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in<00:11:33.919><c> fact</c><00:11:34.080><c> is</c><00:11:34.299><c> the</c><00:11:34.519><c> chief</c><00:11:34.879><c> ruler,</c>

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and<00:11:35.799><c> that</c><00:11:36.059><c> position</c><00:11:36.419><c> was</c><00:11:36.740><c> established</c><00:11:37.179><c> in</c><00:11:37.399><c> the</c><00:11:37.500><c> days</c><00:11:37.700><c> of</c><00:11:38.059><c> David,</c><00:11:38.799><c> and</c>

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in<00:11:39.639><c> the</c><00:11:39.759><c> latter</c><00:11:39.960><c> time</c><00:11:40.200><c> of</c><00:11:40.360><c> David's</c><00:11:40.860><c> reign,</c>

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that<00:11:41.600><c> position</c><00:11:41.919><c> was</c><00:11:42.139><c> held</c><00:11:42.340><c> by</c><00:11:42.759><c> Ira.</c>

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So<00:11:43.820><c> he</c><00:11:44.019><c> must</c><00:11:44.340><c> have</c><00:11:44.500><c> been</c><00:11:44.700><c> in</c><00:11:44.919><c> fact</c><00:11:45.220><c> the,</c><00:11:45.799><c> if</c><00:11:46.000><c> you</c><00:11:46.139><c> like,</c><00:11:46.860><c> the</c>

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main<00:11:47.340><c> connection</c><00:11:47.940><c> between</c><00:11:48.340><c> the</c><00:11:48.620><c> king</c>

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and<00:11:49.460><c> other</c><00:11:49.820><c> parts</c><00:11:50.200><c> of</c><00:11:50.399><c> the</c><00:11:50.600><c> government</c><00:11:50.840><c> apparatus.</c>

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They<00:11:51.580><c> came</c><00:11:51.899><c> through</c><00:11:52.120><c> him.</c>

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He<00:11:52.480><c> was</c><00:11:52.860><c> the</c><00:11:53.360><c> principal</c><00:11:53.899><c> or</c><00:11:54.799><c> the</c><00:11:55.220><c> chief</c><00:11:55.960><c> ruler</c><00:11:56.379><c> over</c><00:11:56.980><c> the</c><00:11:57.440><c> whole</c><00:11:57.679><c> system</c><00:11:58.039><c> of</c><00:11:58.279><c> things.</c>

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And<00:11:59.220><c> then</c><00:11:59.539><c> enumerated</c><00:12:00.120><c> in</c><00:12:00.419><c> order,</c><00:12:00.799><c> in</c><00:12:00.960><c> verse</c><00:12:01.159><c> 3,</c><00:12:01.519><c> we</c><00:12:01.600><c> have</c><00:12:01.860><c> a</c><00:12:02.179><c> life</c><00:12:02.419><c> or</c><00:12:02.639><c> f</c>

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and<00:12:03.600><c> a</c><00:12:03.940><c> higher,</c><00:12:04.720><c> the</c><00:12:04.879><c> sons</c><00:12:05.220><c> of</c><00:12:05.600><c> Shisha,</c><00:12:06.320><c> scribes.</c>

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Now<00:12:07.539><c> in</c><00:12:07.879><c> what</c><00:12:08.159><c> way</c><00:12:08.340><c> is</c><00:12:08.519><c> that</c><00:12:08.679><c> a</c><00:12:09.000><c> change</c><00:12:09.519><c> from</c><00:12:10.100><c> the</c><00:12:10.340><c> time</c><00:12:10.500><c> of</c><00:12:10.759><c> David?</c>

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What<00:12:18.120><c> changes</c><00:12:18.600><c> there</c><00:12:19.179><c> from</c><00:12:20.279><c> the</c><00:12:20.600><c> first</c><00:12:20.779><c> of</c><00:12:20.960><c> Kings,</c><00:12:21.200><c> chapter</c>

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4,<00:12:21.659><c> in</c><00:12:21.840><c> verse</c><00:12:22.080><c> 3,</c><00:12:23.700><c> to</c><00:12:23.879><c> that</c><00:12:24.039><c> of</c><00:12:24.279><c> David's</c><00:12:25.080><c> previous</c><00:12:25.399><c> administration?</c>

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Would<00:12:29.580><c> you</c><00:12:30.059><c> like</c><00:12:30.059><c> to</c><00:12:30.179><c> have</c><00:12:30.399><c> a</c><00:12:30.620><c> stab</c><00:12:30.720><c> on</c><00:12:30.899><c> that?</c>

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It's<00:12:31.980><c> not</c><00:12:32.100><c> actually</c><00:12:32.460><c> a</c><00:12:32.679><c> trick</c><00:12:32.840><c> question.</c>

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Well,<00:12:36.559><c> sorry?</c>

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No,<00:12:39.580><c> well,</c><00:12:39.799><c> they</c><00:12:39.840><c> weren't,</c><00:12:40.360><c> the</c><00:12:40.620><c> scribes</c><00:12:40.980><c> were</c><00:12:41.200><c> never</c><00:12:41.379><c> his</c>

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family<00:12:41.940><c> anyway.</c>

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We<00:12:42.580><c> talk</c><00:12:42.679><c> about</c><00:12:42.799><c> the</c><00:12:43.080><c> scribes</c><00:12:43.440><c> now,</c><00:12:44.100><c> the</c><00:12:44.320><c> two</c><00:12:44.539><c> men</c><00:12:44.740><c> who</c><00:12:44.899><c> were</c>

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Well,<00:12:47.340><c> the</c><00:12:47.419><c> key</c><00:12:47.600><c> is</c><00:12:47.980><c> that</c><00:12:48.320><c> David</c><00:12:48.539><c> only</c><00:12:48.779><c> ever</c><00:12:49.100><c> had</c><00:12:49.299><c> one</c><00:12:49.820><c> scribe.</c>

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First<00:12:51.340><c> of</c><00:12:51.519><c> all,</c><00:12:51.720><c> there</c><00:12:51.799><c> was</c><00:12:52.220><c> Saraiya.</c>

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Later<00:12:53.320><c> on,</c><00:12:53.559><c> it</c><00:12:53.659><c> had</c><00:12:53.879><c> changed</c><00:12:54.240><c> to</c><00:12:54.600><c> Sheva.</c>

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But<00:12:55.559><c> Solomon,</c><00:12:55.899><c> you'll</c><00:12:56.179><c> notice,</c><00:12:56.440><c> has</c><00:12:56.820><c> two.</c>

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So<00:12:57.960><c> there</c><00:12:58.139><c> has</c><00:12:58.399><c> been</c><00:12:58.720><c> a</c><00:12:58.980><c> doubling</c><00:12:59.379><c> of</c><00:13:00.179><c> the</c><00:13:00.419><c> role</c><00:13:00.720><c> of</c><00:13:01.220><c> scribes.</c>

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And<00:13:02.559><c> you</c><00:13:02.700><c> see,</c><00:13:02.860><c> the</c><00:13:02.940><c> reason</c><00:13:03.200><c> for</c><00:13:03.419><c> that,</c><00:13:03.580><c> of</c><00:13:03.779><c> course,</c><00:13:04.500><c> is</c><00:13:04.700><c> that</c>

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we<00:13:05.100><c> have</c><00:13:05.259><c> a</c><00:13:05.519><c> vast</c><00:13:05.860><c> increase</c><00:13:06.500><c> in</c><00:13:06.899><c> economic</c><00:13:07.299><c> activity.</c>

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We<00:13:08.259><c> have</c><00:13:08.519><c> commerce</c><00:13:08.980><c> and</c><00:13:09.259><c> industry</c><00:13:09.820><c> and</c><00:13:10.220><c> trade</c><00:13:10.539><c> relations</c><00:13:11.080><c> and</c>

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state<00:13:11.700><c> visits</c>

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and<00:13:12.539><c> a</c><00:13:12.679><c> much</c><00:13:13.080><c> wider</c><00:13:13.580><c> system</c><00:13:14.200><c> of</c><00:13:14.659><c> government</c><00:13:14.919><c> was</c><00:13:15.220><c> needed</c><00:13:15.500><c> to</c>

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cope<00:13:16.179><c> with</c><00:13:16.600><c> the</c><00:13:16.940><c> demands</c><00:13:17.440><c> of</c><00:13:17.980><c> Solomon's</c><00:13:18.539><c> empire.</c>

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So<00:13:19.440><c> instead</c><00:13:19.740><c> of</c><00:13:19.820><c> only</c><00:13:20.039><c> having</c><00:13:20.299><c> one</c><00:13:20.720><c> scribe,</c><00:13:21.259><c> we</c><00:13:21.460><c> now</c><00:13:21.700><c> have</c><00:13:21.879><c> two</c>

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official<00:13:22.580><c> scribes.</c>

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But<00:13:23.340><c> later</c><00:13:23.799><c> on,</c><00:13:24.200><c> in</c><00:13:24.399><c> the</c><00:13:24.539><c> days</c><00:13:24.779><c> of</c><00:13:25.019><c> later</c><00:13:25.220><c> kings,</c><00:13:25.580><c> it</c><00:13:25.639><c> reverts</c>

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back<00:13:26.159><c> to</c><00:13:26.299><c> one</c><00:13:26.600><c> scribe</c><00:13:26.919><c> again.</c>

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They<00:13:31.100><c> wrote</c><00:13:31.340><c> the</c><00:13:31.559><c> king's</c><00:13:31.899><c> letters.</c>

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They<00:13:32.639><c> drew</c><00:13:32.820><c> up</c><00:13:33.139><c> decrees.</c>

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They<00:13:34.159><c> attended</c><00:13:34.500><c> to</c><00:13:34.759><c> financial</c><00:13:35.340><c> summaries</c><00:13:35.799><c> of</c><00:13:35.980><c> the</c><00:13:36.120><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:13:36.879><c> there</c><00:13:36.940><c> was</c><00:13:37.080><c> so</c><00:13:37.320><c> much</c><00:13:37.500><c> going</c><00:13:37.759><c> on</c><00:13:37.960><c> in</c><00:13:38.179><c> Solomon's</c><00:13:38.580><c> day</c><00:13:38.899><c> that,</c>

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in<00:13:39.360><c> fact,</c><00:13:39.539><c> there</c><00:13:39.679><c> are</c><00:13:39.799><c> now</c><00:13:40.019><c> two</c><00:13:40.279><c> rather</c><00:13:40.519><c> than</c><00:13:40.740><c> one.</c>

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Jehoshaphat,<00:13:42.340><c> the</c><00:13:42.399><c> recorder,</c><00:13:43.200><c> verse</c><00:13:43.440><c> 3,</c><00:13:44.159><c> well,</c><00:13:44.679><c> interestingly</c><00:13:44.940><c> enough,</c>

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you'll<00:13:45.460><c> notice</c><00:13:45.700><c> that</c><00:13:45.919><c> that</c><00:13:46.159><c> position</c><00:13:46.440><c> was</c><00:13:46.980><c> appointed</c><00:13:47.259><c> in</c><00:13:47.480><c> the</c>

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days<00:13:47.799><c> of</c><00:13:48.120><c> David.</c>

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So<00:13:48.940><c> Solomon</c><00:13:49.320><c> has</c><00:13:49.559><c> simply</c><00:13:49.899><c> taken</c><00:13:50.179><c> up</c><00:13:50.559><c> the</c><00:13:50.899><c> position</c><00:13:51.279><c> that</c><00:13:51.559><c> his</c>

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father<00:13:52.539><c> had</c><00:13:53.019><c> already</c><00:13:53.519><c> created</c>

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and,<00:13:54.539><c> in</c><00:13:54.720><c> fact,</c><00:13:55.159><c> has</c><00:13:55.440><c> kept</c><00:13:55.620><c> retained</c><00:13:56.100><c> the</c><00:13:56.340><c> same</c><00:13:56.620><c> person</c><00:13:57.080><c> in</c><00:13:57.500><c> office.</c>

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Jehoshaphat<00:13:58.659><c> was</c><00:13:58.899><c> appointed</c><00:13:59.279><c> by</c><00:13:59.700><c> David</c><00:14:00.120><c> and</c><00:14:00.779><c> not</c><00:14:01.159><c> by</c><00:14:01.960><c> Solomon,</c>

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probably<00:14:02.879><c> appointed</c><00:14:03.259><c> by</c><00:14:03.559><c> David</c><00:14:03.860><c> towards</c><00:14:04.259><c> the</c><00:14:04.460><c> end</c><00:14:04.620><c> of</c><00:14:04.840><c> David's</c><00:14:05.299><c> reign</c>

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so<00:14:06.059><c> that</c><00:14:06.240><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:14:06.759><c> was</c><00:14:07.059><c> perhaps</c><00:14:07.460><c> still</c><00:14:07.799><c> reasonably</c><00:14:08.299><c> fresh</c><00:14:09.019><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:09.480><c> position.</c>

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Now<00:14:10.220><c> what</c><00:14:10.399><c> did</c><00:14:10.559><c> the</c><00:14:10.879><c> recorder</c><00:14:11.139><c> do</c><00:14:11.399><c> rather</c><00:14:11.720><c> as</c><00:14:12.080><c> opposed</c><00:14:12.399><c> to</c><00:14:12.620><c> the</c><00:14:12.840><c> scribe?</c>

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The<00:14:14.879><c> scribes</c><00:14:15.299><c> attended</c><00:14:15.580><c> to</c><00:14:15.759><c> the</c><00:14:15.879><c> writing</c><00:14:16.080><c> of</c><00:14:16.340><c> letters</c><00:14:16.639><c> and</c><00:14:17.120><c> the</c><00:14:17.340><c> drawing</c><00:14:17.519><c> up</c>

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of<00:14:18.000><c> decrees</c>

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and<00:14:18.820><c> announcements</c><00:14:19.419><c> and</c><00:14:19.799><c> financial</c><00:14:20.220><c> summaries.</c>

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What<00:14:20.580><c> did</c><00:14:20.679><c> the</c><00:14:21.340><c> recorder</c><00:14:21.639><c> do?</c>

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Yes,<00:14:26.320><c> the</c><00:14:26.620><c> recorder</c><00:14:26.899><c> was</c><00:14:27.120><c> really</c><00:14:27.519><c> the</c><00:14:28.039><c> historian</c><00:14:28.620><c> of</c><00:14:28.919><c> the</c><00:14:29.039><c> nation.</c>

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You'll<00:14:29.500><c> see</c><00:14:29.580><c> the</c><00:14:29.860><c> margin</c><00:14:30.179><c> says</c><00:14:30.600><c> he</c><00:14:31.019><c> was,</c><00:14:31.360><c> in</c><00:14:31.519><c> fact,</c><00:14:32.299><c> the</c><00:14:32.620><c> remembrancer.</c>

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He<00:14:34.360><c> was</c><00:14:34.659><c> the</c><00:14:35.100><c> analyst</c><00:14:35.500><c> or</c><00:14:36.120><c> the,</c><00:14:36.740><c> I</c><00:14:37.039><c> don't</c><00:14:37.299><c> mean</c><00:14:37.539><c> analyst</c><00:14:37.879><c> in</c><00:14:38.059><c> the</c><00:14:38.159><c> sense</c><00:14:38.340><c> of</c><00:14:38.559><c> financial,</c>

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he<00:14:39.299><c> was</c><00:14:39.519><c> the</c><00:14:40.159><c> analyst,</c><00:14:40.899><c> A</c><00:14:40.899><c>-N</c><00:14:41.460><c>-N</c><00:14:41.960><c>-A</c><00:14:42.360><c>-L,</c><00:14:43.259><c> the</c><00:14:43.460><c> writer</c><00:14:43.740><c> of</c><00:14:44.240><c> annals,</c>

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the<00:14:45.440><c> writer</c><00:14:45.759><c> of</c><00:14:46.179><c> the</c><00:14:46.720><c> history</c><00:14:47.200><c> of</c><00:14:47.519><c> the</c><00:14:47.679><c> nation,</c><00:14:48.360><c> the</c><00:14:48.519><c> keeper</c>

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of<00:14:49.159><c> the</c><00:14:49.519><c> state</c><00:14:49.799><c> records.</c>

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You'll<00:14:50.940><c> remember</c><00:14:51.159><c> on</c><00:14:51.399><c> another</c><00:14:51.600><c> occasion</c><00:14:52.100><c> when</c><00:14:52.519><c> one</c><00:14:52.740><c> of</c><00:14:52.860><c> the</c>

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kings<00:14:53.200><c> of</c><00:14:53.419><c> Persia</c><00:14:53.679><c> couldn't</c><00:14:53.980><c> sleep,</c>

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remember<00:14:54.879><c> that</c><00:14:55.039><c> he</c><00:14:55.240><c> called</c><00:14:55.399><c> for</c><00:14:55.679><c> the</c><00:14:56.039><c> books</c><00:14:56.320><c> of</c><00:14:57.179><c> the</c><00:14:57.600><c> history</c>

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of<00:14:58.179><c> the</c><00:14:58.259><c> nation</c><00:14:58.419><c> to</c><00:14:58.580><c> be</c><00:14:58.759><c> brought</c>

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and<00:14:59.399><c> certain</c><00:14:59.679><c> matters</c><00:14:59.980><c> were</c><00:15:00.220><c> brought</c><00:15:00.340><c> to</c><00:15:00.480><c> his</c><00:15:00.659><c> attention</c><00:15:01.000><c> that</c><00:15:01.279><c> night</c><00:15:01.519><c> concerning</c><00:15:02.000><c> a</c>

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coup<00:15:02.620><c> that</c><00:15:02.820><c> had</c><00:15:03.200><c> taken</c><00:15:03.440><c> place.</c>

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Someone<00:15:04.519><c> wrote</c><00:15:04.820><c> down</c><00:15:05.220><c> all</c><00:15:05.460><c> the</c><00:15:05.659><c> affairs</c><00:15:05.919><c> of</c><00:15:06.120><c> the</c><00:15:06.259><c> nation</c><00:15:06.679><c> as</c><00:15:07.120><c> a</c><00:15:07.360><c> record</c>

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and<00:15:08.039><c> that</c><00:15:08.259><c> was</c><00:15:08.580><c> the</c><00:15:08.779><c> job</c><00:15:08.899><c> of</c><00:15:09.139><c> the</c><00:15:09.419><c> recorder.</c>

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So<00:15:10.460><c> in</c><00:15:10.679><c> a</c><00:15:10.779><c> similar</c><00:15:10.980><c> way,</c><00:15:11.679><c> we</c><00:15:11.759><c> have</c><00:15:11.960><c> the</c><00:15:12.240><c> recorder</c><00:15:12.440><c> of</c><00:15:12.639><c> the</c><00:15:12.799><c> Ecclesia</c><00:15:13.100><c> who</c>

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writes<00:15:14.519><c> down</c><00:15:15.159><c> minutes</c>

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and<00:15:16.100><c> probably</c><00:15:16.419><c> actually</c><00:15:16.700><c> doesn't</c><00:15:16.940><c> keep</c><00:15:17.139><c> quite</c><00:15:17.340><c> as</c><00:15:17.559><c> full</c><00:15:17.639><c> a</c><00:15:17.759><c> book</c><00:15:17.879><c> concerning</c><00:15:18.240><c> the</c><00:15:18.460><c> history</c><00:15:18.639><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:18.940><c> Ecclesia</c><00:15:19.240><c> today.</c>

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We'd<00:15:20.360><c> have</c><00:15:20.460><c> some</c><00:15:20.659><c> very</c><00:15:21.019><c> interesting</c><00:15:21.360><c> books</c><00:15:21.820><c> had</c><00:15:22.639><c> such</c><00:15:22.940><c> a</c><00:15:23.139><c> record</c><00:15:23.299><c> been</c><00:15:24.019><c> kept.</c>

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Verse<00:15:25.440><c> 4</c><00:15:25.679><c> says</c><00:15:26.000><c> that</c><00:15:26.299><c> Ben</c><00:15:26.580><c>-Ai</c><00:15:26.779><c>-A,</c><00:15:26.879><c> the</c><00:15:27.000><c> son</c><00:15:27.200><c> of</c><00:15:27.379><c> Jehoiada,</c><00:15:28.379><c> was</c>

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over<00:15:28.919><c> the</c><00:15:29.139><c> host.</c>

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So<00:15:30.179><c> Ben</c><00:15:30.399><c>-Ai</c><00:15:30.620><c>-A,</c><00:15:30.700><c> of</c><00:15:30.919><c> course,</c><00:15:31.460><c> has</c><00:15:31.779><c> superseded</c><00:15:32.340><c> who</c><00:15:32.759><c> from</c><00:15:33.259><c> the</c>

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days<00:15:33.620><c> of</c><00:15:33.860><c> David?</c>

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Well,<00:15:34.740><c> he's</c><00:15:35.220><c> taken</c><00:15:35.379><c> over</c><00:15:35.620><c> from</c><00:15:35.940><c> Joab.</c><00:15:36.559><c> Why</c><00:15:36.820><c> has</c><00:15:37.120><c> Ben</c><00:15:37.340><c>-Ai</c><00:15:37.500><c>-A</c>

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taken<00:15:37.799><c> over</c><00:15:38.120><c> from</c><00:15:38.379><c> Joab?</c>

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Because<00:15:39.440><c> Joab</c><00:15:39.899><c> is</c><00:15:40.019><c> actually</c><00:15:40.299><c> no</c><00:15:40.519><c> longer</c><00:15:40.879><c> alive.</c>

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Why<00:15:42.100><c> is</c><00:15:42.399><c> Joab</c><00:15:42.659><c> no</c><00:15:42.879><c> longer</c><00:15:43.179><c> alive?</c>

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Because<00:15:44.120><c> Ben</c><00:15:44.379><c>-Ai</c><00:15:44.559><c>-A</c><00:15:44.620><c> has</c><00:15:44.860><c> actually</c><00:15:45.299><c> slain</c><00:15:45.639><c> him</c><00:15:46.100><c> at</c><00:15:46.500><c> the</c><00:15:46.740><c> command</c><00:15:47.000><c> of</c><00:15:47.299><c> Solomon.</c>

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And<00:15:48.480><c> because</c><00:15:49.000><c> Ben</c><00:15:49.419><c>-Ai</c><00:15:49.659><c>-A</c><00:15:49.720><c> was</c><00:15:50.100><c> previously</c><00:15:50.899><c> in</c><00:15:51.700><c> charge</c><00:15:52.000><c> of</c><00:15:52.240><c> the</c>

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Cherothites<00:15:53.139><c> and</c><00:15:53.440><c> the</c><00:15:53.659><c> Pelothites,</c>

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which<00:15:54.840><c> was</c><00:15:55.220><c> part</c><00:15:55.519><c> of</c><00:15:55.940><c> the</c><00:15:56.620><c> army,</c><00:15:57.399><c> one</c><00:15:57.559><c> of</c><00:15:57.759><c> the</c><00:15:58.059><c> elite</c><00:15:58.340><c> guards</c>

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of<00:15:58.919><c> the</c><00:15:59.120><c> army,</c>

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when<00:15:59.980><c> he</c><00:16:00.299><c> assumed</c><00:16:00.720><c> the</c><00:16:00.919><c> role</c><00:16:01.179><c> of</c><00:16:01.799><c> captain</c><00:16:02.100><c> of</c><00:16:02.320><c> the</c><00:16:02.580><c> host</c><00:16:02.919><c> under</c>

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Solomon's<00:16:04.059><c> administration,</c>

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he<00:16:05.159><c> simply</c><00:16:05.720><c> amalgamated</c><00:16:06.559><c> under</c><00:16:06.799><c> him</c><00:16:07.000><c> the</c><00:16:07.220><c> function</c><00:16:07.539><c> of</c><00:16:07.740><c> also</c>

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looking<00:16:08.259><c> after</c><00:16:08.620><c> the</c><00:16:08.840><c> Cherothites</c><00:16:09.379><c> and</c><00:16:09.759><c> the</c><00:16:09.940><c> Pelothites</c>

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because<00:16:10.860><c> he</c><00:16:11.059><c> already</c><00:16:11.320><c> had</c><00:16:11.580><c> control</c><00:16:11.940><c> of</c><00:16:12.120><c> them.</c>

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And<00:16:12.779><c> so</c><00:16:12.919><c> this</c><00:16:13.259><c> office</c><00:16:13.519><c> here,</c><00:16:14.240><c> that</c><00:16:14.419><c> of</c><00:16:14.559><c> being</c><00:16:14.759><c> over</c><00:16:15.059><c> the</c><00:16:15.299><c> Cherothites</c><00:16:16.019><c> and</c>

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the<00:16:16.480><c> Pelothites,</c>

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disappears<00:16:18.100><c> out</c><00:16:18.580><c> of</c><00:16:18.820><c> Solomon's</c><00:16:19.299><c> administration</c><00:16:19.879><c> because</c><00:16:20.440><c> Ben</c><00:16:20.720><c>-Ai</c>

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-A<00:16:21.059><c> is</c><00:16:21.059><c> now</c><00:16:21.399><c> in</c><00:16:21.700><c> control</c><00:16:21.960><c> of</c><00:16:22.139><c> the</c><00:16:22.299><c> army.</c>

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So<00:16:22.899><c> he</c><00:16:23.139><c> amalgamates</c><00:16:23.700><c> those</c><00:16:24.080><c> two</c><00:16:24.360><c> functions</c><00:16:24.799><c> together.</c>

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And<00:16:25.799><c> then</c><00:16:25.960><c> we</c><00:16:26.059><c> have</c><00:16:26.259><c> Zadok</c><00:16:26.639><c> and</c><00:16:26.840><c> Abai</c><00:16:27.100><c> for</c><00:16:27.240><c> the</c><00:16:27.720><c> priests</c><00:16:28.000><c> in</c><00:16:28.179><c> verse</c><00:16:28.419><c> 4.</c>

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Azariah,<00:16:29.879><c> verse</c><00:16:30.039><c> 5,</c><00:16:30.360><c> the</c><00:16:30.460><c> son</c><00:16:30.659><c> of</c><00:16:30.879><c> Nathan</c><00:16:31.240><c> was</c><00:16:31.539><c> over</c><00:16:31.840><c> the</c><00:16:32.259><c> officers.</c>

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So<00:16:33.320><c> here</c><00:16:33.600><c> we</c><00:16:33.779><c> have</c><00:16:34.000><c> another</c><00:16:34.379><c> new</c><00:16:34.779><c> position</c><00:16:35.379><c> that</c><00:16:35.899><c> was</c><00:16:36.279><c> created</c>

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by<00:16:37.539><c> Solomon,</c>

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a<00:16:38.840><c> man</c><00:16:39.259><c> who</c><00:16:39.620><c> was</c><00:16:39.820><c> in</c><00:16:40.139><c> charge</c><00:16:40.500><c> of</c><00:16:40.879><c> the</c><00:16:41.299><c> officers.</c>

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Probably,<00:16:43.820><c> we</c><00:16:44.059><c> don't</c><00:16:44.320><c> know,</c><00:16:44.639><c> but</c><00:16:44.720><c> it's</c><00:16:45.759><c> possible</c><00:16:46.100><c> that</c><00:16:46.340><c> the</c>

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Nathan<00:16:46.860><c> here</c><00:16:47.659><c> was</c><00:16:48.200><c> perhaps</c><00:16:48.580><c> Nathan</c><00:16:49.039><c> the</c><00:16:49.259><c> prophet</c>

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and<00:16:50.240><c> that</c><00:16:50.460><c> Azariah</c><00:16:50.919><c> was</c><00:16:51.600><c> one</c><00:16:51.840><c> of</c><00:16:52.080><c> the</c><00:16:52.440><c> sons.</c>

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And<00:16:52.899><c> part</c><00:16:53.399><c> of</c><00:16:53.600><c> the</c><00:16:53.759><c> officers</c><00:16:54.000><c> that</c><00:16:54.600><c> reported</c><00:16:55.000><c> to</c><00:16:55.299><c> him</c><00:16:55.620><c> were</c><00:16:55.980><c> no</c>

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doubt<00:16:56.360><c> the</c><00:16:56.600><c> officers</c><00:16:56.860><c> of</c><00:16:57.059><c> verse</c><00:16:57.460><c> 7.</c>

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Solomon<00:16:58.539><c> had</c><00:16:58.799><c> 12</c><00:16:59.379><c> officers</c><00:17:00.240><c> over</c><00:17:00.700><c> all</c><00:17:00.899><c> Israel.</c>

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Here<00:17:01.960><c> in</c><00:17:02.120><c> verse</c><00:17:02.320><c> 5,</c><00:17:02.759><c> we</c><00:17:02.879><c> have</c><00:17:03.100><c> the</c><00:17:03.259><c> man</c><00:17:03.480><c> who's</c><00:17:03.759><c> in</c><00:17:04.079><c> charge</c><00:17:04.500><c> of</c>

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all<00:17:05.119><c> the</c><00:17:05.359><c> officers.</c>

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So<00:17:06.380><c> the</c><00:17:06.700><c> officers</c><00:17:07.039><c> of</c><00:17:07.339><c> the</c><00:17:07.559><c> various</c><00:17:07.940><c> districts</c><00:17:08.460><c> of</c><00:17:08.740><c> the</c><00:17:08.900><c> nation</c><00:17:09.279><c> all</c>

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reported<00:17:10.259><c> back</c><00:17:10.519><c> to</c><00:17:10.740><c> one</c><00:17:10.980><c> man,</c>

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and<00:17:11.700><c> that</c><00:17:11.940><c> man</c><00:17:12.160><c> was</c><00:17:12.559><c> Azariah,</c><00:17:13.059><c> the</c><00:17:13.119><c> son</c><00:17:13.259><c> of</c><00:17:13.420><c> Nathan,</c>

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who<00:17:14.259><c> in</c><00:17:14.380><c> fact</c><00:17:14.660><c> coordinated</c><00:17:15.339><c> all</c><00:17:15.680><c> of</c><00:17:15.920><c> that</c><00:17:16.400><c> reporting</c><00:17:16.900><c> work</c><00:17:17.200><c> back</c><00:17:17.519><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:18.039><c> king.</c>

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That's<00:17:18.859><c> a</c><00:17:19.039><c> new</c><00:17:19.279><c> function</c><00:17:19.819><c> that's</c><00:17:20.319><c> been</c><00:17:20.579><c> established</c><00:17:21.039><c> here</c><00:17:21.279><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:21.539><c> days</c><00:17:21.819><c> of</c><00:17:22.519><c> Solomon.</c>

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Zabud,<00:17:24.259><c> the</c><00:17:24.420><c> son</c><00:17:24.539><c> of</c><00:17:24.720><c> Nathan,</c><00:17:25.039><c> was</c><00:17:25.279><c> principal</c><00:17:25.720><c> officer</c><00:17:26.059><c> and</c>

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the<00:17:26.519><c> king's</c><00:17:26.980><c> friend,</c>

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and<00:17:27.799><c> so</c><00:17:28.059><c> therefore</c><00:17:28.619><c> to</c><00:17:28.900><c> a</c><00:17:29.059><c> certain</c><00:17:29.220><c> extent</c><00:17:29.700><c> he's</c><00:17:30.279><c> taken</c><00:17:30.480><c> up</c><00:17:30.680><c> the</c><00:17:30.839><c> role</c><00:17:31.099><c> of</c><00:17:32.319><c> Hushai.</c>

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Although<00:17:33.900><c> there</c><00:17:34.359><c> has</c><00:17:34.579><c> been</c><00:17:34.779><c> a</c><00:17:34.859><c> bit</c><00:17:34.960><c> of</c><00:17:35.119><c> a</c><00:17:35.279><c> change</c><00:17:35.519><c> because</c><00:17:36.059><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:36.700><c> days</c><00:17:36.880><c> of</c><00:17:37.220><c> David,</c>

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there<00:17:38.039><c> were</c><00:17:38.279><c> actually</c><00:17:38.759><c> three</c><00:17:39.420><c> counselors</c><00:17:40.160><c> that</c><00:17:40.720><c> David</c><00:17:41.140><c> had.</c>

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Anyone<00:17:41.819><c> know</c><00:17:42.059><c> who</c><00:17:42.240><c> David's</c><00:17:42.779><c> three</c><00:17:42.980><c> counselors</c><00:17:43.500><c> were?</c>

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He<00:17:45.920><c> had</c><00:17:46.119><c> three</c><00:17:46.420><c> of</c><00:17:46.500><c> them.</c>

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Ahithophel<00:17:50.619><c> was</c><00:17:50.859><c> one.</c>

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Hushai<00:17:55.380><c> was</c><00:17:55.900><c> another.</c>

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The<00:17:57.240><c> third</c><00:17:57.359><c> one</c><00:17:57.480><c> might</c><00:17:57.640><c> be</c><00:17:57.779><c> a</c><00:17:57.859><c> bit</c><00:17:57.980><c> hard</c><00:17:58.160><c> to</c><00:17:58.299><c> get.</c>

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It<00:17:58.539><c> was</c><00:17:58.539><c> actually</c><00:17:58.819><c> a</c><00:17:58.859><c> man</c><00:17:59.039><c> called</c><00:17:59.299><c> Jonathan,</c><00:17:59.759><c> his</c><00:17:59.920><c> own</c><00:18:00.099><c> uncle.</c>

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They<00:18:00.980><c> were</c><00:18:01.180><c> the</c><00:18:01.400><c> three</c><00:18:01.640><c> counselors</c><00:18:02.119><c> of</c><00:18:02.400><c> David.</c>

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Now<00:18:03.160><c> it</c><00:18:03.259><c> appears</c><00:18:03.539><c> that</c><00:18:03.779><c> the</c><00:18:03.900><c> whole</c><00:18:04.119><c> section</c><00:18:04.440><c> of</c><00:18:04.640><c> the</c><00:18:04.900><c> counselors</c><00:18:05.440><c> has,</c>

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well,<00:18:06.700><c> one</c><00:18:06.859><c> would</c><00:18:07.039><c> at</c><00:18:07.160><c> first</c><00:18:07.440><c> sight</c><00:18:07.680><c> imagine</c><00:18:08.019><c> that</c><00:18:08.359><c> the</c><00:18:08.599><c> king's</c><00:18:09.079><c> counselors</c><00:18:09.400><c> have</c><00:18:09.660><c> disappeared</c>

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from<00:18:10.859><c> the</c><00:18:11.099><c> government</c><00:18:11.380><c> of</c><00:18:11.660><c> Solomon.</c>

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But<00:18:12.380><c> I</c><00:18:12.619><c> think</c><00:18:12.859><c> in</c><00:18:13.059><c> fact</c><00:18:13.220><c> that</c><00:18:13.400><c> what</c><00:18:13.660><c> probably</c><00:18:14.119><c> happened</c><00:18:14.660><c> was,</c>

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rather<00:18:15.680><c> than</c><00:18:15.980><c> the</c><00:18:16.299><c> role</c><00:18:16.460><c> of</c><00:18:16.700><c> the</c><00:18:16.900><c> counselors</c><00:18:17.259><c> diminishing,</c>

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that<00:18:18.500><c> they</c><00:18:18.680><c> were</c><00:18:18.940><c> probably</c><00:18:19.240><c> actually</c><00:18:19.880><c> expanded</c><00:18:20.440><c> into</c><00:18:21.000><c> a</c><00:18:21.279><c> larger</c><00:18:21.539><c> group</c><00:18:21.839><c> from</c>

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three<00:18:22.740><c> outwards.</c>

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If<00:18:23.900><c> you</c><00:18:24.079><c> come</c><00:18:24.259><c> to</c><00:18:24.460><c> the</c><00:18:24.619><c> twelfth</c><00:18:25.000><c> chapter</c><00:18:25.299><c> for</c><00:18:25.539><c> a</c><00:18:25.660><c> moment,</c>

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you'll<00:18:26.859><c> recall</c><00:18:27.160><c> this</c><00:18:27.460><c> phrase</c><00:18:27.819><c> here</c><00:18:28.180><c> in</c><00:18:28.400><c> the</c><00:18:28.559><c> days</c><00:18:28.720><c> of</c><00:18:29.039><c> Rehoboam,</c>

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immediately<00:18:30.460><c> after</c><00:18:30.920><c> Solomon,</c>

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and<00:18:32.119><c> this</c><00:18:32.359><c> could</c><00:18:32.579><c> possibly</c><00:18:33.000><c> be</c><00:18:33.279><c> a</c><00:18:33.400><c> reference</c><00:18:33.660><c> to</c><00:18:33.880><c> the</c><00:18:34.039><c> role</c><00:18:34.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:34.900><c> counselors,</c>

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an<00:18:36.539><c> enlarged</c><00:18:37.359><c> group</c><00:18:37.720><c> that</c><00:18:38.200><c> actually</c><00:18:39.420><c> stood</c><00:18:39.940><c> before</c><00:18:40.380><c> Solomon.</c>

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It<00:18:40.960><c> says</c><00:18:41.160><c> in</c><00:18:41.279><c> the</c><00:18:41.359><c> first</c><00:18:41.539><c> of</c><00:18:41.720><c> Kings</c><00:18:41.920><c> 12</c><00:18:42.339><c> and</c><00:18:42.519><c> verse</c><00:18:42.920><c> 6,</c>

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and<00:18:44.160><c> King</c><00:18:44.400><c> Rehoboam</c><00:18:45.000><c> consulted</c><00:18:45.519><c> with</c><00:18:45.859><c> the</c><00:18:46.039><c> old</c><00:18:46.359><c> men</c><00:18:46.819><c> that</c><00:18:47.380><c> stood</c><00:18:47.599><c> before</c><00:18:48.119><c> Solomon</c><00:18:48.559><c> his</c><00:18:48.900><c> father</c>

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while<00:18:50.200><c> he</c><00:18:50.579><c> yet</c><00:18:50.799><c> lived,</c><00:18:51.039><c> and</c><00:18:51.220><c> said,</c>

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How<00:18:51.599><c> do</c><00:18:51.779><c> you</c><00:18:51.980><c> advise</c><00:18:52.559><c> that</c><00:18:52.960><c> I</c><00:18:53.160><c> may</c><00:18:53.319><c> answer</c><00:18:53.599><c> this</c><00:18:53.920><c> people?</c>

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Verse<00:18:55.220><c> 8,</c><00:18:55.799><c> he</c><00:18:55.859><c> forsook</c><00:18:56.240><c> the</c><00:18:56.720><c> council</c><00:18:57.339><c> of</c><00:18:58.039><c> the</c><00:18:58.279><c> old</c><00:18:58.579><c> men.</c>

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So<00:18:59.380><c> it</c><00:18:59.559><c> appears</c><00:18:59.779><c> that</c><00:19:00.000><c> there</c><00:19:00.180><c> was</c><00:19:00.339><c> in</c><00:19:00.460><c> fact</c><00:19:00.700><c> perhaps</c><00:19:01.400><c> a</c><00:19:01.700><c> larger</c>

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group<00:19:02.319><c> of</c><00:19:02.559><c> men</c>

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who<00:19:03.220><c> were</c><00:19:03.539><c> in</c><00:19:03.660><c> fact</c><00:19:03.880><c> the</c><00:19:04.420><c> counselors</c><00:19:04.799><c> of</c><00:19:05.339><c> Solomon</c><00:19:05.619><c> that</c><00:19:06.000><c> stood</c>

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before<00:19:06.839><c> him</c><00:19:07.000><c> and</c><00:19:07.160><c> gave</c><00:19:07.380><c> advice.</c>

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Whereas<00:19:08.460><c> David</c><00:19:08.920><c> had</c><00:19:09.319><c> had</c><00:19:09.519><c> only</c><00:19:09.920><c> three,</c>

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there<00:19:11.119><c> appeared</c><00:19:11.380><c> to</c><00:19:11.579><c> be</c><00:19:11.759><c> perhaps</c><00:19:12.440><c> an</c><00:19:13.079><c> enlarging</c><00:19:13.559><c> of</c><00:19:13.799><c> that</c><00:19:14.059><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:14.599><c> days</c><00:19:14.779><c> of</c><00:19:15.140><c> Solomon.</c>

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Now<00:19:16.059><c> just</c><00:19:16.240><c> another</c><00:19:16.539><c> reference</c><00:19:16.960><c> to</c><00:19:17.160><c> add</c><00:19:17.339><c> to</c><00:19:17.619><c> that,</c>

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which<00:19:18.960><c> you</c><00:19:19.140><c> might</c><00:19:19.279><c> just</c><00:19:19.519><c> like</c><00:19:19.660><c> to</c><00:19:19.880><c> take</c><00:19:20.000><c> a</c><00:19:20.099><c> note</c><00:19:20.240><c> of,</c>

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Proverbs<00:19:21.380><c> chapter</c><00:19:21.779><c> 11</c><00:19:22.339><c> and</c><00:19:22.720><c> verse</c><00:19:23.039><c> 14,</c>

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which<00:19:23.720><c> is</c><00:19:23.920><c> one</c><00:19:24.119><c> of</c><00:19:24.420><c> Solomon's</c><00:19:24.880><c> own</c><00:19:25.160><c> Proverbs,</c><00:19:25.700><c> mind</c><00:19:25.940><c> you,</c>

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and<00:19:26.779><c> he</c><00:19:27.000><c> says,</c><00:19:27.940><c> Where</c><00:19:28.019><c> no</c><00:19:28.420><c> council</c><00:19:28.920><c> is,</c><00:19:29.420><c> the</c><00:19:29.599><c> people</c><00:19:29.920><c> fall,</c>

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but<00:19:30.920><c> in</c><00:19:31.339><c> the</c><00:19:31.680><c> multitude</c><00:19:32.220><c> of</c><00:19:32.740><c> counselors</c><00:19:33.319><c> there</c><00:19:33.960><c> is</c><00:19:34.539><c> safety.</c>

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In<00:19:35.799><c> the</c><00:19:36.119><c> multitude</c><00:19:36.559><c> of</c><00:19:37.160><c> counselors</c><00:19:37.519><c> there</c><00:19:38.299><c> is</c><00:19:38.900><c> safety.</c>

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Proverbs<00:19:39.980><c> 11</c><00:19:40.400><c> verse</c><00:19:40.819><c> 14.</c>

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So<00:19:42.019><c> if</c><00:19:42.279><c> in</c><00:19:42.440><c> fact</c><00:19:42.559><c> that's</c><00:19:43.000><c> a</c><00:19:43.140><c> proverb</c><00:19:43.299><c> of</c><00:19:43.599><c> Solomon</c><00:19:43.819><c> and</c><00:19:43.960><c> that</c><00:19:44.099><c> was</c><00:19:44.339><c> the</c><00:19:44.740><c> thinking</c><00:19:44.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:45.400><c> king,</c>

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then<00:19:46.299><c> we</c><00:19:46.519><c> may</c><00:19:46.720><c> reasonably</c><00:19:47.180><c> conclude</c><00:19:47.680><c> that</c><00:19:48.160><c> the</c><00:19:48.440><c> role</c><00:19:48.619><c> of</c><00:19:48.980><c> counselors,</c>

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of<00:19:50.240><c> which</c><00:19:51.420><c> there</c><00:19:51.539><c> were</c><00:19:51.759><c> only</c><00:19:52.000><c> three</c><00:19:52.579><c> in</c><00:19:52.799><c> the</c><00:19:52.960><c> days</c><00:19:53.140><c> of</c><00:19:53.440><c> David,</c>

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was<00:19:54.279><c> in</c><00:19:54.420><c> fact</c><00:19:54.660><c> expanded</c><00:19:55.299><c> now</c><00:19:55.740><c> into</c><00:19:56.220><c> a</c><00:19:56.599><c> greater</c><00:19:56.799><c> group</c><00:19:57.099><c> who</c><00:19:57.559><c> advised</c><00:19:57.940><c> the</c><00:19:58.200><c> king.</c>

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Even<00:19:58.940><c> Solomon</c><00:19:59.359><c> in</c><00:19:59.660><c> all</c><00:19:59.960><c> his</c><00:20:00.180><c> wisdom</c><00:20:00.519><c> recognized</c><00:20:01.299><c> the</c><00:20:01.920><c> value</c>

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of<00:20:02.700><c> sensible</c><00:20:03.160><c> counsel</c><00:20:03.680><c> from</c><00:20:04.039><c> other</c><00:20:04.339><c> people.</c>

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So<00:20:06.119><c> verse</c><00:20:06.660><c> 6</c><00:20:06.940><c> goes</c><00:20:07.180><c> on</c><00:20:07.380><c> to</c><00:20:07.559><c> say,</c><00:20:08.019><c> in</c><00:20:08.220><c> the</c><00:20:08.359><c> first</c><00:20:08.599><c> of</c><00:20:08.900><c> Kings</c><00:20:10.160><c> chapter</c><00:20:10.539><c> 4,</c>

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and<00:20:11.539><c> Ahisha</c><00:20:12.200><c> was</c><00:20:12.839><c> over</c><00:20:13.279><c> the</c><00:20:13.559><c> household.</c>

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And<00:20:14.759><c> this</c><00:20:14.980><c> again</c><00:20:15.259><c> you'll</c><00:20:15.500><c> notice</c><00:20:15.759><c> is</c><00:20:16.079><c> a</c><00:20:16.420><c> further</c><00:20:16.940><c> new</c><00:20:17.400><c> appointment</c><00:20:17.960><c> now</c><00:20:18.400><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:19.099><c> days</c><00:20:19.339><c> of</c><00:20:19.720><c> Solomon,</c>

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because<00:20:20.700><c> the</c><00:20:21.079><c> royal</c><00:20:21.619><c> household</c><00:20:22.140><c> of</c><00:20:22.380><c> course</c><00:20:22.599><c> was</c><00:20:23.000><c> greatly</c><00:20:23.480><c> enlarged.</c>

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There<00:20:24.500><c> were</c><00:20:24.799><c> all</c><00:20:25.259><c> sorts</c><00:20:25.599><c> of</c><00:20:26.039><c> state</c><00:20:26.259><c> officials</c><00:20:26.759><c> and</c><00:20:27.079><c> people</c><00:20:27.380><c> of</c><00:20:27.740><c> responsibility.</c>

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There<00:20:28.819><c> was</c><00:20:29.059><c> a</c><00:20:29.299><c> large</c><00:20:29.680><c> palace</c><00:20:30.079><c> compound.</c>

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There<00:20:31.200><c> was</c><00:20:31.759><c> a</c><00:20:31.960><c> startlingly</c><00:20:32.579><c> large</c><00:20:32.859><c> number</c><00:20:33.160><c> of</c><00:20:33.359><c> women</c><00:20:33.559><c> roaming</c><00:20:33.880><c> around</c>

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who<00:20:34.740><c> were</c><00:20:35.039><c> all</c><00:20:35.519><c> wives</c><00:20:35.880><c> of</c><00:20:36.140><c> the</c><00:20:36.279><c> king.</c>

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The<00:20:37.339><c> whole</c><00:20:37.759><c> apparatus</c><00:20:38.339><c> of</c><00:20:38.660><c> government</c><00:20:39.119><c> now</c><00:20:39.559><c> needed</c><00:20:39.880><c> proper</c><00:20:40.240><c> coordination.</c>

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And<00:20:41.420><c> so</c><00:20:41.519><c> we</c><00:20:41.680><c> now</c><00:20:41.880><c> have</c><00:20:42.039><c> a</c><00:20:42.200><c> man</c><00:20:42.319><c> who's</c><00:20:42.680><c> over</c><00:20:42.920><c> the</c><00:20:43.200><c> whole</c><00:20:43.579><c> of</c><00:20:44.140><c> the</c>

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royal<00:20:44.839><c> household.</c>

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And<00:20:46.019><c> finally</c><00:20:46.339><c> in</c><00:20:46.539><c> verse</c><00:20:46.740><c> 6,</c><00:20:47.380><c> Adoniram,</c><00:20:47.900><c> the</c><00:20:48.059><c> son</c><00:20:48.200><c> of</c><00:20:48.420><c> Abda,</c>

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was<00:20:48.920><c> over</c><00:20:49.180><c> the</c><00:20:49.400><c> tribute.</c>

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Now<00:20:50.279><c> Adoniram</c><00:20:51.160><c> is</c><00:20:51.700><c> in</c><00:20:51.880><c> fact</c><00:20:52.099><c> the</c><00:20:52.460><c> same</c><00:20:52.900><c> man</c><00:20:53.380><c> as</c><00:20:53.900><c> Adoram</c><00:20:54.740><c> from</c>

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the<00:20:55.519><c> days</c><00:20:55.740><c> of</c><00:20:56.099><c> David.</c>

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Adoram<00:20:57.460><c> is</c><00:20:57.700><c> simply</c><00:20:58.000><c> a</c><00:20:58.359><c> contracted</c><00:20:59.000><c> version</c><00:20:59.599><c> of</c><00:21:00.180><c> the</c><00:21:00.400><c> term</c><00:21:00.539><c> Adoniram.</c>

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So<00:21:02.059><c> the</c><00:21:02.539><c> man</c><00:21:02.839><c> over</c><00:21:03.200><c> the</c><00:21:03.480><c> tribute</c><00:21:03.779><c> was</c><00:21:04.079><c> also</c><00:21:04.519><c> we</c><00:21:04.720><c> believe</c><00:21:05.160><c> initially</c><00:21:05.960><c> appointed</c><00:21:06.440><c> by</c><00:21:06.819><c> David.</c>

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In<00:21:07.700><c> fact</c><00:21:07.900><c> he</c><00:21:08.079><c> actually</c><00:21:08.619><c> was</c><00:21:09.559><c> responsible</c><00:21:10.299><c> for</c><00:21:10.619><c> the</c><00:21:10.900><c> coordination</c><00:21:11.400><c> of</c><00:21:11.640><c> the</c><00:21:11.859><c> tribute</c>

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during<00:21:12.759><c> the</c><00:21:12.960><c> life</c><00:21:13.099><c> of</c><00:21:13.380><c> three</c><00:21:13.619><c> kings.</c>

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He<00:21:15.039><c> was</c><00:21:15.279><c> appointed</c><00:21:15.599><c> by</c><00:21:15.920><c> David.</c>

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He<00:21:17.180><c> was</c><00:21:17.400><c> in</c><00:21:17.660><c> charge</c><00:21:17.900><c> of</c><00:21:18.220><c> the</c><00:21:18.500><c> tribute</c><00:21:18.740><c> under</c><00:21:18.980><c> David.</c>

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He<00:21:19.619><c> was</c><00:21:19.839><c> still</c><00:21:20.059><c> in</c><00:21:20.380><c> charge</c><00:21:20.619><c> of</c><00:21:20.779><c> the</c><00:21:21.000><c> tribute</c><00:21:21.599><c> under</c><00:21:22.640><c> Solomon.</c>

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And<00:21:23.700><c> he</c><00:21:23.779><c> was</c><00:21:24.039><c> also</c><00:21:24.440><c> in</c><00:21:24.799><c> charge</c><00:21:25.099><c> of</c><00:21:25.359><c> the</c><00:21:25.619><c> tribute</c><00:21:26.059><c> under</c><00:21:26.819><c> Rehoboam.</c>

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Does<00:21:27.339><c> anyone</c><00:21:27.500><c> know</c><00:21:27.660><c> what</c><00:21:27.859><c> actually</c><00:21:28.279><c> happened</c><00:21:28.460><c> to</c><00:21:29.279><c> Adoniram?</c>

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Yes,<00:21:33.500><c> in</c><00:21:33.920><c> the</c><00:21:34.119><c> end</c><00:21:34.259><c> of</c><00:21:34.420><c> course</c><00:21:34.740><c> the</c><00:21:35.220><c> people</c><00:21:35.400><c> got</c><00:21:35.599><c> fairly</c><00:21:35.880><c> upset</c>

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with<00:21:36.640><c> Solomon's</c><00:21:37.319><c> tax</c><00:21:37.700><c> system.</c>

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And<00:21:38.960><c> Adoniram</c><00:21:39.400><c> was</c><00:21:39.579><c> actually</c><00:21:39.880><c> sent</c><00:21:40.099><c> out</c><00:21:40.339><c> on</c><00:21:40.579><c> one</c><00:21:41.000><c> occasion</c><00:21:41.579><c> to</c>

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appease<00:21:42.839><c> the</c><00:21:43.079><c> people.</c>

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That<00:21:43.799><c> was</c><00:21:43.980><c> the</c><00:21:44.160><c> wrong</c><00:21:44.400><c> choice</c><00:21:44.779><c> to</c><00:21:45.099><c> send</c><00:21:45.279><c> the</c><00:21:45.519><c> tax</c><00:21:45.759><c> officer</c><00:21:46.059><c> out</c>

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was<00:21:46.539><c> not</c><00:21:46.779><c> a</c><00:21:46.880><c> good</c><00:21:47.039><c> choice.</c>

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And<00:21:48.039><c> they</c><00:21:48.599><c> actually</c><00:21:49.019><c> stoned</c><00:21:49.339><c> him.</c>

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And<00:21:50.099><c> so</c><00:21:50.299><c> Adoniram</c><00:21:50.680><c> finally</c><00:21:51.599><c> met</c><00:21:51.900><c> his</c><00:21:52.099><c> death.</c>

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Inland<00:21:52.559><c> Revenue</c><00:21:52.839><c> has</c><00:21:52.940><c> never</c><00:21:53.140><c> been</c><00:21:53.319><c> a</c><00:21:53.380><c> good</c><00:21:53.619><c> department</c><00:21:54.039><c> to</c><00:21:54.279><c> work</c><00:21:54.440><c> in</c><00:21:54.660><c> really.</c>

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And<00:21:55.920><c> so</c><00:21:57.319><c> if</c><00:21:57.920><c> you</c><00:21:58.059><c> come</c><00:21:58.220><c> back</c><00:21:58.380><c> to</c><00:21:58.500><c> 1</c><00:21:58.779><c> Kings</c><00:21:59.140><c> 4</c><00:21:59.660><c> and</c><00:21:59.799><c> verse</c><00:22:00.059><c> 6</c>

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just<00:22:00.839><c> notice</c><00:22:01.160><c> this</c><00:22:01.400><c> though</c><00:22:01.619><c> that</c><00:22:02.279><c> the</c><00:22:02.740><c> word</c><00:22:03.119><c> tribute</c><00:22:03.700><c> there</c>

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in<00:22:05.259><c> fact</c><00:22:05.519><c> may</c><00:22:05.839><c> have</c><00:22:06.059><c> a</c><00:22:06.240><c> slightly</c><00:22:06.700><c> wider</c><00:22:07.099><c> connotation</c><00:22:07.819><c> than</c><00:22:08.019><c> it</c>

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first<00:22:08.539><c> appears.</c>

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One<00:22:09.619><c> would</c><00:22:09.839><c> imagine</c><00:22:10.200><c> that</c><00:22:10.440><c> the</c><00:22:10.539><c> term</c><00:22:10.779><c> tribute</c><00:22:11.279><c> initially</c><00:22:11.720><c> applies</c><00:22:12.200><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:12.519><c> subject</c><00:22:12.839><c> of</c><00:22:13.180><c> taxation</c><00:22:13.720><c> and</c><00:22:14.019><c> revenue.</c>

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But<00:22:15.400><c> you'll</c><00:22:15.960><c> notice</c><00:22:16.220><c> this</c><00:22:16.519><c> word</c><00:22:16.980><c> levy</c><00:22:17.880><c> in</c><00:22:18.539><c> the</c><00:22:18.799><c> margin</c><00:22:19.079><c> as</c><00:22:19.400><c> an</c>

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alternative<00:22:20.200><c> translation.</c>

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He<00:22:21.940><c> was</c><00:22:22.220><c> over</c><00:22:22.559><c> the</c><00:22:23.140><c> levy.</c>

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Now<00:22:24.079><c> if</c><00:22:24.339><c> you</c><00:22:24.579><c> come</c><00:22:24.819><c> across</c><00:22:25.279><c> to</c><00:22:25.519><c> the</c><00:22:25.680><c> fifth</c><00:22:26.000><c> chapter</c>

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we<00:22:27.140><c> find</c><00:22:27.460><c> that</c><00:22:27.700><c> the</c><00:22:27.839><c> word</c><00:22:28.200><c> levy</c><00:22:28.559><c> is</c><00:22:28.759><c> used</c><00:22:28.980><c> again</c><00:22:29.359><c> and</c><00:22:29.640><c> in</c><00:22:29.779><c> a</c>

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rather<00:22:30.299><c> interestingly</c><00:22:30.799><c> different</c><00:22:31.460><c> context.</c>

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In<00:22:33.859><c> 1</c><00:22:34.500><c> Kings</c><00:22:34.900><c> 5</c><00:22:35.720><c> and</c><00:22:35.920><c> verse</c><00:22:36.220><c> 13</c><00:22:36.660><c> it</c><00:22:36.819><c> says</c>

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and<00:22:37.980><c> King</c><00:22:38.240><c> Solomon</c><00:22:38.640><c> raised</c><00:22:39.059><c> a</c><00:22:39.480><c> levy,</c><00:22:40.140><c> same</c><00:22:40.480><c> word,</c><00:22:41.559><c> out</c><00:22:41.819><c> of</c><00:22:42.059><c> all</c><00:22:42.259><c> Israel.</c>

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But<00:22:42.779><c> you</c><00:22:42.839><c> see</c><00:22:42.880><c> what</c><00:22:43.000><c> the</c><00:22:43.220><c> margin</c><00:22:43.440><c> says,</c><00:22:44.119><c> a</c><00:22:44.180><c> tribute</c><00:22:44.640><c> of</c><00:22:45.240><c> men.</c>

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A<00:22:47.420><c> tribute</c><00:22:47.819><c> of</c><00:22:48.299><c> men.</c>

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So<00:22:49.839><c> it</c><00:22:49.940><c> wasn't</c><00:22:50.140><c> just</c><00:22:50.440><c> a</c><00:22:50.700><c> monetary</c><00:22:51.119><c> tribute.</c>

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It<00:22:52.220><c> could</c><00:22:52.420><c> also</c><00:22:52.799><c> be</c><00:22:53.160><c> a</c><00:22:53.960><c> levy</c><00:22:54.279><c> on</c><00:22:54.799><c> men.</c>

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So<00:22:55.819><c> King</c><00:22:55.960><c> Solomon</c><00:22:56.240><c> raised</c><00:22:56.500><c> a</c><00:22:56.680><c> levy</c><00:22:56.799><c> out</c><00:22:56.940><c> of</c><00:22:57.059><c> all</c><00:22:57.220><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:22:58.119><c> the</c><00:22:58.279><c> levy</c><00:22:58.440><c> was</c><00:22:58.700><c> 30</c><00:22:59.019><c>,000</c><00:22:59.339><c> men</c><00:22:59.559><c> and</c><00:22:59.680><c> he</c><00:22:59.839><c> sent</c><00:22:59.940><c> them</c><00:23:00.059><c> to</c><00:23:00.240><c> Lebanon</c><00:23:00.519><c> 10</c><00:23:00.859><c>,000</c><00:23:01.279><c> a</c>

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month<00:23:01.619><c> by</c><00:23:01.900><c> courses.</c>

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A<00:23:02.440><c> month</c><00:23:02.660><c> they</c><00:23:02.839><c> were</c><00:23:03.039><c> in</c><00:23:03.220><c> Lebanon</c><00:23:03.519><c> and</c><00:23:03.920><c> two</c><00:23:04.119><c> months</c><00:23:04.380><c> at</c><00:23:04.700><c> home.</c>

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Not<00:23:05.559><c> a</c><00:23:05.759><c> bad</c><00:23:05.960><c> sort</c><00:23:06.240><c> of</c><00:23:06.559><c> job</c><00:23:06.759><c> arrangement</c><00:23:07.099><c> really.</c>

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And<00:23:08.240><c> Adoniram</c><00:23:08.720><c> was</c><00:23:09.279><c> over</c><00:23:09.680><c> the</c><00:23:09.880><c> levy.</c>

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So<00:23:10.519><c> you</c><00:23:10.720><c> see</c><00:23:10.799><c> he</c><00:23:10.960><c> wasn't</c><00:23:11.200><c> just</c><00:23:11.500><c> in</c><00:23:11.759><c> charge</c><00:23:11.940><c> of</c><00:23:12.200><c> taxation.</c>

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He<00:23:13.160><c> was</c><00:23:13.400><c> in</c><00:23:13.660><c> charge</c><00:23:13.880><c> in</c><00:23:14.099><c> fact</c><00:23:14.299><c> of</c><00:23:14.900><c> the</c><00:23:15.779><c> men</c><00:23:16.140><c> who</c><00:23:16.480><c> were</c><00:23:17.259><c> levied</c>

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by<00:23:18.059><c> Solomon</c><00:23:18.420><c> for</c><00:23:18.779><c> the</c><00:23:19.019><c> building</c><00:23:19.480><c> projects</c>

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specifically<00:23:20.839><c> of</c><00:23:21.059><c> course</c><00:23:21.279><c> the</c><00:23:21.460><c> temple.</c>

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Verse<00:23:22.480><c> 15</c><00:23:22.900><c> goes</c><00:23:23.160><c> on</c><00:23:23.380><c> to</c><00:23:23.539><c> say</c>

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and<00:23:24.460><c> Solomon</c><00:23:24.740><c> had</c><00:23:25.059><c> three</c><00:23:25.519><c> score</c><00:23:26.079><c> and</c><00:23:26.759><c> 10</c><00:23:27.259><c>,000</c><00:23:27.799><c> that</c><00:23:28.059><c> bear</c><00:23:28.180><c> burdens</c>

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and<00:23:29.519><c> four</c><00:23:29.920><c> score</c><00:23:30.359><c> thousand</c><00:23:31.099><c> hewers</c><00:23:31.480><c> in</c><00:23:31.660><c> the</c><00:23:31.799><c> mountains</c>

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beside<00:23:33.079><c> the</c><00:23:33.299><c> chief</c><00:23:33.440><c> of</c><00:23:33.700><c> Solomon's</c><00:23:34.099><c> offices</c><00:23:34.299><c> which</c><00:23:34.500><c> were</c><00:23:34.680><c> over</c>

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the<00:23:34.960><c> work</c><00:23:35.119><c> 3</c><00:23:35.380><c>,300.</c>

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So<00:23:37.180><c> in</c><00:23:37.420><c> fact</c><00:23:37.500><c> when</c><00:23:37.680><c> we</c><00:23:37.799><c> add</c><00:23:37.920><c> all</c><00:23:38.099><c> those</c><00:23:38.359><c> numbers</c><00:23:38.660><c> up</c><00:23:38.920><c> we</c><00:23:39.140><c> have</c>

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three<00:23:40.380><c> score</c><00:23:40.900><c> and</c><00:23:41.599><c> 10</c><00:23:42.000><c>,000</c><00:23:42.500><c> burden</c><00:23:42.920><c> bearers.</c>

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Verse<00:23:43.940><c> 15.</c>

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How<00:23:46.460><c> many</c><00:23:46.619><c> is</c><00:23:46.740><c> that?</c><00:23:47.380><c> That's</c><00:23:47.940><c> 70</c><00:23:48.380><c>,000.</c>

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We<00:23:49.660><c> have</c><00:23:50.279><c> four</c><00:23:51.079><c> score</c><00:23:51.539><c> thousand</c><00:23:52.519><c> stone</c><00:23:53.400><c> hewers.</c>

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That's<00:23:54.880><c> 80</c><00:23:55.160><c>,000.</c>

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And<00:23:56.279><c> we</c><00:23:56.559><c> also</c><00:23:57.019><c> have</c><00:23:57.519><c> another</c><00:23:58.019><c> levy</c><00:23:58.339><c> of</c><00:23:58.619><c> 30</c><00:23:58.920><c>,000</c>

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although<00:23:59.559><c> only</c><00:23:59.980><c> 10</c><00:24:00.279><c>,000</c><00:24:00.539><c> are</c><00:24:00.700><c> on</c><00:24:00.779><c> at</c><00:24:00.920><c> any</c><00:24:01.039><c> point</c><00:24:01.240><c> of</c><00:24:01.440><c> time.</c>

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So<00:24:02.140><c> in</c><00:24:02.319><c> fact</c><00:24:02.440><c> we</c><00:24:02.579><c> have</c><00:24:02.740><c> a</c><00:24:02.940><c> total</c><00:24:03.180><c> workforce</c><00:24:03.779><c> that</c><00:24:04.279><c> was</c><00:24:04.500><c> committed</c><00:24:04.779><c> to</c><00:24:05.000><c> the</c>

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temple<00:24:05.440><c> project</c>

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and<00:24:06.119><c> later</c><00:24:06.319><c> to</c><00:24:06.519><c> other</c><00:24:06.680><c> things</c><00:24:06.900><c> of</c><00:24:07.160><c> 160</c><00:24:08.160><c>,000</c><00:24:08.940><c> people.</c>

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But<00:24:10.339><c> of</c><00:24:10.559><c> those</c><00:24:10.920><c> only</c><00:24:11.380><c> 10</c><00:24:11.740><c>,000</c><00:24:12.019><c> were</c><00:24:12.279><c> Israelites</c><00:24:12.839><c> at</c><00:24:13.799><c> any</c><00:24:14.039><c> point</c>

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of<00:24:14.500><c> time.</c>

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Verses<00:24:15.140><c> 13</c><00:24:15.539><c> and</c><00:24:15.700><c> 14.</c>

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If<00:24:17.200><c> you</c><00:24:17.420><c> come</c><00:24:17.619><c> to</c><00:24:19.099><c> the</c><00:24:20.119><c> first</c><00:24:21.920><c> of</c><00:24:22.140><c> Kings</c><00:24:22.380><c> chapter</c><00:24:22.839><c> 9</c><00:24:23.359><c> however</c>

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no<00:24:24.859><c> perhaps</c><00:24:25.180><c> the</c><00:24:25.380><c> second</c><00:24:25.599><c> of</c><00:24:25.799><c> Chronicles</c><00:24:26.119><c> chapter</c><00:24:26.440><c> 2</c><00:24:26.660><c> would</c>

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be<00:24:27.039><c> better</c>

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in<00:24:28.079><c> the</c><00:24:28.299><c> second</c><00:24:28.519><c> of</c><00:24:28.720><c> Chronicles</c><00:24:29.099><c> chapter</c><00:24:29.440><c> 2</c>

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we<00:24:30.640><c> find</c><00:24:30.980><c> that</c><00:24:31.240><c> the</c><00:24:31.460><c> other</c><00:24:32.680><c> 150</c><00:24:33.579><c>,000</c><00:24:34.299><c> of</c><00:24:34.559><c> the</c><00:24:34.720><c> total</c><00:24:34.920><c> of</c><00:24:35.099><c> 160</c>

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were<00:24:37.640><c> in</c><00:24:37.920><c> fact</c><00:24:38.200><c> a</c><00:24:38.579><c> levy</c><00:24:39.339><c> of</c><00:24:40.119><c> strangers</c><00:24:40.740><c> in</c><00:24:41.119><c> the</c><00:24:41.359><c> land.</c>

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So<00:24:42.579><c> we're</c><00:24:42.779><c> told</c><00:24:43.200><c> in</c><00:24:43.500><c> the</c><00:24:43.859><c> second</c><00:24:44.079><c> of</c><00:24:44.299><c> Chronicles</c><00:24:44.619><c> chapter</c><00:24:44.920><c> 2</c>

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and<00:24:45.319><c> verse</c><00:24:45.500><c> 17</c>

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and<00:24:46.720><c> Solomon</c><00:24:47.000><c> numbered</c><00:24:47.420><c> all</c><00:24:47.759><c> the</c><00:24:48.119><c> strangers</c><00:24:48.539><c> that</c><00:24:48.759><c> were</c><00:24:48.920><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:49.079><c> land</c><00:24:49.259><c> of</c><00:24:49.460><c> Israel</c>

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after<00:24:50.740><c> the</c><00:24:50.960><c> numbering</c><00:24:51.259><c> where</c><00:24:51.400><c> with</c><00:24:51.599><c> David</c><00:24:51.880><c> his</c><00:24:52.180><c> father</c><00:24:52.460><c> had</c>

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numbered<00:24:52.920><c> them</c>

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and<00:24:53.500><c> they</c><00:24:53.700><c> were</c><00:24:53.920><c> found</c><00:24:54.119><c> 150</c><00:24:54.819><c>,000.</c>

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He<00:24:55.740><c> set</c><00:24:55.960><c> three</c><00:24:56.319><c> score</c><00:24:56.500><c> and</c><00:24:56.680><c> 10</c><00:24:56.859><c>,000</c><00:24:57.119><c> to</c><00:24:57.220><c> be</c><00:24:57.359><c> bearers</c><00:24:57.599><c> of</c><00:24:57.799><c> burden</c>

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four<00:24:59.119><c> score</c><00:24:59.420><c> thousand</c><00:24:59.759><c> to</c><00:24:59.900><c> be</c><00:25:00.119><c> hewers</c><00:25:00.299><c> in</c><00:25:00.480><c> the</c><00:25:00.619><c> mountains.</c>

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So<00:25:01.480><c> here</c><00:25:01.599><c> we</c><00:25:01.740><c> have</c><00:25:01.839><c> the</c><00:25:02.059><c> same</c><00:25:02.299><c> numbers</c><00:25:02.759><c> as</c><00:25:03.220><c> the</c><00:25:03.380><c> first</c><00:25:03.559><c> of</c><00:25:03.779><c> Kings</c><00:25:04.019><c> chapter</c><00:25:04.440><c> 5</c>

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but<00:25:05.359><c> we're</c><00:25:05.700><c> specifically</c><00:25:06.059><c> told</c><00:25:06.460><c> here</c><00:25:06.819><c> that</c><00:25:07.299><c> they</c><00:25:07.579><c> were</c><00:25:07.779><c> in</c>

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fact<00:25:08.140><c> all</c><00:25:08.640><c> strangers.</c>

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Verse<00:25:10.019><c> 17.</c>

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So<00:25:11.380><c> there</c><00:25:11.480><c> were</c><00:25:11.680><c> 10</c><00:25:11.960><c>,000</c><00:25:12.359><c> Israelites</c><00:25:12.900><c> under</c><00:25:13.359><c> levy</c>

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:19.160
but<00:25:14.160><c> 150</c><00:25:15.180><c>,000</c><00:25:16.059><c> strangers</c><00:25:16.839><c> that</c><00:25:17.640><c> were</c><00:25:17.960><c> employed</c><00:25:18.380><c> by</c><00:25:18.819><c> Solomon</c>

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on<00:25:19.619><c> his</c><00:25:19.819><c> building</c><00:25:20.200><c> projects</c>

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:23.700
and<00:25:21.240><c> Adoniram</c><00:25:21.619><c> was</c><00:25:21.900><c> in</c><00:25:22.200><c> charge</c><00:25:22.420><c> not</c><00:25:22.680><c> just</c><00:25:22.900><c> of</c><00:25:23.180><c> taxation</c>

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but<00:25:24.240><c> in</c><00:25:24.519><c> charge</c><00:25:24.740><c> of</c><00:25:25.039><c> all</c><00:25:25.279><c> of</c><00:25:25.460><c> this</c><00:25:26.119><c> levied</c><00:25:27.160><c> tribute</c><00:25:27.539><c> upon</c><00:25:28.000><c> the</c><00:25:28.460><c> strangers</c>

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concerning<00:25:29.839><c> their</c><00:25:30.500><c> employment</c><00:25:31.059><c> under</c><00:25:31.480><c> the</c><00:25:31.660><c> hand</c><00:25:31.940><c> of</c><00:25:32.579><c> Solomon.</c>

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When<00:25:33.779><c> the</c><00:25:34.779><c> temple</c><00:25:35.059><c> was</c><00:25:35.380><c> finished</c>

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we<00:25:36.339><c> believe</c><00:25:36.640><c> that</c><00:25:36.880><c> those</c><00:25:37.220><c> same</c><00:25:37.480><c> people</c><00:25:37.799><c> were</c><00:25:38.059><c> actually</c><00:25:38.480><c> redeployed</c><00:25:39.119><c> onto</c>

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other<00:25:39.640><c> projects.</c>

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If<00:25:40.819><c> you</c><00:25:40.980><c> come</c><00:25:41.180><c> to</c><00:25:41.319><c> the</c><00:25:41.420><c> first</c><00:25:41.640><c> of</c><00:25:41.859><c> Kings</c><00:25:42.099><c> chapter</c><00:25:42.500><c> 9</c>

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we're<00:25:45.180><c> told</c><00:25:45.500><c> there</c><00:25:46.519><c> that</c><00:25:47.640><c> in</c><00:25:48.980><c> the</c><00:25:49.180><c> first</c><00:25:49.380><c> of</c><00:25:49.579><c> Kings</c><00:25:49.779><c> chapter</c><00:25:50.079><c> 9</c>

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and<00:25:50.579><c> verse</c><00:25:50.819><c> 15</c>

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this<00:25:52.140><c> is</c><00:25:52.339><c> the</c><00:25:52.420><c> reason</c><00:25:52.680><c> of</c><00:25:52.859><c> the</c><00:25:53.019><c> levy</c><00:25:53.200><c> which</c><00:25:53.440><c> King</c><00:25:53.700><c> Solomon</c><00:25:54.119><c> raised</c>

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for<00:25:55.359><c> to</c><00:25:55.559><c> build</c><00:25:55.759><c> the</c><00:25:55.980><c> house</c><00:25:56.140><c> of</c><00:25:56.400><c> Yahweh.</c>

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So<00:25:57.400><c> there</c><00:25:57.579><c> was</c><00:25:57.740><c> the</c><00:25:57.960><c> original</c><00:25:58.420><c> reason</c>

00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:02.579
but<00:25:59.599><c> also</c><00:26:00.099><c> to</c><00:26:00.339><c> build</c><00:26:00.460><c> his</c><00:26:00.660><c> own</c><00:26:00.819><c> house</c><00:26:01.240><c> and</c><00:26:01.619><c> Melo</c><00:26:02.019><c> and</c><00:26:02.299><c> the</c><00:26:02.500><c> wall</c>

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of<00:26:02.819><c> Jerusalem</c>

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and<00:26:03.619><c> Hatsor</c><00:26:04.000><c> and</c><00:26:04.339><c> Megiddo</c><00:26:04.779><c> and</c><00:26:05.140><c> Giza.</c>

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Verse<00:26:07.400><c> 20</c><00:26:07.759><c> says,</c>

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And<00:26:08.740><c> all</c><00:26:09.140><c> the</c><00:26:09.319><c> people</c><00:26:09.519><c> that</c><00:26:09.640><c> were</c><00:26:09.900><c> left</c><00:26:10.079><c> of</c><00:26:10.279><c> the</c><00:26:10.519><c> Amorites,</c>

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Hittites,<00:26:12.460><c> Perizzites,</c>

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Hivites,<00:26:14.579><c> Jebusites,</c><00:26:15.460><c> which</c><00:26:15.720><c> were</c><00:26:16.160><c> not</c><00:26:16.400><c> of</c><00:26:16.579><c> the</c><00:26:16.720><c> children</c><00:26:17.019><c> of</c><00:26:17.200><c> Israel</c>

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:20.160
their<00:26:18.279><c> children</c><00:26:18.700><c> that</c><00:26:18.859><c> were</c><00:26:19.019><c> left</c><00:26:19.240><c> after</c><00:26:19.539><c> them</c><00:26:19.660><c> in</c><00:26:19.779><c> the</c><00:26:19.940><c> land</c>

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whom<00:26:20.299><c> the</c><00:26:20.460><c> children</c><00:26:20.720><c> of</c><00:26:20.819><c> Israel</c><00:26:21.200><c> also</c><00:26:21.559><c> were</c><00:26:21.740><c> not</c><00:26:21.900><c> able</c><00:26:22.099><c> utterly</c><00:26:22.319><c> to</c><00:26:22.619><c> destroy</c>

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upon<00:26:23.819><c> those</c><00:26:24.779><c> did</c><00:26:25.220><c> Solomon</c><00:26:26.319><c> levy</c><00:26:27.059><c> a</c><00:26:27.599><c> tribute</c><00:26:28.019><c> of</c><00:26:28.619><c> bond</c><00:26:28.980><c> service</c>

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unto<00:26:29.859><c> this</c><00:26:30.240><c> day.</c>

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So<00:26:30.960><c> there's</c><00:26:31.279><c> where</c><00:26:31.480><c> the</c><00:26:31.720><c> 150</c><00:26:32.420><c>,000</c><00:26:33.079><c> people</c><00:26:33.420><c> have</c><00:26:33.640><c> come</c><00:26:33.799><c> from.</c>

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:37.279
They<00:26:34.579><c> are</c><00:26:34.859><c> the</c><00:26:35.059><c> remnants</c><00:26:35.400><c> of</c><00:26:35.680><c> the</c><00:26:35.859><c> Amorites,</c><00:26:36.359><c> Hittites,</c><00:26:36.819><c> Perizzites,</c>

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Hivites,<00:26:38.299><c> Jebusites</c><00:26:38.980><c> that</c><00:26:39.500><c> were</c><00:26:39.759><c> still</c><00:26:40.099><c> in</c><00:26:40.359><c> existence</c><00:26:40.680><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:41.000><c> land.</c>

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And<00:26:41.839><c> most</c><00:26:42.119><c> of</c><00:26:42.339><c> these</c><00:26:42.700><c> were</c><00:26:43.059><c> in</c><00:26:43.160><c> fact</c><00:26:43.400><c> given</c><00:26:43.640><c> to</c><00:26:43.859><c> be</c><00:26:44.099><c> hewers</c><00:26:44.359><c> of</c><00:26:44.700><c> stone.</c>

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:48.539
Now<00:26:45.960><c> that</c><00:26:46.519><c> sort</c><00:26:46.720><c> of</c><00:26:46.900><c> reminds</c><00:26:47.119><c> us</c><00:26:47.299><c> of</c><00:26:47.440><c> another</c><00:26:47.640><c> group</c><00:26:47.900><c> actually.</c>

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:51.279
What<00:26:49.140><c> does</c><00:26:49.299><c> that</c><00:26:49.539><c> sort</c><00:26:49.680><c> of</c><00:26:49.920><c> remind</c><00:26:50.099><c> us</c><00:26:50.319><c> of</c><00:26:50.460><c> from</c><00:26:50.859><c> earlier</c>

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times,<00:26:52.319><c> scripturally?</c>

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Yes,<00:26:56.420><c> it</c><00:26:56.559><c> reminds</c><00:26:56.839><c> us</c><00:26:57.059><c> of</c><00:26:57.660><c> the</c><00:26:57.720><c> of</c><00:26:57.720><c> the</c><00:26:57.880><c> Gibeonites.</c>

00:26:58.900 --> 00:27:01.380
Now<00:26:59.279><c> whereabouts</c><00:26:59.740><c> is</c><00:26:59.940><c> that?</c><00:27:00.059><c> That's</c><00:27:00.299><c> in</c><00:27:00.420><c> Joshua</c><00:27:00.759><c> chapter</c><00:27:01.099><c> 9,</c>

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isn't<00:27:01.539><c> it?</c>

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We<00:27:01.720><c> might</c><00:27:01.900><c> just</c><00:27:02.079><c> have</c><00:27:02.200><c> a</c><00:27:02.279><c> look</c><00:27:02.380><c> at</c><00:27:02.539><c> that.</c>

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:05.900
Joshua<00:27:04.039><c> did</c><00:27:04.240><c> something</c><00:27:04.500><c> very</c><00:27:04.859><c> similar,</c><00:27:05.140><c> didn't</c><00:27:05.339><c> he,</c><00:27:05.539><c> with</c>

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.960
the<00:27:06.059><c> Gibeonites</c>

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:11.640
except<00:27:07.480><c> they</c><00:27:07.700><c> weren't</c><00:27:08.019><c> hewers</c><00:27:08.359><c> of</c><00:27:08.799><c> stone.</c><00:27:09.880><c> They</c><00:27:10.039><c> were</c><00:27:10.299><c> something</c><00:27:10.579><c> else.</c>

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:15.940
Joshua<00:27:12.079><c> chapter</c><00:27:12.380><c> 9</c><00:27:12.700><c> tells</c><00:27:13.039><c> us</c><00:27:13.579><c> in</c><00:27:13.960><c> verses</c><00:27:14.359><c> 26</c><00:27:14.940><c> and</c><00:27:15.180><c> 27</c>

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:19.980
and<00:27:16.619><c> so</c><00:27:17.039><c> he</c><00:27:17.240><c> did</c><00:27:17.460><c> unto</c><00:27:17.660><c> them</c><00:27:18.039><c> and</c><00:27:18.420><c> delivered</c><00:27:18.700><c> them</c><00:27:18.960><c> out</c><00:27:19.279><c> of</c><00:27:19.539><c> the</c>

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:21.119
hand<00:27:20.119><c> of</c><00:27:20.279><c> the</c><00:27:20.420><c> children</c><00:27:20.640><c> of</c><00:27:20.779><c> Israel</c>

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:25.240
that<00:27:21.359><c> they</c><00:27:21.720><c> slew</c><00:27:21.900><c> them</c><00:27:22.119><c> not</c><00:27:22.380><c> but</c><00:27:22.819><c> he</c><00:27:23.059><c> in</c><00:27:23.240><c> fact</c><00:27:23.460><c> made</c><00:27:23.859><c> them</c><00:27:24.180><c> that</c><00:27:24.500><c> day</c>

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:30.059
hewers<00:27:25.859><c> of</c><00:27:26.339><c> wood</c><00:27:26.619><c> and</c><00:27:27.579><c> jurors</c><00:27:28.019><c> of</c><00:27:28.420><c> water</c><00:27:28.819><c> for</c><00:27:29.200><c> the</c><00:27:29.460><c> congregation</c>

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:33.180
and<00:27:30.559><c> for</c><00:27:30.839><c> the</c><00:27:31.000><c> altar</c><00:27:31.160><c> of</c><00:27:31.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:31.900><c> even</c><00:27:32.319><c> unto</c><00:27:32.500><c> this</c><00:27:32.779><c> day</c><00:27:32.920><c> in</c><00:27:33.059><c> the</c>

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.259
place<00:27:33.339><c> which</c><00:27:33.519><c> he</c><00:27:33.680><c> should</c><00:27:33.900><c> choose.</c>

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:38.259
What<00:27:34.720><c> did</c><00:27:34.839><c> they</c><00:27:35.059><c> later</c><00:27:35.240><c> come</c><00:27:35.460><c> to</c><00:27:35.579><c> be</c><00:27:35.720><c> known</c><00:27:35.900><c> as,</c><00:27:37.079><c> the</c><00:27:37.140><c> Gibeonites?</c>

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:42.839
They<00:27:41.180><c> came</c><00:27:41.559><c> to</c><00:27:41.680><c> be</c><00:27:41.759><c> known</c><00:27:41.960><c> as</c><00:27:42.200><c> the</c><00:27:42.559><c> Nephilim.</c>

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:45.559
Yes,<00:27:43.500><c> coming</c><00:27:43.740><c> from</c><00:27:43.940><c> someone</c><00:27:44.160><c> who</c><00:27:44.559><c> I</c><00:27:44.799><c> know</c><00:27:44.940><c> has</c><00:27:45.099><c> done</c><00:27:45.160><c> a</c><00:27:45.380><c> small</c>

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:47.420
project<00:27:45.940><c> on</c><00:27:47.019><c> that</c><00:27:47.119><c> matter.</c>

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:50.539
So<00:27:47.980><c> let's</c><00:27:48.319><c> just</c><00:27:48.599><c> summarise</c><00:27:48.980><c> what</c><00:27:49.160><c> we've</c><00:27:49.980><c> found</c><00:27:50.180><c> there.</c>

00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:54.819
We<00:27:51.059><c> have</c><00:27:51.240><c> a</c><00:27:51.380><c> reference</c><00:27:51.680><c> therefore</c><00:27:52.240><c> to</c><00:27:52.880><c> the</c><00:27:53.400><c> servants</c><00:27:53.740><c> of</c><00:27:54.400><c> Solomon.</c>

00:27:54.819 --> 00:28:00.819
Just<00:27:55.700><c> as</c><00:27:56.099><c> the</c><00:27:56.500><c> Nephilim</c><00:27:56.819><c> were</c><00:27:57.059><c> made</c><00:27:57.700><c> hewers</c><00:27:58.140><c> of</c><00:27:58.579><c> wood</c><00:27:58.920><c> in</c><00:27:59.599><c> Joshua</c><00:27:59.940><c> chapter</c><00:28:00.299><c> 9</c>

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:04.559
so<00:28:01.160><c> now</c><00:28:01.420><c> we</c><00:28:01.579><c> have</c><00:28:01.759><c> other</c><00:28:02.039><c> people</c><00:28:02.319><c> being</c><00:28:02.619><c> made</c><00:28:02.900><c> now</c><00:28:03.420><c> hewers</c><00:28:03.799><c> of</c><00:28:04.200><c> stone.</c>

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:07.700
In<00:28:05.099><c> fact</c><00:28:05.259><c> you'll</c><00:28:05.519><c> find</c><00:28:05.720><c> that</c><00:28:05.880><c> it</c><00:28:05.940><c> was</c><00:28:06.180><c> David</c><00:28:06.579><c> that</c><00:28:06.779><c> began</c><00:28:07.079><c> the</c><00:28:07.339><c> practice</c>

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:10.720
in<00:28:08.180><c> the</c><00:28:08.319><c> 1st</c><00:28:08.579><c> of</c><00:28:08.740><c> Chronicles</c><00:28:09.119><c> chapter</c><00:28:09.460><c> 22</c><00:28:09.880><c> verse</c><00:28:10.240><c> 2</c>

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but<00:28:11.160><c> what</c><00:28:11.440><c> Solomon</c><00:28:11.779><c> has</c><00:28:12.039><c> done</c><00:28:12.180><c> now</c><00:28:12.519><c> is</c><00:28:12.720><c> to</c><00:28:12.960><c> extend</c><00:28:13.359><c> that</c><00:28:13.619><c> into</c>

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:15.519
a<00:28:14.059><c> very</c><00:28:14.400><c> large</c><00:28:14.720><c> group</c><00:28:14.940><c> of</c><00:28:15.200><c> people</c>

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:19.180
1st<00:28:16.019><c> of</c><00:28:16.160><c> Kings</c><00:28:16.359><c> chapter</c><00:28:16.660><c> 5</c><00:28:17.160><c> and</c><00:28:17.500><c> 2nd</c><00:28:17.779><c> of</c><00:28:17.940><c> Chronicles</c><00:28:18.359><c> chapter</c><00:28:18.640><c> 2</c>

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:21.960
and<00:28:19.480><c> that</c><00:28:19.599><c> they</c><00:28:19.759><c> were</c><00:28:19.940><c> later</c><00:28:20.220><c> redeployed</c><00:28:20.819><c> onto</c><00:28:21.059><c> other</c><00:28:21.380><c> projects.</c>

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:31.339
Now<00:28:22.980><c> interestingly</c><00:28:23.619><c> enough</c><00:28:24.140><c> when</c><00:28:24.720><c> the</c><00:28:26.279><c> return</c><00:28:26.779><c> from</c><00:28:27.180><c> the</c><00:28:27.480><c> exile</c><00:28:28.079><c> occurred</c><00:28:28.740><c> under</c><00:28:29.440><c> Ezra</c><00:28:30.079><c> and</c><00:28:30.539><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:33.579
and<00:28:31.519><c> we</c><00:28:31.579><c> might</c><00:28:31.779><c> just</c><00:28:32.019><c> turn</c><00:28:32.119><c> to</c><00:28:32.279><c> just</c><00:28:32.519><c> one</c><00:28:32.640><c> of</c><00:28:32.740><c> these</c><00:28:32.980><c> references</c><00:28:33.339><c> because</c>

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.559
our<00:28:33.839><c> time</c><00:28:34.000><c> is</c><00:28:34.119><c> running</c><00:28:34.319><c> out</c>

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:38.460
but<00:28:34.880><c> in</c><00:28:35.200><c> Nehemiah</c><00:28:35.700><c> chapter</c><00:28:36.079><c> 11</c><00:28:36.519><c> and</c><00:28:36.740><c> verse</c><00:28:37.140><c> 3</c>

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:43.339
we<00:28:39.420><c> have</c><00:28:39.579><c> we</c><00:28:39.960><c> believe</c><00:28:40.339><c> a</c><00:28:40.759><c> reference</c><00:28:41.119><c> to</c><00:28:41.359><c> this</c><00:28:41.680><c> group</c><00:28:41.980><c> of</c><00:28:42.339><c> people</c><00:28:42.900><c> upon</c>

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:47.200
whom<00:28:43.680><c> Solomon</c><00:28:44.380><c> levied</c><00:28:45.079><c> a</c><00:28:45.400><c> tribute</c><00:28:45.779><c> of</c><00:28:46.140><c> bond</c><00:28:46.500><c> service.</c>

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:50.299
Nehemiah<00:28:48.200><c> chapter</c><00:28:48.539><c> 11</c><00:28:48.920><c> verse</c><00:28:49.339><c> 3</c><00:28:49.799><c> says</c>

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:53.740
Now<00:28:51.059><c> these</c><00:28:51.380><c> are</c><00:28:51.640><c> the</c><00:28:51.799><c> chief</c><00:28:52.000><c> of</c><00:28:52.200><c> the</c><00:28:52.420><c> province</c><00:28:52.680><c> that</c><00:28:52.900><c> dwelt</c><00:28:53.079><c> in</c><00:28:53.259><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:56.900
but<00:28:54.220><c> in</c><00:28:54.420><c> the</c><00:28:54.579><c> cities</c><00:28:54.819><c> of</c><00:28:55.039><c> Judah</c><00:28:55.220><c> everyone</c><00:28:55.680><c> dwelt</c><00:28:55.940><c> in</c><00:28:56.079><c> his</c><00:28:56.259><c> possession</c><00:28:56.660><c> in</c>

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.480
their<00:28:57.099><c> cities</c>

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to<00:28:57.740><c> wit</c><00:28:58.240><c> Israel</c><00:28:59.000><c> the</c><00:28:59.759><c> priests,</c><00:29:01.140><c> the</c><00:29:01.259><c> Levites,</c><00:29:02.460><c> the</c><00:29:02.799><c> Nephilim</c>

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:08.400
and<00:29:04.859><c> the</c><00:29:05.539><c> children</c><00:29:06.000><c> of</c><00:29:06.460><c> Solomon's</c><00:29:07.440><c> servants.</c>

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So<00:29:08.680><c> we</c><00:29:08.819><c> have</c><00:29:08.960><c> a</c><00:29:09.160><c> particular</c><00:29:09.480><c> group</c><00:29:09.799><c> here</c><00:29:10.019><c> known</c><00:29:10.200><c> as</c><00:29:10.380><c> the</c><00:29:10.579><c> children</c><00:29:10.920><c> of</c>

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Solomon's<00:29:12.779><c> servants</c>

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and<00:29:13.519><c> we</c><00:29:13.640><c> believe</c><00:29:13.960><c> that</c><00:29:14.220><c> that</c><00:29:14.480><c> group,</c><00:29:15.119><c> Solomon's</c><00:29:15.819><c> servants,</c>

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:20.440
were<00:29:16.720><c> in</c><00:29:16.920><c> fact</c><00:29:17.160><c> the</c><00:29:17.440><c> 150</c><00:29:18.319><c>,000</c><00:29:19.599><c> strangers</c>

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:23.859
from<00:29:21.079><c> the</c><00:29:21.359><c> remnants</c><00:29:21.680><c> of</c><00:29:21.920><c> the</c><00:29:22.059><c> other</c><00:29:22.240><c> nations</c><00:29:22.799><c> that</c><00:29:23.259><c> he</c><00:29:23.559><c> levied</c>

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:27.160
and<00:29:24.079><c> here</c><00:29:24.339><c> they</c><00:29:24.539><c> are</c><00:29:24.720><c> now</c><00:29:24.960><c> at</c><00:29:25.200><c> the</c><00:29:25.500><c> time</c><00:29:25.859><c> of</c><00:29:26.200><c> the</c><00:29:26.480><c> return</c><00:29:26.799><c> from</c>

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:28.039
the<00:29:27.480><c> exile</c>

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they<00:29:28.799><c> are</c><00:29:29.099><c> still</c><00:29:29.640><c> a</c><00:29:30.119><c> recognisable</c><00:29:30.759><c> body</c><00:29:31.140><c> and</c><00:29:31.539><c> they</c><00:29:31.799><c> came</c><00:29:32.039><c> back</c>

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:34.519
to<00:29:32.960><c> the</c><00:29:33.099><c> land</c><00:29:33.200><c> with</c><00:29:33.440><c> Ezra</c><00:29:33.819><c> and</c><00:29:34.039><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:38.779
Why<00:29:35.000><c> did</c><00:29:35.180><c> Ezra</c><00:29:35.500><c> and</c><00:29:35.619><c> Nehemiah</c><00:29:36.140><c> bring</c><00:29:36.759><c> the</c><00:29:37.480><c> children</c><00:29:37.740><c> of</c><00:29:37.900><c> Solomon's</c><00:29:38.359><c> servants</c><00:29:38.559><c> back</c>

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with<00:29:39.000><c> them?</c>

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Why?<00:29:40.140><c> Well</c><00:29:40.299><c> because</c><00:29:40.500><c> they're</c><00:29:41.059><c> hewers</c><00:29:41.259><c> of</c><00:29:41.559><c> stone</c><00:29:41.759><c> and</c><00:29:41.880><c> they're</c>

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:44.460
going<00:29:42.240><c> back</c><00:29:42.440><c> to</c><00:29:42.640><c> rebuild</c><00:29:42.940><c> the</c><00:29:43.160><c> wall</c><00:29:43.299><c> and</c><00:29:43.519><c> to</c><00:29:43.680><c> rebuild</c><00:29:43.940><c> the</c><00:29:44.160><c> temple</c>

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:48.000
so<00:29:44.980><c> back</c><00:29:45.240><c> with</c><00:29:45.779><c> Ezra</c><00:29:46.279><c> and</c><00:29:46.519><c> Nehemiah</c><00:29:46.839><c> went</c><00:29:47.039><c> the</c><00:29:47.220><c> Nephilim,</c><00:29:47.859><c> the</c>

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hewers<00:29:48.200><c> of</c><00:29:48.460><c> wood</c>

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:51.099
and<00:29:49.119><c> Solomon's</c><00:29:49.740><c> servants,</c><00:29:50.220><c> the</c><00:29:50.319><c> hewers</c><00:29:50.539><c> of</c><00:29:50.839><c> stone.</c>

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:54.119
So<00:29:51.799><c> right</c><00:29:52.119><c> through</c><00:29:52.259><c> until</c><00:29:52.539><c> the</c><00:29:52.819><c> return</c><00:29:53.039><c> after</c><00:29:53.359><c> the</c><00:29:53.640><c> exile</c>

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:57.579
this<00:29:54.759><c> group</c><00:29:54.940><c> of</c><00:29:55.259><c> people,</c><00:29:56.000><c> this</c><00:29:56.119><c> group</c><00:29:56.339><c> of</c><00:29:56.619><c> bond</c><00:29:56.900><c> slaves</c><00:29:57.259><c> that</c>

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.539
laboured<00:29:57.819><c> under</c><00:29:58.119><c> Solomon</c>

00:29:58.539 --> 00:30:03.440
are<00:29:59.039><c> still</c><00:29:59.319><c> to</c><00:29:59.480><c> be</c><00:29:59.660><c> found</c><00:29:59.980><c> in</c><00:30:00.500><c> the</c><00:30:01.460><c> history</c><00:30:01.980><c> of</c><00:30:02.359><c> the</c><00:30:02.519><c> nation.</c>

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:07.319
Now<00:30:04.859><c> why</c><00:30:05.220><c> have</c><00:30:05.380><c> we</c><00:30:05.680><c> looked</c><00:30:05.960><c> at</c><00:30:06.059><c> all</c><00:30:06.220><c> of</c><00:30:06.380><c> that?</c><00:30:06.799><c> You</c><00:30:06.920><c> can</c><00:30:07.160><c> have</c><00:30:07.279><c> a</c>

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.319
look<00:30:07.440><c> at</c><00:30:07.500><c> that</c><00:30:07.680><c> later</c><00:30:07.940><c> on.</c>

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:11.140
Why<00:30:09.180><c> have</c><00:30:09.400><c> we</c><00:30:09.480><c> looked</c><00:30:09.680><c> at</c><00:30:09.799><c> all</c><00:30:09.960><c> of</c><00:30:10.099><c> that?</c><00:30:10.440><c> Well</c><00:30:10.460><c> because</c>

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interestingly<00:30:11.640><c> enough</c>

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what<00:30:12.460><c> we're</c><00:30:12.740><c> saying</c><00:30:13.039><c> therefore</c><00:30:13.519><c> is</c><00:30:14.140><c> that</c><00:30:14.339><c> a</c><00:30:14.539><c> large</c><00:30:14.819><c> part</c><00:30:15.079><c> of</c>

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.920
the<00:30:15.420><c> building</c><00:30:15.680><c> activity</c><00:30:16.140><c> of</c><00:30:16.339><c> the</c><00:30:16.519><c> temple</c>

00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:19.900
because<00:30:17.500><c> it</c><00:30:17.640><c> was</c><00:30:17.859><c> such</c><00:30:18.059><c> a</c><00:30:18.279><c> vast</c><00:30:18.619><c> undertaking</c>

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:24.900
was<00:30:21.059><c> in</c><00:30:21.339><c> fact</c><00:30:21.839><c> organised</c><00:30:22.559><c> by</c><00:30:22.960><c> means</c><00:30:23.299><c> of</c><00:30:23.619><c> this</c><00:30:24.220><c> tribute</c><00:30:24.579><c> upon</c>

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the<00:30:25.319><c> strangers.</c>

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So<00:30:26.680><c> we're</c><00:30:26.980><c> told</c><00:30:27.220><c> for</c><00:30:27.440><c> example</c><00:30:27.920><c> here</c><00:30:28.500><c> in</c><00:30:29.400><c> the</c><00:30:29.700><c> record,</c><00:30:30.339><c> one</c><00:30:30.559><c> of</c>

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:32.079
which<00:30:30.859><c> we've</c><00:30:31.180><c> read</c><00:30:31.440><c> this</c><00:30:31.740><c> morning</c>

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:34.779
that<00:30:32.640><c> Solomon</c><00:30:33.039><c> numbered</c><00:30:33.480><c> all</c><00:30:33.859><c> the</c><00:30:34.200><c> strangers</c>

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:39.799
and<00:30:35.500><c> he</c><00:30:35.759><c> set</c><00:30:35.940><c> three</c><00:30:36.380><c> score</c><00:30:36.720><c> and</c><00:30:37.180><c> 10</c><00:30:37.480><c>,000</c><00:30:37.960><c> of</c><00:30:38.160><c> them</c><00:30:38.319><c> to</c><00:30:38.559><c> be</c><00:30:38.779><c> bearers</c><00:30:39.200><c> of</c><00:30:39.420><c> burdens</c>

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:43.240
and<00:30:40.700><c> hewers</c><00:30:41.059><c> of</c><00:30:41.519><c> stone</c><00:30:41.759><c> in</c><00:30:42.079><c> the</c><00:30:42.259><c> mountains.</c>

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:46.480
Now<00:30:43.539><c> the</c><00:30:43.720><c> interesting</c><00:30:44.099><c> thing</c><00:30:44.339><c> of</c><00:30:44.500><c> course</c><00:30:44.680><c> is</c><00:30:45.180><c> that</c><00:30:45.579><c> in</c><00:30:45.779><c> all</c><00:30:45.940><c> of</c><00:30:46.180><c> this</c>

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:50.359
we<00:30:46.839><c> have</c><00:30:47.039><c> an</c><00:30:47.259><c> echo</c><00:30:47.539><c> of</c><00:30:47.839><c> the</c><00:30:48.119><c> time</c><00:30:48.319><c> of</c><00:30:48.559><c> Christ,</c><00:30:49.160><c> don't</c><00:30:49.460><c> we?</c>

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:54.680
Because<00:30:51.220><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:51.720><c> chapter</c><00:30:52.059><c> 60</c><00:30:52.500><c> takes</c><00:30:52.819><c> up</c><00:30:53.059><c> that</c><00:30:53.319><c> story</c><00:30:53.799><c> and</c><00:30:54.380><c> says</c>

00:30:54.680 --> 00:31:01.019
and<00:30:55.380><c> the</c><00:30:55.640><c> sons</c><00:30:56.220><c> of</c><00:30:56.940><c> strangers</c><00:30:57.680><c> shall</c><00:30:58.680><c> build</c><00:30:59.400><c> thy</c><00:30:59.819><c> walls</c>

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:03.599
and<00:31:01.839><c> their</c><00:31:02.119><c> kings</c><00:31:02.440><c> shall</c><00:31:02.700><c> minister</c><00:31:03.019><c> unto</c><00:31:03.279><c> thee</c>

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:05.740
therefore<00:31:04.099><c> thy</c><00:31:04.420><c> gates</c><00:31:04.660><c> shall</c><00:31:04.859><c> be</c><00:31:05.039><c> opened</c><00:31:05.220><c> continually</c>

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:09.259
that<00:31:06.019><c> men</c><00:31:06.400><c> may</c><00:31:06.700><c> bring</c><00:31:06.839><c> unto</c><00:31:07.099><c> thee</c><00:31:07.279><c> the</c><00:31:07.759><c> forces</c><00:31:08.160><c> of</c><00:31:08.500><c> the</c><00:31:08.680><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:12.880
That<00:31:09.700><c> word</c><00:31:09.980><c> forces</c><00:31:10.440><c> by</c><00:31:10.740><c> the</c><00:31:10.900><c> way</c><00:31:11.319><c> in</c><00:31:11.660><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:12.059><c> is</c><00:31:12.519><c> normally</c>

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:14.440
translated<00:31:13.579><c> wealth</c>

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:18.839
but<00:31:14.640><c> in</c><00:31:15.000><c> fact</c><00:31:15.259><c> the</c><00:31:15.640><c> word</c><00:31:15.839><c> can</c><00:31:16.160><c> relate</c><00:31:16.519><c> to</c><00:31:17.240><c> a</c><00:31:17.460><c> multitude</c><00:31:17.880><c> of</c><00:31:18.200><c> people,</c><00:31:18.720><c> the</c>

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.599
hosts<00:31:19.119><c> of</c><00:31:19.359><c> people.</c>

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:23.539
The<00:31:20.039><c> hosts</c><00:31:20.440><c> of</c><00:31:20.819><c> the</c><00:31:21.099><c> Gentiles</c><00:31:21.940><c> are</c><00:31:22.420><c> brought</c><00:31:22.700><c> unto</c><00:31:22.980><c> Israel</c>

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:26.880
and<00:31:23.980><c> some</c><00:31:24.220><c> of</c><00:31:24.400><c> those</c><00:31:24.619><c> hosts</c><00:31:24.920><c> are</c><00:31:25.220><c> used</c><00:31:25.500><c> in</c><00:31:25.740><c> the</c><00:31:25.920><c> building</c><00:31:26.259><c> projects.</c>

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:30.500
And<00:31:27.559><c> Zechariah</c><00:31:28.079><c> chapter</c><00:31:28.359><c> 6</c><00:31:28.859><c> takes</c><00:31:29.200><c> up</c><00:31:29.420><c> a</c><00:31:29.579><c> similar</c><00:31:29.940><c> theme</c><00:31:30.319><c> when</c>

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.119
it<00:31:30.740><c> says</c>

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:35.279
they<00:31:31.859><c> that</c><00:31:32.180><c> are</c><00:31:32.640><c> far</c><00:31:33.059><c> off,</c><00:31:33.559><c> that's</c><00:31:33.900><c> a</c><00:31:34.000><c> term</c><00:31:34.140><c> for</c><00:31:34.380><c> Gentiles,</c><00:31:34.900><c> isn't</c><00:31:34.920><c> it</c>

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:38.980
shall<00:31:35.680><c> come</c><00:31:36.099><c> and</c><00:31:36.799><c> build</c><00:31:37.240><c> in</c><00:31:37.779><c> the</c><00:31:37.940><c> temple</c><00:31:38.259><c> of</c><00:31:38.500><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:43.019
That<00:31:39.519><c> all</c><00:31:39.720><c> was</c><00:31:39.960><c> born</c><00:31:40.160><c> out</c><00:31:40.380><c> of</c><00:31:40.539><c> the</c><00:31:40.740><c> story</c><00:31:41.140><c> of</c><00:31:41.740><c> Solomon's</c><00:31:42.559><c> servants</c>

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:46.160
the<00:31:43.559><c> sons</c><00:31:43.900><c> of</c><00:31:44.279><c> strangers</c><00:31:44.680><c> that</c><00:31:45.259><c> were</c><00:31:45.480><c> brought</c><00:31:45.720><c> together</c>

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:49.519
in<00:31:46.579><c> order</c><00:31:46.799><c> to</c><00:31:47.059><c> help</c><00:31:47.319><c> build</c><00:31:47.720><c> the</c><00:31:47.920><c> temple</c><00:31:48.299><c> in</c><00:31:48.700><c> his</c><00:31:48.980><c> own</c><00:31:49.240><c> day.</c>

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:54.279
So<00:31:50.039><c> these</c><00:31:50.279><c> things</c><00:31:50.539><c> are</c><00:31:50.839><c> all</c><00:31:51.039><c> going</c><00:31:51.200><c> to</c><00:31:51.680><c> be</c><00:31:51.940><c> seen</c><00:31:52.259><c> to</c><00:31:52.720><c> have</c><00:31:53.039><c> a</c><00:31:53.480><c> foreshadowing</c>

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:59.019
that<00:31:54.559><c> points</c><00:31:54.960><c> forward</c><00:31:55.380><c> to</c><00:31:55.779><c> the</c><00:31:56.480><c> work</c><00:31:56.680><c> of</c><00:31:56.880><c> Christ</c><00:31:57.299><c> in</c><00:31:58.420><c> the</c><00:31:58.700><c> age</c>

00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:00.279
to<00:31:59.319><c> come.</c>

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:03.460
So<00:32:00.720><c> coming</c><00:32:00.900><c> back</c><00:32:01.180><c> then</c><00:32:01.339><c> to</c><00:32:01.480><c> the</c><00:32:01.559><c> first</c><00:32:01.779><c> of</c><00:32:01.980><c> Kings</c><00:32:02.180><c> chapter</c><00:32:02.599><c> 4</c>

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:07.799
we<00:32:04.480><c> pick</c><00:32:04.700><c> up</c><00:32:04.880><c> the</c><00:32:05.059><c> record</c><00:32:05.299><c> again</c><00:32:05.660><c> then</c><00:32:06.220><c> at</c><00:32:06.640><c> the</c><00:32:06.759><c> end</c><00:32:06.940><c> of</c><00:32:07.140><c> those</c>

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.619
first<00:32:08.140><c> few</c><00:32:08.319><c> verses</c>

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:14.359
on<00:32:08.839><c> the</c><00:32:09.039><c> government</c><00:32:09.359><c> of</c><00:32:10.180><c> Solomon</c><00:32:10.500><c> and</c><00:32:11.160><c> we</c><00:32:11.400><c> move</c><00:32:11.579><c> on</c><00:32:11.940><c> to</c><00:32:12.920><c> the</c><00:32:13.099><c> next</c><00:32:13.599><c> section</c><00:32:14.039><c> of</c>

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:15.839
the<00:32:14.539><c> chapter.</c>

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:21.279
First<00:32:17.200><c> of</c><00:32:17.400><c> Kings</c><00:32:17.640><c> chapter</c><00:32:17.960><c> 4</c><00:32:18.740><c> and</c><00:32:19.200><c> now</c><00:32:19.500><c> we've</c><00:32:19.799><c> come</c><00:32:20.019><c> to</c><00:32:20.160><c> verse</c><00:32:20.559><c> 7.</c>

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:26.339
And<00:32:21.779><c> from</c><00:32:22.160><c> this,</c><00:32:22.900><c> so</c><00:32:22.980><c> verses</c><00:32:23.259><c> 1</c><00:32:23.799><c>-6</c><00:32:24.420><c> really</c><00:32:24.839><c> gives</c><00:32:25.099><c> us</c><00:32:25.400><c> the</c><00:32:25.640><c> story</c><00:32:25.960><c> of</c>

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:28.460
Solomon's<00:32:27.400><c> government.</c>

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:35.140
Now<00:32:28.940><c> from</c><00:32:29.240><c> verses</c><00:32:29.660><c> 7</c><00:32:30.339><c>-19</c><00:32:31.160><c> we</c><00:32:31.859><c> have</c><00:32:32.119><c> the</c><00:32:32.319><c> detail</c><00:32:32.720><c> of</c><00:32:33.039><c> Solomon's</c><00:32:34.220><c> administrators</c>

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:38.359
and<00:32:35.900><c> in</c><00:32:36.180><c> fact</c><00:32:36.299><c> what</c><00:32:36.539><c> happened</c><00:32:36.859><c> here</c><00:32:37.200><c> was,</c><00:32:37.680><c> well</c><00:32:37.940><c> let's</c><00:32:38.200><c> have</c><00:32:38.359><c> a</c>

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:39.619
look<00:32:38.500><c> at</c><00:32:38.619><c> what</c><00:32:38.759><c> verse</c><00:32:38.920><c> 7</c><00:32:39.259><c> says.</c>

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:43.660
It<00:32:40.200><c> says</c><00:32:40.480><c> that</c><00:32:40.720><c> Solomon</c><00:32:41.019><c> had</c><00:32:41.279><c> 12</c><00:32:41.799><c> offices</c><00:32:42.400><c> over</c><00:32:42.859><c> all</c><00:32:43.059><c> Israel</c>

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:47.000
which<00:32:44.279><c> provided</c><00:32:44.859><c> vittles</c><00:32:45.319><c> for</c><00:32:45.599><c> the</c><00:32:45.799><c> king</c><00:32:45.960><c> and</c><00:32:46.140><c> his</c><00:32:46.380><c> household</c>

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:50.799
each<00:32:47.700><c> man</c><00:32:48.119><c> his</c><00:32:48.420><c> month</c><00:32:48.759><c> in</c><00:32:48.980><c> a</c><00:32:49.140><c> year</c><00:32:49.299><c> made</c><00:32:49.559><c> provision</c><00:32:49.960><c> and</c><00:32:50.380><c> these</c>

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:52.359
are<00:32:51.140><c> their</c><00:32:51.299><c> names.</c>

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:56.819
Now<00:32:53.259><c> what</c><00:32:53.640><c> we</c><00:32:53.839><c> have</c><00:32:54.000><c> therefore</c><00:32:54.319><c> is</c><00:32:54.599><c> 12</c><00:32:55.000><c> men</c><00:32:55.559><c> but</c><00:32:56.119><c> they're</c><00:32:56.440><c> not,</c>

00:32:57.019 --> 00:33:02.460
these<00:32:57.400><c> 12</c><00:32:57.700><c> men</c><00:32:58.019><c> are</c><00:32:58.359><c> not</c><00:32:58.579><c> in</c><00:32:58.859><c> fact</c><00:32:59.140><c> over</c><00:33:00.299><c> the</c><00:33:00.779><c> 12</c><00:33:01.359><c> tribes.</c>

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:04.960
They<00:33:02.799><c> are</c><00:33:03.099><c> in</c><00:33:03.279><c> fact,</c><00:33:03.420><c> that</c><00:33:03.619><c> might</c><00:33:03.799><c> be</c><00:33:03.960><c> a</c><00:33:03.960><c> little</c><00:33:04.200><c> bit</c><00:33:04.740><c> faint,</c>

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:08.059
but<00:33:05.579><c> they</c><00:33:05.759><c> are</c><00:33:06.039><c> in</c><00:33:06.200><c> fact</c><00:33:06.380><c> over</c><00:33:06.740><c> 12</c><00:33:07.339><c> districts.</c>

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:10.880
They<00:33:08.740><c> are</c><00:33:09.039><c> no</c><00:33:09.319><c> longer</c><00:33:09.660><c> over</c><00:33:10.079><c> the</c><00:33:10.480><c> tribes.</c>

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:15.039
It's<00:33:11.759><c> true</c><00:33:12.019><c> that</c><00:33:12.279><c> some</c><00:33:12.539><c> of</c><00:33:12.720><c> the</c><00:33:12.960><c> districts</c><00:33:13.339><c> are</c><00:33:13.819><c> similar</c><00:33:14.339><c> to</c>

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:16.240
tribal<00:33:15.559><c> divisions</c>

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:19.640
but<00:33:16.859><c> as</c><00:33:17.200><c> a</c><00:33:17.380><c> general</c><00:33:17.640><c> principle</c><00:33:18.099><c> we</c><00:33:18.299><c> have</c><00:33:18.539><c> now</c><00:33:18.799><c> the</c><00:33:18.920><c> land</c><00:33:19.180><c> of</c><00:33:19.319><c> Israel</c>

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:21.299
being<00:33:19.920><c> broken</c><00:33:20.160><c> up</c><00:33:20.319><c> in</c><00:33:20.500><c> quite</c><00:33:20.640><c> a</c><00:33:20.819><c> different</c><00:33:20.980><c> way.</c>

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:25.059
So<00:33:21.839><c> we</c><00:33:22.079><c> have</c><00:33:22.319><c> in</c><00:33:23.079><c> verse</c><00:33:23.420><c> 8,</c><00:33:23.960><c> notice</c><00:33:24.220><c> the</c><00:33:24.460><c> margin</c><00:33:24.680><c> by</c><00:33:24.880><c> the</c><00:33:24.980><c> way</c>

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.720
for<00:33:25.180><c> verse</c><00:33:25.400><c> 8,</c>

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:31.799
we<00:33:25.980><c> have</c><00:33:26.440><c> Ben</c><00:33:26.940><c>-her</c><00:33:27.220><c> and</c><00:33:28.339><c> Ben</c><00:33:28.980><c>-her,</c><00:33:29.599><c> he</c><00:33:29.940><c> actually</c><00:33:30.420><c> is</c><00:33:30.920><c> in</c><00:33:31.099><c> Mount</c><00:33:31.359><c> Ephraim,</c>

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:34.440
this<00:33:32.119><c> main</c><00:33:32.400><c> section</c><00:33:32.779><c> in</c><00:33:33.079><c> the</c><00:33:33.200><c> middle</c><00:33:33.400><c> here.</c>

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:41.460
And<00:33:35.640><c> then</c><00:33:35.880><c> in</c><00:33:36.279><c> verse</c><00:33:36.680><c> 9</c><00:33:37.339><c> we</c><00:33:37.940><c> have</c><00:33:38.079><c> the</c><00:33:38.299><c> son</c><00:33:38.420><c> of</c><00:33:38.799><c> Dekar</c><00:33:39.640><c> in</c><00:33:40.440><c> Macchaz</c>

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:46.819
which<00:33:44.099><c> is</c><00:33:44.660><c> this</c><00:33:44.799><c> region</c><00:33:45.220><c> down</c><00:33:45.640><c> over</c><00:33:46.240><c> here,</c>

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:50.599
a<00:33:47.200><c> little</c><00:33:47.359><c> to</c><00:33:47.640><c> the</c><00:33:47.839><c> south</c><00:33:48.119><c> bordering</c><00:33:48.539><c> on</c><00:33:48.859><c> the</c><00:33:49.200><c> Philistines.</c>

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:54.220
Then<00:33:51.039><c> in</c><00:33:51.319><c> verse</c><00:33:51.519><c> 3</c><00:33:51.799><c> we</c><00:33:51.960><c> have</c><00:33:52.160><c> the</c><00:33:52.240><c> son</c><00:33:52.619><c> of</c><00:33:53.359><c> Hesed,</c>

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:57.799
to<00:33:54.539><c> him</c><00:33:54.819><c> pertains</c><00:33:55.339><c> Soko</c><00:33:55.819><c> and</c><00:33:56.200><c> all</c><00:33:56.480><c> the</c><00:33:56.640><c> land</c><00:33:56.839><c> of</c><00:33:57.420><c> Hefer</c>

00:33:57.799 --> 00:34:01.980
which<00:33:58.339><c> is</c><00:33:58.539><c> this</c><00:33:58.779><c> region</c><00:33:59.160><c> a</c><00:33:59.660><c> little</c><00:33:59.920><c> further</c><00:34:00.319><c> to</c><00:34:00.839><c> the</c><00:34:01.019><c> north</c><00:34:01.299><c> on</c>

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:04.019
the<00:34:02.519><c> coastal</c><00:34:02.980><c> plain.</c>

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:06.779
Then<00:34:04.819><c> in</c><00:34:05.059><c> verse</c><00:34:05.160><c> 4</c><00:34:05.440><c> we</c><00:34:05.640><c> have</c><00:34:05.779><c> the</c><00:34:05.920><c> son</c><00:34:06.079><c> of</c><00:34:06.240><c> Abinadab</c>

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:10.420
and<00:34:07.180><c> he</c><00:34:07.339><c> has</c><00:34:07.599><c> all</c><00:34:07.880><c> the</c><00:34:08.019><c> region</c><00:34:08.280><c> of</c><00:34:08.599><c> Doa</c><00:34:09.099><c> which</c><00:34:09.300><c> is</c><00:34:09.619><c> further</c><00:34:09.820><c> up</c><00:34:10.059><c> again</c>

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:16.400
in<00:34:11.099><c> the</c><00:34:12.360><c> land</c><00:34:12.880><c> that</c><00:34:13.219><c> actually</c><00:34:13.639><c> lies</c><00:34:14.019><c> to</c><00:34:14.420><c> the</c><00:34:15.360><c> side</c><00:34:15.739><c> of</c><00:34:16.039><c> the</c>

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.280
Carmel<00:34:16.800><c> range.</c>

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:19.860
And<00:34:17.780><c> notice</c><00:34:17.960><c> that</c><00:34:18.119><c> he</c><00:34:18.300><c> in</c><00:34:18.420><c> fact</c><00:34:18.539><c> is</c><00:34:18.739><c> a</c><00:34:18.960><c> son</c><00:34:19.099><c>-in</c><00:34:19.260><c>-law</c><00:34:19.340><c> of</c><00:34:19.579><c> Solomon</c>

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:23.280
because<00:34:20.159><c> he</c><00:34:20.380><c> married</c><00:34:20.960><c> Tarphath</c><00:34:21.800><c> the</c><00:34:22.380><c> daughter</c><00:34:22.739><c> of</c><00:34:22.960><c> Solomon,</c>

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.699
verse<00:34:23.659><c> 11.</c>

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:28.300
Then<00:34:24.900><c> in</c><00:34:25.159><c> verse</c><00:34:25.380><c> 12</c><00:34:25.739><c> we</c><00:34:25.940><c> have</c><00:34:26.539><c> Bayanah</c><00:34:27.159><c> the</c><00:34:27.239><c> son</c><00:34:27.420><c> of</c><00:34:27.619><c> the</c><00:34:27.840><c> Hilud,</c>

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:31.119
to<00:34:28.599><c> him</c><00:34:28.719><c> between</c><00:34:29.159><c> Tarnach</c><00:34:29.719><c> and</c><00:34:29.980><c> Megiddo</c><00:34:30.380><c> and</c><00:34:30.579><c> Bethshan</c>

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:34.179
which<00:34:31.320><c> is</c><00:34:31.559><c> this</c><00:34:32.099><c> central</c><00:34:32.500><c> region</c><00:34:32.860><c> of</c><00:34:33.019><c> course</c><00:34:33.400><c> coming</c><00:34:33.860><c> down</c>

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:35.420
through<00:34:34.420><c> the</c><00:34:34.599><c> Jezreel</c><00:34:35.039><c> valley</c>

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:38.519
and<00:34:35.760><c> the</c><00:34:35.880><c> valley</c><00:34:36.119><c> of</c><00:34:36.380><c> Estralon</c><00:34:36.800><c> down</c><00:34:37.079><c> into</c><00:34:37.300><c> the</c><00:34:37.659><c> Jordan</c><00:34:37.960><c> valley.</c>

00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:42.539
By<00:34:39.119><c> the</c><00:34:39.340><c> way,</c><00:34:39.880><c> you'll</c><00:34:40.159><c> notice</c><00:34:40.380><c> that</c><00:34:40.559><c> he's</c><00:34:40.800><c> the</c><00:34:40.940><c> son</c><00:34:41.119><c> of</c><00:34:41.440><c> Achilud</c>

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:47.900
and<00:34:44.019><c> that's</c><00:34:44.619><c> also</c><00:34:45.059><c> the</c><00:34:45.340><c> same</c><00:34:45.619><c> name</c><00:34:45.860><c> in</c><00:34:46.099><c> verse</c><00:34:46.500><c> 3.</c>

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:51.099
So<00:34:48.219><c> one</c><00:34:48.500><c> would</c><00:34:48.760><c> assume</c><00:34:49.159><c> that</c><00:34:49.599><c> Bayanah</c><00:34:50.239><c> of</c><00:34:50.420><c> verse</c><00:34:50.719><c> 12</c>

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:55.320
is<00:34:51.460><c> probably</c><00:34:52.179><c> the</c><00:34:52.699><c> brother</c><00:34:52.960><c> of</c><00:34:53.300><c> the</c><00:34:53.599><c> recorder</c><00:34:54.039><c> Jehoshaphat,</c>

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:58.960
their<00:34:55.880><c> father</c><00:34:56.260><c> in</c><00:34:56.480><c> both</c><00:34:56.719><c> cases</c><00:34:57.079><c> being</c><00:34:57.519><c> Achilud.</c>

00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:02.980
Then<00:34:59.320><c> in</c><00:34:59.559><c> verse</c><00:34:59.840><c> 13</c><00:35:00.280><c> we</c><00:35:00.440><c> have</c><00:35:00.579><c> the</c><00:35:00.699><c> son</c><00:35:00.900><c> of</c><00:35:01.159><c> Giba</c><00:35:01.480><c> in</c><00:35:02.079><c> Ramoth</c><00:35:02.559><c> Gilead</c>

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:06.340
and<00:35:03.260><c> that</c><00:35:03.480><c> takes</c><00:35:03.760><c> us</c><00:35:04.019><c> now</c><00:35:04.360><c> over</c><00:35:05.019><c> the</c><00:35:05.760><c> river</c><00:35:05.960><c> Jordan</c>

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:11.880
to<00:35:06.880><c> this</c><00:35:07.199><c> region</c><00:35:07.579><c> on</c><00:35:07.860><c> the</c><00:35:08.059><c> other</c><00:35:08.340><c> side,</c><00:35:09.159><c> the</c><00:35:09.440><c> region</c><00:35:09.960><c> of</c><00:35:11.099><c> Bethshan,</c>

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:15.539
three<00:35:12.300><c> score</c><00:35:12.579><c> great</c><00:35:12.840><c> cities</c><00:35:13.119><c> with</c><00:35:13.400><c> walls</c><00:35:13.739><c> and</c><00:35:14.119><c> brazen</c><00:35:14.500><c> bars.</c>

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:22.300
In<00:35:15.940><c> verse</c><00:35:16.460><c> 14</c><00:35:17.320><c> we</c><00:35:17.800><c> have</c><00:35:18.159><c> Ahinadab</c><00:35:18.920><c> the</c><00:35:19.099><c> son</c><00:35:19.340><c> of</c><00:35:19.559><c> Iddo</c><00:35:20.159><c> who</c><00:35:20.539><c> had</c><00:35:21.099><c> Mahanaim</c>

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:25.260
and<00:35:22.699><c> that's</c><00:35:23.059><c> this</c><00:35:23.300><c> region</c><00:35:23.639><c> further</c><00:35:24.019><c> down</c><00:35:24.360><c> here,</c><00:35:24.639><c> still</c><00:35:24.960><c> on</c>

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:26.420
this<00:35:25.599><c> side</c><00:35:25.880><c> however,</c>

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:33.239
but<00:35:26.940><c> down</c><00:35:27.539><c> in</c><00:35:28.159><c> the</c><00:35:28.320><c> lowland</c><00:35:28.900><c> area</c><00:35:29.400><c> on</c><00:35:30.159><c> the</c><00:35:30.440><c> other</c><00:35:30.780><c> side</c><00:35:31.239><c> of</c><00:35:32.099><c> Jordan.</c>

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:36.639
Verse<00:35:34.019><c> 15</c><00:35:34.460><c> says</c><00:35:34.860><c> that</c><00:35:35.179><c> Amaz</c><00:35:35.500><c> was</c><00:35:35.840><c> in</c><00:35:36.099><c> Naphtali,</c>

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:38.980
also<00:35:37.440><c> another</c><00:35:37.760><c> son</c><00:35:37.980><c>-in</c><00:35:38.139><c>-law</c><00:35:38.219><c> of</c><00:35:38.440><c> the</c><00:35:38.579><c> king,</c>

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:44.139
so<00:35:39.320><c> we've</c><00:35:41.019><c> now</c><00:35:41.260><c> moved</c><00:35:41.699><c> north</c><00:35:42.280><c> again</c><00:35:42.719><c> up</c><00:35:43.039><c> to</c><00:35:43.179><c> this</c><00:35:43.360><c> region</c><00:35:43.679><c> here</c>

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:46.360
to<00:35:44.519><c> the</c><00:35:44.659><c> land</c><00:35:44.880><c> of</c><00:35:45.179><c> Naphtali.</c>

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:49.659
We<00:35:46.679><c> then</c><00:35:46.880><c> have</c><00:35:47.059><c> in</c><00:35:47.159><c> verse</c><00:35:47.519><c> 16</c><00:35:48.099><c> Bayanah</c><00:35:48.619><c> the</c><00:35:48.739><c> son</c><00:35:48.960><c> of</c><00:35:49.340><c> Hushai,</c>

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:53.139
probably<00:35:50.360><c> David's</c><00:35:50.900><c> friend</c><00:35:51.039><c> by</c><00:35:51.280><c> the</c><00:35:51.420><c> way,</c><00:35:51.880><c> Bayanah</c><00:35:52.539><c> his</c><00:35:52.860><c> son</c>

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:54.039
was<00:35:53.400><c> in</c><00:35:53.699><c> Asha</c>

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:57.239
and<00:35:54.440><c> that</c><00:35:54.599><c> takes</c><00:35:54.920><c> us</c><00:35:55.119><c> over</c><00:35:55.300><c> to</c><00:35:55.500><c> the</c><00:35:55.860><c> coastal</c><00:35:56.300><c> region</c><00:35:56.679><c> here</c>

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:59.500
bordering<00:35:57.739><c> alongside</c><00:35:58.500><c> Tyre.</c>

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:02.760
Jehoshaphat<00:36:00.280><c> the</c><00:36:00.440><c> son</c><00:36:00.579><c> of</c><00:36:00.840><c> Peruah,</c><00:36:01.340><c> verse</c><00:36:01.360><c> 17,</c><00:36:01.800><c> and</c><00:36:02.079><c> Issachar,</c>

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:06.840
which<00:36:03.039><c> is</c><00:36:03.199><c> this</c><00:36:03.420><c> region</c><00:36:03.760><c> down</c><00:36:04.159><c> here</c><00:36:04.420><c> just</c><00:36:04.639><c> under</c><00:36:04.900><c> the</c><00:36:05.079><c> Sea</c><00:36:05.280><c> of</c><00:36:05.460><c> Galilee.</c>

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:09.099
Shimei<00:36:07.099><c> the</c><00:36:07.219><c> son</c><00:36:07.440><c> of</c><00:36:07.599><c> Elah,</c><00:36:07.840><c> verse</c><00:36:08.119><c> 18,</c><00:36:08.420><c> and</c><00:36:08.699><c> Benjamin,</c>

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:11.820
we've<00:36:09.559><c> now</c><00:36:09.760><c> come</c><00:36:09.940><c> back</c><00:36:10.159><c> down</c><00:36:10.380><c> to</c><00:36:10.579><c> the</c><00:36:10.639><c> region</c><00:36:10.900><c> of</c><00:36:11.119><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:11.480><c> again.</c>

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:17.539
And<00:36:12.420><c> lastly</c><00:36:12.659><c> in</c><00:36:12.840><c> verse</c><00:36:13.079><c> 19,</c><00:36:13.699><c> Giba</c><00:36:13.840><c> the</c><00:36:14.019><c> son</c><00:36:14.239><c> of</c><00:36:14.460><c> Uri</c><00:36:14.800><c> was</c><00:36:15.880><c> in</c><00:36:16.260><c> the</c><00:36:16.440><c> country</c><00:36:16.739><c> of</c><00:36:16.980><c> Gilead,</c>

00:36:17.820 --> 00:36:20.199
in<00:36:17.920><c> the</c><00:36:18.000><c> country</c><00:36:18.360><c> of</c><00:36:18.619><c> Sihon</c><00:36:18.980><c> king</c><00:36:19.159><c> of</c><00:36:19.300><c> the</c><00:36:19.440><c> Amorites</c><00:36:19.820><c> and</c><00:36:20.000><c> Og</c>

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.880
king<00:36:20.380><c> of</c><00:36:20.619><c> Bethshan.</c>

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:23.900
So<00:36:21.139><c> he's</c><00:36:21.340><c> actually</c><00:36:21.679><c> down</c><00:36:21.820><c> in</c><00:36:21.960><c> this</c><00:36:22.139><c> area</c><00:36:22.440><c> here</c><00:36:23.099><c> on</c><00:36:23.539><c> the</c><00:36:23.679><c> other</c>

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.639
side,<00:36:24.260><c> Jordan,</c>

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:28.519
which<00:36:25.219><c> not</c><00:36:25.440><c> only</c><00:36:25.659><c> was</c><00:36:25.880><c> the</c><00:36:26.039><c> region</c><00:36:26.320><c> of</c><00:36:26.699><c> Og</c><00:36:26.940><c> and</c><00:36:27.780><c> Sihon,</c>

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:32.760
but<00:36:28.960><c> also</c><00:36:29.519><c> bordered</c><00:36:29.980><c> the</c><00:36:30.440><c> land</c><00:36:30.659><c> of</c><00:36:30.900><c> the</c><00:36:31.159><c> Ammonites</c><00:36:31.679><c> and</c><00:36:31.940><c> the</c><00:36:32.119><c> Moabites.</c>

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:37.400
And<00:36:33.260><c> yet</c><00:36:33.440><c> despite</c><00:36:33.900><c> all</c><00:36:34.239><c> of</c><00:36:34.420><c> those</c><00:36:35.079><c> opposing</c><00:36:36.000><c> turbulent</c><00:36:36.739><c> nations,</c>

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:41.199
the<00:36:37.920><c> record</c><00:36:38.219><c> says</c><00:36:38.519><c> in</c><00:36:38.679><c> verse</c><00:36:39.559><c> 19</c><00:36:40.500><c> at</c><00:36:40.659><c> the</c><00:36:40.719><c> end</c><00:36:40.860><c> of</c><00:36:40.960><c> the</c><00:36:41.019><c> verse,</c>

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:43.820
and<00:36:41.539><c> yet</c><00:36:41.659><c> for</c><00:36:41.820><c> all</c><00:36:41.960><c> of</c><00:36:42.099><c> that</c><00:36:42.320><c> he</c><00:36:42.519><c> was</c><00:36:42.679><c> only</c><00:36:43.019><c> one</c><00:36:43.320><c> officer</c><00:36:43.639><c> in</c>

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.300
that<00:36:44.079><c> area.</c>

00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:46.639
There<00:36:44.860><c> was</c><00:36:44.940><c> only</c><00:36:45.219><c> one</c><00:36:45.519><c> officer</c><00:36:45.800><c> for</c><00:36:45.960><c> that</c><00:36:46.179><c> whole</c><00:36:46.420><c> area</c>

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:48.739
despite<00:36:47.059><c> the</c><00:36:47.280><c> fact</c><00:36:47.420><c> there</c><00:36:47.539><c> were</c><00:36:47.760><c> at</c><00:36:47.840><c> least</c><00:36:48.119><c> three</c><00:36:48.360><c> or</c><00:36:48.519><c> four</c>

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.900
opposing<00:36:49.199><c> countries.</c>

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:53.179
So<00:36:50.440><c> what</c><00:36:50.860><c> it's</c><00:36:51.199><c> telling</c><00:36:51.320><c> us</c><00:36:51.599><c> is</c><00:36:51.800><c> the</c><00:36:52.000><c> tremendous</c><00:36:52.840><c> power</c>

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:56.000
that<00:36:53.920><c> was</c><00:36:54.239><c> exerted</c><00:36:54.719><c> in</c><00:36:54.960><c> the</c><00:36:55.119><c> days</c><00:36:55.400><c> of</c><00:36:55.719><c> Solomon.</c>

00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:59.099
There<00:36:56.400><c> was</c><00:36:56.780><c> truly</c><00:36:57.320><c> peace</c><00:36:57.900><c> on</c><00:36:58.280><c> all</c><00:36:58.659><c> sides.</c>

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:04.440
The<00:36:59.659><c> surrounding</c><00:37:00.179><c> nations</c><00:37:00.679><c> were</c><00:37:01.019><c> very</c><00:37:01.480><c> much</c><00:37:02.019><c> under</c><00:37:02.480><c> the</c><00:37:02.719><c> control</c><00:37:03.639><c> of</c>

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:06.019
Solomon<00:37:05.039><c> at</c><00:37:05.400><c> this</c><00:37:05.699><c> stage.</c>

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:10.519
Now<00:37:06.719><c> all</c><00:37:07.000><c> of</c><00:37:07.219><c> these</c><00:37:07.500><c> things,</c><00:37:07.860><c> in</c><00:37:08.079><c> fact</c><00:37:08.280><c> we</c><00:37:08.480><c> believe,</c><00:37:09.239><c> were</c><00:37:09.480><c> foreshadowed</c><00:37:10.139><c> by</c>

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.500
David<00:37:10.980><c> again.</c>

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:16.260
If<00:37:12.019><c> you</c><00:37:12.159><c> come</c><00:37:12.320><c> back</c><00:37:12.519><c> to</c><00:37:12.659><c> the</c><00:37:12.820><c> first</c><00:37:13.039><c> of</c><00:37:13.340><c> Chronicles</c><00:37:14.019><c> and</c><00:37:14.480><c> chapter</c><00:37:14.800><c> 27,</c>

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:19.199
David<00:37:17.179><c> had</c><00:37:17.539><c> a</c><00:37:17.800><c> slightly</c><00:37:18.139><c> different</c><00:37:18.559><c> organisation,</c>

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:23.219
but<00:37:19.480><c> we</c><00:37:19.739><c> believe</c><00:37:20.000><c> that</c><00:37:20.179><c> it</c><00:37:20.280><c> was</c><00:37:20.559><c> again</c><00:37:21.239><c> the</c><00:37:21.860><c> basis</c><00:37:22.280><c> for</c><00:37:22.880><c> what</c>

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:25.260
Solomon<00:37:23.619><c> takes</c><00:37:24.000><c> up</c><00:37:24.360><c> here.</c>

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:28.400
Bearing<00:37:26.219><c> in</c><00:37:26.440><c> mind</c><00:37:26.539><c> as</c><00:37:26.699><c> we</c><00:37:26.840><c> made</c><00:37:27.019><c> the</c><00:37:27.199><c> point</c><00:37:27.360><c> before,</c>

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:32.900
that<00:37:28.659><c> if</c><00:37:29.139><c> David</c><00:37:29.480><c> in</c><00:37:29.719><c> fact</c><00:37:29.920><c> had</c><00:37:30.360><c> the</c><00:37:30.659><c> details</c><00:37:31.019><c> of</c><00:37:31.260><c> the</c><00:37:31.480><c> administration</c><00:37:31.980><c> from</c><00:37:32.340><c> Samuel,</c>

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:35.059
and<00:37:33.639><c> Samuel</c><00:37:33.920><c> had</c><00:37:34.139><c> them</c><00:37:34.360><c> from</c><00:37:34.579><c> God,</c>

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:38.179
then<00:37:35.599><c> in</c><00:37:35.820><c> fact</c><00:37:35.940><c> what</c><00:37:36.139><c> we</c><00:37:36.340><c> have</c><00:37:36.460><c> here</c><00:37:36.639><c> is</c><00:37:36.880><c> certain</c><00:37:37.119><c> aspects</c><00:37:37.639><c> of</c>

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:39.139
the<00:37:38.420><c> administration</c>

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:42.139
of<00:37:39.780><c> the</c><00:37:39.960><c> kingdom</c><00:37:40.219><c> which</c><00:37:40.579><c> are</c><00:37:40.940><c> divinely</c><00:37:41.500><c> ordained.</c>

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:44.840
Now<00:37:42.559><c> in</c><00:37:42.639><c> the</c><00:37:42.840><c> first</c><00:37:43.079><c> of</c><00:37:43.300><c> Chronicles</c><00:37:43.699><c> chapter</c><00:37:44.079><c> 27,</c>

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:49.440
we're<00:37:45.400><c> told</c><00:37:45.599><c> in</c><00:37:45.840><c> fact</c><00:37:46.000><c> that</c><00:37:46.260><c> David</c><00:37:46.519><c> had</c><00:37:46.840><c> two</c><00:37:47.219><c> sets</c><00:37:47.559><c> of</c><00:37:47.900><c> twelve</c><00:37:48.460><c> rulers.</c>

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:54.139
First<00:37:49.980><c> of</c><00:37:50.199><c> all,</c><00:37:50.960><c> we're</c><00:37:51.199><c> told</c><00:37:51.480><c> from</c><00:37:52.079><c> verse</c><00:37:52.639><c> 16,</c>

00:37:54.340 --> 00:38:00.019
first<00:37:54.559><c> of</c><00:37:54.739><c> Chronicles</c><00:37:55.119><c> 27</c><00:37:55.739><c> verse</c><00:37:56.320><c> 16</c><00:37:57.280><c> and</c><00:37:58.079><c> through</c><00:37:58.260><c> to</c><00:37:58.420><c> verse</c><00:37:58.699><c> 22,</c>

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:03.039
we're<00:38:00.960><c> given</c><00:38:01.119><c> there</c><00:38:01.519><c> the</c><00:38:01.760><c> fact</c><00:38:01.920><c> that</c><00:38:02.519><c> there</c><00:38:02.679><c> was,</c>

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:06.539
that<00:38:03.360><c> David</c><00:38:03.659><c> had</c><00:38:04.079><c> a</c><00:38:04.500><c> ruler</c><00:38:04.780><c> over</c><00:38:05.300><c> each</c><00:38:06.119><c> tribe,</c>

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:10.320
and<00:38:07.119><c> that</c><00:38:07.400><c> man</c><00:38:07.679><c> was</c><00:38:08.000><c> responsible</c><00:38:08.800><c> for</c><00:38:09.380><c> the</c><00:38:09.639><c> administration</c>

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:11.320
of<00:38:10.719><c> the</c><00:38:10.940><c> kingdom</c>

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:13.400
under<00:38:11.940><c> the</c><00:38:12.280><c> overall</c><00:38:12.659><c> rule</c><00:38:12.880><c> of</c><00:38:13.179><c> David.</c>

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:18.119
So<00:38:13.619><c> there</c><00:38:13.739><c> were</c><00:38:14.000><c> twelve</c><00:38:14.760><c> princes</c><00:38:15.519><c> or</c><00:38:16.179><c> rulers,</c><00:38:17.019><c> one</c><00:38:17.500><c> over</c><00:38:17.780><c> each</c>

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:19.460
of<00:38:18.280><c> the</c><00:38:18.519><c> tribes.</c>

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:23.900
But<00:38:19.840><c> in</c><00:38:20.099><c> addition</c><00:38:20.340><c> to</c><00:38:20.539><c> that,</c><00:38:20.900><c> verse</c><00:38:21.099><c> 25</c><00:38:21.880><c> tells</c><00:38:22.280><c> us</c><00:38:23.079><c> that</c><00:38:23.539><c> over</c>

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:25.099
the<00:38:24.119><c> king's</c><00:38:24.699><c> treasures</c>

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:28.639
was<00:38:25.820><c> Asmaveth</c><00:38:26.840><c> the</c><00:38:27.079><c> son</c><00:38:27.280><c> of</c><00:38:27.579><c> Adiel,</c>

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:31.800
and<00:38:29.059><c> over</c><00:38:29.239><c> the</c><00:38:29.539><c> storehouses</c><00:38:29.980><c> in</c><00:38:30.219><c> the</c><00:38:30.380><c> fields,</c><00:38:30.719><c> in</c><00:38:30.820><c> the</c><00:38:30.960><c> cities,</c><00:38:31.300><c> in</c><00:38:31.400><c> the</c><00:38:31.519><c> villages,</c>

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:35.480
and<00:38:31.960><c> in</c><00:38:32.079><c> the</c><00:38:32.219><c> castles</c><00:38:32.559><c> was</c><00:38:33.119><c> Yohannathan,</c><00:38:34.159><c> that's</c><00:38:34.559><c> two.</c>

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:37.960
Over<00:38:36.380><c> them</c><00:38:36.539><c> that</c><00:38:36.699><c> did</c><00:38:36.820><c> the</c><00:38:36.960><c> work</c><00:38:37.099><c> of</c><00:38:37.260><c> the</c><00:38:37.400><c> field</c><00:38:37.579><c> for</c><00:38:37.760><c> tillage</c>

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:39.079
of<00:38:38.099><c> the</c><00:38:38.239><c> ground</c><00:38:38.380><c> was</c><00:38:38.679><c> Esri,</c>

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:41.099
that's<00:38:39.440><c> three,</c><00:38:39.659><c> over</c><00:38:39.840><c> the</c><00:38:40.039><c> vineyards</c><00:38:40.440><c> was</c><00:38:40.719><c> Shimei,</c>

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:43.219
that's<00:38:41.420><c> four,</c><00:38:41.739><c> over</c><00:38:41.920><c> the</c><00:38:42.179><c> increase</c><00:38:42.440><c> of</c><00:38:42.599><c> the</c><00:38:42.739><c> vineyards</c><00:38:43.039><c> for</c>

00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:44.719
the<00:38:43.460><c> wine</c><00:38:43.699><c> cellars</c><00:38:44.039><c> was</c><00:38:44.260><c> Zabdai,</c>

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:47.920
that's<00:38:45.159><c> five,</c><00:38:45.920><c> over</c><00:38:46.159><c> the</c><00:38:46.340><c> olive</c><00:38:46.579><c> trees</c><00:38:46.780><c> and</c><00:38:47.000><c> sycamore</c><00:38:47.340><c> trees</c>

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:49.460
was<00:38:48.199><c> Baal</c><00:38:48.559><c>-Hainan,</c><00:38:48.860><c> that's</c><00:38:49.280><c> six,</c>

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:52.000
over<00:38:49.940><c> the</c><00:38:50.119><c> cellars</c><00:38:50.360><c> of</c><00:38:50.500><c> oil</c><00:38:50.679><c> was</c><00:38:50.960><c> Joash,</c><00:38:51.340><c> that's</c><00:38:51.719><c> seven,</c>

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:55.960
over<00:38:52.480><c> the</c><00:38:52.699><c> herds</c><00:38:53.000><c> that</c><00:38:53.280><c> fed</c><00:38:53.360><c> in</c><00:38:53.599><c> Sharon</c><00:38:53.840><c> was</c><00:38:54.199><c> Shittri,</c><00:38:55.079><c> that's</c><00:38:55.699><c> eight,</c>

00:38:56.219 --> 00:38:59.019
over<00:38:56.480><c> the</c><00:38:56.679><c> herds</c><00:38:56.960><c> that</c><00:38:57.139><c> were</c><00:38:57.260><c> in</c><00:38:57.380><c> the</c><00:38:57.480><c> valleys</c><00:38:57.800><c> of</c><00:38:58.139><c> Shaphat,</c>

00:38:59.219 --> 00:39:01.260
was<00:38:59.219><c> Shaphat</c><00:38:59.880><c> the</c><00:38:59.960><c> son</c><00:39:00.119><c> of</c><00:39:00.280><c> Adlai,</c><00:39:00.559><c> that's</c><00:39:00.920><c> nine,</c>

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:03.659
over<00:39:01.699><c> the</c><00:39:01.920><c> camels</c><00:39:02.239><c> was</c><00:39:02.579><c> Obel,</c><00:39:02.880><c> that's</c><00:39:03.300><c> ten,</c>

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:07.400
over<00:39:04.320><c> the</c><00:39:04.679><c> asses</c><00:39:04.940><c> was</c><00:39:05.539><c> Jehediah,</c><00:39:06.800><c> that's</c><00:39:07.159><c> eleven,</c>

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:11.280
and<00:39:07.559><c> over</c><00:39:07.800><c> the</c><00:39:08.059><c> flocks</c><00:39:08.380><c> was</c><00:39:08.960><c> Jaziz,</c><00:39:09.820><c> the</c><00:39:10.000><c> Hagorite,</c><00:39:10.440><c> that's</c><00:39:10.880><c> twelve,</c>

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:14.360
all<00:39:11.900><c> these</c><00:39:12.139><c> were</c><00:39:12.400><c> the</c><00:39:12.599><c> rulers</c><00:39:12.800><c> of</c><00:39:13.079><c> the</c><00:39:13.300><c> substance.</c>

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:17.760
So<00:39:15.360><c> David</c><00:39:15.619><c> had</c><00:39:15.900><c> twelve</c><00:39:16.360><c> princes</c><00:39:16.760><c> over</c><00:39:17.099><c> the</c><00:39:17.420><c> tribes,</c>

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:21.699
but<00:39:18.179><c> he</c><00:39:18.320><c> also</c><00:39:18.659><c> had</c><00:39:18.900><c> twelve</c><00:39:19.480><c> officers</c><00:39:20.039><c> that</c><00:39:20.659><c> looked</c><00:39:20.880><c> after</c><00:39:21.340><c> all</c>

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:23.739
of<00:39:21.980><c> the</c><00:39:22.480><c> lands,</c>

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:27.300
vineyards,<00:39:25.159><c> olive</c><00:39:25.320><c> yards,</c><00:39:26.920><c> animals,</c>

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:30.940
the<00:39:28.019><c> whole</c><00:39:28.199><c> of</c><00:39:28.500><c> the</c><00:39:28.619><c> substance</c><00:39:29.039><c> of</c><00:39:29.260><c> the</c><00:39:29.420><c> kingdom</c><00:39:29.719><c> was</c><00:39:30.159><c> administered</c><00:39:30.599><c> by</c>

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:31.760
twelve<00:39:31.360><c> officers.</c>

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:34.440
Now<00:39:32.400><c> what</c><00:39:32.780><c> Solomon</c><00:39:33.119><c> appeared</c><00:39:33.420><c> to</c><00:39:33.579><c> do</c><00:39:33.679><c> was</c><00:39:33.820><c> bring</c><00:39:33.980><c> those</c><00:39:34.260><c> two</c>

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:35.360
ideas<00:39:34.739><c> together.</c>

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:38.260
And<00:39:36.400><c> so</c><00:39:36.579><c> instead</c><00:39:36.860><c> of</c><00:39:36.980><c> having</c><00:39:37.179><c> twelve</c><00:39:37.539><c> rulers</c><00:39:37.820><c> over</c><00:39:38.079><c> the</c>

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:38.920
twelve<00:39:38.539><c> tribes,</c>

00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:41.880
and<00:39:39.360><c> then</c><00:39:39.579><c> twelve</c><00:39:39.860><c> men</c><00:39:40.119><c> who</c><00:39:40.360><c> looked</c><00:39:40.519><c> after</c><00:39:40.880><c> the</c><00:39:41.260><c> resources</c><00:39:41.679><c> of</c>

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.300
the<00:39:42.019><c> kingdom,</c>

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:44.900
Solomon<00:39:42.960><c> in</c><00:39:43.079><c> fact</c><00:39:43.320><c> amalgamated</c><00:39:44.059><c> those</c><00:39:44.420><c> two,</c>

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:47.519
said<00:39:45.320><c> no</c><00:39:45.539><c> we</c><00:39:45.659><c> won't</c><00:39:45.920><c> have</c><00:39:46.139><c> twelve</c><00:39:46.480><c> princes</c><00:39:46.760><c> over</c><00:39:47.039><c> the</c><00:39:47.280><c> tribes,</c>

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:50.139
what<00:39:47.980><c> we'll</c><00:39:48.159><c> have</c><00:39:48.280><c> is</c><00:39:48.500><c> twelve</c><00:39:48.800><c> administrative</c><00:39:49.559><c> districts,</c>

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:53.679
and<00:39:50.619><c> those</c><00:39:50.960><c> twelve</c><00:39:51.280><c> men</c><00:39:51.480><c> will</c><00:39:51.679><c> be</c><00:39:51.880><c> the</c><00:39:52.480><c> governors</c><00:39:52.820><c> of</c><00:39:53.099><c> the</c><00:39:53.380><c> district,</c>

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:57.800
and<00:39:54.440><c> also</c><00:39:54.960><c> in</c><00:39:55.420><c> charge</c><00:39:55.719><c> of</c><00:39:55.920><c> all</c><00:39:56.119><c> the</c><00:39:56.420><c> resources</c><00:39:56.780><c> of</c><00:39:56.980><c> the</c><00:39:57.159><c> kingdom</c><00:39:57.460><c> in</c>

00:39:57.800 --> 00:39:58.480
that<00:39:58.079><c> area.</c>

00:39:58.480 --> 00:40:03.639
Why<00:39:59.400><c> do</c><00:39:59.539><c> you</c><00:39:59.659><c> think</c><00:39:59.820><c> Solomon</c><00:40:00.239><c> chose</c><00:40:00.739><c> to</c><00:40:01.659><c> use</c><00:40:02.880><c> administrative</c>

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:06.000
districts<00:40:04.139><c> rather</c><00:40:04.559><c> than</c><00:40:04.920><c> tribes?</c>

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:09.219
Any<00:40:07.440><c> thoughts</c><00:40:07.659><c> on</c><00:40:07.880><c> that?</c>

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:32.579
Yes,<00:40:19.659><c> yes,</c><00:40:21.059><c> right,</c><00:40:22.739><c> yes.</c>

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:49.539
I<00:40:43.500><c> agree</c><00:40:44.019><c> with</c><00:40:47.900><c> that,</c><00:40:48.059><c> and</c><00:40:48.139><c> I</c><00:40:48.179><c> think</c><00:40:48.480><c> one</c><00:40:48.659><c> of</c><00:40:48.780><c> the</c><00:40:48.840><c> things</c><00:40:49.059><c> about</c><00:40:49.340><c> the</c>

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:49.980
peace<00:40:49.719><c> was,</c>

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:52.340
there<00:40:50.099><c> was</c><00:40:50.320><c> also</c><00:40:50.579><c> to</c><00:40:50.719><c> be</c><00:40:50.880><c> peace</c><00:40:51.219><c> amongst</c><00:40:51.639><c> the</c><00:40:51.980><c> tribes,</c>

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:55.719
and<00:40:52.940><c> in</c><00:40:53.099><c> order</c><00:40:53.260><c> to</c><00:40:53.599><c> remove</c><00:40:54.079><c> tribal</c><00:40:54.739><c> jealousies,</c>

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:59.400
what<00:40:56.159><c> Solomon</c><00:40:56.460><c> did</c><00:40:56.679><c> was</c><00:40:57.039><c> break</c><00:40:57.260><c> the</c><00:40:57.440><c> country</c><00:40:57.699><c> up</c><00:40:57.880><c> in</c><00:40:57.980><c> a</c><00:40:58.059><c> totally</c><00:40:58.300><c> different</c><00:40:58.559><c> way.</c>

00:40:59.619 --> 00:41:03.239
So<00:40:59.860><c> instead</c><00:41:00.119><c> of</c><00:41:00.260><c> having</c><00:41:00.420><c> the</c><00:41:00.739><c> tribes</c><00:41:01.000><c> who</c><00:41:01.179><c> were</c><00:41:01.460><c> often</c><00:41:01.719><c> antagonistic</c><00:41:02.360><c> towards</c><00:41:02.739><c> one</c><00:41:02.940><c> another,</c>

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:04.719
with<00:41:03.659><c> regards</c><00:41:04.059><c> to</c><00:41:04.320><c> preeminence,</c>

00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:08.079
he<00:41:05.039><c> simply</c><00:41:05.460><c> broke</c><00:41:05.699><c> the</c><00:41:05.900><c> whole</c><00:41:06.159><c> place</c><00:41:06.440><c> up</c><00:41:06.639><c> into</c><00:41:06.900><c> administrative</c><00:41:07.599><c> districts,</c>

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:10.099
just<00:41:08.599><c> that</c><00:41:08.940><c> matter</c><00:41:09.179><c> of</c><00:41:09.420><c> the</c><00:41:09.679><c> war</c><00:41:09.860><c> footing.</c>

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:13.380
And<00:41:10.639><c> notice</c><00:41:10.880><c> by</c><00:41:11.059><c> the</c><00:41:11.179><c> way</c><00:41:11.300><c> that</c><00:41:11.460><c> in</c><00:41:11.880><c> the</c><00:41:11.960><c> system</c><00:41:12.280><c> of</c><00:41:12.500><c> government</c><00:41:12.760><c> we</c><00:41:12.980><c> have</c><00:41:13.179><c> here,</c>

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:15.079
from<00:41:13.599><c> chapter</c><00:41:13.900><c> four</c><00:41:14.239><c> verse</c><00:41:14.579><c> two,</c>

00:41:15.380 --> 00:41:17.119
we<00:41:15.480><c> have</c><00:41:15.639><c> first</c><00:41:15.960><c> of</c><00:41:16.119><c> all</c><00:41:16.219><c> the</c><00:41:16.400><c> chief</c><00:41:16.739><c> ruler,</c>

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:19.679
and<00:41:17.659><c> then</c><00:41:17.880><c> the</c><00:41:18.280><c> scribes</c><00:41:18.920><c> and</c><00:41:19.079><c> the</c><00:41:19.380><c> recorder.</c>

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:22.059
But<00:41:20.159><c> if</c><00:41:20.300><c> you</c><00:41:20.380><c> look</c><00:41:20.500><c> at</c><00:41:20.639><c> the</c><00:41:20.800><c> system</c><00:41:21.000><c> of</c><00:41:21.199><c> government</c><00:41:21.420><c> under</c><00:41:21.679><c> David,</c>

00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:24.559
you'll<00:41:22.619><c> notice</c><00:41:22.840><c> that</c><00:41:23.039><c> the</c><00:41:23.179><c> person</c><00:41:23.400><c> who's</c><00:41:23.719><c> first</c><00:41:24.119><c> mentioned</c>

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:25.619
in<00:41:24.760><c> the</c><00:41:24.920><c> system</c><00:41:25.159><c> of</c><00:41:25.420><c> government</c>

00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:30.639
on<00:41:25.920><c> both</c><00:41:26.079><c> occasions</c><00:41:26.539><c> is</c><00:41:27.980><c> Joab</c><00:41:28.420><c> who's</c><00:41:28.659><c> over</c><00:41:28.920><c> the</c><00:41:29.119><c> host</c><00:41:29.380><c> or</c><00:41:29.639><c> the</c><00:41:29.880><c> army.</c>

00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:34.420
So<00:41:31.139><c> Joab</c><00:41:31.500><c> the</c><00:41:31.699><c> captain</c><00:41:31.960><c> of</c><00:41:32.139><c> the</c><00:41:32.320><c> army</c><00:41:32.500><c> ranks</c><00:41:32.860><c> first</c><00:41:33.260><c> in</c><00:41:33.500><c> the</c><00:41:33.699><c> government</c><00:41:33.880><c> of</c><00:41:34.119><c> David,</c>

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:37.579
in<00:41:34.860><c> the</c><00:41:34.980><c> government</c><00:41:35.320><c> of</c><00:41:35.599><c> Solomon</c><00:41:35.900><c> the</c><00:41:36.440><c> secretaries</c><00:41:37.059><c> and</c><00:41:37.280><c> the</c>

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:39.699
scribes<00:41:38.059><c> and</c><00:41:38.199><c> the</c><00:41:38.500><c> recorder</c><00:41:38.860><c> come</c><00:41:39.340><c> first,</c>

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:42.800
those<00:41:40.179><c> who</c><00:41:40.340><c> are</c><00:41:40.460><c> in</c><00:41:40.659><c> charge</c><00:41:40.860><c> of</c><00:41:41.139><c> the</c><00:41:41.500><c> written</c><00:41:41.719><c> affairs</c><00:41:42.159><c> of</c><00:41:42.460><c> the</c><00:41:42.579><c> nation.</c>

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:45.159
It<00:41:42.980><c> is</c><00:41:43.239><c> indeed</c><00:41:43.639><c> a</c><00:41:44.280><c> time</c><00:41:44.519><c> for</c><00:41:44.840><c> peace.</c>

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:48.699
Well<00:41:45.619><c> obviously</c><00:41:46.139><c> the</c><00:41:46.599><c> system</c><00:41:46.940><c> worked</c><00:41:47.360><c> because</c><00:41:48.000><c> we're</c><00:41:48.440><c> told</c>

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:53.739
in<00:41:48.960><c> verse</c><00:41:49.579><c> 27</c><00:41:51.260><c> of</c><00:41:51.840><c> the</c><00:41:51.960><c> first</c><00:41:52.219><c> of</c><00:41:52.440><c> Kings</c><00:41:52.679><c> four,</c>

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:58.739
and<00:41:54.039><c> those</c><00:41:54.679><c> officers,</c><00:41:55.760><c> now</c><00:41:56.019><c> that</c><00:41:56.280><c> must</c><00:41:56.539><c> be</c><00:41:56.820><c> the</c><00:41:57.039><c> officers</c><00:41:57.280><c> from</c><00:41:57.539><c> verse</c><00:41:57.820><c> seven,</c><00:41:58.300><c> mustn't</c><00:41:58.480><c> it?</c>

00:41:58.840 --> 00:42:00.860
So<00:41:59.039><c> we've</c><00:41:59.280><c> come</c><00:41:59.460><c> back</c><00:41:59.719><c> now</c><00:41:59.960><c> to</c><00:42:00.159><c> those</c><00:42:00.400><c> same</c><00:42:00.619><c> men.</c>

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:05.260
Those<00:42:01.639><c> officers,</c><00:42:02.500><c> yes</c><00:42:02.800><c> they</c><00:42:03.019><c> did</c><00:42:03.420><c> provide</c><00:42:03.820><c> vital</c><00:42:04.159><c> for</c><00:42:04.539><c> King</c><00:42:04.860><c> Solomon,</c>

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:08.099
and<00:42:05.940><c> for</c><00:42:06.199><c> all</c><00:42:06.460><c> that</c><00:42:06.679><c> came</c><00:42:06.880><c> under</c><00:42:07.079><c> King</c><00:42:07.380><c> Solomon's</c><00:42:07.820><c> table,</c>

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:12.079
every<00:42:08.699><c> man</c><00:42:08.960><c> in</c><00:42:09.219><c> his</c><00:42:09.440><c> month</c><00:42:09.719><c> they</c><00:42:10.380><c> lacked</c><00:42:10.920><c> nothing.</c>

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:14.699
Barley<00:42:12.519><c> also</c><00:42:12.920><c> in</c><00:42:13.239><c> straw</c><00:42:13.420><c> for</c><00:42:13.619><c> the</c><00:42:13.780><c> horses</c><00:42:14.000><c> and</c><00:42:14.260><c> dromedaries</c>

00:42:14.699 --> 00:42:15.340
brought<00:42:14.940><c> they</c>

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:17.900
unto<00:42:15.639><c> the</c><00:42:15.860><c> place</c><00:42:16.099><c> where</c><00:42:16.440><c> the</c><00:42:16.619><c> officers</c><00:42:16.840><c> were,</c><00:42:17.099><c> every</c><00:42:17.300><c> man</c><00:42:17.480><c> according</c><00:42:17.739><c> to</c>

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:18.400
his<00:42:18.139><c> charge.</c>

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:22.019
So<00:42:18.960><c> the</c><00:42:19.099><c> system</c><00:42:19.460><c> of</c><00:42:19.739><c> administration</c><00:42:20.300><c> that</c><00:42:20.579><c> Solomon</c><00:42:20.900><c> designed,</c>

00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:25.219
according<00:42:22.480><c> to</c><00:42:22.699><c> this</c><00:42:22.940><c> chapter</c><00:42:23.219><c> anyway,</c><00:42:23.920><c> it</c><00:42:24.179><c> worked</c><00:42:24.420><c> perfectly</c><00:42:24.860><c> well.</c>

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:27.199
Nobody<00:42:25.900><c> had</c><00:42:26.199><c> any</c><00:42:26.500><c> lack</c><00:42:26.639><c> of</c><00:42:26.940><c> anything.</c>

00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:30.900
Each<00:42:27.900><c> month</c><00:42:28.179><c> the</c><00:42:28.659><c> governor</c><00:42:29.019><c> of</c><00:42:29.320><c> one</c><00:42:29.559><c> district</c><00:42:29.920><c> was</c><00:42:30.219><c> responsible,</c>

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:33.380
not<00:42:31.380><c> only</c><00:42:31.639><c> for</c><00:42:31.820><c> the</c><00:42:32.019><c> administration</c><00:42:32.599><c> of</c><00:42:32.820><c> his</c><00:42:32.980><c> district,</c>

00:42:33.679 --> 00:42:36.340
but<00:42:33.840><c> for</c><00:42:34.059><c> the</c><00:42:34.239><c> lands</c><00:42:34.599><c> and</c><00:42:35.179><c> pastures</c><00:42:35.639><c> of</c><00:42:35.840><c> the</c><00:42:36.119><c> area,</c>

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:39.260
for<00:42:36.539><c> the</c><00:42:36.699><c> flocks</c><00:42:37.019><c> and</c><00:42:37.219><c> herds</c><00:42:37.539><c> and</c><00:42:37.699><c> the</c><00:42:37.920><c> olive</c><00:42:38.099><c> yards</c><00:42:38.460><c> and</c><00:42:38.800><c> orchards,</c>

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:42.760
and<00:42:39.760><c> was</c><00:42:40.079><c> responsible</c><00:42:40.719><c> also</c><00:42:41.300><c> for</c><00:42:41.760><c> providing</c><00:42:42.179><c> sufficient</c><00:42:42.619><c> for</c>

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:43.579
the<00:42:42.940><c> king's</c><00:42:43.340><c> table,</c>

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:46.599
and<00:42:44.059><c> so</c><00:42:44.219><c> they</c><00:42:44.460><c> did</c><00:42:44.679><c> set</c><00:42:44.780><c> the</c><00:42:44.920><c> record</c><00:42:45.239><c> and</c><00:42:45.500><c> nobody</c><00:42:45.900><c> lacked</c><00:42:46.219><c> anything.</c>

00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:50.159
The<00:42:47.059><c> whole</c><00:42:47.320><c> thing</c><00:42:47.739><c> worked</c><00:42:48.059><c> together</c><00:42:48.519><c> in</c><00:42:48.860><c> fact</c><00:42:49.159><c> perfectly.</c>

00:42:50.780 --> 00:42:54.619
Now<00:42:51.219><c> in</c><00:42:51.639><c> the</c><00:42:51.980><c> kingdom</c><00:42:52.239><c> age</c><00:42:52.699><c> the</c><00:42:53.320><c> story</c><00:42:53.559><c> will</c><00:42:53.780><c> be</c><00:42:53.960><c> slightly</c><00:42:54.260><c> different</c>

00:42:54.619 --> 00:42:58.039
because<00:42:55.179><c> we're</c><00:42:55.760><c> told,</c><00:42:56.099><c> aren't</c><00:42:56.300><c> we,</c><00:42:56.920><c> in</c><00:42:57.079><c> the</c><00:42:57.280><c> book</c><00:42:57.440><c> of</c><00:42:57.599><c> Ezekiel</c>

00:42:58.039 --> 00:42:58.920
chapter<00:42:58.380><c> 48,</c>

00:42:59.219 --> 00:43:03.380
that<00:42:59.400><c> there</c><00:42:59.619><c> will</c><00:42:59.900><c> in</c><00:43:00.059><c> fact</c><00:43:00.219><c> be</c><00:43:00.659><c> tribal</c><00:43:01.219><c> cantons</c><00:43:02.139><c> again.</c>

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:09.199
But<00:43:04.420><c> we're</c><00:43:04.639><c> also</c><00:43:05.099><c> told</c><00:43:05.619><c> in</c><00:43:05.960><c> the</c><00:43:06.079><c> first,</c><00:43:07.260><c> in</c><00:43:07.679><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:08.239><c> chapter</c><00:43:08.719><c> 11,</c>

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:12.179
that<00:43:09.699><c> whilst</c><00:43:10.079><c> the</c><00:43:10.519><c> nation</c><00:43:10.760><c> will</c><00:43:11.000><c> be</c><00:43:11.260><c> divided</c><00:43:11.559><c> back</c><00:43:11.880><c> into</c>

00:43:12.179 --> 00:43:13.739
tribal<00:43:12.679><c> cantons</c><00:43:13.219><c> again,</c>

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:17.360
we're<00:43:14.480><c> specifically</c><00:43:14.940><c> told</c><00:43:15.360><c> in</c><00:43:15.639><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:16.119><c> chapter</c><00:43:16.539><c> 11,</c>

00:43:17.739 --> 00:43:21.719
let<00:43:17.980><c> me</c><00:43:18.099><c> just</c><00:43:18.300><c> get</c><00:43:18.400><c> the</c><00:43:18.659><c> phrase,</c><00:43:19.659><c> it</c><00:43:19.900><c> says</c><00:43:20.179><c> there</c><00:43:20.480><c> in</c><00:43:20.659><c> verse</c><00:43:21.039><c> 13,</c>

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:26.280
the<00:43:22.340><c> envy</c><00:43:23.019><c> also</c><00:43:23.719><c> of</c><00:43:24.199><c> Ephraim</c><00:43:24.800><c> shall</c><00:43:25.179><c> depart,</c>

00:43:26.360 --> 00:43:28.340
and<00:43:26.440><c> the</c><00:43:26.699><c> adversaries</c><00:43:27.119><c> of</c><00:43:27.380><c> Judah</c><00:43:27.539><c> shall</c><00:43:27.739><c> be</c><00:43:27.960><c> cut</c><00:43:28.119><c> off,</c>

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:32.739
Ephraim<00:43:29.119><c> shall</c><00:43:29.400><c> not</c><00:43:29.719><c> envy</c><00:43:30.119><c> Judah,</c><00:43:30.920><c> and</c><00:43:31.079><c> Judah</c><00:43:31.300><c> shall</c><00:43:31.559><c> not</c><00:43:31.820><c> vex</c><00:43:32.119><c> Ephraim.</c>

00:43:32.940 --> 00:43:35.280
So<00:43:33.199><c> although</c><00:43:33.440><c> in</c><00:43:33.639><c> the</c><00:43:33.820><c> kingdom</c><00:43:34.039><c> age</c><00:43:34.320><c> we</c><00:43:34.480><c> will</c><00:43:34.639><c> go</c><00:43:34.880><c> back</c><00:43:35.039><c> to</c><00:43:35.239><c> a</c>

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:37.199
system<00:43:35.539><c> of</c><00:43:35.980><c> tribal</c><00:43:36.440><c> cantons,</c>

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:41.099
there<00:43:37.800><c> will</c><00:43:37.980><c> be</c><00:43:38.219><c> no</c><00:43:38.679><c> tribal</c><00:43:39.360><c> jealousies</c><00:43:40.139><c> in</c><00:43:40.460><c> the</c><00:43:40.699><c> future,</c>

00:43:41.219 --> 00:43:41.860
says<00:43:41.400><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:45.940
they<00:43:42.440><c> will</c><00:43:42.780><c> already</c><00:43:43.340><c> have</c><00:43:43.639><c> been</c><00:43:43.920><c> utterly</c><00:43:44.340><c> removed</c><00:43:44.860><c> anyway.</c>

00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:51.380
Now<00:43:46.519><c> having</c><00:43:46.780><c> set</c><00:43:47.079><c> up</c><00:43:47.239><c> the</c><00:43:47.519><c> tribal</c><00:43:47.880><c> cantons</c><00:43:48.500><c> again</c><00:43:49.039><c> in</c><00:43:50.360><c> Ezekiel</c><00:43:50.880><c> 48,</c>

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:56.739
we<00:43:51.940><c> still</c><00:43:52.619><c> need</c><00:43:52.960><c> the</c><00:43:53.679><c> governors</c><00:43:54.019><c> over</c><00:43:54.460><c> the</c><00:43:54.699><c> regions</c><00:43:55.219><c> as</c><00:43:56.000><c> Solomon</c><00:43:56.380><c> had,</c>

00:43:57.159 --> 00:44:00.480
and<00:43:57.239><c> of</c><00:43:57.480><c> course</c><00:43:57.760><c> that</c><00:43:58.159><c> takes</c><00:43:58.480><c> us</c><00:43:58.840><c> into</c><00:43:59.300><c> the</c><00:43:59.860><c> New</c><00:44:00.079><c> Testament,</c>

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.480
doesn't<00:44:00.800><c> it?</c>

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:04.539
So<00:44:01.659><c> here</c><00:44:01.900><c> we</c><00:44:02.059><c> have</c><00:44:02.300><c> another</c><00:44:02.679><c> echo</c><00:44:03.199><c> coming</c><00:44:03.699><c> forward</c><00:44:04.039><c> into</c><00:44:04.360><c> the</c>

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:05.539
reign<00:44:04.679><c> of</c><00:44:04.940><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:08.619
In<00:44:06.139><c> the</c><00:44:06.300><c> first</c><00:44:06.500><c> of</c><00:44:06.739><c> Kings</c><00:44:07.019><c> 4</c><00:44:07.599><c> we're</c><00:44:08.099><c> told</c><00:44:08.320><c> here,</c>

00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:13.260
and<00:44:08.940><c> Solomon</c><00:44:09.219><c> had</c><00:44:09.559><c> 12</c><00:44:10.500><c> offices</c><00:44:11.420><c> over</c><00:44:12.159><c> all</c><00:44:12.579><c> Israel,</c>

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:16.880
and<00:44:13.980><c> the</c><00:44:14.119><c> Lord</c><00:44:14.340><c> says</c><00:44:14.699><c> to</c><00:44:14.900><c> the</c><00:44:15.079><c> disciples</c><00:44:15.599><c> in</c><00:44:16.039><c> Matthew</c><00:44:16.519><c> chapter</c>

00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:18.199
19<00:44:17.340><c> and</c><00:44:17.539><c> verse</c><00:44:17.739><c> 28,</c>

00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:22.699
in<00:44:18.719><c> the</c><00:44:18.900><c> regeneration</c><00:44:19.500><c> ye</c><00:44:19.820><c> also</c><00:44:20.179><c> shall</c><00:44:20.380><c> sit</c><00:44:20.539><c> upon</c><00:44:20.920><c> 12</c><00:44:21.739><c> thrones,</c>

00:44:23.219 --> 00:44:25.239
judging<00:44:23.280><c> the</c><00:44:23.679><c> 12</c><00:44:24.119><c> tribes</c><00:44:24.539><c> of</c><00:44:24.780><c> Israel,</c>

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:29.840
because<00:44:25.659><c> we're</c><00:44:26.260><c> now</c><00:44:26.400><c> back</c><00:44:26.659><c> to</c><00:44:26.900><c> tribal</c><00:44:27.280><c> cantons,</c><00:44:28.440><c> Ezekiel</c><00:44:28.820><c> chapter</c><00:44:29.260><c> 48.</c>

00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:33.159
But<00:44:30.500><c> the</c><00:44:30.820><c> modeling,</c><00:44:31.500><c> the</c><00:44:31.739><c> idea</c><00:44:32.159><c> of</c><00:44:32.380><c> the</c><00:44:32.579><c> administration,</c>

00:44:33.340 --> 00:44:37.099
all<00:44:33.659><c> centered</c><00:44:33.960><c> on</c><00:44:34.300><c> 12</c><00:44:34.860><c> rulers,</c><00:44:35.800><c> is</c><00:44:35.960><c> of</c><00:44:36.159><c> course</c><00:44:36.400><c> taken</c><00:44:36.820><c> from</c>

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:37.739
the<00:44:37.400><c> story</c>

00:44:37.739 --> 00:44:42.199
of<00:44:38.340><c> Solomon's</c><00:44:38.900><c> kingdom</c><00:44:39.199><c> here</c><00:44:39.639><c> in</c><00:44:40.099><c> the</c><00:44:40.260><c> first</c><00:44:40.460><c> of</c><00:44:40.679><c> Kings</c><00:44:40.880><c> chapter</c><00:44:41.280><c> 4.</c>

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:45.440
Actually<00:44:43.539><c> this</c><00:44:43.820><c> word</c><00:44:44.079><c> here</c><00:44:44.360><c> is</c><00:44:44.500><c> an</c><00:44:44.679><c> interesting</c><00:44:45.000><c> one</c><00:44:45.179><c> I</c><00:44:45.300><c> think</c>

00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:46.340
in<00:44:45.619><c> this</c><00:44:45.820><c> context.</c>

00:44:46.340 --> 00:44:51.719
In<00:44:47.000><c> the</c><00:44:48.340><c> regeneration,</c><00:44:49.920><c> says</c><00:44:50.400><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:54.119
What's<00:44:52.699><c> the</c><00:44:52.880><c> regeneration?</c>

00:44:55.619 --> 00:44:58.500
What<00:44:55.780><c> does</c><00:44:56.019><c> the</c><00:44:56.099><c> term</c><00:44:56.420><c> regeneration</c><00:44:57.300><c> mean?</c>

00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:13.860
Yes<00:45:11.599><c> it</c><00:45:11.679><c> is,</c><00:45:12.139><c> and</c><00:45:12.260><c> it</c><00:45:12.340><c> does</c><00:45:12.619><c> convey</c><00:45:12.880><c> that</c><00:45:13.139><c> sense</c><00:45:13.300><c> in</c><00:45:13.460><c> the</c><00:45:13.639><c> Greek</c>

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:15.360
as<00:45:14.219><c> well.</c>

00:45:15.860 --> 00:45:18.400
Regeneration<00:45:16.420><c> can</c><00:45:16.639><c> be</c><00:45:16.880><c> equated</c><00:45:17.179><c> with</c><00:45:17.440><c> restoration</c><00:45:18.019><c> as</c><00:45:18.260><c> one</c>

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:18.980
of<00:45:18.519><c> its</c><00:45:18.659><c> meanings.</c>

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:21.320
And<00:45:19.480><c> the</c><00:45:19.579><c> whole</c><00:45:19.800><c> point</c><00:45:20.039><c> is,</c><00:45:20.400><c> and</c><00:45:20.599><c> this</c><00:45:20.719><c> is</c><00:45:20.840><c> what</c><00:45:20.900><c> we</c><00:45:21.179><c> believe</c>

00:45:21.320 --> 00:45:22.619
is<00:45:21.519><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:45:22.159><c> isn't</c><00:45:22.280><c> it?</c>

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:27.099
The<00:45:23.440><c> government</c><00:45:23.860><c> of</c><00:45:24.139><c> Christ</c><00:45:24.440><c> is</c><00:45:24.920><c> going</c><00:45:25.099><c> to</c><00:45:25.320><c> be</c><00:45:25.599><c> a</c><00:45:26.219><c> restoration</c>

00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:30.079
of<00:45:27.659><c> something</c><00:45:28.059><c> that's</c><00:45:28.559><c> been</c><00:45:28.900><c> in</c><00:45:29.380><c> the</c><00:45:29.659><c> past.</c>

00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:33.340
The<00:45:30.639><c> kingdom</c><00:45:30.920><c> of</c><00:45:31.239><c> God</c><00:45:31.400><c> has</c><00:45:31.719><c> existed</c><00:45:32.119><c> before.</c>

00:45:33.420 --> 00:45:34.079
Here<00:45:33.599><c> it</c><00:45:33.800><c> is.</c>

00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:37.159
The<00:45:34.659><c> kingdom</c><00:45:34.840><c> of</c><00:45:35.119><c> God</c><00:45:35.360><c> in</c><00:45:35.739><c> the</c><00:45:35.860><c> first</c><00:45:36.079><c> of</c><00:45:36.280><c> Kings</c><00:45:36.480><c> chapter</c><00:45:36.820><c> 4</c>

00:45:37.159 --> 00:45:40.840
is<00:45:37.440><c> going</c><00:45:37.539><c> to</c><00:45:37.760><c> be</c><00:45:38.260><c> regenerated</c><00:45:39.119><c> upon</c><00:45:39.380><c> the</c><00:45:39.579><c> earth</c><00:45:40.159><c> tomorrow</c>

00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:42.699
in<00:45:41.480><c> the</c><00:45:41.699><c> time</c><00:45:41.840><c> of</c><00:45:42.099><c> Christ's</c><00:45:42.539><c> government.</c>

00:45:42.699 --> 00:45:47.019
And<00:45:42.840><c> so</c><00:45:43.099><c> in</c><00:45:43.440><c> the</c><00:45:43.719><c> regeneration,</c><00:45:45.460><c> when</c><00:45:45.559><c> the</c><00:45:45.800><c> same</c><00:45:46.139><c> system</c><00:45:46.500><c> of</c><00:45:46.739><c> government</c>

00:45:47.019 --> 00:45:50.219
in<00:45:47.219><c> a</c><00:45:47.360><c> sense</c><00:45:47.539><c> is</c><00:45:47.820><c> established,</c><00:45:48.639><c> we're</c><00:45:48.800><c> going</c><00:45:48.920><c> to</c><00:45:49.079><c> have</c><00:45:49.260><c> 12</c><00:45:49.800><c> offices</c>

00:45:50.219 --> 00:45:56.099
over<00:45:50.559><c> the</c><00:45:50.719><c> land</c><00:45:50.960><c> again,</c><00:45:51.639><c> and</c><00:45:51.780><c> it's</c><00:45:51.980><c> going</c><00:45:52.099><c> to</c><00:45:52.260><c> be</c><00:45:52.679><c> the</c><00:45:54.599><c> 12</c><00:45:54.900><c> apostles.</c>

00:45:58.079 --> 00:46:00.199
One<00:45:58.440><c> of</c><00:45:58.579><c> which</c><00:45:58.860><c> won't</c><00:45:59.199><c> be</c><00:45:59.400><c> Judas.</c>

00:46:01.579 --> 00:46:03.940
So<00:46:01.760><c> therefore</c><00:46:02.019><c> who's</c><00:46:02.239><c> going</c><00:46:02.360><c> to</c><00:46:02.500><c> take</c><00:46:02.659><c> Judas'</c><00:46:03.219><c> place?</c>

00:46:04.340 --> 00:46:05.619
What<00:46:04.460><c> was</c><00:46:04.619><c> his</c><00:46:04.840><c> name?</c>

00:46:08.280 --> 00:46:11.179
Matthias<00:46:08.760><c> from</c><00:46:09.079><c> Acts</c><00:46:09.420><c> chapter</c><00:46:09.699><c> 1</c><00:46:09.900><c> obviously</c><00:46:10.300><c> will</c><00:46:10.760><c> therefore</c>

00:46:11.179 --> 00:46:11.860
have<00:46:11.380><c> the</c><00:46:11.559><c> privilege</c>

00:46:11.860 --> 00:46:15.880
of<00:46:12.260><c> ruling</c><00:46:12.519><c> over</c><00:46:12.820><c> one</c><00:46:13.039><c> of</c><00:46:13.219><c> the</c><00:46:14.500><c> tribes</c><00:46:14.800><c> of</c><00:46:14.960><c> Israel</c><00:46:15.280><c> in</c><00:46:15.500><c> the</c><00:46:15.639><c> age</c>

00:46:15.880 --> 00:46:16.280
to<00:46:16.059><c> come.</c>

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:18.360
And<00:46:16.659><c> these</c><00:46:16.860><c> similar</c><00:46:17.139><c> words</c><00:46:17.400><c> in</c><00:46:17.539><c> Luke</c><00:46:17.719><c> 22,</c>

00:46:18.579 --> 00:46:20.639
I<00:46:18.599><c> point</c><00:46:18.860><c> unto</c><00:46:19.039><c> you</c><00:46:19.219><c> a</c><00:46:19.380><c> kingdom</c><00:46:19.599><c> that</c><00:46:19.800><c> ye</c><00:46:19.960><c> may</c><00:46:20.119><c> eat</c><00:46:20.360><c> and</c><00:46:20.500><c> drink</c>

00:46:20.639 --> 00:46:22.179
at<00:46:20.800><c> my</c><00:46:21.019><c> table</c><00:46:21.380><c> in</c><00:46:21.619><c> my</c><00:46:21.860><c> kingdom</c>

00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:26.179
and<00:46:22.679><c> sit</c><00:46:22.820><c> on</c><00:46:23.119><c> thrones</c><00:46:23.500><c> judging</c><00:46:23.880><c> the</c><00:46:24.219><c> 12</c><00:46:24.880><c> tribes</c><00:46:25.380><c> of</c><00:46:25.679><c> Israel.</c>

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:28.820
And<00:46:26.679><c> so</c><00:46:26.860><c> of</c><00:46:27.000><c> course</c><00:46:27.179><c> one</c><00:46:27.400><c> of</c><00:46:27.539><c> the</c><00:46:27.699><c> things</c><00:46:27.860><c> that</c><00:46:28.019><c> we've</c><00:46:28.280><c> always</c><00:46:28.579><c> said,</c>

00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:30.139
isn't<00:46:28.980><c> it,</c><00:46:29.199><c> as</c><00:46:29.280><c> Christadelphians</c><00:46:29.900><c> is,</c>

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:33.139
how<00:46:30.659><c> can</c><00:46:30.800><c> you</c><00:46:31.019><c> understand</c><00:46:31.440><c> the</c><00:46:31.800><c> Old</c><00:46:32.079><c> Testament,</c><00:46:32.719><c> or</c><00:46:32.800><c> the</c><00:46:32.900><c> New</c>

00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:33.920
Testament<00:46:33.500><c> rather,</c>

00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:36.960
if<00:46:34.340><c> you</c><00:46:34.480><c> don't</c><00:46:34.719><c> understand</c><00:46:35.139><c> the</c><00:46:35.380><c> Old,</c><00:46:35.920><c> so</c><00:46:36.079><c> much</c><00:46:36.360><c> of</c><00:46:36.519><c> the</c><00:46:36.760><c> Old</c>

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:38.019
is<00:46:37.199><c> modeled</c><00:46:37.400><c> on</c><00:46:37.619><c> the</c><00:46:37.800><c> New.</c>

00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:40.760
And<00:46:38.440><c> here</c><00:46:38.619><c> certainly,</c><00:46:39.340><c> of</c><00:46:39.599><c> course,</c><00:46:39.840><c> in</c><00:46:39.960><c> the</c><00:46:40.179><c> story</c><00:46:40.400><c> of</c><00:46:40.579><c> the</c>

00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:41.679
kingdom<00:46:41.019><c> under</c><00:46:41.300><c> Solomon,</c>

00:46:41.940 --> 00:46:45.239
which<00:46:42.099><c> is</c><00:46:42.320><c> so</c><00:46:42.760><c> clearly</c><00:46:43.179><c> a</c><00:46:43.679><c> foreshadowing</c><00:46:44.239><c> of</c><00:46:44.460><c> Christ's</c><00:46:45.019><c> reign,</c>

00:46:45.579 --> 00:46:49.139
all<00:46:45.840><c> of</c><00:46:46.059><c> these</c><00:46:46.320><c> things,</c><00:46:46.780><c> the</c><00:46:46.980><c> richness</c><00:46:47.440><c> of</c><00:46:47.739><c> them</c><00:46:47.960><c> is</c><00:46:48.400><c> only</c><00:46:48.699><c> apparent</c>

00:46:49.139 --> 00:46:52.039
if<00:46:49.539><c> we</c><00:46:49.800><c> have</c><00:46:50.039><c> the</c><00:46:50.500><c> roots</c><00:46:50.739><c> of</c><00:46:50.900><c> it</c><00:46:51.119><c> back</c><00:46:51.340><c> in</c><00:46:51.460><c> Old</c><00:46:51.659><c> Testament</c>

00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:53.519
times<00:46:52.539><c> here.</c>

00:46:53.679 --> 00:46:57.300
Now<00:46:54.079><c> that</c><00:46:54.519><c> brings</c><00:46:54.760><c> us</c><00:46:55.019><c> to</c><00:46:55.159><c> verse</c><00:46:55.440><c> 20,</c><00:46:55.940><c> the</c><00:46:56.079><c> first</c><00:46:56.280><c> of</c><00:46:56.480><c> Kings</c><00:46:56.699><c> chapter</c><00:46:57.019><c> 4</c>

00:46:57.300 --> 00:46:58.179
and<00:46:57.420><c> verse</c><00:46:57.699><c> 20,</c>

00:46:58.440 --> 00:47:01.059
and<00:46:58.599><c> in</c><00:46:58.760><c> fact</c><00:46:58.840><c> what</c><00:46:59.000><c> we're</c><00:46:59.199><c> going</c><00:46:59.300><c> to</c><00:46:59.460><c> do</c><00:46:59.579><c> now</c><00:46:59.940><c> is</c><00:47:00.519><c> just</c><00:47:00.800><c> have</c><00:47:00.980><c> a</c>

00:47:01.059 --> 00:47:03.099
look<00:47:01.239><c> at</c><00:47:01.679><c> several</c><00:47:02.239><c> other</c><00:47:02.679><c> echoes</c>

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:04.260
that<00:47:03.519><c> now</c><00:47:03.820><c> occur.</c>

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:09.460
So<00:47:04.679><c> what</c><00:47:04.880><c> we</c><00:47:05.159><c> have</c><00:47:05.320><c> now</c><00:47:05.840><c> from</c><00:47:06.380><c> verses</c><00:47:06.840><c> 20</c><00:47:07.260><c> to</c><00:47:07.440><c> 25</c><00:47:08.179><c> is</c><00:47:08.780><c> a</c><00:47:09.079><c> general</c>

00:47:09.460 --> 00:47:10.559
description<00:47:10.159><c> now</c>

00:47:10.559 --> 00:47:14.639
of<00:47:10.820><c> the</c><00:47:11.059><c> nation</c><00:47:11.519><c> and</c><00:47:11.940><c> what</c><00:47:12.179><c> it</c><00:47:12.460><c> was</c><00:47:12.699><c> like</c><00:47:13.099><c> in</c><00:47:13.659><c> the</c><00:47:13.860><c> days</c><00:47:14.099><c> of</c><00:47:14.400><c> Solomon.</c>

00:47:14.820 --> 00:47:17.639
How<00:47:15.059><c> did</c><00:47:15.340><c> the</c><00:47:15.519><c> nation</c><00:47:15.920><c> feel?</c><00:47:16.280><c> What</c><00:47:16.559><c> was</c><00:47:16.900><c> the</c><00:47:17.119><c> kingdom</c><00:47:17.380><c> like?</c>

00:47:17.739 --> 00:47:21.400
What<00:47:17.940><c> was</c><00:47:18.260><c> the</c><00:47:18.699><c> spirit</c><00:47:18.960><c> of</c><00:47:19.579><c> the</c><00:47:20.039><c> people</c><00:47:20.260><c> of</c><00:47:20.480><c> the</c><00:47:20.639><c> day?</c>

00:47:21.679 --> 00:47:26.539
Well<00:47:21.880><c> it</c><00:47:22.039><c> says,</c><00:47:23.219><c> Judah</c><00:47:23.239><c> and</c><00:47:23.599><c> Israel</c><00:47:24.139><c> were</c><00:47:24.420><c> many</c><00:47:24.800><c> as</c><00:47:25.380><c> the</c><00:47:25.820><c> sandwiches</c><00:47:26.260><c> by</c>

00:47:26.539 --> 00:47:27.420
the<00:47:26.719><c> sea</c><00:47:26.860><c> and</c><00:47:27.000><c> multitude.</c>

00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:29.400
They<00:47:27.739><c> ate,</c><00:47:28.039><c> they</c><00:47:28.260><c> drank,</c><00:47:28.599><c> they</c><00:47:28.820><c> made</c><00:47:29.000><c> merry.</c>

00:47:29.400 --> 00:47:32.280
Solomon<00:47:30.179><c> reigned</c><00:47:30.599><c> over</c><00:47:30.900><c> all</c><00:47:31.139><c> kingdoms</c><00:47:31.440><c> from</c><00:47:31.659><c> the</c><00:47:31.820><c> river</c><00:47:31.980><c> under</c><00:47:32.179><c> the</c>

00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:33.440
land<00:47:32.500><c> of</c><00:47:32.659><c> the</c><00:47:32.820><c> Philistines.</c>

00:47:33.780 --> 00:47:35.900
They<00:47:33.800><c> brought</c><00:47:34.139><c> presents,</c><00:47:34.639><c> they</c><00:47:34.920><c> served</c><00:47:35.280><c> him,</c><00:47:35.500><c> there</c><00:47:35.659><c> was</c>

00:47:35.900 --> 00:47:36.800
ample<00:47:36.260><c> provisions.</c>

00:47:37.179 --> 00:47:39.460
They<00:47:37.260><c> had</c><00:47:37.500><c> peace</c><00:47:37.840><c> on</c><00:47:38.039><c> all</c><00:47:38.340><c> sides,</c><00:47:38.639><c> verse</c><00:47:38.880><c> 24.</c>

00:47:39.659 --> 00:47:41.579
They<00:47:39.900><c> dwelt</c><00:47:40.159><c> safely,</c><00:47:40.619><c> verse</c><00:47:40.960><c> 25.</c>

00:47:41.760 --> 00:47:44.539
They<00:47:41.960><c> dwelt</c><00:47:42.199><c> under</c><00:47:42.440><c> their</c><00:47:42.760><c> vines</c><00:47:43.059><c> and</c><00:47:43.300><c> fig</c><00:47:43.460><c> trees,</c><00:47:43.659><c> verse</c><00:47:43.960><c> 25,</c>

00:47:44.840 --> 00:47:45.780
all<00:47:45.079><c> the</c><00:47:45.239><c> days</c><00:47:45.400><c> of</c><00:47:45.639><c> Solomon.</c>

00:47:46.059 --> 00:47:50.079
So<00:47:46.300><c> verses</c><00:47:46.679><c> 20</c><00:47:47.099><c> to</c><00:47:47.260><c> 25</c><00:47:47.860><c> is</c><00:47:48.360><c> really</c><00:47:48.659><c> a</c><00:47:49.099><c> marvelous</c><00:47:49.519><c> description,</c>

00:47:50.119 --> 00:47:50.440
isn't<00:47:50.280><c> it,</c>

00:47:50.440 --> 00:47:54.599
of<00:47:50.639><c> the</c><00:47:51.039><c> absolute</c><00:47:51.599><c> happiness</c><00:47:52.460><c> and</c><00:47:52.960><c> contentment</c><00:47:53.719><c> and</c><00:47:54.159><c> joy</c>

00:47:54.599 --> 00:47:58.019
that<00:47:55.079><c> filled</c><00:47:55.559><c> the</c><00:47:55.860><c> kingdom</c><00:47:56.139><c> in</c><00:47:56.480><c> the</c><00:47:56.679><c> time</c><00:47:56.860><c> of</c><00:47:57.159><c> Solomon,</c><00:47:57.719><c> the</c>

00:47:58.019 --> 00:47:59.900
skillful<00:47:58.619><c> administrator.</c>

00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:04.139
He<00:48:00.519><c> was</c><00:48:01.039><c> wise</c><00:48:01.539><c> in</c><00:48:02.000><c> the</c><00:48:02.280><c> organization</c><00:48:02.840><c> of</c><00:48:03.219><c> all</c><00:48:03.460><c> of</c><00:48:03.639><c> these</c><00:48:03.820><c> things</c>

00:48:04.139 --> 00:48:06.820
so<00:48:04.659><c> that</c><00:48:04.820><c> the</c><00:48:05.039><c> affairs</c><00:48:05.320><c> of</c><00:48:05.619><c> government</c><00:48:05.860><c> were</c><00:48:06.159><c> so</c><00:48:06.519><c> regulated</c>

00:48:07.119 --> 00:48:11.619
that<00:48:07.579><c> the</c><00:48:07.780><c> nation</c><00:48:08.079><c> enjoyed</c><00:48:08.559><c> absolute</c><00:48:09.260><c> contentment</c><00:48:09.960><c> and</c><00:48:10.300><c> prosperity</c><00:48:10.860><c> under</c><00:48:11.280><c> him,</c>

00:48:11.900 --> 00:48:13.920
as<00:48:12.219><c> will</c><00:48:12.400><c> the</c><00:48:12.579><c> nation</c><00:48:12.820><c> in</c><00:48:13.059><c> the</c><00:48:13.219><c> time</c><00:48:13.340><c> of</c><00:48:13.559><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:14.199 --> 00:48:15.820
Now<00:48:14.320><c> let's</c><00:48:14.519><c> just,</c><00:48:14.980><c> look,</c><00:48:15.139><c> I'll</c><00:48:15.260><c> tell</c><00:48:15.320><c> you</c><00:48:15.420><c> what,</c><00:48:15.480><c> there's</c><00:48:15.719><c> a</c>

00:48:15.820 --> 00:48:17.159
whole<00:48:16.000><c> lot</c><00:48:16.199><c> of</c><00:48:16.420><c> allusions</c><00:48:16.820><c> here</c>

00:48:17.159 --> 00:48:21.880
that<00:48:18.239><c> really</c><00:48:18.940><c> are,</c><00:48:19.659><c> there's</c><00:48:20.260><c> a</c><00:48:20.400><c> wealth</c><00:48:20.619><c> of</c><00:48:21.079><c> scriptural</c><00:48:21.559><c> idea</c>

00:48:21.880 --> 00:48:23.460
here<00:48:22.280><c> in</c><00:48:22.820><c> these</c><00:48:23.139><c> verses.</c>

00:48:23.460 --> 00:48:26.099
Let's<00:48:23.760><c> just</c><00:48:24.039><c> look</c><00:48:24.159><c> at</c><00:48:24.320><c> several</c><00:48:24.579><c> of</c><00:48:24.760><c> them.</c><00:48:25.119><c> Here's</c><00:48:25.340><c> the</c><00:48:25.480><c> first</c><00:48:25.739><c> one.</c>

00:48:26.360 --> 00:48:30.099
So<00:48:26.400><c> taking</c><00:48:26.639><c> up</c><00:48:26.820><c> the</c><00:48:26.980><c> first</c><00:48:27.199><c> of</c><00:48:27.400><c> Kings,</c><00:48:27.659><c> chapter</c><00:48:28.260><c> 4</c><00:48:28.840><c> here,</c><00:48:29.119><c> verse</c><00:48:29.440><c> 20</c>

00:48:30.099 --> 00:48:32.019
and<00:48:30.960><c> verse</c><00:48:31.260><c> 25.</c>

00:48:32.539 --> 00:48:36.780
We're<00:48:32.699><c> told</c><00:48:32.860><c> that</c><00:48:33.199><c> Judah</c><00:48:33.500><c> and</c><00:48:33.900><c> Israel</c><00:48:34.579><c> were</c><00:48:35.159><c> as</c><00:48:35.340><c> the</c><00:48:35.800><c> sand</c><00:48:36.300><c> by</c>

00:48:36.780 --> 00:48:37.400
the<00:48:37.139><c> sea.</c>

00:48:37.739 --> 00:48:39.760
Well,<00:48:38.059><c> that's</c><00:48:38.320><c> not</c><00:48:38.500><c> too</c><00:48:38.699><c> difficult</c><00:48:38.940><c> to</c><00:48:39.139><c> work</c><00:48:39.340><c> out,</c><00:48:39.519><c> is</c><00:48:39.599><c> it,</c>

00:48:39.760 --> 00:48:43.480
because<00:48:40.539><c> the</c><00:48:40.960><c> sand</c><00:48:41.219><c> by</c><00:48:41.500><c> the</c><00:48:41.760><c> sea</c><00:48:42.039><c> is,</c><00:48:42.659><c> of</c><00:48:42.780><c> course,</c><00:48:43.119><c> Genesis,</c>

00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:45.360
chapter<00:48:43.820><c> 22,</c><00:48:44.280><c> verse</c><00:48:44.519><c> 17,</c><00:48:45.039><c> isn't</c><00:48:45.159><c> it?</c>

00:48:45.559 --> 00:48:49.000
I<00:48:45.760><c> will</c><00:48:45.940><c> multiply</c><00:48:46.500><c> thy</c><00:48:46.900><c> seed</c><00:48:47.059><c> as</c><00:48:47.320><c> the</c><00:48:48.019><c> sand</c><00:48:48.340><c> which</c><00:48:48.519><c> is</c><00:48:48.739><c> upon</c>

00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:50.199
the<00:48:49.500><c> seashore.</c>

00:48:50.199 --> 00:48:55.539
So<00:48:50.980><c> Judah</c><00:48:51.360><c> and</c><00:48:51.519><c> Israel</c><00:48:51.860><c> being</c><00:48:52.199><c> as</c><00:48:52.579><c> the</c><00:48:52.920><c> sand</c><00:48:53.260><c> is</c><00:48:54.260><c> the</c><00:48:54.420><c> fulfillment</c><00:48:54.940><c> of</c><00:48:55.320><c> the</c>

00:48:55.539 --> 00:48:56.960
promise<00:48:55.780><c> to</c><00:48:56.260><c> Abraham.</c>

00:48:57.400 --> 00:48:59.980
This<00:48:57.559><c> is</c><00:48:57.860><c> the</c><00:48:58.079><c> multitude</c><00:48:58.599><c> and</c><00:48:58.820><c> the</c><00:48:59.059><c> seed</c><00:48:59.179><c> of</c><00:48:59.420><c> Israel</c>

00:48:59.980 --> 00:49:04.039
that<00:49:00.420><c> have</c><00:49:00.579><c> all</c><00:49:00.760><c> been</c><00:49:00.960><c> multiplied</c><00:49:01.579><c> by</c><00:49:02.159><c> the</c><00:49:02.440><c> promise</c><00:49:02.699><c> given</c><00:49:02.980><c> to</c><00:49:03.500><c> Abraham.</c>

00:49:04.340 --> 00:49:10.579
And<00:49:04.519><c> what</c><00:49:04.679><c> are</c><00:49:04.760><c> they</c><00:49:04.920><c> like?</c><00:49:05.179><c> Well,</c><00:49:05.300><c> it</c><00:49:05.500><c> says,</c><00:49:06.860><c> Judah</c><00:49:06.860><c> and</c><00:49:07.360><c> Israel</c><00:49:08.179><c> dwelt</c><00:49:08.920><c> safely,</c><00:49:10.340><c> says</c>

00:49:10.579 --> 00:49:11.800
verse<00:49:11.039><c> 25,</c>

00:49:12.119 --> 00:49:14.780
and<00:49:12.320><c> that's</c><00:49:12.780><c> actually</c><00:49:13.059><c> Jeremiah</c><00:49:13.480><c> 23,</c><00:49:13.980><c> verse</c><00:49:14.260><c> 6.</c>

00:49:14.780 --> 00:49:19.699
In<00:49:15.139><c> his</c><00:49:15.460><c> days,</c><00:49:16.519><c> Judah</c><00:49:16.920><c> shall</c><00:49:17.440><c> be,</c><00:49:17.739><c> in</c><00:49:18.000><c> his</c><00:49:18.579><c> days,</c><00:49:19.219><c> that's</c><00:49:19.579><c> the</c>

00:49:19.699 --> 00:49:20.539
days<00:49:19.880><c> of</c><00:49:20.079><c> the</c><00:49:20.239><c> king,</c>

00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:26.039
in<00:49:21.099><c> his</c><00:49:21.440><c> days</c><00:49:21.860><c> Judah</c><00:49:22.360><c> shall</c><00:49:22.719><c> be</c><00:49:23.159><c> saved</c><00:49:23.639><c> and</c><00:49:24.420><c> Israel</c><00:49:25.260><c> shall</c>

00:49:26.039 --> 00:49:28.400
dwell<00:49:26.880><c> safely.</c>

00:49:29.219 --> 00:49:32.099
Jeremiah<00:49:29.539><c> 23,</c><00:49:30.039><c> of</c><00:49:30.260><c> course,</c><00:49:30.519><c> is</c><00:49:30.699><c> another</c><00:49:30.980><c> chapter</c><00:49:31.340><c> about</c><00:49:31.760><c> the</c>

00:49:32.099 --> 00:49:34.760
glories<00:49:32.539><c> of</c><00:49:33.119><c> the</c><00:49:33.280><c> reign</c><00:49:33.460><c> of</c><00:49:33.760><c> Christ.</c>

00:49:35.360 --> 00:49:37.940
And<00:49:35.619><c> then</c><00:49:35.739><c> it</c><00:49:35.920><c> says</c><00:49:36.179><c> that</c><00:49:36.639><c> every</c><00:49:36.860><c> man</c><00:49:37.059><c> dwelt</c><00:49:37.260><c> under</c><00:49:37.500><c> his</c><00:49:37.760><c> vine</c>

00:49:37.940 --> 00:49:38.840
and<00:49:38.139><c> under</c><00:49:38.280><c> his</c><00:49:38.539><c> fig</c><00:49:38.659><c> tree.</c>

00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:40.960
Well,<00:49:39.239><c> that,</c><00:49:39.579><c> of</c><00:49:39.579><c> course,</c><00:49:39.860><c> is</c><00:49:40.000><c> Micah</c><00:49:40.320><c> 4,</c><00:49:40.539><c> isn't</c><00:49:40.719><c> it?</c>

00:49:40.960 --> 00:49:43.920
They<00:49:41.420><c> shall</c><00:49:41.679><c> sit</c><00:49:41.940><c> every</c><00:49:42.320><c> man</c><00:49:42.480><c> under</c><00:49:42.699><c> his</c><00:49:43.059><c> vine</c><00:49:43.260><c> and</c><00:49:43.460><c> under</c><00:49:43.679><c> his</c>

00:49:43.920 --> 00:49:44.420
fig<00:49:44.099><c> tree,</c>

00:49:44.920 --> 00:49:47.159
and<00:49:45.219><c> none</c><00:49:45.619><c> shall</c><00:49:46.119><c> make</c><00:49:46.440><c> them</c><00:49:46.659><c> afraid.</c>

00:49:47.420 --> 00:49:51.880
So<00:49:47.679><c> we</c><00:49:47.860><c> have</c><00:49:48.019><c> this</c><00:49:48.239><c> tremendous</c><00:49:48.719><c> sense</c><00:49:49.139><c> of</c><00:49:49.519><c> peace</c><00:49:49.920><c> and</c><00:49:50.380><c> security</c><00:49:51.000><c> in</c><00:49:51.280><c> the</c><00:49:51.420><c> nation</c>

00:49:51.880 --> 00:49:56.460
under<00:49:52.539><c> the</c><00:49:52.900><c> wise</c><00:49:53.519><c> governorship</c><00:49:54.139><c> and</c><00:49:55.019><c> administratorship</c><00:49:55.820><c> of</c>

00:49:56.460 --> 00:49:58.599
Solomon<00:49:56.940><c> the</c><00:49:57.300><c> Good</c><00:49:57.719><c> King.</c>

00:49:59.239 --> 00:50:04.139
And<00:49:59.539><c> you</c><00:49:59.900><c> can</c><00:50:00.139><c> see</c><00:50:00.320><c> how</c><00:50:00.539><c> clearly</c><00:50:01.500><c> the</c><00:50:02.199><c> whole</c><00:50:02.659><c> wording</c><00:50:03.039><c> of</c><00:50:03.940><c> the</c>

00:50:04.139 --> 00:50:05.260
first<00:50:04.320><c> of</c><00:50:04.559><c> Kings</c><00:50:04.800><c> 4</c>

00:50:05.260 --> 00:50:10.219
is<00:50:05.920><c> being</c><00:50:06.320><c> taken</c><00:50:06.679><c> here</c><00:50:07.000><c> as</c><00:50:07.199><c> a</c><00:50:07.340><c> basis</c><00:50:07.699><c> for</c><00:50:08.440><c> many</c><00:50:08.940><c> another</c><00:50:09.280><c> Bible</c><00:50:09.679><c> reference</c>

00:50:10.219 --> 00:50:13.139
which<00:50:10.659><c> picks</c><00:50:11.019><c> up</c><00:50:11.260><c> the</c><00:50:11.460><c> spirit</c><00:50:11.760><c> of</c><00:50:11.900><c> those</c><00:50:12.179><c> words</c><00:50:12.579><c> and</c><00:50:12.900><c> says,</c>

00:50:13.360 --> 00:50:16.840
look,<00:50:13.659><c> this</c><00:50:13.820><c> is</c><00:50:14.059><c> actually</c><00:50:14.500><c> really</c><00:50:15.079><c> talking</c><00:50:15.440><c> about</c><00:50:15.840><c> the</c><00:50:16.559><c> reign</c>

00:50:16.840 --> 00:50:18.679
of<00:50:17.300><c> Christ</c><00:50:17.659><c> to</c><00:50:17.940><c> come.</c>

00:50:18.960 --> 00:50:20.599
So<00:50:18.960><c> what</c><00:50:19.460><c> about</c><00:50:19.699><c> verse</c><00:50:19.980><c> 21?</c>

00:50:20.800 --> 00:50:24.320
Verse<00:50:21.019><c> 21</c><00:50:21.480><c> says,</c><00:50:22.440><c> and</c><00:50:22.440><c> Solomon</c><00:50:22.800><c> reigned</c><00:50:23.119><c> over</c><00:50:23.480><c> all</c><00:50:23.900><c> kingdoms</c>

00:50:24.320 --> 00:50:25.300
from<00:50:24.679><c> the</c><00:50:24.980><c> river</c>

00:50:25.300 --> 00:50:28.380
unto<00:50:25.780><c> the</c><00:50:26.119><c> land</c><00:50:26.320><c> of</c><00:50:26.519><c> the</c><00:50:26.659><c> Philistines</c><00:50:27.260><c> and</c><00:50:27.659><c> unto</c><00:50:27.860><c> the</c><00:50:28.159><c> border</c>

00:50:28.380 --> 00:50:28.920
of<00:50:28.639><c> Egypt,</c>

00:50:29.239 --> 00:50:32.920
and<00:50:29.300><c> they</c><00:50:29.599><c> brought</c><00:50:29.820><c> presents</c><00:50:30.360><c> and</c><00:50:31.039><c> served</c><00:50:31.400><c> Solomon</c><00:50:31.980><c> all</c><00:50:32.659><c> the</c>

00:50:32.920 --> 00:50:34.719
days<00:50:33.260><c> of</c><00:50:33.539><c> his</c><00:50:33.820><c> life.</c>

00:50:35.099 --> 00:50:38.019
Well,<00:50:36.559><c> he</c><00:50:36.679><c> reigned</c><00:50:37.099><c> where?</c>

00:50:38.340 --> 00:50:42.679
Over<00:50:38.800><c> all</c><00:50:39.380><c> kingdoms</c><00:50:39.659><c> from</c><00:50:40.159><c> the</c><00:50:40.440><c> river,</c><00:50:40.880><c> that's</c><00:50:41.219><c> the</c><00:50:41.300><c> river</c><00:50:41.480><c> Euphrates,</c>

00:50:42.920 --> 00:50:45.039
unto<00:50:43.219><c> the</c><00:50:43.420><c> land</c><00:50:43.579><c> of</c><00:50:43.780><c> the</c><00:50:43.900><c> Philistines</c><00:50:44.340><c> and</c><00:50:44.519><c> unto</c><00:50:44.719><c> the</c><00:50:44.860><c> border</c>

00:50:45.039 --> 00:50:45.460
of<00:50:45.239><c> Egypt.</c>

00:50:45.900 --> 00:50:47.420
He<00:50:45.960><c> reigned</c><00:50:46.320><c> over</c><00:50:46.699><c> all</c><00:50:47.039><c> kingdoms.</c>

00:50:47.659 --> 00:50:49.980
That's<00:50:48.039><c> Romans</c><00:50:48.340><c> 15</c><00:50:48.800><c> verse</c><00:50:49.179><c> 12.</c>

00:50:50.159 --> 00:50:53.900
He<00:50:50.340><c> shall</c><00:50:50.679><c> rise</c><00:50:51.300><c> to</c><00:50:52.019><c> reign</c><00:50:52.380><c> over</c><00:50:52.980><c> the</c><00:50:53.219><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:50:54.300 --> 00:50:58.800
Romans<00:50:54.599><c> 15</c><00:50:55.039><c> verse</c><00:50:55.420><c> 12,</c><00:50:55.820><c> by</c><00:50:56.039><c> the</c><00:50:56.159><c> way,</c><00:50:56.659><c> is</c><00:50:56.920><c> quoting</c><00:50:57.139><c> from</c><00:50:57.699><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:58.099><c> chapter</c><00:50:58.420><c> 11,</c>

00:50:59.000 --> 00:51:01.719
the<00:50:59.219><c> rod</c><00:50:59.420><c> out</c><00:50:59.599><c> of</c><00:50:59.739><c> the</c><00:50:59.880><c> stem</c><00:51:00.059><c> of</c><00:51:00.400><c> Jesse</c><00:51:00.699><c> that</c><00:51:01.119><c> shall</c><00:51:01.320><c> come.</c>

00:51:01.719 --> 00:51:05.780
So<00:51:02.699><c> Christ</c><00:51:03.179><c> is</c><00:51:03.440><c> going</c><00:51:03.619><c> to</c><00:51:03.920><c> do</c><00:51:04.320><c> just</c><00:51:04.619><c> that,</c><00:51:04.920><c> says</c><00:51:05.019><c> Paul</c><00:51:05.300><c> in</c><00:51:05.440><c> Romans.</c>

00:51:06.159 --> 00:51:09.599
He's<00:51:06.280><c> going</c><00:51:06.440><c> to</c><00:51:06.860><c> arise</c><00:51:07.340><c> and</c><00:51:07.780><c> to</c><00:51:08.139><c> reign</c><00:51:08.360><c> over</c><00:51:08.780><c> the</c><00:51:08.980><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:51:09.900 --> 00:51:13.619
just<00:51:10.039><c> as</c><00:51:10.300><c> Solomon</c><00:51:10.639><c> reigned</c><00:51:10.940><c> over</c><00:51:11.300><c> all</c><00:51:11.980><c> kingdoms</c><00:51:12.440><c> of</c><00:51:12.800><c> the</c><00:51:12.940><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:51:13.760 --> 00:51:14.699
And<00:51:13.820><c> how</c><00:51:14.099><c> far</c><00:51:14.280><c> will</c><00:51:14.400><c> it</c><00:51:14.539><c> be?</c>

00:51:14.940 --> 00:51:17.159
From<00:51:15.119><c> the</c><00:51:15.300><c> river</c><00:51:15.579><c> Euphrates</c><00:51:15.980><c> unto</c><00:51:16.239><c> the</c><00:51:16.440><c> border</c><00:51:16.639><c> of</c><00:51:16.880><c> Egypt.</c>

00:51:17.420 --> 00:51:19.239
That's<00:51:17.880><c> Genesis</c><00:51:18.139><c> 15</c><00:51:18.659><c> again,</c><00:51:19.000><c> isn't</c><00:51:19.079><c> it?</c>

00:51:19.239 --> 00:51:22.079
Verse<00:51:19.480><c> 18,</c><00:51:20.360><c> unto</c><00:51:20.539><c> thy</c><00:51:20.900><c> seed</c><00:51:21.139><c> have</c><00:51:21.280><c> I</c><00:51:21.440><c> given</c><00:51:21.579><c> this</c><00:51:21.840><c> land,</c>

00:51:22.119 --> 00:51:25.260
from<00:51:22.380><c> the</c><00:51:22.539><c> river</c><00:51:22.719><c> of</c><00:51:22.940><c> Egypt</c><00:51:23.280><c> unto</c><00:51:24.159><c> the</c><00:51:24.440><c> great</c><00:51:24.659><c> river,</c><00:51:25.159><c> the</c>

00:51:25.260 --> 00:51:26.119
river<00:51:25.480><c> Euphrates.</c>

00:51:26.119 --> 00:51:30.079
So<00:51:26.739><c> the</c><00:51:27.059><c> dimensions</c><00:51:28.000><c> of</c><00:51:28.519><c> Solomon's</c><00:51:29.199><c> kingdom</c><00:51:29.579><c> here,</c>

00:51:30.360 --> 00:51:32.699
as<00:51:30.619><c> recorded</c><00:51:31.099><c> for</c><00:51:31.360><c> us</c><00:51:31.619><c> in</c><00:51:31.880><c> verse</c><00:51:32.159><c> 21,</c>

00:51:33.019 --> 00:51:37.019
are<00:51:33.260><c> the</c><00:51:33.420><c> dimensions</c><00:51:34.139><c> of</c><00:51:34.539><c> the</c><00:51:34.860><c> land</c><00:51:35.360><c> promised</c><00:51:35.739><c> to</c><00:51:36.320><c> Abraham.</c>

00:51:37.460 --> 00:51:40.920
This<00:51:37.659><c> is</c><00:51:37.900><c> a</c><00:51:38.139><c> fulfillment</c><00:51:38.800><c> of</c><00:51:39.400><c> the</c><00:51:39.780><c> Abrahamic</c><00:51:40.519><c> promises</c>

00:51:40.920 --> 00:51:44.860
when<00:51:41.559><c> Solomon</c><00:51:42.000><c> reigns</c><00:51:42.420><c> over</c><00:51:42.679><c> a</c><00:51:42.880><c> kingdom</c><00:51:43.139><c> to</c><00:51:43.539><c> this</c><00:51:43.800><c> extent.</c>

00:51:45.300 --> 00:51:48.820
And<00:51:45.440><c> then</c><00:51:45.599><c> the</c><00:51:45.780><c> record</c><00:51:46.019><c> says,</c><00:51:46.960><c> and</c><00:51:46.960><c> they</c><00:51:47.219><c> brought</c><00:51:47.619><c> presents</c>

00:51:48.980 --> 00:51:51.639
and<00:51:49.360><c> served</c><00:51:49.940><c> Solomon</c><00:51:50.420><c> all</c><00:51:51.019><c> his</c><00:51:51.300><c> life,</c>

00:51:51.900 --> 00:51:55.019
and<00:51:52.119><c> that's</c><00:51:52.719><c> Psalm</c><00:51:53.039><c> 72</c><00:51:53.599><c> verses</c><00:51:54.079><c> 10</c><00:51:54.460><c> and</c><00:51:54.659><c> 11,</c>

00:51:55.019 --> 00:51:58.239
which<00:51:55.460><c> says</c><00:51:55.760><c> the</c><00:51:55.940><c> kings</c><00:51:56.280><c> of</c><00:51:56.460><c> the</c><00:51:56.619><c> earth</c><00:51:56.800><c> shall</c><00:51:57.099><c> bring</c><00:51:57.579><c> presents,</c>

00:51:58.659 --> 00:52:02.579
shall<00:51:58.880><c> offer</c><00:51:59.260><c> gifts,</c><00:52:00.239><c> all</c><00:52:00.619><c> kings</c><00:52:00.960><c> shall</c><00:52:01.260><c> fall</c><00:52:01.639><c> down</c><00:52:01.920><c> before</c><00:52:02.280><c> him,</c>

00:52:03.000 --> 00:52:09.300
all<00:52:03.400><c> nations</c><00:52:04.139><c> shall</c><00:52:05.199><c> serve</c><00:52:06.000><c> him,</c><00:52:06.820><c> says</c><00:52:06.980><c> the</c><00:52:07.260><c> Psalmist</c><00:52:07.900><c> in</c><00:52:08.239><c> Psalm</c><00:52:08.619><c> 72,</c>

00:52:09.719 --> 00:52:12.219
speaking<00:52:09.960><c> of</c><00:52:10.199><c> course</c><00:52:10.460><c> in</c><00:52:10.860><c> the</c><00:52:11.019><c> first</c><00:52:11.280><c> instance</c><00:52:11.639><c> of</c><00:52:11.860><c> the</c><00:52:11.900><c> very</c>

00:52:12.219 --> 00:52:12.960
reign<00:52:12.400><c> of</c><00:52:12.659><c> Solomon,</c>

00:52:13.320 --> 00:52:16.219
but<00:52:13.460><c> looking</c><00:52:13.820><c> forward</c><00:52:14.179><c> to</c><00:52:14.420><c> the</c><00:52:14.880><c> future</c><00:52:15.280><c> reign</c><00:52:15.519><c> of</c><00:52:15.780><c> Messiah.</c>

00:52:16.559 --> 00:52:20.039
So<00:52:16.840><c> you</c><00:52:16.980><c> can</c><00:52:17.219><c> see</c><00:52:17.420><c> how</c><00:52:17.659><c> that</c><00:52:17.960><c> in</c><00:52:18.099><c> all</c><00:52:18.340><c> of</c><00:52:18.559><c> these</c><00:52:19.219><c> references</c><00:52:19.800><c> in</c>

00:52:20.039 --> 00:52:21.760
the<00:52:20.159><c> first</c><00:52:20.380><c> of</c><00:52:20.619><c> Kings</c><00:52:20.840><c> chapter</c><00:52:21.239><c> 4,</c>

00:52:21.760 --> 00:52:26.900
there<00:52:21.800><c> is</c><00:52:22.719><c> a</c><00:52:23.000><c> deliberate</c><00:52:23.719><c> foreshadowing</c><00:52:24.679><c> of</c><00:52:25.179><c> the</c><00:52:25.440><c> administration</c><00:52:26.079><c> of</c><00:52:26.380><c> the</c><00:52:26.559><c> kingdom</c>

00:52:26.900 --> 00:52:31.239
in<00:52:27.199><c> the</c><00:52:27.360><c> time</c><00:52:27.519><c> of</c><00:52:27.739><c> Christ</c><00:52:28.179><c> and</c><00:52:28.880><c> of</c><00:52:29.280><c> the</c><00:52:29.699><c> peace</c><00:52:30.019><c> and</c><00:52:30.539><c> contentment</c>

00:52:31.239 --> 00:52:36.300
that<00:52:31.460><c> will</c><00:52:31.739><c> prevail</c><00:52:32.179><c> as</c><00:52:32.940><c> a</c><00:52:33.219><c> result</c><00:52:33.599><c> of</c><00:52:34.139><c> his</c><00:52:34.460><c> wise</c><00:52:34.860><c> administration.</c>

00:52:37.380 --> 00:52:42.340
We're<00:52:37.519><c> told</c><00:52:37.860><c> in</c><00:52:38.199><c> another</c><00:52:39.920><c> place</c><00:52:40.340><c> here,</c>

00:52:44.980 --> 00:52:49.420
his<00:52:45.019><c> name,</c><00:52:45.539><c> says</c><00:52:45.780><c> the</c><00:52:45.980><c> first</c><00:52:46.199><c> of</c><00:52:46.480><c> Chronicles</c><00:52:46.960><c> 22</c><00:52:48.079><c> verse</c><00:52:48.519><c> 9,</c>

00:52:49.920 --> 00:52:52.059
Why<00:52:50.440><c> was</c><00:52:51.300><c> he</c><00:52:51.460><c> called</c><00:52:51.780><c> Solomon?</c>

00:52:52.500 --> 00:52:57.260
Because<00:52:52.500><c> I</c><00:52:52.920><c> will</c><00:52:53.420><c> give</c><00:52:54.059><c> peace</c><00:52:54.840><c> and</c><00:52:55.980><c> quietness</c><00:52:56.480><c> under</c><00:52:56.719><c> Israel</c>

00:52:57.260 --> 00:52:58.579
in<00:52:57.619><c> his</c><00:52:58.019><c> days.</c>

00:52:59.039 --> 00:53:04.380
So<00:52:59.340><c> Solomon</c><00:53:00.000><c> means</c><00:53:02.159><c> peaceable.</c>

00:53:04.800 --> 00:53:07.980
And<00:53:04.820><c> here,</c><00:53:05.480><c> notice</c><00:53:05.840><c> in</c><00:53:06.000><c> the</c><00:53:06.119><c> first</c><00:53:06.380><c> of</c><00:53:06.639><c> Kings</c><00:53:06.940><c> chapter</c><00:53:07.360><c> 4</c>

00:53:07.980 --> 00:53:10.900
and<00:53:08.539><c> verse</c><00:53:08.800><c> 24,</c><00:53:09.360><c> the</c><00:53:09.460><c> very</c><00:53:09.679><c> last</c><00:53:10.019><c> phrase,</c>

00:53:11.219 --> 00:53:16.320
and<00:53:11.219><c> yes,</c><00:53:12.079><c> he</c><00:53:12.260><c> had</c><00:53:12.679><c> peace</c><00:53:13.280><c> on</c><00:53:14.039><c> all</c><00:53:14.519><c> sides</c><00:53:15.340><c> round</c><00:53:15.780><c> about</c><00:53:16.019><c> him.</c>

00:53:16.320 --> 00:53:19.820
So<00:53:17.500><c> Solomon's</c><00:53:18.239><c> name</c><00:53:18.579><c> was</c><00:53:18.920><c> outworked</c>

00:53:19.860 --> 00:53:25.260
and<00:53:20.199><c> Israel</c><00:53:20.619><c> enjoyed</c><00:53:21.079><c> a</c><00:53:21.500><c> tremendous</c><00:53:21.960><c> time</c><00:53:22.400><c> of</c><00:53:22.780><c> peace</c><00:53:23.219><c> and</c><00:53:24.059><c> prosperity.</c>

00:53:25.800 --> 00:53:28.780
And<00:53:25.800><c> that's</c><00:53:27.139><c> Isaiah</c><00:53:27.460><c> chapter</c><00:53:27.760><c> 9,</c><00:53:28.119><c> isn't</c><00:53:28.219><c> it?</c>

00:53:29.280 --> 00:53:31.440
And<00:53:29.460><c> the</c><00:53:29.579><c> government</c><00:53:30.039><c> shall</c><00:53:30.340><c> be</c><00:53:30.539><c> upon</c><00:53:30.719><c> his</c><00:53:31.019><c> shoulder</c>

00:53:31.440 --> 00:53:38.280
and<00:53:32.380><c> his</c><00:53:33.059><c> name</c><00:53:33.559><c> shall</c><00:53:34.000><c> be</c><00:53:34.480><c> called</c><00:53:35.099><c> the</c><00:53:35.780><c> Prince</c><00:53:36.219><c> of</c><00:53:37.059><c> Shelomol.</c>

00:53:38.300 --> 00:53:41.440
Of<00:53:38.559><c> the</c><00:53:38.840><c> increase</c><00:53:39.340><c> of</c><00:53:39.559><c> his</c><00:53:39.780><c> government</c><00:53:40.119><c> and</c><00:53:40.440><c> of</c><00:53:40.619><c> his</c><00:53:41.059><c> peace,</c>

00:53:41.820 --> 00:53:42.739
there<00:53:41.920><c> shall</c><00:53:42.099><c> be</c><00:53:42.320><c> no</c><00:53:42.519><c> end.</c>

00:53:42.739 --> 00:53:46.360
So<00:53:43.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:53:43.920><c> says</c><00:53:44.320><c> there</c><00:53:44.619><c> shall</c><00:53:44.780><c> be</c><00:53:45.000><c> no</c><00:53:45.380><c> end</c><00:53:45.659><c> to</c><00:53:45.820><c> the</c><00:53:46.000><c> increase</c>

00:53:46.360 --> 00:53:47.000
of<00:53:46.559><c> his</c><00:53:46.760><c> peace.</c>

00:53:47.480 --> 00:53:50.420
The<00:53:47.519><c> book</c><00:53:47.699><c> of</c><00:53:47.860><c> Kings</c><00:53:48.000><c> says</c><00:53:48.320><c> there</c><00:53:48.559><c> was</c><00:53:48.780><c> peace</c><00:53:48.980><c> on</c><00:53:49.340><c> all</c><00:53:50.000><c> sides.</c>

00:53:50.559 --> 00:53:53.179
It's<00:53:50.719><c> the</c><00:53:51.820><c> same</c><00:53:51.980><c> spirit,</c><00:53:52.539><c> isn't</c><00:53:52.659><c> it?</c>

00:53:53.519 --> 00:53:56.920
Abundant<00:53:54.039><c> peace.</c><00:53:55.599><c> Where</c><00:53:55.739><c> does</c><00:53:55.840><c> that</c><00:53:55.980><c> come</c><00:53:56.159><c> from?</c>

00:53:57.679 --> 00:54:01.940
Abundance<00:53:58.360><c> of</c><00:53:58.679><c> peace</c><00:53:59.280><c> so</c><00:53:59.699><c> long</c><00:53:59.920><c> as</c><00:54:01.059><c> the</c><00:54:01.440><c> moon</c><00:54:01.599><c> endureth.</c>

00:54:02.280 --> 00:54:04.880
That's<00:54:02.800><c> Psalm</c><00:54:03.059><c> 72</c><00:54:03.579><c> again,</c><00:54:04.019><c> isn't</c><00:54:04.199><c> it?</c>

00:54:05.219 --> 00:54:09.400
And<00:54:05.360><c> so</c><00:54:05.699><c> Solomon's</c><00:54:06.440><c> name,</c><00:54:07.380><c> the</c><00:54:07.659><c> peaceable</c><00:54:08.119><c> or</c><00:54:08.380><c> peaceful</c><00:54:08.940><c> one,</c>

00:54:09.400 --> 00:54:13.920
becomes<00:54:10.079><c> a</c><00:54:10.800><c> marvelous</c><00:54:11.260><c> foreshadowing</c><00:54:11.960><c> here</c><00:54:12.380><c> of</c><00:54:13.000><c> the</c><00:54:13.500><c> story</c>

00:54:13.920 --> 00:54:15.699
of<00:54:14.380><c> Christ's</c><00:54:15.199><c> reign.</c>

00:54:16.159 --> 00:54:19.679
Well,<00:54:17.000><c> brothers</c><00:54:17.059><c> and</c><00:54:17.340><c> sisters,</c><00:54:18.320><c> that's</c><00:54:18.840><c> the</c><00:54:18.960><c> first</c><00:54:19.179><c> of</c><00:54:19.420><c> Kings</c>

00:54:19.679 --> 00:54:20.719
chapter<00:54:20.059><c> 4,</c>

00:54:20.860 --> 00:54:23.760
very<00:54:21.219><c> briefly,</c><00:54:22.239><c> and</c><00:54:22.320><c> verses</c><00:54:22.699><c> 1</c><00:54:23.159><c> to</c><00:54:23.300><c> 28.</c>

00:54:24.039 --> 00:54:27.559
It's<00:54:24.400><c> tremendous,</c><00:54:24.860><c> isn't</c><00:54:24.960><c> it,</c><00:54:25.780><c> how</c><00:54:26.000><c> in</c><00:54:26.400><c> all</c><00:54:26.679><c> of</c><00:54:26.880><c> these</c><00:54:27.079><c> details</c>

00:54:27.559 --> 00:54:30.980
there<00:54:27.780><c> is</c><00:54:27.980><c> this</c><00:54:28.360><c> wonderful</c><00:54:29.000><c> foreshadowing</c><00:54:29.719><c> of</c><00:54:29.940><c> the</c><00:54:30.099><c> reign</c><00:54:30.260><c> of</c><00:54:30.519><c> Christ.</c>

00:54:31.480 --> 00:54:34.300
And<00:54:31.739><c> the</c><00:54:32.360><c> thing</c><00:54:32.539><c> is</c><00:54:32.860><c> that</c><00:54:33.260><c> we</c><00:54:33.460><c> don't</c><00:54:33.760><c> know,</c><00:54:33.900><c> of</c><00:54:34.119><c> course,</c>

00:54:34.300 --> 00:54:39.079
the<00:54:34.619><c> exact</c><00:54:34.980><c> circumstances</c><00:54:35.760><c> of</c><00:54:37.360><c> Christ's</c><00:54:38.260><c> system</c><00:54:38.500><c> of</c><00:54:38.739><c> government.</c>

00:54:39.500 --> 00:54:42.219
But<00:54:39.599><c> one</c><00:54:39.800><c> would</c><00:54:40.059><c> like</c><00:54:40.239><c> to</c><00:54:40.460><c> think,</c><00:54:40.579><c> and</c><00:54:40.739><c> I'd</c><00:54:41.340><c> just</c><00:54:41.619><c> like</c><00:54:41.780><c> to</c><00:54:41.960><c> conclude</c>

00:54:42.219 --> 00:54:43.559
with<00:54:42.420><c> this</c><00:54:42.579><c> thought</c><00:54:42.780><c> for</c><00:54:42.900><c> you</c><00:54:42.980><c> to</c><00:54:43.119><c> go</c><00:54:43.260><c> away</c><00:54:43.420><c> on,</c>

00:54:43.800 --> 00:54:46.940
one<00:54:43.940><c> would</c><00:54:44.159><c> like</c><00:54:44.340><c> to</c><00:54:44.519><c> think</c><00:54:44.659><c> that</c><00:54:44.860><c> perhaps</c><00:54:45.260><c> some</c><00:54:45.659><c> of</c><00:54:45.860><c> these</c><00:54:46.260><c> positions</c>

00:54:46.940 --> 00:54:51.239
will<00:54:47.440><c> in</c><00:54:47.639><c> fact</c><00:54:47.800><c> be</c><00:54:48.280><c> reinstituted</c><00:54:49.099><c> in</c><00:54:49.559><c> the</c><00:54:49.739><c> days</c><00:54:50.059><c> of</c><00:54:50.760><c> Christ</c>

00:54:51.239 --> 00:54:55.179
and<00:54:52.119><c> that</c><00:54:52.639><c> it's</c><00:54:53.420><c> an</c><00:54:53.639><c> interesting</c><00:54:53.980><c> thing</c><00:54:54.280><c> to</c><00:54:54.500><c> reflect</c><00:54:54.780><c> upon</c>

00:54:55.179 --> 00:54:57.739
some<00:54:55.900><c> of</c><00:54:56.099><c> those</c><00:54:56.300><c> positions</c><00:54:56.659><c> and</c><00:54:56.860><c> who</c><00:54:57.000><c> might</c><00:54:57.260><c> hold</c><00:54:57.539><c> them.</c>

00:54:58.000 --> 00:55:01.480
So<00:54:58.219><c> there</c><00:54:58.320><c> were</c><00:54:58.480><c> many,</c><00:54:58.780><c> many</c><00:54:59.099><c> officers</c><00:54:59.760><c> under</c><00:55:00.360><c> the</c><00:55:00.820><c> administration</c>

00:55:01.480 --> 00:55:02.739
of<00:55:01.679><c> Solomon's</c><00:55:02.199><c> government.</c>

00:55:02.920 --> 00:55:05.699
So<00:55:03.139><c> there</c><00:55:03.400><c> will</c><00:55:03.639><c> be,</c><00:55:03.840><c> of</c><00:55:04.000><c> course,</c><00:55:04.539><c> in</c><00:55:04.679><c> the</c><00:55:04.840><c> days</c><00:55:05.000><c> of</c><00:55:05.219><c> Christ.</c>

00:55:05.860 --> 00:55:09.760
So<00:55:06.139><c> what</c><00:55:06.380><c> particular</c><00:55:07.039><c> job</c><00:55:07.440><c> do</c><00:55:07.800><c> you</c><00:55:08.019><c> have</c><00:55:08.199><c> in</c><00:55:08.380><c> mind</c><00:55:08.579><c> for</c><00:55:08.800><c> the</c><00:55:08.980><c> kingdom?</c>

00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:12.820
Who,<00:55:10.260><c> me?</c><00:55:11.239><c> Yes,</c><00:55:11.980><c> you.</c>

00:55:12.940 --> 00:55:16.360
In<00:55:13.099><c> other</c><00:55:13.280><c> words,</c><00:55:13.980><c> have</c><00:55:14.099><c> we</c><00:55:14.300><c> ever</c><00:55:14.559><c> thought</c><00:55:14.820><c> about</c><00:55:15.159><c> what</c><00:55:15.380><c> we</c><00:55:15.619><c> might</c><00:55:15.880><c> like</c><00:55:16.099><c> to</c>

00:55:16.360 --> 00:55:17.119
be<00:55:16.539><c> in</c><00:55:16.679><c> the</c><00:55:16.860><c> kingdom?</c>

00:55:17.559 --> 00:55:22.579
Would<00:55:17.699><c> you</c><00:55:17.840><c> like</c><00:55:17.980><c> to</c><00:55:18.199><c> be</c><00:55:19.159><c> involved</c><00:55:20.360><c> with</c><00:55:21.079><c> the</c><00:55:21.260><c> matters</c><00:55:21.460><c> of</c><00:55:21.880><c> secretaryship</c>

00:55:22.579 --> 00:55:25.920
or<00:55:23.179><c> something</c><00:55:23.500><c> to</c><00:55:23.719><c> do</c><00:55:23.860><c> with</c><00:55:24.179><c> counselling</c><00:55:24.739><c> or</c><00:55:25.099><c> over</c><00:55:25.340><c> household</c><00:55:25.739><c> matter?</c>

00:55:26.119 --> 00:55:28.900
What<00:55:26.400><c> have</c><00:55:26.579><c> you</c><00:55:26.840><c> thought</c><00:55:27.039><c> about</c><00:55:27.539><c> with</c><00:55:27.900><c> regard</c><00:55:28.280><c> to</c><00:55:28.480><c> the</c><00:55:28.659><c> position</c>

00:55:28.900 --> 00:55:30.679
you<00:55:29.159><c> might</c><00:55:29.460><c> play</c><00:55:29.800><c> in</c><00:55:30.099><c> the</c><00:55:30.380><c> kingdom?</c>

00:55:30.679 --> 00:55:33.179
It<00:55:31.079><c> helps</c><00:55:31.400><c> to</c><00:55:31.659><c> make</c><00:55:31.780><c> the</c><00:55:32.019><c> kingdom</c><00:55:32.340><c> real</c><00:55:32.699><c> to</c><00:55:32.900><c> us</c>

00:55:33.179 --> 00:55:36.139
if<00:55:33.579><c> we</c><00:55:33.739><c> can</c><00:55:34.039><c> see</c><00:55:34.179><c> it</c><00:55:34.340><c> as</c><00:55:34.519><c> a</c><00:55:34.780><c> real</c><00:55:35.119><c> system</c><00:55:35.519><c> of</c><00:55:35.760><c> government</c>

00:55:36.139 --> 00:55:40.400
that<00:55:36.579><c> will</c><00:55:36.840><c> need</c><00:55:37.440><c> real</c><00:55:37.900><c> people</c><00:55:38.360><c> exercising</c><00:55:39.099><c> real</c><00:55:39.719><c> functions.</c>

00:55:40.780 --> 00:55:43.760
All<00:55:41.059><c> sorts</c><00:55:41.360><c> of</c><00:55:41.559><c> different</c><00:55:41.800><c> jobs</c><00:55:42.139><c> will</c><00:55:42.599><c> really</c><00:55:42.920><c> need</c><00:55:43.159><c> to</c><00:55:43.300><c> be</c><00:55:43.539><c> filled.</c>

00:55:43.980 --> 00:55:46.239
Now,<00:55:44.340><c> which</c><00:55:44.420><c> one</c><00:55:44.559><c> are</c><00:55:44.619><c> you</c><00:55:44.739><c> going</c><00:55:44.860><c> to</c><00:55:45.079><c> apply</c><00:55:45.300><c> for?</c>

00:55:46.739 --> 00:55:49.159
And<00:55:47.179><c> what</c><00:55:47.619><c> are</c><00:55:47.760><c> we</c><00:55:47.940><c> doing</c><00:55:48.119><c> in</c><00:55:48.320><c> our</c><00:55:48.519><c> life</c><00:55:48.719><c> today</c>

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to<00:55:49.599><c> maybe</c><00:55:49.960><c> develop</c><00:55:50.340><c> the</c><00:55:50.760><c> skills</c><00:55:51.199><c> to</c><00:55:51.659><c> apply</c><00:55:51.920><c> for</c><00:55:52.079><c> that</c><00:55:52.280><c> job</c><00:55:52.480><c> in</c>

00:55:52.639 --> 00:55:53.440
the<00:55:52.780><c> age</c><00:55:53.019><c> to</c><00:55:53.239><c> come?</c>

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You<00:55:53.980><c> know</c><00:55:54.099><c> what</c><00:55:54.219><c> I'm</c><00:55:54.340><c> saying.</c><00:55:54.559><c> It</c><00:55:54.679><c> won't</c><00:55:54.820><c> be</c><00:55:55.059><c> quite</c><00:55:55.280><c> that</c><00:55:55.500><c> way.</c>

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But<00:55:56.039><c> for</c><00:55:56.480><c> a</c><00:55:56.619><c> job</c><00:55:56.780><c> today,</c><00:55:57.099><c> we</c><00:55:57.239><c> say,</c><00:55:57.420><c> well,</c><00:55:57.539><c> in</c><00:55:57.639><c> order</c><00:55:57.780><c> for</c><00:55:57.920><c> me</c><00:55:58.019><c> to</c>

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apply<00:55:58.380><c> for</c><00:55:58.519><c> that</c><00:55:58.739><c> job,</c>

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I<00:55:59.320><c> see</c><00:55:59.639><c> that</c><00:55:59.940><c> the</c><00:56:00.300><c> advertisement</c><00:56:00.699><c> says</c><00:56:01.019><c> it's</c><00:56:01.239><c> got</c><00:56:01.320><c> to</c><00:56:01.420><c> have</c>

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the<00:56:01.739><c> following</c><00:56:02.039><c> skills</c><00:56:02.480><c> and</c><00:56:02.760><c> qualifications.</c>

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Well,<00:56:04.000><c> what</c><00:56:04.119><c> do</c><00:56:04.400><c> you</c><00:56:04.579><c> want</c><00:56:04.800><c> to</c><00:56:05.000><c> do</c><00:56:05.079><c> in</c><00:56:05.239><c> the</c><00:56:05.400><c> kingdom?</c>

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There's<00:56:07.940><c> no</c><00:56:08.159><c> reason</c><00:56:08.400><c> why</c><00:56:08.619><c> we</c><00:56:08.760><c> shouldn't</c><00:56:08.960><c> think</c><00:56:09.179><c> about</c><00:56:09.400><c> that.</c>

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And<00:56:11.920><c> those</c><00:56:12.380><c> positions</c><00:56:13.000><c> will</c><00:56:13.460><c> be</c><00:56:13.659><c> filled</c><00:56:13.800><c> by</c><00:56:14.119><c> someone.</c>

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Who<00:56:15.159><c> do</c><00:56:15.239><c> you</c><00:56:15.320><c> think</c><00:56:15.400><c> the</c><00:56:15.619><c> king's</c><00:56:17.300><c> friend</c><00:56:17.739><c> will</c><00:56:18.019><c> be?</c>

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Well,<00:56:20.380><c> maybe</c><00:56:20.659><c> there</c><00:56:20.739><c> might</c><00:56:20.880><c> be</c><00:56:21.019><c> a</c><00:56:21.059><c> number</c><00:56:21.239><c> of</c><00:56:21.420><c> different</c><00:56:21.539><c> people.</c>

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Abraham.

00:56:25.559 --> 00:56:28.139
John,<00:56:26.019><c> who</c><00:56:26.480><c> lay</c><00:56:26.679><c> on</c><00:56:26.920><c> the</c><00:56:27.119><c> bosom</c><00:56:27.360><c> of</c><00:56:27.599><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:56:28.860><c> was</c><00:56:29.019><c> his</c><00:56:29.360><c> dear</c><00:56:29.639><c> friend.</c>

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Oh,<00:56:30.139><c> look,</c><00:56:30.260><c> there's</c><00:56:30.420><c> all</c><00:56:30.639><c> sorts</c><00:56:30.820><c> of</c><00:56:31.280><c> interesting</c><00:56:31.780><c> names</c>

00:56:32.199 --> 00:56:34.880
that<00:56:32.420><c> you</c><00:56:32.599><c> could</c><00:56:32.739><c> put</c><00:56:32.920><c> against</c><00:56:33.500><c> some</c><00:56:33.860><c> of</c><00:56:34.119><c> these</c><00:56:34.440><c> functions.</c>

00:56:35.099 --> 00:56:38.360
It<00:56:35.360><c> will</c><00:56:35.559><c> be</c><00:56:35.800><c> there.</c><00:56:36.380><c> It</c><00:56:36.739><c> will</c><00:56:36.940><c> be</c><00:56:37.139><c> real</c><00:56:37.360><c> just</c><00:56:37.699><c> like</c><00:56:38.000><c> that.</c>

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And<00:56:39.300><c> God</c><00:56:39.500><c> willing,</c><00:56:39.940><c> brothers</c><00:56:40.039><c> and</c><00:56:40.300><c> sisters,</c><00:56:40.599><c> and</c><00:56:40.760><c> in</c><00:56:40.940><c> God's</c>

00:56:41.340 --> 00:56:41.940
good<00:56:41.519><c> grace,</c>

00:56:42.260 --> 00:56:46.000
we<00:56:42.679><c> may</c><00:56:43.039><c> also</c><00:56:43.420><c> have</c><00:56:43.639><c> opportunity</c><00:56:44.159><c> to</c><00:56:44.539><c> participate</c><00:56:45.179><c> in</c><00:56:45.780><c> some</c>

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of<00:56:46.199><c> those</c><00:56:46.679><c> things</c><00:56:47.039><c> ourselves.</c>

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When<00:56:48.619><c> the</c><00:56:48.820><c> government</c><00:56:49.159><c> shall</c><00:56:49.559><c> be</c><00:56:49.940><c> upon</c><00:56:50.199><c> the</c><00:56:50.460><c> shoulder</c><00:56:50.699><c> of</c><00:56:50.980><c> Christ</c>

00:56:51.380 --> 00:56:56.000
and<00:56:52.099><c> of</c><00:56:52.280><c> the</c><00:56:52.500><c> increase</c><00:56:52.800><c> of</c><00:56:53.039><c> his</c><00:56:53.360><c> peace,</c><00:56:54.519><c> there</c><00:56:54.719><c> shall</c><00:56:55.000><c> be</c><00:56:55.260><c> no</c><00:56:55.599><c> end.</c>

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Amen.