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any<00:13:00.919><c> form</c><00:13:01.179><c> of</c><00:13:01.419><c> leadership</c><00:13:01.720><c> has</c><00:13:01.879><c> been</c><00:13:02.100><c> lost,</c><00:13:03.139><c> when</c><00:13:03.340><c> it</c><00:13:03.600><c> appears</c>

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that<00:13:05.080><c> the</c><00:13:05.519><c> Ecclesia</c><00:13:06.039><c> is</c><00:13:06.259><c> not</c><00:13:06.440><c> even</c><00:13:06.659><c> master</c>

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of<00:13:07.159><c> its</c><00:13:07.340><c> own</c><00:13:07.500><c> house,</c><00:13:08.860><c> when</c><00:13:09.200><c> there</c><00:13:09.500><c> are</c><00:13:09.759><c> forces</c><00:13:10.179><c> seemingly</c><00:13:10.759><c> on</c>

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the<00:13:11.139><c> verge</c><00:13:11.320><c> of</c><00:13:11.500><c> pulling</c><00:13:11.740><c> it</c><00:13:11.980><c> asunder,</c>

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that<00:13:13.519><c> we</c><00:13:13.740><c> recognize</c><00:13:14.240><c> that</c><00:13:14.419><c> our</c><00:13:14.659><c> allegiance</c><00:13:15.000><c> is</c><00:13:15.220><c> to</c><00:13:15.379><c> God</c><00:13:15.779><c> and</c><00:13:15.960><c> that</c><00:13:16.179><c> a</c>

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system<00:13:16.960><c> that</c><00:13:17.519><c> is</c><00:13:17.840><c> established</c><00:13:18.259><c> by</c><00:13:18.659><c> God</c>

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is<00:13:19.779><c> also</c><00:13:20.179><c> going</c><00:13:20.360><c> to</c><00:13:20.500><c> be</c><00:13:20.720><c> fraught</c><00:13:20.919><c> with</c><00:13:21.100><c> human</c><00:13:21.399><c> weakness</c><00:13:21.820><c> inasmuch</c><00:13:22.419><c> as</c><00:13:22.559><c> the</c><00:13:22.759><c> materials</c><00:13:23.299><c> that</c><00:13:23.620><c> make</c><00:13:23.799><c> it</c>

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that<00:13:28.919><c> we</c><00:13:29.059><c> haven't</c><00:13:29.299><c> yet</c><00:13:29.600><c> come</c>

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unto<00:13:30.139><c> the</c><00:13:30.299><c> perfection</c><00:13:30.879><c> that</c><00:13:31.480><c> God</c><00:13:31.720><c> has</c><00:13:31.980><c> in</c><00:13:32.179><c> store</c><00:13:32.379><c> for</c><00:13:32.600><c> those</c>

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who<00:13:33.039><c> are</c><00:13:33.200><c> faithful</c><00:13:33.500><c> to</c><00:13:33.799><c> him.</c><00:13:34.639><c> And</c><00:13:34.960><c> we</c><00:13:35.179><c> find</c><00:13:35.419><c> that</c>

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in<00:13:35.740><c> this</c><00:13:35.940><c> man</c><00:13:36.139><c> Itai,</c><00:13:36.620><c> he</c><00:13:36.840><c> appreciated</c><00:13:37.360><c> all</c><00:13:37.700><c> that.</c><00:13:38.159><c> He</c><00:13:38.340><c> wasn't</c>

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going<00:13:38.720><c> to</c><00:13:38.779><c> be</c><00:13:38.919><c> driven</c><00:13:39.120><c> away.</c><00:13:39.419><c> He</c><00:13:39.559><c> wasn't</c><00:13:39.740><c> going</c>

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to<00:13:40.000><c> be</c><00:13:40.220><c> discouraged.</c><00:13:40.720><c> He</c><00:13:40.779><c> wasn't</c><00:13:41.000><c> going</c><00:13:41.139><c> to</c><00:13:41.259><c> be</c><00:13:41.539><c> disillusioned</c><00:13:42.159><c> and</c><00:13:42.279><c> disappointed</c><00:13:43.080><c> by</c><00:13:44.200><c> this</c><00:13:44.740><c> catastrophe</c>

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that<00:13:45.659><c> had</c><00:13:45.940><c> assailed</c><00:13:46.240><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:13:47.419><c> the</c><00:13:47.600><c> very</c><00:13:47.899><c> place</c><00:13:48.220><c> where</c><00:13:48.399><c> God</c>

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said<00:13:48.820><c> he</c><00:13:48.919><c> was</c><00:13:49.120><c> going</c><00:13:49.259><c> to</c><00:13:49.399><c> put</c><00:13:49.500><c> his</c><00:13:49.740><c> name.</c>

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And<00:13:51.379><c> so</c><00:13:51.559><c> Itai</c><00:13:52.019><c> passes</c><00:13:52.539><c> over</c><00:13:53.000><c> with</c><00:13:53.220><c> David</c><00:13:53.740><c> and</c><00:13:54.759><c> joins</c><00:13:55.139><c> in</c><00:13:55.360><c> this</c>

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mournful<00:13:56.240><c> profession,</c>

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procession,<00:13:57.879><c> as</c><00:13:58.039><c> they</c><00:13:58.320><c> leave</c><00:13:58.559><c> the</c><00:13:58.820><c> city</c><00:13:59.299><c> and</c><00:13:59.700><c> move</c><00:13:59.879><c> into</c><00:14:00.080><c> the</c>

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wilderness<00:14:00.740><c> and,</c><00:14:01.500><c> and</c><00:14:02.200><c> hide,</c><00:14:03.139><c> awaiting</c><00:14:03.559><c> the,</c>

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Absalom's<00:14:05.620><c> next</c><00:14:05.860><c> move.</c><00:14:07.240><c> And</c><00:14:07.279><c> so</c><00:14:07.480><c> Itai,</c><00:14:08.240><c> the</c><00:14:08.419><c> Gittite,</c><00:14:09.539><c> a</c>

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Gentile<00:14:10.259><c> convert,</c>

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a<00:14:12.580><c> man</c><00:14:13.279><c> who</c><00:14:14.779><c> saw</c><00:14:15.179><c> the</c><00:14:15.559><c> truth</c><00:14:15.899><c> as</c><00:14:16.179><c> a</c><00:14:16.340><c> precious</c><00:14:16.580><c> thing</c><00:14:16.879><c> indeed</c><00:14:17.220><c> and</c><00:14:17.320><c> was</c><00:14:17.559><c> going</c><00:14:17.759><c> to</c>

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hold<00:14:18.100><c> to</c><00:14:18.299><c> it.</c>

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And<00:14:20.100><c> then</c><00:14:20.259><c> we</c><00:14:20.460><c> consider</c><00:14:20.899><c> another</c><00:14:21.460><c> little</c><00:14:21.820><c> one</c><00:14:22.019><c> who</c><00:14:22.159><c> is</c><00:14:22.379><c> a</c><00:14:22.519><c> leader,</c><00:14:23.759><c> Uriah</c><00:14:24.139><c> the</c>

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Hittite.<00:14:25.299><c> And</c><00:14:25.519><c> as</c><00:14:25.700><c> we</c><00:14:25.879><c> well</c><00:14:26.159><c> know,</c>

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the<00:14:26.740><c> phrase</c><00:14:27.080><c> Hittite</c><00:14:27.860><c> would</c><00:14:28.259><c> indicate</c><00:14:28.679><c> that</c><00:14:28.879><c> Uriah</c><00:14:29.379><c> was</c><00:14:29.620><c> a</c><00:14:29.740><c> Gentile</c><00:14:30.240><c> convert</c><00:14:30.580><c> as</c>

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well,<00:14:31.139><c> because</c><00:14:31.460><c> the</c><00:14:31.659><c> Hittite</c>

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was<00:14:32.820><c> one</c><00:14:32.980><c> of</c><00:14:33.080><c> those</c><00:14:33.320><c> original</c><00:14:33.820><c> inhabitants</c><00:14:34.340><c> of</c><00:14:34.539><c> the</c><00:14:34.679><c> land,</c><00:14:34.980><c> one</c><00:14:35.059><c> of</c>

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And<00:14:37.460><c> Uriah</c><00:14:37.860><c> is</c><00:14:38.059><c> identified</c><00:14:38.620><c> as</c><00:14:38.799><c> one</c><00:14:38.940><c> of</c><00:14:39.080><c> these</c><00:14:39.299><c> individuals,</c>

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another<00:14:41.080><c> remarkable</c><00:14:41.720><c> man</c><00:14:42.000><c> of</c><00:14:42.240><c> faith,</c>

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another<00:14:43.379><c> individual</c><00:14:43.960><c> who</c><00:14:44.320><c> appreciated</c><00:14:44.840><c> the</c><00:14:45.100><c> truth</c><00:14:45.259><c> for</c><00:14:45.460><c> what</c>

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it<00:14:45.820><c> was.</c><00:14:47.000><c> And</c><00:14:47.259><c> here</c><00:14:47.419><c> is</c><00:14:47.600><c> a</c><00:14:47.759><c> man,</c><00:14:47.899><c> as</c><00:14:48.080><c> we</c><00:14:48.279><c> well</c><00:14:48.539><c> know,</c>

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who<00:14:49.879><c> suffered</c><00:14:50.179><c> mightily</c><00:14:50.740><c> at</c><00:14:50.919><c> the</c><00:14:51.179><c> hand</c><00:14:51.620><c> of</c><00:14:51.879><c> another</c><00:14:52.120><c> godly</c><00:14:52.580><c> man,</c><00:14:53.580><c> an</c>

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individual<00:14:54.360><c> who</c><00:14:54.700><c> lost</c><00:14:55.019><c> his</c><00:14:55.299><c> life.</c>

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And<00:14:56.620><c> at</c><00:14:56.860><c> times</c><00:14:57.120><c> we've</c><00:14:57.419><c> seen</c><00:14:57.639><c> this</c><00:14:57.840><c> in</c><00:14:58.000><c> the</c><00:14:58.200><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:14:58.659><c> brothers</c><00:14:58.799><c> and</c><00:14:59.080><c> sisters.</c><00:14:59.940><c> We've</c><00:15:00.259><c> seen</c><00:15:00.580><c> where</c><00:15:00.820><c> an</c>

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individual<00:15:01.519><c> has</c><00:15:01.960><c> been</c><00:15:02.320><c> sorely</c><00:15:02.740><c> mistreated,</c><00:15:03.940><c> an</c><00:15:04.139><c> individual</c>

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who<00:15:05.100><c> has</c><00:15:05.320><c> been</c><00:15:05.600><c> meted</c><00:15:05.840><c> out</c><00:15:06.419><c> treatment</c>

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that<00:15:07.120><c> should</c><00:15:07.320><c> never</c><00:15:07.580><c> have</c><00:15:07.840><c> been</c><00:15:08.000><c> given,</c><00:15:09.059><c> that</c><00:15:09.279><c> he</c><00:15:09.559><c> should</c><00:15:09.679><c> never</c><00:15:10.000><c> have</c><00:15:10.259><c> suffered</c><00:15:10.500><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:10.779><c> midst</c><00:15:10.960><c> of</c><00:15:11.179><c> those</c><00:15:11.480><c> who</c><00:15:11.700><c> call</c>

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upon<00:15:12.200><c> the</c><00:15:12.340><c> name</c><00:15:12.539><c> of</c><00:15:12.700><c> God</c><00:15:12.899><c> and</c><00:15:13.179><c> truth.</c><00:15:14.200><c> And</c><00:15:14.279><c> yet</c><00:15:14.360><c> we</c><00:15:14.440><c> know</c><00:15:14.600><c> it</c><00:15:14.779><c> does</c><00:15:15.100><c> happen</c><00:15:15.759><c> and</c><00:15:16.100><c> it</c>

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grieves<00:15:16.580><c> us</c><00:15:16.940><c> and</c><00:15:17.179><c> we</c><00:15:17.580><c> grieve</c><00:15:17.879><c> over</c>

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the<00:15:18.299><c> fate</c><00:15:18.419><c> of</c><00:15:18.659><c> Uriah.</c><00:15:19.840><c> And</c><00:15:20.000><c> yet</c><00:15:20.100><c> we</c><00:15:20.240><c> know</c><00:15:20.580><c> that</c><00:15:20.820><c> eternally</c><00:15:21.820><c> his</c>

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position<00:15:22.899><c> is</c><00:15:23.200><c> secure.</c><00:15:24.639><c> We</c><00:15:24.820><c> know</c><00:15:25.039><c> that</c><00:15:25.220><c> Uriah</c><00:15:25.639><c> was</c>

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one<00:15:25.860><c> of</c><00:15:25.960><c> the</c><00:15:26.139><c> mighty</c><00:15:26.419><c> men</c><00:15:26.600><c> of</c><00:15:26.759><c> David,</c><00:15:27.100><c> one</c><00:15:27.259><c> of</c><00:15:27.340><c> those</c><00:15:27.659><c> 30</c><00:15:27.960><c> mighty</c><00:15:28.220><c> men</c>

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of<00:15:28.600><c> faith</c><00:15:28.879><c> and</c><00:15:29.179><c> valor,</c><00:15:30.460><c> an</c><00:15:30.740><c> individual</c><00:15:31.259><c> who</c>

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must<00:15:31.759><c> have</c><00:15:31.940><c> shown</c><00:15:32.120><c> himself</c><00:15:32.500><c> to</c><00:15:32.679><c> be</c><00:15:32.799><c> an</c><00:15:33.080><c> enthusiast</c><00:15:33.620><c> for</c><00:15:33.820><c> the</c>

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things<00:15:34.159><c> of</c><00:15:34.419><c> God,</c><00:15:35.440><c> who</c><00:15:35.620><c> is</c><00:15:36.419><c> mighty</c><00:15:36.740><c> in</c><00:15:37.000><c> his</c><00:15:37.820><c> convictions</c>

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and<00:15:39.059><c> his</c><00:15:39.320><c> willingness</c><00:15:39.759><c> to</c><00:15:40.440><c> throw</c><00:15:40.700><c> in</c><00:15:40.840><c> his</c><00:15:41.059><c> lot</c><00:15:41.299><c> with</c><00:15:41.559><c> the</c><00:15:41.740><c> people</c><00:15:41.919><c> of</c><00:15:42.080><c> Israel.</c>

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Now<00:15:46.120><c> we</c><00:15:46.659><c> are</c><00:15:47.039><c> also</c><00:15:47.399><c> moved</c><00:15:47.820><c> by</c><00:15:48.179><c> the</c><00:15:48.440><c> example</c><00:15:48.840><c> of</c><00:15:49.059><c> Uriah</c><00:15:49.559><c> when</c><00:15:49.740><c> David</c><00:15:50.139><c> seeks</c><00:15:50.559><c> to</c>

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bring<00:15:52.659><c> him</c><00:15:52.820><c> back</c><00:15:53.100><c> into</c><00:15:53.299><c> the</c><00:15:53.480><c> city</c>

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and<00:15:54.340><c> compel</c><00:15:54.799><c> him</c><00:15:55.159><c> to</c><00:15:55.620><c> spend</c><00:15:55.879><c> a</c><00:15:56.039><c> night</c><00:15:56.159><c> with</c><00:15:56.419><c> Bathsheba</c><00:15:57.340><c> so</c><00:15:57.919><c> that</c><00:15:58.360><c> it</c>

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would<00:15:59.259><c> appear</c><00:15:59.519><c> that</c><00:15:59.700><c> the</c><00:15:59.860><c> child</c><00:16:00.139><c> was</c><00:16:00.419><c> his</c>

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and<00:16:02.019><c> not</c><00:16:02.299><c> David's.</c><00:16:03.440><c> And</c><00:16:03.700><c> we</c><00:16:03.860><c> find</c><00:16:04.179><c> in</c><00:16:04.399><c> the</c><00:16:04.539><c> response</c><00:16:05.059><c> of</c><00:16:05.279><c> Uriah</c>

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a<00:16:06.220><c> tremendous</c><00:16:06.720><c> example</c><00:16:07.559><c> and</c><00:16:08.519><c> a</c><00:16:08.659><c> tremendous</c>

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excitation.<00:16:10.100><c> We</c><00:16:10.340><c> note</c><00:16:10.539><c> Uriah's</c><00:16:11.120><c> response.</c><00:16:12.720><c> David</c><00:16:13.279><c> has</c><00:16:13.840><c> Joab</c>

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send<00:16:14.519><c> Uriah</c><00:16:15.320><c> back</c><00:16:15.980><c> to</c><00:16:16.159><c> the</c><00:16:16.340><c> city,</c><00:16:16.620><c> verse</c><00:16:16.899><c> 8</c><00:16:17.080><c> of</c><00:16:17.279><c> 2nd</c>

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feet.<00:16:23.799><c> And</c><00:16:23.940><c> Uriah</c><00:16:24.360><c> departed</c><00:16:24.879><c> out</c><00:16:25.519><c> of</c><00:16:25.600><c> the</c><00:16:25.720><c> king's</c>

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house<00:16:26.360><c> and</c><00:16:26.519><c> there</c><00:16:26.720><c> followed</c><00:16:27.059><c> him</c><00:16:27.480><c> a</c><00:16:27.720><c> mess</c><00:16:27.899><c> of</c><00:16:28.080><c> meat</c><00:16:28.220><c> from</c><00:16:28.440><c> the</c>

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king.<00:16:29.460><c> But</c><00:16:29.559><c> Uriah</c><00:16:30.139><c> slept</c><00:16:30.639><c> at</c><00:16:31.000><c> the</c><00:16:31.299><c> door</c><00:16:31.740><c> of</c><00:16:31.980><c> the</c><00:16:32.100><c> king's</c>

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house<00:16:32.620><c> with</c><00:16:33.000><c> all</c><00:16:33.419><c> the</c><00:16:33.679><c> servants</c><00:16:34.000><c> of</c><00:16:34.139><c> his</c><00:16:34.360><c> lord</c><00:16:34.820><c> and</c><00:16:35.480><c> went</c><00:16:35.799><c> not</c>

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down<00:16:36.580><c> to</c><00:16:36.720><c> his</c><00:16:36.899><c> house.</c><00:16:38.200><c> And</c><00:16:38.379><c> when</c><00:16:38.580><c> they</c><00:16:38.740><c> had</c><00:16:38.940><c> told</c><00:16:39.080><c> David</c>

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saying<00:16:39.659><c> Uriah</c><00:16:40.200><c> went</c><00:16:40.399><c> not</c><00:16:40.639><c> down</c><00:16:40.799><c> into</c><00:16:40.940><c> his</c><00:16:41.159><c> house,</c><00:16:41.580><c> David</c><00:16:41.840><c> said</c>

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unto<00:16:42.159><c> Uriah,</c><00:16:42.899><c> Camest</c><00:16:43.080><c> thou</c><00:16:43.299><c> not</c><00:16:43.480><c> from</c><00:16:43.639><c> my</c><00:16:43.899><c> journey?</c>

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Why<00:16:44.980><c> then</c><00:16:45.220><c> didst</c><00:16:46.840><c> thou</c><00:16:46.879><c> not</c><00:16:47.139><c> go</c><00:16:47.379><c> down</c><00:16:47.700><c> into</c><00:16:47.940><c> thine</c><00:16:48.139><c> house?</c><00:16:49.559><c> And</c>

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Uriah<00:16:50.399><c> said</c><00:16:50.620><c> unto</c><00:16:50.860><c> David,</c><00:16:51.600><c> The</c><00:16:51.740><c> ark</c><00:16:52.220><c> and</c><00:16:52.700><c> Israel</c><00:16:53.379><c> and</c>

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Judah<00:16:54.240><c> abide</c><00:16:54.899><c> in</c><00:16:55.320><c> tents.</c><00:16:56.299><c> Now</c><00:16:56.559><c> was</c><00:16:56.779><c> he</c><00:16:57.080><c> referring</c><00:16:57.500><c> to</c><00:16:57.759><c> the</c><00:16:57.980><c> nation</c><00:16:58.279><c> at</c>

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large<00:16:59.320><c> or</c><00:17:00.019><c> was</c><00:17:00.259><c> he</c><00:17:00.419><c> referring</c><00:17:00.679><c> to</c><00:17:00.879><c> the</c><00:17:01.080><c> army</c>

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in<00:17:01.440><c> the</c><00:17:01.639><c> field?</c><00:17:02.559><c> We'll</c><00:17:02.799><c> take</c><00:17:03.000><c> note</c><00:17:03.139><c> of</c><00:17:03.259><c> what</c><00:17:03.340><c> he</c><00:17:03.480><c> goes</c><00:17:03.620><c> on</c><00:17:03.820><c> to</c>

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say<00:17:04.220><c> and</c><00:17:04.819><c> Joab</c><00:17:05.579><c> and</c><00:17:05.839><c> my</c><00:17:06.079><c> lord</c><00:17:06.380><c> Joab</c><00:17:06.880><c> and</c><00:17:07.160><c> the</c><00:17:07.460><c> servants</c>

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of<00:17:07.940><c> my</c><00:17:08.200><c> lord</c><00:17:08.380><c> are</c><00:17:08.619><c> encamped</c><00:17:09.000><c> in</c><00:17:09.099><c> the</c><00:17:09.440><c> open</c><00:17:09.740><c> fields.</c><00:17:11.259><c> He</c><00:17:11.500><c> was</c><00:17:11.740><c> referring</c><00:17:12.119><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:12.539><c> entire</c><00:17:13.059><c> nation</c><00:17:13.740><c> as</c><00:17:14.680><c> dwelling</c><00:17:15.299><c> in</c>

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tents.<00:17:17.700><c> Why?</c><00:17:18.960><c> They</c><00:17:19.299><c> weren't.</c><00:17:20.259><c> They</c><00:17:20.460><c> were</c><00:17:20.680><c> in</c><00:17:20.859><c> houses.</c><00:17:21.420><c> They</c>

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were<00:17:21.839><c> in</c><00:17:22.079><c> cities.</c><00:17:22.539><c> They</c><00:17:22.680><c> were</c><00:17:22.900><c> in</c><00:17:23.000><c> permanent</c><00:17:23.460><c> dwellings</c>

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and<00:17:25.059><c> yet</c><00:17:25.480><c> he</c><00:17:25.660><c> describes</c><00:17:26.500><c> them</c><00:17:27.200><c> as</c><00:17:27.779><c> along</c><00:17:28.160><c> with</c><00:17:28.480><c> the</c><00:17:28.779><c> ark</c><00:17:29.079><c> dwelling</c><00:17:30.019><c> in</c><00:17:30.380><c> tents.</c><00:17:30.599><c> And</c><00:17:30.740><c> we</c>

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know<00:17:31.039><c> that</c><00:17:31.160><c> he</c><00:17:31.279><c> wasn't</c>

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referring<00:17:31.920><c> to</c><00:17:32.200><c> Joab</c><00:17:32.339><c> in</c><00:17:32.519><c> the</c><00:17:32.759><c> army</c><00:17:32.980><c> because</c><00:17:33.460><c> he</c><00:17:34.000><c> makes</c><00:17:34.200><c> reference</c><00:17:34.579><c> to</c>

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them<00:17:34.980><c> separately.</c><00:17:35.839><c> They</c><00:17:36.140><c> were</c><00:17:36.319><c> encamped</c>

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in<00:17:36.880><c> the</c><00:17:36.900><c> field.</c><00:17:37.740><c> Why</c><00:17:37.960><c> does</c><00:17:38.220><c> Uriah</c><00:17:38.660><c> say</c><00:17:38.980><c> this?</c><00:17:40.440><c> Well,</c><00:17:40.579><c> the</c><00:17:40.619><c> reason</c><00:17:40.980><c> Uriah</c><00:17:41.660><c> said</c>

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it<00:17:43.000><c> is</c><00:17:43.460><c> because</c><00:17:43.779><c> he</c><00:17:44.079><c> appreciated</c>

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something<00:17:45.420><c> that</c><00:17:45.720><c> probably</c><00:17:46.180><c> not</c><00:17:46.440><c> many</c><00:17:46.680><c> Israelites</c><00:17:47.200><c> fully</c><00:17:47.759><c> appreciated.</c><00:17:49.099><c> And</c>

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that<00:17:49.680><c> was</c><00:17:50.099><c> the</c><00:17:50.440><c> promise</c>

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that<00:17:52.140><c> God</c><00:17:52.400><c> had</c><00:17:52.640><c> given</c><00:17:52.799><c> unto</c><00:17:53.000><c> the</c><00:17:53.180><c> fathers</c><00:17:53.480><c> had</c><00:17:53.759><c> not</c><00:17:54.299><c> yet</c><00:17:54.660><c> been</c>

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fulfilled.<00:17:55.680><c> They</c><00:17:55.839><c> had</c><00:17:56.180><c> not</c><00:17:56.500><c> yet</c><00:17:56.799><c> come</c><00:17:57.160><c> unto</c><00:17:57.400><c> their</c>

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rest.<00:17:59.259><c> The</c><00:17:59.500><c> land</c><00:17:59.799><c> that</c><00:18:00.019><c> God</c><00:18:00.240><c> had</c><00:18:00.500><c> given</c><00:18:00.720><c> them</c><00:18:01.200><c> was</c><00:18:01.720><c> not</c><00:18:02.079><c> what</c><00:18:02.279><c> God</c><00:18:02.599><c> had</c><00:18:02.880><c> intended</c><00:18:03.339><c> as</c><00:18:03.839><c> a</c>

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final<00:18:04.440><c> resting</c><00:18:04.859><c> place</c>

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for<00:18:05.400><c> his</c><00:18:05.579><c> people.</c><00:18:06.000><c> This</c><00:18:06.220><c> man</c><00:18:06.460><c> understood</c><00:18:07.019><c> that.</c><00:18:08.259><c> He</c><00:18:08.579><c> appreciated</c><00:18:09.259><c> the</c><00:18:09.579><c> lesson</c><00:18:09.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:10.460><c> eternal</c><00:18:10.839><c> inheritance</c>

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that<00:18:12.519><c> while</c><00:18:12.759><c> they</c><00:18:13.000><c> possessed</c><00:18:13.440><c> the</c><00:18:13.740><c> land</c><00:18:13.980><c> it</c><00:18:14.119><c> was</c><00:18:14.319><c> simply</c><00:18:14.720><c> temporal.</c><00:18:15.880><c> It</c>

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was<00:18:16.220><c> not</c><00:18:16.400><c> what</c><00:18:16.539><c> God</c><00:18:16.779><c> had</c><00:18:17.059><c> in</c><00:18:17.220><c> store</c><00:18:17.400><c> for</c>

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them.<00:18:17.759><c> He</c><00:18:18.099><c> recognized</c><00:18:18.960><c> that</c><00:18:19.460><c> there</c><00:18:19.640><c> was</c><00:18:19.839><c> coming</c><00:18:20.119><c> a</c><00:18:20.400><c> time</c><00:18:20.759><c> when</c>

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eternity<00:18:21.660><c> would</c><00:18:21.980><c> be</c><00:18:22.299><c> the</c><00:18:22.480><c> reward</c><00:18:22.779><c> of</c><00:18:23.019><c> those</c>

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that<00:18:24.400><c> were</c><00:18:24.740><c> faithful</c><00:18:25.099><c> unto</c><00:18:25.299><c> the</c><00:18:25.619><c> end</c><00:18:26.019><c> and</c><00:18:26.400><c> that</c><00:18:26.660><c> all</c><00:18:26.960><c> that</c><00:18:27.079><c> was</c>

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about<00:18:27.720><c> him</c><00:18:27.940><c> was</c><00:18:28.140><c> simply</c><00:18:28.460><c> a</c><00:18:28.700><c> token</c><00:18:28.940><c> of</c><00:18:29.220><c> that.</c>

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And<00:18:30.099><c> so</c><00:18:30.319><c> when</c><00:18:31.099><c> he</c><00:18:31.220><c> describes</c><00:18:31.799><c> Judah</c><00:18:32.240><c> in</c><00:18:32.500><c> Israel</c><00:18:33.000><c> as</c><00:18:33.299><c> dwelling</c>

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in<00:18:34.039><c> tents</c><00:18:34.480><c> he</c><00:18:35.200><c> is</c><00:18:35.539><c> acknowledging</c><00:18:36.140><c> that</c><00:18:36.460><c> it</c>

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is<00:18:36.960><c> a</c><00:18:37.039><c> temporary</c><00:18:37.759><c> state.</c><00:18:39.200><c> That</c><00:18:39.380><c> the</c><00:18:40.140><c> promises</c><00:18:40.660><c> had</c><00:18:40.960><c> not</c><00:18:41.240><c> yet</c>

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been<00:18:41.779><c> fulfilled.</c><00:18:42.920><c> But</c><00:18:43.039><c> he</c><00:18:43.160><c> was</c><00:18:43.359><c> looking</c><00:18:43.700><c> forward</c><00:18:44.099><c> to</c>

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that<00:18:44.619><c> day</c><00:18:45.140><c> when</c><00:18:46.240><c> the</c><00:18:46.680><c> Messiah</c><00:18:47.119><c> would</c><00:18:47.380><c> arrive</c><00:18:47.680><c> on</c><00:18:47.900><c> the</c><00:18:48.140><c> scene</c>

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and<00:18:49.079><c> that</c><00:18:49.279><c> through</c><00:18:49.539><c> his</c><00:18:49.839><c> sacrifice</c><00:18:50.559><c> all</c><00:18:51.000><c> things</c>

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would<00:18:51.559><c> be</c><00:18:51.839><c> confirmed</c><00:18:52.539><c> and</c><00:18:53.160><c> the</c><00:18:53.420><c> promises</c><00:18:53.859><c> that</c><00:18:54.039><c> had</c><00:18:54.140><c> been</c><00:18:54.339><c> given</c><00:18:54.680><c> would</c><00:18:54.940><c> be</c>

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established<00:18:55.619><c> for</c><00:18:55.940><c> eternity.</c>

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That<00:18:57.059><c> was</c><00:18:57.279><c> the</c><00:18:57.640><c> faith</c><00:18:57.880><c> of</c><00:18:58.099><c> this</c><00:18:58.359><c> individual.</c><00:18:58.819><c> That</c><00:18:59.059><c> was</c><00:18:59.299><c> his</c>

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vision.<00:19:00.720><c> That</c><00:19:00.880><c> was</c><00:19:01.079><c> his</c><00:19:01.359><c> appreciation</c><00:19:01.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:02.319><c> things</c><00:19:02.500><c> of</c><00:19:02.740><c> God.</c><00:19:02.940><c> What</c><00:19:03.119><c> a</c><00:19:03.420><c> tremendous</c><00:19:04.039><c> example</c><00:19:04.599><c> the</c><00:19:04.839><c> man</c>

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is.<00:19:05.900><c> This</c><00:19:06.200><c> Uriah</c><00:19:06.839><c> the</c><00:19:07.000><c> Hittite</c><00:19:08.039><c> who</c><00:19:08.339><c> though</c><00:19:08.539><c> coming</c>

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from<00:19:09.019><c> a</c><00:19:09.180><c> Gentile</c><00:19:09.839><c> background</c><00:19:10.619><c> had</c><00:19:11.400><c> been</c><00:19:11.680><c> so</c><00:19:12.640><c> completely</c><00:19:13.079><c> instructed</c><00:19:13.640><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:13.980><c> ways</c><00:19:14.180><c> of</c><00:19:14.440><c> God</c><00:19:14.779><c> and</c><00:19:15.000><c> it</c><00:19:15.160><c> was</c><00:19:15.339><c> certainly</c>

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not<00:19:15.779><c> just</c><00:19:16.019><c> Uriah</c><00:19:16.519><c> but</c><00:19:17.019><c> many</c><00:19:17.400><c> faithful</c><00:19:17.839><c> Israelites</c><00:19:18.640><c> would</c><00:19:18.819><c> have</c><00:19:19.019><c> appreciated</c><00:19:19.539><c> this</c><00:19:19.940><c> was</c>

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able<00:19:20.819><c> to</c><00:19:21.059><c> see</c><00:19:21.240><c> beyond</c><00:19:21.619><c> the</c>

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and<00:19:22.400><c> look</c><00:19:22.619><c> forward</c><00:19:23.140><c> into</c><00:19:23.380><c> the</c><00:19:23.539><c> future</c><00:19:23.900><c> and</c><00:19:24.099><c> see</c><00:19:24.259><c> the</c><00:19:24.559><c> gloriousness</c><00:19:25.220><c> that</c><00:19:25.420><c> God</c>

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had<00:19:25.740><c> in</c><00:19:25.980><c> store.</c>

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And<00:19:27.640><c> that</c><00:19:27.759><c> is</c><00:19:27.940><c> in</c><00:19:28.119><c> such</c><00:19:28.319><c> contrast</c><00:19:29.019><c> to</c><00:19:29.220><c> the</c><00:19:29.339><c> man</c><00:19:29.599><c> Joab</c><00:19:29.900><c> who</c><00:19:30.059><c> we</c><00:19:30.259><c> considered</c><00:19:30.519><c> a</c>

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few<00:19:30.839><c> days</c><00:19:31.180><c> ago</c><00:19:31.779><c> who</c><00:19:32.359><c> all</c><00:19:32.599><c> he</c><00:19:32.740><c> could</c><00:19:32.920><c> see</c>

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was<00:19:33.400><c> the</c><00:19:33.619><c> nation</c><00:19:33.900><c> at</c><00:19:34.220><c> hand</c><00:19:34.440><c> and</c><00:19:34.619><c> his</c><00:19:34.839><c> king</c><00:19:35.059><c> before</c><00:19:35.559><c> him</c><00:19:36.039><c> and</c><00:19:36.500><c> how</c><00:19:36.680><c> he</c>

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stalwart<00:26:51.920><c> in</c><00:26:52.019><c> her</c><00:26:52.259><c> faith</c><00:26:52.599><c> who</c><00:26:52.720><c> was</c><00:26:53.000><c> a</c><00:26:53.240><c> woman</c><00:26:53.519><c> of</c><00:26:53.799><c> valor</c><00:26:54.160><c> here</c>

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she<00:26:55.920><c> she</c><00:26:56.200><c> hears</c><00:26:56.480><c> of</c><00:26:56.740><c> David</c><00:26:57.000><c> coming</c><00:26:57.319><c> he's</c><00:26:57.660><c> going</c><00:26:57.819><c> to</c>

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destroy<00:26:58.779><c> the</c><00:26:59.099><c> entire</c><00:26:59.420><c> household</c><00:26:59.880><c> of</c><00:27:00.119><c> Nabal</c><00:27:00.920><c> verse</c><00:27:01.319><c> 14</c><00:27:02.119><c> the</c><00:27:03.359><c> young</c><00:27:03.559><c> man</c><00:27:03.799><c> comes</c><00:27:04.099><c> to</c>

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her<00:27:04.980><c> of</c><00:27:05.400><c> first</c><00:27:05.579><c> Samuel</c><00:27:05.819><c> 25</c><00:27:06.460><c> but</c><00:27:06.599><c> one</c>

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of<00:27:06.859><c> the</c><00:27:07.000><c> young</c><00:27:07.160><c> men</c><00:27:07.400><c> told</c><00:27:07.700><c> Abigail</c><00:27:08.140><c> Nabal's</c><00:27:08.619><c> wife</c><00:27:08.799><c> saying</c><00:27:09.299><c> behold</c><00:27:10.259><c> David</c><00:27:10.660><c> sent</c><00:27:10.799><c> messengers</c><00:27:11.380><c> out</c>

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of<00:27:11.660><c> the</c><00:27:11.799><c> wilderness</c>

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and<00:27:16.700><c> we</c><00:27:16.819><c> were</c><00:27:17.039><c> not</c><00:27:17.259><c> hurt</c>

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neither<00:27:17.720><c> missed</c><00:27:17.980><c> we</c><00:27:18.240><c> anything</c><00:27:18.640><c> as</c><00:27:18.900><c> long</c><00:27:19.059><c> as</c><00:27:19.200><c> we</c><00:27:19.319><c> were</c><00:27:19.519><c> conversant</c><00:27:19.920><c> with</c><00:27:20.140><c> them</c><00:27:20.400><c> when</c><00:27:20.539><c> we</c>

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were<00:27:20.859><c> in</c><00:27:20.960><c> the</c><00:27:21.160><c> fields</c>

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been<00:27:24.779><c> moved</c><00:27:25.079><c> by</c><00:27:25.380><c> David's</c>

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sheep<00:27:36.940><c> now</c><00:27:37.200><c> therefore</c><00:27:37.599><c> know</c><00:27:37.900><c> and</c><00:27:38.240><c> consider</c><00:27:38.460><c> what</c>

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will<00:27:39.000><c> do</c><00:27:39.339><c> for</c><00:27:39.599><c> evil</c><00:27:39.920><c> is</c><00:27:40.180><c> determined</c><00:27:40.500><c> against</c><00:27:40.799><c> our</c><00:27:41.000><c> master</c><00:27:41.299><c> and</c>

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Nabal<00:27:47.059><c> didn't</c><00:27:47.240><c> have</c><00:27:47.359><c> much</c><00:27:47.559><c> of</c><00:27:47.799><c> a</c><00:27:47.880><c> reputation</c><00:27:48.400><c> so</c><00:27:49.359><c> immediately</c>

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upon<00:27:50.180><c> hearing</c><00:27:50.539><c> this</c><00:27:50.859><c> Abigail</c>

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grabbed<00:27:53.319><c> some</c><00:27:53.619><c> provisions</c><00:27:54.180><c> took</c><00:27:54.579><c> 200</c><00:27:55.039><c> loaves</c><00:27:55.460><c> two</c><00:27:55.700><c> bottles</c>

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of<00:27:56.299><c> wine</c><00:27:56.500><c> five</c><00:27:56.880><c> sheep</c><00:27:57.119><c> ready</c><00:27:57.359><c> dressed</c><00:27:57.700><c> five</c>

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measures<00:27:58.359><c> of</c><00:27:58.599><c> parched</c><00:27:58.839><c> corn</c><00:27:59.099><c> a</c><00:27:59.279><c> hundred</c><00:27:59.539><c> clusters</c><00:27:59.859><c> of</c><00:28:00.119><c> raisins</c><00:28:00.819><c> 200</c><00:28:01.380><c> cakes</c><00:28:01.759><c> of</c>

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when<00:28:04.079><c> she</c><00:28:04.279><c> had</c><00:28:04.519><c> to</c><00:28:04.720><c> move</c><00:28:04.920><c> she</c><00:28:05.160><c> could</c><00:28:05.380><c> move</c><00:28:05.700><c> and</c><00:28:05.900><c> move</c><00:28:06.099><c> she</c><00:28:06.420><c> did</c>

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and<00:28:07.480><c> she</c><00:28:07.680><c> sent</c><00:28:07.859><c> all</c><00:28:08.160><c> these</c><00:28:08.380><c> things</c><00:28:08.599><c> on</c><00:28:08.839><c> ahead</c>

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and<00:28:09.359><c> mounted</c><00:28:09.559><c> her</c><00:28:10.559><c> own</c><00:28:10.559><c> her</c><00:28:10.599><c> own</c><00:28:11.140><c> ass</c><00:28:11.500><c> and</c><00:28:12.680><c> went</c><00:28:13.319><c> out</c><00:28:13.660><c> to</c><00:28:13.859><c> meet</c>

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David<00:28:14.579><c> now</c><00:28:15.119><c> this</c><00:28:15.319><c> was</c><00:28:15.599><c> no</c><00:28:16.019><c> easy</c><00:28:16.440><c> thing</c><00:28:16.680><c> to</c><00:28:16.920><c> do</c>

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she<00:28:17.420><c> was</c><00:28:17.759><c> a</c><00:28:18.180><c> wife</c><00:28:18.519><c> in</c><00:28:18.859><c> the</c><00:28:19.279><c> in</c><00:28:19.279><c> the</c><00:28:19.500><c> household</c><00:28:20.119><c> though</c><00:28:21.539><c> undoubtedly</c><00:28:22.180><c> she</c><00:28:22.500><c> was</c>

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an<00:28:22.859><c> able</c><00:28:23.059><c> administrator</c><00:28:23.740><c> of</c><00:28:24.259><c> all</c>

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difficult<00:28:28.539><c> situation</c><00:28:29.200><c> that</c>

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was<00:28:29.880><c> facing</c><00:28:30.500><c> I</c><00:28:31.200><c> mean</c><00:28:31.440><c> how</c><00:28:31.640><c> many</c><00:28:31.880><c> women</c><00:28:32.160><c> are</c><00:28:32.380><c> prepared</c><00:28:32.859><c> to</c><00:28:33.039><c> go</c><00:28:33.319><c> and</c><00:28:33.579><c> meet</c><00:28:33.819><c> a</c>

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small<00:28:34.920><c> army</c><00:28:35.359><c> of</c><00:28:35.799><c> mad</c><00:28:36.279><c> armed</c><00:28:36.859><c> men</c>

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Abigail<00:28:39.079><c> was</c><00:28:39.640><c> that</c><00:28:41.299><c> was</c><00:28:41.519><c> the</c><00:28:41.740><c> faith</c><00:28:41.920><c> of</c><00:28:42.119><c> the</c><00:28:42.240><c> woman</c><00:28:42.519><c> that</c><00:28:42.740><c> when</c>

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a<00:28:43.119><c> job</c><00:28:43.279><c> had</c><00:28:43.559><c> to</c><00:28:43.700><c> be</c><00:28:43.920><c> done</c><00:28:44.160><c> she</c><00:28:44.359><c> was</c><00:28:44.599><c> prepared</c><00:28:44.880><c> to</c><00:28:45.059><c> do</c>

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it<00:28:46.000><c> she</c><00:28:46.359><c> was</c><00:28:46.720><c> no</c><00:28:47.640><c> fainting</c><00:28:48.740><c> violet</c><00:28:49.059><c> by</c><00:28:49.359><c> any</c><00:28:49.579><c> means</c><00:28:50.099><c> and</c><00:28:51.400><c> we</c><00:28:51.599><c> know</c><00:28:51.839><c> that</c><00:28:52.119><c> she</c>

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was<00:28:52.740><c> she</c><00:28:52.920><c> was</c><00:28:53.119><c> not</c><00:28:53.319><c> intimidated</c><00:28:53.920><c> by</c>

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David<00:28:55.039><c> was</c><00:28:55.380><c> a</c><00:28:55.720><c> man</c><00:28:55.980><c> of</c><00:28:56.200><c> great</c><00:28:56.380><c> renown</c><00:28:56.799><c> and</c><00:28:56.980><c> reputation</c><00:28:57.720><c> I</c><00:28:58.380><c> mean</c>

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he<00:28:58.680><c> was</c><00:28:58.920><c> a</c><00:28:59.079><c> leader</c><00:28:59.500><c> in</c><00:28:59.859><c> the</c><00:29:00.059><c> nation</c><00:29:00.660><c> though</c><00:29:01.299><c> he</c>

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was<00:29:01.680><c> fleeing</c><00:29:01.960><c> from</c><00:29:02.380><c> Saul's</c><00:29:03.279><c> David's</c><00:29:03.539><c> reputation</c><00:29:04.079><c> certainly</c>

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didn't<00:29:04.799><c> die</c><00:29:05.140><c> out</c><00:29:05.400><c> in</c><00:29:05.539><c> the</c><00:29:05.700><c> few</c><00:29:05.839><c> years</c><00:29:06.099><c> he</c>

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was<00:29:06.440><c> running</c><00:29:07.160><c> Abigail</c><00:29:07.799><c> knew</c><00:29:08.200><c> full</c><00:29:08.640><c> well</c><00:29:08.940><c> who</c><00:29:09.200><c> David</c><00:29:09.500><c> was</c><00:29:09.759><c> and</c>

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as<00:29:10.019><c> we</c><00:29:10.180><c> come</c><00:29:10.299><c> to</c><00:29:10.559><c> find</c><00:29:10.819><c> out</c><00:29:11.599><c> Abigail</c><00:29:12.039><c> fully</c>

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appreciated<00:29:13.079><c> that</c><00:29:13.359><c> David</c><00:29:13.660><c> would</c><00:29:13.880><c> be</c><00:29:14.180><c> king</c><00:29:14.680><c> so</c><00:29:15.619><c> not</c><00:29:15.900><c> only</c><00:29:16.079><c> was</c>

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she<00:29:16.380><c> going</c><00:29:16.599><c> out</c><00:29:16.819><c> to</c><00:29:16.980><c> meet</c><00:29:17.079><c> a</c><00:29:17.359><c> small</c><00:29:17.559><c> army</c><00:29:17.859><c> she</c><00:29:18.019><c> was</c>

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man<00:29:23.119><c> of</c><00:29:23.359><c> renown</c><00:29:23.839><c> a</c>

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understanding<00:32:53.880><c> she</c><00:32:54.440><c> attributes</c><00:32:55.059><c> the</c><00:32:55.319><c> victory</c><00:32:55.759><c> David</c><00:32:56.140><c> had</c><00:32:56.599><c> over</c><00:32:56.980><c> Goliath</c><00:32:58.000><c> to</c>

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shed<00:33:26.700><c> blood</c><00:33:27.119><c> causeless</c>

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or<00:33:28.319><c> that</c><00:33:28.480><c> my</c><00:33:28.759><c> Lord</c><00:33:28.960><c> hath</c><00:33:29.200><c> avenged</c><00:33:29.680><c> himself</c><00:33:30.200><c> but</c><00:33:30.480><c> when</c><00:33:30.700><c> the</c><00:33:30.940><c> Lord</c><00:33:31.319><c> shall</c><00:33:31.500><c> have</c><00:33:31.700><c> dealt</c><00:33:31.900><c> well</c><00:33:32.380><c> with</c><00:33:32.599><c> my</c><00:33:32.900><c> Lord</c>

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then<00:33:33.859><c> remember</c><00:33:34.920><c> thine</c><00:33:35.480><c> handmaid</c><00:33:36.480><c> this</c><00:33:37.779><c> woman's</c><00:33:38.359><c> perception</c>

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rehearsing<00:33:43.019><c> with</c><00:33:43.279><c> David</c><00:33:43.779><c> the</c><00:33:44.500><c> basis</c><00:33:44.920><c> upon</c><00:33:45.279><c> which</c><00:33:45.579><c> David</c><00:33:46.000><c> normally</c><00:33:46.559><c> function</c><00:33:47.240><c> David</c><00:33:48.019><c> had</c>

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David<00:34:09.739><c> over</c><00:34:10.420><c> and</c><00:34:10.699><c> over</c><00:34:11.179><c> again</c><00:34:11.820><c> that</c><00:34:12.480><c> the</c><00:34:12.800><c> source</c><00:34:13.019><c> of</c><00:34:13.320><c> David's</c>

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admonition<00:34:28.460><c> for</c><00:34:29.019><c> David</c><00:34:29.340><c> during</c>

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this<00:34:37.400><c> man</c><00:34:38.019><c> reflected</c><00:34:38.739><c> upon</c><00:34:39.500><c> a</c><00:34:39.840><c> deep</c><00:34:40.059><c> and</c><00:34:40.320><c> abiding</c><00:34:40.699><c> faith</c><00:34:41.300><c> in</c>

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in<00:34:47.719><c> many</c><00:34:48.019><c> ways</c><00:34:48.519><c> very</c><00:34:48.920><c> much</c><00:34:49.139><c> like</c><00:34:49.440><c> David</c><00:34:49.960><c> was</c><00:34:50.400><c> a</c><00:34:50.599><c> woman</c><00:34:50.920><c> of</c><00:34:51.300><c> discretion</c><00:34:51.920><c> a</c>

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woman<00:34:53.360><c> who</c><00:34:54.519><c> appreciated</c><00:34:55.320><c> the</c><00:34:55.860><c> the</c>

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whys<00:34:56.420><c> and</c><00:34:56.619><c> wherefores</c><00:34:57.360><c> of</c><00:34:57.699><c> human</c><00:34:58.000><c> behavior</c><00:34:58.679><c> a</c><00:34:59.380><c> woman</c><00:34:59.579><c> of</c><00:34:59.900><c> prudence</c><00:35:00.579><c> a</c><00:35:00.940><c> woman</c><00:35:01.420><c> of</c>

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good<00:35:02.380><c> understanding</c>

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it's<00:35:17.039><c> when</c><00:35:17.519><c> you</c><00:35:17.639><c> go</c><00:35:17.880><c> through</c><00:35:18.099><c> this</c><00:35:18.300><c> chapter</c><00:35:18.719><c> there</c><00:35:19.260><c> the</c><00:35:20.079><c> description</c><00:35:20.559><c> of</c><00:35:20.840><c> Abigail</c><00:35:21.280><c> a</c>

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David<00:35:36.380><c> that</c><00:35:36.539><c> was</c><00:35:36.739><c> repeated</c><00:35:37.079><c> over</c><00:35:37.539><c> and</c>

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again<00:35:38.699><c> that's</c><00:35:39.099><c> the</c><00:35:39.280><c> very</c><00:35:39.539><c> same</c><00:35:39.820><c> word</c><00:35:40.380><c> that</c><00:35:40.860><c> very</c><00:35:41.199><c> same</c><00:35:41.519><c> spirit</c>

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characterized<00:35:42.880><c> the</c><00:35:43.519><c> woman</c><00:35:43.760><c> Abigail</c>

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now<00:35:46.840><c> it's</c><00:35:47.139><c> also</c><00:35:47.519><c> also</c><00:35:47.860><c> interesting</c><00:35:48.280><c> to</c><00:35:48.579><c> note</c><00:35:49.099><c> that</c><00:35:49.940><c> Abigail</c>

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my<00:35:59.380><c> lord</c><00:35:59.639><c> upon</c><00:36:00.079><c> me</c><00:36:00.579><c> let</c><00:36:00.760><c> this</c><00:36:01.039><c> iniquity</c><00:36:01.480><c> be</c>

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and<00:36:02.460><c> let</c><00:36:02.699><c> thine</c><00:36:03.679><c> hand</c><00:36:04.099><c> handmade</c><00:36:04.199><c> I</c><00:36:04.460><c> pray</c><00:36:04.679><c> thee</c><00:36:05.000><c> speak</c><00:36:05.500><c> in</c><00:36:05.780><c> thine</c><00:36:05.980><c> audience</c><00:36:06.460><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:36:14.159><c> that</c><00:36:14.800><c> they're</c><00:36:15.119><c> prepared</c><00:36:15.599><c> to</c>

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Daniel<00:36:27.079><c> chapter</c><00:36:27.480><c> 9</c><00:36:27.880><c> and</c><00:36:28.059><c> we</c><00:36:28.239><c> take</c><00:36:28.400><c> note</c><00:36:28.639><c> of</c><00:36:28.820><c> how</c><00:36:29.019><c> Daniel</c>

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:33.059
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that<00:36:33.539><c> we</c><00:36:34.039><c> have</c><00:36:34.260><c> committed</c><00:36:34.800><c> continually</c>

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00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:41.820
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00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:44.920
god<00:36:42.460><c> and</c><00:36:42.800><c> like</c><00:36:42.980><c> manner</c><00:36:43.239><c> we</c><00:36:43.480><c> have</c><00:36:43.639><c> that</c><00:36:43.940><c> same</c><00:36:44.199><c> quality</c><00:36:44.639><c> and</c><00:36:44.780><c> the</c>

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:47.119
woman<00:36:45.139><c> Abigail</c><00:36:45.599><c> who</c><00:36:45.840><c> was</c><00:36:46.039><c> prepared</c><00:36:46.320><c> to</c><00:36:46.639><c> associate</c>

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:53.219
herself<00:36:47.659><c> with</c><00:36:48.300><c> the</c><00:36:48.539><c> weakness</c><00:36:48.800><c> of</c><00:36:49.019><c> her</c><00:36:49.139><c> husband</c><00:36:49.860><c> though</c><00:36:50.139><c> she</c><00:36:50.360><c> does</c><00:36:50.699><c> say</c><00:36:51.239><c> in</c><00:36:51.380><c> verse</c><00:36:51.559><c> 25</c><00:36:52.059><c> let</c><00:36:52.280><c> not</c><00:36:52.460><c> my</c><00:36:52.639><c> lord</c><00:36:52.820><c> I</c><00:36:53.039><c> pray</c>

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:56.539
thee<00:36:53.420><c> regard</c><00:36:53.739><c> this</c><00:36:54.000><c> man</c><00:36:54.179><c> of</c><00:36:54.360><c> Belial</c><00:36:54.679><c> even</c><00:36:55.019><c> name</c><00:36:55.380><c> Nabal</c><00:36:56.000><c> for</c><00:36:56.260><c> as</c>

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:59.019
his<00:36:56.719><c> name</c><00:36:56.860><c> is</c><00:36:57.119><c> so</c><00:36:57.340><c> is</c><00:36:57.599><c> he</c><00:36:57.820><c> Nabal</c><00:36:58.179><c> is</c><00:36:58.380><c> his</c><00:36:58.579><c> name</c><00:36:58.739><c> and</c>

00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:02.480
he<00:36:59.199><c> is</c><00:36:59.280><c> with</c><00:36:59.559><c> him</c><00:37:00.380><c> but</c><00:37:00.920><c> thine</c><00:37:01.159><c> handmaid</c><00:37:01.599><c> saw</c><00:37:01.840><c> not</c><00:37:02.159><c> the</c><00:37:02.300><c> young</c>

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:05.519
men<00:37:02.619><c> of</c><00:37:02.739><c> my</c><00:37:02.880><c> lord</c><00:37:03.139><c> whom</c><00:37:03.840><c> thou</c><00:37:04.079><c> did</c><00:37:04.340><c> send</c><00:37:04.719><c> and</c><00:37:05.280><c> yet</c>

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:09.380
Abigail<00:37:06.199><c> though</c><00:37:07.079><c> recognizing</c><00:37:07.860><c> that</c><00:37:08.320><c> Nabal</c><00:37:08.559><c> was</c><00:37:08.860><c> the</c><00:37:09.019><c> cause</c>

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:12.239
for<00:37:09.619><c> all</c><00:37:09.780><c> these</c><00:37:10.019><c> problems</c><00:37:10.800><c> was</c><00:37:11.420><c> not</c><00:37:11.719><c> going</c><00:37:11.920><c> to</c>

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:15.579
fully<00:37:12.519><c> disassociate</c><00:37:13.420><c> herself</c><00:37:13.760><c> from</c><00:37:14.059><c> him</c><00:37:14.599><c> but</c><00:37:14.960><c> said</c><00:37:15.139><c> to</c><00:37:15.320><c> David</c>

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:18.619
upon<00:37:15.940><c> me</c><00:37:16.659><c> let</c><00:37:16.940><c> this</c><00:37:17.179><c> iniquity</c><00:37:17.579><c> be</c><00:37:17.900><c> and</c><00:37:18.179><c> note</c><00:37:18.360><c> that</c>

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:23.219
twice<00:37:18.840><c> she</c><00:37:19.119><c> refers</c><00:37:19.400><c> to</c><00:37:19.599><c> herself</c><00:37:19.920><c> as</c><00:37:20.159><c> the</c><00:37:20.460><c> handmade</c><00:37:21.280><c> thine</c><00:37:22.219><c> handmade</c><00:37:22.820><c> now</c>

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:25.840
Abigail<00:37:23.579><c> was</c><00:37:23.820><c> a</c><00:37:23.940><c> wealthy</c><00:37:24.219><c> woman</c><00:37:24.900><c> Abigail</c>

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:31.480
was<00:37:26.280><c> a</c><00:37:26.400><c> woman</c><00:37:26.659><c> of</c><00:37:26.960><c> means</c><00:37:27.440><c> and</c><00:37:28.019><c> yet</c><00:37:28.300><c> in</c><00:37:29.019><c> distinction</c><00:37:29.400><c> to</c><00:37:29.659><c> her</c><00:37:29.800><c> husband</c><00:37:30.340><c> who</c><00:37:31.099><c> being</c><00:37:31.280><c> a</c>

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.960
man<00:37:31.619><c> of</c><00:37:31.920><c> wealth</c><00:37:32.199><c> and</c><00:37:32.519><c> prominence</c>

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:35.539
in<00:37:33.099><c> this</c><00:37:33.300><c> local</c><00:37:33.659><c> community</c><00:37:34.159><c> was</c><00:37:34.360><c> going</c><00:37:34.500><c> to</c><00:37:34.659><c> treat</c><00:37:34.820><c> David</c><00:37:35.159><c> as</c><00:37:35.380><c> a</c>

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:40.099
dead<00:37:35.760><c> dog</c><00:37:36.300><c> and</c><00:37:37.679><c> it</c><00:37:38.199><c> always</c><00:37:38.539><c> is</c><00:37:39.119><c> with</c><00:37:39.400><c> the</c><00:37:39.659><c> ungodly</c>

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:42.980
men<00:37:40.360><c> we</c><00:37:40.579><c> took</c><00:37:40.840><c> note</c><00:37:41.059><c> of</c><00:37:41.179><c> it</c><00:37:41.300><c> was</c><00:37:41.519><c> Shimei</c><00:37:42.019><c> that</c><00:37:42.199><c> when</c><00:37:42.400><c> David</c><00:37:42.659><c> was</c>

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:45.900
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00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:50.159
David's<00:37:46.320><c> face</c><00:37:46.840><c> in</c><00:37:47.420><c> like</c><00:37:47.559><c> manner</c><00:37:47.960><c> when</c><00:37:48.179><c> David</c><00:37:48.519><c> was</c><00:37:48.900><c> was</c><00:37:49.659><c> being</c>

00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:52.900
when<00:37:50.920><c> when</c><00:37:51.139><c> David</c><00:37:51.320><c> was</c><00:37:51.480><c> in</c><00:37:51.579><c> a</c><00:37:51.780><c> situation</c>

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:56.760
that<00:37:53.260><c> was</c><00:37:53.719><c> very</c><00:37:54.480><c> difficult</c><00:37:55.019><c> and</c><00:37:55.300><c> trying</c><00:37:55.659><c> and</c><00:37:56.199><c> appeared</c><00:37:56.460><c> to</c><00:37:56.619><c> be</c>

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:58.260
a<00:37:56.920><c> situation</c><00:37:57.360><c> of</c><00:37:57.579><c> rejection</c>

00:37:58.260 --> 00:38:03.340
certainly<00:37:59.019><c> by</c><00:37:59.380><c> Saul</c><00:37:59.719><c> and</c><00:38:00.420><c> possibly</c><00:38:00.940><c> by</c><00:38:01.320><c> by</c><00:38:01.539><c> God</c><00:38:01.679><c> as</c><00:38:01.940><c> well</c><00:38:02.400><c> if</c>

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:05.780
the<00:38:03.820><c> different</c><00:38:04.000><c> individuals</c><00:38:04.639><c> could</c><00:38:05.179><c> easily</c><00:38:05.519><c> have</c>

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:08.659
thought<00:38:05.940><c> that</c><00:38:06.739><c> and</c><00:38:07.000><c> able</c><00:38:07.119><c> was</c><00:38:07.300><c> that</c><00:38:07.519><c> kind</c><00:38:07.760><c> of</c><00:38:07.980><c> man</c><00:38:08.179><c> when</c><00:38:08.340><c> David</c>

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:10.659
was<00:38:08.900><c> down</c><00:38:09.059><c> was</c><00:38:09.280><c> prepared</c><00:38:09.500><c> to</c><00:38:09.800><c> grind</c><00:38:09.980><c> his</c><00:38:10.260><c> heel</c><00:38:10.400><c> in</c>

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:15.579
David's<00:38:11.079><c> face</c><00:38:11.360><c> but</c><00:38:11.900><c> not</c><00:38:12.260><c> so</c><00:38:12.619><c> Abigail</c><00:38:13.239><c> she</c><00:38:14.340><c> realized</c><00:38:14.840><c> that</c><00:38:15.119><c> David</c><00:38:15.300><c> was</c>

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:17.480
experiencing<00:38:16.099><c> difficulties</c><00:38:16.760><c> but</c><00:38:17.000><c> she</c><00:38:17.219><c> fully</c>

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:24.159
recognized<00:38:18.079><c> God</c><00:38:18.340><c> would</c><00:38:18.539><c> bring</c><00:38:18.679><c> him</c><00:38:18.840><c> out</c><00:38:19.059><c> of</c><00:38:19.199><c> them</c><00:38:19.519><c> and</c><00:38:20.119><c> she</c><00:38:20.420><c> recognized</c><00:38:21.179><c> and</c><00:38:21.559><c> called</c><00:38:21.860><c> herself</c><00:38:22.539><c> and</c><00:38:23.059><c> handmade</c><00:38:23.679><c> a</c>

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:28.679
humble<00:38:24.559><c> woman</c><00:38:25.159><c> though</c><00:38:25.599><c> a</c><00:38:25.840><c> wealthy</c><00:38:26.099><c> one</c><00:38:26.539><c> and</c><00:38:27.300><c> so</c><00:38:27.420><c> we</c><00:38:27.659><c> find</c><00:38:28.000><c> that</c>

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:32.000
we<00:38:28.980><c> in</c><00:38:29.360><c> Abigail</c><00:38:29.900><c> we</c><00:38:30.420><c> have</c><00:38:30.559><c> an</c><00:38:30.820><c> example</c><00:38:31.159><c> of</c><00:38:31.500><c> tremendous</c>

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:36.639
leadership<00:38:32.760><c> of</c><00:38:33.460><c> a</c><00:38:33.679><c> woman</c><00:38:34.000><c> in</c><00:38:34.400><c> a</c><00:38:34.679><c> difficult</c><00:38:35.039><c> situation</c><00:38:35.780><c> but</c><00:38:36.079><c> prepared</c><00:38:36.420><c> to</c>

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:39.039
act<00:38:36.760><c> with</c><00:38:37.079><c> initiative</c><00:38:37.760><c> and</c><00:38:38.400><c> to</c><00:38:38.760><c> and</c><00:38:38.780><c> to</c>

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:42.420
provide<00:38:39.300><c> godly</c><00:38:39.840><c> advice</c><00:38:40.320><c> to</c><00:38:40.579><c> a</c><00:38:40.780><c> man</c><00:38:41.320><c> who</c><00:38:41.639><c> she</c><00:38:41.900><c> knew</c><00:38:42.139><c> would</c><00:38:42.300><c> have</c>

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:46.920
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00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:50.179
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00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:52.280
was<00:38:50.380><c> no</c><00:38:50.659><c> peripheral</c><00:38:51.099><c> issues</c><00:38:51.739><c> there</c><00:38:52.019><c> was</c>

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:59.420
no<00:38:53.280><c> Abigail</c><00:38:54.480><c> did</c><00:38:54.840><c> not</c><00:38:55.699><c> deal</c><00:38:57.039><c> with</c><00:38:57.360><c> other</c><00:38:58.039><c> other</c><00:38:58.320><c> factors</c><00:38:58.800><c> in</c>

00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:01.480
all<00:38:59.639><c> of</c><00:38:59.820><c> this</c><00:38:59.960><c> she</c><00:39:00.159><c> went</c><00:39:00.340><c> right</c><00:39:00.679><c> to</c><00:39:00.880><c> the</c><00:39:01.000><c> heart</c><00:39:01.159><c> of</c><00:39:01.360><c> the</c>

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:06.179
matter<00:39:01.760><c> that</c><00:39:02.179><c> God</c><00:39:02.719><c> had</c><00:39:03.400><c> David's</c><00:39:03.980><c> life</c><00:39:04.260><c> bound</c><00:39:04.639><c> up</c><00:39:05.079><c> and</c><00:39:05.699><c> it</c><00:39:05.840><c> was</c>

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:08.639
God<00:39:06.539><c> that</c><00:39:06.760><c> David</c><00:39:07.019><c> must</c><00:39:07.260><c> rely</c><00:39:07.639><c> on</c><00:39:07.860><c> and</c><00:39:08.039><c> the</c><00:39:08.219><c> very</c><00:39:08.440><c> thing</c>

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:12.400
that<00:39:08.780><c> he</c><00:39:08.880><c> was</c><00:39:09.059><c> doing</c><00:39:09.980><c> flew</c><00:39:11.039><c> right</c><00:39:11.320><c> in</c><00:39:11.559><c> the</c><00:39:11.579><c> face</c><00:39:11.780><c> of</c><00:39:11.960><c> that</c><00:39:12.139><c> very</c>

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:15.420
principle<00:39:12.820><c> which</c><00:39:13.119><c> David</c><00:39:13.420><c> himself</c><00:39:14.179><c> espoused</c>

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:20.679
now<00:39:17.300><c> the</c><00:39:17.500><c> final</c><00:39:17.900><c> character</c><00:39:18.320><c> we'd</c><00:39:18.559><c> like</c><00:39:18.679><c> to</c><00:39:18.880><c> consider</c><00:39:19.460><c> is</c><00:39:20.420><c> the</c>

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:24.340
wise<00:39:21.000><c> woman</c><00:39:21.280><c> of</c><00:39:21.519><c> abel</c><00:39:21.780><c> beth</c><00:39:22.119><c> meaca</c><00:39:23.079><c> we</c><00:39:23.579><c> write</c><00:39:23.780><c> we</c><00:39:24.079><c> might</c>

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:29.460
remember<00:39:25.019><c> the</c><00:39:26.059><c> this</c><00:39:26.599><c> woman</c><00:39:26.980><c> she</c><00:39:27.699><c> only</c><00:39:28.239><c> has</c><00:39:28.539><c> brief</c><00:39:28.880><c> mention</c><00:39:29.219><c> in</c>

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:32.900
scripture<00:39:29.960><c> and</c><00:39:30.719><c> yet</c><00:39:30.860><c> she</c><00:39:31.199><c> stands</c><00:39:31.480><c> out</c><00:39:32.099><c> as</c><00:39:32.519><c> a</c><00:39:32.739><c> little</c>

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:37.760
one<00:39:33.159><c> in</c><00:39:33.300><c> the</c><00:39:33.460><c> nation</c><00:39:33.820><c> who</c><00:39:34.039><c> was</c><00:39:34.239><c> a</c><00:39:34.440><c> leader</c><00:39:34.659><c> when</c><00:39:35.159><c> it</c><00:39:35.699><c> was</c><00:39:36.579><c> demanded</c><00:39:37.000><c> of</c><00:39:37.239><c> her</c>

00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:39.360
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