970
Or<00:25:03.970><c> verse</c><00:25:04.210><c> 9,</c><00:25:04.789><c> Thou</c><00:25:05.049><c> art</c><00:25:05.289><c> a</c><00:25:05.569><c> wise</c><00:25:05.990><c> man</c><00:25:06.450><c> and</c><00:25:07.029><c> knowest</c><00:25:07.410><c> what</c><00:25:07.710><c> thou</c>

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oughtest<00:25:08.410><c> to</c><00:25:08.650><c> do.</c>

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And<00:25:09.170><c> he</c><00:25:09.250><c> had</c><00:25:09.490><c> confidence</c><00:25:09.950><c> that</c><00:25:10.190><c> this</c><00:25:10.369><c> young</c><00:25:10.569><c> man</c><00:25:10.970><c> would</c><00:25:11.349><c> fulfill</c><00:25:11.670><c> the</c><00:25:11.930><c> task</c>

00:25:12.289 --> 00:25:15.690
which<00:25:12.630><c> he</c><00:25:12.769><c> was</c><00:25:12.970><c> so</c><00:25:13.329><c> seriously</c><00:25:13.849><c> placing</c><00:25:14.329><c> upon</c><00:25:14.950><c> his</c><00:25:15.230><c> shoulders.</c>

00:25:16.190 --> 00:25:18.109
And<00:25:16.230><c> so</c><00:25:16.450><c> the</c><00:25:16.609><c> old</c><00:25:16.890><c> man</c><00:25:17.170><c> dies,</c><00:25:17.650><c> we</c><00:25:17.829><c> read.</c>

00:25:18.589 --> 00:25:22.210
In<00:25:18.589><c> verse</c><00:25:18.849><c> 10,</c><00:25:19.250><c> David</c><00:25:19.509><c> slept</c><00:25:19.849><c> with</c><00:25:20.049><c> his</c><00:25:20.289><c> fathers</c><00:25:20.650><c> and</c><00:25:21.109><c> was</c><00:25:21.410><c> buried</c><00:25:21.789><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:22.349><c> city</c><00:25:22.509><c> of</c><00:25:22.769><c> David</c>

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and<00:25:23.390><c> he</c><00:25:23.569><c> had</c><00:25:23.710><c> reigned</c><00:25:24.069><c> 40</c><00:25:24.509><c> years</c><00:25:25.250><c> over</c><00:25:25.869><c> Israel.</c>

00:25:27.170 --> 00:25:30.009
And<00:25:27.309><c> then</c><00:25:27.430><c> the</c><00:25:27.549><c> record</c><00:25:27.789><c> goes</c><00:25:28.029><c> on</c><00:25:28.269><c> to</c><00:25:28.509><c> say</c><00:25:28.829><c> that</c><00:25:29.250><c> Solomon</c><00:25:29.750><c> sat</c>

00:25:30.009 --> 00:25:31.730
upon<00:25:30.230><c> the</c><00:25:30.509><c> throne</c><00:25:30.630><c> of</c><00:25:30.849><c> David</c><00:25:31.089><c> his</c><00:25:31.329><c> father</c>

00:25:31.730 --> 00:25:34.910
and<00:25:32.150><c> his</c><00:25:32.450><c> kingdom</c><00:25:32.930><c> was</c><00:25:33.670><c> established</c><00:25:34.430><c> greatly.</c>

00:25:35.190 --> 00:25:37.009
Now<00:25:35.309><c> just</c><00:25:35.529><c> tuck</c><00:25:35.750><c> that</c><00:25:36.029><c> little</c><00:25:36.250><c> word</c><00:25:36.549><c> away.</c>

00:25:37.009 --> 00:25:39.670
His<00:25:37.529><c> kingdom</c><00:25:37.910><c> was</c><00:25:38.289><c> established</c><00:25:39.109><c> greatly.</c>

00:25:39.890 --> 00:25:43.529
It's<00:25:40.130><c> the</c><00:25:40.289><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:40.529><c> word</c><00:25:40.809><c> kun,</c><00:25:41.289><c> K</c><00:25:41.869><c>-U</c><00:25:42.589><c>-W</c><00:25:43.269><c>-N.</c>

00:25:43.630 --> 00:25:46.849
It<00:25:43.690><c> means</c><00:25:43.930><c> to</c><00:25:44.109><c> be</c><00:25:44.369><c> firm,</c><00:25:45.109><c> to</c><00:25:45.150><c> be</c><00:25:45.490><c> set</c><00:25:45.650><c> or</c><00:25:45.849><c> to</c><00:25:45.970><c> be</c><00:25:46.150><c> made</c><00:25:46.450><c> strong.</c>

00:25:47.109 --> 00:25:48.930
We're<00:25:47.289><c> going</c><00:25:47.349><c> to</c><00:25:47.430><c> come</c><00:25:47.569><c> across</c><00:25:47.789><c> that</c><00:25:48.009><c> little</c><00:25:48.250><c> phrase</c><00:25:48.529><c> again.</c>

00:25:49.109 --> 00:25:51.329
The<00:25:49.309><c> kingdom</c><00:25:49.750><c> being</c><00:25:50.150><c> established.</c>

00:25:52.890 --> 00:25:58.529
But<00:25:53.049><c> all</c><00:25:53.950><c> was</c><00:25:54.430><c> not</c><00:25:55.029><c> well</c><00:25:55.569><c> in</c><00:25:56.190><c> the</c><00:25:56.450><c> state</c><00:25:57.049><c> of</c><00:25:57.390><c> Israel.</c>

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Joab<00:25:59.970><c> is</c><00:26:00.289><c> still</c><00:26:00.509><c> alive.</c>

00:26:01.890 --> 00:26:04.109
Abiotha<00:26:02.569><c> is</c><00:26:02.829><c> still</c><00:26:03.109><c> there.</c>

00:26:04.329 --> 00:26:05.789
Shimei<00:26:04.769><c> is</c><00:26:05.089><c> still</c><00:26:05.430><c> there.</c>

00:26:05.789 --> 00:26:07.630
And<00:26:06.369><c> Adonijah</c><00:26:06.829><c> is</c><00:26:07.130><c> still</c><00:26:07.410><c> there.</c>

00:26:07.990 --> 00:26:11.150
And<00:26:07.990><c> the</c><00:26:08.069><c> body</c><00:26:08.390><c> of</c><00:26:08.569><c> the</c><00:26:08.690><c> old</c><00:26:08.890><c> king</c><00:26:09.089><c> was</c><00:26:09.410><c> scarcely</c><00:26:09.869><c> cold</c><00:26:10.349><c> in</c><00:26:10.609><c> the</c><00:26:10.829><c> grave</c>

00:26:11.150 --> 00:26:14.150
when<00:26:11.630><c> those</c><00:26:12.150><c> men</c><00:26:12.509><c> made</c><00:26:13.089><c> their</c><00:26:13.430><c> next</c><00:26:13.809><c> move.</c>

00:26:14.470 --> 00:26:18.430
They'd<00:26:14.750><c> been</c><00:26:15.049><c> biding</c><00:26:15.569><c> their</c><00:26:16.069><c> time,</c><00:26:16.829><c> waiting</c><00:26:17.329><c> and</c><00:26:18.029><c> waiting.</c>

00:26:18.750 --> 00:26:21.990
And<00:26:19.089><c> now</c><00:26:19.549><c> those</c><00:26:20.049><c> men</c><00:26:20.410><c> were</c><00:26:20.650><c> ready</c><00:26:20.890><c> to</c><00:26:21.170><c> act.</c>

00:26:22.769 --> 00:26:25.950
You<00:26:22.809><c> know,</c><00:26:23.269><c> treachery</c><00:26:23.650><c> always</c><00:26:24.170><c> comes</c><00:26:24.750><c> deceitfully.</c>

00:26:26.750 --> 00:26:29.289
So<00:26:26.950><c> they</c><00:26:27.150><c> worked</c><00:26:27.509><c> through</c><00:26:27.930><c> Solomon's</c><00:26:28.430><c> mother,</c><00:26:28.750><c> the</c><00:26:28.930><c> very</c>

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next<00:26:29.670><c> verse.</c>

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Adonijah<00:26:31.269><c> comes</c><00:26:31.789><c> in</c><00:26:32.069><c> to</c><00:26:32.190><c> Bathsheba</c><00:26:32.789><c> in</c><00:26:33.190><c> verse</c><00:26:33.430><c> 13.</c>

00:26:33.849 --> 00:26:35.529
Now<00:26:34.309><c> she's</c><00:26:34.990><c> concerned.</c>

00:26:36.009 --> 00:26:37.289
She's<00:26:36.490><c> concerned</c><00:26:36.730><c> about</c><00:26:36.950><c> this</c><00:26:37.150><c> man.</c>

00:26:37.289 --> 00:26:38.990
She<00:26:37.430><c> does</c><00:26:37.750><c> not</c><00:26:37.950><c> trust</c><00:26:38.250><c> him.</c>

00:26:39.130 --> 00:26:39.970
So<00:26:39.309><c> she's</c><00:26:39.589><c> anxious.</c>

00:26:40.230 --> 00:26:42.509
She<00:26:40.390><c> says,</c><00:26:40.789><c> have</c><00:26:40.869><c> you</c><00:26:41.130><c> come</c><00:26:41.390><c> peaceably?</c>

00:26:42.630 --> 00:26:46.009
And<00:26:42.789><c> he</c><00:26:42.849><c> says,</c><00:26:43.049><c> well,</c><00:26:43.210><c> of</c><00:26:43.430><c> course</c><00:26:43.869><c> I've</c><00:26:44.289><c> come</c><00:26:44.589><c> peaceably.</c>

00:26:47.089 --> 00:26:49.369
Lies<00:26:47.569><c> or</c><00:26:48.049><c> lies.</c>

00:26:50.390 --> 00:26:54.069
And<00:26:50.529><c> now</c><00:26:50.769><c> note</c><00:26:50.950><c> how</c><00:26:51.230><c> he</c><00:26:51.549><c> starts</c><00:26:51.849><c> to</c><00:26:52.210><c> play</c><00:26:52.549><c> on</c><00:26:53.369><c> her</c><00:26:53.589><c> emotions.</c>

00:26:54.490 --> 00:26:56.529
He<00:26:54.549><c> says,</c><00:26:55.109><c> oh,</c><00:26:55.190><c> Bathsheba,</c><00:26:55.730><c> I've</c><00:26:55.970><c> come</c><00:26:56.170><c> peaceably.</c>

00:26:56.690 --> 00:26:58.410
I've<00:26:56.910><c> just</c><00:26:57.150><c> got</c><00:26:57.349><c> something</c><00:26:57.630><c> to</c><00:26:57.849><c> say</c><00:26:58.069><c> to</c><00:26:58.269><c> you.</c>

00:26:58.410 --> 00:26:59.509
She<00:26:58.549><c> says,</c><00:26:59.049><c> well,</c><00:26:59.170><c> say</c><00:26:59.329><c> on.</c>

00:26:59.789 --> 00:27:01.529
It's<00:26:59.990><c> a</c><00:27:00.089><c> little</c><00:27:00.250><c> petition</c><00:27:00.670><c> I</c><00:27:00.849><c> want</c><00:27:01.009><c> to</c><00:27:01.269><c> ask.</c>

00:27:01.730 --> 00:27:03.430
Don't<00:27:02.069><c> deny</c><00:27:02.289><c> me,</c><00:27:02.589><c> please.</c>

00:27:04.549 --> 00:27:06.950
Now<00:27:05.069><c> look</c><00:27:05.269><c> at</c><00:27:05.369><c> how</c><00:27:05.490><c> he</c><00:27:05.690><c> plays</c><00:27:05.849><c> on</c><00:27:05.990><c> her</c><00:27:06.190><c> emotions.</c>

00:27:07.369 --> 00:27:11.670
He<00:27:07.369><c> says,</c><00:27:09.450><c> verse</c><00:27:09.569><c> 15,</c><00:27:10.009><c> thou</c><00:27:10.190><c> knowest</c><00:27:10.609><c> the</c><00:27:10.769><c> kingdom</c><00:27:11.009><c> was</c><00:27:11.289><c> mine</c>

00:27:11.670 --> 00:27:14.170
and<00:27:12.029><c> that</c><00:27:12.190><c> all</c><00:27:12.369><c> Israel</c><00:27:12.710><c> set</c><00:27:12.930><c> their</c><00:27:13.170><c> faces</c><00:27:13.470><c> on</c><00:27:13.690><c> me,</c><00:27:13.829><c> that</c><00:27:13.950><c> I</c>

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should<00:27:14.369><c> reign.</c>

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Howbeit<00:27:15.349><c> the</c><00:27:15.569><c> kingdom</c><00:27:15.869><c> has</c><00:27:16.109><c> turned</c><00:27:16.309><c> about</c>

00:27:17.509 --> 00:27:22.549
and<00:27:17.750><c> has</c><00:27:17.970><c> become</c><00:27:18.190><c> my</c><00:27:18.569><c> brother's,</c><00:27:19.230><c> for</c><00:27:19.450><c> it</c><00:27:19.609><c> was</c><00:27:19.890><c> his,</c><00:27:20.630><c> from</c><00:27:21.369><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:27:22.930 --> 00:27:25.829
You<00:27:23.069><c> know,</c><00:27:23.309><c> Bathsheba,</c><00:27:24.150><c> you've</c><00:27:24.549><c> got</c><00:27:24.789><c> the</c><00:27:25.009><c> favoured</c><00:27:25.410><c> son.</c>

00:27:26.230 --> 00:27:27.390
And<00:27:26.529><c> he's</c><00:27:26.809><c> got</c><00:27:26.930><c> it</c><00:27:27.150><c> all.</c>

00:27:27.650 --> 00:27:29.970
I'm<00:27:28.089><c> missed</c><00:27:28.329><c> out</c><00:27:28.789><c> in</c><00:27:29.049><c> brackets.</c>

00:27:30.109 --> 00:27:33.029
Don't<00:27:30.369><c> you</c><00:27:30.630><c> feel</c><00:27:30.950><c> sorry</c><00:27:31.369><c> for</c><00:27:31.609><c> me,</c><00:27:31.930><c> Bathsheba?</c>

00:27:33.150 --> 00:27:36.890
You<00:27:33.430><c> can</c><00:27:33.630><c> see</c><00:27:33.730><c> how</c><00:27:33.869><c> he's</c><00:27:34.210><c> playing</c><00:27:34.569><c> both</c><00:27:34.990><c> on</c><00:27:35.210><c> a</c><00:27:35.390><c> mother's</c><00:27:35.809><c> emotion</c>

00:27:37.089 --> 00:27:39.829
and<00:27:37.470><c> also</c><00:27:37.809><c> on</c><00:27:37.970><c> a</c><00:27:38.130><c> woman's</c><00:27:38.569><c> compassion.</c>

00:27:39.930 --> 00:27:44.569
And<00:27:40.109><c> you</c><00:27:40.210><c> can</c><00:27:40.589><c> sense</c><00:27:40.849><c> how</c><00:27:41.069><c> he's</c><00:27:41.529><c> manipulating</c><00:27:42.230><c> her</c><00:27:42.829><c> in</c><00:27:43.309><c> this</c><00:27:43.630><c> record.</c>

00:27:44.829 --> 00:27:48.309
She's<00:27:45.069><c> thinking,</c><00:27:45.950><c> poor</c><00:27:46.170><c> fellow,</c><00:27:47.069><c> he</c><00:27:47.289><c> did</c><00:27:47.569><c> miss</c><00:27:47.789><c> out,</c><00:27:48.089><c> didn't</c><00:27:48.210><c> he?</c>

00:27:48.410 --> 00:27:49.849
And<00:27:48.609><c> my</c><00:27:48.930><c> son</c><00:27:49.150><c> has</c><00:27:49.549><c> gained.</c>

00:27:50.230 --> 00:27:54.990
So<00:27:50.450><c> maybe</c><00:27:50.829><c> we</c><00:27:51.529><c> should</c><00:27:51.809><c> do</c><00:27:52.069><c> something</c><00:27:52.430><c> to</c><00:27:52.710><c> try</c><00:27:52.950><c> and</c><00:27:53.109><c> be</c><00:27:53.349><c> magnanimous</c><00:27:53.930><c> in</c><00:27:54.130><c> victory.</c>

00:27:55.210 --> 00:27:56.069
But<00:27:55.390><c> look</c><00:27:55.549><c> at</c><00:27:55.650><c> his</c><00:27:55.829><c> words.</c>

00:27:56.190 --> 00:27:59.210
You<00:27:56.230><c> know,</c><00:27:56.349><c> his</c><00:27:56.569><c> words</c><00:27:56.869><c> here</c><00:27:57.170><c> are</c><00:27:57.630><c> highly</c><00:27:58.109><c> charged.</c>

00:27:59.589 --> 00:28:04.069
He<00:27:59.910><c> says</c><00:28:00.230><c> there,</c><00:28:01.509><c> the</c><00:28:01.509><c> kingdom</c><00:28:02.049><c> was</c><00:28:02.869><c> mine.</c>

00:28:04.109 --> 00:28:05.349
What<00:28:04.309><c> a</c><00:28:04.529><c> statement.</c>

00:28:05.390 --> 00:28:07.130
It<00:28:05.650><c> belongs</c><00:28:06.369><c> to</c><00:28:06.710><c> me.</c>

00:28:07.569 --> 00:28:11.869
And<00:28:07.869><c> all</c><00:28:08.289><c> Israel</c><00:28:08.869><c> set</c><00:28:09.170><c> their</c><00:28:09.430><c> face</c><00:28:09.670><c> on</c><00:28:09.910><c> me,</c><00:28:10.230><c> that</c><00:28:10.369><c> I</c><00:28:10.730><c> should</c><00:28:10.970><c> reign.</c>

00:28:12.930 --> 00:28:14.130
What<00:28:13.130><c> a</c><00:28:13.309><c> statement.</c>

00:28:14.809 --> 00:28:16.450
Is<00:28:15.109><c> this</c><00:28:15.369><c> man</c><00:28:15.529><c> deluded?</c>

00:28:17.170 --> 00:28:20.369
Well,<00:28:17.349><c> if</c><00:28:17.569><c> not,</c><00:28:18.130><c> think</c><00:28:18.289><c> about</c><00:28:18.609><c> the</c><00:28:18.910><c> implications</c><00:28:19.710><c> of</c><00:28:20.210><c> what</c>

00:28:20.369 --> 00:28:21.789
he's<00:28:20.569><c> actually</c><00:28:20.950><c> saying.</c>

00:28:22.130 --> 00:28:24.990
He's<00:28:22.529><c> saying,</c><00:28:23.089><c> well,</c><00:28:23.289><c> at</c><00:28:23.369><c> least</c><00:28:23.569><c> in</c><00:28:23.769><c> my</c><00:28:24.049><c> mind,</c><00:28:24.289><c> it's</c><00:28:24.490><c> all</c><00:28:24.690><c> clear.</c>

00:28:25.410 --> 00:28:28.309
I<00:28:26.029><c> have</c><00:28:26.410><c> the</c><00:28:26.670><c> nation's</c><00:28:27.470><c> support.</c>

00:28:28.809 --> 00:28:31.690
I<00:28:29.289><c> am</c><00:28:29.769><c> the</c><00:28:30.009><c> people's</c><00:28:30.690><c> choice.</c>

00:28:32.069 --> 00:28:34.349
Your<00:28:32.150><c> boy's</c><00:28:32.529><c> only</c><00:28:32.710><c> king,</c><00:28:33.210><c> because</c><00:28:33.390><c> God</c><00:28:33.650><c> gave</c><00:28:33.930><c> it</c><00:28:34.150><c> to</c><00:28:34.210><c> him.</c>

00:28:34.349 --> 00:28:35.849
He<00:28:34.470><c> had</c><00:28:34.710><c> God</c><00:28:34.990><c> on</c><00:28:35.170><c> his</c><00:28:35.490><c> side.</c>

00:28:36.170 --> 00:28:38.210
So<00:28:36.410><c> can</c><00:28:36.789><c> you</c><00:28:36.869><c> just</c><00:28:37.049><c> do</c><00:28:37.150><c> something</c><00:28:37.450><c> small</c><00:28:37.750><c> for</c><00:28:37.869><c> me,</c><00:28:38.130><c> please?</c>

00:28:38.230 --> 00:28:41.250
Can<00:28:38.369><c> you</c><00:28:38.470><c> please</c><00:28:38.670><c> ask</c><00:28:38.890><c> the</c><00:28:39.089><c> king</c><00:28:39.430><c> for</c><00:28:39.730><c> me</c><00:28:39.869><c> to</c><00:28:40.109><c> have</c><00:28:40.349><c> Abishag,</c>

00:28:41.430 --> 00:28:44.089
who<00:28:41.549><c> was</c><00:28:41.730><c> the</c><00:28:41.869><c> young</c><00:28:42.450><c> concubine</c><00:28:42.930><c> that</c><00:28:43.069><c> was</c><00:28:43.309><c> provided</c><00:28:43.670><c> to</c><00:28:43.910><c> keep</c>

00:28:44.089 --> 00:28:44.930
David<00:28:44.529><c> warm?</c>

00:28:45.269 --> 00:28:47.029
Can<00:28:45.390><c> I</c><00:28:45.529><c> have</c><00:28:45.789><c> Abishag</c><00:28:46.410><c> to</c><00:28:46.710><c> wife?</c>

00:28:47.410 --> 00:28:52.990
And<00:28:47.490><c> then</c><00:28:47.670><c> he</c><00:28:47.730><c> adds,</c><00:28:49.069><c> he</c><00:28:49.150><c> won't</c><00:28:49.950><c> say</c><00:28:50.349><c> no</c><00:28:51.009><c> to</c><00:28:51.509><c> you,</c><00:28:52.369><c> verse</c><00:28:52.630><c> 17.</c>

00:28:53.069 --> 00:28:54.750
Can<00:28:53.210><c> you</c><00:28:53.329><c> hear</c><00:28:53.410><c> the</c><00:28:53.730><c> flattery</c><00:28:54.089><c> in</c><00:28:54.210><c> those</c><00:28:54.390><c> words?</c>

00:28:54.950 --> 00:28:57.410
You<00:28:54.950><c> know,</c><00:28:55.210><c> Bathsheba,</c><00:28:55.890><c> Solomon</c><00:28:56.250><c> won't</c><00:28:56.630><c> say</c><00:28:56.910><c> no</c><00:28:57.170><c> to</c><00:28:57.309><c> you.</c>

00:28:57.410 --> 00:28:58.869
You're<00:28:57.750><c> so</c><00:28:58.230><c> influential.</c>

00:28:59.269 --> 00:29:02.309
Your<00:28:59.529><c> word</c><00:28:59.710><c> is</c><00:29:00.069><c> so</c><00:29:00.369><c> persuasive</c><00:29:01.230><c> with</c><00:29:01.630><c> young</c><00:29:01.930><c> Solomon.</c>

00:29:02.529 --> 00:29:03.710
You<00:29:02.670><c> just</c><00:29:02.890><c> have</c><00:29:03.009><c> a</c><00:29:03.109><c> little</c><00:29:03.309><c> chat</c><00:29:03.569><c> to</c><00:29:03.650><c> him.</c>

00:29:03.710 --> 00:29:06.430
He<00:29:03.829><c> won't</c><00:29:04.069><c> say</c><00:29:04.349><c> no</c><00:29:04.710><c> to</c><00:29:05.049><c> someone</c><00:29:05.250><c> like</c><00:29:05.589><c> you.</c>

00:29:08.369 --> 00:29:10.650
We<00:29:08.650><c> actually</c><00:29:08.829><c> don't</c><00:29:09.029><c> know</c><00:29:09.130><c> what</c><00:29:09.390><c> Bathsheba's</c><00:29:09.950><c> attitude</c><00:29:10.289><c> was</c>

00:29:10.650 --> 00:29:11.630
towards<00:29:11.170><c> Abishag.</c>

00:29:11.690 --> 00:29:13.670
Perhaps<00:29:12.069><c> as</c><00:29:12.589><c> David's</c><00:29:13.109><c> closest</c><00:29:13.410><c> wife,</c>

00:29:13.670 --> 00:29:16.309
she<00:29:13.789><c> may</c><00:29:13.970><c> have</c><00:29:14.130><c> been</c><00:29:14.289><c> somewhat</c><00:29:14.609><c> ambivalent</c><00:29:15.210><c> to</c><00:29:15.390><c> the</c><00:29:15.450><c> role</c><00:29:15.609><c> of</c><00:29:15.809><c> Abishag.</c>

00:29:16.650 --> 00:29:17.450
We<00:29:16.910><c> don't</c><00:29:17.190><c> know.</c>

00:29:17.490 --> 00:29:19.930
And<00:29:17.750><c> from</c><00:29:17.930><c> our</c><00:29:18.109><c> perspective</c><00:29:18.509><c> and</c><00:29:18.710><c> our</c><00:29:18.950><c> culture</c><00:29:19.210><c> and</c><00:29:19.369><c> our</c><00:29:19.569><c> society,</c>

00:29:19.990 --> 00:29:22.609
it<00:29:20.029><c> was</c><00:29:20.170><c> a</c><00:29:20.269><c> rather</c><00:29:20.470><c> unusual</c><00:29:20.869><c> situation</c><00:29:21.650><c> that</c><00:29:21.990><c> they</c><00:29:22.230><c> had</c><00:29:22.369><c> there</c>

00:29:22.609 --> 00:29:23.309
with<00:29:22.789><c> Abishag.</c>

00:29:23.569 --> 00:29:26.410
But<00:29:23.750><c> whatever</c><00:29:23.970><c> it</c><00:29:24.190><c> was,</c><00:29:24.750><c> Adonijah's</c><00:29:25.309><c> approach</c><00:29:25.609><c> here</c><00:29:25.990><c> works</c>

00:29:26.410 --> 00:29:27.190
very<00:29:26.910><c> well.</c>

00:29:27.410 --> 00:29:29.809
And<00:29:27.769><c> she</c><00:29:27.950><c> goes</c><00:29:28.230><c> on</c><00:29:28.529><c> to</c><00:29:28.630><c> her</c><00:29:28.849><c> son.</c>

00:29:30.049 --> 00:29:32.690
Now,<00:29:30.109><c> by</c><00:29:30.269><c> the</c><00:29:30.410><c> way,</c><00:29:30.529><c> if</c><00:29:30.650><c> you</c><00:29:30.730><c> want</c><00:29:30.849><c> to</c><00:29:31.029><c> understand</c><00:29:31.710><c> the</c><00:29:32.410><c> values</c>

00:29:32.690 --> 00:29:33.710
that<00:29:32.890><c> this</c><00:29:33.089><c> young</c><00:29:33.269><c> man</c><00:29:33.470><c> has</c>

00:29:33.710 --> 00:29:36.289
and<00:29:33.869><c> his</c><00:29:34.069><c> respect</c><00:29:34.509><c> that</c><00:29:34.650><c> he</c><00:29:34.730><c> has</c><00:29:34.970><c> for</c><00:29:35.309><c> his</c><00:29:35.509><c> mother,</c><00:29:35.950><c> just</c><00:29:36.170><c> look</c>

00:29:36.289 --> 00:29:36.750
what<00:29:36.450><c> happened.</c>

00:29:36.769 --> 00:29:38.690
She<00:29:36.930><c> goes</c><00:29:37.150><c> in</c><00:29:37.309><c> to</c><00:29:37.430><c> see</c><00:29:37.569><c> him</c><00:29:37.690><c> in</c><00:29:37.789><c> verse</c><00:29:38.009><c> 19.</c>

00:29:38.990 --> 00:29:41.990
The<00:29:39.150><c> king</c><00:29:39.789><c> rises</c><00:29:40.589><c> up</c><00:29:41.130><c> to</c><00:29:41.349><c> meet</c><00:29:41.549><c> her.</c>

00:29:42.490 --> 00:29:47.190
So<00:29:42.670><c> he</c><00:29:42.869><c> stands</c><00:29:43.210><c> up</c><00:29:43.430><c> up</c><00:29:43.549><c> of</c><00:29:43.710><c> his</c><00:29:43.890><c> throne</c><00:29:44.150><c> and</c><00:29:44.609><c> then</c><00:29:44.750><c> he</c><00:29:44.950><c> bows</c><00:29:45.269><c> himself</c><00:29:45.750><c> down</c><00:29:46.190><c> to</c><00:29:46.369><c> her.</c>

00:29:47.470 --> 00:29:48.329
This<00:29:47.690><c> is</c><00:29:47.890><c> extraordinary.</c>

00:29:48.549 --> 00:29:49.329
The<00:29:48.769><c> mighty</c><00:29:49.089><c> monarch.</c>

00:29:49.509 --> 00:29:51.170
Look<00:29:49.730><c> at</c><00:29:49.869><c> the</c><00:29:50.029><c> respect</c><00:29:50.490><c> for</c><00:29:50.670><c> his</c><00:29:50.849><c> mother.</c>

00:29:51.470 --> 00:29:53.150
Then<00:29:51.630><c> he</c><00:29:51.809><c> causes</c><00:29:52.009><c> a</c><00:29:52.309><c> seat</c><00:29:52.430><c> to</c><00:29:52.609><c> be</c><00:29:52.829><c> set</c><00:29:52.970><c> for</c><00:29:53.109><c> her.</c>

00:29:53.150 --> 00:29:53.849
Look<00:29:53.289><c> at</c><00:29:53.410><c> the</c><00:29:53.569><c> title.</c>

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For<00:29:54.349><c> the</c><00:29:54.630><c> king's</c><00:29:55.450><c> mother.</c>

00:29:56.450 --> 00:30:01.329
You<00:29:56.730><c> can</c><00:29:57.029><c> see</c><00:29:57.210><c> the</c><00:29:57.710><c> love</c><00:29:58.190><c> and</c><00:29:58.509><c> respect</c><00:29:59.029><c> that</c><00:29:59.230><c> he</c><00:29:59.349><c> has</c><00:29:59.910><c> for</c><00:30:00.710><c> his</c><00:30:00.990><c> mother.</c>

00:30:01.730 --> 00:30:02.849
And<00:30:01.809><c> she</c><00:30:01.950><c> says</c><00:30:02.170><c> to</c><00:30:02.329><c> him</c><00:30:02.470><c> in</c><00:30:02.490><c> verse</c><00:30:02.650><c> 20,</c>

00:30:02.869 --> 00:30:05.609
well,<00:30:03.009><c> I've</c><00:30:03.049><c> only</c><00:30:03.269><c> got</c><00:30:03.509><c> one</c><00:30:04.109><c> small</c><00:30:05.190><c> petition.</c>

00:30:05.730 --> 00:30:07.589
Can<00:30:05.869><c> you</c><00:30:05.990><c> hear</c><00:30:06.309><c> the</c><00:30:06.490><c> emphasis</c><00:30:06.750><c> on</c><00:30:06.950><c> the</c><00:30:07.089><c> word</c><00:30:07.309><c> small?</c>

00:30:07.829 --> 00:30:10.630
Just<00:30:08.049><c> a</c><00:30:08.309><c> teeny</c><00:30:08.650><c> weeny</c><00:30:09.029><c> little</c><00:30:09.289><c> thing,</c><00:30:09.589><c> Solomon,</c><00:30:10.190><c> that</c><00:30:10.349><c> I</c><00:30:10.470><c> want</c>

00:30:10.630 --> 00:30:12.289
to<00:30:10.950><c> ask</c><00:30:11.230><c> from</c><00:30:11.509><c> you.</c>

00:30:12.569 --> 00:30:14.089
Say<00:30:12.769><c> me</c><00:30:12.970><c> not</c><00:30:13.230><c> nay.</c>

00:30:15.549 --> 00:30:17.349
Whose<00:30:16.109><c> words</c><00:30:16.390><c> are</c><00:30:16.529><c> those?</c>

00:30:18.029 --> 00:30:20.509
Those<00:30:18.390><c> are</c><00:30:18.829><c> Adonijah's</c><00:30:19.630><c> words.</c>

00:30:20.609 --> 00:30:21.609
Say<00:30:20.890><c> me</c><00:30:21.230><c> not</c><00:30:21.450><c> nay.</c>

00:30:21.650 --> 00:30:25.369
Can<00:30:21.809><c> you</c><00:30:21.970><c> see</c><00:30:22.109><c> the</c><00:30:22.410><c> influence</c><00:30:22.970><c> that</c><00:30:23.549><c> Adonijah</c><00:30:24.150><c> has</c><00:30:24.509><c> had?</c>

00:30:26.309 --> 00:30:28.069
Adonijah<00:30:26.789><c> says</c><00:30:27.029><c> he</c><00:30:27.150><c> won't</c><00:30:27.430><c> say</c><00:30:27.690><c> no</c><00:30:27.869><c> to</c><00:30:28.069><c> you.</c>

00:30:28.069 --> 00:30:29.609
Now<00:30:28.309><c> she's</c><00:30:28.549><c> got</c><00:30:28.690><c> to</c><00:30:28.930><c> prove</c><00:30:29.089><c> it.</c>

00:30:29.910 --> 00:30:32.029
Don't<00:30:30.089><c> say</c><00:30:30.349><c> no</c><00:30:30.589><c> to</c><00:30:30.750><c> me,</c><00:30:31.009><c> my</c><00:30:31.170><c> son.</c>

00:30:32.289 --> 00:30:34.769
Because<00:30:32.509><c> other</c><00:30:32.710><c> people</c><00:30:33.089><c> think</c><00:30:33.410><c> you</c><00:30:33.730><c> won't</c><00:30:33.970><c> say</c><00:30:34.210><c> no</c><00:30:34.410><c> to</c><00:30:34.589><c> me.</c>

00:30:35.089 --> 00:30:38.630
She's<00:30:35.470><c> marching</c><00:30:35.829><c> down</c><00:30:36.210><c> an</c><00:30:36.410><c> avenue</c><00:30:36.690><c> here</c><00:30:37.130><c> that</c><00:30:37.549><c> Adonijah</c><00:30:38.210><c> has</c>

00:30:38.630 --> 00:30:40.170
created<00:30:39.230><c> for</c><00:30:39.609><c> her.</c>

00:30:40.569 --> 00:30:42.970
And<00:30:40.750><c> Solomon,</c><00:30:41.130><c> all</c><00:30:41.390><c> unsuspecting,</c><00:30:42.670><c> says,</c>

00:30:43.430 --> 00:30:45.569
say<00:30:43.569><c> on,</c><00:30:43.750><c> I</c><00:30:43.930><c> won't</c><00:30:44.190><c> say</c><00:30:44.470><c> no</c><00:30:44.630><c> to</c><00:30:44.809><c> you.</c>

00:30:46.130 --> 00:30:51.230
Now,<00:30:46.309><c> as</c><00:30:46.470><c> we</c><00:30:46.710><c> read</c><00:30:46.990><c> verse</c><00:30:47.410><c> 21,</c><00:30:49.210><c> I</c><00:30:49.269><c> want</c><00:30:49.450><c> you</c><00:30:49.609><c> to</c><00:30:49.809><c> be</c><00:30:50.130><c> there,</c>

00:30:51.349 --> 00:30:54.170
standing<00:30:51.609><c> there</c><00:30:51.849><c> in</c><00:30:52.049><c> Solomon's</c><00:30:52.509><c> court</c><00:30:52.970><c> and</c><00:30:53.490><c> I</c><00:30:53.609><c> want</c><00:30:53.769><c> you</c><00:30:53.930><c> to</c>

00:30:54.170 --> 00:30:55.349
picture<00:30:54.410><c> the</c><00:30:54.710><c> scene.</c>

00:30:55.450 --> 00:30:59.970
I<00:30:55.730><c> want</c><00:30:55.930><c> you</c><00:30:56.089><c> to</c><00:30:56.269><c> watch</c><00:30:56.609><c> the</c><00:30:56.950><c> face</c><00:30:57.549><c> of</c><00:30:58.089><c> the</c><00:30:58.309><c> king</c><00:30:58.609><c> as</c><00:30:59.250><c> she</c><00:30:59.529><c> speaks.</c>

00:31:00.329 --> 00:31:02.690
And<00:31:00.430><c> I</c><00:31:00.470><c> want</c><00:31:00.609><c> you</c><00:31:00.829><c> to</c><00:31:01.210><c> feel</c><00:31:01.549><c> the</c><00:31:01.809><c> reaction.</c>

00:31:03.069 --> 00:31:05.529
I<00:31:03.089><c> want</c><00:31:03.230><c> you</c><00:31:03.410><c> to</c><00:31:03.450><c> feel</c><00:31:03.690><c> the</c><00:31:03.910><c> atmosphere</c><00:31:04.470><c> in</c><00:31:04.750><c> the</c><00:31:04.950><c> room</c><00:31:05.170><c> start</c>

00:31:05.529 --> 00:31:06.750
to<00:31:05.809><c> change.</c>

00:31:07.230 --> 00:31:10.309
There's<00:31:07.410><c> a</c><00:31:07.609><c> hushed</c><00:31:08.150><c> silence</c><00:31:08.529><c> that</c><00:31:08.910><c> falls</c><00:31:09.130><c> on</c><00:31:09.329><c> the</c><00:31:09.490><c> room.</c>

00:31:10.349 --> 00:31:11.589
The<00:31:10.490><c> king</c><00:31:10.869><c> stiffens.</c>

00:31:12.029 --> 00:31:14.269
The<00:31:12.190><c> clock</c><00:31:12.390><c> ticks</c><00:31:12.730><c> loudly</c><00:31:13.089><c> on</c><00:31:13.289><c> the</c><00:31:13.470><c> wall</c><00:31:13.589><c> in</c><00:31:13.750><c> the</c><00:31:13.849><c> background.</c>

00:31:14.650 --> 00:31:18.089
And<00:31:14.789><c> then</c><00:31:15.130><c> hear</c><00:31:15.450><c> the</c><00:31:15.750><c> king</c><00:31:16.170><c> begin</c><00:31:16.869><c> to</c><00:31:17.349><c> speak.</c>

00:31:18.309 --> 00:31:21.750
And<00:31:18.529><c> as</c><00:31:18.789><c> you</c><00:31:18.990><c> listen</c><00:31:19.230><c> to</c><00:31:19.430><c> his</c><00:31:19.710><c> words,</c><00:31:20.309><c> feel</c><00:31:20.750><c> the</c><00:31:20.869><c> crescendo</c><00:31:21.349><c> building.</c>

00:31:21.750 --> 00:31:27.329
He<00:31:22.390><c> starts</c><00:31:22.769><c> off</c><00:31:23.210><c> very</c><00:31:23.869><c> measured,</c><00:31:24.970><c> inquiring</c><00:31:25.569><c> with</c><00:31:26.089><c> studied</c><00:31:26.529><c> politeness.</c>

00:31:27.609 --> 00:31:32.009
Then<00:31:27.970><c> an</c><00:31:28.369><c> edge</c><00:31:28.609><c> comes</c><00:31:28.990><c> into</c><00:31:29.369><c> his</c><00:31:29.670><c> voice</c><00:31:30.009><c> and</c><00:31:30.369><c> the</c><00:31:30.690><c> tone</c><00:31:31.009><c> becomes</c><00:31:31.509><c> hard</c>

00:31:32.009 --> 00:31:32.549
and<00:31:32.329><c> brittle.</c>

00:31:32.789 --> 00:31:34.609
His<00:31:33.029><c> eyes</c><00:31:33.430><c> begin</c><00:31:33.869><c> to</c><00:31:34.210><c> blaze.</c>

00:31:34.789 --> 00:31:37.769
The<00:31:35.069><c> words</c><00:31:35.390><c> become</c><00:31:35.829><c> staccato</c><00:31:36.470><c> like</c><00:31:36.750><c> stabbing</c><00:31:37.309><c> spears.</c>

00:31:37.890 --> 00:31:41.329
They<00:31:38.250><c> rise</c><00:31:38.589><c> to</c><00:31:38.809><c> a</c><00:31:38.930><c> crescendo,</c><00:31:39.690><c> the</c><00:31:40.009><c> mighty</c><00:31:40.430><c> roar</c><00:31:40.789><c> of</c><00:31:41.089><c> an</c>

00:31:41.329 --> 00:31:42.309
enraged<00:31:41.910><c> monarch</c>

00:31:42.309 --> 00:31:45.730
as<00:31:42.630><c> he</c><00:31:43.009><c> swears</c><00:31:43.410><c> a</c><00:31:43.750><c> resounding</c><00:31:44.170><c> oath</c><00:31:44.450><c> by</c><00:31:44.869><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:45.150><c> himself.</c>

00:31:46.009 --> 00:31:48.690
And<00:31:46.230><c> he</c><00:31:46.410><c> invokes</c><00:31:46.650><c> the</c><00:31:46.890><c> name</c><00:31:47.069><c> of</c><00:31:47.329><c> God</c><00:31:47.549><c> and</c><00:31:47.910><c> the</c><00:31:48.109><c> words</c><00:31:48.269><c> of</c><00:31:48.470><c> the</c>

00:31:48.690 --> 00:31:49.549
covenant<00:31:48.970><c> of</c><00:31:49.269><c> David.</c>

00:31:49.549 --> 00:31:53.210
And<00:31:49.849><c> he</c><00:31:50.069><c> vows</c><00:31:50.410><c> terrible</c><00:31:51.009><c> retribution</c><00:31:51.750><c> on</c><00:31:52.130><c> Adonijah.</c>

00:31:54.309 --> 00:31:55.769
Am<00:31:54.549><c> I</c><00:31:54.730><c> exaggerating?</c>

00:31:56.230 --> 00:31:58.750
Well,<00:31:56.450><c> let's</c><00:31:57.130><c> read</c><00:31:57.430><c> the</c><00:31:57.650><c> record.</c>

00:32:00.789 --> 00:32:01.470
Verse<00:32:01.009><c> 22.</c>

00:32:01.569 --> 00:32:04.130
King<00:32:01.750><c> Solomon</c><00:32:02.109><c> answered</c><00:32:02.490><c> and</c><00:32:02.630><c> said</c><00:32:02.789><c> unto</c><00:32:03.009><c> his</c><00:32:03.210><c> mother,</c>

00:32:04.710 --> 00:32:10.170
And<00:32:05.009><c> why</c><00:32:05.730><c> dost</c><00:32:06.109><c> thou</c><00:32:06.450><c> ask</c><00:32:07.089><c> Abishag</c><00:32:07.890><c> the</c><00:32:08.190><c> Shunammite</c><00:32:08.789><c> for</c><00:32:09.009><c> Adonijah?</c>

00:32:11.049 --> 00:32:16.470
Ask<00:32:11.470><c> for</c><00:32:11.670><c> him</c><00:32:12.049><c> the</c><00:32:12.210><c> kingdom</c><00:32:12.650><c> also,</c><00:32:13.690><c> for</c><00:32:14.170><c> he</c><00:32:14.450><c> is</c><00:32:14.809><c> my</c><00:32:15.130><c> older</c><00:32:15.470><c> brother,</c>

00:32:16.650 --> 00:32:20.210
even<00:32:17.289><c> for</c><00:32:17.509><c> him</c><00:32:17.829><c> and</c><00:32:18.130><c> for</c><00:32:18.410><c> Abiah</c><00:32:18.710><c> for</c><00:32:18.930><c> the</c><00:32:19.109><c> priest</c><00:32:19.329><c> and</c><00:32:19.549><c> for</c><00:32:19.809><c> Joab</c><00:32:20.069><c> the</c>

00:32:20.210 --> 00:32:21.309
son<00:32:20.390><c> of</c><00:32:20.549><c> Zeruiah.</c>

00:32:21.589 --> 00:32:24.609
And<00:32:21.809><c> then</c><00:32:22.150><c> King</c><00:32:22.490><c> Solomon</c><00:32:22.930><c> swear</c><00:32:23.369><c> by</c><00:32:23.829><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:24.190><c> saying,</c>

00:32:24.950 --> 00:32:28.789
God<00:32:25.329><c> do</c><00:32:25.650><c> so</c><00:32:25.890><c> to</c><00:32:26.029><c> me</c><00:32:26.250><c> and</c><00:32:26.430><c> more</c><00:32:26.630><c> also</c><00:32:27.150><c> if</c><00:32:27.589><c> Adonijah</c><00:32:28.109><c> hath</c><00:32:28.390><c> not</c>

00:32:28.789 --> 00:32:31.190
spoken<00:32:29.150><c> this</c><00:32:29.490><c> word</c><00:32:29.829><c> against</c><00:32:30.390><c> his</c><00:32:30.589><c> own</c><00:32:30.849><c> life.</c>

00:32:31.589 --> 00:32:35.349
Now<00:32:31.829><c> therefore,</c><00:32:32.690><c> as</c><00:32:33.089><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:33.650><c> liveth</c><00:32:33.930><c> which</c><00:32:34.130><c> has</c><00:32:34.509><c> established</c><00:32:34.930><c> me</c>

00:32:35.349 --> 00:32:38.410
and<00:32:35.670><c> set</c><00:32:35.990><c> me</c><00:32:36.529><c> on</c><00:32:36.849><c> the</c><00:32:37.069><c> throne</c><00:32:37.210><c> of</c><00:32:37.390><c> David</c><00:32:37.710><c> my</c><00:32:37.990><c> father,</c>

00:32:38.750 --> 00:32:41.130
and<00:32:38.930><c> who's</c><00:32:39.130><c> promised</c><00:32:39.430><c> and</c><00:32:39.609><c> who's</c><00:32:39.869><c> made</c><00:32:40.089><c> me</c><00:32:40.589><c> a</c><00:32:40.789><c> house,</c>

00:32:41.289 --> 00:32:45.970
as<00:32:41.430><c> he</c><00:32:41.690><c> promised,</c><00:32:42.269><c> Adonijah</c><00:32:43.029><c> shall</c><00:32:43.509><c> be</c><00:32:43.809><c> put</c><00:32:44.029><c> to</c><00:32:44.309><c> death</c><00:32:44.789><c> today.</c>

00:32:48.049 --> 00:32:52.410
Oops,<00:32:49.410><c> that's</c><00:32:49.890><c> not</c><00:32:50.150><c> quite</c><00:32:50.390><c> what</c><00:32:50.650><c> Bathsheba</c><00:32:51.109><c> had</c><00:32:51.269><c> been</c><00:32:51.490><c> expecting.</c>

00:32:53.269 --> 00:32:55.710
Can<00:32:53.349><c> you</c><00:32:53.490><c> imagine</c><00:32:53.730><c> his</c><00:32:53.990><c> mum</c><00:32:54.250><c> shrinking</c><00:32:54.869><c> away</c><00:32:55.269><c> from</c><00:32:55.450><c> him</c>

00:32:55.710 --> 00:32:59.970
as<00:32:55.990><c> she</c><00:32:56.250><c> starts</c><00:32:56.569><c> to</c><00:32:57.210><c> conceive</c><00:32:57.470><c> the</c><00:32:58.069><c> fire</c><00:32:58.470><c> that</c><00:32:58.650><c> she's</c><00:32:58.990><c> kindled?</c>

00:33:00.990 --> 00:33:02.710
You<00:33:01.089><c> know,</c><00:33:01.230><c> as</c><00:33:01.430><c> we</c><00:33:01.549><c> go</c><00:33:01.690><c> through</c><00:33:01.869><c> the</c><00:33:01.990><c> record</c><00:33:02.210><c> of</c><00:33:02.490><c> Solomon,</c>

00:33:02.809 --> 00:33:05.650
the<00:33:02.869><c> book</c><00:33:03.109><c> of</c><00:33:03.309><c> Proverbs</c><00:33:03.569><c> is</c><00:33:03.750><c> actually</c><00:33:04.150><c> the</c><00:33:04.529><c> almanac</c><00:33:04.950><c> of</c><00:33:05.170><c> his</c><00:33:05.390><c> reign.</c>

00:33:05.950 --> 00:33:08.049
I<00:33:06.089><c> mean,</c><00:33:06.170><c> these</c><00:33:06.369><c> are</c><00:33:06.470><c> the</c><00:33:06.569><c> books</c><00:33:06.710><c> of</c><00:33:07.049><c> the</c><00:33:07.190><c> words</c><00:33:07.329><c> of</c><00:33:07.589><c> wisdom</c><00:33:07.869><c> of</c>

00:33:08.049 --> 00:33:08.650
the<00:33:08.170><c> great</c><00:33:08.369><c> king.</c>

00:33:08.950 --> 00:33:13.450
So<00:33:09.130><c> it's</c><00:33:09.430><c> not</c><00:33:09.710><c> surprising</c><00:33:10.430><c> that</c><00:33:10.730><c> what</c><00:33:10.950><c> you</c><00:33:11.349><c> see</c><00:33:11.589><c> in</c><00:33:11.789><c> his</c><00:33:12.210><c> life</c>

00:33:13.910 --> 00:33:17.670
is<00:33:14.250><c> then</c><00:33:14.650><c> captured</c><00:33:15.109><c> in</c><00:33:15.690><c> many</c><00:33:15.950><c> of</c><00:33:16.109><c> the</c><00:33:16.329><c> statements</c><00:33:16.609><c> of</c><00:33:16.809><c> the</c><00:33:16.869><c> book</c><00:33:17.069><c> of</c><00:33:17.269><c> Proverbs.</c>

00:33:17.990 --> 00:33:20.970
In<00:33:18.150><c> fact,</c><00:33:18.390><c> the</c><00:33:18.430><c> book</c><00:33:18.609><c> of</c><00:33:18.869><c> Proverbs</c><00:33:19.150><c> gives</c><00:33:19.369><c> us</c><00:33:19.589><c> a</c><00:33:19.769><c> great</c><00:33:19.950><c> insight</c><00:33:20.450><c> into</c>

00:33:20.970 --> 00:33:23.549
these<00:33:21.250><c> early</c><00:33:21.670><c> years</c><00:33:22.069><c> of</c><00:33:22.349><c> his</c><00:33:22.609><c> reign.</c>

00:33:23.589 --> 00:33:29.369
Proverbs<00:33:23.910><c> 16</c><00:33:24.569><c> verse</c><00:33:24.950><c> 14,</c><00:33:26.049><c> the</c><00:33:26.130><c> wrath</c><00:33:26.609><c> of</c><00:33:27.390><c> the</c><00:33:27.650><c> king</c><00:33:28.130><c> is</c><00:33:28.730><c> as</c><00:33:29.029><c> the</c>

00:33:29.369 --> 00:33:31.690
messengers<00:33:29.950><c> of</c><00:33:30.650><c> death.</c>

00:33:32.710 --> 00:33:37.630
Or<00:33:33.170><c> Proverbs</c><00:33:33.690><c> 20</c><00:33:34.009><c> verse</c><00:33:34.289><c> 2,</c><00:33:35.049><c> the</c><00:33:35.250><c> fear</c><00:33:35.710><c> of</c><00:33:36.089><c> a</c><00:33:36.329><c> king</c><00:33:36.670><c> is</c><00:33:37.109><c> as</c><00:33:37.329><c> the</c>

00:33:37.630 --> 00:33:39.630
roaring<00:33:38.049><c> of</c><00:33:38.549><c> a</c><00:33:38.730><c> lion,</c>

00:33:39.769 --> 00:33:43.890
whoso<00:33:40.309><c> provoke</c><00:33:40.750><c> of</c><00:33:40.910><c> him</c><00:33:41.089><c> to</c><00:33:41.289><c> anger,</c><00:33:42.190><c> sinneth</c><00:33:42.710><c> against</c><00:33:43.329><c> his</c>

00:33:43.890 --> 00:33:44.950
own<00:33:44.450><c> soul.</c>

00:33:45.289 --> 00:33:49.130
Can<00:33:45.509><c> you</c><00:33:45.609><c> see</c><00:33:45.750><c> those</c><00:33:46.009><c> words</c><00:33:46.589><c> happening</c><00:33:47.069><c> here</c><00:33:47.470><c> in</c><00:33:47.769><c> the</c><00:33:47.910><c> book</c><00:33:48.029><c> of</c><00:33:48.210><c> Kings?</c>

00:33:49.430 --> 00:33:50.809
All<00:33:49.529><c> right,</c><00:33:49.630><c> well,</c><00:33:49.769><c> what's</c><00:33:50.049><c> exactly</c><00:33:50.349><c> happening</c><00:33:50.609><c> here?</c>

00:33:50.809 --> 00:33:53.829
Why<00:33:51.109><c> is</c><00:33:51.390><c> it</c><00:33:51.490><c> that</c><00:33:51.650><c> the</c><00:33:51.809><c> king</c><00:33:51.990><c> is</c><00:33:52.329><c> so</c><00:33:52.769><c> angry</c><00:33:53.190><c> with</c><00:33:53.509><c> what's</c>

00:33:53.829 --> 00:33:54.950
taking<00:33:54.009><c> place?</c>

00:33:55.150 --> 00:33:57.049
Well,<00:33:55.410><c> first</c><00:33:55.670><c> of</c><00:33:55.829><c> all,</c><00:33:55.970><c> under</c><00:33:56.190><c> the</c><00:33:56.369><c> law</c><00:33:56.450><c> of</c><00:33:56.670><c> Moses,</c>

00:33:57.470 --> 00:34:00.849
it<00:33:57.549><c> was</c><00:33:57.890><c> absolutely</c><00:33:58.589><c> forbidden</c><00:33:59.130><c> for</c><00:33:59.609><c> a</c><00:33:59.789><c> man</c><00:33:59.970><c> to</c><00:34:00.289><c> take</c><00:34:00.450><c> his</c>

00:34:00.849 --> 00:34:01.769
father's<00:34:01.410><c> wife.</c>

00:34:01.970 --> 00:34:05.190
That's<00:34:02.289><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:34:02.650><c> 27</c><00:34:03.410><c> and</c><00:34:03.750><c> verse</c><00:34:03.990><c> 20.</c>

00:34:05.609 --> 00:34:08.449
You<00:34:05.769><c> know,</c><00:34:05.890><c> there's</c><00:34:06.089><c> much</c><00:34:06.430><c> more</c><00:34:06.730><c> significant</c><00:34:07.190><c> things</c><00:34:07.529><c> happening</c><00:34:07.890><c> here.</c>

00:34:08.449 --> 00:34:11.550
Firstly,<00:34:09.190><c> by</c><00:34:09.349><c> the</c><00:34:09.510><c> way,</c><00:34:09.630><c> did</c><00:34:09.750><c> you</c><00:34:09.949><c> see</c><00:34:10.150><c> anything</c><00:34:10.630><c> in</c><00:34:10.849><c> the</c><00:34:11.010><c> record</c><00:34:11.250><c> that</c>

00:34:11.550 --> 00:34:13.789
spoke<00:34:11.829><c> of</c><00:34:12.230><c> love</c><00:34:12.690><c> and</c><00:34:12.949><c> affection?</c>

00:34:14.090 --> 00:34:16.010
Did<00:34:14.230><c> you</c><00:34:14.389><c> find</c><00:34:14.610><c> the</c><00:34:14.829><c> verse</c><00:34:15.010><c> which</c><00:34:15.230><c> said,</c><00:34:15.510><c> you</c><00:34:15.510><c> know,</c>

00:34:16.190 --> 00:34:20.670
Adonijah<00:34:16.690><c> loved</c><00:34:17.289><c> Abishag</c><00:34:18.030><c> with</c><00:34:18.449><c> all</c><00:34:18.869><c> his</c><00:34:19.190><c> heart</c><00:34:19.590><c> and</c><00:34:20.050><c> desired</c>

00:34:20.670 --> 00:34:21.489
her<00:34:21.210><c> for...</c>

00:34:21.489 --> 00:34:24.190
No,<00:34:22.670><c> no</c><00:34:22.989><c> sign</c><00:34:23.190><c> of</c><00:34:23.369><c> affection</c><00:34:23.690><c> at</c><00:34:23.869><c> all.</c>

00:34:24.650 --> 00:34:28.449
This<00:34:25.150><c> is</c><00:34:25.909><c> calculated</c><00:34:26.630><c> and</c><00:34:27.469><c> deliberate.</c>

00:34:29.969 --> 00:34:30.769
Why?

00:34:30.889 --> 00:34:32.869
Well,<00:34:31.030><c> there's</c><00:34:31.230><c> an</c><00:34:31.489><c> old</c><00:34:31.610><c> and</c><00:34:31.909><c> established</c><00:34:32.269><c> tradition,</c>

00:34:32.869 --> 00:34:36.349
not<00:34:33.429><c> just</c><00:34:33.769><c> in</c><00:34:33.969><c> Israel,</c><00:34:34.469><c> but</c><00:34:34.570><c> amongst</c><00:34:34.909><c> many</c><00:34:35.190><c> nations,</c>

00:34:36.769 --> 00:34:42.150
of<00:34:36.909><c> a</c><00:34:37.230><c> conquering</c><00:34:38.070><c> king</c><00:34:38.730><c> taking</c><00:34:39.570><c> the</c><00:34:40.250><c> wives</c><00:34:40.789><c> and</c><00:34:41.510><c> concubines</c>

00:34:42.150 --> 00:34:43.769
of<00:34:42.530><c> a</c><00:34:42.769><c> predecessor.</c>

00:34:44.809 --> 00:34:47.789
In<00:34:45.090><c> fact,</c><00:34:45.369><c> you</c><00:34:45.429><c> only</c><00:34:45.610><c> got</c><00:34:45.750><c> to</c><00:34:45.909><c> look</c><00:34:46.130><c> at</c><00:34:46.349><c> the</c><00:34:46.469><c> life</c><00:34:46.670><c> of</c><00:34:46.909><c> Solomon's</c><00:34:47.230><c> own</c><00:34:47.449><c> father</c>

00:34:47.789 --> 00:34:49.789
to<00:34:48.030><c> see</c><00:34:48.210><c> that</c><00:34:48.670><c> on</c><00:34:48.949><c> two</c><00:34:49.309><c> occasions.</c>

00:34:49.829 --> 00:34:53.969
The<00:34:50.090><c> first</c><00:34:50.329><c> one</c><00:34:50.750><c> is</c><00:34:51.130><c> in</c><00:34:51.309><c> 2</c><00:34:51.489><c> Samuel</c><00:34:51.789><c> 16</c><00:34:52.429><c> verses</c><00:34:52.750><c> 21</c><00:34:53.230><c> to</c><00:34:53.449><c> 22,</c>

00:34:54.469 --> 00:34:58.550
when<00:34:54.690><c> Absalom</c><00:34:55.309><c> deliberately</c><00:34:56.250><c> and</c><00:34:56.929><c> publicly</c><00:34:57.510><c> raped</c><00:34:58.170><c> his</c>

00:34:58.550 --> 00:34:59.750
father's<00:34:59.130><c> concubines</c>

00:34:59.750 --> 00:35:04.570
to<00:35:00.230><c> assert</c><00:35:00.630><c> his</c><00:35:00.969><c> authority</c><00:35:01.489><c> and</c><00:35:02.010><c> to</c><00:35:02.250><c> demonstrate</c><00:35:02.750><c> how</c><00:35:03.269><c> he</c><00:35:03.550><c> despised</c><00:35:03.989><c> his</c><00:35:04.210><c> father.</c>

00:35:04.869 --> 00:35:06.329
Totally<00:35:05.309><c> abominable.</c>

00:35:06.949 --> 00:35:10.170
Secondly,<00:35:07.750><c> actually,</c><00:35:08.469><c> in</c><00:35:08.510><c> 2</c><00:35:08.730><c> Samuel</c><00:35:08.989><c> 12</c><00:35:09.409><c> verse</c><00:35:09.630><c> 7</c><00:35:09.889><c> to</c><00:35:10.030><c> 8,</c>

00:35:10.409 --> 00:35:11.909
Yahweh<00:35:10.650><c> speaking</c><00:35:11.010><c> to</c><00:35:11.230><c> David</c><00:35:11.489><c> said,</c>

00:35:12.150 --> 00:35:14.630
I<00:35:12.150><c> delivered</c><00:35:12.530><c> thee</c><00:35:12.750><c> out</c><00:35:13.050><c> of</c><00:35:13.170><c> the</c><00:35:13.250><c> hand</c><00:35:13.469><c> of</c><00:35:13.769><c> Saul,</c>

00:35:14.829 --> 00:35:18.690
and<00:35:14.929><c> I</c><00:35:15.210><c> gave</c><00:35:15.449><c> thee</c><00:35:15.650><c> thy</c><00:35:15.889><c> master's</c><00:35:16.590><c> house</c><00:35:17.150><c> and</c><00:35:17.849><c> thy</c><00:35:18.070><c> master's</c>

00:35:18.690 --> 00:35:19.929
wives<00:35:19.050><c> into</c><00:35:19.409><c> thy</c><00:35:19.670><c> bosom,</c>

00:35:19.989 --> 00:35:23.289
and<00:35:20.130><c> gave</c><00:35:20.389><c> thee</c><00:35:20.849><c> the</c><00:35:21.230><c> house</c><00:35:21.610><c> of</c><00:35:21.889><c> Israel</c><00:35:22.510><c> and</c><00:35:23.030><c> Judah.</c>

00:35:23.429 --> 00:35:25.690
So<00:35:23.809><c> you</c><00:35:23.989><c> see</c><00:35:24.170><c> the</c><00:35:24.429><c> connection</c><00:35:24.730><c> of</c><00:35:24.949><c> these</c><00:35:25.150><c> ideas,</c>

00:35:25.909 --> 00:35:28.250
the<00:35:26.110><c> master's</c><00:35:26.710><c> wives</c><00:35:27.210><c> and</c><00:35:27.750><c> the</c><00:35:27.969><c> kingdom.</c>

00:35:28.250 --> 00:35:32.190
In<00:35:29.030><c> fact,</c><00:35:29.230><c> you've</c><00:35:29.329><c> only</c><00:35:29.510><c> got</c><00:35:29.610><c> to</c><00:35:29.710><c> look</c><00:35:29.849><c> again</c><00:35:30.230><c> through</c><00:35:31.170><c> the</c><00:35:31.309><c> history</c><00:35:31.789><c> of</c>

00:35:32.190 --> 00:35:33.170
the<00:35:32.349><c> English</c><00:35:32.710><c> monarchy,</c>

00:35:33.250 --> 00:35:37.409
and<00:35:33.329><c> you</c><00:35:33.510><c> see</c><00:35:33.690><c> that</c><00:35:33.949><c> taking</c><00:35:34.230><c> place</c><00:35:34.949><c> over</c><00:35:35.469><c> and</c><00:35:35.889><c> over</c><00:35:36.329><c> again.</c>

00:35:38.469 --> 00:35:40.070
But<00:35:38.630><c> you</c><00:35:38.690><c> know,</c><00:35:38.969><c> even</c><00:35:39.250><c> more</c><00:35:39.489><c> than</c><00:35:39.690><c> that,</c>

00:35:40.530 --> 00:35:43.809
it's<00:35:40.849><c> Solomon's</c><00:35:41.349><c> words</c><00:35:41.730><c> here</c><00:35:41.969><c> that</c><00:35:42.250><c> reveal</c><00:35:42.550><c> exactly</c><00:35:43.170><c> what's</c><00:35:43.469><c> happening,</c>

00:35:44.010 --> 00:35:47.829
and<00:35:44.190><c> they</c><00:35:44.409><c> give</c><00:35:44.489><c> an</c><00:35:44.690><c> insight</c><00:35:45.150><c> into</c><00:35:45.949><c> the</c><00:35:47.190><c> treachery</c><00:35:47.570><c> that's</c>

00:35:47.829 --> 00:35:48.449
actually<00:35:48.150><c> here.</c>

00:35:48.789 --> 00:35:52.010
When<00:35:48.949><c> he</c><00:35:49.170><c> says,</c><00:35:49.949><c> ask</c><00:35:49.949><c> for</c><00:35:50.309><c> him</c><00:35:50.530><c> the</c><00:35:50.769><c> kingdom</c><00:35:51.210><c> also,</c>

00:35:52.349 --> 00:35:55.650
doesn't<00:35:52.670><c> he</c><00:35:52.949><c> have</c><00:35:53.110><c> a</c><00:35:53.329><c> natural</c><00:35:53.789><c> entitlement</c><00:35:54.570><c> as</c><00:35:54.949><c> my</c><00:35:55.170><c> older</c><00:35:55.369><c> brother,</c>

00:35:55.650 --> 00:35:59.210
he's<00:35:56.070><c> actually</c><00:35:56.429><c> putting</c><00:35:56.650><c> his</c><00:35:56.929><c> finger</c><00:35:57.349><c> right</c><00:35:58.010><c> on</c><00:35:58.530><c> the</c><00:35:58.750><c> issue.</c>

00:35:59.570 --> 00:36:02.389
He<00:36:00.050><c> is</c><00:36:00.489><c> extremely</c><00:36:01.170><c> perceptive.</c>

00:36:02.929 --> 00:36:05.449
And<00:36:03.130><c> he</c><00:36:03.269><c> says,</c><00:36:03.710><c> I</c><00:36:03.710><c> know</c><00:36:03.889><c> what's</c><00:36:04.150><c> happening</c><00:36:04.349><c> here.</c>

00:36:06.289 --> 00:36:09.250
He's<00:36:06.610><c> trying</c><00:36:07.030><c> to</c><00:36:07.369><c> get</c><00:36:07.590><c> the</c><00:36:07.929><c> kingdom</c><00:36:08.210><c> because</c><00:36:08.469><c> he</c><00:36:08.750><c> thinks</c><00:36:08.929><c> he's</c>

00:36:09.250 --> 00:36:10.409
still<00:36:09.429><c> entitled.</c>

00:36:11.130 --> 00:36:16.289
And<00:36:11.730><c> furthermore,</c><00:36:13.130><c> and</c><00:36:13.210><c> this</c><00:36:13.489><c> is</c><00:36:14.030><c> resounding</c><00:36:14.670><c> clarity</c><00:36:15.230><c> and</c><00:36:15.489><c> insight,</c>

00:36:16.570 --> 00:36:19.630
he<00:36:16.789><c> sees</c><00:36:17.010><c> the</c><00:36:17.349><c> whole</c><00:36:17.670><c> plot</c><00:36:18.050><c> and</c><00:36:18.690><c> he</c><00:36:18.869><c> lays</c><00:36:19.050><c> it</c><00:36:19.329><c> bare.</c>

00:36:19.909 --> 00:36:21.630
And<00:36:20.150><c> with</c><00:36:20.369><c> a</c><00:36:20.469><c> toss</c><00:36:20.630><c> of</c><00:36:20.809><c> a</c><00:36:20.989><c> sentence</c><00:36:21.190><c> he</c><00:36:21.369><c> says,</c>

00:36:21.630 --> 00:36:27.070
And<00:36:22.130><c> while</c><00:36:22.349><c> you're</c><00:36:22.610><c> at</c><00:36:22.670><c> it,</c><00:36:24.030><c> ask</c><00:36:24.150><c> for</c><00:36:24.349><c> it</c><00:36:24.489><c> for</c><00:36:24.769><c> Joab</c><00:36:25.190><c> and</c><00:36:25.610><c> to</c><00:36:25.809><c> buy</c><00:36:25.989><c> it</c><00:36:26.110><c> too.</c>

00:36:27.429 --> 00:36:30.530
Because<00:36:27.670><c> mother</c><00:36:27.949><c> dear,</c><00:36:28.769><c> that's</c><00:36:29.170><c> what</c><00:36:29.349><c> you're</c><00:36:29.670><c> asking.</c>

00:36:30.989 --> 00:36:33.670
Well,<00:36:31.150><c> at</c><00:36:31.269><c> least</c><00:36:31.690><c> that's</c><00:36:32.349><c> what</c><00:36:32.489><c> they're</c><00:36:32.889><c> after.</c>

00:36:33.929 --> 00:36:37.050
And<00:36:34.050><c> you</c><00:36:34.150><c> can</c><00:36:34.389><c> see</c><00:36:34.530><c> by</c><00:36:34.730><c> his</c><00:36:34.889><c> reply</c><00:36:35.469><c> that</c><00:36:35.809><c> he</c><00:36:36.030><c> shows</c><00:36:36.289><c> exactly</c>

00:36:37.050 --> 00:36:38.130
what's<00:36:37.449><c> taking</c><00:36:37.590><c> place</c><00:36:37.909><c> here.</c>

00:36:38.369 --> 00:36:42.210
This<00:36:38.829><c> is</c><00:36:39.489><c> a</c><00:36:39.630><c> naked</c><00:36:40.010><c> attempt</c><00:36:40.750><c> to</c><00:36:41.150><c> usurp</c><00:36:41.610><c> the</c><00:36:41.929><c> throne</c>

00:36:42.210 --> 00:36:46.030
right<00:36:43.210><c> at</c><00:36:44.150><c> its</c><00:36:44.309><c> outset</c><00:36:44.650><c> here</c><00:36:45.010><c> after</c><00:36:45.369><c> David's</c><00:36:45.889><c> died.</c>

00:36:46.269 --> 00:36:48.949
That's<00:36:46.650><c> what</c><00:36:46.829><c> these</c><00:36:47.110><c> men</c><00:36:47.590><c> are</c><00:36:48.050><c> after.</c>

00:36:49.630 --> 00:36:53.309
Now<00:36:50.150><c> in</c><00:36:50.369><c> verses</c><00:36:50.650><c> 44</c><00:36:51.190><c> to</c><00:36:51.329><c> 47,</c><00:36:51.809><c> notice</c><00:36:52.170><c> the</c><00:36:52.449><c> order</c><00:36:52.630><c> of</c><00:36:52.809><c> the</c><00:36:52.969><c> names.</c>

00:36:53.590 --> 00:36:55.690
Adonijah,<00:36:54.389><c> Abiah</c><00:36:54.969><c> and</c><00:36:55.289><c> Joab.</c>

00:36:55.690 --> 00:36:57.829
And<00:36:55.809><c> he</c><00:36:55.849><c> deals</c><00:36:56.150><c> with</c><00:36:56.369><c> them</c><00:36:56.730><c> in</c><00:36:56.989><c> exactly</c><00:36:57.349><c> that</c><00:36:57.590><c> order.</c>

00:36:58.230 --> 00:36:59.630
Adonijah<00:36:58.690><c> first.</c>

00:36:59.750 --> 00:37:01.670
Now<00:36:59.829><c> can</c><00:36:59.929><c> you</c><00:37:00.030><c> imagine</c><00:37:00.289><c> Adonijah</c><00:37:00.869><c> sitting</c><00:37:01.190><c> at</c><00:37:01.449><c> home,</c>

00:37:02.010 --> 00:37:04.670
rubbing<00:37:02.050><c> his</c><00:37:02.349><c> hands,</c><00:37:02.610><c> waiting</c><00:37:02.969><c> for</c><00:37:03.409><c> their</c><00:37:03.590><c> little</c><00:37:03.869><c> plot</c><00:37:04.030><c> to</c><00:37:04.230><c> succeed</c>

00:37:04.670 --> 00:37:06.949
and<00:37:04.969><c> for</c><00:37:05.110><c> the</c><00:37:05.210><c> next</c><00:37:05.469><c> phase</c><00:37:05.849><c> to</c><00:37:06.030><c> be</c><00:37:06.250><c> unfolded</c>

00:37:06.949 --> 00:37:08.829
where<00:37:07.110><c> he's</c><00:37:07.590><c> going</c><00:37:07.730><c> to</c><00:37:07.809><c> go</c><00:37:07.909><c> and</c><00:37:07.989><c> take</c><00:37:08.190><c> the</c><00:37:08.409><c> throne</c><00:37:08.530><c> again</c>

00:37:08.829 --> 00:37:11.369
and<00:37:09.110><c> the</c><00:37:09.289><c> door</c><00:37:09.469><c> bursts</c><00:37:09.690><c> open</c><00:37:10.050><c> and</c><00:37:10.130><c> in</c><00:37:10.309><c> comes</c><00:37:10.610><c> Ben</c><00:37:10.889><c>-A</c><00:37:11.030><c>-R.</c>

00:37:11.670 --> 00:37:13.590
Oops,<00:37:12.389><c> misjudged.</c>

00:37:14.050 --> 00:37:16.869
The<00:37:14.230><c> problem's</c><00:37:14.630><c> now</c><00:37:14.889><c> fixed</c><00:37:15.309><c> for</c><00:37:15.789><c> all</c><00:37:16.030><c> time.</c>

00:37:17.230 --> 00:37:22.130
The<00:37:17.530><c> wrath</c><00:37:17.989><c> of</c><00:37:18.550><c> the</c><00:37:18.690><c> king</c><00:37:19.070><c> is</c><00:37:19.670><c> as</c><00:37:19.849><c> the</c><00:37:20.090><c> messengers</c><00:37:20.610><c> of</c><00:37:21.130><c> death.</c>

00:37:22.309 --> 00:37:24.170
Okay,<00:37:22.670><c> so</c><00:37:22.869><c> now</c><00:37:22.969><c> he's</c><00:37:23.170><c> going</c><00:37:23.309><c> to</c><00:37:23.469><c> deal</c><00:37:23.570><c> with</c><00:37:23.730><c> Abiah.</c>

00:37:24.550 --> 00:37:29.570
Well,<00:37:25.050><c> Abiah</c><00:37:25.349><c> of</c><00:37:25.550><c> course</c><00:37:25.789><c> had</c><00:37:26.130><c> already</c><00:37:26.909><c> been</c><00:37:27.309><c> replaced</c><00:37:27.809><c> formally</c><00:37:28.369><c> by</c><00:37:29.030><c> Zadok.</c>

00:37:29.869 --> 00:37:36.030
But<00:37:30.110><c> now</c><00:37:30.690><c> in</c><00:37:31.449><c> verse</c><00:37:31.769><c> 26,</c><00:37:33.070><c> he's</c><00:37:33.369><c> removed</c><00:37:33.929><c> as</c><00:37:34.489><c> priest</c><00:37:34.949><c> altogether.</c>

00:37:36.429 --> 00:37:38.530
Unto<00:37:36.690><c> Abiah</c><00:37:37.289><c> the</c><00:37:37.429><c> priest</c><00:37:37.949><c> said</c><00:37:38.190><c> the</c><00:37:38.309><c> king,</c>

00:37:38.710 --> 00:37:41.090
get<00:37:38.710><c> thee</c><00:37:38.909><c> to</c><00:37:39.130><c> Anathoth</c><00:37:39.769><c> unto</c><00:37:40.170><c> thine</c><00:37:40.369><c> own</c><00:37:40.630><c> fields.</c>

00:37:41.469 --> 00:37:43.869
Thou<00:37:41.650><c> art</c><00:37:41.909><c> worthy</c><00:37:42.250><c> of</c><00:37:42.469><c> death,</c><00:37:42.690><c> but</c><00:37:42.849><c> I</c><00:37:42.989><c> will</c><00:37:43.150><c> not</c><00:37:43.269><c> at</c><00:37:43.449><c> this</c><00:37:43.670><c> time</c>

00:37:43.869 --> 00:37:44.769
put<00:37:44.070><c> thee</c><00:37:44.250><c> to</c><00:37:44.449><c> death</c>

00:37:44.769 --> 00:37:47.789
because<00:37:45.449><c> of</c><00:37:45.849><c> your</c><00:37:46.110><c> role</c><00:37:46.590><c> with</c><00:37:46.929><c> David.</c>

00:37:47.809 --> 00:37:52.469
So<00:37:48.130><c> he</c><00:37:48.449><c> exiles</c><00:37:48.969><c> him</c><00:37:49.190><c> back</c><00:37:49.409><c> to</c><00:37:49.570><c> his</c><00:37:49.809><c> home</c><00:37:50.050><c> fields</c><00:37:50.409><c> and</c><00:37:50.670><c> house</c><00:37:51.269><c> at</c><00:37:51.949><c> Anathoth</c>

00:37:52.469 --> 00:37:56.449
and<00:37:52.989><c> there</c><00:37:53.269><c> he</c><00:37:53.409><c> has</c><00:37:53.650><c> to</c><00:37:53.829><c> live</c><00:37:53.929><c> out</c><00:37:54.230><c> the</c><00:37:54.409><c> rest</c><00:37:54.690><c> of</c><00:37:54.849><c> his</c><00:37:55.090><c> days</c><00:37:55.590><c> till</c><00:37:55.869><c> he</c><00:37:56.110><c> dies.</c>

00:37:56.869 --> 00:38:00.050
And<00:37:57.030><c> I</c><00:37:57.190><c> suspect</c><00:37:57.650><c> with</c><00:37:57.889><c> Adonijah</c><00:37:58.329><c> already</c><00:37:59.110><c> dead,</c>

00:38:00.429 --> 00:38:03.309
it<00:38:00.489><c> didn't</c><00:38:00.710><c> take</c><00:38:00.989><c> the</c><00:38:01.230><c> old</c><00:38:01.510><c> priest</c><00:38:01.889><c> too</c><00:38:02.289><c> much</c><00:38:02.550><c> to</c><00:38:02.809><c> understand</c>

00:38:03.309 --> 00:38:06.590
what<00:38:04.369><c> Solomon</c><00:38:04.809><c> was</c><00:38:05.090><c> hinting</c><00:38:05.429><c> when</c><00:38:05.550><c> he</c><00:38:05.769><c> said,</c>

00:38:06.849 --> 00:38:10.329
I<00:38:06.849><c> will</c><00:38:07.090><c> not</c><00:38:07.289><c> put</c><00:38:07.510><c> thee</c><00:38:07.650><c> to</c><00:38:07.829><c> death</c><00:38:08.550><c> at</c><00:38:09.210><c> this</c><00:38:09.429><c> time.</c>

00:38:11.829 --> 00:38:14.550
And<00:38:12.389><c> so</c><00:38:12.590><c> he's</c><00:38:12.809><c> wise</c><00:38:12.989><c> enough</c><00:38:13.269><c> to</c><00:38:13.510><c> return</c><00:38:13.730><c> off</c><00:38:13.929><c> to</c><00:38:14.130><c> Anathoth</c>

00:38:14.550 --> 00:38:18.449
and<00:38:14.750><c> we</c><00:38:14.829><c> hear</c><00:38:15.309><c> no</c><00:38:15.670><c> more</c><00:38:16.030><c> in</c><00:38:16.210><c> the</c><00:38:16.429><c> record</c><00:38:16.769><c> about</c><00:38:17.190><c> this</c><00:38:17.389><c> old</c><00:38:17.530><c> man.</c>

00:38:18.989 --> 00:38:21.349
Well,<00:38:20.190><c> that</c><00:38:20.329><c> leaves</c><00:38:20.570><c> Joab.</c>

00:38:21.929 --> 00:38:23.989
The<00:38:22.070><c> record</c><00:38:22.369><c> says</c><00:38:22.769><c> tidings</c><00:38:23.309><c> came</c><00:38:23.610><c> to</c><00:38:23.809><c> Joab.</c>

00:38:24.110 --> 00:38:26.929
You<00:38:24.110><c> know,</c><00:38:25.650><c> like</c><00:38:25.809><c> I</c><00:38:25.869><c> guess</c><00:38:25.969><c> the</c><00:38:26.130><c> Israeli</c><00:38:26.489><c> Mossad,</c>

00:38:27.130 --> 00:38:31.110
Joab<00:38:27.329><c> had</c><00:38:27.469><c> his</c><00:38:27.650><c> networks</c><00:38:27.929><c> everywhere</c><00:38:28.590><c> and</c><00:38:29.650><c> he</c><00:38:29.789><c> hears</c><00:38:29.929><c> what's</c><00:38:30.230><c> happening.</c>

00:38:31.570 --> 00:38:32.929
And<00:38:31.710><c> the</c><00:38:31.869><c> script</c><00:38:32.030><c> is</c><00:38:32.210><c> there</c><00:38:32.409><c> for</c><00:38:32.550><c> him</c><00:38:32.610><c> to</c><00:38:32.789><c> read.</c>

00:38:32.949 --> 00:38:37.550
So<00:38:33.090><c> he</c><00:38:33.210><c> runs</c><00:38:33.510><c> just</c><00:38:33.789><c> like</c><00:38:33.989><c> Adonijah</c><00:38:34.449><c> did</c><00:38:34.769><c> off</c><00:38:35.230><c> to</c><00:38:35.489><c> the</c><00:38:35.630><c> area</c><00:38:36.309><c> of</c><00:38:37.150><c> Gideon.</c>

00:38:37.610 --> 00:38:42.130
He<00:38:37.670><c> goes</c><00:38:37.849><c> up</c><00:38:38.050><c> and</c><00:38:38.210><c> grabs</c><00:38:38.369><c> hold</c><00:38:38.570><c> of</c><00:38:38.730><c> the</c><00:38:38.909><c> altar</c><00:38:39.110><c> just</c><00:38:39.750><c> like</c><00:38:40.070><c> Adonijah</c><00:38:40.630><c> previously</c><00:38:41.309><c> had.</c>

00:38:42.170 --> 00:38:47.409
A<00:38:42.630><c> little</c><00:38:42.809><c> bit</c><00:38:43.030><c> odd</c><00:38:43.250><c> to</c><00:38:43.469><c> see</c><00:38:43.789><c> Joab</c><00:38:43.969><c> appealing</c><00:38:44.449><c> for</c><00:38:44.949><c> divine</c><00:38:45.309><c> mercy</c><00:38:45.829><c> and</c><00:38:46.409><c> intervention.</c>

00:38:47.789 --> 00:38:48.489
Well,<00:38:47.869><c> we</c><00:38:47.909><c> know</c><00:38:48.070><c> the</c><00:38:48.289><c> story.</c>

00:38:48.710 --> 00:38:52.409
Baneirah<00:38:49.170><c> is</c><00:38:49.170><c> sent</c><00:38:49.429><c> off</c><00:38:49.690><c> to</c><00:38:50.030><c> kill</c><00:38:50.289><c> Joab</c><00:38:50.670><c> and</c><00:38:51.110><c> overawed</c><00:38:51.510><c> perhaps</c><00:38:51.829><c> by</c><00:38:52.010><c> the</c><00:38:52.210><c> place</c>

00:38:52.409 --> 00:38:55.190
and<00:38:52.610><c> perhaps</c><00:38:52.889><c> by</c><00:38:53.190><c> the</c><00:38:53.769><c> greatness</c><00:38:54.050><c> of</c><00:38:54.409><c> the</c><00:38:54.550><c> man</c><00:38:54.710><c> himself.</c>

00:38:55.389 --> 00:38:57.130
When<00:38:55.610><c> Joab</c><00:38:55.869><c> says,</c><00:38:56.309><c> no,</c><00:38:56.329><c> no,</c><00:38:56.429><c> I'm</c><00:38:56.530><c> not</c><00:38:56.769><c> coming</c><00:38:56.969><c> out.</c>

00:38:57.150 --> 00:38:58.070
You<00:38:57.230><c> have</c><00:38:57.429><c> to</c><00:38:57.570><c> kill</c><00:38:57.670><c> me</c><00:38:57.869><c> here.</c>

00:38:58.389 --> 00:39:00.570
He<00:38:58.510><c> goes</c><00:38:58.750><c> back</c><00:38:59.010><c> to</c><00:38:59.250><c> Solomon</c><00:38:59.449><c> and</c><00:38:59.650><c> repeats</c><00:38:59.929><c> those</c><00:39:00.269><c> words.</c>

00:39:00.809 --> 00:39:02.750
Now,<00:39:00.989><c> just</c><00:39:01.230><c> listen</c><00:39:01.429><c> to</c><00:39:01.610><c> the</c><00:39:01.670><c> young</c><00:39:01.809><c> man.</c>

00:39:02.849 --> 00:39:05.150
Fine,<00:39:04.030><c> kill</c><00:39:04.130><c> him</c><00:39:04.269><c> there.</c>

00:39:05.769 --> 00:39:07.230
I<00:39:05.809><c> mean,</c><00:39:06.070><c> Solomon's</c><00:39:06.469><c> tough.</c>

00:39:07.590 --> 00:39:08.409
He<00:39:07.789><c> is</c><00:39:08.070><c> tough.</c>

00:39:08.909 --> 00:39:10.630
Go<00:39:09.130><c> back</c><00:39:09.530><c> and</c><00:39:09.949><c> kill</c><00:39:10.090><c> him</c><00:39:10.309><c> there.</c>

00:39:10.630 --> 00:39:13.250
And<00:39:11.150><c> that's</c><00:39:11.750><c> exactly</c><00:39:12.329><c> what</c><00:39:12.750><c> they</c><00:39:12.949><c> do.</c>

00:39:13.409 --> 00:39:16.050
And<00:39:13.550><c> he</c><00:39:13.670><c> finishes</c><00:39:13.989><c> off</c><00:39:14.610><c> in</c><00:39:15.130><c> verse</c><00:39:15.369><c> 32.</c>

00:39:16.250 --> 00:39:19.929
Yahweh<00:39:16.630><c> will</c><00:39:16.869><c> return</c><00:39:17.130><c> his</c><00:39:17.449><c> blood</c><00:39:17.710><c> upon</c><00:39:17.969><c> his</c><00:39:18.130><c> own</c><00:39:18.369><c> head,</c><00:39:18.829><c> says</c><00:39:18.889><c> Solomon.</c>

00:39:21.429 --> 00:39:24.449
And<00:39:21.570><c> verse</c><00:39:21.809><c> 33,</c><00:39:22.789><c> their</c><00:39:23.070><c> blood</c><00:39:23.289><c> shall</c><00:39:23.469><c> return</c><00:39:23.829><c> upon</c><00:39:24.110><c> the</c><00:39:24.329><c> head</c>

00:39:24.449 --> 00:39:24.989
of<00:39:24.670><c> Joab,</c>

00:39:25.309 --> 00:39:26.809
upon<00:39:25.530><c> the</c><00:39:25.710><c> head</c><00:39:25.809><c> of</c><00:39:25.989><c> his</c><00:39:26.170><c> seed</c><00:39:26.309><c> forever.</c>

00:39:27.269 --> 00:39:30.409
But<00:39:27.409><c> upon</c><00:39:27.769><c> David</c><00:39:28.210><c> and</c><00:39:28.469><c> upon</c><00:39:28.670><c> his</c><00:39:29.030><c> seed</c><00:39:29.170><c> and</c><00:39:29.389><c> upon</c><00:39:29.590><c> his</c><00:39:29.989><c> house</c>

00:39:30.409 --> 00:39:31.590
and<00:39:30.710><c> on</c><00:39:30.909><c> his</c><00:39:31.269><c> throne</c>

00:39:31.590 --> 00:39:38.070
shall<00:39:32.250><c> there</c><00:39:32.550><c> be</c><00:39:33.389><c> peace</c><00:39:34.829><c> forever,</c><00:39:36.289><c> said</c><00:39:36.449><c> Solomon,</c><00:39:37.389><c> the</c><00:39:37.530><c> king</c>

00:39:38.070 --> 00:39:39.269
of<00:39:38.789><c> peace.</c>

00:39:39.269 --> 00:39:42.550
And<00:39:39.849><c> now</c><00:39:40.289><c> the</c><00:39:40.730><c> rebellion</c><00:39:41.070><c> has</c><00:39:41.309><c> been</c><00:39:41.510><c> dispatched</c><00:39:41.969><c> for</c><00:39:42.170><c> once</c>

00:39:42.550 --> 00:39:43.250
and<00:39:42.909><c> for</c><00:39:43.130><c> all.</c>

00:39:43.590 --> 00:39:46.369
And<00:39:43.670><c> now</c><00:39:43.849><c> he</c><00:39:44.030><c> starts</c><00:39:44.329><c> to</c><00:39:44.630><c> consolidate</c><00:39:45.130><c> and</c><00:39:45.489><c> cement</c><00:39:45.769><c> in</c><00:39:46.070><c> power.</c>

00:39:46.769 --> 00:39:50.949
So<00:39:46.769><c> verse</c><00:39:46.949><c> 35,</c><00:39:47.989><c> Baneirah,</c><00:39:48.869><c> one</c><00:39:49.070><c> of</c><00:39:49.230><c> the</c><00:39:49.369><c> men</c><00:39:49.550><c> who</c><00:39:49.670><c> was</c><00:39:49.849><c> involved</c><00:39:50.150><c> in</c><00:39:50.289><c> his</c><00:39:50.489><c> crowning,</c>

00:39:51.369 --> 00:39:55.550
he's<00:39:51.710><c> now</c><00:39:51.909><c> been</c><00:39:52.110><c> put</c><00:39:52.269><c> over</c><00:39:52.489><c> the</c><00:39:52.750><c> army</c><00:39:53.090><c> in</c><00:39:54.030><c> the</c><00:39:54.130><c> place</c><00:39:54.409><c> of</c><00:39:55.210><c> Joab.</c>

00:39:55.869 --> 00:39:58.809
And<00:39:56.150><c> Zadok,</c><00:39:56.670><c> who</c><00:39:56.750><c> was</c><00:39:56.969><c> also</c><00:39:57.289><c> involved</c><00:39:57.690><c> in</c><00:39:57.909><c> Solomon's</c><00:39:58.389><c> crowning,</c>

00:39:59.010 --> 00:40:02.269
has<00:39:59.150><c> now</c><00:39:59.349><c> been</c><00:39:59.590><c> confirmed</c><00:40:00.010><c> as</c><00:40:00.289><c> high</c><00:40:00.530><c> priest</c><00:40:00.849><c> in</c><00:40:01.250><c> the</c><00:40:01.409><c> room</c><00:40:01.829><c> of</c>

00:40:02.269 --> 00:40:02.849
a<00:40:02.469><c> biartha.</c>

00:40:02.969 --> 00:40:06.289
And<00:40:03.170><c> you</c><00:40:03.230><c> can</c><00:40:03.489><c> see</c><00:40:03.670><c> this</c><00:40:03.909><c> young</c><00:40:04.170><c> man</c><00:40:04.650><c> broadening</c><00:40:05.329><c> his</c><00:40:05.630><c> power</c><00:40:05.989><c> base.</c>

00:40:06.289 --> 00:40:09.750
You<00:40:06.690><c> can</c><00:40:07.090><c> feel</c><00:40:07.489><c> the</c><00:40:07.949><c> force</c><00:40:08.269><c> of</c><00:40:08.550><c> this</c><00:40:08.789><c> man's</c><00:40:09.409><c> character.</c>

00:40:10.230 --> 00:40:13.409
He's<00:40:10.429><c> deliberately</c><00:40:10.909><c> and</c><00:40:11.510><c> implacably</c><00:40:12.170><c> taking</c><00:40:12.789><c> control,</c>

00:40:13.530 --> 00:40:17.070
step<00:40:13.809><c> by</c><00:40:14.150><c> step,</c><00:40:15.050><c> across</c><00:40:15.469><c> the</c><00:40:15.849><c> face</c><00:40:16.190><c> of</c><00:40:16.489><c> this</c><00:40:16.710><c> nation.</c>

00:40:17.510 --> 00:40:20.489
Nobody<00:40:17.849><c> is</c><00:40:18.329><c> going</c><00:40:18.409><c> to</c><00:40:18.510><c> be</c><00:40:18.590><c> able</c><00:40:18.750><c> to</c><00:40:18.949><c> gain</c><00:40:19.230><c> say</c><00:40:19.590><c> or</c><00:40:19.989><c> stop</c><00:40:20.250><c> him.</c>

00:40:20.650 --> 00:40:24.630
You<00:40:20.789><c> can</c><00:40:21.030><c> actually</c><00:40:21.369><c> feel</c><00:40:21.809><c> the</c><00:40:22.309><c> force</c><00:40:22.690><c> of</c><00:40:23.050><c> this</c><00:40:23.349><c> young</c><00:40:23.670><c> man's</c><00:40:24.309><c> character.</c>

00:40:25.090 --> 00:40:27.190
He's<00:40:25.210><c> quite</c><00:40:25.409><c> a</c><00:40:25.630><c> remarkable</c><00:40:26.090><c> person.</c>

00:40:28.150 --> 00:40:30.289
But<00:40:28.389><c> the</c><00:40:28.530><c> still</c><00:40:28.750><c> unfinished</c><00:40:29.190><c> business.</c>

00:40:31.090 --> 00:40:33.550
The<00:40:31.269><c> cleansing</c><00:40:31.550><c> process</c><00:40:32.170><c> is</c><00:40:32.650><c> not</c><00:40:32.889><c> yet</c><00:40:33.110><c> complete.</c>

00:40:33.550 --> 00:40:37.489
There's<00:40:34.369><c> one</c><00:40:34.610><c> man</c><00:40:34.849><c> still</c><00:40:35.130><c> outstanding,</c><00:40:36.250><c> and</c><00:40:36.349><c> that's</c><00:40:36.750><c> Shimei.</c>

00:40:38.570 --> 00:40:41.409
Now<00:40:38.869><c> the</c><00:40:38.929><c> case</c><00:40:39.250><c> of</c><00:40:39.510><c> Shimei</c><00:40:39.909><c> is</c><00:40:40.090><c> a</c><00:40:40.170><c> little</c><00:40:40.349><c> different.</c>

00:40:41.789 --> 00:40:43.210
Because<00:40:42.070><c> Shimei,</c><00:40:42.650><c> on</c><00:40:42.650><c> the</c><00:40:42.829><c> face</c><00:40:42.989><c> of</c><00:40:43.090><c> it,</c>

00:40:43.329 --> 00:40:46.309
Shimei<00:40:43.650><c> had</c><00:40:43.869><c> shown</c><00:40:44.050><c> himself</c><00:40:44.449><c> to</c><00:40:44.630><c> be</c><00:40:45.210><c> quite</c><00:40:45.530><c> accepting</c>

00:40:46.309 --> 00:40:48.849
and<00:40:46.869><c> also</c><00:40:47.230><c> to</c><00:40:47.389><c> be</c><00:40:47.590><c> quite</c><00:40:47.869><c> repentant.</c>

00:40:49.570 --> 00:40:52.090
Of<00:40:49.789><c> course,</c><00:40:49.809><c> Shimei</c><00:40:50.210><c> is</c><00:40:50.349><c> the</c><00:40:50.489><c> one</c><00:40:50.670><c> who</c><00:40:50.869><c> in</c><00:40:50.949><c> the</c><00:40:51.110><c> rebellion</c><00:40:51.489><c> of</c><00:40:51.710><c> Absalom</c>

00:40:52.090 --> 00:40:54.989
had<00:40:52.389><c> followed</c><00:40:52.710><c> David,</c><00:40:53.510><c> cursing</c><00:40:53.949><c> him</c><00:40:54.070><c> and</c><00:40:54.250><c> throwing</c><00:40:54.610><c> stones</c>

00:40:54.989 --> 00:40:55.869
and<00:40:55.190><c> dust</c><00:40:55.429><c> on</c><00:40:55.610><c> him.</c>

00:40:56.130 --> 00:41:00.409
But<00:40:56.369><c> afterwards,</c><00:40:57.090><c> in</c><00:40:57.289><c> 2</c><00:40:57.489><c> Samuel</c><00:40:57.869><c> 19</c><00:40:58.989><c> and</c><00:40:59.289><c> verse</c><00:40:59.510><c> 19</c><00:40:59.909><c> and</c><00:41:00.130><c> 20,</c>

00:41:00.409 --> 00:41:00.869
he<00:41:00.630><c> says,</c>

00:41:00.869 --> 00:41:03.050
Please<00:41:01.349><c> forgive</c><00:41:01.849><c> my</c><00:41:02.150><c> iniquity.</c>

00:41:03.690 --> 00:41:06.489
He<00:41:03.789><c> confesses,</c><00:41:04.750><c> I</c><00:41:05.030><c> behaved</c><00:41:05.670><c> perversely.</c>

00:41:06.809 --> 00:41:08.090
I<00:41:06.909><c> know</c><00:41:07.150><c> I've</c><00:41:07.429><c> sinned,</c><00:41:07.829><c> he</c><00:41:07.869><c> said.</c>

00:41:08.530 --> 00:41:12.389
So<00:41:08.789><c> I'm</c><00:41:09.050><c> the</c><00:41:09.389><c> first</c><00:41:09.869><c> to</c><00:41:10.210><c> come</c><00:41:10.570><c> and</c><00:41:11.010><c> submit</c><00:41:11.289><c> to</c><00:41:11.449><c> you,</c><00:41:11.710><c> David,</c><00:41:12.110><c> as</c>

00:41:12.389 --> 00:41:13.449
you<00:41:12.590><c> return.</c>

00:41:14.250 --> 00:41:17.929
Later<00:41:14.570><c> in</c><00:41:14.690><c> this</c><00:41:14.889><c> chapter,</c><00:41:15.190><c> when</c><00:41:15.369><c> Solomon</c><00:41:15.730><c> places</c><00:41:16.170><c> restrictions</c><00:41:16.949><c> on</c><00:41:17.489><c> Shimei,</c>

00:41:18.309 --> 00:41:20.070
he's<00:41:18.730><c> happy</c><00:41:18.949><c> to</c><00:41:19.190><c> submit.</c>

00:41:20.230 --> 00:41:23.929
So<00:41:20.349><c> in</c><00:41:20.530><c> verses</c><00:41:20.789><c> 36</c><00:41:21.329><c> and</c><00:41:21.489><c> 37,</c><00:41:21.929><c> he</c><00:41:22.070><c> says</c><00:41:22.190><c> the</c><00:41:22.449><c> saying</c><00:41:22.750><c> is</c><00:41:23.090><c> good.</c>

00:41:23.989 --> 00:41:29.210
As<00:41:24.309><c> my</c><00:41:24.610><c> Lord</c><00:41:24.889><c> the</c><00:41:25.110><c> King</c><00:41:25.409><c> hath</c><00:41:25.690><c> said,</c><00:41:26.690><c> so</c><00:41:27.210><c> will</c><00:41:27.630><c> thy</c><00:41:27.889><c> servant</c><00:41:28.269><c> do.</c>

00:41:30.329 --> 00:41:33.590
So<00:41:30.809><c> in</c><00:41:30.969><c> the</c><00:41:31.150><c> presence</c><00:41:31.429><c> of</c><00:41:31.789><c> David,</c><00:41:32.130><c> or</c><00:41:32.389><c> in</c><00:41:32.489><c> the</c><00:41:32.690><c> presence</c><00:41:32.969><c> of</c><00:41:33.309><c> Solomon,</c>

00:41:33.670 --> 00:41:36.590
when<00:41:33.849><c> they</c><00:41:34.090><c> were</c><00:41:34.269><c> in</c><00:41:34.469><c> a</c><00:41:34.610><c> position</c><00:41:34.989><c> of</c><00:41:35.429><c> power,</c>

00:41:37.150 --> 00:41:39.510
this<00:41:37.369><c> man</c><00:41:37.769><c> is</c><00:41:38.530><c> very</c><00:41:38.889><c> submissive.</c>

00:41:39.610 --> 00:41:41.590
He's<00:41:39.929><c> very</c><00:41:40.489><c> compliant.</c>

00:41:41.690 --> 00:41:43.730
In<00:41:41.710><c> fact,</c><00:41:41.949><c> he's</c><00:41:42.349><c> almost</c><00:41:43.130><c> obsequious.</c>

00:41:43.750 --> 00:41:46.130
You<00:41:43.869><c> could</c><00:41:44.050><c> almost</c><00:41:44.329><c> say</c><00:41:44.550><c> a</c><00:41:44.630><c> little</c><00:41:44.849><c> bit</c><00:41:45.150><c> smarmy.</c>

00:41:46.969 --> 00:41:49.449
So<00:41:47.150><c> what's</c><00:41:47.630><c> David's</c><00:41:48.110><c> problem</c><00:41:48.309><c> with</c><00:41:48.469><c> them?</c>

00:41:50.429 --> 00:41:54.710
Why<00:41:50.630><c> is</c><00:41:50.849><c> David</c><00:41:51.050><c> so</c><00:41:51.349><c> driven</c><00:41:51.750><c> to</c><00:41:52.409><c> have</c><00:41:52.929><c> Shimei</c><00:41:53.409><c> put</c><00:41:53.710><c> to</c><00:41:53.949><c> death?</c>

00:41:54.909 --> 00:41:56.489
Some<00:41:55.150><c> people</c><00:41:55.309><c> look</c><00:41:55.469><c> at</c><00:41:55.590><c> this</c><00:41:55.769><c> record</c><00:41:56.030><c> and</c><00:41:56.190><c> they</c><00:41:56.369><c> say,</c>

00:41:56.489 --> 00:41:57.809
oh,<00:41:56.750><c> that</c><00:41:56.829><c> some</c><00:41:56.949><c> of</c><00:41:57.050><c> the</c><00:41:57.230><c> commentators,</c><00:41:57.710><c> they</c><00:41:57.750><c> say,</c>

00:41:57.809 --> 00:41:59.929
this<00:41:57.989><c> shows</c><00:41:58.230><c> a</c><00:41:58.269><c> bit</c><00:41:58.429><c> of</c><00:41:58.590><c> weakness</c><00:41:58.829><c> on</c><00:41:59.329><c> David's</c><00:41:59.849><c> part.</c>

00:42:00.070 --> 00:42:02.429
Here's<00:42:00.190><c> a</c><00:42:00.309><c> man</c><00:42:00.510><c> who</c><00:42:00.789><c> would</c><00:42:00.949><c> never</c><00:42:01.190><c> take</c><00:42:01.469><c> vengeance</c><00:42:01.809><c> himself,</c>

00:42:02.869 --> 00:42:05.210
but<00:42:02.869><c> he</c><00:42:03.190><c> made</c><00:42:03.449><c> a</c><00:42:03.730><c> promise</c><00:42:03.929><c> and</c><00:42:04.090><c> he</c><00:42:04.210><c> wanted</c><00:42:04.329><c> to</c><00:42:04.590><c> find</c><00:42:04.769><c> some</c><00:42:05.070><c> way</c>

00:42:05.210 --> 00:42:05.949
to<00:42:05.349><c> get</c><00:42:05.489><c> around</c><00:42:05.750><c> it.</c>

00:42:06.150 --> 00:42:08.889
There's<00:42:06.309><c> a</c><00:42:06.369><c> little</c><00:42:06.530><c> bit</c><00:42:06.670><c> of</c><00:42:06.809><c> old</c><00:42:07.070><c> fashioned</c><00:42:07.389><c> revenge</c><00:42:07.929><c> and</c><00:42:08.190><c> bitterness</c><00:42:08.530><c> of</c>

00:42:08.889 --> 00:42:09.469
spirit<00:42:09.150><c> here</c>

00:42:09.469 --> 00:42:11.289
on<00:42:09.909><c> David's</c><00:42:10.409><c> behalf.</c>

00:42:12.090 --> 00:42:14.650
Is<00:42:12.269><c> retribution</c><00:42:12.789><c> what's</c><00:42:13.210><c> driving</c><00:42:13.449><c> David</c><00:42:13.789><c> here?</c>

00:42:14.909 --> 00:42:18.989
Is<00:42:15.110><c> this</c><00:42:15.289><c> just</c><00:42:15.590><c> a</c><00:42:16.269><c> dose</c><00:42:16.590><c> of</c><00:42:17.030><c> bitter,</c><00:42:17.510><c> old</c><00:42:18.030><c> revenge?</c>

00:42:19.769 --> 00:42:21.710
You'll<00:42:19.869><c> find</c><00:42:19.949><c> there's</c><00:42:20.150><c> a</c><00:42:20.230><c> lot</c><00:42:20.429><c> more</c><00:42:20.710><c> to</c><00:42:20.889><c> it</c><00:42:21.010><c> than</c><00:42:21.230><c> that,</c><00:42:21.429><c> than</c>

00:42:21.710 --> 00:42:22.469
meets<00:42:21.929><c> the</c><00:42:22.170><c> eye.</c>

00:42:22.929 --> 00:42:24.730
I'd<00:42:23.130><c> like</c><00:42:23.190><c> you</c><00:42:23.329><c> to</c><00:42:23.469><c> come</c><00:42:23.550><c> with</c><00:42:23.769><c> me</c><00:42:24.030><c> to,</c>

00:42:24.889 --> 00:42:26.889
well,<00:42:25.190><c> you</c><00:42:25.289><c> notice</c><00:42:25.469><c> David's</c><00:42:26.030><c> careful</c><00:42:26.190><c> words,</c><00:42:26.530><c> by</c><00:42:26.650><c> the</c><00:42:26.769><c> way,</c>

00:42:26.889 --> 00:42:29.750
in<00:42:27.090><c> 1</c><00:42:27.269><c> Kings</c><00:42:27.570><c> 2</c><00:42:27.909><c> verse</c><00:42:28.150><c> 8,</c><00:42:28.309><c> when</c><00:42:28.429><c> he</c><00:42:28.510><c> says,</c><00:42:29.150><c> I</c><00:42:29.150><c> want</c><00:42:29.369><c> you</c><00:42:29.550><c> to</c>

00:42:29.750 --> 00:42:30.269
dispatch<00:42:29.949><c> Shimei,</c>

00:42:30.389 --> 00:42:35.469
he<00:42:30.449><c> says,</c><00:42:31.570><c> because</c><00:42:31.570><c> Shimei</c><00:42:32.210><c> cursed</c><00:42:32.690><c> me</c><00:42:33.269><c> with</c><00:42:33.630><c> a</c><00:42:34.010><c> grievous</c><00:42:34.469><c> curse.</c>

00:42:36.710 --> 00:42:40.110
Well,<00:42:36.849><c> let's</c><00:42:37.010><c> go</c><00:42:37.289><c> back</c><00:42:37.829><c> and</c><00:42:38.590><c> have</c><00:42:38.730><c> a</c><00:42:38.789><c> look</c><00:42:38.909><c> at</c><00:42:39.050><c> that</c><00:42:39.269><c> curse</c>

00:42:40.170 --> 00:42:41.349
and<00:42:40.409><c> see</c><00:42:40.570><c> what</c><00:42:40.670><c> he's</c><00:42:40.869><c> referring</c><00:42:41.150><c> to.</c>

00:42:41.530 --> 00:42:44.570
So<00:42:41.650><c> let's</c><00:42:41.809><c> go</c><00:42:41.989><c> back</c><00:42:42.170><c> to</c><00:42:42.369><c> 2</c><00:42:42.530><c> Samuel</c><00:42:42.969><c> chapter</c><00:42:43.329><c> 16,</c>

00:42:45.289 --> 00:42:48.070
which<00:42:45.389><c> is</c><00:42:45.590><c> the</c><00:42:45.769><c> incident</c><00:42:46.130><c> of</c><00:42:46.610><c> Shimei</c><00:42:47.070><c> coming</c><00:42:47.329><c> out</c><00:42:47.610><c> as</c><00:42:47.809><c> David</c>

00:42:48.070 --> 00:42:50.670
was<00:42:48.389><c> fleeing</c><00:42:48.849><c> from</c><00:42:49.730><c> Absalom.</c>

00:42:52.929 --> 00:42:55.570
When<00:42:53.369><c> he</c><00:42:53.570><c> had</c><00:42:53.690><c> left</c><00:42:53.809><c> the</c><00:42:53.969><c> city</c><00:42:54.269><c> of</c><00:42:55.150><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:42:55.570 --> 00:42:57.889
they<00:42:55.789><c> crossed</c><00:42:56.090><c> down</c><00:42:56.349><c> over</c><00:42:56.590><c> the</c><00:42:56.750><c> Kijon</c><00:42:57.110><c> and</c><00:42:57.409><c> were</c><00:42:57.550><c> heading</c><00:42:57.710><c> up</c>

00:42:57.889 --> 00:42:58.769
the<00:42:57.989><c> hill</c><00:42:58.110><c> on</c><00:42:58.269><c> the</c><00:42:58.389><c> other</c><00:42:58.610><c> side</c>

00:42:58.769 --> 00:43:00.690
and<00:42:59.030><c> Shimei</c><00:42:59.389><c> comes</c><00:42:59.710><c> down.</c>

00:43:00.949 --> 00:43:02.389
And<00:43:01.130><c> what</c><00:43:01.250><c> do</c><00:43:01.349><c> we</c><00:43:01.489><c> have?</c>

00:43:03.010 --> 00:43:05.969
Verse<00:43:03.030><c> 5,</c><00:43:04.070><c> King</c><00:43:04.210><c> David</c><00:43:04.489><c> comes</c><00:43:04.750><c> to</c><00:43:04.929><c> Barheerum,</c><00:43:05.469><c> out</c><00:43:05.510><c> comes</c><00:43:05.750><c> a</c>

00:43:05.969 --> 00:43:08.170
man<00:43:06.289><c> of</c><00:43:06.809><c> the</c><00:43:07.050><c> family</c><00:43:07.429><c> of</c><00:43:07.570><c> the</c><00:43:07.750><c> house</c><00:43:07.989><c> of...</c>

00:43:08.170 --> 00:43:09.610
Oh,<00:43:08.409><c> that's</c><00:43:08.690><c> interesting.</c>

00:43:09.630 --> 00:43:11.050
Look<00:43:09.769><c> how</c><00:43:09.889><c> he's</c><00:43:10.190><c> described.</c>

00:43:11.570 --> 00:43:17.429
A<00:43:11.590><c> man</c><00:43:12.170><c> of</c><00:43:13.010><c> the</c><00:43:13.409><c> family</c><00:43:14.050><c> of</c><00:43:14.670><c> the</c><00:43:14.969><c> house</c><00:43:15.750><c> of</c><00:43:16.530><c> Saul.</c>

00:43:17.530 --> 00:43:17.730
Cool.

00:43:17.849 --> 00:43:19.090
Just<00:43:18.090><c> note</c><00:43:18.210><c> that.</c>

00:43:19.389 --> 00:43:22.949
He<00:43:19.530><c> comes</c><00:43:19.789><c> out</c><00:43:19.989><c> and</c><00:43:20.150><c> he</c><00:43:20.349><c> curses</c><00:43:20.690><c> as</c><00:43:20.849><c> he</c><00:43:21.030><c> goes</c><00:43:21.170><c> and</c><00:43:21.349><c> he</c><00:43:21.670><c> casts</c><00:43:21.929><c> stones</c><00:43:22.449><c> at</c><00:43:22.690><c> David</c>

00:43:22.949 --> 00:43:24.050
and<00:43:23.329><c> at</c><00:43:23.469><c> all</c><00:43:23.610><c> the</c><00:43:23.809><c> servants.</c>

00:43:24.050 --> 00:43:25.909
And<00:43:24.230><c> what</c><00:43:24.369><c> did</c><00:43:24.469><c> he</c><00:43:24.610><c> say</c><00:43:25.010><c> in</c><00:43:25.329><c> verse</c><00:43:25.510><c> 7?</c>

00:43:26.389 --> 00:43:29.769
Come<00:43:26.429><c> out,</c><00:43:26.829><c> come</c><00:43:27.070><c> out,</c><00:43:27.429><c> you</c><00:43:27.630><c> man</c><00:43:27.869><c> of</c><00:43:28.070><c> blood,</c><00:43:28.670><c> you</c><00:43:28.789><c> man</c><00:43:29.130><c> of</c><00:43:29.389><c> Belial.</c>

00:43:30.090 --> 00:43:32.869
Yahweh's<00:43:30.510><c> returned</c><00:43:30.829><c> on</c><00:43:31.190><c> you,</c><00:43:31.650><c> all</c><00:43:31.929><c> the</c><00:43:32.090><c> blood</c><00:43:32.289><c> of</c><00:43:32.469><c> the</c><00:43:32.630><c> house</c>

00:43:32.869 --> 00:43:33.429
of<00:43:33.130><c> Saul,</c>

00:43:33.690 --> 00:43:35.210
in<00:43:33.750><c> whose</c><00:43:34.050><c> stead</c><00:43:34.190><c> you've</c><00:43:34.690><c> reigned.</c>

00:43:35.530 --> 00:43:38.349
And<00:43:35.730><c> Yahweh's</c><00:43:36.150><c> delivered</c><00:43:36.349><c> the</c><00:43:36.530><c> kingdom</c><00:43:36.849><c> into</c><00:43:37.809><c> the</c><00:43:37.989><c> hand</c><00:43:38.190><c> of</c>

00:43:38.349 --> 00:43:39.590
your<00:43:38.530><c> own</c><00:43:38.750><c> son.</c>

00:43:39.909 --> 00:43:43.170
Can<00:43:40.150><c> you</c><00:43:40.250><c> hear</c><00:43:40.349><c> this</c><00:43:40.610><c> man</c><00:43:41.030><c> spitting</c><00:43:41.570><c> out</c><00:43:41.829><c> words</c><00:43:42.070><c> of</c><00:43:42.329><c> hate?</c>

00:43:43.269 --> 00:43:46.369
Just<00:43:43.389><c> vomiting</c><00:43:43.710><c> out</c><00:43:44.150><c> vile</c><00:43:44.550><c> blood</c><00:43:44.929><c> and</c><00:43:45.130><c> he</c><00:43:45.510><c> hates</c><00:43:45.889><c> this</c><00:43:46.170><c> man</c>

00:43:46.369 --> 00:43:48.929
and<00:43:46.610><c> he</c><00:43:46.710><c> just</c><00:43:46.989><c> can't</c><00:43:47.170><c> help</c><00:43:47.510><c> but</c><00:43:47.750><c> laugh</c><00:43:48.090><c> at</c><00:43:48.690><c> David.</c>

00:43:49.429 --> 00:43:51.469
It's<00:43:49.889><c> just</c><00:43:50.190><c> there,</c><00:43:50.550><c> isn't</c><00:43:50.670><c> it?</c>

00:43:51.610 --> 00:43:53.570
It<00:43:52.130><c> just</c><00:43:52.489><c> oozes</c><00:43:52.889><c> from</c><00:43:53.110><c> the</c><00:43:53.309><c> record.</c>

00:43:54.050 --> 00:43:58.409
This<00:43:54.409><c> is</c><00:43:54.630><c> a</c><00:43:54.730><c> man</c><00:43:54.989><c> who's</c><00:43:55.489><c> totally</c><00:43:56.090><c> consumed</c><00:43:56.889><c> by</c><00:43:57.550><c> bitter</c><00:43:57.889><c> hatred</c>

00:43:58.409 --> 00:44:02.309
because<00:43:59.050><c> of</c><00:43:59.190><c> what</c><00:43:59.449><c> you</c><00:43:59.750><c> did</c><00:44:00.150><c> to</c><00:44:00.690><c> my</c><00:44:01.170><c> house.</c>

00:44:03.130 --> 00:44:05.550
He's<00:44:03.429><c> a</c><00:44:03.530><c> man</c><00:44:04.110><c> of</c><00:44:04.409><c> the</c><00:44:04.550><c> house</c><00:44:05.130><c> of</c><00:44:05.409><c> Saul.</c>

00:44:05.650 --> 00:44:07.469
You<00:44:05.750><c> can</c><00:44:05.989><c> see</c><00:44:06.150><c> what's</c><00:44:06.530><c> biting</c><00:44:06.750><c> him,</c><00:44:07.130><c> can't</c><00:44:07.210><c> you?</c>

00:44:07.710 --> 00:44:10.210
You<00:44:07.849><c> can</c><00:44:08.010><c> see</c><00:44:08.110><c> what's</c><00:44:08.530><c> driving</c><00:44:08.849><c> this</c><00:44:09.150><c> man.</c>

00:44:10.730 --> 00:44:12.349
Proverbs<00:44:11.070><c> 17</c><00:44:11.530><c> verse</c><00:44:11.829><c> 55.</c>

00:44:12.510 --> 00:44:15.190
Who<00:44:12.510><c> so</c><00:44:12.809><c> mocketh</c><00:44:13.110><c> the</c><00:44:13.369><c> poor,</c><00:44:13.949><c> reproaches</c><00:44:14.090><c> his</c><00:44:14.389><c> Maker?</c>

00:44:15.550 --> 00:44:22.369
He<00:44:16.150><c> that</c><00:44:16.750><c> is</c><00:44:17.130><c> glad</c><00:44:17.730><c> at</c><00:44:18.510><c> calamities</c><00:44:19.909><c> shall</c><00:44:20.449><c> not</c><00:44:21.010><c> be</c><00:44:21.309><c> unpunished.</c>

00:44:22.510 --> 00:44:26.110
Well,<00:44:22.949><c> this</c><00:44:23.050><c> man</c><00:44:23.230><c> was</c><00:44:23.530><c> exceedingly</c><00:44:24.010><c> happy</c><00:44:24.530><c> at</c><00:44:24.809><c> the</c><00:44:25.010><c> calamities</c><00:44:25.429><c> that</c><00:44:25.710><c> come</c>

00:44:26.110 --> 00:44:27.829
across<00:44:26.769><c> David.</c>

00:44:29.329 --> 00:44:32.989
In<00:44:29.429><c> fact,</c><00:44:29.949><c> Shimei</c><00:44:30.030><c> is</c><00:44:30.170><c> a</c><00:44:30.190><c> very</c><00:44:30.550><c> interesting</c><00:44:31.030><c> study</c><00:44:31.469><c> in</c><00:44:31.829><c> human</c><00:44:31.989><c> nature.</c>

00:44:33.869 --> 00:44:36.269
Shimei<00:44:34.250><c> is</c><00:44:34.389><c> the</c><00:44:34.530><c> sort</c><00:44:34.690><c> of</c><00:44:34.869><c> person</c><00:44:35.190><c> to</c><00:44:35.469><c> whom</c>

00:44:36.570 --> 00:44:40.929
blood<00:44:37.170><c> and</c><00:44:37.750><c> blood</c><00:44:38.190><c> loyalty,</c><00:44:39.610><c> loyalty</c><00:44:39.889><c> to</c><00:44:40.090><c> one's</c><00:44:40.429><c> relations,</c>

00:44:40.969 --> 00:44:43.530
is<00:44:41.130><c> more</c><00:44:41.369><c> important</c><00:44:41.909><c> than</c><00:44:42.170><c> right</c><00:44:42.469><c> and</c><00:44:42.710><c> wrong.</c>

00:44:44.389 --> 00:44:47.630
In<00:44:44.570><c> fact,</c><00:44:44.829><c> not</c><00:44:45.050><c> that</c><00:44:45.210><c> it's</c><00:44:45.349><c> more</c><00:44:45.610><c> important,</c><00:44:46.369><c> as</c><00:44:46.650><c> far</c><00:44:46.829><c> as</c><00:44:46.929><c> he's</c><00:44:47.250><c> concerned,</c>

00:44:48.070 --> 00:44:51.130
it<00:44:48.190><c> actually</c><00:44:48.570><c> defines</c><00:44:49.570><c> right</c><00:44:50.170><c> and</c><00:44:50.630><c> wrong.</c>

00:44:51.130 --> 00:44:54.730
What<00:44:51.909><c> happens</c><00:44:52.269><c> to</c><00:44:52.449><c> me</c><00:44:53.070><c> and</c><00:44:53.550><c> my</c><00:44:53.949><c> family</c>

00:44:54.730 --> 00:44:59.030
and<00:44:55.449><c> how</c><00:44:55.869><c> I</c><00:44:56.329><c> feel</c><00:44:56.690><c> about</c><00:44:56.969><c> what's</c><00:44:57.329><c> happened</c><00:44:57.510><c> to</c><00:44:57.710><c> me</c><00:44:58.070><c> and</c><00:44:58.289><c> my</c><00:44:58.590><c> family</c>

00:44:59.030 --> 00:45:02.389
is<00:44:59.570><c> more</c><00:45:00.010><c> important</c><00:45:00.849><c> than</c><00:45:01.349><c> right</c><00:45:01.750><c> or</c><00:45:02.130><c> wrong.</c>

00:45:02.670 --> 00:45:05.630
Isn't<00:45:02.889><c> that</c><00:45:03.329><c> a</c><00:45:03.889><c> horrible</c><00:45:04.409><c> human</c><00:45:05.329><c> trait?</c>

00:45:05.710 --> 00:45:08.750
And<00:45:05.889><c> also,</c><00:45:06.369><c> unfortunately,</c><00:45:07.050><c> one</c><00:45:07.210><c> which</c><00:45:07.530><c> we</c><00:45:07.809><c> all</c><00:45:08.090><c> have</c><00:45:08.309><c> to</c><00:45:08.489><c> be</c>

00:45:08.750 --> 00:45:11.070
extremely<00:45:09.630><c> wary</c><00:45:09.969><c> of.</c>

00:45:11.090 --> 00:45:14.989
If<00:45:11.250><c> it</c><00:45:11.530><c> advantages</c><00:45:11.969><c> my</c><00:45:12.389><c> family,</c><00:45:13.090><c> then</c><00:45:13.250><c> by</c><00:45:13.510><c> definition</c><00:45:13.929><c> it's</c><00:45:14.170><c> right.</c>

00:45:15.710 --> 00:45:20.170
If<00:45:15.969><c> it</c><00:45:16.289><c> disadvantages</c><00:45:16.849><c> my</c><00:45:17.250><c> family,</c><00:45:18.449><c> then</c><00:45:18.730><c> you're</c><00:45:19.030><c> to</c><00:45:19.230><c> blame.</c>

00:45:20.630 --> 00:45:22.349
And<00:45:20.989><c> you're</c><00:45:21.329><c> evil.</c>

00:45:22.889 --> 00:45:26.829
And<00:45:22.969><c> I'll</c><00:45:23.489><c> wait</c><00:45:23.750><c> for</c><00:45:24.309><c> years</c><00:45:24.929><c> to</c><00:45:25.250><c> be</c><00:45:25.349><c> able</c><00:45:25.610><c> to</c><00:45:25.849><c> crow</c><00:45:26.070><c> over</c><00:45:26.469><c> you</c>

00:45:27.150 --> 00:45:31.550
someday<00:45:27.710><c> when</c><00:45:28.650><c> something</c><00:45:29.070><c> goes</c><00:45:29.449><c> wrong</c><00:45:29.869><c> for</c><00:45:30.369><c> you</c><00:45:30.889><c> or</c><00:45:31.309><c> with</c>

00:45:31.550 --> 00:45:32.809
your<00:45:31.750><c> family.</c>

00:45:34.210 --> 00:45:37.050
Shimei<00:45:34.489><c> was</c><00:45:34.730><c> incapable</c><00:45:35.170><c> of</c><00:45:35.510><c> seeing</c><00:45:35.690><c> that</c><00:45:36.050><c> Saul</c><00:45:36.269><c> was</c><00:45:36.489><c> an</c><00:45:36.849><c> evil</c>

00:45:37.050 --> 00:45:38.369
and<00:45:37.469><c> wicked</c><00:45:37.710><c> man</c>

00:45:38.369 --> 00:45:41.769
and<00:45:39.090><c> that</c><00:45:39.230><c> it</c><00:45:39.329><c> was</c><00:45:39.590><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:39.969><c> who</c><00:45:40.230><c> removed</c><00:45:40.730><c> the</c><00:45:40.969><c> kingdom</c><00:45:41.210><c> from</c><00:45:41.469><c> him</c>

00:45:41.769 --> 00:45:46.849
and<00:45:42.329><c> gave</c><00:45:42.690><c> it</c><00:45:43.030><c> to</c><00:45:43.329><c> a</c><00:45:43.730><c> better</c><00:45:44.170><c> man,</c><00:45:45.070><c> as</c><00:45:45.349><c> the</c><00:45:45.550><c> scripture</c><00:45:45.809><c> says.</c>

00:45:46.989 --> 00:45:50.829
No,<00:45:47.449><c> he's</c><00:45:47.769><c> full</c><00:45:47.969><c> of</c><00:45:48.170><c> hatred,</c><00:45:49.210><c> he</c><00:45:49.289><c> wants</c><00:45:49.530><c> to</c><00:45:49.750><c> get</c><00:45:49.949><c> even,</c>

00:45:51.030 --> 00:45:54.989
and<00:45:51.170><c> he</c><00:45:51.389><c> waited</c><00:45:51.730><c> years</c><00:45:52.289><c> for</c><00:45:52.530><c> it,</c><00:45:53.269><c> and</c><00:45:53.550><c> he</c><00:45:53.769><c> couldn't</c><00:45:54.170><c> contain</c>

00:45:54.989 --> 00:45:57.230
his<00:45:55.630><c> unholy</c><00:45:56.349><c> glee.</c>

00:45:57.570 --> 00:46:01.070
A<00:45:57.730><c> miserable</c><00:45:57.989><c> man,</c><00:45:58.829><c> he</c><00:45:58.829><c> can't</c><00:45:59.070><c> see</c><00:45:59.289><c> things</c><00:45:59.570><c> from</c><00:45:59.769><c> God's</c><00:46:00.190><c> perspective.</c>

00:46:01.309 --> 00:46:03.909
And<00:46:01.869><c> again,</c><00:46:02.309><c> it</c><00:46:02.349><c> is</c><00:46:02.510><c> an</c><00:46:02.610><c> interesting</c><00:46:03.050><c> study</c><00:46:03.389><c> in</c><00:46:03.590><c> human</c><00:46:03.710><c> nature.</c>

00:46:03.969 --> 00:46:06.110
When<00:46:04.170><c> people</c><00:46:04.510><c> get</c><00:46:04.769><c> like</c><00:46:05.050><c> that,</c><00:46:05.269><c> all</c><00:46:05.429><c> bitter</c><00:46:05.590><c> and</c><00:46:05.809><c> twisted,</c>

00:46:06.429 --> 00:46:09.730
they<00:46:06.769><c> lose</c><00:46:07.329><c> perspective</c><00:46:08.050><c> and</c><00:46:08.429><c> they</c><00:46:08.650><c> end</c><00:46:08.889><c> up</c><00:46:09.110><c> out</c><00:46:09.309><c> of</c><00:46:09.530><c> touch</c>

00:46:09.730 --> 00:46:11.010
with<00:46:10.010><c> reality.</c>

00:46:11.269 --> 00:46:14.929
Because<00:46:11.449><c> as</c><00:46:11.769><c> this</c><00:46:12.030><c> silly</c><00:46:12.329><c> man</c><00:46:12.889><c> is</c><00:46:13.449><c> throwing</c><00:46:13.789><c> stones</c><00:46:14.349><c> at</c><00:46:14.670><c> David,</c>

00:46:14.929 --> 00:46:18.469
he<00:46:15.210><c> has</c><00:46:15.570><c> no</c><00:46:16.230><c> idea</c><00:46:17.070><c> that</c><00:46:17.510><c> Abishaiah</c><00:46:17.989><c> is</c><00:46:18.070><c> saying,</c>

00:46:18.550 --> 00:46:21.090
David,<00:46:19.550><c> I</c><00:46:19.650><c> want</c><00:46:19.730><c> to</c><00:46:19.829><c> go</c><00:46:19.889><c> and</c><00:46:20.010><c> take</c><00:46:20.090><c> his</c><00:46:20.250><c> head</c><00:46:20.329><c> off.</c>

00:46:22.329 --> 00:46:25.510
And<00:46:22.449><c> the</c><00:46:22.550><c> very</c><00:46:22.789><c> man</c><00:46:22.949><c> he's</c><00:46:23.210><c> cursing</c><00:46:23.469><c> is</c><00:46:23.710><c> saying,</c><00:46:24.510><c> don't</c><00:46:24.710><c> touch</c><00:46:25.050><c> him,</c>

00:46:25.769 --> 00:46:28.590
and<00:46:25.909><c> is</c><00:46:26.070><c> saving</c><00:46:26.449><c> his</c><00:46:26.989><c> miserable,</c><00:46:27.949><c> wretched</c><00:46:28.130><c> life.</c>

00:46:29.090 --> 00:46:32.429
Let's<00:46:29.449><c> go</c><00:46:29.610><c> to</c><00:46:29.789><c> 2</c><00:46:29.969><c> Samuel</c><00:46:30.250><c> 19,</c><00:46:31.050><c> which</c><00:46:31.190><c> is</c><00:46:31.269><c> when</c><00:46:31.409><c> he</c><00:46:31.670><c> apologises</c>

00:46:32.429 --> 00:46:34.530
when<00:46:32.710><c> David</c><00:46:33.050><c> comes</c><00:46:33.309><c> back</c><00:46:33.590><c> to</c><00:46:33.869><c> power</c><00:46:34.130><c> again,</c>

00:46:34.730 --> 00:46:37.650
rather<00:46:35.010><c> unfortunate</c><00:46:35.630><c> as</c><00:46:36.329><c> far</c><00:46:36.489><c> as</c><00:46:37.030><c> Shimei</c><00:46:37.110><c> is</c><00:46:37.250><c> concerned.</c>

00:46:37.829 --> 00:46:40.769
And<00:46:38.010><c> I</c><00:46:38.110><c> want</c><00:46:38.230><c> you</c><00:46:38.369><c> to</c><00:46:38.530><c> note</c><00:46:38.750><c> very</c><00:46:39.210><c> carefully</c><00:46:39.630><c> what</c><00:46:40.010><c> the</c><00:46:40.230><c> record</c><00:46:40.429><c> says.</c>

00:46:40.769 --> 00:46:46.730
2<00:46:41.309><c> Samuel</c><00:46:41.690><c> 19</c><00:46:42.630><c> verse</c><00:46:43.130><c> 16,</c><00:46:44.190><c> Shimei,</c><00:46:44.829><c> the</c><00:46:44.949><c> son</c><00:46:45.130><c> of</c><00:46:45.349><c> Gera,</c><00:46:45.969><c> a</c><00:46:46.170><c> Benjamite,</c>

00:46:46.829 --> 00:46:50.329
which<00:46:46.989><c> was</c><00:46:47.269><c> of</c><00:46:47.489><c> Bahurim,</c><00:46:48.670><c> hasted</c><00:46:49.150><c> and</c><00:46:49.309><c> came</c><00:46:49.650><c> down</c><00:46:49.929><c> with</c><00:46:50.210><c> the</c>

00:46:50.329 --> 00:46:50.869
men<00:46:50.489><c> of</c><00:46:50.690><c> Judah</c>

00:46:50.869 --> 00:46:51.889
to<00:46:51.050><c> meet</c><00:46:51.250><c> King</c><00:46:51.510><c> David.</c>

00:46:52.190 --> 00:46:58.570
And<00:46:52.730><c> there</c><00:46:53.369><c> were</c><00:46:54.349><c> 1000</c><00:46:55.789><c> men</c><00:46:56.530><c> of</c><00:46:56.969><c> Benjamin</c><00:46:57.429><c> with</c><00:46:57.730><c> him.</c>

00:46:59.690 --> 00:47:04.050
This<00:47:00.230><c> is</c><00:47:00.789><c> not</c><00:47:01.269><c> a</c><00:47:01.590><c> lone</c><00:47:01.789><c> wolf</c><00:47:02.170><c> or</c><00:47:02.909><c> a</c><00:47:03.010><c> lone</c><00:47:03.150><c> ranger.</c>

00:47:04.250 --> 00:47:06.789
This<00:47:04.710><c> is</c><00:47:05.090><c> a</c><00:47:05.250><c> man</c><00:47:05.570><c> of</c><00:47:05.869><c> the</c><00:47:06.070><c> house</c><00:47:06.309><c> of</c><00:47:06.590><c> Saul</c>

00:47:06.789 --> 00:47:10.309
who<00:47:07.190><c> has</c><00:47:07.590><c> extraordinary</c><00:47:08.349><c> influence</c><00:47:08.929><c> in</c><00:47:09.329><c> the</c><00:47:09.550><c> tribe</c><00:47:09.710><c> of</c><00:47:10.010><c> Benjamin.</c>

00:47:10.309 --> 00:47:13.429
And<00:47:10.670><c> when</c><00:47:10.829><c> he</c><00:47:10.969><c> comes</c><00:47:11.230><c> back</c><00:47:11.469><c> to</c><00:47:11.670><c> David,</c><00:47:12.269><c> he's</c><00:47:12.429><c> got</c><00:47:12.670><c> a</c><00:47:12.909><c> thousand</c>

00:47:13.429 --> 00:47:15.389
men<00:47:13.889><c> at</c><00:47:14.190><c> his</c><00:47:14.530><c> back.</c>

00:47:15.510 --> 00:47:17.050
A<00:47:15.829><c> thousand</c><00:47:16.170><c> men.</c>

00:47:17.110 --> 00:47:18.510
Oh,<00:47:17.230><c> and</c><00:47:17.289><c> look</c><00:47:17.389><c> at</c><00:47:17.429><c> his</c><00:47:17.610><c> company.</c>

00:47:18.570 --> 00:47:22.170
He<00:47:18.650><c> also</c><00:47:18.949><c> goes</c><00:47:19.230><c> there</c><00:47:19.389><c> with</c><00:47:19.630><c> Zeba,</c><00:47:20.230><c> a</c><00:47:20.530><c> servant</c><00:47:20.869><c> of</c><00:47:21.349><c> the</c><00:47:21.690><c> house</c>

00:47:22.170 --> 00:47:22.789
of<00:47:22.590><c> Saul.</c>

00:47:23.130 --> 00:47:25.989
And<00:47:23.329><c> we</c><00:47:23.409><c> know</c><00:47:23.550><c> what</c><00:47:23.789><c> Zeba</c><00:47:24.010><c> was</c><00:47:24.269><c> like</c><00:47:24.530><c> in</c><00:47:24.949><c> the</c><00:47:25.150><c> scriptural</c><00:47:25.590><c> record.</c>

00:47:26.250 --> 00:47:27.789
So<00:47:26.469><c> what</c><00:47:26.650><c> do</c><00:47:26.769><c> we</c><00:47:26.849><c> actually</c><00:47:27.230><c> see</c><00:47:27.469><c> here?</c>

00:47:28.050 --> 00:47:32.030
Here's<00:47:28.530><c> a</c><00:47:28.710><c> man</c><00:47:29.070><c> who</c><00:47:29.329><c> is</c><00:47:29.670><c> dedicated</c><00:47:30.190><c> to</c><00:47:30.429><c> the</c><00:47:30.670><c> memory</c><00:47:31.090><c> of</c><00:47:31.630><c> Saul,</c>

00:47:32.030 --> 00:47:33.030
of<00:47:32.510><c> Benjamin,</c>

00:47:33.369 --> 00:47:37.030
and<00:47:33.469><c> he</c><00:47:33.590><c> has</c><00:47:33.829><c> the</c><00:47:34.170><c> tribe</c><00:47:34.409><c> of</c><00:47:34.690><c> Benjamin</c><00:47:35.150><c> sitting</c><00:47:35.590><c> firmly</c><00:47:36.170><c> behind</c><00:47:36.650><c> him.</c>

00:47:37.030 --> 00:47:40.670
And<00:47:37.869><c> his</c><00:47:38.010><c> words</c><00:47:38.250><c> of</c><00:47:38.469><c> 2</c><00:47:38.670><c> Samuel</c><00:47:38.989><c> 16</c><00:47:39.510><c> make</c><00:47:39.809><c> his</c><00:47:39.969><c> loyalty</c><00:47:40.349><c> to</c><00:47:40.510><c> the</c>

00:47:40.670 --> 00:47:42.969
house<00:47:40.889><c> of</c><00:47:41.230><c> Saul</c><00:47:41.409><c> very</c><00:47:42.110><c> clear.</c>

00:47:43.949 --> 00:47:46.769
So<00:47:44.130><c> if</c><00:47:44.309><c> we</c><00:47:44.510><c> step</c><00:47:44.750><c> back</c><00:47:45.090><c> and</c><00:47:45.250><c> see</c><00:47:45.409><c> what</c><00:47:45.670><c> Solomon's</c><00:47:46.210><c> dealing</c><00:47:46.429><c> with</c><00:47:46.630><c> on</c>

00:47:46.769 --> 00:47:47.969
this<00:47:46.929><c> particular</c><00:47:47.429><c> occasion,</c>

00:47:48.409 --> 00:47:52.190
on<00:47:48.510><c> one</c><00:47:48.789><c> hand,</c><00:47:49.949><c> inside</c><00:47:50.030><c> his</c><00:47:50.210><c> own</c><00:47:50.489><c> family</c><00:47:50.889><c> and</c><00:47:51.070><c> with</c><00:47:51.329><c> Joab</c><00:47:51.530><c> in</c><00:47:51.690><c> a</c><00:47:51.869><c> barter,</c>

00:47:52.230 --> 00:47:54.590
he's<00:47:52.349><c> got</c><00:47:52.530><c> insurrection,</c><00:47:53.469><c> the</c><00:47:53.630><c> committing</c><00:47:53.809><c> of</c><00:47:54.150><c> treason.</c>

00:47:54.829 --> 00:47:57.710
And<00:47:55.090><c> on</c><00:47:55.250><c> the</c><00:47:55.409><c> other</c><00:47:55.630><c> hand,</c><00:47:55.829><c> he's</c><00:47:56.070><c> got</c><00:47:56.190><c> a</c><00:47:56.409><c> fifth</c><00:47:56.610><c> column</c><00:47:57.030><c> inside</c>

00:47:57.710 --> 00:47:58.429
his<00:47:57.909><c> own</c><00:47:58.130><c> camp,</c>

00:47:58.650 --> 00:48:02.929
a<00:47:58.869><c> group</c><00:47:58.989><c> of</c><00:47:59.309><c> people</c><00:47:59.710><c> who</c><00:48:00.309><c> are</c><00:48:00.750><c> absolutely</c><00:48:01.489><c> committed</c><00:48:02.250><c> to</c><00:48:02.630><c> the</c>

00:48:02.929 --> 00:48:03.769
house<00:48:03.150><c> of</c><00:48:03.469><c> Saul</c>

00:48:03.769 --> 00:48:06.730
and<00:48:04.250><c> the</c><00:48:04.630><c> overthrow</c><00:48:05.070><c> of</c><00:48:05.550><c> the</c><00:48:05.789><c> house</c><00:48:06.150><c> of</c><00:48:06.449><c> David.</c>

00:48:07.030 --> 00:48:12.329
This<00:48:07.449><c> is</c><00:48:07.809><c> actually</c><00:48:08.369><c> all</c><00:48:09.010><c> about</c><00:48:09.630><c> competing</c><00:48:10.210><c> claims</c><00:48:10.849><c> to</c><00:48:11.289><c> the</c><00:48:11.510><c> throne.</c>

00:48:12.510 --> 00:48:14.570
And<00:48:12.730><c> Solomon</c><00:48:13.010><c> could</c><00:48:13.289><c> see</c><00:48:13.510><c> that</c><00:48:13.829><c> very</c><00:48:14.210><c> clearly.</c>

00:48:15.030 --> 00:48:18.170
You<00:48:15.030><c> know,</c><00:48:15.449><c> Solomon</c><00:48:15.530><c> was</c><00:48:15.750><c> an</c><00:48:15.989><c> exceedingly</c><00:48:16.429><c> insightful</c><00:48:16.969><c> young</c><00:48:17.269><c> man.</c>

00:48:18.190 --> 00:48:20.610
He<00:48:18.250><c> had</c><00:48:18.469><c> the</c><00:48:18.630><c> ability</c><00:48:18.989><c> to</c><00:48:19.289><c> read</c><00:48:19.570><c> between</c><00:48:19.949><c> the</c><00:48:20.190><c> lines</c>

00:48:20.610 --> 00:48:23.389
and<00:48:21.050><c> to</c><00:48:21.369><c> assess</c><00:48:21.690><c> exactly</c><00:48:22.289><c> what</c><00:48:22.489><c> was</c><00:48:22.710><c> happening</c><00:48:23.030><c> here.</c>

00:48:23.670 --> 00:48:25.849
He<00:48:23.889><c> saw</c><00:48:24.170><c> where</c><00:48:24.369><c> people</c><00:48:24.730><c> were</c><00:48:25.250><c> coming</c><00:48:25.530><c> from.</c>

00:48:26.150 --> 00:48:28.909
He<00:48:26.269><c> could</c><00:48:26.510><c> see</c><00:48:26.710><c> what</c><00:48:26.889><c> their</c><00:48:27.190><c> game</c><00:48:27.590><c> plan</c><00:48:27.809><c> was.</c>

00:48:29.369 --> 00:48:31.389
And<00:48:29.670><c> he</c><00:48:29.730><c> had</c><00:48:29.949><c> extraordinary</c><00:48:30.949><c> insight.</c>

00:48:31.469 --> 00:48:33.630
Now,<00:48:31.710><c> to</c><00:48:31.929><c> prove</c><00:48:32.130><c> that,</c><00:48:32.389><c> I'd</c><00:48:32.489><c> like</c><00:48:32.590><c> you</c><00:48:32.730><c> to</c><00:48:32.869><c> come</c><00:48:32.969><c> with</c><00:48:33.130><c> me</c><00:48:33.210><c> to</c><00:48:33.369><c> 1</c>

00:48:33.630 --> 00:48:35.849
Kings<00:48:34.250><c> chapter</c><00:48:34.869><c> 2.</c>

00:48:36.150 --> 00:48:39.289
And<00:48:36.449><c> we're</c><00:48:36.650><c> going</c><00:48:36.730><c> to</c><00:48:36.989><c> see</c><00:48:37.329><c> again</c><00:48:37.909><c> how</c><00:48:38.269><c> Solomon</c><00:48:38.690><c> goes</c><00:48:39.030><c> about</c>

00:48:39.289 --> 00:48:41.789
the<00:48:39.590><c> task</c><00:48:40.050><c> entrusted</c><00:48:40.650><c> to</c><00:48:40.849><c> him</c><00:48:41.090><c> by</c><00:48:41.429><c> David.</c>

00:48:41.989 --> 00:48:47.809
And<00:48:42.150><c> once</c><00:48:42.389><c> again,</c><00:48:42.670><c> what</c><00:48:42.809><c> we</c><00:48:43.050><c> see</c><00:48:43.309><c> is</c><00:48:43.510><c> that</c><00:48:43.610><c> he</c><00:48:43.849><c> starts</c><00:48:44.030><c> off</c><00:48:44.289><c> being</c><00:48:44.650><c> wonderfully</c><00:48:45.289><c> merciful,</c><00:48:46.530><c> fair</c><00:48:46.909><c> but</c><00:48:47.510><c> firm.</c>

00:48:48.210 --> 00:48:51.510
And<00:48:48.389><c> he</c><00:48:48.750><c> spares</c><00:48:49.070><c> Shimei,</c><00:48:49.769><c> but</c><00:48:49.989><c> he</c><00:48:50.210><c> puts</c><00:48:50.409><c> restrictions</c><00:48:50.949><c> around</c><00:48:51.250><c> them.</c>

00:48:51.769 --> 00:48:59.670
1<00:48:51.869><c> Kings</c><00:48:52.269><c> chapter</c><00:48:52.630><c> 2</c><00:48:53.170><c> and</c><00:48:53.489><c> verse</c><00:48:53.730><c> 36,</c><00:48:58.030><c> the</c><00:48:58.130><c> king</c><00:48:58.409><c> called</c><00:48:58.809><c> for</c><00:48:59.050><c> Shimei.</c>

00:49:00.030 --> 00:49:01.510
And<00:49:00.329><c> he</c><00:49:00.409><c> said</c><00:49:00.590><c> to</c><00:49:00.670><c> him,</c>

00:49:17.570 --> 00:49:21.550
Shimei,<00:49:18.869><c> you</c><00:49:19.070><c> are</c><00:49:19.369><c> going</c><00:49:19.550><c> to</c><00:49:19.789><c> be</c><00:49:19.969><c> under</c><00:49:20.289><c> house</c><00:49:20.570><c> arrest</c><00:49:20.889><c> as</c><00:49:21.030><c> it</c><00:49:21.250><c> were.</c>

00:49:22.050 --> 00:49:25.469
You're<00:49:22.130><c> going</c><00:49:22.349><c> to</c><00:49:22.550><c> live</c><00:49:22.670><c> here</c><00:49:23.170><c> in</c><00:49:23.469><c> the</c><00:49:23.630><c> area</c><00:49:23.949><c> of</c><00:49:24.190><c> Jerusalem</c><00:49:24.690><c> where</c><00:49:25.170><c> I</c>

00:49:25.469 --> 00:49:26.530
can<00:49:25.710><c> keep</c><00:49:25.869><c> an</c><00:49:26.030><c> eye</c><00:49:26.090><c> on</c><00:49:26.289><c> you.</c>

00:49:26.750 --> 00:49:30.750
You<00:49:26.849><c> know</c><00:49:26.889><c> that</c><00:49:27.070><c> ancient</c><00:49:27.349><c> expression,</c><00:49:28.289><c> keep</c><00:49:28.550><c> your</c><00:49:29.369><c> friends</c><00:49:29.690><c> close.</c>

00:49:31.010 --> 00:49:33.550
And<00:49:31.449><c> your</c><00:49:31.489><c> enemies</c><00:49:32.070><c> closer.</c>

00:49:33.650 --> 00:49:35.070
You<00:49:33.690><c> know,</c><00:49:33.929><c> Shimei,</c><00:49:34.110><c> I</c><00:49:34.269><c> like</c><00:49:34.409><c> you</c><00:49:34.550><c> so</c><00:49:34.730><c> much.</c>

00:49:35.210 --> 00:49:36.829
I<00:49:35.289><c> like</c><00:49:35.409><c> you</c><00:49:35.550><c> as</c><00:49:35.630><c> my</c><00:49:35.769><c> next</c><00:49:35.969><c> door</c><00:49:36.050><c> neighbor.</c>

00:49:37.150 --> 00:49:39.489
How<00:49:37.150><c> about</c><00:49:37.329><c> you</c><00:49:37.489><c> build</c><00:49:37.650><c> your</c><00:49:37.869><c> house</c><00:49:38.329><c> right</c><00:49:38.949><c> here.</c>

00:49:39.949 --> 00:49:43.030
And<00:49:40.110><c> we'll</c><00:49:40.409><c> live</c><00:49:40.690><c> happily</c><00:49:41.090><c> ever</c><00:49:41.449><c> after</c><00:49:41.869><c> while</c><00:49:42.230><c> I</c><00:49:42.429><c> can</c><00:49:42.610><c> keep</c><00:49:42.789><c> an</c>

00:49:43.030 --> 00:49:45.309
eye<00:49:43.329><c> firmly</c><00:49:43.730><c> on</c><00:49:44.090><c> what</c><00:49:44.309><c> you're</c><00:49:44.530><c> doing.</c>

00:49:45.769 --> 00:49:46.630
Shimei<00:49:46.090><c> is</c><00:49:46.230><c> grateful.</c>

00:49:47.030 --> 00:49:49.449
In<00:49:47.150><c> fact,</c><00:49:47.309><c> we</c><00:49:47.409><c> find</c><00:49:47.650><c> from</c><00:49:47.829><c> verse</c><00:49:48.030><c> 43</c><00:49:48.449><c> that</c><00:49:48.670><c> Solomon</c><00:49:48.969><c> was</c><00:49:49.150><c> very</c>

00:49:49.449 --> 00:49:50.090
wise<00:49:49.710><c> here.</c>

00:49:50.269 --> 00:49:52.650
It's<00:49:50.409><c> not</c><00:49:50.550><c> in</c><00:49:50.710><c> the</c><00:49:50.869><c> first</c><00:49:51.070><c> record,</c><00:49:51.369><c> but</c><00:49:51.590><c> back</c><00:49:51.750><c> in</c><00:49:51.909><c> verse</c><00:49:52.110><c> 43,</c>

00:49:52.969 --> 00:49:57.909
he<00:49:53.190><c> also</c><00:49:53.789><c> made</c><00:49:54.269><c> Shimei</c><00:49:54.869><c> swear</c><00:49:55.469><c> an</c><00:49:56.090><c> oath</c><00:49:56.409><c> before</c><00:49:57.070><c> Yahweh</c>

00:49:58.050 --> 00:50:01.070
that<00:49:58.329><c> he</c><00:49:58.429><c> would</c><00:49:58.590><c> do</c><00:49:58.789><c> exactly</c><00:49:59.449><c> what</c><00:49:59.929><c> he</c><00:50:00.130><c> committed</c><00:50:00.389><c> to</c><00:50:00.610><c> the</c><00:50:00.670><c> king</c><00:50:00.849><c> to</c>

00:50:01.070 --> 00:50:03.590
do,<00:50:01.489><c> not</c><00:50:01.829><c> to</c><00:50:02.030><c> leave</c><00:50:02.269><c> that</c><00:50:02.530><c> city.</c>

00:50:04.869 --> 00:50:07.929
Swearing<00:50:05.210><c> an</c><00:50:05.369><c> oath</c><00:50:05.769><c> and</c><00:50:06.969><c> performing</c><00:50:07.409><c> your</c><00:50:07.690><c> vow.</c>

00:50:08.090 --> 00:50:09.989
You<00:50:08.190><c> know,</c><00:50:08.269><c> those</c><00:50:08.489><c> things</c><00:50:08.690><c> are</c><00:50:08.829><c> very</c><00:50:09.110><c> important</c><00:50:09.530><c> to</c><00:50:09.769><c> Solomon.</c>

00:50:10.210 --> 00:50:12.389
Who<00:50:10.449><c> was</c><00:50:10.710><c> it</c><00:50:10.949><c> that</c><00:50:11.090><c> wrote</c><00:50:11.230><c> these</c><00:50:11.489><c> words?</c>

00:50:12.710 --> 00:50:15.289
When<00:50:12.710><c> thou</c><00:50:13.030><c> vowest</c><00:50:13.369><c> to</c><00:50:13.570><c> vow</c><00:50:13.730><c> unto</c><00:50:13.989><c> God,</c>

00:50:15.309 --> 00:50:19.210
defer<00:50:15.469><c> not</c><00:50:15.730><c> to</c><00:50:16.030><c> pay</c><00:50:16.210><c> it,</c><00:50:16.949><c> for</c><00:50:17.110><c> he</c><00:50:17.389><c> hath</c><00:50:17.550><c> no</c><00:50:17.889><c> pleasure</c><00:50:18.309><c> in</c><00:50:18.809><c> fools.</c>

00:50:19.690 --> 00:50:21.650
Pay<00:50:19.969><c> that</c><00:50:20.269><c> which</c><00:50:20.489><c> thou</c><00:50:20.650><c> hast</c><00:50:20.889><c> vowed.</c>

00:50:22.409 --> 00:50:25.489
Solomon,<00:50:23.369><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:50:23.730><c> 5</c><00:50:24.409><c> and</c><00:50:24.769><c> verse</c><00:50:25.010><c> 4.</c>

00:50:25.489 --> 00:50:28.489
Okay,<00:50:26.349><c> well,</c><00:50:26.570><c> the</c><00:50:26.590><c> remarkable</c><00:50:26.989><c> thing</c><00:50:27.289><c> is</c><00:50:27.449><c> that</c><00:50:27.570><c> this</c><00:50:27.710><c> doesn't</c><00:50:27.969><c> last.</c>

00:50:28.610 --> 00:50:30.409
And<00:50:28.829><c> we</c><00:50:28.869><c> know</c><00:50:29.030><c> the</c><00:50:29.210><c> story</c><00:50:29.389><c> well.</c>

00:50:30.429 --> 00:50:32.809
Back<00:50:30.650><c> in</c><00:50:30.809><c> First</c><00:50:31.010><c> of</c><00:50:31.190><c> Kings</c><00:50:31.349><c> here,</c><00:50:31.710><c> after</c><00:50:31.909><c> three</c><00:50:32.210><c> years,</c>

00:50:33.170 --> 00:50:35.849
Shimei<00:50:33.530><c> sees</c><00:50:33.889><c> a</c><00:50:34.030><c> need</c><00:50:34.230><c> to</c><00:50:34.449><c> go</c><00:50:34.650><c> and</c><00:50:34.869><c> leave</c><00:50:35.050><c> and</c><00:50:35.349><c> fetch</c><00:50:35.510><c> a</c><00:50:35.670><c> couple</c>

00:50:35.849 --> 00:50:37.889
of<00:50:36.010><c> his</c><00:50:36.230><c> servants</c><00:50:36.510><c> who</c><00:50:36.789><c> have</c><00:50:37.070><c> run</c><00:50:37.429><c> away.</c>

00:50:38.010 --> 00:50:38.670
And<00:50:38.210><c> so</c><00:50:38.329><c> he</c><00:50:38.369><c> does.</c>

00:50:38.869 --> 00:50:40.309
And<00:50:38.989><c> he</c><00:50:39.090><c> breaks</c><00:50:39.349><c> the</c><00:50:39.610><c> king's</c><00:50:39.969><c> command.</c>

00:50:40.809 --> 00:50:42.070
Well,<00:50:41.070><c> the</c><00:50:41.190><c> king</c><00:50:41.309><c> shouldn't</c><00:50:41.530><c> be</c><00:50:41.690><c> too</c><00:50:41.889><c> worried.</c>

00:50:42.190 --> 00:50:45.090
I<00:50:42.389><c> was</c><00:50:42.489><c> only</c><00:50:42.690><c> gone</c><00:50:42.869><c> for</c><00:50:43.030><c> a</c><00:50:43.130><c> couple</c><00:50:43.250><c> of</c><00:50:43.429><c> days</c><00:50:43.690><c> and</c><00:50:44.070><c> I</c><00:50:44.230><c> had</c><00:50:44.329><c> to</c><00:50:44.469><c> fetch</c><00:50:44.590><c> my</c><00:50:44.809><c> servants.</c>

00:50:45.349 --> 00:50:47.570
I'm<00:50:45.630><c> back</c><00:50:45.909><c> here</c><00:50:46.150><c> happily</c><00:50:46.469><c> and</c><00:50:46.750><c> smiling</c><00:50:46.969><c> in</c><00:50:47.130><c> the</c><00:50:47.210><c> city</c><00:50:47.369><c> of</c>

00:50:47.570 --> 00:50:48.690
Jerusalem<00:50:47.849><c> again.</c>

00:50:49.230 --> 00:50:51.750
We've<00:50:49.469><c> got</c><00:50:49.590><c> a</c><00:50:49.989><c> fascinating</c><00:50:50.530><c> reasoning</c><00:50:50.929><c> process</c><00:50:51.349><c> here.</c>

00:50:52.210 --> 00:50:54.409
It's<00:50:52.630><c> terribly,</c><00:50:53.030><c> terribly</c><00:50:53.570><c> human.</c>

00:50:54.530 --> 00:50:58.989
There<00:50:55.110><c> is</c><00:50:55.530><c> no</c><00:50:55.829><c> thought</c><00:50:56.070><c> of,</c><00:50:56.969><c> I</c><00:50:57.389><c> gave</c><00:50:57.650><c> my</c><00:50:57.969><c> word.</c>

00:50:59.730 --> 00:51:03.010
There's<00:50:59.889><c> no</c><00:51:00.130><c> consideration</c><00:51:00.730><c> of</c><00:51:00.909><c> the</c><00:51:01.070><c> fact</c><00:51:01.230><c> that</c><00:51:01.889><c> it</c><00:51:02.409><c> was</c><00:51:02.650><c> also</c>

00:51:03.010 --> 00:51:05.190
the<00:51:03.230><c> king's</c><00:51:03.610><c> explicit</c><00:51:04.050><c> command.</c>

00:51:05.530 --> 00:51:07.590
And<00:51:05.710><c> he</c><00:51:05.789><c> didn't</c><00:51:05.969><c> stop</c><00:51:06.230><c> to</c><00:51:06.510><c> contemplate</c><00:51:07.010><c> the</c><00:51:07.170><c> fact</c><00:51:07.289><c> that</c><00:51:07.449><c> he</c>

00:51:07.590 --> 00:51:08.329
had<00:51:07.750><c> swarmed</c>

00:51:08.329 --> 00:51:12.989
and<00:51:08.730><c> undertaking</c><00:51:09.269><c> and</c><00:51:09.889><c> made</c><00:51:10.070><c> an</c><00:51:10.369><c> oath</c><00:51:10.650><c> in</c><00:51:11.210><c> the</c><00:51:11.369><c> name</c><00:51:11.789><c> of</c><00:51:12.070><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:51:13.110 --> 00:51:16.570
Now,<00:51:13.349><c> all</c><00:51:13.610><c> of</c><00:51:13.789><c> that</c><00:51:14.030><c> mattered</c><00:51:14.329><c> completely</c><00:51:15.150><c> for</c><00:51:15.730><c> nothing</c><00:51:16.090><c> as</c>

00:51:16.570 --> 00:51:18.010
far<00:51:16.710><c> as</c><00:51:16.789><c> he</c><00:51:16.949><c> was</c><00:51:17.110><c> concerned.</c>

00:51:18.670 --> 00:51:20.170
How<00:51:18.929><c> can</c><00:51:19.070><c> that</c><00:51:19.269><c> be?</c>

00:51:20.230 --> 00:51:23.329
How<00:51:20.510><c> can</c><00:51:20.690><c> a</c><00:51:20.889><c> human</c><00:51:21.070><c> being</c><00:51:21.510><c> get</c><00:51:21.989><c> into</c><00:51:22.269><c> that</c><00:51:22.550><c> space</c><00:51:22.889><c> where</c><00:51:23.070><c> those</c>

00:51:23.329 --> 00:51:25.289
things<00:51:23.550><c> become</c><00:51:23.909><c> totally</c><00:51:24.369><c> irrelevant?</c>

00:51:26.090 --> 00:51:27.489
Well,<00:51:26.170><c> you</c><00:51:26.190><c> know,</c><00:51:26.309><c> it's</c><00:51:26.469><c> very,</c><00:51:26.829><c> very</c><00:51:27.070><c> simple.</c>

00:51:27.789 --> 00:51:30.690
And<00:51:27.969><c> it's</c><00:51:28.130><c> something</c><00:51:28.409><c> which</c><00:51:28.630><c> is</c><00:51:28.909><c> very</c><00:51:29.250><c> prevalent</c><00:51:29.630><c> today.</c>

00:51:31.489 --> 00:51:34.469
It's<00:51:31.710><c> called</c><00:51:32.289><c> situational</c><00:51:33.530><c> ethics.</c>

00:51:35.170 --> 00:51:37.869
But<00:51:35.269><c> the</c><00:51:35.449><c> concept</c><00:51:35.730><c> of</c><00:51:35.889><c> what's</c><00:51:36.269><c> right</c><00:51:36.409><c> and</c><00:51:36.650><c> wrong</c><00:51:36.809><c> can</c><00:51:37.010><c> be</c><00:51:37.230><c> determined</c><00:51:37.610><c> by</c>

00:51:37.869 --> 00:51:38.789
the<00:51:38.190><c> circumstances</c>

00:51:38.789 --> 00:51:41.150
and<00:51:39.389><c> they</c><00:51:39.530><c> can</c><00:51:39.650><c> be</c><00:51:39.849><c> varied</c><00:51:40.050><c> when</c><00:51:40.230><c> it</c><00:51:40.429><c> suits.</c>

00:51:41.349 --> 00:51:43.610
And<00:51:41.550><c> the</c><00:51:41.750><c> fact</c><00:51:41.889><c> of</c><00:51:42.070><c> the</c><00:51:42.190><c> matter</c><00:51:42.349><c> here,</c><00:51:42.809><c> as</c><00:51:42.889><c> Shimei</c><00:51:43.090><c> is</c><00:51:43.230><c> concerned,</c>

00:51:43.730 --> 00:51:46.170
is<00:51:43.809><c> well,</c><00:51:44.369><c> my</c><00:51:44.469><c> rights</c><00:51:44.869><c> have</c><00:51:45.130><c> been</c><00:51:45.329><c> infringed.</c>

00:51:46.789 --> 00:51:49.650
My<00:51:47.070><c> servants</c><00:51:47.469><c> who</c><00:51:47.829><c> I</c><00:51:48.130><c> own,</c><00:51:48.630><c> they've</c><00:51:49.150><c> run</c><00:51:49.309><c> away.</c>

00:51:49.670 --> 00:51:52.730
That's<00:51:50.949><c> not</c><00:51:51.610><c> fair.</c>

00:51:53.469 --> 00:51:56.789
So<00:51:53.630><c> I</c><00:51:54.150><c> have</c><00:51:54.530><c> the</c><00:51:54.829><c> right,</c><00:51:55.650><c> because</c><00:51:56.030><c> it's</c><00:51:56.250><c> not</c><00:51:56.449><c> fair,</c>

00:51:57.230 --> 00:52:01.409
I<00:51:57.369><c> have</c><00:51:57.670><c> the</c><00:51:57.909><c> right</c><00:51:58.309><c> to</c><00:51:58.750><c> go</c><00:51:58.989><c> and</c><00:51:59.170><c> get</c><00:51:59.289><c> them</c><00:51:59.630><c> and</c><00:52:00.030><c> bring</c><00:52:00.250><c> them</c><00:52:00.469><c> back.</c>

00:52:02.050 --> 00:52:06.769
He's<00:52:02.329><c> incensed</c><00:52:03.210><c> by</c><00:52:03.670><c> the</c><00:52:03.849><c> fact</c><00:52:04.170><c> that</c><00:52:04.550><c> his</c><00:52:04.769><c> rights</c><00:52:05.150><c> have</c><00:52:05.650><c> been</c><00:52:05.929><c> infringed.</c>

00:52:07.070 --> 00:52:11.849
And<00:52:07.250><c> all</c><00:52:07.389><c> other</c><00:52:07.650><c> concept</c><00:52:08.070><c> of</c><00:52:08.349><c> moral</c><00:52:08.670><c> right</c><00:52:09.130><c> and</c><00:52:09.409><c> wrong</c><00:52:09.610><c> becomes</c><00:52:10.070><c> completely</c><00:52:10.769><c> irrelevant</c><00:52:11.349><c> to</c><00:52:11.590><c> him.</c>

00:52:12.349 --> 00:52:16.090
I'm<00:52:12.909><c> entitled</c><00:52:13.590><c> is</c><00:52:14.530><c> this</c><00:52:14.809><c> man's</c><00:52:15.289><c> sentiment.</c>

00:52:16.789 --> 00:52:19.050
But<00:52:17.389><c> the</c><00:52:17.489><c> one</c><00:52:17.590><c> recall</c><00:52:17.849><c> here</c><00:52:18.050><c> is</c><00:52:18.210><c> just</c><00:52:18.429><c> so</c><00:52:18.610><c> insightful,</c>

00:52:19.130 --> 00:52:23.989
is<00:52:19.190><c> it</c><00:52:19.309><c> just</c><00:52:19.590><c> portrays</c><00:52:20.690><c> human</c><00:52:20.969><c> nature</c><00:52:21.510><c> in</c><00:52:22.250><c> all</c><00:52:22.489><c> its</c><00:52:22.750><c> grotesqueness.</c>

00:52:24.389 --> 00:52:29.250
And<00:52:24.650><c> we've</c><00:52:24.730><c> just</c><00:52:24.909><c> got</c><00:52:24.929><c> to</c><00:52:25.070><c> be</c><00:52:25.230><c> so</c><00:52:25.530><c> careful</c><00:52:25.769><c> ourselves</c><00:52:26.329><c> that</c><00:52:27.170><c> when</c><00:52:27.389><c> things</c><00:52:27.690><c> affect</c><00:52:28.070><c> us</c><00:52:28.570><c> emotionally,</c>

00:52:29.750 --> 00:52:32.909
or<00:52:29.989><c> when</c><00:52:30.210><c> our</c><00:52:30.510><c> personal</c><00:52:31.010><c> rights</c><00:52:31.429><c> get</c><00:52:31.769><c> infringed,</c>

00:52:33.010 --> 00:52:37.610
that<00:52:33.110><c> that</c><00:52:33.329><c> doesn't</c><00:52:33.949><c> color</c><00:52:34.570><c> our</c><00:52:35.190><c> perspective</c><00:52:35.889><c> of</c><00:52:36.329><c> what's</c><00:52:36.789><c> right</c><00:52:37.090><c> and</c>

00:52:37.610 --> 00:52:39.829
wrong<00:52:38.010><c> as</c><00:52:38.369><c> far</c><00:52:38.510><c> as</c><00:52:38.630><c> God's</c><00:52:39.030><c> concerned.</c>

00:52:41.210 --> 00:52:42.789
And<00:52:41.789><c> you</c><00:52:41.889><c> know</c><00:52:42.010><c> what?</c>

00:52:42.869 --> 00:52:45.449
It's<00:52:43.250><c> very</c><00:52:43.590><c> easy</c><00:52:44.030><c> for</c><00:52:44.250><c> us</c><00:52:44.449><c> to</c><00:52:44.650><c> do.</c>

00:52:46.190 --> 00:52:50.449
Something<00:52:46.630><c> happens</c><00:52:47.070><c> that</c><00:52:48.570><c> impinges</c><00:52:49.150><c> on</c><00:52:49.409><c> my</c><00:52:49.710><c> sense</c><00:52:49.909><c> of</c><00:52:50.250><c> what</c>

00:52:50.449 --> 00:52:51.250
I'm<00:52:50.670><c> entitled</c><00:52:51.050><c> to,</c>

00:52:51.349 --> 00:52:53.309
or<00:52:51.469><c> right</c><00:52:51.610><c> or</c><00:52:51.769><c> wrong</c><00:52:51.869><c> as</c><00:52:52.030><c> far</c><00:52:52.190><c> as</c><00:52:52.289><c> I'm</c><00:52:52.510><c> concerned.</c>

00:52:53.409 --> 00:52:58.269
And<00:52:53.530><c> somehow</c><00:52:53.789><c> it</c><00:52:54.090><c> just</c><00:52:55.110><c> colors</c><00:52:55.489><c> our</c><00:52:56.309><c> perspective</c><00:52:57.070><c> and</c><00:52:57.369><c> our</c><00:52:57.769><c> perception</c>

00:52:58.269 --> 00:53:02.570
of<00:52:58.849><c> how</c><00:52:59.050><c> we</c><00:52:59.230><c> should</c><00:52:59.429><c> now</c><00:52:59.650><c> conduct</c><00:52:59.949><c> ourselves</c><00:53:00.369><c> and</c><00:53:00.789><c> what</c><00:53:01.050><c> we</c><00:53:01.329><c> need</c><00:53:01.530><c> to</c><00:53:01.730><c> do.</c>

00:53:02.769 --> 00:53:03.889
You<00:53:02.909><c> can</c><00:53:03.050><c> imagine</c><00:53:03.309><c> this</c><00:53:03.530><c> man</c><00:53:03.650><c> thinking,</c>

00:53:04.050 --> 00:53:07.110
we<00:53:04.090><c> know</c><00:53:04.329><c> I've</c><00:53:04.869><c> been</c><00:53:05.030><c> a</c><00:53:05.210><c> jolly</c><00:53:05.389><c> good</c><00:53:05.550><c> chap</c><00:53:05.849><c> for</c><00:53:06.510><c> three</c><00:53:06.829><c> years.</c>

00:53:07.250 --> 00:53:09.349
I<00:53:07.250><c> mean,</c><00:53:07.550><c> three</c><00:53:07.809><c> years</c><00:53:08.010><c> is</c><00:53:08.190><c> a</c><00:53:08.269><c> very</c><00:53:08.630><c> long</c><00:53:08.969><c> time.</c>

00:53:09.710 --> 00:53:12.789
And<00:53:09.989><c> I</c><00:53:10.150><c> wasn't</c><00:53:10.349><c> gone</c><00:53:10.610><c> for</c><00:53:10.829><c> long,</c><00:53:11.230><c> just</c><00:53:11.369><c> a</c><00:53:11.489><c> few</c><00:53:11.610><c> days,</c><00:53:11.909><c> just</c><00:53:12.230><c> down</c><00:53:12.369><c> the</c><00:53:12.550><c> road.</c>

00:53:13.010 --> 00:53:15.570
And<00:53:13.329><c> I'm</c><00:53:13.929><c> back,</c><00:53:14.449><c> there's</c><00:53:14.630><c> no</c><00:53:14.869><c> harm</c><00:53:15.130><c> being</c><00:53:15.349><c> done.</c>

00:53:15.570 --> 00:53:18.650
And<00:53:15.789><c> I'm</c><00:53:16.010><c> back</c><00:53:16.269><c> here</c><00:53:16.489><c> now</c><00:53:16.650><c> to</c><00:53:16.869><c> continue</c><00:53:17.250><c> my</c><00:53:17.670><c> happy</c><00:53:18.110><c> obedience</c>

00:53:18.650 --> 00:53:20.130
to<00:53:18.849><c> the</c><00:53:18.989><c> King's</c><00:53:19.289><c> command.</c>

00:53:20.250 --> 00:53:24.130
But<00:53:20.309><c> now,</c><00:53:21.489><c> when</c><00:53:21.630><c> Solomon</c><00:53:21.929><c> moves,</c><00:53:22.610><c> he's</c><00:53:22.750><c> utterly</c><00:53:23.150><c> remorseless.</c>

00:53:24.630 --> 00:53:27.849
And<00:53:24.690><c> Benea</c><00:53:25.090><c> is</c><00:53:25.389><c> ordered</c><00:53:25.789><c> to</c><00:53:26.030><c> take</c><00:53:26.170><c> him</c><00:53:26.309><c> out</c><00:53:26.650><c> and</c><00:53:26.849><c> kill</c><00:53:27.010><c> him.</c>

00:53:28.110 --> 00:53:33.590
Proverbs<00:53:28.489><c> 11,</c><00:53:29.889><c> an</c><00:53:29.889><c> evil</c><00:53:30.250><c> man</c><00:53:31.030><c> seeks</c><00:53:31.570><c> only</c><00:53:32.489><c> rebellion.</c>

00:53:34.349 --> 00:53:39.730
And<00:53:34.769><c> therefore,</c><00:53:35.869><c> a</c><00:53:36.070><c> cruel</c><00:53:36.269><c> messenger</c><00:53:36.909><c> shall</c><00:53:37.510><c> be</c><00:53:37.849><c> sent</c><00:53:38.190><c> against</c><00:53:38.750><c> him.</c>

00:53:40.150 --> 00:53:44.309
But<00:53:40.449><c> this</c><00:53:40.710><c> time,</c><00:53:40.909><c> as</c><00:53:41.050><c> Solomon</c><00:53:41.269><c> executes</c><00:53:41.809><c> vengeance</c><00:53:42.269><c> on</c><00:53:42.590><c> Shimei,</c><00:53:42.969><c> he</c><00:53:43.190><c> actually</c><00:53:43.630><c> speaks</c><00:53:44.030><c> to</c><00:53:44.210><c> him.</c>

00:53:44.309 --> 00:53:47.829
And<00:53:44.389><c> in</c><00:53:44.570><c> those</c><00:53:44.869><c> words,</c><00:53:45.170><c> we</c><00:53:45.269><c> get</c><00:53:45.409><c> a</c><00:53:45.489><c> very</c><00:53:45.750><c> interesting</c><00:53:46.190><c> perspective</c><00:53:46.710><c> on</c><00:53:46.889><c> what's</c><00:53:47.250><c> going</c><00:53:47.429><c> on</c><00:53:47.650><c> here.</c>

00:53:47.829 --> 00:53:49.489
And<00:53:47.949><c> he</c><00:53:48.090><c> brings</c><00:53:48.349><c> them</c><00:53:48.590><c> into</c><00:53:48.869><c> his</c><00:53:49.190><c> presence.</c>

00:53:49.789 --> 00:53:51.949
You<00:53:49.869><c> know,</c><00:53:49.949><c> there's</c><00:53:50.110><c> more</c><00:53:50.349><c> happening</c><00:53:50.610><c> here</c><00:53:50.989><c> than</c><00:53:51.309><c> just</c><00:53:51.670><c> a</c>

00:53:51.949 --> 00:53:52.570
broken<00:53:52.170><c> promise.</c>

00:53:52.849 --> 00:53:54.989
Let's<00:53:53.030><c> have</c><00:53:53.150><c> a</c><00:53:53.190><c> look</c><00:53:53.309><c> at</c><00:53:53.489><c> verse</c><00:53:54.050><c> 43.</c>

00:53:55.349 --> 00:53:59.190
For<00:53:55.449><c> verse</c><00:53:55.730><c> 42,</c><00:53:56.530><c> the</c><00:53:56.610><c> King</c><00:53:56.929><c> sent</c><00:53:57.309><c> any</c><00:53:57.630><c> calls</c><00:53:57.989><c> for</c><00:53:58.269><c> Shimei.</c>

00:54:00.030 --> 00:54:03.210
Verse<00:54:00.210><c> 43,</c><00:54:00.809><c> why</c><00:54:00.989><c> then</c><00:54:01.250><c> hast</c><00:54:01.510><c> thou</c><00:54:01.650><c> not</c><00:54:01.969><c> kept</c><00:54:02.130><c> the</c><00:54:02.389><c> oath</c><00:54:02.590><c> of</c><00:54:02.829><c> Yahweh</c>

00:54:03.210 --> 00:54:05.110
and<00:54:03.610><c> the</c><00:54:03.809><c> commandment</c><00:54:04.130><c> that</c><00:54:04.269><c> I've</c><00:54:04.550><c> charged</c><00:54:04.849><c> thee?</c>

00:54:05.369 --> 00:54:08.409
Now<00:54:05.610><c> note</c><00:54:05.829><c> these</c><00:54:06.130><c> words,</c><00:54:06.570><c> because</c><00:54:06.889><c> this</c><00:54:07.429><c> is</c><00:54:07.829><c> what's</c><00:54:08.269><c> sitting</c>

00:54:08.409 --> 00:54:10.369
behind<00:54:09.030><c> the</c><00:54:09.289><c> whole</c><00:54:09.489><c> story.</c>

00:54:10.909 --> 00:54:13.130
The<00:54:11.230><c> King</c><00:54:11.489><c> said,</c><00:54:12.210><c> moreover</c><00:54:12.510><c> to</c><00:54:12.650><c> Shimei,</c>

00:54:13.130 --> 00:54:16.329
thou<00:54:13.750><c> knowest</c><00:54:14.150><c> all</c><00:54:14.469><c> the</c><00:54:14.630><c> wickedness</c><00:54:15.030><c> which</c><00:54:15.309><c> thine</c><00:54:15.510><c> heart</c><00:54:15.969><c> is</c>

00:54:16.329 --> 00:54:17.030
privy<00:54:16.650><c> to,</c>

00:54:17.489 --> 00:54:20.130
that<00:54:17.650><c> thou</c><00:54:17.889><c> didst</c><00:54:18.329><c> to</c><00:54:18.530><c> David</c><00:54:18.809><c> my</c><00:54:19.090><c> father,</c>

00:54:20.190 --> 00:54:24.150
so<00:54:20.530><c> Yahweh</c><00:54:20.969><c> will</c><00:54:21.210><c> return</c><00:54:21.630><c> thy</c><00:54:21.929><c> wickedness</c><00:54:22.429><c> upon</c><00:54:22.710><c> thine</c><00:54:22.929><c> own</c><00:54:23.190><c> head,</c>

00:54:24.710 --> 00:54:28.550
and<00:54:25.429><c> King</c><00:54:26.150><c> Solomon</c><00:54:26.909><c> shall</c><00:54:27.449><c> be</c><00:54:27.670><c> blessed,</c>

00:54:29.070 --> 00:54:34.230
and<00:54:29.630><c> the</c><00:54:29.989><c> throne</c><00:54:30.329><c> of</c><00:54:30.969><c> David</c><00:54:31.789><c> shall</c><00:54:32.409><c> be</c><00:54:32.809><c> established</c><00:54:33.369><c> before</c>

00:54:34.230 --> 00:54:35.690
Yahweh<00:54:35.110><c> forever.</c>

00:54:35.690 --> 00:54:37.769
Can<00:54:35.929><c> you</c><00:54:36.110><c> see</c><00:54:36.250><c> the</c><00:54:36.469><c> point</c><00:54:36.650><c> he's</c><00:54:36.889><c> making</c><00:54:37.230><c> to</c><00:54:37.489><c> Shimei?</c>

00:54:38.090 --> 00:54:42.150
This<00:54:38.650><c> is</c><00:54:39.070><c> actually</c><00:54:39.590><c> what</c><00:54:39.889><c> this</c><00:54:40.190><c> entire</c><00:54:40.710><c> story</c><00:54:41.070><c> is</c><00:54:41.289><c> about.</c>

00:54:43.570 --> 00:54:46.789
Shimei,<00:54:44.130><c> Yahweh</c><00:54:44.690><c> has</c><00:54:45.110><c> returned</c><00:54:45.670><c> on</c><00:54:46.150><c> you.</c>

00:54:47.050 --> 00:54:50.889
Verse<00:54:47.210><c> 44,</c><00:54:48.190><c> he</c><00:54:48.210><c> will</c><00:54:48.429><c> return</c><00:54:48.829><c> your</c><00:54:49.210><c> wickedness</c><00:54:49.769><c> on</c><00:54:50.150><c> your</c><00:54:50.449><c> own</c><00:54:50.730><c> head.</c>

00:54:51.150 --> 00:54:53.769
Can<00:54:51.269><c> you</c><00:54:51.409><c> hear</c><00:54:51.489><c> the</c><00:54:51.769><c> playback</c><00:54:52.170><c> of</c><00:54:52.469><c> Shimei's</c><00:54:53.010><c> curse</c><00:54:53.269><c> of</c><00:54:53.530><c> David?</c>

00:54:54.230 --> 00:54:56.210
Oh,<00:54:54.389><c> Yahweh's</c><00:54:54.869><c> returned</c><00:54:55.090><c> on</c><00:54:55.309><c> you</c><00:54:55.409><c> what</c><00:54:55.570><c> you</c><00:54:55.789><c> did</c><00:54:55.929><c> to</c><00:54:56.110><c> Saul?</c>

00:54:56.670 --> 00:54:57.750
No,<00:54:56.989><c> no</c><00:54:57.250><c> Shimei.</c>

00:54:57.969 --> 00:55:01.429
Yahweh<00:54:58.389><c> has</c><00:54:58.690><c> returned</c><00:54:59.130><c> on</c><00:54:59.550><c> your</c><00:54:59.969><c> head,</c><00:55:00.610><c> your</c><00:55:00.809><c> wickedness,</c>

00:55:01.530 --> 00:55:06.630
and<00:55:01.750><c> the</c><00:55:02.030><c> house</c><00:55:02.409><c> of</c><00:55:03.389><c> David</c><00:55:03.949><c> will</c><00:55:04.610><c> be</c><00:55:04.989><c> established</c><00:55:05.590><c> forever.</c>

00:55:06.989 --> 00:55:10.070
That<00:55:07.210><c> word</c><00:55:07.489><c> established</c><00:55:08.070><c> is</c><00:55:08.489><c> the</c><00:55:08.750><c> same</c><00:55:08.949><c> word</c><00:55:09.110><c> which</c><00:55:09.309><c> we</c><00:55:09.489><c> looked</c><00:55:09.630><c> at</c><00:55:09.829><c> earlier.</c>

00:55:10.070 --> 00:55:12.670
That<00:55:10.309><c> word,</c><00:55:10.829><c> kun,</c><00:55:11.030><c> to</c><00:55:11.269><c> be</c><00:55:11.530><c> set</c><00:55:11.769><c> or</c><00:55:12.150><c> to</c><00:55:12.250><c> be</c><00:55:12.469><c> firm.</c>

00:55:12.989 --> 00:55:14.690
Now,<00:55:13.190><c> is</c><00:55:13.289><c> that</c><00:55:13.449><c> what</c><00:55:13.570><c> this</c><00:55:13.769><c> is</c><00:55:13.949><c> about?</c>

00:55:15.369 --> 00:55:18.650
Well,<00:55:15.489><c> look</c><00:55:15.590><c> at</c><00:55:15.690><c> the</c><00:55:15.809><c> next</c><00:55:16.030><c> verse,</c><00:55:17.090><c> verse</c><00:55:17.329><c> 46.</c>

00:55:19.010 --> 00:55:21.150
So<00:55:19.070><c> the</c><00:55:19.190><c> King</c><00:55:19.409><c> commanded</c><00:55:19.789><c> Bani</c><00:55:20.150><c> Iah,</c><00:55:20.369><c> the</c><00:55:20.489><c> son</c><00:55:20.650><c> of</c><00:55:20.809><c> Jehoiada,</c>

00:55:21.190 --> 00:55:23.369
which<00:55:21.349><c> went</c><00:55:21.590><c> out</c><00:55:21.809><c> and</c><00:55:21.989><c> fell</c><00:55:22.150><c> upon</c><00:55:22.349><c> him,</c><00:55:22.489><c> that</c><00:55:22.570><c> he</c><00:55:22.710><c> died,</c>

00:55:23.969 --> 00:55:28.510
and<00:55:23.969><c> the</c><00:55:24.449><c> kingdom</c><00:55:25.130><c> was</c><00:55:26.050><c> established</c><00:55:26.849><c> in</c><00:55:27.289><c> the</c><00:55:27.570><c> hand</c><00:55:27.969><c> of</c><00:55:28.289><c> Solomon.</c>

00:55:28.730 --> 00:55:31.329
And<00:55:28.889><c> you</c><00:55:28.969><c> can</c><00:55:29.210><c> see</c><00:55:29.349><c> the</c><00:55:29.610><c> finality</c><00:55:30.090><c> of</c><00:55:30.289><c> Scripture</c><00:55:30.630><c> as</c><00:55:31.010><c> it</c><00:55:31.230><c> says,</c>

00:55:31.449 --> 00:55:34.329
that's<00:55:31.949><c> actually</c><00:55:32.329><c> what</c><00:55:32.570><c> the</c><00:55:32.909><c> story</c><00:55:33.309><c> is</c><00:55:33.789><c> all</c><00:55:34.070><c> about.</c>

00:55:34.530 --> 00:55:37.090
It's<00:55:34.869><c> about</c><00:55:35.110><c> this</c><00:55:35.489><c> kingdom</c><00:55:35.849><c> being</c><00:55:36.429><c> established.</c>

00:55:37.090 --> 00:55:41.409
That<00:55:37.570><c> word</c><00:55:37.809><c> has</c><00:55:38.010><c> come</c><00:55:38.170><c> up</c><00:55:38.309><c> about</c><00:55:38.670><c> 16</c><00:55:39.210><c> times</c><00:55:40.090><c> so</c><00:55:40.610><c> far</c><00:55:40.989><c> in</c><00:55:41.289><c> the</c>

00:55:41.409 --> 00:55:42.070
divine<00:55:41.650><c> record</c>

00:55:42.070 --> 00:55:44.829
in<00:55:42.409><c> relation</c><00:55:42.730><c> to</c><00:55:42.909><c> the</c><00:55:43.090><c> establishment</c><00:55:43.530><c> of</c><00:55:43.909><c> the</c><00:55:44.050><c> house</c><00:55:44.230><c> of</c><00:55:44.469><c> David</c>

00:55:44.829 --> 00:55:48.150
and<00:55:45.250><c> his</c><00:55:45.550><c> throne</c><00:55:45.789><c> with</c><00:55:46.110><c> Solomon</c><00:55:46.309><c> upon</c><00:55:46.610><c> it,</c><00:55:46.829><c> 16</c><00:55:47.170><c> times</c><00:55:47.590><c> so</c><00:55:47.909><c> far.</c>

00:55:48.289 --> 00:55:53.769
It's<00:55:48.590><c> a</c><00:55:48.769><c> major</c><00:55:49.110><c> theme</c><00:55:49.570><c> of</c><00:55:50.030><c> the</c><00:55:50.309><c> establishment</c><00:55:50.829><c> of</c><00:55:51.389><c> this</c><00:55:51.690><c> kingdom</c><00:55:52.190><c> by</c><00:55:52.750><c> Solomon.</c>

00:55:54.389 --> 00:55:57.929
And<00:55:54.570><c> so</c><00:55:54.650><c> we</c><00:55:54.869><c> see</c><00:55:55.289><c> a</c><00:55:55.710><c> resolute</c><00:55:56.150><c> young</c><00:55:56.389><c> man</c><00:55:56.949><c> who's</c><00:55:57.429><c> deliberately</c>

00:55:57.929 --> 00:56:01.750
and<00:55:58.610><c> systematically</c><00:55:59.409><c> extending</c><00:56:00.170><c> control</c><00:56:00.909><c> over</c><00:56:01.469><c> this</c>

00:56:01.750 --> 00:56:03.710
kingdom,<00:56:02.590><c> relentlessly.</c>

00:56:05.050 --> 00:56:06.849
Was<00:56:05.269><c> it</c><00:56:05.429><c> a</c><00:56:05.570><c> deliberate</c><00:56:05.849><c> strategy?</c>

00:56:07.349 --> 00:56:10.630
Well,<00:56:08.530><c> let's</c><00:56:08.849><c> consult</c><00:56:09.130><c> the</c><00:56:09.369><c> Almanac</c><00:56:09.750><c> again.</c>

00:56:11.090 --> 00:56:13.650
Proverbs<00:56:11.309><c> 11,</c><00:56:12.230><c> verse</c><00:56:12.409><c> 21.</c>

00:56:13.690 --> 00:56:19.489
Though<00:56:13.929><c> hand</c><00:56:14.530><c> join</c><00:56:15.050><c> in</c><00:56:15.590><c> hand,</c><00:56:16.909><c> the</c><00:56:17.050><c> wicked</c><00:56:17.269><c> shall</c><00:56:17.590><c> not</c><00:56:17.889><c> be</c><00:56:18.130><c> unpunished,</c>

00:56:19.690 --> 00:56:24.110
but<00:56:19.909><c> the</c><00:56:20.230><c> seed</c><00:56:20.710><c> of</c><00:56:21.150><c> the</c><00:56:21.349><c> righteous</c><00:56:21.929><c> shall</c><00:56:22.650><c> be</c><00:56:23.110><c> established.</c>

00:56:24.190 --> 00:56:26.730
I'd<00:56:24.389><c> like</c><00:56:24.469><c> you</c><00:56:24.590><c> to</c><00:56:24.710><c> come</c><00:56:24.789><c> with</c><00:56:24.969><c> me</c><00:56:25.070><c> to</c><00:56:25.289><c> Proverbs</c><00:56:25.650><c> 25,</c>

00:56:27.030 --> 00:56:29.650
because<00:56:27.170><c> this</c><00:56:27.510><c> really</c><00:56:28.010><c> summarises</c><00:56:28.889><c> perfectly</c>

00:56:29.650 --> 00:56:32.409
what's<00:56:30.349><c> just</c><00:56:30.510><c> been</c><00:56:30.690><c> taking</c><00:56:30.989><c> place</c><00:56:31.469><c> in</c><00:56:31.809><c> these</c><00:56:31.989><c> chapters.</c>

00:56:32.769 --> 00:56:34.570
Proverbs<00:56:33.190><c> 25.</c>

00:56:41.269 --> 00:56:45.570
These<00:56:41.730><c> are</c><00:56:42.090><c> also,</c><00:56:42.489><c> verse</c><00:56:42.730><c> one,</c><00:56:44.429><c> the</c><00:56:44.670><c> Proverbs</c><00:56:45.050><c> of</c><00:56:45.269><c> Solomon,</c>

00:56:45.670 --> 00:56:47.969
which<00:56:45.769><c> the</c><00:56:45.889><c> men</c><00:56:46.070><c> of</c><00:56:46.230><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:56:46.789><c> king</c><00:56:46.969><c> of</c><00:56:47.170><c> Judah,</c><00:56:47.510><c> copied</c><00:56:47.630><c> out.</c>

00:56:48.250 --> 00:56:49.949
It's<00:56:48.389><c> the</c><00:56:48.510><c> glory</c><00:56:48.690><c> of</c><00:56:48.869><c> God</c><00:56:49.070><c> to</c><00:56:49.289><c> conceal</c><00:56:49.610><c> a</c><00:56:49.809><c> thing.</c>

00:56:50.010 --> 00:56:53.349
It's<00:56:50.329><c> the</c><00:56:50.570><c> honour</c><00:56:50.829><c> of</c><00:56:51.150><c> kings</c><00:56:51.369><c> to</c><00:56:51.650><c> search</c><00:56:51.969><c> out</c><00:56:52.369><c> a</c><00:56:52.570><c> matter.</c>

00:56:53.829 --> 00:56:55.869
Verse<00:56:54.030><c> three,</c><00:56:54.309><c> the</c><00:56:54.389><c> heaven</c><00:56:54.590><c> for</c><00:56:54.829><c> height,</c><00:56:55.130><c> the</c><00:56:55.250><c> earth</c><00:56:55.469><c> for</c><00:56:55.650><c> depth.</c>

00:56:56.309 --> 00:57:00.070
The<00:56:56.530><c> heart</c><00:56:57.130><c> of</c><00:56:57.690><c> kings</c><00:56:58.130><c> is</c><00:56:58.630><c> unsearchable.</c>

00:57:00.829 --> 00:57:04.710
Take<00:57:01.190><c> away</c><00:57:01.530><c> the</c><00:57:01.829><c> dross</c><00:57:02.789><c> from</c><00:57:03.510><c> the</c><00:57:03.789><c> silver,</c>

00:57:04.929 --> 00:57:08.849
and<00:57:05.329><c> out</c><00:57:05.630><c> will</c><00:57:05.889><c> come</c><00:57:06.309><c> a</c><00:57:06.550><c> much</c><00:57:07.090><c> finer</c><00:57:07.630><c> vessel.</c>

00:57:09.989 --> 00:57:13.550
Take<00:57:09.989><c> away</c><00:57:10.630><c> the</c><00:57:10.949><c> wicked</c><00:57:11.349><c> from</c><00:57:12.110><c> before</c><00:57:12.449><c> the</c><00:57:12.670><c> king,</c>

00:57:14.150 --> 00:57:18.869
and<00:57:14.269><c> his</c><00:57:14.670><c> throne</c><00:57:15.269><c> shall</c><00:57:15.929><c> be</c><00:57:16.329><c> established</c><00:57:17.050><c> in</c><00:57:17.789><c> righteousness.</c>

00:57:19.730 --> 00:57:22.809
That's<00:57:20.130><c> the</c><00:57:20.269><c> theme,</c><00:57:20.650><c> brothers</c><00:57:20.710><c> and</c><00:57:20.929><c> sisters,</c><00:57:21.730><c> of</c><00:57:21.969><c> those</c><00:57:22.150><c> actions</c><00:57:22.530><c> that</c>

00:57:22.809 --> 00:57:23.510
Solomon<00:57:23.110><c> took</c>

00:57:23.510 --> 00:57:28.610
when<00:57:23.969><c> he</c><00:57:24.230><c> first</c><00:57:24.650><c> ascended</c><00:57:25.070><c> the</c><00:57:25.369><c> throne</c><00:57:25.670><c> as</c><00:57:26.210><c> his</c><00:57:26.469><c> father</c><00:57:27.010><c> passed</c><00:57:27.630><c> away.</c>

00:57:30.090 --> 00:57:32.610
What<00:57:30.269><c> this</c><00:57:30.510><c> record</c><00:57:30.710><c> gives</c><00:57:30.989><c> us</c><00:57:31.250><c> is</c><00:57:31.369><c> an</c><00:57:31.670><c> extraordinary</c><00:57:32.070><c> insight</c>

00:57:32.610 --> 00:57:35.789
into<00:57:32.869><c> the</c><00:57:33.170><c> mind</c><00:57:33.510><c> and</c><00:57:33.869><c> the</c><00:57:34.090><c> values</c><00:57:34.429><c> of</c><00:57:34.889><c> that</c><00:57:35.150><c> young</c><00:57:35.409><c> king.</c>

00:57:36.250 --> 00:57:37.389
We<00:57:36.349><c> notice</c><00:57:36.670><c> his</c><00:57:36.949><c> wisdom.</c>

00:57:37.730 --> 00:57:38.949
We<00:57:37.869><c> notice</c><00:57:38.190><c> his</c><00:57:38.469><c> perception.</c>

00:57:39.289 --> 00:57:41.050
There's<00:57:39.530><c> a</c><00:57:39.710><c> razor</c><00:57:39.989><c>-sharp</c><00:57:40.409><c> intellect</c><00:57:40.730><c> there,</c>

00:57:41.190 --> 00:57:43.389
as<00:57:41.329><c> he</c><00:57:41.530><c> understands</c><00:57:42.030><c> what</c><00:57:42.409><c> motivates</c><00:57:42.889><c> people,</c>

00:57:43.650 --> 00:57:46.550
as<00:57:43.809><c> he</c><00:57:44.030><c> sees</c><00:57:44.210><c> what's</c><00:57:44.849><c> driving</c><00:57:45.210><c> their</c><00:57:45.590><c> various</c><00:57:45.949><c> actions,</c>

00:57:46.690 --> 00:57:49.789
and<00:57:46.969><c> as</c><00:57:47.170><c> he</c><00:57:47.530><c> resolutely</c><00:57:47.909><c> moves</c><00:57:48.469><c> to</c><00:57:48.849><c> cut</c><00:57:49.110><c> off</c><00:57:49.309><c> the</c><00:57:49.510><c> wicked</c>

00:57:49.789 --> 00:57:52.949
and<00:57:50.230><c> to</c><00:57:50.469><c> establish</c><00:57:50.889><c> righteousness</c><00:57:51.489><c> as</c><00:57:52.289><c> the</c><00:57:52.510><c> principle</c><00:57:52.789><c> of</c>

00:57:52.949 --> 00:57:53.949
his<00:57:53.150><c> reign.</c>

00:57:54.570 --> 00:57:56.030
But<00:57:54.929><c> he's</c><00:57:55.070><c> not</c><00:57:55.329><c> totally</c><00:57:55.670><c> ruthless.</c>

00:57:56.130 --> 00:57:58.750
See<00:57:56.349><c> how</c><00:57:56.469><c> he</c><00:57:56.670><c> extends</c><00:57:56.969><c> a</c><00:57:57.389><c> blend</c><00:57:57.530><c> of</c><00:57:57.789><c> wonderful</c><00:57:58.110><c> mercy</c><00:57:58.489><c> to</c>

00:57:58.750 --> 00:57:59.050
start<00:57:58.909><c> with?</c>

00:57:59.150 --> 00:58:01.429
He<00:57:59.409><c> gives</c><00:57:59.730><c> people</c><00:58:00.070><c> an</c><00:58:00.250><c> opportunity</c><00:58:00.750><c> to</c><00:58:00.949><c> respond.</c>

00:58:01.429 --> 00:58:05.210
But<00:58:01.989><c> when</c><00:58:02.170><c> they</c><00:58:02.409><c> don't,</c><00:58:03.090><c> then</c><00:58:03.210><c> he</c><00:58:03.289><c> moves</c><00:58:03.690><c> with</c><00:58:04.170><c> absolutely</c>

00:58:05.210 --> 00:58:07.070
implacable<00:58:06.070><c> fury.</c>

00:58:08.510 --> 00:58:11.190
But<00:58:08.610><c> you</c><00:58:08.670><c> know,</c><00:58:08.909><c> brothers</c><00:58:09.050><c> and</c><00:58:09.230><c> sisters,</c><00:58:09.449><c> in</c><00:58:09.530><c> this</c><00:58:09.769><c> picture</c><00:58:10.050><c> here,</c>

00:58:11.250 --> 00:58:12.650
there's<00:58:11.409><c> actually</c><00:58:11.730><c> something</c><00:58:12.090><c> else</c><00:58:12.349><c> happening.</c>

00:58:12.969 --> 00:58:16.730
There's<00:58:13.110><c> a</c><00:58:13.250><c> foreshadowing</c><00:58:13.869><c> here</c><00:58:14.289><c> of</c><00:58:14.730><c> a</c><00:58:15.010><c> grander</c><00:58:15.889><c> picture,</c>

00:58:16.889 --> 00:58:19.769
of<00:58:17.070><c> a</c><00:58:17.289><c> grander</c><00:58:17.730><c> purpose</c><00:58:18.150><c> of</c><00:58:18.710><c> the</c><00:58:18.909><c> fathers.</c>

00:58:20.869 --> 00:58:22.070
What<00:58:21.030><c> have</c><00:58:21.110><c> we</c><00:58:21.289><c> got?</c>

00:58:22.489 --> 00:58:28.630
Well,<00:58:22.670><c> we</c><00:58:22.829><c> have</c><00:58:23.030><c> the</c><00:58:23.389><c> promised</c><00:58:23.710><c> son</c><00:58:24.630><c> established</c><00:58:25.869><c> on</c><00:58:26.510><c> a</c><00:58:26.829><c> throne</c><00:58:27.329><c> in</c><00:58:27.849><c> Zion.</c>

00:58:29.050 --> 00:58:33.570
We<00:58:29.650><c> have</c><00:58:30.230><c> a</c><00:58:30.289><c> whole</c><00:58:30.650><c> group</c><00:58:30.889><c> of</c><00:58:31.170><c> people,</c><00:58:32.530><c> a</c><00:58:32.750><c> representative</c><00:58:33.269><c> of</c>

00:58:33.570 --> 00:58:35.190
military<00:58:34.010><c> forces,</c>

00:58:35.230 --> 00:58:38.130
a<00:58:35.409><c> representative</c><00:58:35.989><c> of</c><00:58:36.329><c> the</c><00:58:36.530><c> religious</c><00:58:36.969><c> establishment,</c>

00:58:38.170 --> 00:58:43.670
who<00:58:38.409><c> do</c><00:58:38.789><c> not</c><00:58:39.130><c> like</c><00:58:40.030><c> the</c><00:58:40.869><c> restraints</c><00:58:41.929><c> that</c><00:58:42.289><c> this</c><00:58:42.489><c> new</c><00:58:42.730><c> king</c><00:58:43.150><c> is</c>

00:58:43.670 --> 00:58:45.449
going<00:58:43.829><c> to</c><00:58:44.090><c> place</c><00:58:44.230><c> upon</c><00:58:44.530><c> him.</c>

00:58:45.550 --> 00:58:48.190
And<00:58:45.949><c> so</c><00:58:46.130><c> they</c><00:58:46.389><c> fight</c><00:58:46.789><c> against</c><00:58:47.250><c> him.</c>

00:58:48.670 --> 00:58:51.289
What<00:58:48.849><c> passage</c><00:58:49.250><c> of</c><00:58:49.429><c> scripture</c><00:58:49.710><c> are</c><00:58:49.909><c> we</c><00:58:50.030><c> referring</c><00:58:50.329><c> to?</c>

00:58:51.849 --> 00:58:52.210
Psalm<00:58:52.050><c> 2.</c>

00:58:52.630 --> 00:58:53.710
Let's<00:58:52.690><c> go</c><00:58:52.829><c> and</c><00:58:52.909><c> have</c><00:58:53.010><c> a</c><00:58:53.030><c> look</c><00:58:53.150><c> at</c><00:58:53.269><c> Psalm</c><00:58:53.449><c> 2.</c>

00:58:53.909 --> 00:58:56.610
Psalm<00:58:54.130><c> 2</c><00:58:54.230><c> is</c><00:58:54.369><c> one</c><00:58:54.530><c> of</c><00:58:54.550><c> those</c><00:58:54.869><c> magnificent</c><00:58:55.670><c> psalms,</c>

00:58:56.869 --> 00:58:58.110
magnificent<00:58:57.369><c> for</c><00:58:57.630><c> several</c><00:58:57.849><c> reasons.</c>

00:58:58.110 --> 00:59:00.829
One<00:58:58.369><c> is</c><00:58:58.530><c> that</c><00:58:58.650><c> it's</c><00:58:58.849><c> actually</c><00:58:59.090><c> quite</c><00:58:59.369><c> easy</c><00:58:59.889><c> to</c><00:59:00.190><c> understand</c>

00:59:00.829 --> 00:59:02.070
the<00:59:01.329><c> story</c><00:59:01.670><c> flow.</c>

00:59:02.210 --> 00:59:06.610
Secondly,<00:59:03.190><c> it's</c><00:59:03.289><c> an</c><00:59:03.489><c> extraordinary</c><00:59:04.210><c> prophecy</c><00:59:04.809><c> of</c><00:59:05.889><c> what's</c><00:59:06.230><c> going</c><00:59:06.309><c> to</c>

00:59:06.610 --> 00:59:07.530
happen<00:59:06.849><c> in</c><00:59:07.090><c> the</c><00:59:07.289><c> future</c>

00:59:07.530 --> 00:59:10.170
when<00:59:07.670><c> the</c><00:59:07.829><c> Lord</c><00:59:07.989><c> Jesus</c><00:59:08.369><c> Christ</c><00:59:08.769><c> is</c><00:59:09.230><c> established</c><00:59:09.630><c> on</c><00:59:09.809><c> the</c><00:59:09.989><c> throne.</c>

00:59:10.550 --> 00:59:12.349
In<00:59:10.570><c> fact,</c><00:59:10.949><c> Psalm</c><00:59:10.969><c> 2</c><00:59:11.090><c> is</c><00:59:11.269><c> picked</c><00:59:11.449><c> up</c><00:59:11.610><c> a</c><00:59:11.750><c> number</c><00:59:11.969><c> of</c><00:59:12.190><c> times</c>

00:59:12.349 --> 00:59:15.130
and<00:59:12.630><c> applied</c><00:59:12.849><c> to</c><00:59:13.150><c> different</c><00:59:13.469><c> advents</c><00:59:13.969><c> of</c><00:59:14.349><c> the</c><00:59:14.489><c> Lord</c><00:59:14.750><c> in</c><00:59:15.030><c> the</c>

00:59:15.130 --> 00:59:15.670
New<00:59:15.289><c> Testament.</c>

00:59:15.869 --> 00:59:18.929
But<00:59:16.130><c> just</c><00:59:16.449><c> read</c><00:59:16.670><c> Psalm</c><00:59:17.030><c> 2</c><00:59:17.210><c> as</c><00:59:17.389><c> a</c><00:59:17.650><c> prophecy</c><00:59:18.070><c> of</c><00:59:18.389><c> what</c><00:59:18.550><c> will</c><00:59:18.750><c> take</c>

00:59:18.929 --> 00:59:19.949
place<00:59:19.250><c> in</c><00:59:19.510><c> the</c><00:59:19.710><c> earth</c>

00:59:19.949 --> 00:59:23.050
when<00:59:20.250><c> the</c><00:59:20.449><c> Lord</c><00:59:20.590><c> Jesus</c><00:59:20.969><c> Christ</c><00:59:21.250><c> is</c><00:59:21.630><c> established</c><00:59:22.050><c> as</c><00:59:22.309><c> king.</c>

00:59:23.610 --> 00:59:28.090
Why<00:59:24.130><c> do</c><00:59:24.570><c> the</c><00:59:24.769><c> nations</c><00:59:25.130><c> rage</c><00:59:25.889><c> and</c><00:59:26.289><c> the</c><00:59:26.469><c> people</c><00:59:26.730><c> imagine</c><00:59:27.250><c> a</c><00:59:27.469><c> vain</c><00:59:27.730><c> thing?</c>

00:59:28.110 --> 00:59:30.429
The<00:59:28.869><c> kings</c><00:59:29.130><c> of</c><00:59:29.309><c> the</c><00:59:29.489><c> earth</c><00:59:29.670><c> set</c><00:59:29.889><c> themselves,</c>

00:59:30.590 --> 00:59:34.190
the<00:59:30.710><c> rulers</c><00:59:30.969><c> take</c><00:59:31.289><c> counsel</c><00:59:31.670><c> together</c><00:59:32.190><c> against</c><00:59:32.809><c> Yahweh</c><00:59:33.349><c> and</c>

00:59:34.190 --> 00:59:36.489
against<00:59:35.070><c> his</c><00:59:35.889><c> anointed.</c>

00:59:36.829 --> 00:59:38.190
And<00:59:37.070><c> what</c><00:59:37.170><c> do</c><00:59:37.230><c> they</c><00:59:37.369><c> say?</c>

00:59:38.630 --> 00:59:40.090
Let's<00:59:38.929><c> break</c><00:59:39.110><c> their</c><00:59:39.309><c> bands</c><00:59:39.590><c> asunder.</c>

00:59:40.389 --> 00:59:42.869
Let's<00:59:40.750><c> cast</c><00:59:40.969><c> away</c><00:59:41.230><c> their</c><00:59:41.489><c> cords</c><00:59:41.750><c> from</c><00:59:41.989><c> us.</c>

00:59:42.889 --> 00:59:46.110
And<00:59:43.150><c> Yahweh,</c><00:59:44.010><c> he</c><00:59:44.269><c> that</c><00:59:44.429><c> sits</c><00:59:44.630><c> in</c><00:59:44.849><c> the</c><00:59:44.949><c> heavens</c><00:59:45.230><c> will</c><00:59:45.550><c> laugh.</c>

00:59:46.389 --> 00:59:49.130
Yahweh<00:59:46.849><c> will</c><00:59:47.170><c> have</c><00:59:47.349><c> them</c><00:59:47.570><c> in</c><00:59:47.750><c> derision</c><00:59:48.150><c> and</c><00:59:48.489><c> he</c><00:59:48.610><c> will</c><00:59:48.869><c> speak</c>

00:59:49.130 --> 00:59:50.329
unto<00:59:49.329><c> them</c><00:59:49.570><c> in</c><00:59:49.690><c> his</c><00:59:49.969><c> wrath.</c>

00:59:50.510 --> 00:59:52.329
He'll<00:59:50.849><c> vex</c><00:59:51.090><c> them</c><00:59:51.230><c> in</c><00:59:51.469><c> his</c><00:59:51.550><c> sore</c><00:59:51.730><c> displeasure.</c>

00:59:52.329 --> 00:59:58.710
Yet,<00:59:52.889><c> says</c><00:59:53.150><c> God,</c><00:59:53.690><c> I</c><00:59:54.070><c> have</c><00:59:54.570><c> set</c><00:59:54.929><c> my</c><00:59:55.469><c> king</c><00:59:55.769><c> on</c><00:59:56.190><c> my</c><00:59:56.570><c> holy</c><00:59:56.909><c> hill</c><00:59:57.349><c> of</c><00:59:57.809><c> Zion.</c>

00:59:59.869 --> 01:00:04.210
Solomon<01:00:00.289><c> had</c><01:00:00.929><c> been</c><01:00:01.289><c> set</c><01:00:01.630><c> on</c><01:00:02.110><c> the</c><01:00:02.309><c> holy</c><01:00:02.570><c> hill</c><01:00:02.750><c> of</c><01:00:03.070><c> Zion</c><01:00:03.429><c> and</c><01:00:03.949><c> his</c>

01:00:04.210 --> 01:00:06.210
kingdom<01:00:04.630><c> was</c><01:00:05.050><c> established.</c>

01:00:06.949 --> 01:00:08.670
And<01:00:07.230><c> then</c><01:00:07.389><c> the</c><01:00:07.530><c> king</c><01:00:07.650><c> speaks.</c>

01:00:10.550 --> 01:00:12.530
I<01:00:10.630><c> will</c><01:00:10.829><c> declare</c><01:00:11.210><c> the</c><01:00:11.429><c> decree.</c>

01:00:13.190 --> 01:00:16.170
Yahweh<01:00:13.650><c> has</c><01:00:14.429><c> spoken</c><01:00:14.750><c> to</c><01:00:14.989><c> me,</c><01:00:15.429><c> says</c><01:00:15.489><c> the</c><01:00:15.710><c> king.</c>

01:00:16.670 --> 01:00:18.570
And<01:00:16.829><c> this</c><01:00:17.030><c> is</c><01:00:17.150><c> what</c><01:00:17.309><c> God</c><01:00:17.530><c> said.</c>

01:00:19.650 --> 01:00:22.250
Thou<01:00:20.150><c> art</c><01:00:20.650><c> my</c><01:00:21.289><c> son.</c>

01:00:22.750 --> 01:00:24.969
This<01:00:23.030><c> day</c><01:00:23.369><c> have</c><01:00:23.610><c> I</c><01:00:23.750><c> begotten</c><01:00:24.170><c> thee.</c>

01:00:25.469 --> 01:00:27.710
I<01:00:25.769><c> will</c><01:00:25.929><c> be</c><01:00:26.130><c> his</c><01:00:26.590><c> father.</c>

01:00:28.230 --> 01:00:33.090
He<01:00:28.570><c> shall</c><01:00:28.769><c> be</c><01:00:29.030><c> my</c><01:00:29.409><c> son,</c><01:00:30.329><c> was</c><01:00:30.489><c> Yahweh's</c><01:00:31.010><c> promise</c><01:00:31.449><c> to</c><01:00:32.250><c> David.</c>

01:00:33.750 --> 01:00:36.130
And<01:00:33.829><c> God</c><01:00:34.070><c> said</c><01:00:34.250><c> to</c><01:00:34.369><c> me,</c><01:00:34.550><c> ask</c><01:00:34.730><c> of</c><01:00:34.829><c> me,</c><01:00:34.969><c> I'll</c><01:00:35.170><c> give</c><01:00:35.269><c> thee</c><01:00:35.389><c> the</c><01:00:35.570><c> nations</c><01:00:35.929><c> for</c>

01:00:36.130 --> 01:00:36.750
thy<01:00:36.210><c> inheritance,</c>

01:00:37.090 --> 01:00:39.210
the<01:00:37.170><c> outermost</c><01:00:37.510><c> parts</c><01:00:37.849><c> of</c><01:00:38.030><c> the</c><01:00:38.190><c> earth</c><01:00:38.369><c> for</c><01:00:38.530><c> thy</c><01:00:38.690><c> possession.</c>

01:00:39.630 --> 01:00:42.250
God<01:00:39.929><c> said</c><01:00:40.130><c> to</c><01:00:40.250><c> me</c><01:00:40.349><c> that</c><01:00:40.469><c> I</c><01:00:40.630><c> was</c><01:00:40.750><c> to</c><01:00:41.030><c> break</c><01:00:41.210><c> them</c><01:00:41.369><c> with</c><01:00:41.550><c> a</c><01:00:41.650><c> rod</c><01:00:41.730><c> of</c><01:00:41.989><c> iron.</c>

01:00:42.670 --> 01:00:45.610
Thou<01:00:42.809><c> shalt</c><01:00:43.070><c> dash</c><01:00:43.329><c> them</c><01:00:43.550><c> in</c><01:00:43.750><c> pieces</c><01:00:44.070><c> like</c><01:00:44.349><c> a</c><01:00:44.510><c> potter's</c><01:00:44.789><c> vessel.</c>

01:00:45.750 --> 01:00:49.210
And<01:00:46.269><c> then</c><01:00:46.469><c> the</c><01:00:46.670><c> messengers</c><01:00:47.030><c> of</c><01:00:47.250><c> the</c><01:00:47.409><c> king</c><01:00:47.690><c> say</c><01:00:48.070><c> to</c><01:00:48.250><c> the</c><01:00:48.429><c> rulership,</c>

01:00:49.849 --> 01:00:52.289
Be<01:00:49.849><c> wise</c><01:00:50.190><c> now</c><01:00:50.489><c> therefore,</c><01:00:51.150><c> O</c><01:00:51.170><c> ye</c><01:00:51.349><c> kings.</c>

01:00:52.650 --> 01:00:55.130
Be<01:00:52.750><c> instructed,</c><01:00:53.489><c> you</c><01:00:53.590><c> judges</c><01:00:53.889><c> of</c><01:00:54.110><c> the</c><01:00:54.269><c> earth.</c>

01:00:55.250 --> 01:00:56.409
Serve<01:00:55.469><c> Yahweh</c><01:00:55.789><c> with</c><01:00:56.090><c> fear.</c>

01:00:56.769 --> 01:00:58.309
Rejoice<01:00:57.210><c> with</c><01:00:57.409><c> trembling.</c>

01:00:58.329 --> 01:01:02.110
And<01:00:58.590><c> kiss</c><01:00:58.889><c> the</c><01:00:59.130><c> son,</c><01:00:59.929><c> lest</c><01:01:00.010><c> he</c><01:01:00.269><c> be</c><01:01:00.449><c> angry</c><01:01:00.889><c> and</c><01:01:01.329><c> ye</c><01:01:01.590><c> perish</c><01:01:01.889><c> from</c>

01:01:02.110 --> 01:01:02.650
the<01:01:02.289><c> way</c>

01:01:02.650 --> 01:01:05.010
when<01:01:02.949><c> his</c><01:01:03.210><c> wrath</c><01:01:03.510><c> is</c><01:01:03.989><c> kindled</c><01:01:04.369><c> but</c><01:01:04.610><c> a</c><01:01:04.730><c> little.</c>

01:01:05.489 --> 01:01:08.550
Blessed<01:01:05.750><c> are</c><01:01:06.070><c> all</c><01:01:06.349><c> they</c><01:01:06.590><c> that</c><01:01:06.750><c> put</c><01:01:06.929><c> their</c><01:01:07.190><c> trust</c><01:01:07.510><c> in</c><01:01:07.769><c> him.</c>

01:01:08.630 --> 01:01:10.530
So<01:01:09.090><c> you</c><01:01:09.170><c> know</c><01:01:09.269><c> what</c><01:01:09.349><c> we've</c><01:01:09.489><c> just</c><01:01:09.710><c> been</c><01:01:09.869><c> reading</c><01:01:10.090><c> about</c><01:01:10.309><c> in</c><01:01:10.429><c> the</c>

01:01:10.530 --> 01:01:12.110
book<01:01:10.670><c> of</c><01:01:10.849><c> Chronicles</c><01:01:11.170><c> and</c><01:01:11.329><c> Kings?</c>

01:01:12.329 --> 01:01:16.630
A<01:01:12.670><c> foreshadowing</c><01:01:13.570><c> of</c><01:01:14.130><c> the</c><01:01:14.349><c> time</c><01:01:14.829><c> when</c><01:01:15.530><c> Yahweh</c><01:01:15.809><c> will</c><01:01:16.110><c> set</c><01:01:16.250><c> his</c>

01:01:16.630 --> 01:01:19.230
son<01:01:17.070><c> upon</c><01:01:17.469><c> the</c><01:01:17.710><c> holy</c><01:01:18.010><c> hill</c><01:01:18.170><c> of</c><01:01:18.409><c> Zion.</c>

01:01:19.650 --> 01:01:22.670
And<01:01:19.829><c> the</c><01:01:20.030><c> nations</c><01:01:20.469><c> of</c><01:01:20.829><c> the</c><01:01:21.050><c> earth</c><01:01:21.289><c> will</c><01:01:21.510><c> be</c><01:01:21.690><c> like</c><01:01:21.969><c> Joab</c><01:01:22.389><c> and</c>

01:01:22.670 --> 01:01:24.110
Abiah<01:01:23.210><c> and</c><01:01:23.469><c> Adonijah.</c>

01:01:24.369 --> 01:01:27.110
And<01:01:24.590><c> they</c><01:01:24.750><c> will</c><01:01:25.050><c> rebel</c><01:01:25.449><c> against</c><01:01:26.010><c> the</c><01:01:26.269><c> rulership</c><01:01:26.650><c> of</c><01:01:26.809><c> the</c><01:01:26.929><c> Lord</c>

01:01:27.110 --> 01:01:27.849
Jesus<01:01:27.469><c> Christ.</c>

01:01:28.050 --> 01:01:31.369
They<01:01:28.309><c> will</c><01:01:28.650><c> not</c><01:01:29.010><c> like</c><01:01:29.250><c> what</c><01:01:29.510><c> his</c><01:01:29.829><c> kingdom</c><01:01:30.170><c> represents.</c>

01:01:32.269 --> 01:01:36.769
And<01:01:32.530><c> God</c><01:01:32.710><c> willing,</c><01:01:33.389><c> brothers</c><01:01:33.530><c> and</c><01:01:33.769><c> sisters,</c><01:01:34.929><c> in</c><01:01:35.150><c> God's</c><01:01:35.489><c> good</c><01:01:35.670><c> grace,</c>

01:01:37.130 --> 01:01:39.710
we<01:01:37.409><c> will</c><01:01:37.570><c> be</c><01:01:37.730><c> the</c><01:01:37.949><c> messengers</c><01:01:38.309><c> that</c><01:01:38.550><c> go</c><01:01:38.769><c> forth</c><01:01:39.030><c> to</c><01:01:39.329><c> execute</c>

01:01:39.710 --> 01:01:41.250
vengeance<01:01:40.289><c> upon</c><01:01:40.570><c> the</c><01:01:40.769><c> nations.</c>

01:01:41.610 --> 01:01:44.650
We<01:01:42.030><c> will</c><01:01:42.250><c> be</c><01:01:42.389><c> the</c><01:01:42.610><c> messengers</c><01:01:42.909><c> who</c><01:01:43.070><c> go</c><01:01:43.269><c> forth</c><01:01:43.530><c> and</c><01:01:43.730><c> say,</c><01:01:44.650><c> come</c>

01:01:44.650 --> 01:01:46.869
and<01:01:45.170><c> kiss</c><01:01:45.510><c> the</c><01:01:45.929><c> son.</c>

01:01:47.070 --> 01:01:50.590
Come<01:01:47.230><c> and</c><01:01:47.489><c> humble</c><01:01:47.730><c> yourselves</c><01:01:48.289><c> to</c><01:01:48.469><c> the</c><01:01:48.650><c> son,</c><01:01:49.289><c> lest</c><01:01:49.389><c> he</c><01:01:49.530><c> be</c><01:01:49.730><c> angry</c><01:01:50.210><c> and</c>

01:01:50.590 --> 01:01:51.750
ye<01:01:50.829><c> perish</c><01:01:51.130><c> from</c><01:01:51.329><c> the</c><01:01:51.510><c> way.</c>

01:01:51.949 --> 01:01:56.809
What<01:01:52.090><c> we</c><01:01:52.269><c> see,</c><01:01:52.590><c> brothers</c><01:01:52.730><c> and</c><01:01:52.889><c> sisters,</c><01:01:53.110><c> here</c><01:01:53.489><c> is</c><01:01:53.730><c> a</c><01:01:53.909><c> magnificent</c><01:01:54.570><c> foreshadowing</c><01:01:55.369><c> of</c><01:01:55.889><c> extraordinary</c>

01:01:56.809 --> 01:02:00.190
events<01:01:57.349><c> which</c><01:01:57.989><c> are</c><01:01:58.130><c> going</c><01:01:58.230><c> to</c><01:01:58.429><c> take</c><01:01:58.610><c> place</c><01:01:58.929><c> shortly</c><01:01:59.409><c> in</c><01:01:59.809><c> this</c><01:02:00.030><c> earth.</c>

01:02:00.309 --> 01:02:02.869
And<01:02:00.429><c> God</c><01:02:00.590><c> willing,</c><01:02:00.809><c> you</c><01:02:01.010><c> and</c><01:02:01.130><c> I</c><01:02:01.230><c> will</c><01:02:01.429><c> participate</c><01:02:01.929><c> in</c><01:02:02.130><c> that.</c>

01:02:03.090 --> 01:02:07.690
So<01:02:03.289><c> as</c><01:02:03.489><c> we</c><01:02:03.670><c> see</c><01:02:03.769><c> the</c><01:02:04.010><c> intrinsic</c><01:02:04.429><c> drama</c><01:02:05.050><c> of</c><01:02:05.489><c> the</c><01:02:05.730><c> story</c><01:02:06.090><c> of</c><01:02:06.469><c> Kings</c><01:02:06.829><c> and</c><01:02:07.269><c> Chronicles,</c>

01:02:07.690 --> 01:02:09.110
you<01:02:07.829><c> know</c><01:02:07.929><c> what</c><01:02:07.989><c> we</c><01:02:08.210><c> have?</c>

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A<01:02:09.250><c> foreshadowing</c><01:02:10.130><c> of</c><01:02:10.250><c> the</c><01:02:10.349><c> most</c><01:02:10.630><c> incredible</c><01:02:11.369><c> drama</c><01:02:11.769><c> which,</c>

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God<01:02:12.230><c> willing,</c><01:02:12.889><c> we</c><01:02:13.010><c> will</c><01:02:13.210><c> participate</c><01:02:13.710><c> in</c>

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when<01:02:14.449><c> our</c><01:02:14.570><c> Lord</c><01:02:14.750><c> Jesus</c><01:02:15.150><c> Christ</c><01:02:15.590><c> is</c><01:02:16.090><c> set</c><01:02:16.349><c> on</c><01:02:16.730><c> the</c><01:02:16.889><c> holy</c><01:02:17.130><c> hill</c><01:02:17.510><c> of</c><01:02:17.849><c> Zion.</c>