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David<00:10:00.919><c> needed</c><00:10:01.500><c> his</c><00:10:01.899><c> help.</c>

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arose<00:10:07.080><c> and</c><00:10:07.259><c> went</c><00:10:07.500><c> to</c><00:10:07.720><c> David</c><00:10:07.919><c> into</c><00:10:08.179><c> the</c><00:10:08.379><c> wood</c>

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and<00:10:08.799><c> strengthened</c><00:10:09.220><c> his</c><00:10:09.480><c> hand</c><00:10:09.799><c> in</c><00:10:10.399><c> God.</c>

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You<00:10:10.620><c> know,</c><00:10:10.740><c> this</c><00:10:10.899><c> is</c><00:10:11.019><c> a</c><00:10:11.200><c> remarkable</c><00:10:11.720><c> little</c><00:10:12.080><c> story,</c><00:10:12.500><c> this</c><00:10:12.620><c> one.</c>

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You'll<00:10:13.419><c> be</c><00:10:13.580><c> amazed</c><00:10:13.940><c> at</c><00:10:14.120><c> what</c><00:10:14.340><c> we</c><00:10:14.679><c> find</c><00:10:14.960><c> here</c><00:10:15.179><c> in</c><00:10:15.299><c> the</c><00:10:15.500><c> 16th,</c>

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17th,<00:10:16.980><c> and</c><00:10:17.080><c> 18th</c><00:10:17.740><c> verses.</c>

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It's<00:10:18.399><c> a</c><00:10:18.480><c> lovely</c><00:10:19.039><c> little</c><00:10:19.700><c> story.</c>

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And<00:10:21.399><c> of</c><00:10:21.500><c> course,</c><00:10:21.600><c> the</c><00:10:21.759><c> first</c><00:10:22.000><c> thing</c><00:10:22.179><c> that</c><00:10:22.299><c> many</c><00:10:22.539><c> people</c><00:10:22.740><c> have</c>

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commented<00:10:23.240><c> upon,</c><00:10:23.580><c> and</c><00:10:23.720><c> rightly</c><00:10:23.960><c> so,</c>

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is<00:10:24.360><c> the</c><00:10:24.559><c> amazing</c><00:10:25.059><c> contrast</c><00:10:25.679><c> between</c><00:10:26.279><c> verse</c><00:10:26.659><c> 14</c><00:10:27.240><c> and</c><00:10:27.679><c> verse</c><00:10:28.200><c> 16.</c>

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Because,<00:10:29.240><c> you</c><00:10:29.480><c> see,</c><00:10:29.720><c> verse</c><00:10:29.940><c> 14</c><00:10:30.399><c> tells</c><00:10:30.720><c> us</c><00:10:31.220><c> that</c><00:10:31.600><c> Saul</c><00:10:32.220><c> sought</c>

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David<00:10:33.740><c> every</c><00:10:34.559><c> day,</c><00:10:35.620><c> but</c><00:10:35.860><c> found</c><00:10:36.220><c> him</c><00:10:36.500><c> not.</c>

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But<00:10:38.120><c> when</c><00:10:38.379><c> Jonathan</c><00:10:38.679><c> arose</c><00:10:39.039><c> in</c><00:10:39.200><c> the</c><00:10:39.340><c> 16th</c><00:10:39.820><c> verse,</c><00:10:40.240><c> he</c><00:10:40.320><c> went</c><00:10:40.659><c> straight</c><00:10:41.299><c> to</c>

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David<00:10:41.720><c> in</c><00:10:41.919><c> the</c><00:10:41.980><c> wood</c>

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and<00:10:42.159><c> had</c><00:10:42.500><c> absolutely</c><00:10:43.519><c> no</c><00:10:43.840><c> trouble</c><00:10:44.139><c> in</c><00:10:44.399><c> finding</c><00:10:44.559><c> him</c><00:10:44.879><c> immediately.</c>

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That<00:10:47.360><c> was</c><00:10:47.580><c> remarkable,</c><00:10:48.120><c> wasn't</c><00:10:49.120><c> it?</c>

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You<00:10:49.740><c> see,</c><00:10:49.879><c> what</c><00:10:49.980><c> verse</c><00:10:50.139><c> 16</c><00:10:50.519><c> says,</c><00:10:51.720><c> Jonathan,</c><00:10:52.139><c> Saul's</c><00:10:52.480><c> son,</c>

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arose<00:10:53.679><c> and</c><00:10:54.759><c> went.</c>

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Now,<00:10:55.379><c> you</c><00:10:55.519><c> see</c><00:10:55.620><c> that</c><00:10:55.820><c> phrase</c><00:10:56.039><c> there,</c><00:10:56.559><c> arose</c><00:10:57.120><c> and</c><00:10:57.639><c> went.</c>

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You<00:10:58.179><c> see,</c><00:10:58.440><c> that's</c><00:10:58.860><c> a</c><00:10:59.059><c> connection</c><00:10:59.399><c> back</c><00:10:59.700><c> to</c><00:10:59.879><c> the</c><00:11:00.000><c> 20th</c><00:11:00.440><c> chapter.</c>

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Let's<00:11:00.779><c> go</c><00:11:00.940><c> back</c><00:11:01.100><c> to</c><00:11:01.240><c> that</c><00:11:01.419><c> last</c><00:11:01.679><c> episode</c><00:11:02.019><c> again.</c>

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Chapter<00:11:03.080><c> 20,</c><00:11:03.519><c> verse</c><00:11:03.759><c> 42.</c>

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You<00:11:05.500><c> see,</c><00:11:05.559><c> what</c><00:11:05.700><c> we're</c><00:11:05.799><c> being</c><00:11:06.059><c> told</c><00:11:06.279><c> here</c><00:11:06.480><c> is</c><00:11:06.580><c> there's</c><00:11:06.740><c> a</c>

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deliberate<00:11:07.179><c> connection</c>

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Now,<00:11:11.519><c> you</c><00:11:11.620><c> see,</c><00:11:11.779><c> at</c><00:11:11.899><c> the</c><00:11:11.980><c> end</c><00:11:12.139><c> of</c><00:11:12.320><c> chapter</c><00:11:12.559><c> 20</c><00:11:12.860><c> and</c><00:11:13.000><c> verse</c><00:11:13.220><c> 42</c>

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it<00:11:13.799><c> says</c><00:11:14.299><c> that</c>

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David<00:11:15.220><c> arose</c><00:11:15.899><c> and</c><00:11:16.480><c> departed</c><00:11:16.899><c> and</c><00:11:17.460><c> Jonathan</c><00:11:18.120><c> went</c><00:11:18.820><c> into</c><00:11:19.480><c> the</c><00:11:19.840><c> city.</c>

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And<00:11:21.779><c> now</c><00:11:22.159><c> in</c><00:11:22.399><c> chapter</c><00:11:22.659><c> 23</c><00:11:23.139><c> and</c><00:11:23.340><c> verse</c><00:11:23.799><c> 16</c><00:11:24.279><c> it</c><00:11:24.480><c> says,</c>

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and<00:11:24.919><c> Jonathan</c><00:11:25.360><c> arose</c><00:11:26.639><c> and</c><00:11:27.879><c> went</c><00:11:28.179><c> to</c><00:11:28.460><c> David.</c>

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Now,<00:11:30.399><c> you</c><00:11:30.600><c> see</c><00:11:30.740><c> the</c><00:11:30.960><c> point</c><00:11:31.139><c> of</c><00:11:31.320><c> those</c><00:11:31.639><c> two</c><00:11:31.879><c> passages</c><00:11:32.299><c> when</c><00:11:32.779><c> we</c>

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bring<00:11:33.139><c> them</c><00:11:33.299><c> together</c><00:11:33.639><c> side</c><00:11:33.960><c> by</c><00:11:34.179><c> side.</c>

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You<00:11:34.580><c> see,</c><00:11:34.679><c> what</c><00:11:34.860><c> we're</c><00:11:35.059><c> being</c><00:11:35.460><c> told</c><00:11:36.080><c> in</c><00:11:37.019><c> chapter</c><00:11:37.279><c> 23</c><00:11:37.740><c> and</c><00:11:37.899><c> verse</c><00:11:38.100><c> 16</c><00:11:38.559><c> is</c>

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chapter<00:11:43.980><c> 23,</c>

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He<00:11:53.559><c> never</c><00:11:54.120><c> ever</c><00:11:54.899><c> left</c><00:11:55.440><c> the</c><00:11:55.700><c> city</c><00:11:56.059><c> until</c><00:11:56.519><c> now.</c>

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He<00:11:58.120><c> never</c><00:11:58.559><c> joined</c><00:11:59.120><c> in</c><00:11:59.639><c> the</c><00:11:59.960><c> activities</c><00:12:00.519><c> of</c><00:12:00.960><c> his</c><00:12:01.279><c> father</c>

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in<00:12:02.340><c> the</c><00:12:02.480><c> matter</c><00:12:02.740><c> of</c><00:12:03.019><c> endeavouring</c><00:12:03.419><c> to</c><00:12:03.600><c> hunt</c><00:12:03.879><c> down</c><00:12:04.179><c> David.</c>

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Jonathan's<00:12:19.639><c> name</c><00:12:19.919><c> disappears</c><00:12:20.600><c> entirely</c><00:12:21.559><c> from</c><00:12:21.960><c> the</c><00:12:22.179><c> scriptural</c><00:12:22.580><c> record</c>

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You<00:12:38.820><c> see,</c><00:12:39.320><c> sometimes</c><00:12:39.759><c> we</c><00:12:39.980><c> find</c><00:12:40.320><c> that</c><00:12:40.580><c> we</c><00:12:41.320><c> come</c><00:12:41.639><c> across</c><00:12:42.019><c> circumstances</c><00:12:42.779><c> in</c><00:12:43.059><c> life</c>

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where<00:12:43.600><c> we're</c><00:12:43.980><c> powerless</c><00:12:44.519><c> to</c><00:12:45.360><c> do</c><00:12:45.840><c> anything</c><00:12:46.440><c> positive</c><00:12:47.299><c> for</c><00:12:47.679><c> the</c><00:12:47.879><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:13:08.639><c> when</c><00:13:08.740><c> you're</c><00:13:09.039><c> powerless</c><00:13:09.200><c> to</c><00:13:09.399><c> do</c><00:13:09.519><c> everything</c><00:13:09.759><c> else,</c>

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young<00:13:10.960><c> people,</c>

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And<00:13:47.539><c> behold,</c><00:13:47.940><c> there</c><00:13:48.120><c> was</c><00:13:48.279><c> a</c><00:13:48.399><c> man</c><00:13:48.580><c> named</c><00:13:48.960><c> Joseph,</c><00:13:50.679><c> a</c><00:13:50.899><c> counsellor,</c>

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one<00:13:53.220><c> of</c><00:13:53.320><c> the</c><00:13:53.519><c> ruling</c><00:13:53.820><c> men</c><00:13:54.279><c> was</c><00:13:54.559><c> he,</c><00:13:54.759><c> and</c><00:13:54.879><c> he</c><00:13:54.940><c> was</c><00:13:55.100><c> a</c><00:13:55.220><c> good</c><00:13:55.419><c> man</c><00:13:55.919><c> and</c><00:13:56.139><c> a</c><00:13:56.259><c> just.</c>

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The<00:13:58.299><c> same</c><00:13:59.120><c> had</c><00:14:00.039><c> not</c><00:14:00.500><c> consented</c><00:14:01.179><c> to</c><00:14:01.480><c> the</c><00:14:01.679><c> council</c><00:14:02.440><c> indeed</c><00:14:03.419><c> of</c><00:14:04.320><c> them.</c>

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See<00:14:05.220><c> that?</c>

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When<00:14:08.360><c> the</c><00:14:08.659><c> Saul</c><00:14:08.980><c> class</c><00:14:09.539><c> in</c><00:14:09.879><c> Christ's</c><00:14:10.500><c> day</c><00:14:10.600><c> made</c><00:14:10.879><c> plans</c><00:14:11.139><c> that</c>

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they<00:14:11.419><c> might</c><00:14:12.039><c> track</c><00:14:12.559><c> down</c><00:14:13.019><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:14:13.840><c> take</c><00:14:14.139><c> him</c><00:14:14.460><c> and</c><00:14:14.740><c> kill</c><00:14:15.000><c> him,</c>

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Joseph<00:14:15.980><c> of</c><00:14:16.460><c> Arimathea</c><00:14:17.220><c> abstained</c><00:14:18.059><c> from</c><00:14:18.279><c> that</c><00:14:18.519><c> which</c><00:14:18.659><c> was</c><00:14:18.879><c> evil.</c>

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He<00:14:19.120><c> said,</c><00:14:19.259><c> I</c><00:14:19.299><c> have</c><00:14:19.539><c> no</c><00:14:19.879><c> part</c><00:14:20.100><c> of</c><00:14:20.299><c> that.</c>

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And<00:14:20.539><c> he</c><00:14:20.539><c> consented</c><00:14:21.019><c> not</c><00:14:21.240><c> to</c><00:14:21.379><c> their</c><00:14:21.679><c> evil</c><00:14:21.919><c> deeds.</c>

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That's<00:14:22.820><c> the</c><00:14:22.940><c> spirit</c><00:14:23.139><c> of</c><00:14:23.360><c> Jonathan,</c><00:14:23.659><c> isn't</c><00:14:23.840><c> it?</c>

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If<00:14:26.100><c> even</c><00:14:26.259><c> that's</c><00:14:26.559><c> the</c><00:14:26.659><c> only</c><00:14:26.879><c> thing</c><00:14:27.039><c> we</c><00:14:27.159><c> might</c><00:14:27.360><c> be</c><00:14:27.519><c> able</c><00:14:27.679><c> to</c><00:14:27.820><c> do,</c>

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then<00:14:28.100><c> do</c><00:14:28.279><c> it.</c>

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Abstain<00:14:29.700><c> from</c><00:14:30.120><c> evil.</c>

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And<00:14:33.700><c> that's</c><00:14:33.980><c> the</c><00:14:34.279><c> force</c><00:14:34.539><c> of</c><00:14:34.720><c> that</c><00:14:35.159><c> little</c><00:14:35.419><c> phrase</c><00:14:35.700><c> in</c><00:14:35.860><c> the</c><00:14:35.960><c> first</c><00:14:36.159><c> of</c>

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Samuel<00:14:36.580><c> 23,</c><00:14:37.100><c> verse</c><00:14:37.299><c> 16,</c>

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that<00:14:37.940><c> Jonathan</c><00:14:38.419><c> arose</c><00:14:39.360><c> and</c><00:14:39.559><c> went</c><00:14:39.860><c> to</c><00:14:40.139><c> David.</c>

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He<00:14:42.240><c> went</c><00:14:42.440><c> to</c><00:14:42.679><c> David</c><00:14:42.940><c> in</c><00:14:43.399><c> the</c><00:14:43.580><c> wood.</c>

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And<00:14:45.720><c> so</c><00:14:45.779><c> when</c><00:14:45.899><c> we</c><00:14:46.000><c> come</c><00:14:46.120><c> back</c><00:14:46.320><c> to</c><00:14:46.460><c> that</c><00:14:46.659><c> phrase,</c><00:14:46.960><c> the</c><00:14:47.100><c> first</c><00:14:47.299><c> of</c>

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Samuel<00:14:47.720><c> 23</c><00:14:48.500><c> and</c><00:14:48.659><c> verse</c><00:14:48.899><c> 16,</c>

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and<00:14:49.419><c> we're</c><00:14:49.519><c> not</c><00:14:49.740><c> told,</c><00:14:50.019><c> of</c><00:14:50.200><c> course,</c><00:14:50.460><c> exactly</c><00:14:50.820><c> how</c><00:14:51.059><c> Jonathan</c>

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tracked<00:14:51.679><c> him</c><00:14:51.940><c> down.</c>

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Maybe<00:14:52.759><c> they</c><00:14:53.039><c> were</c><00:14:53.259><c> in</c><00:14:53.519><c> communication.</c>

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Maybe<00:14:55.279><c> Jonathan</c><00:14:55.659><c> always</c><00:14:56.200><c> knew</c><00:14:56.440><c> where</c><00:14:56.679><c> David</c><00:14:56.919><c> was.</c>

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He<00:14:59.240><c> no</c><00:14:59.340><c> doubt</c><00:14:59.460><c> was</c><00:14:59.679><c> always</c><00:15:00.100><c> with</c><00:15:00.340><c> David</c><00:15:00.659><c> in</c><00:15:01.000><c> spirit.</c>

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But<00:15:01.659><c> you</c><00:15:01.779><c> know,</c><00:15:02.379><c> there's</c><00:15:02.600><c> another</c><00:15:02.899><c> principle,</c><00:15:03.340><c> of</c><00:15:03.539><c> course,</c>

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behind<00:15:04.139><c> verse</c><00:15:04.379><c> 16,</c>

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and<00:15:04.919><c> that</c><00:15:05.120><c> says</c><00:15:05.320><c> that</c><00:15:05.980><c> whatever</c><00:15:06.379><c> the</c><00:15:06.860><c> circumstances</c><00:15:07.500><c> were</c><00:15:08.179><c> that</c><00:15:08.740><c> allowed</c><00:15:09.159><c> Jonathan</c><00:15:09.620><c> to</c>

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find<00:15:10.139><c> David,</c>

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and<00:15:10.679><c> we</c><00:15:10.679><c> know</c><00:15:10.940><c> this,</c><00:15:12.960><c> that</c><00:15:13.279><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:14.120><c> permitted</c><00:15:14.980><c> this</c><00:15:15.419><c> meeting</c>

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Yahweh<00:15:20.620><c> allowed</c><00:15:21.100><c> this</c><00:15:21.639><c> meeting</c><00:15:22.100><c> in</c><00:15:22.539><c> the</c><00:15:22.720><c> wood</c><00:15:23.139><c> to</c><00:15:23.500><c> occur.</c>

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And<00:15:27.500><c> verse</c><00:15:27.679><c> 16</c><00:15:28.019><c> goes</c><00:15:28.240><c> on</c><00:15:28.440><c> to</c><00:15:28.600><c> say</c><00:15:29.039><c> that</c><00:15:29.860><c> Jonathan,</c><00:15:30.519><c> having</c><00:15:30.759><c> found</c><00:15:31.179><c> David</c><00:15:31.539><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:31.879><c> wood,</c>

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strengthened<00:15:33.639><c> his</c><00:15:34.000><c> hand</c><00:15:34.480><c> in</c><00:15:34.899><c> God.</c>

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It<00:15:35.580><c> appears</c><00:15:35.799><c> that</c><00:15:36.120><c> David</c><00:15:36.360><c> at</c><00:15:36.539><c> this</c><00:15:36.740><c> time</c><00:15:36.899><c> had</c><00:15:37.059><c> very</c><00:15:37.340><c> little</c><00:15:37.519><c> to</c><00:15:37.720><c> contribute.</c>

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He<00:15:38.539><c> needed</c><00:15:39.000><c> the</c><00:15:39.440><c> encouragement</c><00:15:39.940><c> of</c><00:15:40.240><c> his</c><00:15:40.500><c> friend.</c>

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And<00:15:42.840><c> Jonathan</c><00:15:43.059><c> enacted</c><00:15:43.419><c> that</c><00:15:43.659><c> role</c><00:15:43.879><c> of</c><00:15:44.159><c> providing</c><00:15:44.919><c> wise</c><00:15:45.559><c> counsel</c><00:15:46.100><c> and</c>

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advice<00:15:46.720><c> to</c><00:15:46.919><c> a</c><00:15:47.159><c> friend</c><00:15:47.500><c> in</c><00:15:48.100><c> time</c><00:15:48.320><c> of</c><00:15:48.559><c> need.</c>

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You<00:15:48.960><c> know,</c><00:15:49.059><c> if</c><00:15:49.179><c> you</c><00:15:49.179><c> come</c><00:15:49.340><c> back</c><00:15:49.500><c> to</c><00:15:49.580><c> the</c><00:15:49.700><c> Gospel</c><00:15:49.980><c> of</c><00:15:50.179><c> Luke,</c><00:15:50.379><c> there's</c><00:15:50.440><c> a</c>

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remarkable<00:15:51.159><c> story</c><00:15:51.759><c> in</c><00:15:52.419><c> Luke's</c><00:15:52.960><c> Gospel.</c>

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It<00:15:53.279><c> says</c><00:15:53.519><c> there</c><00:15:53.740><c> that</c><00:15:54.080><c> Jonathan</c><00:15:54.419><c> went</c><00:15:54.659><c> to</c><00:15:54.840><c> him</c><00:15:54.960><c> in</c><00:15:55.259><c> the</c><00:15:55.480><c> wood</c>

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and<00:15:55.940><c> strengthened</c><00:15:56.320><c> his</c><00:15:56.600><c> hand</c><00:15:56.820><c> in</c><00:15:57.059><c> God.</c>

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Luke<00:15:57.799><c> chapter</c><00:15:58.120><c> 22.</c>

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He<00:16:01.639><c> went</c><00:16:01.860><c> to</c><00:16:02.019><c> him</c><00:16:02.299><c> in</c><00:16:02.820><c> the</c><00:16:03.200><c> wood,</c><00:16:03.940><c> says</c><00:16:04.080><c> the</c><00:16:04.320><c> record.</c>

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And<00:16:06.019><c> in</c><00:16:06.200><c> Luke</c><00:16:06.379><c> chapter</c><00:16:06.700><c> 22,</c><00:16:07.220><c> we</c><00:16:07.240><c> have</c><00:16:07.419><c> another</c><00:16:07.659><c> man,</c><00:16:08.179><c> another</c>

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David,<00:16:08.820><c> another</c><00:16:09.139><c> beloved,</c>

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who<00:16:10.039><c> is</c><00:16:10.299><c> in</c><00:16:10.500><c> time</c><00:16:10.639><c> of</c><00:16:10.899><c> need</c><00:16:11.039><c> and</c><00:16:11.120><c> he's</c><00:16:11.320><c> in</c><00:16:11.620><c> the</c><00:16:11.919><c> wood.</c>

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He's<00:16:12.620><c> in</c><00:16:12.919><c> the</c><00:16:13.179><c> wood</c><00:16:13.539><c> of</c><00:16:13.940><c> Gethsemane.</c>

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And<00:16:16.179><c> he</c><00:16:16.360><c> needs</c><00:16:16.539><c> the</c><00:16:16.919><c> comfort</c><00:16:17.340><c> of</c><00:16:17.659><c> his</c><00:16:17.919><c> disciples</c><00:16:18.580><c> that</c><00:16:18.940><c> they</c>

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might<00:16:19.320><c> help</c><00:16:19.559><c> him.</c>

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and<00:16:22.820><c> as</c><00:16:23.059><c> he</c><00:16:23.179><c> came</c><00:16:23.360><c> out,</c><00:16:23.580><c> he</c><00:16:23.659><c> went</c><00:16:23.860><c> as</c><00:16:24.019><c> he</c><00:16:24.120><c> was</c><00:16:24.299><c> wont</c><00:16:24.440><c> to</c><00:16:24.620><c> the</c><00:16:24.759><c> Mount</c><00:16:24.919><c> of</c><00:16:25.279><c> Olives</c>

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and<00:16:25.940><c> to</c><00:16:26.120><c> the</c><00:16:26.320><c> wood</c><00:16:26.480><c> of</c><00:16:26.720><c> Gethsemane,</c><00:16:27.220><c> as</c><00:16:27.379><c> it</c><00:16:27.539><c> were,</c><00:16:27.919><c> and</c><00:16:28.159><c> his</c>

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disciples<00:16:29.360><c> followed</c><00:16:30.200><c> him.</c>

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But<00:16:32.019><c> verse</c><00:16:32.419><c> 45</c><00:16:33.059><c> tells</c><00:16:33.399><c> us</c><00:16:33.899><c> that</c><00:16:34.080><c> they</c><00:16:34.620><c> failed</c><00:16:34.980><c> to</c><00:16:35.240><c> live</c><00:16:35.360><c> up</c><00:16:35.600><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:36.000><c> example</c><00:16:36.320><c> of</c><00:16:36.500><c> Jonathan</c>

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because<00:16:37.279><c> when</c><00:16:37.679><c> he</c><00:16:37.899><c> rose</c><00:16:38.200><c> from</c><00:16:38.480><c> prayer</c><00:16:38.820><c> and</c><00:16:39.120><c> was</c><00:16:39.379><c> come</c><00:16:39.539><c> to</c><00:16:39.620><c> his</c><00:16:39.860><c> disciples,</c>

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he<00:16:40.799><c> found</c><00:16:41.019><c> them</c><00:16:41.980><c> sleeping</c><00:16:42.460><c> for</c><00:16:42.779><c> sorrow.</c>

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They<00:16:45.200><c> never</c><00:16:45.440><c> did</c><00:16:45.700><c> provide</c><00:16:46.179><c> the</c><00:16:47.019><c> helpful</c><00:16:47.500><c> advice</c><00:16:48.179><c> that</c><00:16:48.740><c> Christ</c>

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so<00:16:49.679><c> desperately</c><00:16:50.220><c> needed</c><00:16:50.559><c> from</c><00:16:50.860><c> his</c><00:16:51.159><c> disciples.</c>

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They<00:16:52.039><c> didn't</c><00:16:52.320><c> live</c><00:16:52.500><c> up</c><00:16:52.720><c> to</c><00:16:52.840><c> the</c><00:16:53.220><c> spirit</c><00:16:53.419><c> of</c><00:16:53.620><c> Jonathan,</c><00:16:54.240><c> you</c><00:16:54.240><c> see.</c>

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And<00:16:56.519><c> because</c><00:16:57.000><c> his</c><00:16:57.559><c> disciples</c><00:16:58.080><c> failed,</c><00:16:58.639><c> God</c><00:16:59.019><c> himself</c><00:16:59.960><c> had</c><00:17:00.240><c> to</c>

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answer<00:17:00.700><c> the</c><00:17:01.080><c> need</c><00:17:01.419><c> of</c><00:17:01.679><c> his</c><00:17:01.919><c> son.</c>

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And<00:17:02.580><c> so</c><00:17:02.679><c> we're</c><00:17:02.919><c> told</c><00:17:03.080><c> in</c><00:17:03.240><c> the</c><00:17:03.379><c> 43rd</c><00:17:04.079><c> verse,</c>

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and<00:17:04.980><c> there</c><00:17:05.259><c> appeared</c><00:17:05.579><c> an</c><00:17:05.859><c> angel</c><00:17:06.279><c> unto</c><00:17:06.579><c> him</c><00:17:06.940><c> from</c><00:17:07.279><c> heaven,</c>

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strengthening<00:17:10.200><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:14.619><c> Jonathan</c><00:17:14.859><c> went</c><00:17:15.119><c> to</c><00:17:15.380><c> David</c><00:17:15.640><c> in</c><00:17:16.000><c> the</c><00:17:16.220><c> wood</c><00:17:16.380><c> and</c><00:17:16.940><c> strengthened</c><00:17:17.799><c> his</c><00:17:18.420><c> hand</c>

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in<00:17:19.339><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:21.960><c> Jonathan</c><00:17:22.200><c> becomes</c><00:17:22.559><c> the</c><00:17:22.859><c> prototype</c><00:17:23.220><c> of</c><00:17:23.480><c> the</c><00:17:23.839><c> angelic</c><00:17:24.559><c> comforter</c>

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that's<00:17:25.220><c> finally</c><00:17:25.579><c> sent</c><00:17:25.859><c> by</c><00:17:26.180><c> God</c><00:17:26.500><c> himself</c><00:17:26.980><c> to</c><00:17:27.279><c> comfort</c><00:17:27.720><c> his</c><00:17:28.359><c> son</c>

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in<00:17:29.200><c> the</c><00:17:29.619><c> wood</c><00:17:30.000><c> in</c><00:17:30.599><c> time</c><00:17:30.880><c> of</c><00:17:31.099><c> need</c>

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because<00:17:32.339><c> the</c><00:17:32.759><c> disciples</c><00:17:33.119><c> on</c><00:17:33.339><c> this</c><00:17:33.519><c> occasion</c><00:17:34.299><c> couldn't</c><00:17:35.000><c> live</c>

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up<00:17:35.339><c> to</c><00:17:35.460><c> the</c><00:17:35.680><c> spirit</c><00:17:35.859><c> of</c><00:17:36.079><c> Jonathan.</c>

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You<00:17:37.559><c> see,</c><00:17:37.700><c> verse</c><00:17:37.839><c> 43,</c><00:17:38.059><c> interesting</c><00:17:38.599><c> how</c><00:17:38.900><c> it's</c><00:17:38.940><c> worded,</c><00:17:39.180><c> isn't</c><00:17:39.259><c> it?</c>

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There<00:17:39.519><c> appeared</c><00:17:40.019><c> an</c><00:17:40.380><c> angel</c><00:17:40.619><c> unto</c><00:17:40.859><c> him</c><00:17:41.099><c> from</c><00:17:41.539><c> heaven.</c>

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You<00:17:43.819><c> think,</c><00:17:44.099><c> well,</c><00:17:44.119><c> where</c><00:17:44.400><c> else</c><00:17:44.680><c> would</c><00:17:44.819><c> an</c><00:17:45.079><c> angel</c><00:17:45.339><c> come</c><00:17:45.720><c> from?</c>

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But<00:17:47.779><c> you</c><00:17:47.940><c> see,</c><00:17:48.140><c> the</c><00:17:48.240><c> force</c><00:17:48.440><c> of</c><00:17:48.660><c> the</c><00:17:48.779><c> phrase</c><00:17:49.079><c> from</c><00:17:49.640><c> heaven</c><00:17:49.920><c> is</c>

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telling<00:17:50.319><c> us</c>

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that<00:17:50.740><c> this</c><00:17:51.039><c> was</c><00:17:51.519><c> God's</c><00:17:52.420><c> response</c><00:17:53.019><c> to</c><00:17:53.380><c> his</c><00:17:53.819><c> son's</c><00:17:54.519><c> need.</c>

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When<00:17:55.019><c> all</c><00:17:55.319><c> other</c><00:17:55.700><c> people</c><00:17:56.019><c> had</c><00:17:56.339><c> failed,</c><00:17:56.500><c> when</c><00:17:56.700><c> all</c><00:17:57.059><c> else</c><00:17:57.380><c> had</c><00:17:57.700><c> failed,</c>

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God<00:17:58.799><c> responded</c><00:17:59.359><c> and</c><00:17:59.700><c> an</c><00:17:59.960><c> angel</c><00:18:00.259><c> from</c><00:18:01.019><c> heaven</c><00:18:01.619><c> appeared</c><00:18:02.160><c> to</c><00:18:02.799><c> strengthen</c><00:18:03.380><c> the</c><00:18:03.759><c> son</c><00:18:04.160><c> in</c>

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time<00:18:05.039><c> of</c><00:18:05.299><c> need.</c>

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And<00:18:07.859><c> that's</c><00:18:08.220><c> all</c><00:18:08.680><c> found</c><00:18:08.960><c> in</c><00:18:09.180><c> the</c><00:18:09.640><c> spirit</c><00:18:09.819><c> of</c><00:18:10.059><c> Jonathan</c><00:18:10.339><c> as</c><00:18:10.480><c> he</c>

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went<00:18:10.720><c> to</c><00:18:10.960><c> David</c><00:18:11.180><c> in</c><00:18:11.359><c> the</c><00:18:11.500><c> wood.</c>

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There's<00:18:14.180><c> a</c><00:18:14.279><c> lesson</c><00:18:14.500><c> in</c><00:18:14.579><c> this,</c><00:18:14.839><c> isn't</c><00:18:14.960><c> there?</c>

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One<00:18:16.900><c> of</c><00:18:17.019><c> the</c><00:18:17.220><c> principles</c><00:18:17.640><c> of</c><00:18:17.980><c> true</c><00:18:18.200><c> friendship</c><00:18:18.859><c> is</c><00:18:20.059><c> the</c><00:18:20.279><c> giving</c><00:18:20.460><c> of</c><00:18:20.859><c> counsel.</c>

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We<00:18:23.119><c> all</c><00:18:23.420><c> need</c><00:18:23.660><c> times</c><00:18:24.140><c> when</c><00:18:24.299><c> we</c><00:18:24.420><c> can</c><00:18:24.680><c> receive</c><00:18:25.039><c> good</c><00:18:25.599><c> advice</c><00:18:26.200><c> from</c><00:18:26.460><c> our</c><00:18:26.740><c> friends.</c>

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And<00:18:30.359><c> good</c><00:18:30.519><c> advice</c><00:18:30.900><c> is</c><00:18:31.039><c> that</c><00:18:31.240><c> which</c><00:18:31.440><c> will</c><00:18:32.079><c> help</c><00:18:32.599><c> to</c><00:18:33.039><c> set</c><00:18:33.160><c> us</c><00:18:33.279><c> on</c>

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our<00:18:33.660><c> way.</c>

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We're<00:18:35.579><c> told</c><00:18:35.759><c> in</c><00:18:35.920><c> Exodus</c><00:18:36.279><c> chapter</c><00:18:36.859><c> 33</c><00:18:37.380><c> and</c><00:18:37.579><c> verse</c><00:18:37.799><c> 11</c>

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that<00:18:38.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:39.079><c> spoke</c><00:18:39.339><c> unto</c><00:18:39.539><c> Moses</c><00:18:39.980><c> face</c><00:18:40.299><c> to</c><00:18:40.460><c> face</c><00:18:40.680><c> as</c><00:18:40.940><c> a</c><00:18:41.160><c> man</c>

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speaketh<00:18:42.740><c> unto</c><00:18:43.019><c> his</c><00:18:43.339><c> friend.</c>

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And<00:18:43.619><c> that's</c><00:18:43.819><c> what</c><00:18:44.039><c> friends</c><00:18:44.380><c> are</c><00:18:44.619><c> for,</c><00:18:44.680><c> to</c><00:18:45.019><c> speak</c><00:18:45.279><c> to</c><00:18:45.480><c> each</c><00:18:45.660><c> other</c><00:18:46.099><c> face</c><00:18:46.640><c> to</c>

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face<00:18:47.319><c> in</c><00:18:47.720><c> time</c><00:18:47.920><c> of</c><00:18:48.119><c> need,</c>

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to<00:18:48.519><c> give</c><00:18:48.839><c> counsel.</c>

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Proverbs<00:18:51.539><c> 27,</c><00:18:52.240><c> verse</c><00:18:52.480><c> 9,</c><00:18:53.200><c> ointment</c><00:18:53.660><c> and</c><00:18:53.960><c> perfume</c><00:18:54.339><c> rejoice</c>

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the<00:18:55.160><c> heart.</c>

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So<00:18:57.039><c> does</c><00:18:57.359><c> the</c><00:18:57.980><c> sweetness</c><00:18:58.480><c> of</c><00:18:58.900><c> a</c><00:18:59.019><c> man's</c><00:18:59.680><c> friend</c><00:19:00.279><c> by</c><00:19:01.000><c> the</c><00:19:01.380><c> counsel</c><00:19:02.000><c> of</c><00:19:02.480><c> the</c><00:19:02.759><c> soul.</c>

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That's<00:19:04.480><c> what</c><00:19:04.700><c> Jonathan</c><00:19:05.119><c> was</c><00:19:05.480><c> going</c><00:19:05.619><c> to</c><00:19:05.720><c> give</c><00:19:05.839><c> David,</c>

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the<00:19:06.960><c> counsel</c><00:19:07.599><c> of</c><00:19:08.220><c> the</c><00:19:08.559><c> soul.</c>

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And<00:19:11.220><c> counsel</c><00:19:11.680><c> may</c><00:19:12.160><c> also</c><00:19:12.680><c> be</c><00:19:12.900><c> that</c><00:19:13.059><c> which</c><00:19:13.279><c> not</c><00:19:13.480><c> only</c><00:19:14.240><c> sweetens,</c>

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but<00:19:16.140><c> braces</c><00:19:16.619><c> against</c><00:19:17.259><c> adversity.</c>

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Proverbs<00:19:18.480><c> 27,</c><00:19:19.200><c> verse</c><00:19:19.380><c> 17,</c><00:19:20.299><c> iron</c><00:19:20.720><c> sharpeneth</c><00:19:21.460><c> iron,</c><00:19:22.440><c> so</c><00:19:22.559><c> a</c><00:19:22.700><c> man</c>

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sharpeneth<00:19:23.759><c> the</c><00:19:24.000><c> countenance</c><00:19:24.559><c> of</c><00:19:24.779><c> his</c><00:19:25.019><c> friend.</c>

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John<00:19:28.339><c> 15,</c><00:19:28.960><c> verse</c><00:19:29.240><c> 15</c><00:19:29.619><c> says,</c><00:19:30.299><c> I</c><00:19:30.559><c> have</c><00:19:30.819><c> called</c><00:19:31.039><c> you</c><00:19:31.299><c> friends.</c>

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For<00:19:32.839><c> all</c><00:19:33.200><c> things</c><00:19:33.500><c> that</c><00:19:33.700><c> I</c><00:19:33.859><c> have</c><00:19:33.940><c> heard</c><00:19:34.039><c> of</c><00:19:34.240><c> my</c><00:19:34.460><c> Father,</c><00:19:35.019><c> I</c><00:19:35.019><c> have</c>

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made<00:19:36.299><c> known</c><00:19:36.839><c> unto</c><00:19:37.319><c> you.</c>

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And<00:19:37.640><c> that's</c><00:19:37.920><c> the</c><00:19:38.039><c> purpose</c><00:19:38.319><c> of</c><00:19:38.579><c> friends,</c><00:19:38.759><c> isn't</c><00:19:38.900><c> it?</c>

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To<00:19:39.200><c> make</c><00:19:39.599><c> known</c><00:19:40.299><c> good</c><00:19:41.019><c> counsel</c><00:19:41.720><c> unto</c><00:19:42.180><c> each</c><00:19:42.619><c> other.</c>

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That's<00:19:43.740><c> what</c><00:19:43.980><c> Jonathan</c><00:19:44.500><c> did</c><00:19:45.039><c> when</c><00:19:45.220><c> he</c><00:19:45.319><c> went</c><00:19:45.500><c> to</c><00:19:45.759><c> David</c><00:19:46.240><c> in</c><00:19:46.779><c> the</c><00:19:46.980><c> wood.</c>

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He<00:19:49.420><c> gave</c><00:19:49.660><c> that</c><00:19:49.859><c> advice.</c>

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You<00:19:50.480><c> see</c><00:19:50.519><c> what</c><00:19:50.619><c> he</c><00:19:50.799><c> said?</c>

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1<00:19:51.700><c> Samuel</c><00:19:52.059><c> 23,</c><00:19:54.420><c> and</c><00:19:54.420><c> verse</c><00:19:54.619><c> 16,</c><00:19:55.079><c> it</c><00:19:55.160><c> says</c><00:19:55.319><c> that</c><00:19:55.579><c> he</c><00:19:56.619><c> strengthened</c><00:19:57.180><c> his</c><00:19:57.539><c> hand</c>

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in<00:19:58.079><c> God</c><00:19:58.700><c> and</c><00:20:00.099><c> said</c><00:20:00.259><c> unto</c><00:20:00.500><c> him,</c><00:20:01.059><c> fear</c><00:20:01.059><c> not.</c>

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You<00:20:02.279><c> see</c><00:20:02.339><c> those</c><00:20:02.539><c> two</c><00:20:02.740><c> words</c><00:20:02.960><c> there?</c>

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He<00:20:04.200><c> strengthened</c><00:20:04.700><c> his</c><00:20:05.019><c> hand</c><00:20:05.240><c> in</c><00:20:05.480><c> God,</c><00:20:05.720><c> verse</c><00:20:05.980><c> 16,</c><00:20:07.740><c> and</c><00:20:07.920><c> said</c>

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unto<00:20:08.359><c> him,</c><00:20:08.900><c> fear</c><00:20:09.059><c> not,</c><00:20:09.720><c> verse</c><00:20:10.299><c> 17.</c>

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Do<00:20:13.400><c> you</c><00:20:13.400><c> know</c><00:20:13.519><c> that</c><00:20:13.640><c> those</c><00:20:13.880><c> are</c><00:20:14.079><c> the</c><00:20:14.200><c> two</c><00:20:14.359><c> identical</c><00:20:15.019><c> words</c><00:20:15.480><c> that</c><00:20:15.779><c> Moses</c><00:20:16.380><c> spoke</c><00:20:16.920><c> to</c>

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Joshua<00:20:17.539><c> in</c><00:20:17.740><c> Joshua,</c><00:20:18.119><c> chapter</c><00:20:18.400><c> 1,</c><00:20:18.640><c> verse</c><00:20:18.920><c> 9.</c>

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Perhaps<00:20:19.680><c> we</c><00:20:19.799><c> might</c><00:20:19.960><c> just</c><00:20:20.160><c> turn</c><00:20:20.299><c> to</c><00:20:20.440><c> that</c><00:20:20.559><c> one.</c>

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Joshua,<00:20:22.400><c> chapter</c><00:20:22.519><c> 1,</c><00:20:22.819><c> verse</c><00:20:23.000><c> 9,</c><00:20:24.039><c> he</c><00:20:24.380><c> strengthened</c><00:20:25.099><c> his</c><00:20:25.400><c> hand</c>

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in<00:20:26.200><c> God</c><00:20:27.420><c> and</c><00:20:28.240><c> said,</c><00:20:29.220><c> fear</c><00:20:29.420><c> not.</c>

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Joshua,<00:20:32.380><c> chapter</c><00:20:32.640><c> 1,</c><00:20:33.559><c> verse</c><00:20:33.859><c> 9,</c><00:20:34.700><c> the</c><00:20:34.779><c> words</c><00:20:35.200><c> of</c><00:20:35.519><c> Moses</c><00:20:35.980><c> to</c><00:20:36.319><c> Joshua,</c>

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Hath<00:20:37.559><c> not</c><00:20:37.839><c> I</c><00:20:38.140><c> commanded</c><00:20:38.640><c> thee,</c><00:20:39.500><c> be</c><00:20:40.099><c> strong</c><00:20:40.980><c> and</c><00:20:42.480><c> of</c><00:20:42.619><c> a</c><00:20:42.740><c> good</c><00:20:42.900><c> courage,</c><00:20:43.500><c> and</c><00:20:43.880><c> be</c>

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not<00:20:44.859><c> afraid?</c>

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Neither<00:20:46.980><c> be</c><00:20:47.299><c> thou</c><00:20:47.519><c> dismayed,</c><00:20:48.720><c> for</c><00:20:48.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:49.200><c> thy</c><00:20:49.400><c> God</c><00:20:49.680><c> is</c><00:20:50.259><c> with</c>

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thee<00:20:50.819><c> whithersoever</c><00:20:51.359><c> thou</c><00:20:51.599><c> goest.</c>

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The<00:20:51.920><c> same</c><00:20:52.099><c> two</c><00:20:52.299><c> words,</c><00:20:52.960><c> be</c><00:20:53.279><c> strong,</c><00:20:54.660><c> don't</c><00:20:55.059><c> be</c><00:20:55.960><c> afraid.</c>

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In<00:20:58.619><c> the</c><00:20:58.799><c> first</c><00:20:59.000><c> of</c><00:20:59.240><c> Chronicles,</c><00:20:59.740><c> chapter</c><00:21:00.000><c> 22,</c><00:21:02.000><c> it's</c><00:21:02.380><c> the</c><00:21:02.559><c> same</c>

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phrase<00:21:03.180><c> used</c><00:21:03.640><c> later</c><00:21:04.000><c> on</c><00:21:04.220><c> when</c><00:21:04.519><c> David</c><00:21:04.980><c> speaks</c><00:21:05.319><c> to</c><00:21:05.519><c> his</c><00:21:05.660><c> own</c><00:21:05.980><c> son,</c><00:21:06.299><c> to</c>

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Solomon,<00:21:06.900><c> at</c><00:21:07.119><c> the</c><00:21:07.160><c> end</c><00:21:07.339><c> of</c><00:21:07.480><c> his</c><00:21:07.680><c> days.</c>

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Now<00:21:18.400><c> my</c><00:21:18.759><c> son,</c><00:21:19.819><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:20.019><c> be</c><00:21:20.259><c> with</c><00:21:20.539><c> thee,</c><00:21:21.400><c> and</c><00:21:21.640><c> prosper</c><00:21:21.960><c> thou,</c><00:21:22.299><c> and</c><00:21:22.400><c> build</c><00:21:22.559><c> the</c><00:21:22.779><c> house</c><00:21:23.000><c> of</c>

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Yahweh<00:21:23.539><c> thy</c><00:21:23.759><c> God,</c><00:21:24.039><c> as</c><00:21:24.140><c> he</c><00:21:24.259><c> hath</c><00:21:24.420><c> said</c><00:21:24.599><c> of</c><00:21:24.759><c> thee.</c>

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Only<00:21:26.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:26.599><c> give</c><00:21:26.819><c> thee</c><00:21:26.940><c> wisdom</c><00:21:27.279><c> and</c><00:21:27.519><c> understanding,</c><00:21:28.180><c> and</c>

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give<00:21:28.440><c> thee</c><00:21:28.700><c> charge</c><00:21:29.140><c> concerning</c><00:21:29.640><c> Israel,</c><00:21:30.140><c> that</c><00:21:30.240><c> thou</c><00:21:30.400><c> mayest</c>

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keep<00:21:30.960><c> the</c><00:21:31.180><c> law</c><00:21:31.380><c> of</c><00:21:31.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:32.019><c> thy</c><00:21:32.319><c> God.</c>

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Then<00:21:33.819><c> shalt</c><00:21:34.220><c> thou</c><00:21:34.440><c> prosper,</c><00:21:34.980><c> if</c><00:21:35.039><c> thou</c><00:21:35.240><c> takest</c><00:21:35.880><c> heed</c><00:21:36.200><c> to</c><00:21:36.420><c> fulfil</c><00:21:36.799><c> the</c>

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statutes<00:21:37.539><c> and</c><00:21:37.720><c> judgments</c><00:21:38.099><c> which</c><00:21:38.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:38.839><c> charged</c><00:21:39.299><c> Moses</c>

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Be<00:21:43.059><c> strong</c><00:21:43.779><c> and</c><00:21:44.839><c> of</c><00:21:44.980><c> good</c><00:21:45.140><c> courage,</c><00:21:46.700><c> dread</c><00:21:47.119><c> not.</c>

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There's<00:21:48.519><c> the</c><00:21:48.740><c> second</c><00:21:48.880><c> word,</c><00:21:50.180><c> be</c><00:21:50.460><c> strong,</c><00:21:52.420><c> dread</c><00:21:52.599><c> not,</c><00:21:54.680><c> because</c><00:21:56.079><c> Yahweh</c>

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will<00:21:57.400><c> be</c><00:21:57.579><c> with</c><00:21:57.819><c> thee.</c>

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of<00:22:04.619><c> some</c><00:22:04.720><c> words</c><00:22:04.960><c> of</c><00:22:05.180><c> Hezekiah,</c>

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at<00:22:07.000><c> a</c><00:22:07.140><c> time</c><00:22:07.259><c> when</c><00:22:07.400><c> he</c><00:22:07.440><c> needed</c><00:22:07.660><c> to</c><00:22:07.880><c> comfort</c><00:22:08.180><c> the</c><00:22:08.380><c> nation</c><00:22:08.720><c> because</c><00:22:09.039><c> of</c><00:22:09.200><c> their</c><00:22:09.440><c> despair</c><00:22:09.859><c> of</c><00:22:10.119><c> heart,</c>

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because<00:22:12.359><c> of</c><00:22:12.880><c> the</c><00:22:13.099><c> threatening</c><00:22:13.559><c> invasion</c><00:22:14.200><c> of</c><00:22:14.559><c> the</c><00:22:14.880><c> Assyrian.</c>

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And<00:22:17.180><c> Hezekiah</c><00:22:17.619><c> says</c><00:22:17.819><c> the</c><00:22:18.039><c> record</c><00:22:18.279><c> in</c><00:22:18.539><c> the</c><00:22:18.880><c> second</c><00:22:19.119><c> of</c><00:22:19.380><c> Chronicles,</c><00:22:19.779><c> 32,</c>

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Spoke<00:22:21.279><c> to</c><00:22:21.460><c> the</c><00:22:21.680><c> heart</c><00:22:21.839><c> of</c><00:22:22.019><c> the</c><00:22:22.180><c> people</c><00:22:22.400><c> in</c><00:22:22.799><c> these</c><00:22:23.119><c> words</c><00:22:23.420><c> in</c><00:22:23.619><c> the</c><00:22:23.819><c> seventh</c><00:22:24.099><c> verse,</c><00:22:24.519><c> when</c><00:22:25.519><c> he</c><00:22:25.759><c> said,</c>

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Be<00:22:27.799><c> strong</c><00:22:28.460><c> and</c><00:22:30.400><c> courageous,</c><00:22:32.420><c> be</c><00:22:32.500><c> not</c><00:22:32.740><c> afraid</c><00:22:33.400><c> nor</c><00:22:34.160><c> dismayed.</c>

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Be<00:22:36.180><c> not</c><00:22:36.420><c> afraid</c><00:22:36.720><c> nor</c><00:22:36.940><c> dismayed</c><00:22:37.440><c> for</c><00:22:37.640><c> the</c><00:22:37.799><c> king</c><00:22:37.920><c> of</c><00:22:38.039><c> Assyria,</c>

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nor<00:22:38.640><c> for</c><00:22:38.960><c> all</c><00:22:39.299><c> the</c><00:22:39.460><c> multitude</c><00:22:39.920><c> that</c><00:22:40.079><c> is</c><00:22:40.200><c> with</c><00:22:40.380><c> him,</c>

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for<00:22:40.980><c> there</c><00:22:41.180><c> is</c><00:22:41.319><c> more</c><00:22:41.619><c> with</c><00:22:41.839><c> us</c><00:22:42.099><c> than</c><00:22:42.240><c> with</c><00:22:42.440><c> him.</c><00:22:42.900><c> With</c><00:22:43.059><c> him</c><00:22:43.279><c> is</c>

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an<00:22:43.579><c> arm</c><00:22:43.680><c> of</c><00:22:43.940><c> flesh,</c><00:22:44.359><c> but</c><00:22:44.519><c> with</c><00:22:44.720><c> us</c><00:22:45.220><c> is</c><00:22:45.619><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:46.160><c> our</c><00:22:46.599><c> God</c><00:22:46.900><c> to</c><00:22:47.220><c> help</c><00:22:47.440><c> us</c>

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and<00:22:48.039><c> to</c><00:22:48.299><c> fight</c><00:22:48.460><c> our</c><00:22:48.779><c> battles.</c>

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And<00:22:49.079><c> the</c><00:22:49.200><c> theme</c><00:22:49.640><c> of</c><00:22:49.880><c> those</c><00:22:50.160><c> phrases</c><00:22:50.519><c> is</c><00:22:51.380><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:52.400><c> is</c><00:22:52.960><c> with</c><00:22:53.319><c> thee.</c><00:22:53.740><c> Isn't</c><00:22:53.900><c> that</c>

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the<00:22:54.339><c> stute</c><00:22:54.480><c> of</c><00:22:55.220><c> those</c><00:22:55.460><c> passages?</c>

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And<00:22:58.539><c> those</c><00:22:58.700><c> are</c><00:22:58.839><c> the</c><00:22:58.920><c> two</c><00:22:59.039><c> words</c><00:22:59.640><c> that</c><00:23:00.079><c> Jonathan</c><00:23:00.319><c> gives</c><00:23:00.599><c> to</c><00:23:00.880><c> David</c><00:23:01.180><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:01.660><c> woods.</c>

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He<00:23:03.480><c> strengthened</c><00:23:04.200><c> his</c><00:23:04.519><c> hand</c><00:23:05.200><c> in</c><00:23:05.880><c> God</c><00:23:06.460><c> and</c><00:23:07.799><c> said</c><00:23:08.059><c> to</c><00:23:08.279><c> him,</c><00:23:08.759><c> Fear</c><00:23:08.779><c> not.</c>

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Back<00:23:09.500><c> to</c><00:23:09.640><c> the</c><00:23:09.740><c> first</c><00:23:09.940><c> of</c><00:23:10.119><c> Samuel,</c><00:23:10.380><c> chapter</c><00:23:10.700><c> 23.</c>

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Because<00:23:14.359><c> you</c><00:23:14.539><c> see,</c><00:23:15.279><c> Jonathan</c><00:23:15.599><c> went</c><00:23:15.799><c> on</c><00:23:16.000><c> to</c><00:23:16.220><c> say</c><00:23:16.380><c> in</c><00:23:16.539><c> the</c>

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seventeenth<00:23:17.119><c> verse,</c>

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For<00:23:18.079><c> the</c><00:23:18.359><c> hand</c><00:23:18.579><c> of</c><00:23:18.819><c> Saul</c><00:23:18.940><c> my</c><00:23:19.200><c> father</c><00:23:19.480><c> shall</c><00:23:19.700><c> not</c><00:23:19.940><c> find</c><00:23:20.200><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:23:21.200><c> thou</c><00:23:21.339><c> shalt</c><00:23:21.440><c> be</c><00:23:21.619><c> king</c><00:23:21.799><c> over</c><00:23:22.039><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:23:22.579><c> I</c><00:23:22.779><c> shall</c><00:23:22.900><c> be</c><00:23:23.059><c> next</c><00:23:23.299><c> unto</c><00:23:23.500><c> thee,</c><00:23:23.680><c> and</c><00:23:23.819><c> that</c><00:23:24.019><c> also</c><00:23:24.640><c> Saul</c><00:23:25.099><c> my</c>

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father<00:23:25.799><c> knoweth.</c>

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And<00:23:26.200><c> you</c><00:23:26.299><c> know,</c><00:23:26.460><c> in</c><00:23:26.740><c> the</c><00:23:26.880><c> Hebrew</c><00:23:27.240><c> text</c><00:23:27.819><c> there</c><00:23:28.140><c> are</c><00:23:28.380><c> three</c><00:23:28.779><c> words</c><00:23:29.440><c> emphasized</c><00:23:30.500><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:31.259><c> seventeenth</c><00:23:31.720><c> verse.</c>

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And<00:23:32.420><c> they</c><00:23:32.599><c> are</c><00:23:32.759><c> these,</c><00:23:34.759><c> thou</c><00:23:35.440><c> shalt</c><00:23:36.180><c> be</c><00:23:36.420><c> king,</c><00:23:38.599><c> I</c><00:23:39.660><c> shall</c><00:23:40.160><c> be</c><00:23:40.380><c> next,</c><00:23:42.140><c> and</c><00:23:42.240><c> that</c><00:23:42.440><c> also</c><00:23:43.779><c> Saul</c><00:23:44.700><c> my</c>

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father<00:23:45.920><c> knoweth.</c>

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You<00:23:46.519><c> know,</c><00:23:46.640><c> those</c><00:23:46.839><c> were</c><00:23:47.059><c> the</c><00:23:47.299><c> three</c><00:23:47.660><c> people,</c><00:23:49.019><c> the</c><00:23:49.259><c> three</c><00:23:49.579><c> people</c><00:23:49.900><c> that</c>

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afflicted,<00:23:51.279><c> as</c><00:23:51.279><c> it</c><00:23:51.460><c> were,</c><00:23:51.779><c> Jonathan's</c><00:23:52.519><c> soul</c>

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in<00:23:52.740><c> order</c><00:23:52.960><c> that</c><00:23:53.079><c> he</c><00:23:53.140><c> might</c><00:23:53.380><c> preserve</c><00:23:53.779><c> that</c><00:23:54.160><c> right</c><00:23:54.380><c> and</c><00:23:54.700><c> proper</c>

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balance<00:23:55.400><c> of</c><00:23:56.079><c> loyalty</c><00:23:56.460><c> in</c><00:23:56.619><c> all</c><00:23:56.839><c> respects.</c>

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Loyalty<00:23:57.759><c> to</c><00:23:57.859><c> his</c><00:23:58.140><c> friend</c><00:23:58.420><c> and</c><00:23:59.039><c> loyalty</c><00:23:59.460><c> to</c><00:23:59.859><c> his</c><00:24:00.200><c> father.</c>

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And<00:24:01.339><c> those</c><00:24:01.539><c> are</c><00:24:01.680><c> the</c><00:24:01.880><c> three</c><00:24:02.119><c> things</c><00:24:02.400><c> that</c><00:24:02.539><c> are</c><00:24:02.799><c> emphasized</c><00:24:03.240><c> concerning</c><00:24:03.740><c> the</c><00:24:04.240><c> respective</c><00:24:04.880><c> positions</c><00:24:05.420><c> of</c>

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in<00:24:06.720><c> the</c><00:24:06.880><c> seventeenth</c><00:24:07.279><c> verse.</c><00:24:07.980><c> Thou</c><00:24:08.380><c> shalt</c><00:24:09.000><c> be</c><00:24:09.319><c> king,</c><00:24:09.599><c> he</c><00:24:09.900><c> says.</c>

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And<00:24:10.339><c> so</c><00:24:10.440><c> he</c><00:24:10.799><c> assures</c><00:24:11.259><c> David</c><00:24:11.740><c> of</c><00:24:12.380><c> the</c><00:24:12.819><c> certainty</c><00:24:13.180><c> of</c><00:24:13.480><c> his</c><00:24:13.720><c> future</c><00:24:14.059><c> kingship</c><00:24:14.460><c> over</c><00:24:14.740><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:24:15.559><c> then</c><00:24:15.660><c> he</c><00:24:15.779><c> goes</c><00:24:15.839><c> on</c><00:24:16.000><c> to</c><00:24:16.140><c> say,</c><00:24:16.500><c> I</c><00:24:16.740><c> shall</c><00:24:16.960><c> be</c><00:24:17.180><c> next</c><00:24:17.660><c> unto</c><00:24:18.000><c> thee.</c>

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The<00:24:19.319><c> Septuagint</c><00:24:19.940><c> translation,</c><00:24:20.839><c> Greens,</c><00:24:21.519><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:21.819><c> Bible,</c>

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Rotterdam<00:24:22.680><c> says,</c>

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I<00:24:30.900><c> shall</c><00:24:31.240><c> be</c><00:24:31.559><c> to</c><00:24:31.680><c> you</c><00:24:31.960><c> for</c><00:24:32.420><c> second.</c>

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He<00:24:33.240><c> doesn't</c><00:24:33.460><c> mean</c><00:24:33.799><c> next</c><00:24:34.339><c> in</c><00:24:34.539><c> the</c><00:24:34.700><c> sense</c><00:24:34.900><c> of</c><00:24:35.259><c> standing</c><00:24:35.660><c> alongside</c><00:24:36.880><c> David.</c>

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He<00:24:37.779><c> means</c><00:24:38.119><c> next</c><00:24:38.519><c> in</c><00:24:38.680><c> the</c><00:24:38.799><c> sense</c><00:24:39.099><c> of</c><00:24:39.460><c> standing</c><00:24:39.859><c> behind</c><00:24:40.759><c> David.</c>

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I<00:24:42.279><c> shall</c><00:24:42.500><c> be</c><00:24:42.759><c> to</c><00:24:42.880><c> you</c><00:24:43.019><c> for</c><00:24:43.460><c> second</c><00:24:43.900><c> is</c><00:24:44.380><c> the</c><00:24:44.640><c> literal</c><00:24:45.019><c> translation</c><00:24:45.700><c> of</c><00:24:45.960><c> the</c><00:24:46.119><c> Hebrew.</c>

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And<00:24:47.339><c> you</c><00:24:47.440><c> see,</c><00:24:47.519><c> what</c><00:24:47.680><c> he</c><00:24:47.819><c> was</c><00:24:48.059><c> counseling</c><00:24:48.539><c> David</c><00:24:49.019><c> on</c><00:24:49.400><c> this</c><00:24:49.559><c> occasion</c><00:24:49.960><c> was</c>

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that<00:24:50.680><c> he</c><00:24:50.779><c> wants</c><00:24:51.039><c> to</c><00:24:51.319><c> assure</c><00:24:51.740><c> David</c><00:24:52.319><c> of</c><00:24:52.660><c> his</c><00:24:53.119><c> undisputed</c><00:24:54.140><c> right</c>

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to<00:24:54.640><c> the</c><00:24:54.819><c> throne.</c>

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And<00:24:55.220><c> I'll</c><00:24:55.400><c> be</c><00:24:55.579><c> right</c><00:24:55.859><c> behind</c><00:24:56.220><c> you,</c><00:24:56.539><c> says</c><00:24:56.599><c> Jonathan.</c>

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I'll<00:24:57.779><c> be</c><00:24:57.980><c> there,</c><00:24:58.279><c> don't</c><00:24:58.480><c> worry.</c>

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I'll<00:25:00.200><c> be</c><00:25:00.420><c> right</c><00:25:00.759><c> behind</c><00:25:01.180><c> you.</c><00:25:01.400><c> I'll</c><00:25:01.779><c> be</c><00:25:02.019><c> to</c><00:25:02.119><c> you</c><00:25:02.400><c> for</c><00:25:02.819><c> second.</c>

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And<00:25:05.000><c> he</c><00:25:05.079><c> says,</c><00:25:05.500><c> Saul,</c><00:25:05.660><c> my</c><00:25:05.779><c> father,</c><00:25:05.980><c> knows</c><00:25:06.180><c> all</c><00:25:06.420><c> of</c><00:25:06.559><c> this.</c>

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Saul,<00:25:08.640><c> my</c><00:25:08.839><c> father,</c><00:25:09.099><c> knows</c><00:25:09.759><c> all</c><00:25:10.279><c> of</c><00:25:10.400><c> this.</c>

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You<00:25:10.619><c> know,</c><00:25:10.700><c> if</c><00:25:10.779><c> you</c><00:25:10.900><c> turn</c><00:25:11.039><c> over</c><00:25:11.240><c> the</c><00:25:11.440><c> page</c><00:25:11.660><c> to</c><00:25:11.839><c> chapter</c><00:25:12.119><c> 24,</c>

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we're<00:25:14.160><c> told</c><00:25:14.339><c> in</c><00:25:14.480><c> the</c><00:25:14.640><c> twentieth</c><00:25:14.940><c> and</c><00:25:15.059><c> twenty</c><00:25:15.359><c>-first</c><00:25:15.640><c> verse</c><00:25:15.940><c> that</c><00:25:16.099><c> that's</c><00:25:16.859><c> exactly</c><00:25:17.339><c> what,</c><00:25:17.660><c> in</c><00:25:17.900><c> fact,</c>

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Saul<00:25:18.740><c> did</c><00:25:19.079><c> know</c><00:25:19.319><c> because</c><00:25:19.900><c> we're</c><00:25:20.279><c> told</c><00:25:20.480><c> in</c><00:25:20.619><c> the</c><00:25:20.720><c> first</c><00:25:20.920><c> of</c><00:25:21.140><c> Samuel</c><00:25:21.319><c> 24</c>

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and<00:25:22.019><c> verse</c><00:25:22.220><c> 20</c>

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that<00:25:22.839><c> Saul</c><00:25:23.480><c> says</c><00:25:24.039><c> to</c><00:25:24.559><c> David,</c><00:25:26.519><c> and</c><00:25:26.599><c> now</c><00:25:26.980><c> behold,</c><00:25:28.180><c> I</c><00:25:28.480><c> know</c><00:25:28.900><c> well</c>

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that<00:25:29.519><c> thou</c><00:25:29.799><c> shalt</c><00:25:30.220><c> surely</c><00:25:30.680><c> be</c><00:25:30.960><c> king</c>

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and<00:25:32.480><c> that</c><00:25:32.680><c> the</c><00:25:32.859><c> kingdom</c><00:25:33.079><c> of</c><00:25:33.299><c> Israel</c><00:25:33.700><c> shall</c><00:25:33.880><c> be</c><00:25:34.180><c> established</c>

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in<00:25:34.799><c> thine</c><00:25:34.960><c> hand.</c>

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Swear<00:25:36.119><c> now</c><00:25:36.420><c> therefore</c><00:25:36.779><c> unto</c><00:25:37.019><c> me</c><00:25:37.180><c> by</c><00:25:37.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:37.759><c> that</c><00:25:37.900><c> thou</c><00:25:38.079><c> wilt</c>

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not<00:25:38.460><c> cut</c><00:25:38.660><c> off</c><00:25:38.859><c> my</c><00:25:39.220><c> seed</c><00:25:39.420><c> after</c><00:25:39.759><c> me</c>

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and<00:25:40.039><c> that</c><00:25:40.160><c> thou</c><00:25:40.279><c> wilt</c><00:25:40.500><c> not</c><00:25:40.720><c> destroy</c><00:25:41.099><c> my</c><00:25:41.480><c> name</c><00:25:41.720><c> out</c><00:25:41.900><c> of</c><00:25:42.039><c> my</c>

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father's<00:25:42.640><c> house.</c>

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And<00:25:43.579><c> David</c><00:25:43.920><c> swear</c><00:25:44.240><c> unto</c><00:25:44.539><c> Saul,</c><00:25:46.019><c> and</c><00:25:46.240><c> Saul</c><00:25:46.440><c> went</c><00:25:46.700><c> home,</c>

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but<00:25:48.740><c> David</c><00:25:49.079><c> did</c><00:25:49.359><c> not</c><00:25:49.599><c> return</c><00:25:49.960><c> to</c><00:25:50.119><c> the</c><00:25:50.259><c> king's</c><00:25:50.680><c> court</c>

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because<00:25:52.880><c> he</c><00:25:53.079><c> knew</c><00:25:53.259><c> that</c><00:25:53.539><c> although</c><00:25:54.180><c> Saul</c><00:25:54.680><c> had</c><00:25:55.079><c> said</c><00:25:55.240><c> that</c><00:25:55.460><c> he</c>

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understood<00:25:56.420><c> that</c><00:25:56.740><c> David</c><00:25:57.019><c> would</c><00:25:57.240><c> be</c><00:25:57.400><c> king,</c>

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he<00:25:57.640><c> knew</c><00:25:57.900><c> the</c><00:25:58.160><c> heart</c><00:25:58.319><c> and</c><00:25:58.660><c> mind</c><00:25:58.819><c> of</c><00:25:59.000><c> a</c><00:25:59.160><c> king</c><00:25:59.279><c> was</c><00:25:59.599><c> fickle.</c>

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You<00:26:01.039><c> know</c><00:26:01.160><c> what</c><00:26:01.319><c> perverts</c><00:26:02.380><c> obsession</c><00:26:03.460><c> of</c><00:26:03.920><c> the</c><00:26:04.180><c> flesh</c><00:26:04.500><c> when</c><00:26:05.440><c> Saul</c><00:26:06.019><c> knew</c><00:26:06.700><c> that</c><00:26:07.019><c> David</c><00:26:07.279><c> would</c><00:26:07.500><c> be</c><00:26:07.680><c> king.</c>

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And<00:26:09.500><c> yet</c><00:26:09.660><c> we</c><00:26:09.839><c> have</c><00:26:10.039><c> chapter</c><00:26:10.380><c> after</c><00:26:10.799><c> chapter</c><00:26:11.119><c> thereafter</c><00:26:11.640><c> of</c>

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Saul<00:26:12.180><c> continuing</c><00:26:13.039><c> to</c><00:26:13.319><c> hunt</c><00:26:13.720><c> David</c><00:26:14.180><c> for</c><00:26:14.500><c> his</c><00:26:14.740><c> life.</c>

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Jonathan<00:26:16.880><c> was</c><00:26:17.059><c> absolutely</c><00:26:17.480><c> right,</c><00:26:17.799><c> wasn't</c><00:26:17.900><c> he?</c>

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My<00:26:18.720><c> father</c><00:26:19.500><c> already</c><00:26:20.420><c> knows</c><00:26:21.259><c> this.</c>

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Saul<00:26:23.180><c> was</c><00:26:23.480><c> fighting</c><00:26:23.740><c> against</c><00:26:24.339><c> destiny.</c>

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And<00:26:26.420><c> it</c><00:26:26.480><c> was</c><00:26:26.619><c> the</c><00:26:26.839><c> objective</c><00:26:27.119><c> of</c><00:26:27.460><c> Jonathan</c><00:26:27.740><c> to</c><00:26:28.059><c> buoy</c><00:26:28.180><c> up</c><00:26:28.420><c> the</c>

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spirits<00:26:28.980><c> of</c><00:26:29.240><c> David</c>

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in<00:26:29.920><c> the</c><00:26:30.039><c> first</c><00:26:30.259><c> of</c><00:26:30.480><c> Samuel</c><00:26:30.720><c> 23</c><00:26:31.240><c> verse</c><00:26:31.519><c> 17</c><00:26:31.839><c> to</c><00:26:32.099><c> encourage</c><00:26:32.819><c> his</c>

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young<00:26:33.660><c> friend</c>

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and<00:26:33.960><c> that</c><00:26:34.039><c> he</c><00:26:34.119><c> might</c><00:26:34.500><c> continue</c><00:26:35.079><c> in</c><00:26:35.420><c> the</c><00:26:35.579><c> way</c><00:26:35.960><c> and</c><00:26:36.400><c> not</c><00:26:36.660><c> be</c><00:26:36.880><c> faint.</c>

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And<00:26:38.619><c> so</c><00:26:38.720><c> we're</c><00:26:38.920><c> told</c><00:26:39.079><c> in</c><00:26:39.220><c> the</c><00:26:39.339><c> 18th</c><00:26:39.839><c> verse</c><00:26:40.160><c> of</c><00:26:40.420><c> the</c><00:26:40.519><c> first</c><00:26:40.779><c> of</c>

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Samuel<00:26:41.200><c> 23</c>

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and<00:26:42.599><c> they</c><00:26:43.420><c> too</c><00:26:44.359><c> made</c><00:26:45.079><c> a</c><00:26:45.599><c> covenant</c><00:26:45.880><c> before</c><00:26:46.420><c> Yahweh</c>

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and<00:26:48.200><c> a</c><00:26:48.319><c> number</c><00:26:48.460><c> of</c><00:26:48.640><c> other</c><00:26:48.799><c> codexes</c><00:26:49.299><c> add,</c><00:26:50.059><c> in</c><00:26:50.380><c> the</c><00:26:50.599><c> wood.</c>

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They<00:26:52.180><c> made</c><00:26:52.400><c> a</c><00:26:52.640><c> covenant</c><00:26:52.819><c> before</c><00:26:53.299><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:53.700><c> in</c><00:26:54.400><c> the</c><00:26:55.000><c> wood.</c>

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And<00:26:56.440><c> David</c><00:26:56.720><c> abode</c><00:26:57.099><c> in</c><00:26:57.539><c> the</c><00:26:57.799><c> wood.</c>

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And<00:26:58.160><c> so</c><00:26:58.319><c> we</c><00:26:58.500><c> come</c><00:26:58.680><c> now</c><00:26:58.980><c> therefore</c><00:26:59.339><c> to</c><00:26:59.599><c> the</c><00:27:00.140><c> third</c><00:27:00.380><c> of</c><00:27:00.619><c> the</c>

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three<00:27:01.099><c> covenants</c>

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that<00:27:01.640><c> were</c><00:27:01.819><c> made</c><00:27:02.079><c> between</c><00:27:02.440><c> the</c><00:27:02.640><c> three</c><00:27:02.900><c> friends.</c>

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You'll<00:27:05.119><c> remember</c><00:27:05.319><c> that</c><00:27:05.500><c> the</c><00:27:05.640><c> first</c><00:27:05.900><c> covenant</c><00:27:06.180><c> was</c><00:27:06.400><c> made</c><00:27:06.579><c> at</c>

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the<00:27:06.980><c> beginning</c><00:27:07.319><c> of</c><00:27:07.599><c> their</c><00:27:07.839><c> friendship.</c>

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And<00:27:12.339><c> Jonathan</c><00:27:12.339><c> acknowledged</c><00:27:12.819><c> David's</c><00:27:13.839><c> superior</c><00:27:14.319><c> right</c><00:27:14.579><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:15.000><c> throne</c><00:27:15.180><c> by</c><00:27:15.500><c> giving</c><00:27:15.779><c> him</c><00:27:15.940><c> his</c><00:27:16.200><c> royal</c><00:27:16.519><c> garments.</c>

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And<00:27:18.960><c> then</c><00:27:19.059><c> as</c><00:27:19.240><c> their</c><00:27:19.420><c> friendship</c><00:27:19.740><c> came</c><00:27:19.980><c> under</c><00:27:20.299><c> trial</c><00:27:20.779><c> and</c><00:27:21.259><c> pressure,</c>

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you'll<00:27:22.380><c> remember</c><00:27:22.740><c> that</c><00:27:22.920><c> in</c><00:27:22.960><c> the</c><00:27:23.119><c> 20th</c><00:27:23.559><c> chapter</c><00:27:23.819><c> their</c><00:27:24.079><c> covenant</c><00:27:24.359><c> was</c><00:27:24.839><c> re</c><00:27:25.339><c>-pledged</c>

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amidst<00:27:26.420><c> sorrow</c><00:27:26.819><c> and</c><00:27:27.319><c> trial.</c>

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And<00:27:29.500><c> Jonathan</c><00:27:29.700><c> again</c><00:27:30.359><c> acknowledged</c><00:27:30.859><c> David's</c><00:27:31.799><c> superior</c><00:27:31.799><c> right</c><00:27:32.039><c> by</c>

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asking<00:27:33.059><c> that</c>

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the<00:27:33.640><c> covenant</c><00:27:33.920><c> mercy</c><00:27:34.420><c> of</c><00:27:34.579><c> David</c><00:27:34.900><c> might</c><00:27:35.140><c> be</c><00:27:35.380><c> shown</c><00:27:35.640><c> to</c><00:27:35.920><c> him</c>

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when<00:27:36.900><c> David</c><00:27:37.299><c> became</c><00:27:37.700><c> king.</c>

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And<00:27:39.980><c> what</c><00:27:40.140><c> do</c><00:27:40.240><c> we</c><00:27:40.359><c> have</c><00:27:40.480><c> here</c><00:27:40.700><c> in</c><00:27:40.839><c> the</c><00:27:40.940><c> first</c><00:27:41.180><c> of</c><00:27:41.380><c> Samuel</c><00:27:41.619><c> 23</c><00:27:42.160><c> in</c>

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verse<00:27:42.740><c> 16?</c>

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Well,<00:27:44.039><c> their</c><00:27:44.279><c> covenant</c><00:27:44.599><c> now</c><00:27:45.299><c> is</c><00:27:46.319><c> going</c><00:27:46.440><c> to</c><00:27:46.619><c> be</c><00:27:47.019><c> sealed</c><00:27:47.480><c> against</c><00:27:48.140><c> their</c>

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final<00:27:49.140><c> separation</c>

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by<00:27:51.140><c> a</c><00:27:51.339><c> mutual</c><00:27:51.779><c> vow</c><00:27:52.039><c> of</c><00:27:52.299><c> undying</c><00:27:52.779><c> love</c><00:27:53.140><c> and</c><00:27:53.400><c> affection.</c>

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And<00:27:56.000><c> Jonathan</c><00:27:56.240><c> in</c><00:27:56.420><c> the</c><00:27:56.519><c> making</c><00:27:56.759><c> of</c><00:27:56.980><c> this</c><00:27:57.279><c> covenant</c><00:27:57.579><c> acknowledges</c><00:27:58.259><c> again</c>

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David's<00:27:59.779><c> superior</c><00:28:00.460><c> right</c><00:28:00.960><c> to</c><00:28:01.220><c> the</c><00:28:01.460><c> throne</c><00:28:01.920><c> by</c><00:28:03.160><c> confidently</c>

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declaring<00:28:04.220><c> his</c><00:28:04.539><c> future</c><00:28:04.900><c> kingship</c>

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and<00:28:05.940><c> assigning</c><00:28:06.299><c> to</c><00:28:06.599><c> himself</c><00:28:07.099><c> the</c><00:28:07.700><c> humbler</c><00:28:08.119><c> role</c><00:28:08.420><c> of</c><00:28:08.740><c> standing</c>

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:11.019
behind<00:28:09.660><c> David</c><00:28:10.039><c> as</c><00:28:10.359><c> second</c><00:28:10.640><c> and</c><00:28:10.880><c> rank.</c>

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And<00:28:11.460><c> that</c><00:28:11.680><c> was</c><00:28:12.039><c> ever</c><00:28:12.319><c> the</c><00:28:12.559><c> basis</c><00:28:12.839><c> of</c><00:28:13.059><c> the</c><00:28:13.299><c> covenant</c><00:28:13.500><c> between</c><00:28:13.880><c> them.</c>

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:16.200
You<00:28:14.140><c> know,</c><00:28:14.519><c> when</c><00:28:14.700><c> it</c><00:28:14.900><c> says</c><00:28:15.019><c> that</c><00:28:15.220><c> they</c><00:28:15.480><c> made</c><00:28:15.740><c> a</c><00:28:16.000><c> covenant,</c>

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it<00:28:16.460><c> is</c><00:28:16.660><c> of</c><00:28:16.779><c> course</c><00:28:17.059><c> the</c><00:28:17.259><c> two</c><00:28:17.440><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:17.759><c> words,</c><00:28:18.859><c> karat</c><00:28:19.660><c> berit.</c>

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They<00:28:21.420><c> cut</c><00:28:21.880><c> a</c><00:28:22.619><c> covenant.</c>

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And<00:28:24.039><c> I</c><00:28:24.200><c> believe</c><00:28:24.400><c> that</c><00:28:24.519><c> they</c><00:28:24.660><c> did</c><00:28:24.779><c> that</c><00:28:25.000><c> three</c><00:28:25.240><c> times.</c>

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:30.099
They<00:28:26.980><c> offered</c><00:28:27.160><c> a</c><00:28:27.519><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:28.160><c> in</c><00:28:28.579><c> chapter</c><00:28:28.799><c> 18</c><00:28:29.279><c> and</c><00:28:29.759><c> in</c><00:28:29.940><c> chapter</c>

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20<00:28:30.519><c> and</c><00:28:30.819><c> in</c><00:28:31.059><c> chapter</c><00:28:31.240><c> 23,</c>

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but<00:28:32.119><c> it</c><00:28:32.279><c> wasn't</c><00:28:32.539><c> three</c><00:28:32.839><c> covenants,</c><00:28:33.319><c> was</c><00:28:33.420><c> it?</c>

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It<00:28:33.859><c> was</c><00:28:34.019><c> actually</c><00:28:34.440><c> the</c><00:28:35.079><c> re</c><00:28:35.380><c>-pledging</c><00:28:35.940><c> of</c><00:28:36.359><c> the</c><00:28:36.740><c> same</c><00:28:37.200><c> covenant</c>

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three<00:28:38.160><c> times</c><00:28:38.640><c> over.</c>

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But<00:28:41.279><c> they</c><00:28:41.579><c> bound</c><00:28:41.880><c> themselves</c><00:28:42.500><c> on</c><00:28:43.039><c> three</c><00:28:43.319><c> occasions</c><00:28:43.839><c> to</c><00:28:44.039><c> the</c>

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same<00:28:44.400><c> principles.</c>

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Do<00:28:45.200><c> you</c><00:28:45.299><c> know</c><00:28:45.500><c> that</c><00:28:45.920><c> Saul</c><00:28:46.380><c> never</c><00:28:47.299><c> understood</c><00:28:48.279><c> the</c><00:28:48.900><c> basis</c><00:28:49.380><c> of</c>

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that<00:28:50.160><c> covenant?</c>

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The<00:28:51.819><c> karat</c><00:28:52.779><c> berit</c><00:28:53.700><c> between</c><00:28:54.279><c> these</c><00:28:54.579><c> friends.</c>

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:58.160
You<00:28:55.259><c> see</c><00:28:55.400><c> back</c><00:28:55.599><c> in</c><00:28:55.720><c> chapter</c><00:28:55.920><c> 22</c><00:28:56.299><c> and</c><00:28:56.500><c> verse</c><00:28:56.680><c> 8,</c><00:28:57.779><c> we're</c><00:28:58.000><c> told</c>

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there<00:28:58.400><c> that</c><00:28:58.579><c> Saul</c><00:28:58.900><c> says,</c>

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all<00:28:59.900><c> of</c><00:29:00.140><c> you</c><00:29:00.319><c> have</c><00:29:00.619><c> conspired</c><00:29:01.440><c> against</c><00:29:01.839><c> me</c><00:29:02.599><c> and</c><00:29:03.059><c> there</c><00:29:03.259><c> is</c><00:29:03.500><c> none</c><00:29:03.819><c> that</c><00:29:04.200><c> showeth</c><00:29:04.519><c> me</c>

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that<00:29:04.880><c> my</c><00:29:05.380><c> son</c><00:29:05.759><c> hath</c><00:29:06.099><c> made</c><00:29:06.599><c> a</c><00:29:07.180><c> league</c><00:29:07.640><c> with</c><00:29:08.200><c> the</c><00:29:08.519><c> son</c><00:29:08.700><c> of</c><00:29:08.940><c> Jesse.</c>

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:11.819
You<00:29:09.519><c> see</c><00:29:09.599><c> that</c><00:29:09.779><c> word</c><00:29:10.039><c> league</c><00:29:10.359><c> there?</c><00:29:10.880><c> In</c><00:29:11.099><c> the</c><00:29:11.319><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:11.539><c> it's</c>

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the<00:29:11.940><c> word</c><00:29:12.220><c> karat.</c>

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:20.480
He's<00:29:14.539><c> made</c><00:29:14.759><c> a</c><00:29:15.079><c> cutting</c><00:29:15.519><c> with</c><00:29:16.279><c> David</c><00:29:16.880><c> or</c><00:29:18.019><c> an</c><00:29:18.299><c> alliance</c><00:29:18.900><c> with</c><00:29:19.299><c> David.</c>

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But<00:29:21.900><c> what</c><00:29:22.259><c> Saul</c><00:29:22.420><c> never</c><00:29:22.759><c> ever</c><00:29:23.240><c> did</c><00:29:23.559><c> understand</c><00:29:24.160><c> was</c><00:29:24.400><c> it</c><00:29:24.500><c> wasn't</c>

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just<00:29:25.079><c> the</c><00:29:25.279><c> cutting,</c>

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:29.420
it<00:29:25.599><c> was</c><00:29:25.839><c> the</c><00:29:26.039><c> karat</c><00:29:26.759><c> berit,</c><00:29:27.759><c> the</c><00:29:28.019><c> cutting</c><00:29:28.319><c> of</c><00:29:28.740><c> a</c><00:29:29.079><c> covenant</c>

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between<00:29:30.119><c> them.</c>

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He<00:29:31.079><c> never</c><00:29:31.339><c> ever</c><00:29:31.740><c> did</c><00:29:32.099><c> understand</c><00:29:32.799><c> the</c><00:29:33.240><c> fullness</c><00:29:33.619><c> of</c><00:29:34.359><c> the</c><00:29:34.619><c> relationship</c><00:29:35.140><c> between</c><00:29:35.619><c> these</c><00:29:36.019><c> two</c><00:29:36.240><c> friends.</c>

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:43.980
And<00:29:38.559><c> verse</c><00:29:38.859><c> 18</c><00:29:39.200><c> of</c><00:29:39.380><c> chapter</c><00:29:39.640><c> 23</c><00:29:40.099><c> says</c><00:29:40.759><c> that</c><00:29:41.859><c> they</c><00:29:42.240><c> too</c><00:29:42.400><c> therefore</c><00:29:42.759><c> made</c><00:29:43.000><c> a</c><00:29:43.220><c> covenant</c>

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:48.319
before<00:29:44.799><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:45.319><c> in</c><00:29:46.079><c> the</c><00:29:46.339><c> wood</c><00:29:46.539><c> and</c><00:29:46.880><c> David</c><00:29:47.279><c> abode</c><00:29:47.839><c> in</c><00:29:48.160><c> the</c><00:29:48.299><c> wood.</c>

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:50.940
You<00:29:48.500><c> see</c><00:29:48.599><c> the</c><00:29:48.759><c> emphasis</c><00:29:49.059><c> on</c><00:29:49.319><c> the</c><00:29:49.440><c> word</c><00:29:49.619><c> wood</c><00:29:49.880><c> here?</c>

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:54.339
You<00:29:51.140><c> see</c><00:29:51.240><c> it</c><00:29:51.380><c> back</c><00:29:51.500><c> in</c><00:29:51.640><c> verse</c><00:29:51.859><c> 15,</c><00:29:52.619><c> David</c><00:29:52.960><c> was</c><00:29:53.319><c> in</c><00:29:53.579><c> the</c><00:29:53.700><c> wilderness</c><00:29:53.940><c> of</c><00:29:54.220><c> Zip</c>

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in<00:29:54.740><c> a</c><00:29:55.319><c> wood.</c>

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Again<00:29:56.980><c> in</c><00:29:57.180><c> verse</c><00:29:57.339><c> 16,</c><00:29:57.940><c> went</c><00:29:58.119><c> to</c><00:29:58.380><c> David</c><00:29:58.640><c> in</c><00:29:59.259><c> the</c><00:29:59.819><c> wood.</c>

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Again<00:30:00.619><c> in</c><00:30:00.819><c> verse</c><00:30:01.000><c> 18,</c><00:30:01.500><c> they</c><00:30:01.759><c> made</c><00:30:01.980><c> a</c><00:30:02.180><c> covenant</c><00:30:02.359><c> before</c><00:30:02.779><c> Yahweh</c>

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in<00:30:04.019><c> the</c><00:30:04.460><c> wood,</c>

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the<00:30:05.039><c> addition</c><00:30:05.359><c> of</c><00:30:05.619><c> several</c><00:30:05.839><c> manuscripts.</c><00:30:06.980><c> Again,</c><00:30:07.140><c> David</c><00:30:07.440><c> abode</c><00:30:07.839><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:08.500><c> wood.</c>

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Again<00:30:09.240><c> in</c><00:30:09.400><c> chapter</c><00:30:09.660><c> 19,</c><00:30:10.480><c> the</c><00:30:10.619><c> Zipites</c><00:30:11.019><c> came</c><00:30:11.279><c> to</c><00:30:11.500><c> Saul</c><00:30:11.619><c> and</c><00:30:11.819><c> said,</c>

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doth<00:30:12.500><c> not</c><00:30:12.700><c> David</c><00:30:13.019><c> hide</c><00:30:13.180><c> himself</c><00:30:13.660><c> with</c><00:30:14.039><c> us</c><00:30:14.279><c> in</c><00:30:14.700><c> strongholds</c><00:30:15.640><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:16.539><c> wood?</c>

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And<00:30:17.299><c> there's</c><00:30:17.480><c> a</c><00:30:17.579><c> decided</c><00:30:18.019><c> emphasis</c><00:30:18.480><c> on</c><00:30:18.720><c> the</c><00:30:18.859><c> fact</c><00:30:18.980><c> that</c><00:30:19.200><c> the</c>

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covenant<00:30:19.680><c> on</c><00:30:19.900><c> this</c><00:30:20.039><c> occasion</c>

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was<00:30:20.759><c> to</c><00:30:20.980><c> be</c><00:30:21.400><c> made</c><00:30:21.819><c> between</c><00:30:22.220><c> these</c><00:30:22.519><c> two</c><00:30:22.759><c> friends</c><00:30:23.039><c> in</c><00:30:23.400><c> the</c><00:30:23.660><c> wood.</c>

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:28.660
You<00:30:24.299><c> know</c><00:30:24.359><c> the</c><00:30:24.460><c> word</c><00:30:24.740><c> wood</c><00:30:24.980><c> here</c><00:30:25.539><c> is</c><00:30:26.019><c> the</c><00:30:26.200><c> Hebrew</c><00:30:26.480><c> word</c><00:30:26.779><c> koresh.</c>

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And<00:30:29.299><c> it</c><00:30:29.480><c> means</c><00:30:29.799><c> literally</c><00:30:30.539><c> a</c><00:30:31.440><c> thicket.</c>

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It's<00:30:33.839><c> not</c><00:30:34.059><c> a</c><00:30:34.259><c> wood</c><00:30:34.380><c> in</c><00:30:34.599><c> the</c><00:30:34.680><c> sense</c><00:30:34.900><c> of</c><00:30:35.279><c> a</c><00:30:35.359><c> forest</c><00:30:35.880><c> so</c><00:30:36.480><c> much</c><00:30:36.680><c> as</c><00:30:36.980><c> a</c><00:30:37.079><c> thicket.</c>

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In<00:30:37.420><c> fact,</c><00:30:37.940><c> Jesenia</c><00:30:38.359><c> says</c><00:30:38.920><c> that</c><00:30:39.440><c> the</c><00:30:39.700><c> root</c><00:30:39.880><c> of</c><00:30:40.140><c> the</c><00:30:40.319><c> word</c><00:30:40.480><c> means</c>

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to<00:30:41.759><c> entangle.</c>

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In<00:30:44.680><c> other</c><00:30:44.859><c> words,</c><00:30:45.160><c> it's</c><00:30:45.480><c> so</c><00:30:45.960><c> thick.</c>

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:53.119
The<00:30:49.039><c> same</c><00:30:49.420><c> word</c><00:30:49.579><c> is</c><00:30:49.880><c> translated</c><00:30:50.319><c> in</c><00:30:50.579><c> Ezekiel</c><00:30:51.039><c> 31</c><00:30:51.480><c> verse</c><00:30:51.900><c> 3</c><00:30:52.400><c> as</c>

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the<00:30:53.720><c> shadowing</c><00:30:54.819><c> shroud.</c>

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And<00:30:58.640><c> you</c><00:30:58.859><c> see,</c><00:30:59.180><c> what</c><00:30:59.339><c> we're</c><00:30:59.519><c> being</c><00:30:59.839><c> told</c><00:31:00.200><c> here</c><00:31:00.819><c> in</c><00:31:01.160><c> this</c><00:31:01.420><c> verse</c>

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:08.700
is<00:31:03.339><c> that</c><00:31:03.480><c> there</c><00:31:03.579><c> is</c><00:31:03.759><c> a</c><00:31:03.859><c> tremendous</c><00:31:04.259><c> sense</c><00:31:04.680><c> of</c><00:31:05.000><c> foreboding</c><00:31:05.799><c> and</c><00:31:07.279><c> gloom</c>

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:14.220
that<00:31:09.240><c> overhangs</c><00:31:09.980><c> this</c><00:31:10.299><c> story</c><00:31:10.920><c> as</c><00:31:12.519><c> they</c><00:31:12.839><c> whisper</c><00:31:13.240><c> their</c><00:31:13.579><c> vows</c>

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of<00:31:14.740><c> love</c>

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:19.140
in<00:31:16.720><c> the</c><00:31:17.019><c> shadows</c><00:31:17.380><c> of</c><00:31:17.619><c> the</c><00:31:17.859><c> undergrowth.</c>

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:24.140
There<00:31:20.559><c> is</c><00:31:20.779><c> a</c><00:31:20.900><c> dark</c><00:31:21.279><c> shadow</c><00:31:21.559><c> that</c><00:31:21.839><c> hangs</c><00:31:22.119><c> over</c><00:31:22.420><c> this</c><00:31:22.859><c> story.</c>

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:28.200
Because<00:31:25.759><c> you</c><00:31:25.940><c> see,</c><00:31:26.220><c> although</c><00:31:26.619><c> Jonathan</c><00:31:27.019><c> had</c><00:31:27.359><c> said</c><00:31:27.579><c> to</c><00:31:27.779><c> his</c><00:31:28.019><c> friend,</c>

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I<00:31:28.619><c> shall</c><00:31:28.920><c> be</c><00:31:29.480><c> second</c><00:31:29.720><c> unto</c><00:31:30.460><c> thee,</c>

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:35.640
I<00:31:33.099><c> believe</c><00:31:33.400><c> that</c><00:31:33.579><c> in</c><00:31:33.759><c> Jonathan's</c><00:31:34.299><c> heart</c><00:31:34.440><c> of</c><00:31:34.640><c> hearts,</c>

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:41.599
he<00:31:36.660><c> suspected</c><00:31:37.380><c> that</c><00:31:38.920><c> that</c><00:31:39.160><c> might</c><00:31:39.440><c> never</c><00:31:39.940><c> be</c><00:31:40.400><c> the</c><00:31:40.559><c> case.</c>

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:45.599
And<00:31:43.200><c> what</c><00:31:43.299><c> I'd</c><00:31:43.480><c> like</c><00:31:43.559><c> to</c><00:31:43.720><c> do</c><00:31:43.839><c> now</c><00:31:44.019><c> is</c><00:31:44.140><c> to</c><00:31:44.259><c> try</c><00:31:44.440><c> and</c><00:31:44.740><c> retrace</c><00:31:45.039><c> the</c><00:31:45.359><c> thinking</c>

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:49.440
of<00:31:45.779><c> Jonathan's</c><00:31:46.420><c> thoughts</c><00:31:46.859><c> and</c><00:31:47.339><c> feelings</c><00:31:47.779><c> with</c><00:31:48.519><c> regard</c><00:31:48.900><c> to</c><00:31:49.059><c> where</c><00:31:49.240><c> he</c>

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would<00:31:49.720><c> finally</c>

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:54.059
stand<00:31:50.460><c> with</c><00:31:50.720><c> David</c><00:31:51.599><c> concerning</c><00:31:52.579><c> this</c><00:31:53.019><c> final</c><00:31:53.359><c> covenant</c><00:31:53.740><c> made</c>

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:55.740
together<00:31:54.420><c> in</c><00:31:54.640><c> the</c><00:31:54.799><c> woods.</c>

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:58.539
You<00:31:57.220><c> see,</c><00:31:57.359><c> it</c><00:31:57.440><c> all</c><00:31:57.559><c> began</c><00:31:57.779><c> in</c><00:31:57.960><c> chapter</c><00:31:58.180><c> 13.</c>

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.880
I'd<00:31:58.720><c> like</c><00:31:58.720><c> you</c><00:31:58.839><c> to</c><00:31:58.900><c> come</c><00:31:59.059><c> back</c><00:31:59.240><c> to</c><00:31:59.400><c> chapter</c><00:31:59.599><c> 13.</c>

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:03.480
I<00:32:00.039><c> want</c><00:32:00.079><c> you</c><00:32:00.700><c> to</c><00:32:01.240><c> follow</c><00:32:01.779><c> this</c><00:32:02.119><c> thinking</c><00:32:02.440><c> through,</c><00:32:02.839><c> as</c><00:32:03.039><c> it</c><00:32:03.220><c> were,</c>

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:07.140
as<00:32:04.039><c> we</c><00:32:04.299><c> consider</c><00:32:04.539><c> now</c><00:32:04.839><c> the</c><00:32:05.140><c> course</c><00:32:05.500><c> of</c><00:32:05.900><c> Jonathan's</c><00:32:06.619><c> final</c><00:32:06.799><c> action</c>

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:10.059
and<00:32:07.380><c> why</c><00:32:07.720><c> it</c><00:32:07.920><c> was</c><00:32:08.180><c> that</c><00:32:08.359><c> he</c><00:32:08.480><c> did</c><00:32:08.740><c> what</c><00:32:08.920><c> he</c><00:32:09.099><c> did.</c>

00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:14.039
And<00:32:10.980><c> it</c><00:32:11.099><c> all</c><00:32:11.299><c> began,</c><00:32:11.579><c> you</c><00:32:11.740><c> see,</c><00:32:12.099><c> back</c><00:32:12.359><c> in</c><00:32:12.519><c> chapter</c><00:32:12.799><c> 13.</c>

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:17.839
Because<00:32:15.099><c> you</c><00:32:15.279><c> see,</c><00:32:15.519><c> back</c><00:32:15.619><c> there</c><00:32:15.900><c> we're</c><00:32:16.200><c> told</c><00:32:16.400><c> in</c><00:32:16.799><c> the</c><00:32:17.000><c> 13th</c><00:32:17.500><c> verse</c>

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:22.119
that<00:32:18.220><c> Samuel</c><00:32:18.660><c> said</c><00:32:18.960><c> to</c><00:32:19.259><c> Saul,</c><00:32:19.700><c> thou</c><00:32:19.700><c> hast</c><00:32:20.000><c> done</c><00:32:20.359><c> foolishly,</c>

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:24.660
thou<00:32:22.339><c> hast</c><00:32:22.599><c> not</c><00:32:22.839><c> kept</c><00:32:23.000><c> the</c><00:32:23.240><c> commandment</c><00:32:23.660><c> of</c><00:32:23.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:24.160><c> thy</c><00:32:24.420><c> God</c>

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.839
which<00:32:24.839><c> he</c><00:32:25.140><c> commanded</c><00:32:25.440><c> thee.</c>

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:28.799
So<00:32:26.400><c> now</c><00:32:26.599><c> would</c><00:32:26.859><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:27.119><c> have</c><00:32:27.380><c> established</c><00:32:27.799><c> thy</c><00:32:28.160><c> kingdom</c><00:32:28.519><c> upon</c>

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.839
Israel<00:32:29.299><c> forever,</c>

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:34.079
but<00:32:30.440><c> now</c><00:32:30.960><c> thy</c><00:32:31.460><c> kingdom</c><00:32:32.099><c> shall</c><00:32:32.500><c> not</c><00:32:32.940><c> continue.</c>

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:36.839
Yahweh<00:32:34.660><c> has</c><00:32:34.960><c> sought</c><00:32:35.160><c> him</c><00:32:35.299><c> a</c><00:32:35.440><c> man</c><00:32:35.700><c> after</c><00:32:36.140><c> his</c><00:32:36.359><c> own</c><00:32:36.619><c> heart.</c>

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:39.519
And<00:32:37.359><c> you</c><00:32:37.440><c> know,</c><00:32:37.559><c> you</c><00:32:37.700><c> see,</c><00:32:37.920><c> brothers</c><00:32:38.140><c> and</c><00:32:38.400><c> sisters</c><00:32:38.660><c> and</c><00:32:38.880><c> young</c><00:32:39.079><c> people,</c>

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:44.740
from<00:32:40.039><c> that</c><00:32:40.559><c> moment,</c><00:32:41.839><c> Jonathan</c><00:32:42.019><c> understood</c><00:32:43.299><c> that</c><00:32:44.099><c> he</c><00:32:44.359><c> never</c>

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:46.900
ever<00:32:45.420><c> would</c><00:32:45.839><c> be</c><00:32:46.099><c> king.</c>

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:49.880
But<00:32:47.579><c> he</c><00:32:47.680><c> didn't</c><00:32:47.900><c> know</c><00:32:48.180><c> who</c><00:32:48.380><c> it</c><00:32:48.559><c> would</c><00:32:48.839><c> be.</c>

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.680
Not<00:32:50.700><c> until</c><00:32:51.000><c> chapter</c><00:32:51.319><c> 18.</c>

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:53.799
And<00:32:51.799><c> when</c><00:32:51.900><c> we</c><00:32:52.000><c> come</c><00:32:52.099><c> to</c><00:32:52.220><c> chapter</c><00:32:52.500><c> 18</c><00:32:52.880><c> and</c><00:32:53.039><c> verse</c><00:32:53.339><c> 4,</c>

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:56.799
as<00:32:54.220><c> you'll</c><00:32:54.460><c> remember</c><00:32:54.680><c> the</c><00:32:55.000><c> story,</c><00:32:55.619><c> David</c><00:32:55.940><c> has</c><00:32:56.180><c> now</c><00:32:56.500><c> appeared</c>

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.559
upon<00:32:57.119><c> the</c><00:32:57.380><c> scene</c>

00:32:57.559 --> 00:33:02.359
and<00:32:58.180><c> Jonathan</c><00:32:58.660><c> understands</c><00:32:59.740><c> that</c><00:33:00.200><c> this</c><00:33:00.619><c> is</c><00:33:01.099><c> the</c><00:33:01.319><c> one</c><00:33:01.740><c> who</c><00:33:02.140><c> was</c>

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.619
in<00:33:02.539><c> fact</c><00:33:02.640><c> to</c><00:33:02.900><c> replace</c><00:33:03.220><c> him.</c>

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:07.119
And<00:33:04.240><c> we</c><00:33:04.339><c> have</c><00:33:04.440><c> that</c><00:33:04.720><c> marvellous</c><00:33:05.339><c> story</c><00:33:05.599><c> in</c><00:33:05.799><c> chapter</c><00:33:06.019><c> 18</c><00:33:06.319><c> and</c><00:33:06.539><c> verse</c><00:33:06.799><c> 4</c>

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:10.160
as<00:33:07.539><c> Jonathan</c><00:33:07.980><c> strips</c><00:33:08.460><c> himself</c><00:33:08.960><c> of</c><00:33:09.160><c> the</c><00:33:09.380><c> robe</c><00:33:09.579><c> that</c><00:33:09.720><c> was</c><00:33:09.960><c> upon</c>

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:11.319
him<00:33:10.299><c> and</c><00:33:10.380><c> gave</c><00:33:10.680><c> it</c><00:33:10.880><c> to</c><00:33:11.059><c> David</c>

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:16.119
as<00:33:11.880><c> a</c><00:33:12.099><c> symbol</c><00:33:12.440><c> of</c><00:33:12.819><c> his</c><00:33:13.059><c> allegiance</c><00:33:13.640><c> to</c><00:33:13.960><c> David</c><00:33:14.400><c> as</c><00:33:14.920><c> the</c><00:33:15.180><c> rightful</c><00:33:15.740><c> heir</c><00:33:15.940><c> to</c>

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.539
the<00:33:16.299><c> throne.</c>

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:21.839
And<00:33:17.119><c> you</c><00:33:17.180><c> know,</c><00:33:17.440><c> brothers</c><00:33:17.539><c> and</c><00:33:17.779><c> sisters,</c><00:33:18.519><c> if</c><00:33:18.960><c> Saul</c><00:33:19.440><c> had</c><00:33:20.480><c> relinquished</c><00:33:21.240><c> the</c><00:33:21.539><c> throne</c>

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:28.319
at<00:33:22.359><c> that</c><00:33:22.640><c> moment</c><00:33:22.940><c> of</c><00:33:23.240><c> time,</c><00:33:24.680><c> Saul</c><00:33:25.240><c> and</c><00:33:25.779><c> Jonathan</c><00:33:26.299><c> and</c><00:33:26.980><c> all</c><00:33:27.420><c> his</c><00:33:27.700><c> house</c>

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:33.960
could<00:33:28.740><c> have</c><00:33:29.019><c> lived</c><00:33:29.380><c> in</c><00:33:29.980><c> peace</c><00:33:31.019><c> under</c><00:33:31.880><c> the</c><00:33:32.180><c> rule</c><00:33:32.700><c> of</c><00:33:33.079><c> David.</c>

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:38.920
You<00:33:36.140><c> see,</c><00:33:36.599><c> God</c><00:33:36.799><c> had</c><00:33:37.039><c> said</c><00:33:37.180><c> to</c><00:33:37.480><c> Saul,</c><00:33:37.759><c> the</c><00:33:37.859><c> kingdom</c><00:33:38.319><c> is</c><00:33:38.599><c> taken</c>

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:40.700
from<00:33:39.180><c> thee,</c><00:33:39.299><c> not</c><00:33:39.440><c> his</c><00:33:39.700><c> life.</c>

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:44.779
And<00:33:42.559><c> if</c><00:33:42.759><c> Saul</c><00:33:42.940><c> had</c><00:33:43.099><c> been</c><00:33:43.299><c> prepared</c><00:33:43.539><c> to</c><00:33:43.720><c> hand</c><00:33:43.920><c> over</c><00:33:44.220><c> the</c><00:33:44.400><c> kingdom</c><00:33:44.599><c> at</c>

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.099
that<00:33:44.940><c> time,</c>

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:47.119
he<00:33:45.180><c> could</c><00:33:45.339><c> have</c><00:33:45.519><c> enjoyed</c><00:33:45.779><c> to</c><00:33:45.980><c> live</c><00:33:46.140><c> out</c><00:33:46.319><c> his</c><00:33:46.559><c> life</c><00:33:46.779><c> together</c>

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:49.440
with<00:33:47.339><c> Jonathan,</c><00:33:47.759><c> his</c><00:33:47.940><c> son,</c><00:33:48.200><c> under</c><00:33:48.500><c> David.</c>

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:55.359
And<00:33:50.960><c> you</c><00:33:51.019><c> know,</c><00:33:51.240><c> Saul</c><00:33:51.539><c> came</c><00:33:51.960><c> within</c><00:33:52.220><c> a</c><00:33:52.460><c> hair's</c><00:33:53.240><c> breadth</c><00:33:53.680><c> of</c><00:33:54.279><c> giving</c><00:33:54.559><c> the</c><00:33:54.859><c> kingdom</c><00:33:55.119><c> to</c>

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:57.240
David,<00:33:55.819><c> chapter</c><00:33:56.039><c> 19.</c>

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:59.640
The<00:33:58.000><c> very</c><00:33:58.200><c> last</c><00:33:58.519><c> verse</c><00:33:58.720><c> of</c><00:33:58.880><c> chapter</c><00:33:59.119><c> 19.</c>

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:02.920
There<00:34:00.140><c> was</c><00:34:00.339><c> a</c><00:34:00.500><c> moment</c><00:34:00.740><c> later</c><00:34:01.019><c> on</c><00:34:01.279><c> when</c><00:34:01.480><c> it</c><00:34:02.019><c> almost</c><00:34:02.539><c> happened</c>

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:06.019
because<00:34:03.180><c> we're</c><00:34:03.440><c> told</c><00:34:03.619><c> in</c><00:34:03.779><c> chapter</c><00:34:03.980><c> 19</c><00:34:04.380><c> and</c><00:34:04.619><c> verse</c><00:34:04.859><c> 24</c>

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:11.400
that<00:34:06.940><c> when</c><00:34:07.359><c> Saul</c><00:34:07.720><c> came</c><00:34:08.519><c> to</c><00:34:09.119><c> search</c><00:34:09.420><c> for</c><00:34:09.699><c> David,</c><00:34:10.739><c> who</c><00:34:11.019><c> was</c><00:34:11.260><c> of</c>

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.659
course<00:34:11.539><c> with</c><00:34:11.780><c> Samuel</c><00:34:12.139><c> and</c><00:34:12.400><c> Rama,</c>

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:16.619
that<00:34:13.260><c> when</c><00:34:13.400><c> he</c><00:34:13.579><c> got</c><00:34:13.719><c> there</c><00:34:13.900><c> he</c><00:34:14.360><c> stripped</c><00:34:14.880><c> off</c><00:34:15.599><c> his</c><00:34:16.159><c> clothes,</c>

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.739
says<00:34:17.019><c> verse</c><00:34:17.280><c> 24.</c>

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:20.440
You<00:34:18.159><c> see</c><00:34:18.219><c> that</c><00:34:18.420><c> word</c><00:34:18.679><c> stripped,</c><00:34:19.039><c> that's</c><00:34:19.300><c> the</c><00:34:19.420><c> same</c><00:34:19.639><c> word</c><00:34:20.019><c> used</c>

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:22.940
when<00:34:20.760><c> Jonathan</c><00:34:21.179><c> took</c><00:34:21.380><c> off</c><00:34:21.539><c> his</c><00:34:21.800><c> royal</c><00:34:22.099><c> robe.</c>

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:25.940
And<00:34:23.960><c> I</c><00:34:24.119><c> believe</c><00:34:24.260><c> that</c><00:34:24.440><c> what</c><00:34:24.659><c> Saul</c><00:34:24.900><c> did</c><00:34:25.119><c> on</c><00:34:25.320><c> this</c><00:34:25.480><c> occasion</c><00:34:25.760><c> was</c>

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:27.519
he<00:34:26.099><c> took</c><00:34:26.280><c> off</c><00:34:26.480><c> his</c><00:34:26.820><c> royal</c><00:34:27.099><c> garments</c>

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:32.940
and<00:34:27.940><c> he</c><00:34:28.099><c> was</c><00:34:28.420><c> within</c><00:34:28.980><c> a</c><00:34:29.219><c> hair's</c><00:34:29.679><c> breadth</c><00:34:29.880><c> of</c><00:34:30.360><c> giving</c><00:34:30.699><c> the</c><00:34:31.199><c> kingdom</c><00:34:31.599><c> to</c><00:34:31.880><c> David.</c>

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:40.300
But<00:34:34.880><c> the</c><00:34:35.039><c> moment</c><00:34:35.260><c> passed</c><00:34:36.119><c> and</c><00:34:38.000><c> he</c><00:34:38.139><c> didn't</c><00:34:38.360><c> do</c><00:34:38.559><c> it.</c>

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:45.059
And<00:34:41.219><c> as</c><00:34:41.599><c> Saul's</c><00:34:42.400><c> obsessive</c><00:34:42.860><c> hatred</c><00:34:43.219><c> for</c><00:34:43.400><c> David</c><00:34:43.760><c> increased,</c>

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:50.780
there<00:34:46.219><c> was</c><00:34:46.460><c> a</c><00:34:46.639><c> growing</c><00:34:47.039><c> realization</c><00:34:47.780><c> within</c><00:34:48.239><c> Jonathan</c><00:34:48.980><c> that</c>

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:54.300
for<00:34:51.000><c> the</c><00:34:51.199><c> house</c><00:34:51.780><c> of</c><00:34:52.199><c> David</c><00:34:52.719><c> to</c><00:34:53.079><c> rise,</c>

00:34:55.039 --> 00:35:00.119
the<00:34:55.639><c> house</c><00:34:55.860><c> of</c><00:34:56.260><c> Saul</c><00:34:56.940><c> might</c><00:34:58.500><c> have</c><00:34:58.760><c> to</c><00:34:58.940><c> be</c><00:34:59.159><c> removed.</c>

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:08.059
And<00:35:02.860><c> he</c><00:35:03.460><c> was</c><00:35:04.039><c> the</c><00:35:04.440><c> chief</c><00:35:05.039><c> heir</c><00:35:05.900><c> in</c><00:35:06.699><c> that</c><00:35:07.039><c> house.</c>

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:11.699
I<00:35:09.619><c> think</c><00:35:09.780><c> Jonathan</c><00:35:10.059><c> understood</c><00:35:10.599><c> that.</c>

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:16.099
When<00:35:12.900><c> we</c><00:35:13.039><c> come</c><00:35:13.139><c> to</c><00:35:13.260><c> the</c><00:35:13.380><c> 20th</c><00:35:13.760><c> chapter,</c><00:35:14.019><c> he</c><00:35:14.239><c> appears</c><00:35:14.480><c> to</c><00:35:14.860><c> indicate</c><00:35:15.320><c> his</c><00:35:15.559><c> understanding</c>

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:18.980
that<00:35:16.300><c> all</c><00:35:16.860><c> may</c><00:35:17.360><c> not</c><00:35:17.639><c> end</c><00:35:17.860><c> as</c><00:35:18.119><c> well</c><00:35:18.239><c> as</c><00:35:18.360><c> we</c><00:35:18.500><c> might</c><00:35:18.659><c> imagine.</c>

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:22.559
And<00:35:19.079><c> you</c><00:35:19.179><c> see</c><00:35:19.300><c> at</c><00:35:19.440><c> the</c><00:35:19.460><c> end</c><00:35:19.679><c> of</c><00:35:20.079><c> verse</c><00:35:20.340><c> 13</c><00:35:20.840><c> of</c><00:35:21.000><c> the</c><00:35:21.119><c> 1st</c><00:35:21.380><c> of</c><00:35:21.619><c> Samuel</c><00:35:21.880><c> chapter</c><00:35:22.199><c> 20</c>

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.340
he<00:35:22.780><c> says,</c>

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:25.679
right<00:35:24.000><c> at</c><00:35:24.159><c> the</c><00:35:24.219><c> end</c><00:35:24.360><c> of</c><00:35:24.460><c> that</c><00:35:24.619><c> verse,</c>

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:30.800
and<00:35:26.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:27.300><c> be</c><00:35:27.579><c> with</c><00:35:27.920><c> thee</c><00:35:28.599><c> as</c><00:35:29.420><c> he</c><00:35:29.579><c> hath</c><00:35:29.739><c> been</c><00:35:29.920><c> with</c><00:35:30.199><c> my</c><00:35:30.480><c> father.</c>

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:32.679
Remember<00:35:31.400><c> that</c><00:35:31.639><c> phrase?</c>

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:36.900
You<00:35:34.900><c> know</c><00:35:34.980><c> the</c><00:35:35.099><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:35.519><c> Bible</c><00:35:35.940><c> translates</c><00:35:36.519><c> it</c><00:35:36.699><c> a</c><00:35:36.760><c> little</c>

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:39.920
more<00:35:37.900><c> potently</c><00:35:38.360><c> when</c><00:35:38.579><c> it</c><00:35:38.840><c> says,</c>

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:49.300
And<00:35:41.239><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:41.579><c> be</c><00:35:41.780><c> with</c><00:35:42.039><c> thee</c><00:35:42.619><c> as</c><00:35:44.400><c> he</c><00:35:45.800><c> used</c><00:35:46.199><c> to</c><00:35:46.440><c> be</c><00:35:47.179><c> with</c><00:35:47.980><c> my</c><00:35:48.320><c> father.</c>

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:57.900
You<00:35:51.699><c> see,</c><00:35:51.860><c> Jonathan</c><00:35:52.260><c> knew</c><00:35:53.000><c> that</c><00:35:54.019><c> God</c><00:35:54.360><c> had</c><00:35:54.960><c> departed</c><00:35:55.639><c> from</c><00:35:56.619><c> his</c><00:35:56.940><c> father.</c>

00:35:58.900 --> 00:36:01.900
Well,<00:35:59.000><c> in</c><00:35:59.099><c> the</c><00:35:59.139><c> case</c><00:35:59.420><c> of</c><00:35:59.820><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:00.159><c> be</c><00:36:00.360><c> with</c><00:36:00.659><c> thee</c><00:36:01.159><c> as</c><00:36:01.480><c> he</c><00:36:01.699><c> hath</c>

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.739
been<00:36:02.079><c> with</c><00:36:02.340><c> my</c><00:36:02.599><c> father,</c>

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:05.199
he's<00:36:03.079><c> still</c><00:36:03.159><c> with</c><00:36:03.400><c> my</c><00:36:03.599><c> father,</c><00:36:03.760><c> he</c><00:36:03.880><c> can</c><00:36:04.039><c> now</c><00:36:04.179><c> be</c><00:36:04.340><c> with</c><00:36:04.559><c> you</c><00:36:04.800><c> as</c>

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:06.579
he<00:36:05.599><c> used</c><00:36:06.119><c> to</c><00:36:06.360><c> be.</c>

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:11.019
It's<00:36:07.000><c> gone</c><00:36:07.599><c> from</c><00:36:08.500><c> my</c><00:36:08.780><c> father.</c><00:36:09.300><c> Jonathan</c><00:36:09.619><c> knew</c><00:36:09.860><c> that.</c>

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:15.000
And<00:36:12.820><c> that's</c><00:36:13.059><c> why</c><00:36:13.219><c> he</c><00:36:13.340><c> said</c><00:36:13.500><c> in</c><00:36:13.659><c> the</c><00:36:13.800><c> 14th</c><00:36:14.380><c> verse,</c>

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:17.780
And<00:36:15.599><c> thou</c><00:36:15.659><c> shalt</c><00:36:15.840><c> not</c><00:36:16.059><c> only</c><00:36:16.300><c> while</c><00:36:16.460><c> I</c><00:36:16.679><c> yet</c><00:36:16.980><c> live</c><00:36:17.179><c> show</c><00:36:17.420><c> me</c><00:36:17.599><c> the</c>

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:19.340
kindness<00:36:18.119><c> of</c><00:36:18.400><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:18.679><c> that</c><00:36:18.800><c> I</c><00:36:19.019><c> die</c><00:36:19.179><c> not,</c>

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:22.199
but<00:36:19.500><c> also</c><00:36:20.139><c> thou</c><00:36:20.480><c> shalt</c><00:36:20.659><c> not</c><00:36:20.920><c> cut</c><00:36:21.059><c> off</c><00:36:21.199><c> thy</c><00:36:21.400><c> kindness</c><00:36:21.699><c> from</c><00:36:21.940><c> my</c>

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:26.039
house<00:36:22.400><c> forever</c><00:36:22.900><c> if</c><00:36:23.480><c> I</c><00:36:24.119><c> do</c><00:36:24.699><c> die.</c>

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:34.639
And<00:36:29.260><c> Jonathan</c><00:36:29.519><c> had</c><00:36:29.739><c> a</c><00:36:30.059><c> feeling</c><00:36:30.380><c> that</c><00:36:31.500><c> his</c><00:36:31.960><c> life</c><00:36:32.280><c> may</c><00:36:32.679><c> end</c><00:36:33.199><c> in</c><00:36:33.619><c> death</c>

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:37.679
because<00:36:35.539><c> he</c><00:36:35.800><c> was</c><00:36:36.019><c> of</c><00:36:36.179><c> the</c><00:36:36.300><c> house</c><00:36:36.519><c> of</c><00:36:36.800><c> Saul.</c>

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:42.280
And<00:36:40.539><c> then</c><00:36:40.639><c> he</c><00:36:40.699><c> had</c><00:36:40.840><c> the</c><00:36:41.079><c> confrontation</c><00:36:41.500><c> with</c><00:36:41.719><c> his</c><00:36:41.940><c> father</c><00:36:42.139><c> and</c>

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:43.099
he<00:36:42.460><c> sent</c><00:36:42.599><c> David</c><00:36:42.900><c> away.</c>

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:45.260
And<00:36:43.280><c> the</c><00:36:43.380><c> question</c><00:36:43.719><c> was,</c><00:36:44.380><c> what</c><00:36:44.599><c> should</c><00:36:44.780><c> he</c><00:36:44.900><c> do</c><00:36:45.039><c> now?</c>

00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:47.440
As<00:36:45.420><c> he</c><00:36:45.500><c> watched</c><00:36:45.760><c> David</c><00:36:46.139><c> walk</c><00:36:46.420><c> away</c><00:36:46.599><c> and</c><00:36:46.760><c> as</c><00:36:46.820><c> he</c><00:36:47.019><c> walked</c><00:36:47.179><c> back</c>

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.039
into<00:36:47.639><c> the</c><00:36:47.780><c> city,</c>

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:51.059
the<00:36:48.480><c> great</c><00:36:48.760><c> conflict</c><00:36:49.219><c> that</c><00:36:49.500><c> raged</c><00:36:49.820><c> in</c><00:36:50.099><c> Jonathan's</c><00:36:50.599><c> mind</c><00:36:50.780><c> was,</c>

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:53.599
what<00:36:51.539><c> do</c><00:36:52.099><c> I</c><00:36:52.440><c> do</c><00:36:52.639><c> now?</c>

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:57.320
Where<00:36:54.780><c> should</c><00:36:54.940><c> I</c><00:36:55.179><c> go?</c><00:36:55.619><c> Where</c><00:36:55.860><c> should</c><00:36:56.059><c> I</c><00:36:56.360><c> stand?</c>

00:36:58.420 --> 00:37:00.579
What<00:36:58.880><c> position</c><00:36:59.340><c> should</c><00:36:59.559><c> I</c><00:36:59.820><c> take?</c>

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:04.159
And<00:37:01.539><c> you</c><00:37:01.699><c> know</c><00:37:01.780><c> what</c><00:37:01.900><c> his</c><00:37:02.139><c> overriding</c><00:37:02.639><c> concern</c><00:37:03.099><c> was?</c>

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:06.780
He<00:37:04.380><c> says,</c><00:37:04.519><c> I</c><00:37:04.599><c> want</c><00:37:04.800><c> to</c><00:37:04.940><c> be</c><00:37:05.219><c> loyal</c><00:37:05.539><c> to</c><00:37:05.820><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:10.679
I<00:37:07.380><c> want</c><00:37:07.519><c> to</c><00:37:07.639><c> be</c><00:37:07.920><c> loyal</c><00:37:08.199><c> to</c><00:37:08.420><c> my</c><00:37:08.659><c> father</c><00:37:08.980><c> and</c><00:37:09.179><c> I</c><00:37:09.300><c> want</c><00:37:09.460><c> to</c><00:37:09.599><c> be</c><00:37:09.880><c> loyal</c><00:37:10.199><c> to</c><00:37:10.440><c> David.</c>

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:15.679
He<00:37:11.099><c> wanted</c><00:37:11.440><c> the</c><00:37:11.900><c> loftiest</c><00:37:12.639><c> of</c><00:37:12.960><c> ideals</c><00:37:13.280><c> and</c><00:37:13.719><c> the</c><00:37:14.139><c> highest</c><00:37:14.519><c> of</c><00:37:14.840><c> standards.</c>

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:19.079
Anything<00:37:17.039><c> else</c><00:37:17.280><c> was</c><00:37:17.480><c> not</c><00:37:17.699><c> good</c><00:37:17.900><c> enough</c><00:37:18.059><c> for</c><00:37:18.280><c> Jonathan.</c>

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:25.519
He<00:37:20.340><c> wanted</c><00:37:20.539><c> to</c><00:37:20.739><c> do</c><00:37:20.820><c> what</c><00:37:20.980><c> was</c><00:37:21.400><c> best</c><00:37:21.820><c> for</c><00:37:22.159><c> the</c><00:37:22.400><c> truth</c><00:37:22.780><c> in</c><00:37:23.679><c> every</c><00:37:24.400><c> respect.</c>

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:29.440
And<00:37:26.480><c> I</c><00:37:26.719><c> believe</c><00:37:27.079><c> that</c><00:37:27.260><c> he</c><00:37:27.320><c> made</c><00:37:27.559><c> a</c><00:37:27.820><c> decision</c><00:37:28.039><c> on</c><00:37:28.280><c> that</c><00:37:28.440><c> basis.</c>

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:32.440
And<00:37:30.500><c> the</c><00:37:30.659><c> decision</c><00:37:30.960><c> that</c><00:37:31.159><c> he</c><00:37:31.300><c> made,</c><00:37:31.840><c> brothers</c><00:37:31.920><c> and</c><00:37:32.199><c> sisters</c>

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:33.199
and<00:37:32.639><c> young</c><00:37:32.880><c> people,</c>

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:36.980
was<00:37:33.739><c> to</c><00:37:34.639><c> stand</c><00:37:35.199><c> with</c><00:37:35.659><c> his</c><00:37:35.980><c> father.</c>

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:42.099
And<00:37:38.639><c> there</c><00:37:38.760><c> were</c><00:37:38.960><c> three</c><00:37:39.500><c> reasons</c><00:37:40.099><c> why</c><00:37:40.420><c> Jonathan</c><00:37:40.739><c> made</c><00:37:41.059><c> that</c><00:37:41.280><c> decision.</c>

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:46.199
The<00:37:43.099><c> first</c><00:37:43.400><c> was</c><00:37:43.739><c> the</c><00:37:44.019><c> reason</c><00:37:44.280><c> of</c><00:37:44.659><c> the</c><00:37:44.800><c> matter</c><00:37:45.000><c> of</c><00:37:45.280><c> the</c><00:37:45.719><c> example</c>

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:47.619
to<00:37:46.440><c> the</c><00:37:46.579><c> nation.</c>

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:50.960
How<00:37:48.639><c> could</c><00:37:48.920><c> he</c><00:37:49.059><c> betray</c><00:37:49.340><c> his</c><00:37:49.619><c> father</c><00:37:49.820><c> and</c><00:37:50.159><c> walk</c><00:37:50.420><c> away</c><00:37:50.659><c> from</c><00:37:50.880><c> it?</c>

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:55.199
What<00:37:51.179><c> example</c><00:37:51.840><c> would</c><00:37:52.019><c> that</c><00:37:52.340><c> be</c><00:37:52.920><c> of</c><00:37:53.800><c> filial</c><00:37:54.139><c> devotion</c><00:37:54.559><c> or</c><00:37:54.920><c> of</c>

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:56.719
loyalty<00:37:55.519><c> to</c><00:37:55.719><c> the</c><00:37:55.880><c> king?</c>

00:37:58.840 --> 00:38:01.739
But<00:37:59.159><c> secondly,</c><00:37:59.559><c> you</c><00:37:59.619><c> see,</c><00:37:59.760><c> I</c><00:37:59.780><c> think</c><00:38:00.000><c> that</c><00:38:00.199><c> Jonathan</c><00:38:00.480><c> really</c><00:38:00.860><c> felt</c>

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:08.079
that<00:38:02.699><c> he</c><00:38:02.900><c> could</c><00:38:03.139><c> do</c><00:38:03.539><c> more</c><00:38:03.900><c> for</c><00:38:04.239><c> David's</c><00:38:04.980><c> cause</c><00:38:05.380><c> if</c><00:38:06.519><c> he</c><00:38:06.880><c> remained</c><00:38:07.440><c> at</c><00:38:07.760><c> his</c>

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:09.840
father's<00:38:08.980><c> side.</c>

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:15.239
If<00:38:11.840><c> he</c><00:38:12.480><c> joined</c><00:38:12.719><c> with</c><00:38:13.019><c> David's</c><00:38:13.780><c> band,</c><00:38:14.139><c> he</c><00:38:14.340><c> would</c><00:38:14.559><c> no</c><00:38:14.800><c> longer</c><00:38:15.000><c> be</c>

00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:16.219
able<00:38:15.380><c> to</c><00:38:15.760><c> influence</c>

00:38:16.219 --> 00:38:20.219
the<00:38:16.559><c> course</c><00:38:16.960><c> of</c><00:38:17.519><c> his</c><00:38:17.739><c> father's</c><00:38:18.380><c> mind</c><00:38:18.820><c> and</c><00:38:19.239><c> will</c><00:38:19.500><c> with</c><00:38:19.800><c> regard</c>

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:20.739
to<00:38:20.420><c> David.</c>

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:22.880
And<00:38:21.139><c> I</c><00:38:21.219><c> believe</c><00:38:21.440><c> that</c><00:38:21.639><c> Jonathan</c><00:38:21.900><c> believed</c><00:38:22.320><c> that</c><00:38:22.500><c> he</c><00:38:22.539><c> could</c>

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:24.940
best<00:38:23.239><c> help</c><00:38:23.460><c> his</c><00:38:23.880><c> friend</c>

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:28.179
by<00:38:25.719><c> staying</c><00:38:26.239><c> with</c><00:38:26.840><c> his</c><00:38:27.119><c> father.</c>

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:36.159
And<00:38:30.880><c> the</c><00:38:30.960><c> last</c><00:38:31.340><c> reason</c><00:38:31.639><c> was</c><00:38:32.480><c> that</c><00:38:34.280><c> Jonathan</c><00:38:34.619><c> loved</c><00:38:34.880><c> his</c><00:38:35.079><c> father</c>

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:40.139
and<00:38:37.639><c> he</c><00:38:37.820><c> never,</c><00:38:38.059><c> ever</c><00:38:38.420><c> gave</c><00:38:38.679><c> up</c><00:38:38.960><c> the</c><00:38:39.119><c> hope</c><00:38:39.340><c> of</c><00:38:39.639><c> influencing</c>

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:42.460
his<00:38:40.460><c> father</c><00:38:41.039><c> for</c><00:38:41.420><c> good.</c>

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:46.079
And<00:38:44.219><c> he</c><00:38:44.380><c> knew</c><00:38:44.539><c> that</c><00:38:44.739><c> as</c><00:38:44.860><c> long</c><00:38:45.079><c> as</c><00:38:45.199><c> he</c><00:38:45.260><c> was</c><00:38:45.420><c> with</c><00:38:45.579><c> his</c><00:38:45.800><c> father,</c>

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:48.840
he<00:38:46.219><c> had</c><00:38:46.400><c> the</c><00:38:46.539><c> opportunity</c><00:38:47.239><c> that</c><00:38:47.420><c> he</c><00:38:47.519><c> might</c><00:38:47.860><c> influence</c><00:38:48.420><c> Saul</c>

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:50.780
in<00:38:49.300><c> right</c><00:38:49.579><c> directions.</c>

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:55.440
And<00:38:52.699><c> so</c><00:38:52.820><c> he</c><00:38:52.980><c> decided</c><00:38:53.360><c> to</c><00:38:53.719><c> stay</c><00:38:53.960><c> with</c><00:38:54.159><c> his</c><00:38:54.400><c> dad.</c>

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:59.440
And<00:38:57.519><c> yet</c><00:38:57.619><c> he</c><00:38:57.739><c> made</c><00:38:57.960><c> the</c><00:38:58.179><c> decision</c><00:38:58.440><c> with</c><00:38:58.699><c> the</c><00:38:58.940><c> conviction</c><00:38:59.219><c> that</c>

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:01.300
if<00:38:59.619><c> matters</c><00:38:59.900><c> grew</c><00:39:00.219><c> worse,</c>

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:04.739
that<00:39:02.320><c> he</c><00:39:02.440><c> might</c><00:39:02.679><c> perish</c><00:39:03.059><c> with</c><00:39:03.260><c> the</c><00:39:03.440><c> house</c><00:39:03.619><c> of</c><00:39:03.840><c> Saul.</c>

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:09.340
And<00:39:06.460><c> there</c><00:39:06.539><c> were</c><00:39:06.739><c> already</c><00:39:07.099><c> reasons</c><00:39:07.599><c> now</c><00:39:07.960><c> growing</c><00:39:08.340><c> in</c><00:39:08.760><c> the</c><00:39:09.059><c> story</c>

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:12.719
that<00:39:09.559><c> made</c><00:39:10.159><c> Jonathan</c><00:39:10.699><c> feel</c><00:39:11.059><c> that</c><00:39:11.539><c> his</c><00:39:11.900><c> father's</c><00:39:12.380><c> position</c>

00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:14.380
was<00:39:13.099><c> increasingly</c><00:39:13.900><c> hopeless.</c>

00:39:14.780 --> 00:39:16.639
And<00:39:14.900><c> one</c><00:39:15.039><c> of</c><00:39:15.159><c> the</c><00:39:15.199><c> things</c><00:39:15.440><c> that</c><00:39:15.599><c> must</c><00:39:15.820><c> have</c><00:39:16.139><c> distressed</c>

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:19.039
Jonathan<00:39:17.199><c> exceedingly</c>

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:24.860
was<00:39:19.739><c> the</c><00:39:20.059><c> dreadful</c><00:39:20.739><c> story</c><00:39:21.420><c> of</c><00:39:22.900><c> the</c><00:39:23.260><c> slaughter</c><00:39:23.639><c> of</c><00:39:24.099><c> all</c><00:39:24.519><c> the</c>

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.699
priestly<00:39:25.280><c> house</c>

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:28.599
by<00:39:26.000><c> his</c><00:39:26.179><c> father</c><00:39:26.539><c> in</c><00:39:26.860><c> the</c><00:39:27.000><c> 1</c><00:39:27.219><c> Samuel</c><00:39:27.719><c> chapter</c><00:39:28.159><c> 22.</c>

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:32.400
You<00:39:28.940><c> know,</c><00:39:29.099><c> Jonathan</c><00:39:29.420><c> must</c><00:39:29.659><c> have</c><00:39:29.880><c> been</c><00:39:30.440><c> sickened</c><00:39:30.820><c> by</c><00:39:31.079><c> that</c><00:39:31.440><c> story,</c>

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:35.800
all<00:39:33.099><c> brought</c><00:39:33.320><c> about</c><00:39:33.599><c> because</c><00:39:33.920><c> of</c><00:39:34.059><c> his</c><00:39:34.300><c> father's</c><00:39:34.880><c> consuming</c>

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:37.420
hatred<00:39:36.380><c> against</c><00:39:36.860><c> David.</c>

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:42.500
And<00:39:38.460><c> I'm</c><00:39:39.039><c> sure</c><00:39:39.360><c> that</c><00:39:39.760><c> Jonathan</c><00:39:39.940><c> would</c><00:39:40.219><c> understand</c><00:39:40.960><c> that</c><00:39:41.659><c> such</c><00:39:42.179><c> wickedness</c>

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:47.900
in<00:39:43.420><c> exterminating</c><00:39:44.059><c> the</c><00:39:44.360><c> priestly</c><00:39:44.699><c> house</c><00:39:45.019><c> could</c><00:39:45.400><c> not</c><00:39:45.800><c> go</c><00:39:46.300><c> unpunished.</c>

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:52.860
You<00:39:50.239><c> see,</c><00:39:50.320><c> I</c><00:39:50.400><c> think</c><00:39:50.559><c> Jonathan</c><00:39:50.940><c> understood</c><00:39:51.539><c> that</c><00:39:51.820><c> the</c><00:39:52.019><c> two</c><00:39:52.380><c> houses,</c>

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:56.440
the<00:39:53.139><c> house</c><00:39:53.380><c> of</c><00:39:53.679><c> Saul</c><00:39:54.000><c> and</c><00:39:54.380><c> the</c><00:39:54.500><c> house</c><00:39:54.719><c> of</c><00:39:55.019><c> David,</c><00:39:55.320><c> were</c><00:39:55.500><c> ultimately</c><00:39:55.980><c> on</c><00:39:56.260><c> a</c>

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.900
collision<00:39:56.800><c> course.</c>

00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:02.900
If<00:39:59.460><c> you</c><00:39:59.519><c> come</c><00:39:59.679><c> to</c><00:39:59.800><c> the</c><00:39:59.940><c> 2</c><00:40:00.199><c> Samuel</c><00:40:00.719><c> chapter</c><00:40:01.079><c> 3,</c>

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:06.519
the<00:40:04.400><c> record</c><00:40:04.679><c> puts</c><00:40:04.940><c> it</c><00:40:05.119><c> this</c><00:40:05.360><c> way.</c>

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:14.280
It<00:40:07.820><c> says</c><00:40:08.059><c> there,</c><00:40:10.079><c> now</c><00:40:10.179><c> there</c><00:40:10.559><c> was</c><00:40:11.099><c> long</c><00:40:12.099><c> war</c><00:40:12.659><c> between</c><00:40:13.260><c> the</c><00:40:13.639><c> house</c><00:40:13.940><c> of</c>

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:17.159
Saul<00:40:14.599><c> and</c><00:40:15.539><c> the</c><00:40:15.719><c> house</c><00:40:15.960><c> of</c><00:40:16.260><c> David,</c>

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:20.000
but<00:40:17.639><c> David</c><00:40:18.059><c> waxed</c><00:40:18.619><c> stronger</c><00:40:18.960><c> and</c><00:40:19.300><c> stronger</c><00:40:19.539><c> and</c><00:40:19.699><c> the</c><00:40:19.800><c> house</c>

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:22.079
of<00:40:20.280><c> Saul</c><00:40:20.519><c> waxed</c><00:40:21.079><c> weaker</c><00:40:21.360><c> and</c><00:40:21.820><c> weaker.</c>

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:25.539
And<00:40:22.500><c> the</c><00:40:22.639><c> record</c><00:40:22.920><c> presents</c><00:40:23.360><c> the</c><00:40:23.619><c> house</c><00:40:23.860><c> of</c><00:40:24.019><c> Saul</c><00:40:24.320><c> and</c><00:40:24.679><c> the</c><00:40:24.800><c> house</c><00:40:25.039><c> of</c><00:40:25.300><c> David</c>

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:28.719
as<00:40:25.800><c> being</c><00:40:26.400><c> hopelessly</c><00:40:27.260><c> in</c><00:40:27.619><c> conflict</c><00:40:28.000><c> with</c><00:40:28.219><c> one</c><00:40:28.400><c> another.</c>

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:32.460
And<00:40:29.079><c> the</c><00:40:29.280><c> very</c><00:40:29.599><c> activity</c><00:40:30.159><c> of</c><00:40:30.539><c> Abner</c><00:40:30.880><c> and</c><00:40:31.280><c> Ishmael</c><00:40:31.800><c> in</c><00:40:32.079><c> these</c>

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:33.420
chapters<00:40:32.800><c> proved</c>

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:36.780
that<00:40:34.079><c> the</c><00:40:34.519><c> spirit</c><00:40:34.739><c> of</c><00:40:35.119><c> rivalry</c><00:40:35.579><c> between</c><00:40:35.960><c> the</c><00:40:36.179><c> house</c><00:40:36.380><c> of</c><00:40:36.619><c> Saul</c>

00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:37.980
and<00:40:37.159><c> the</c><00:40:37.320><c> house</c><00:40:37.500><c> of</c><00:40:37.820><c> David</c>

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:41.460
would<00:40:38.260><c> be</c><00:40:38.619><c> there</c><00:40:38.940><c> until</c><00:40:39.579><c> the</c><00:40:39.900><c> very</c><00:40:40.400><c> end.</c>

00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:44.599
And<00:40:42.760><c> I</c><00:40:42.900><c> believe</c><00:40:43.039><c> that</c><00:40:43.159><c> that</c><00:40:43.300><c> was</c><00:40:43.500><c> allowed</c><00:40:43.800><c> for</c><00:40:44.039><c> in</c><00:40:44.219><c> the</c><00:40:44.340><c> wisdom</c>

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:45.019
of<00:40:44.860><c> God</c>

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:47.039
as<00:40:45.239><c> a</c><00:40:45.400><c> final</c><00:40:45.619><c> measure</c><00:40:45.920><c> of</c><00:40:46.199><c> testing</c><00:40:46.500><c> for</c><00:40:46.780><c> David.</c>

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:48.840
But<00:40:47.559><c> what</c><00:40:47.800><c> it</c><00:40:47.960><c> proved</c><00:40:48.099><c> was</c><00:40:48.340><c> this</c><00:40:48.619><c> point.</c>

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:52.039
If<00:40:49.360><c> that</c><00:40:49.699><c> rivalry</c><00:40:50.159><c> was</c><00:40:50.480><c> there</c><00:40:50.639><c> between</c><00:40:50.960><c> those</c><00:40:51.320><c> two</c><00:40:51.559><c> houses,</c>

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:58.960
how<00:40:53.000><c> could</c><00:40:53.739><c> the</c><00:40:54.239><c> chief</c><00:40:54.800><c> heir</c><00:40:55.920><c> of</c><00:40:56.539><c> the</c><00:40:56.840><c> house</c><00:40:57.380><c> of</c><00:40:57.900><c> Saul</c>

00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:04.400
ever<00:41:00.079><c> stand</c><00:41:00.679><c> as</c><00:41:01.239><c> advisor</c><00:41:01.800><c> behind</c><00:41:03.360><c> the</c><00:41:03.659><c> throne</c><00:41:03.840><c> of</c><00:41:04.039><c> the</c><00:41:04.139><c> house</c>

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:05.599
of<00:41:04.679><c> David?</c>

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:08.840
That<00:41:07.480><c> was</c><00:41:07.739><c> confusion.</c>

00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:12.400
It<00:41:10.440><c> was</c><00:41:10.659><c> something</c><00:41:10.880><c> that</c><00:41:11.119><c> couldn't</c><00:41:11.420><c> be.</c>

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:16.159
And<00:41:14.000><c> you</c><00:41:14.139><c> see,</c><00:41:14.480><c> things</c><00:41:14.699><c> that</c><00:41:15.159><c> were</c><00:41:15.320><c> going</c><00:41:15.500><c> on</c><00:41:15.679><c> in</c><00:41:15.800><c> the</c><00:41:15.900><c> land</c><00:41:16.000><c> at</c>

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:17.619
this<00:41:16.320><c> time</c><00:41:16.500><c> were</c><00:41:16.739><c> momentous</c><00:41:17.380><c> things.</c>

00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:20.219
And<00:41:18.099><c> maybe</c><00:41:18.300><c> Jonathan</c><00:41:18.739><c> contemplated</c><00:41:19.340><c> the</c><00:41:19.579><c> significance</c><00:41:20.000><c> of</c>

00:41:20.219 --> 00:41:21.219
Genesis<00:41:20.559><c> 49</c>

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:23.659
and<00:41:21.599><c> he</c><00:41:21.760><c> could</c><00:41:21.960><c> see</c><00:41:22.039><c> that</c><00:41:22.219><c> it</c><00:41:22.380><c> wasn't</c><00:41:22.559><c> just</c><00:41:22.900><c> in</c><00:41:23.039><c> this</c><00:41:23.239><c> rivalry</c>

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:26.280
between<00:41:24.019><c> the</c><00:41:24.219><c> house</c><00:41:24.400><c> of</c><00:41:24.719><c> Saul</c><00:41:24.980><c> and</c><00:41:25.360><c> the</c><00:41:25.480><c> house</c><00:41:25.679><c> of</c><00:41:25.960><c> David</c>

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:29.599
that<00:41:26.619><c> what</c><00:41:26.820><c> was</c><00:41:27.039><c> happening</c><00:41:27.260><c> here</c><00:41:27.539><c> was</c><00:41:27.820><c> an</c><00:41:28.179><c> impending</c><00:41:28.840><c> change</c>

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:33.780
marked<00:41:30.260><c> out</c><00:41:30.559><c> by</c><00:41:30.920><c> scripture</c><00:41:31.480><c> that</c><00:41:31.960><c> was</c><00:41:32.119><c> to</c><00:41:32.440><c> transfer</c><00:41:32.960><c> the</c><00:41:33.380><c> scepter</c>

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:39.000
from<00:41:34.139><c> the</c><00:41:34.460><c> house</c><00:41:34.840><c> of</c><00:41:35.360><c> Benjamin</c><00:41:36.079><c> to</c><00:41:37.280><c> the</c><00:41:37.460><c> house</c><00:41:37.739><c> of</c><00:41:38.159><c> Judah.</c>

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:42.699
It<00:41:40.480><c> wasn't</c><00:41:40.739><c> just</c><00:41:41.000><c> the</c><00:41:41.139><c> rivalry</c><00:41:41.440><c> between</c><00:41:41.860><c> two</c><00:41:42.219><c> families,</c>

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:46.679
it<00:41:43.199><c> was</c><00:41:43.400><c> the</c><00:41:43.679><c> change</c><00:41:44.079><c> of</c><00:41:44.519><c> the</c><00:41:44.760><c> royal</c><00:41:45.119><c> throne</c><00:41:45.500><c> from</c><00:41:45.880><c> one</c><00:41:46.280><c> tribe</c>

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:47.800
to<00:41:46.920><c> another.</c>

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:51.039
These<00:41:48.960><c> were</c><00:41:49.340><c> momentous</c><00:41:49.960><c> days.</c>

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:58.639
And<00:41:52.559><c> that</c><00:41:52.760><c> transfer</c><00:41:53.260><c> was</c><00:41:53.559><c> best</c><00:41:53.960><c> achieved</c><00:41:54.940><c> by</c><00:41:56.340><c> a</c><00:41:56.659><c> clean</c><00:41:57.860><c> break</c>

00:41:58.639 --> 00:42:02.699
with<00:42:00.900><c> the</c><00:42:01.139><c> previous</c><00:42:01.559><c> house.</c>

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:08.179
And<00:42:04.519><c> when</c><00:42:04.699><c> Jonathan</c><00:42:04.980><c> said,</c><00:42:06.500><c> I</c><00:42:06.500><c> will</c><00:42:06.699><c> be</c><00:42:06.900><c> to</c><00:42:06.980><c> you</c><00:42:07.099><c> for</c><00:42:07.380><c> second,</c>

00:42:08.820 --> 00:42:11.320
I'm<00:42:09.159><c> sure</c><00:42:09.320><c> he</c><00:42:09.519><c> wished</c><00:42:09.719><c> that</c><00:42:09.880><c> that</c><00:42:10.019><c> might</c><00:42:10.219><c> be</c><00:42:10.440><c> so.</c>

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:14.559
I'm<00:42:12.340><c> sure</c><00:42:12.500><c> that</c><00:42:12.679><c> that</c><00:42:12.840><c> was</c><00:42:12.980><c> his</c><00:42:13.219><c> fond</c><00:42:13.420><c> hope.</c>

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:18.579
And<00:42:15.579><c> if</c><00:42:15.820><c> God</c><00:42:16.059><c> had</c><00:42:16.260><c> been</c><00:42:16.559><c> pleased</c><00:42:16.940><c> to</c><00:42:17.320><c> spare</c><00:42:17.539><c> him</c><00:42:17.880><c> and</c><00:42:18.099><c> not</c><00:42:18.320><c> his</c>

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.980
father<00:42:18.800><c> on</c><00:42:19.139><c> Gilboa's</c><00:42:19.780><c> slope,</c>

00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:23.619
then<00:42:20.380><c> he</c><00:42:20.679><c> gladly</c><00:42:21.079><c> would</c><00:42:21.300><c> have</c><00:42:21.599><c> accepted</c><00:42:22.099><c> the</c><00:42:22.360><c> position</c><00:42:22.559><c> of</c><00:42:22.960><c> second</c><00:42:23.219><c> in</c><00:42:23.460><c> rank.</c>

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:26.260
But<00:42:24.139><c> in</c><00:42:24.440><c> his</c><00:42:24.679><c> heart</c><00:42:24.840><c> of</c><00:42:25.219><c> hearts,</c>

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:30.480
he<00:42:27.280><c> must</c><00:42:27.659><c> have</c><00:42:28.039><c> suspected</c><00:42:28.639><c> that</c><00:42:28.880><c> it</c><00:42:29.159><c> might</c><00:42:29.500><c> not</c><00:42:29.860><c> be</c><00:42:30.179><c> so</c>

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:33.920
because<00:42:31.039><c> of</c><00:42:31.619><c> the</c><00:42:31.860><c> course</c><00:42:32.099><c> that</c><00:42:32.380><c> he</c><00:42:32.539><c> had</c><00:42:32.860><c> chosen.</c>

00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:38.579
Jonathan<00:42:35.780><c> understood</c><00:42:36.300><c> that</c><00:42:36.559><c> he</c><00:42:36.780><c> was</c><00:42:37.039><c> related</c><00:42:37.559><c> to</c><00:42:37.880><c> an</c><00:42:38.260><c> order</c>

00:42:38.579 --> 00:42:40.099
of<00:42:39.019><c> things</c>

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:42.840
that<00:42:41.139><c> had</c><00:42:41.360><c> to</c><00:42:41.539><c> be</c><00:42:41.800><c> removed.</c>

00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:47.940
Now<00:42:45.179><c> come</c><00:42:45.380><c> back</c><00:42:45.539><c> to</c><00:42:45.679><c> the</c><00:42:45.760><c> 1</c><00:42:45.940><c> Samuel</c><00:42:46.360><c> 23.</c>

00:42:51.380 --> 00:42:53.820
And<00:42:51.639><c> just</c><00:42:51.840><c> look</c><00:42:51.980><c> at</c><00:42:52.159><c> these</c><00:42:52.460><c> two</c><00:42:52.780><c> phrases</c>

00:42:55.760 --> 00:42:59.659
that<00:42:56.280><c> immediately</c><00:42:56.800><c> leap</c><00:42:57.199><c> out</c><00:42:57.400><c> of</c><00:42:57.539><c> the</c><00:42:57.699><c> record</c><00:42:57.940><c> now</c><00:42:58.179><c> with</c><00:42:58.400><c> significance</c>

00:42:59.659 --> 00:43:03.860
concerning<00:43:00.659><c> Jonathan's</c><00:43:01.880><c> position</c><00:43:02.239><c> in</c><00:43:02.440><c> this</c><00:43:02.639><c> matter.</c>

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:08.800
1<00:43:05.239><c> Samuel</c><00:43:05.719><c> 23</c><00:43:06.480><c> and</c><00:43:06.679><c> verse</c><00:43:07.099><c> 16.</c>

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:18.760
And<00:43:10.960><c> Jonathan,</c><00:43:14.139><c> Saul's</c><00:43:15.480><c> son,</c><00:43:17.800><c> arrives.</c>

00:43:21.219 --> 00:43:23.659
Do<00:43:21.460><c> you</c><00:43:21.460><c> know</c><00:43:21.619><c> that</c><00:43:21.780><c> Jonathan</c><00:43:22.119><c> hasn't</c><00:43:22.400><c> been</c><00:43:22.739><c> described</c><00:43:23.320><c> as</c>

00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:25.019
Saul's<00:43:24.559><c> son</c>

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:29.239
since<00:43:25.739><c> chapter</c><00:43:26.239><c> 19,</c><00:43:27.059><c> verse</c><00:43:27.260><c> 2?</c>

00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:32.099
Ever<00:43:30.019><c> since</c><00:43:30.280><c> chapter</c><00:43:30.559><c> 19,</c><00:43:31.059><c> verse</c><00:43:31.320><c> 2</c><00:43:31.480><c> of</c><00:43:31.619><c> this</c><00:43:31.840><c> record,</c>

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:34.940
he's<00:43:32.400><c> always</c><00:43:33.079><c> been</c><00:43:33.639><c> just</c><00:43:34.480><c> Jonathan.</c>

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:38.619
And<00:43:35.519><c> now</c><00:43:35.840><c> all</c><00:43:36.320><c> of</c><00:43:36.539><c> a</c><00:43:36.619><c> sudden</c><00:43:36.800><c> the</c><00:43:37.000><c> divine</c><00:43:37.260><c> record</c><00:43:37.659><c> again</c><00:43:38.239><c> calls</c>

00:43:38.619 --> 00:43:42.440
him<00:43:39.019><c> Jonathan,</c><00:43:40.360><c> Saul's</c><00:43:41.539><c> son.</c>

00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:45.019
Why<00:43:44.119><c> so?</c>

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:49.019
Well,<00:43:46.260><c> you</c><00:43:46.380><c> could</c><00:43:46.579><c> say</c><00:43:46.820><c> that</c><00:43:46.960><c> it's</c><00:43:47.159><c> a</c><00:43:47.260><c> contrast</c><00:43:47.679><c> at</c><00:43:48.099><c> how</c><00:43:48.380><c> amazing</c><00:43:48.719><c> it</c><00:43:48.900><c> is</c>

00:43:49.019 --> 00:43:51.340
that<00:43:49.440><c> Saul</c><00:43:49.880><c> the</c><00:43:50.099><c> father</c><00:43:50.400><c> is</c><00:43:50.639><c> hunting</c><00:43:50.880><c> this</c><00:43:51.179><c> man,</c>

00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:54.219
and<00:43:51.500><c> yet</c><00:43:51.599><c> the</c><00:43:51.739><c> very</c><00:43:52.039><c> son</c><00:43:52.300><c> of</c><00:43:52.480><c> the</c><00:43:52.659><c> same</c><00:43:52.840><c> man</c><00:43:53.199><c> is</c><00:43:53.539><c> a</c><00:43:53.780><c> friend</c><00:43:53.940><c> with</c><00:43:54.099><c> him.</c>

00:43:54.219 --> 00:43:56.440
But<00:43:54.360><c> we</c><00:43:54.500><c> already</c><00:43:54.840><c> know</c><00:43:55.000><c> that,</c><00:43:55.179><c> don't</c><00:43:55.420><c> we?</c>

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:58.760
That's<00:43:57.139><c> not</c><00:43:57.400><c> really</c><00:43:57.699><c> surprising</c><00:43:58.179><c> to</c><00:43:58.460><c> us</c>

00:43:58.760 --> 00:44:02.159
in<00:43:59.019><c> due</c><00:43:59.119><c> of</c><00:43:59.260><c> our</c><00:43:59.460><c> knowledge</c><00:43:59.760><c> of</c><00:43:59.940><c> Jonathan</c><00:44:00.260><c> throughout</c><00:44:00.679><c> the</c><00:44:01.059><c> story.</c>

00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:05.880
But<00:44:04.159><c> you</c><00:44:04.280><c> see,</c><00:44:04.360><c> I</c><00:44:04.519><c> think</c><00:44:04.719><c> the</c><00:44:05.079><c> force</c><00:44:05.219><c> of</c><00:44:05.440><c> that</c><00:44:05.639><c> phrase,</c>

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:09.639
Jonathan,<00:44:06.679><c> Saul's</c><00:44:07.159><c> son,</c><00:44:07.820><c> in</c><00:44:08.019><c> verse</c><00:44:08.280><c> 16</c><00:44:08.679><c> of</c><00:44:08.860><c> this</c><00:44:09.039><c> chapter</c><00:44:09.239><c> is</c><00:44:09.380><c> this,</c>

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:14.460
that<00:44:10.179><c> that</c><00:44:10.659><c> was</c><00:44:11.139><c> the</c><00:44:11.460><c> problem</c><00:44:11.679><c> with</c><00:44:11.960><c> Jonathan</c><00:44:12.340><c> and</c><00:44:13.000><c> he</c><00:44:13.500><c> knew</c><00:44:13.739><c> it.</c>

00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:19.659
He<00:44:15.380><c> was</c><00:44:15.860><c> Saul's</c><00:44:17.099><c> son</c><00:44:17.440><c> and</c><00:44:18.199><c> there</c><00:44:18.460><c> was</c><00:44:18.760><c> nothing</c><00:44:19.099><c> he</c><00:44:19.300><c> could</c><00:44:19.460><c> do</c>

00:44:19.659 --> 00:44:20.800
about<00:44:19.920><c> that.</c>

00:44:21.190 --> 00:44:24.019
He<00:44:21.519><c> stood</c><00:44:22.099><c> related</c><00:44:22.599><c> to</c><00:44:22.780><c> that</c><00:44:23.000><c> house.</c>

00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:28.800
He<00:44:24.679><c> was</c><00:44:25.139><c> inextricably</c><00:44:26.400><c> linked</c><00:44:26.900><c> to</c><00:44:27.199><c> that</c><00:44:27.840><c> house.</c>

00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:33.019
And<00:44:30.960><c> you</c><00:44:31.039><c> see</c><00:44:31.119><c> what</c><00:44:31.320><c> the</c><00:44:31.420><c> end</c><00:44:31.539><c> of</c><00:44:31.599><c> verse</c><00:44:31.820><c> 18</c><00:44:32.119><c> says</c>

00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:36.219
when<00:44:34.119><c> they've</c><00:44:34.500><c> finished</c><00:44:34.800><c> making</c><00:44:35.139><c> the</c><00:44:35.400><c> covenant.</c>

00:44:36.659 --> 00:44:40.900
It<00:44:37.420><c> says</c><00:44:37.739><c> that</c><00:44:38.119><c> David</c><00:44:38.500><c> abode</c><00:44:38.940><c> in</c><00:44:39.320><c> the</c><00:44:39.599><c> woods</c>

00:44:41.480 --> 00:44:49.800
and<00:44:42.239><c> Jonathan</c><00:44:42.860><c> went</c><00:44:44.940><c> to</c><00:44:46.980><c> his</c><00:44:48.719><c> house.</c>

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:53.760
I<00:44:51.039><c> think</c><00:44:51.159><c> he</c><00:44:51.360><c> already</c><00:44:51.599><c> knew</c><00:44:51.760><c> that</c><00:44:52.000><c> when</c><00:44:52.099><c> he</c><00:44:52.159><c> went</c><00:44:52.300><c> into</c><00:44:52.519><c> the</c><00:44:52.679><c> woods</c><00:44:53.139><c> on</c>

00:44:53.760 --> 00:44:55.099
this<00:44:53.920><c> occasion.</c>

00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:59.139
The<00:44:56.800><c> die</c><00:44:56.960><c> was</c><00:44:57.219><c> already</c><00:44:57.800><c> cast.</c>

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:03.099
He'd<00:45:00.880><c> already</c><00:45:01.119><c> made</c><00:45:01.420><c> that</c><00:45:01.659><c> choice.</c>

00:45:03.800 --> 00:45:06.500
But<00:45:04.280><c> he</c><00:45:04.400><c> wanted</c><00:45:04.639><c> to</c><00:45:04.860><c> encourage</c><00:45:05.239><c> his</c><00:45:05.519><c> friends.</c>

00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:10.639
You<00:45:08.539><c> see,</c><00:45:08.699><c> in</c><00:45:08.840><c> verse</c><00:45:09.019><c> 19</c><00:45:09.420><c> it</c><00:45:09.619><c> says</c><00:45:09.920><c> that</c>

00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:12.699
the<00:45:10.820><c> Zippites</c><00:45:11.159><c> came</c><00:45:11.480><c> to</c><00:45:11.679><c> Saul</c><00:45:11.920><c> to</c><00:45:12.099><c> give</c><00:45:12.260><c> you</c><00:45:12.360><c> and</c><00:45:12.539><c> said,</c>

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:18.380
Doth<00:45:13.000><c> not</c><00:45:13.239><c> David</c><00:45:13.619><c> hide</c><00:45:13.920><c> himself</c><00:45:14.340><c> with</c><00:45:14.579><c> us</c><00:45:15.099><c> in</c><00:45:15.860><c> strongholds?</c>

00:45:18.699 --> 00:45:21.400
You<00:45:18.800><c> know,</c><00:45:18.940><c> David</c><00:45:19.199><c> wrote</c><00:45:19.400><c> a</c><00:45:19.619><c> psalm</c><00:45:19.880><c> at</c><00:45:20.019><c> this</c><00:45:20.179><c> moment</c><00:45:20.460><c> of</c><00:45:20.719><c> time</c>

00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:24.780
and<00:45:22.260><c> it</c><00:45:22.400><c> gives</c><00:45:22.500><c> us</c><00:45:22.659><c> an</c><00:45:22.840><c> insight</c><00:45:23.159><c> as</c><00:45:23.440><c> to</c><00:45:23.900><c> what</c><00:45:24.099><c> was</c><00:45:24.300><c> going</c><00:45:24.519><c> on.</c>

00:45:24.840 --> 00:45:26.480
Psalm<00:45:25.099><c> 54.</c>

00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:30.320
At<00:45:28.099><c> this</c><00:45:28.360><c> very</c><00:45:28.619><c> moment</c><00:45:28.920><c> of</c><00:45:29.119><c> the</c><00:45:29.300><c> making</c><00:45:29.579><c> of</c><00:45:29.860><c> the</c><00:45:30.079><c> covenant</c>

00:45:30.320 --> 00:45:32.739
in<00:45:30.719><c> the</c><00:45:30.980><c> wood</c><00:45:31.199><c> between</c><00:45:31.659><c> Jonathan</c><00:45:32.039><c> and</c><00:45:32.260><c> David,</c>

00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:35.420
David<00:45:33.360><c> wrote</c><00:45:33.639><c> a</c><00:45:33.880><c> psalm.</c>

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:39.440
And<00:45:36.099><c> this</c><00:45:36.280><c> is</c><00:45:36.380><c> what</c><00:45:36.500><c> he</c><00:45:36.739><c> said</c><00:45:37.059><c> in</c><00:45:37.400><c> the</c><00:45:37.679><c> psalm</c><00:45:38.280><c> written</c>

00:45:39.679 --> 00:45:42.719
just<00:45:40.159><c> after</c><00:45:40.500><c> Jonathan</c><00:45:40.920><c> had</c><00:45:41.179><c> left</c><00:45:41.480><c> him.</c>

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:46.179
He<00:45:45.320><c> says</c><00:45:45.559><c> in</c><00:45:45.659><c> verse</c><00:45:45.900><c> 1,</c>

00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:48.559
Save<00:45:46.519><c> me,</c><00:45:46.760><c> O</c><00:45:46.880><c> God,</c><00:45:47.139><c> by</c><00:45:47.360><c> thy</c><00:45:47.559><c> name</c>

00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:50.400
and<00:45:49.079><c> judge</c><00:45:49.360><c> me</c><00:45:49.559><c> by</c><00:45:49.760><c> thy</c><00:45:50.000><c> strength</c>

00:45:50.400 --> 00:45:52.639
and<00:45:50.599><c> hear</c><00:45:50.780><c> my</c><00:45:51.019><c> prayer,</c><00:45:51.340><c> O</c><00:45:51.500><c> God,</c><00:45:51.739><c> and</c><00:45:51.900><c> give</c><00:45:52.059><c> ear</c><00:45:52.199><c> to</c><00:45:52.340><c> the</c><00:45:52.460><c> words</c>

00:45:52.639 --> 00:45:53.420
of<00:45:52.840><c> my</c><00:45:53.059><c> mouth</c>

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:55.300
for<00:45:53.780><c> strangers</c><00:45:54.320><c> have</c><00:45:54.539><c> risen</c><00:45:54.619><c> up</c><00:45:54.840><c> against</c><00:45:55.079><c> me</c>

00:45:55.300 --> 00:45:56.980
and<00:45:55.440><c> oppressors</c><00:45:55.920><c> seek</c><00:45:56.099><c> after</c><00:45:56.420><c> my</c><00:45:56.719><c> soul.</c>

00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:59.119
They<00:45:57.239><c> have</c><00:45:57.500><c> not</c><00:45:57.780><c> set</c><00:45:58.019><c> God</c><00:45:58.320><c> before</c><00:45:58.699><c> them.</c>

00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:01.579
Behold,<00:45:59.840><c> God</c><00:46:00.139><c> is</c><00:46:00.420><c> my</c><00:46:00.559><c> helper.</c>

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:09.719
Yahweh<00:46:03.039><c> is</c><00:46:03.800><c> with</c><00:46:04.380><c> them</c><00:46:05.099><c> that</c><00:46:06.780><c> uphold</c><00:46:07.820><c> my</c><00:46:08.699><c> soul.</c>

00:46:10.559 --> 00:46:16.159
Who<00:46:10.860><c> was</c><00:46:11.059><c> it</c><00:46:11.199><c> that</c><00:46:11.400><c> upheld</c><00:46:12.119><c> David's</c><00:46:13.400><c> soul</c><00:46:13.840><c> at</c><00:46:14.579><c> this</c><00:46:14.760><c> moment</c><00:46:15.039><c> of</c><00:46:15.260><c> time?</c>

00:46:16.719 --> 00:46:18.460
Who<00:46:16.960><c> was</c><00:46:17.159><c> it</c><00:46:17.280><c> that</c><00:46:17.460><c> had</c><00:46:17.559><c> just</c><00:46:17.760><c> come</c><00:46:17.980><c> to</c><00:46:18.139><c> the</c><00:46:18.280><c> woods</c>

00:46:18.460 --> 00:46:22.039
to<00:46:18.840><c> strengthen</c><00:46:19.320><c> his</c><00:46:19.820><c> hand</c><00:46:20.280><c> in</c><00:46:21.019><c> God?</c>

00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:25.019
That's<00:46:23.719><c> Jonathan</c><00:46:24.079><c> in</c><00:46:24.480><c> verse</c><00:46:24.739><c> 4.</c>

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:27.440
Yahweh<00:46:25.500><c> is</c><00:46:25.679><c> with</c><00:46:25.840><c> them</c><00:46:26.039><c> that</c><00:46:26.219><c> uphold</c><00:46:26.739><c> my</c><00:46:27.179><c> soul.</c>

00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:28.860
And<00:46:27.840><c> Jonathan</c><00:46:28.139><c> said,</c>

00:46:29.059 --> 00:46:30.539
Look,<00:46:29.539><c> it</c><00:46:29.579><c> doesn't</c><00:46:29.880><c> matter,</c><00:46:30.380><c> David.</c>

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:31.219
Yahweh<00:46:30.900><c> is</c><00:46:31.000><c> with</c><00:46:31.079><c> it.</c>

00:46:31.219 --> 00:46:31.800
You'll<00:46:31.480><c> be</c><00:46:31.619><c> king.</c>

00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:32.920
It'll<00:46:32.139><c> all</c><00:46:32.400><c> work</c><00:46:32.619><c> out.</c>

00:46:33.119 --> 00:46:36.039
Saul,<00:46:33.420><c> my</c><00:46:33.539><c> father,</c><00:46:34.039><c> won't</c><00:46:34.179><c> find</c><00:46:34.519><c> you.</c>

00:46:39.400 --> 00:46:41.960
And<00:46:39.500><c> verse</c><00:46:39.719><c> 5</c><00:46:39.960><c> says</c><00:46:40.980><c> that</c><00:46:41.460><c> David</c><00:46:41.780><c> says,</c>

00:46:42.079 --> 00:46:45.019
He<00:46:42.079><c> shall</c><00:46:42.260><c> reward</c><00:46:42.739><c> evil</c><00:46:43.139><c> unto</c><00:46:43.440><c> mine</c><00:46:43.780><c> enemies.</c>

00:46:45.699 --> 00:46:47.800
Cut<00:46:45.820><c> them</c><00:46:46.019><c> off</c><00:46:46.219><c> in</c><00:46:46.440><c> thy</c><00:46:46.739><c> truth.</c>

00:46:47.920 --> 00:46:49.780
I<00:46:48.159><c> will</c><00:46:48.420><c> freely</c><00:46:48.780><c> sacrifice</c><00:46:49.400><c> unto</c><00:46:49.619><c> thee.</c>

00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:52.519
I<00:46:49.920><c> will</c><00:46:50.159><c> praise</c><00:46:50.519><c> thy</c><00:46:50.780><c> name,</c><00:46:51.079><c> O</c><00:46:51.260><c> Yahweh,</c><00:46:51.619><c> for</c><00:46:51.800><c> it</c><00:46:51.980><c> is</c><00:46:52.179><c> good.</c>

00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:54.900
For<00:46:53.000><c> he</c><00:46:53.199><c> hath</c><00:46:53.460><c> delivered</c><00:46:53.780><c> me</c><00:46:54.000><c> out</c><00:46:54.159><c> of</c><00:46:54.300><c> all</c><00:46:54.579><c> trouble,</c>

00:46:54.900 --> 00:47:03.900
and<00:46:55.400><c> mine</c><00:46:55.800><c> eye</c><00:46:56.880><c> now</c><00:46:57.760><c> have</c><00:46:59.119><c> seen</c><00:46:59.699><c> his</c><00:47:00.280><c> desire</c><00:47:00.960><c> upon</c><00:47:01.880><c> mine</c><00:47:02.559><c> enemies.</c>

00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:09.099
And<00:47:05.260><c> you</c><00:47:05.380><c> know</c><00:47:05.480><c> the</c><00:47:05.739><c> tragedy</c><00:47:06.139><c> of</c><00:47:06.420><c> Psalm</c><00:47:06.679><c> 54</c><00:47:07.300><c> in</c><00:47:07.559><c> verse</c><00:47:07.880><c> 7?</c>

00:47:10.199 --> 00:47:16.000
That<00:47:10.420><c> Jonathan,</c><00:47:12.139><c> the</c><00:47:12.460><c> older</c><00:47:12.840><c> and</c><00:47:13.500><c> wiser</c><00:47:14.019><c> of</c><00:47:14.480><c> the</c><00:47:14.719><c> two,</c>

00:47:17.099 --> 00:47:19.380
wasn't<00:47:17.340><c> able</c><00:47:17.599><c> to</c><00:47:17.840><c> tell</c><00:47:17.980><c> his</c><00:47:18.219><c> friend</c>

00:47:19.900 --> 00:47:23.239
that<00:47:20.539><c> because</c><00:47:20.920><c> of</c><00:47:21.079><c> his</c><00:47:21.219><c> relationship</c><00:47:21.820><c> with</c><00:47:22.039><c> his</c><00:47:22.280><c> father,</c>

00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:27.920
that<00:47:25.000><c> he</c><00:47:25.099><c> was,</c><00:47:25.460><c> in</c><00:47:25.480><c> a</c><00:47:25.619><c> sense,</c><00:47:25.980><c> one</c><00:47:26.139><c> of</c><00:47:26.320><c> David's</c><00:47:26.679><c> enemies,</c>

00:47:31.460 --> 00:47:34.099
because<00:47:31.619><c> he</c><00:47:31.719><c> was</c><00:47:31.940><c> of</c><00:47:32.139><c> Saul's</c><00:47:33.199><c> house.</c>

00:47:36.900 --> 00:47:40.159
You<00:47:36.980><c> know,</c><00:47:37.179><c> shortly</c><00:47:37.440><c> after</c><00:47:37.800><c> this,</c><00:47:38.719><c> David</c><00:47:38.800><c> went</c><00:47:39.019><c> to</c><00:47:39.199><c> Ziklag.</c>

00:47:41.199 --> 00:47:44.239
If<00:47:41.360><c> you</c><00:47:41.400><c> come</c><00:47:41.539><c> to</c><00:47:41.659><c> the</c><00:47:41.760><c> 1st</c><00:47:42.000><c> of</c><00:47:42.179><c> Chronicles,</c><00:47:42.579><c> Chapter</c><00:47:42.860><c> 12,</c>

00:47:44.840 --> 00:47:46.679
we're<00:47:44.960><c> told</c><00:47:45.099><c> that</c><00:47:45.280><c> something</c><00:47:45.599><c> rather</c><00:47:45.920><c> interesting</c><00:47:46.360><c> happened</c>

00:47:46.679 --> 00:47:46.940
to<00:47:46.880><c> him</c>

00:47:46.940 --> 00:47:49.119
when<00:47:47.519><c> he</c><00:47:47.780><c> arrived</c><00:47:48.260><c> at</c><00:47:48.460><c> Ziklag,</c>

00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:52.219
the<00:47:49.440><c> 1st</c><00:47:49.780><c> of</c><00:47:49.940><c> Chronicles,</c><00:47:50.340><c> Chapter</c><00:47:50.659><c> 12.</c>

00:47:59.139 --> 00:48:02.019
In<00:47:59.619><c> the</c><00:47:59.780><c> 1st</c><00:48:00.059><c> of</c><00:48:00.179><c> Chronicles,</c><00:48:00.639><c> Chapter</c><00:48:00.920><c> 12</c><00:48:01.260><c> and</c><00:48:01.400><c> verse</c><00:48:01.699><c> 1,</c>

00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:02.920
the<00:48:02.159><c> record</c><00:48:02.460><c> says,</c>

00:48:03.260 --> 00:48:05.860
Now<00:48:03.500><c> these</c><00:48:03.860><c> are</c><00:48:04.000><c> they</c><00:48:04.219><c> that</c><00:48:04.300><c> came</c><00:48:04.619><c> to</c><00:48:04.840><c> David,</c><00:48:05.199><c> to</c><00:48:05.440><c> Ziklag,</c>

00:48:05.940 --> 00:48:08.139
while<00:48:06.179><c> he</c><00:48:06.440><c> yet</c><00:48:06.659><c> kept</c><00:48:06.900><c> himself</c><00:48:07.460><c> close,</c>

00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:10.880
because<00:48:08.719><c> of</c><00:48:09.139><c> Saul,</c><00:48:09.480><c> the</c><00:48:09.599><c> son</c><00:48:09.780><c> of</c><00:48:10.019><c> Ketch.</c>

00:48:11.320 --> 00:48:12.840
And<00:48:11.460><c> who</c><00:48:11.639><c> was</c><00:48:11.780><c> it</c><00:48:11.920><c> that</c><00:48:12.019><c> came</c><00:48:12.260><c> to</c><00:48:12.480><c> him?</c>

00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:16.179
They<00:48:13.199><c> were</c><00:48:13.400><c> among</c><00:48:13.619><c> the</c><00:48:13.760><c> mighty</c><00:48:14.039><c> men,</c><00:48:14.380><c> helpers</c><00:48:14.639><c> of</c><00:48:14.800><c> the</c><00:48:14.960><c> war,</c>

00:48:16.780 --> 00:48:21.019
ignored<00:48:17.480><c> the</c><00:48:17.780><c> italics,</c><00:48:19.239><c> armed</c><00:48:19.659><c> with</c><00:48:20.039><c> bows,</c>

00:48:21.139 --> 00:48:24.139
and<00:48:21.320><c> could</c><00:48:21.579><c> use</c><00:48:21.880><c> both</c><00:48:22.219><c> the</c><00:48:22.480><c> right</c><00:48:22.840><c> hand</c><00:48:23.099><c> and</c><00:48:23.400><c> the</c><00:48:23.619><c> left</c>

00:48:24.139 --> 00:48:27.940
in<00:48:24.780><c> stones</c><00:48:25.420><c> and</c><00:48:25.820><c> arrows</c><00:48:26.199><c> out</c><00:48:26.519><c> of</c><00:48:26.699><c> a</c><00:48:26.820><c> bow,</c>

00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:32.019
Saul's<00:48:29.500><c> brethren</c><00:48:29.980><c> of</c><00:48:30.900><c> Benjamin.</c>

00:48:33.760 --> 00:48:36.380
So<00:48:34.159><c> you</c><00:48:34.280><c> see,</c><00:48:34.420><c> who</c><00:48:34.860><c> fell</c><00:48:35.260><c> out</c><00:48:35.619><c> to</c><00:48:35.940><c> David</c>

00:48:36.380 --> 00:48:39.219
when<00:48:37.300><c> David</c><00:48:37.699><c> moved</c><00:48:38.039><c> to</c><00:48:38.219><c> Ziklag?</c>

00:48:40.059 --> 00:48:42.159
A<00:48:40.280><c> number</c><00:48:40.519><c> of</c><00:48:40.800><c> people</c><00:48:41.000><c> from</c><00:48:41.280><c> different</c><00:48:41.679><c> tribes,</c>

00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:44.360
but<00:48:42.539><c> among</c><00:48:42.780><c> the</c><00:48:43.039><c> 1st</c><00:48:43.320><c> of</c><00:48:43.539><c> those</c><00:48:43.739><c> that</c><00:48:44.000><c> came</c>

00:48:44.360 --> 00:48:46.719
and<00:48:44.659><c> pledged</c><00:48:45.199><c> their</c><00:48:45.539><c> loyalty</c><00:48:45.920><c> to</c><00:48:46.219><c> David</c>

00:48:46.719 --> 00:48:51.480
were<00:48:47.400><c> those</c><00:48:47.800><c> of</c><00:48:48.300><c> Saul's</c><00:48:49.300><c> brethren</c><00:48:49.800><c> of</c><00:48:50.340><c> Benjamin.</c>

00:48:53.260 --> 00:48:55.019
Did<00:48:53.699><c> Jonathan</c><00:48:54.019><c> go?</c>

00:48:56.619 --> 00:48:59.380
He<00:48:57.340><c> had</c><00:48:57.579><c> opportunity,</c><00:48:58.159><c> you</c><00:48:58.420><c> see,</c>

00:49:00.260 --> 00:49:02.639
if<00:49:00.519><c> he</c><00:49:00.699><c> wished</c><00:49:00.900><c> to</c><00:49:01.139><c> choose</c><00:49:01.320><c> that</c><00:49:01.659><c> course.</c>

00:49:03.820 --> 00:49:06.820
He<00:49:04.059><c> could</c><00:49:04.260><c> have</c><00:49:04.440><c> been</c><00:49:04.559><c> one</c><00:49:04.780><c> of</c><00:49:04.940><c> those</c><00:49:05.260><c> there,</c>

00:49:07.440 --> 00:49:12.039
but<00:49:08.119><c> you</c><00:49:08.280><c> see,</c><00:49:08.420><c> he'd</c><00:49:08.579><c> already</c><00:49:08.880><c> made</c><00:49:09.079><c> his</c><00:49:09.300><c> choice</c><00:49:10.340><c> not</c><00:49:10.900><c> to</c><00:49:11.079><c> go.</c>

00:49:12.599 --> 00:49:14.800
He<00:49:13.159><c> was</c><00:49:13.440><c> resolute.</c>

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He'd<00:49:16.019><c> worked</c><00:49:16.199><c> out</c><00:49:16.440><c> the</c><00:49:16.659><c> conflict</c><00:49:17.039><c> of</c><00:49:17.199><c> his</c><00:49:17.400><c> life.</c>

00:49:19.440 --> 00:49:21.440
How<00:49:19.719><c> could</c><00:49:19.880><c> he</c><00:49:20.039><c> best</c><00:49:20.300><c> serve</c><00:49:20.579><c> God?</c>

00:49:22.820 --> 00:49:25.119
How<00:49:23.000><c> could</c><00:49:23.179><c> he</c><00:49:23.340><c> best</c><00:49:23.719><c> serve</c><00:49:24.019><c> the</c><00:49:24.239><c> King?</c>

00:49:26.139 --> 00:49:28.659
How<00:49:26.320><c> could</c><00:49:26.500><c> he</c><00:49:26.760><c> best</c><00:49:27.099><c> serve</c><00:49:27.420><c> his</c><00:49:27.739><c> friend?</c>

00:49:29.920 --> 00:49:31.760
And<00:49:30.159><c> Mark,</c><00:49:30.599><c> these</c><00:49:30.719><c> words,</c>

00:49:32.960 --> 00:49:35.280
this<00:49:33.199><c> is</c><00:49:33.400><c> the</c><00:49:33.559><c> decision</c><00:49:33.880><c> he'd</c><00:49:34.260><c> made.</c>

00:49:35.900 --> 00:49:43.099
He<00:49:36.539><c> decided</c><00:49:37.179><c> to</c><00:49:38.659><c> cast</c><00:49:39.239><c> his</c><00:49:39.920><c> lot</c><00:49:40.219><c> with</c><00:49:41.239><c> his</c><00:49:41.559><c> father's</c><00:49:42.099><c> decline</c>

00:49:43.480 --> 00:49:46.260
and<00:49:44.119><c> not</c><00:49:44.340><c> with</c><00:49:44.420><c> his</c><00:49:44.719><c> friend's</c><00:49:45.579><c> rise.</c>

00:49:47.380 --> 00:49:48.860
That's<00:49:47.639><c> what</c><00:49:47.760><c> he'd</c><00:49:48.000><c> done.</c>

00:49:49.619 --> 00:49:54.360
He<00:49:49.860><c> decided</c><00:49:50.300><c> to</c><00:49:50.679><c> cast</c><00:49:51.039><c> his</c><00:49:51.440><c> lot</c><00:49:51.800><c> with</c><00:49:52.400><c> his</c><00:49:52.719><c> father's</c><00:49:53.340><c> decline</c>

00:49:54.920 --> 00:49:58.219
and<00:49:55.559><c> not</c><00:49:55.760><c> with</c><00:49:55.920><c> his</c><00:49:56.239><c> friend's</c><00:49:57.239><c> rise.</c>

00:49:59.039 --> 00:50:00.820
And<00:49:59.440><c> he</c><00:49:59.619><c> believed</c><00:49:59.860><c> in</c><00:50:00.019><c> his</c><00:50:00.280><c> heart</c><00:50:00.440><c> of</c><00:50:00.619><c> hearts</c>

00:50:00.820 --> 00:50:02.699
that<00:50:01.000><c> whatever</c><00:50:01.320><c> might</c><00:50:01.599><c> come</c><00:50:01.800><c> as</c><00:50:02.000><c> a</c><00:50:02.139><c> result</c><00:50:02.320><c> of</c><00:50:02.500><c> that,</c>

00:50:02.699 --> 00:50:06.559
that<00:50:03.099><c> he</c><00:50:03.280><c> could</c><00:50:03.619><c> best</c><00:50:04.099><c> serve</c><00:50:04.519><c> David</c><00:50:04.920><c> by</c><00:50:05.199><c> that</c><00:50:05.420><c> means</c><00:50:05.719><c> also</c>

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and<00:50:07.440><c> yet</c><00:50:07.599><c> be</c><00:50:07.880><c> loyal</c><00:50:08.099><c> to</c><00:50:08.340><c> his</c><00:50:08.519><c> father</c>

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and<00:50:10.360><c> be</c><00:50:10.659><c> faithful</c><00:50:11.039><c> to</c><00:50:11.239><c> God.</c>

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What<00:50:12.380><c> a</c><00:50:12.659><c> tremendous</c><00:50:13.599><c> decision</c><00:50:14.340><c> this</c><00:50:15.480><c> man</c><00:50:15.739><c> made.</c>

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It's<00:50:19.500><c> the</c><00:50:19.619><c> principle</c><00:50:19.860><c> of</c><00:50:20.099><c> true</c><00:50:20.239><c> friendship,</c><00:50:20.739><c> isn't</c><00:50:20.860><c> it?</c>

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The<00:50:23.099><c> principle</c><00:50:23.679><c> of</c><00:50:24.659><c> self</c><00:50:24.920><c>-denial.</c>

00:50:25.400 --> 00:50:29.099
These<00:50:25.739><c> rather</c><00:50:26.119><c> interesting</c><00:50:26.719><c> words</c><00:50:27.280><c> from</c><00:50:27.800><c> Edersheim,</c>

00:50:29.579 --> 00:50:32.619
Old<00:50:30.219><c> Testament</c><00:50:30.760><c> Bible</c><00:50:31.139><c> history.</c>

00:50:33.219 --> 00:50:37.440
Jonathan,<00:50:33.420><c> he</c><00:50:33.619><c> says,</c><00:50:34.019><c> was</c><00:50:34.280><c> fully</c><00:50:34.599><c> aware</c><00:50:34.960><c> of</c><00:50:35.179><c> David's</c><00:50:35.880><c> future</c><00:50:36.159><c> destiny.</c>

00:50:38.199 --> 00:50:42.380
More<00:50:38.480><c> than</c><00:50:38.699><c> that,</c><00:50:38.920><c> he</c><00:50:38.920><c> had</c><00:50:39.360><c> sad</c><00:50:39.940><c> presentiment</c><00:50:40.659><c> of</c><00:50:40.980><c> the</c><00:50:42.000><c> fate</c>

00:50:42.380 --> 00:50:45.000
of<00:50:42.820><c> his</c><00:50:43.079><c> own</c><00:50:43.880><c> house</c>

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and<00:50:46.159><c> yet</c><00:50:46.340><c> in</c><00:50:46.659><c> full</c><00:50:46.960><c> view</c><00:50:47.159><c> of</c><00:50:47.300><c> it</c><00:50:47.420><c> all,</c>

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he<00:50:47.940><c> believingly</c><00:50:48.519><c> submitted</c><00:50:48.840><c> to</c><00:50:49.099><c> the</c><00:50:49.239><c> will</c><00:50:49.340><c> of</c><00:50:49.599><c> God</c>

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and<00:50:50.500><c> still</c><00:50:50.860><c> lovingly</c><00:50:51.559><c> claved</c><00:50:51.900><c> to</c><00:50:52.159><c> his</c><00:50:52.500><c> friend.</c>

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Far<00:50:54.960><c> more</c><00:50:55.340><c> fully</c><00:50:55.579><c> and</c><00:50:55.940><c> clearly</c><00:50:56.179><c> than</c><00:50:56.320><c> his</c><00:50:56.639><c> father</c>

00:50:56.900 --> 00:50:58.860
does<00:50:57.039><c> he</c><00:50:57.219><c> see</c><00:50:57.400><c> into</c><00:50:57.619><c> the</c><00:50:57.820><c> future</c><00:50:58.380><c> alike</c>

00:50:58.860 --> 00:51:03.880
as<00:50:59.099><c> regards</c><00:50:59.519><c> David</c><00:51:00.079><c> and</c><00:51:00.739><c> the</c><00:51:01.019><c> house</c><00:51:01.780><c> of</c><00:51:02.900><c> Saul.</c>

00:51:04.539 --> 00:51:08.579
But<00:51:04.820><c> there</c><00:51:04.980><c> is</c><00:51:05.159><c> not</c><00:51:05.380><c> a</c><00:51:05.519><c> tinge</c><00:51:06.179><c> of</c><00:51:06.539><c> misunderstanding</c><00:51:07.440><c> of</c><00:51:07.760><c> David,</c>

00:51:08.960 --> 00:51:11.619
not<00:51:09.099><c> a</c><00:51:09.360><c> shadow</c><00:51:09.539><c> of</c><00:51:09.780><c> suspicion,</c><00:51:10.420><c> not</c><00:51:10.619><c> a</c><00:51:10.820><c> trace</c><00:51:11.039><c> of</c><00:51:11.219><c> jealousy,</c>

00:51:11.940 --> 00:51:14.880
not<00:51:12.139><c> a</c><00:51:12.420><c> word</c><00:51:12.659><c> of</c><00:51:12.980><c> murmur</c><00:51:13.579><c> or</c><00:51:13.900><c> complaint.</c>

00:51:15.880 --> 00:51:18.380
As<00:51:16.119><c> we</c><00:51:16.300><c> think</c><00:51:16.460><c> of</c><00:51:16.539><c> what</c><00:51:16.679><c> it</c><00:51:16.840><c> must</c><00:51:17.019><c> have</c><00:51:17.260><c> cost</c><00:51:17.639><c> Jonathan</c><00:51:18.000><c> to</c>

00:51:18.380 --> 00:51:19.320
speak<00:51:18.840><c> thus</c>

00:51:19.320 --> 00:51:23.239
or<00:51:19.820><c> again</c><00:51:20.079><c> of</c><00:51:20.280><c> the</c><00:51:20.519><c> sad</c><00:51:20.860><c> fate</c><00:51:21.099><c> which</c><00:51:21.320><c> was</c><00:51:21.519><c> so</c><00:51:22.019><c> soon</c><00:51:22.300><c> to</c><00:51:22.579><c> overtake</c><00:51:22.980><c> him,</c>

00:51:23.380 --> 00:51:25.980
there<00:51:23.519><c> is</c><00:51:23.739><c> a</c><00:51:23.860><c> deep</c><00:51:24.199><c> pathos</c><00:51:24.719><c> about</c><00:51:24.980><c> this</c><00:51:25.280><c> brief</c><00:51:25.579><c> interview</c>

00:51:25.980 --> 00:51:30.739
which<00:51:25.980><c> is</c><00:51:26.099><c> almost</c><00:51:26.820><c> unequal</c><00:51:28.519><c> in</c><00:51:29.219><c> Holy</c><00:51:29.500><c> Scripture.</c>

00:51:33.360 --> 00:51:34.860
Good<00:51:33.599><c> words.</c>

00:51:37.019 --> 00:51:39.940
Learning<00:51:37.440><c> self</c><00:51:37.980><c>-denial.</c>

00:51:40.699 --> 00:51:42.780
You<00:51:40.800><c> know</c><00:51:40.800><c> what</c><00:51:40.900><c> the</c><00:51:41.019><c> spirit</c><00:51:41.239><c> of</c><00:51:41.420><c> Jonathan</c><00:51:41.719><c> was?</c>

00:51:45.059 --> 00:51:47.639
He<00:51:45.559><c> must</c><00:51:46.239><c> increase.</c>

00:51:48.900 --> 00:51:52.480
I<00:51:49.820><c> must</c><00:51:50.719><c> decrease.</c>

00:51:54.780 --> 00:51:57.500
Isn't<00:51:55.340><c> that</c><00:51:55.500><c> what</c><00:51:55.599><c> he</c><00:51:55.820><c> decided</c><00:51:56.280><c> to</c><00:51:56.480><c> do?</c>

00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:06.719
We're<00:52:01.139><c> told</c><00:52:02.000><c> in</c><00:52:03.239><c> the</c><00:52:03.380><c> 1</c><00:52:03.559><c> Samuel</c><00:52:04.280><c> and</c><00:52:04.960><c> Chapter</c><00:52:05.260><c> 28,</c>

00:52:07.719 --> 00:52:09.920
having<00:52:07.980><c> left</c><00:52:08.300><c> the</c><00:52:08.500><c> meeting</c><00:52:08.679><c> in</c><00:52:08.860><c> the</c><00:52:09.000><c> woods,</c>

00:52:11.320 --> 00:52:13.519
they<00:52:11.500><c> never</c><00:52:11.780><c> were</c><00:52:12.000><c> of</c><00:52:12.219><c> course</c><00:52:12.440><c> to</c><00:52:12.619><c> meet</c><00:52:12.739><c> again.</c>

00:52:15.280 --> 00:52:19.400
They<00:52:15.739><c> never</c><00:52:15.980><c> did</c><00:52:16.260><c> see</c><00:52:16.480><c> each</c><00:52:16.800><c> other</c><00:52:17.239><c> again,</c><00:52:17.699><c> these</c><00:52:18.059><c> two</c><00:52:18.300><c> friends,</c>

00:52:20.139 --> 00:52:23.380
not<00:52:20.659><c> at</c><00:52:20.820><c> least</c><00:52:21.039><c> as</c><00:52:21.280><c> far</c><00:52:21.400><c> as</c><00:52:21.579><c> the</c><00:52:21.739><c> record</c><00:52:22.000><c> shows</c><00:52:22.300><c> it.</c>

00:52:24.139 --> 00:52:26.420
And<00:52:24.340><c> now</c><00:52:24.440><c> we</c><00:52:24.579><c> come</c><00:52:24.719><c> to</c><00:52:24.900><c> the</c><00:52:25.179><c> circumstances</c><00:52:25.679><c> of</c><00:52:25.900><c> the</c><00:52:26.059><c> time</c><00:52:26.239><c> of</c>

00:52:26.420 --> 00:52:26.800
the<00:52:26.579><c> end,</c>

00:52:26.980 --> 00:52:29.000
Jonathan<00:52:27.139><c> having</c><00:52:27.460><c> chosen</c><00:52:27.900><c> his</c><00:52:28.219><c> course,</c>

00:52:29.079 --> 00:52:32.199
and<00:52:29.239><c> the</c><00:52:29.400><c> record</c><00:52:29.619><c> gives</c><00:52:29.880><c> us</c><00:52:30.099><c> some</c><00:52:30.380><c> very</c><00:52:30.880><c> interesting</c><00:52:31.519><c> detail</c>

00:52:32.199 --> 00:52:35.119
about<00:52:33.179><c> the</c><00:52:33.699><c> pitching</c><00:52:33.980><c> of</c><00:52:34.260><c> the</c><00:52:34.500><c> final</c><00:52:34.860><c> circumstances</c>

00:52:35.599 --> 00:52:37.099
of<00:52:35.860><c> the</c><00:52:36.079><c> tragedy</c><00:52:36.420><c> of</c><00:52:36.659><c> Gilboa.</c>

00:52:37.300 --> 00:52:40.119
You<00:52:37.420><c> see</c><00:52:37.519><c> in</c><00:52:37.539><c> the</c><00:52:37.679><c> 1</c><00:52:37.880><c> Samuel</c><00:52:38.300><c> Chapter</c><00:52:38.659><c> 28</c><00:52:39.019><c> and</c><00:52:39.199><c> Verse</c><00:52:39.440><c> 4,</c>

00:52:40.599 --> 00:52:42.500
we're<00:52:40.820><c> told</c><00:52:41.000><c> there</c><00:52:41.199><c> that</c><00:52:41.360><c> the</c><00:52:41.639><c> Philistines</c><00:52:42.099><c> gathered</c>

00:52:42.500 --> 00:52:43.440
themselves<00:52:43.039><c> together</c>

00:52:43.440 --> 00:52:45.199
and<00:52:43.699><c> came</c><00:52:43.940><c> and</c><00:52:44.199><c> pitched</c><00:52:44.440><c> in</c><00:52:44.880><c> Shunem,</c>

00:52:45.199 --> 00:52:49.920
and<00:52:45.699><c> Saul</c><00:52:45.980><c> gathered</c><00:52:46.300><c> all</c><00:52:46.539><c> Israel</c><00:52:46.840><c> together</c><00:52:47.219><c> and</c><00:52:47.360><c> they</c><00:52:47.579><c> pitched</c><00:52:47.780><c> in</c><00:52:48.079><c> Gilboa.</c>

00:52:50.039 --> 00:52:51.940
Now<00:52:50.219><c> let's</c><00:52:50.420><c> just</c><00:52:50.599><c> put</c><00:52:50.699><c> a</c><00:52:50.840><c> map</c><00:52:50.960><c> up</c><00:52:51.139><c> then</c><00:52:51.320><c> of</c><00:52:51.460><c> the</c><00:52:51.639><c> area</c>

00:52:51.940 --> 00:52:55.639
and<00:52:52.320><c> see</c><00:52:52.420><c> if</c><00:52:52.519><c> we</c><00:52:52.619><c> can</c><00:52:52.800><c> see</c><00:52:52.980><c> where</c><00:52:53.219><c> we</c><00:52:53.460><c> are</c><00:52:53.699><c> in</c><00:52:53.900><c> this</c><00:52:54.099><c> particular</c><00:52:54.639><c> story.</c>

00:52:56.340 --> 00:52:58.099
You<00:52:56.440><c> can</c><00:52:56.599><c> see</c><00:52:56.699><c> running</c><00:52:56.920><c> up</c><00:52:57.119><c> the</c><00:52:57.380><c> centre</c><00:52:57.679><c> here,</c>

00:52:58.400 --> 00:53:01.280
the<00:52:58.619><c> Jordan</c><00:52:59.000><c> Valley</c><00:52:59.340><c> and</c><00:52:59.559><c> the</c><00:52:59.780><c> Sea</c><00:52:59.920><c> of</c><00:53:00.139><c> Galilee.</c>

00:53:02.559 --> 00:53:04.940
And<00:53:02.719><c> running</c><00:53:02.820><c> off</c><00:53:03.039><c> to</c><00:53:03.199><c> one</c><00:53:03.480><c> side</c><00:53:03.739><c> is</c><00:53:03.960><c> the</c><00:53:04.139><c> Valley</c><00:53:04.320><c> of</c><00:53:04.579><c> Jezreel</c>

00:53:04.940 --> 00:53:08.039
as<00:53:05.079><c> it</c><00:53:05.280><c> makes</c><00:53:05.519><c> its</c><00:53:05.780><c> way</c><00:53:06.019><c> up</c><00:53:06.300><c> from</c><00:53:06.559><c> the</c><00:53:06.699><c> depths</c><00:53:06.940><c> of</c><00:53:07.139><c> the</c><00:53:07.300><c> Jordan</c><00:53:07.579><c> Valley</c>

00:53:08.039 --> 00:53:13.440
up,<00:53:08.679><c> up</c><00:53:09.039><c> into</c><00:53:09.679><c> the</c><00:53:10.119><c> widening</c><00:53:10.579><c> out</c><00:53:10.800><c> of</c><00:53:11.019><c> the</c><00:53:11.260><c> Plain</c><00:53:11.519><c> of</c><00:53:11.820><c> Ezjalon</c><00:53:12.360><c> itself.</c>

00:53:14.199 --> 00:53:16.960
And<00:53:14.719><c> you'll</c><00:53:14.940><c> see</c><00:53:15.059><c> that</c><00:53:15.239><c> just</c><00:53:15.460><c> to</c><00:53:15.639><c> the</c><00:53:15.940><c> south</c><00:53:16.239><c> of</c><00:53:16.539><c> the</c><00:53:16.719><c> valley</c>

00:53:16.960 --> 00:53:21.219
is<00:53:17.480><c> the</c><00:53:17.960><c> beginning</c><00:53:18.219><c> of</c><00:53:18.460><c> the</c><00:53:18.659><c> central</c><00:53:19.099><c> Judean</c><00:53:19.619><c> mountain</c><00:53:20.119><c> range</c>

00:53:21.820 --> 00:53:25.119
that<00:53:22.340><c> has</c><00:53:22.539><c> its</c><00:53:22.860><c> northernmost</c><00:53:23.639><c> ending</c><00:53:24.019><c> in</c><00:53:24.320><c> what</c><00:53:24.440><c> is</c><00:53:24.659><c> known</c><00:53:24.860><c> as</c>

00:53:25.119 --> 00:53:26.260
Mount<00:53:25.559><c> Gilboa.</c>

00:53:26.619 --> 00:53:28.659
You<00:53:26.840><c> can</c><00:53:26.860><c> see</c><00:53:26.960><c> Mount</c><00:53:27.260><c> Gilboa</c><00:53:27.719><c> there.</c>

00:53:29.219 --> 00:53:31.139
Now<00:53:29.400><c> you</c><00:53:29.519><c> see</c><00:53:29.639><c> what</c><00:53:29.840><c> the</c><00:53:30.079><c> record</c><00:53:30.360><c> tells</c><00:53:30.739><c> us</c>

00:53:31.139 --> 00:53:34.239
about<00:53:31.539><c> the</c><00:53:31.900><c> situation</c><00:53:32.480><c> of</c><00:53:33.039><c> the</c><00:53:33.280><c> armies</c><00:53:33.500><c> on</c><00:53:33.760><c> this</c><00:53:33.900><c> occasion.</c>

00:53:34.300 --> 00:53:36.019
You<00:53:34.380><c> see</c><00:53:34.519><c> Verse</c><00:53:34.760><c> 4,</c><00:53:35.099><c> let's</c><00:53:35.320><c> read</c><00:53:35.500><c> it</c><00:53:35.639><c> again.</c>

00:53:36.519 --> 00:53:39.239
It<00:53:36.719><c> says</c><00:53:36.960><c> that</c><00:53:37.159><c> the</c><00:53:37.380><c> Philistines</c><00:53:37.960><c> gathered</c><00:53:38.320><c> themselves</c><00:53:38.820><c> together</c>

00:53:39.239 --> 00:53:42.940
and<00:53:39.480><c> came</c><00:53:39.739><c> and</c><00:53:40.019><c> pitched</c><00:53:40.280><c> in</c><00:53:41.000><c> Shunem,</c><00:53:41.719><c> says</c><00:53:41.860><c> the</c><00:53:42.099><c> record.</c>

00:53:43.059 --> 00:53:44.619
Now<00:53:43.260><c> you</c><00:53:43.420><c> see</c><00:53:43.519><c> where</c><00:53:43.780><c> Shunem</c><00:53:44.139><c> is.</c>

00:53:45.059 --> 00:53:49.900
It's<00:53:45.500><c> to</c><00:53:45.780><c> the</c><00:53:45.960><c> north</c><00:53:46.460><c> side</c><00:53:47.219><c> of</c><00:53:48.000><c> the</c><00:53:48.159><c> Valley</c><00:53:48.400><c> of</c><00:53:48.639><c> Jezreel</c>

00:53:49.900 --> 00:53:54.940
and<00:53:50.480><c> it</c><00:53:50.800><c> nestled</c><00:53:51.139><c> just</c><00:53:51.539><c> below</c><00:53:51.840><c> the</c><00:53:52.139><c> foot</c><00:53:52.340><c> of</c><00:53:52.659><c> the</c><00:53:52.900><c> Hill</c><00:53:53.239><c> of</c><00:53:53.679><c> Moray.</c>

00:53:56.079 --> 00:53:57.920
And<00:53:56.699><c> where</c><00:53:56.860><c> was</c><00:53:57.039><c> Israel?</c>

00:53:58.400 --> 00:54:01.079
Well<00:53:58.659><c> Israel</c><00:53:58.960><c> was</c><00:53:59.280><c> pitched</c><00:53:59.480><c> on</c><00:53:59.760><c> the</c><00:54:00.079><c> other</c><00:54:00.380><c> side</c><00:54:00.619><c> of</c><00:54:00.780><c> the</c><00:54:00.920><c> valley</c>

00:54:01.079 --> 00:54:04.539
on<00:54:01.679><c> the</c><00:54:02.059><c> slopes</c><00:54:02.400><c> of</c><00:54:02.820><c> Mount</c><00:54:03.119><c> Gilboa.</c>

00:54:05.679 --> 00:54:09.420
Now<00:54:06.280><c> come</c><00:54:06.619><c> to</c><00:54:06.719><c> Chapter</c><00:54:06.960><c> 29,</c><00:54:07.639><c> Verse</c><00:54:07.820><c> 1.</c>

00:54:10.980 --> 00:54:14.460
It<00:54:11.019><c> says</c><00:54:11.239><c> that</c><00:54:11.400><c> the</c><00:54:11.559><c> Philistines</c><00:54:12.039><c> gathered</c><00:54:12.320><c> together</c><00:54:12.699><c> all</c><00:54:12.880><c> their</c><00:54:13.079><c> armies</c><00:54:13.360><c> to</c><00:54:13.659><c> Aphek</c>

00:54:14.460 --> 00:54:19.619
and<00:54:15.239><c> the</c><00:54:15.719><c> Israelites</c><00:54:16.219><c> pitched</c><00:54:16.739><c> by</c><00:54:17.219><c> a</c><00:54:17.599><c> fountain</c><00:54:18.039><c> which</c><00:54:18.380><c> is</c><00:54:18.739><c> in</c><00:54:19.079><c> Jezreel.</c>

00:54:19.820 --> 00:54:23.380
You<00:54:19.940><c> know</c><00:54:20.019><c> there</c><00:54:20.099><c> are</c><00:54:20.380><c> three</c><00:54:21.420><c> prominent</c><00:54:21.900><c> fountains</c><00:54:22.760><c> in</c><00:54:23.199><c> the</c>

00:54:23.380 --> 00:54:24.219
Valley<00:54:23.599><c> of</c><00:54:23.820><c> Jezreel</c>

00:54:24.219 --> 00:54:26.199
but<00:54:24.400><c> the</c><00:54:24.599><c> most</c><00:54:24.900><c> prominent</c><00:54:25.179><c> and</c><00:54:25.360><c> the</c><00:54:25.400><c> most</c><00:54:25.780><c> famous</c>

00:54:26.199 --> 00:54:28.139
is<00:54:26.699><c> that</c><00:54:26.840><c> as</c><00:54:26.980><c> we've</c><00:54:27.219><c> got</c><00:54:27.300><c> it</c><00:54:27.480><c> pinpointed</c><00:54:28.019><c> here</c>

00:54:28.139 --> 00:54:31.079
known<00:54:28.340><c> as</c><00:54:28.519><c> the</c><00:54:28.860><c> Spring</c><00:54:29.380><c> or</c><00:54:29.920><c> Fountain</c><00:54:30.280><c> of</c><00:54:30.559><c> Herod</c>

00:54:31.079 --> 00:54:36.579
which<00:54:32.239><c> lies</c><00:54:32.780><c> directly</c><00:54:33.400><c> beneath</c><00:54:34.000><c> the</c><00:54:34.300><c> base</c><00:54:34.739><c> of</c><00:54:35.099><c> Gilboa</c>

00:54:37.099 --> 00:54:40.280
nearby<00:54:37.800><c> to</c><00:54:38.119><c> the</c><00:54:38.159><c> actual</c><00:54:38.599><c> city</c><00:54:39.039><c> of</c><00:54:39.380><c> Jezreel</c><00:54:39.840><c> itself</c>

00:54:40.280 --> 00:54:43.219
on<00:54:40.820><c> the</c><00:54:41.179><c> south</c><00:54:41.539><c> side</c><00:54:41.960><c> of</c><00:54:42.159><c> the</c><00:54:42.239><c> Valley</c><00:54:42.460><c> of</c><00:54:42.699><c> Jezreel.</c>

00:54:43.400 --> 00:54:46.440
So<00:54:43.579><c> the</c><00:54:43.840><c> Israelites</c><00:54:44.219><c> are</c><00:54:44.559><c> pitched</c><00:54:44.800><c> together</c><00:54:45.260><c> by</c><00:54:45.739><c> a</c><00:54:46.079><c> fountain.</c>

00:54:46.760 --> 00:54:50.940
It's<00:54:47.300><c> likely</c><00:54:47.500><c> to</c><00:54:47.780><c> be</c><00:54:47.920><c> the</c><00:54:48.219><c> Spring</c><00:54:48.699><c> of</c><00:54:49.880><c> Herod.</c>

00:54:53.260 --> 00:54:55.980
And<00:54:53.500><c> in</c><00:54:53.699><c> the</c><00:54:53.780><c> same</c><00:54:54.199><c> chapter</c><00:54:54.639><c> at</c><00:54:54.840><c> the</c><00:54:54.920><c> end</c><00:54:55.119><c> of</c><00:54:55.360><c> Verse</c><00:54:55.599><c> 11</c>

00:54:55.980 --> 00:54:59.179
the<00:54:56.179><c> very</c><00:54:56.420><c> last</c><00:54:56.820><c> sentence</c><00:54:57.219><c> says</c><00:54:57.539><c> the</c><00:54:58.039><c> Philistines</c><00:54:58.719><c> went</c><00:54:58.940><c> up</c>

00:54:59.179 --> 00:55:00.019
to<00:54:59.380><c> Jezreel.</c>

00:55:00.019 --> 00:55:04.739
Now<00:55:00.500><c> Jezreel</c><00:55:00.960><c> of</c><00:55:01.199><c> course</c><00:55:01.579><c> is</c><00:55:01.880><c> a</c><00:55:01.980><c> little</c><00:55:02.199><c> further</c><00:55:02.519><c> over</c><00:55:02.840><c> to</c><00:55:04.679><c> the</c>

00:55:04.739 --> 00:55:05.559
right<00:55:05.059><c>-hand</c><00:55:05.340><c> side</c>

00:55:05.559 --> 00:55:07.320
and<00:55:05.659><c> the</c><00:55:05.780><c> left</c><00:55:05.920><c>-hand</c><00:55:06.139><c> side</c><00:55:06.440><c> of</c><00:55:06.579><c> the</c><00:55:06.699><c> Spring</c><00:55:06.880><c> of</c><00:55:07.119><c> Herod</c>

00:55:07.320 --> 00:55:11.440
and<00:55:07.780><c> it</c><00:55:08.059><c> is</c><00:55:08.340><c> advancing</c><00:55:08.760><c> up</c><00:55:09.059><c> into</c><00:55:09.320><c> the</c><00:55:09.679><c> plain</c><00:55:10.019><c> of</c><00:55:10.619><c> Ezgelon</c><00:55:10.980><c> itself.</c>

00:55:11.800 --> 00:55:14.079
And<00:55:11.880><c> so</c><00:55:11.920><c> what</c><00:55:12.039><c> it's</c><00:55:12.199><c> saying</c><00:55:12.420><c> is</c><00:55:12.559><c> that</c><00:55:12.699><c> the</c><00:55:12.880><c> Philistine</c><00:55:13.300><c> armies</c>

00:55:14.079 --> 00:55:16.219
spread<00:55:14.760><c> out</c><00:55:15.099><c> across</c><00:55:15.460><c> the</c><00:55:15.860><c> plain</c>

00:55:16.219 --> 00:55:20.340
as<00:55:16.619><c> it</c><00:55:17.019><c> widens</c><00:55:17.539><c> out</c><00:55:18.019><c> further</c><00:55:19.019><c> out</c><00:55:19.380><c> into</c><00:55:19.619><c> the</c><00:55:19.860><c> plain</c><00:55:20.019><c> of</c>

00:55:20.340 --> 00:55:21.280
Ezgelon<00:55:20.820><c> itself.</c>

00:55:21.739 --> 00:55:24.980
Now<00:55:21.860><c> you</c><00:55:21.980><c> see</c><00:55:22.199><c> those</c><00:55:22.559><c> are</c><00:55:22.760><c> the</c><00:55:22.940><c> details</c><00:55:23.360><c> that</c><00:55:23.559><c> are</c><00:55:23.820><c> given</c><00:55:24.019><c> to</c><00:55:24.380><c> us</c>

00:55:24.980 --> 00:55:29.739
concerning<00:55:25.599><c> the</c><00:55:25.920><c> position</c><00:55:26.460><c> of</c><00:55:26.860><c> the</c><00:55:27.139><c> Philistines</c><00:55:28.539><c> and</c><00:55:28.960><c> the</c><00:55:29.300><c> Israelites</c>

00:55:29.739 --> 00:55:33.739
at<00:55:30.800><c> the</c><00:55:30.960><c> beginning</c><00:55:31.380><c> of</c><00:55:31.860><c> this</c><00:55:32.139><c> final</c><00:55:32.539><c> battle</c><00:55:32.840><c> of</c><00:55:33.039><c> Gilboa.</c>

00:55:33.780 --> 00:55:35.300
Now<00:55:34.059><c> why</c><00:55:34.320><c> is</c><00:55:34.480><c> that</c><00:55:34.679><c> all</c><00:55:34.900><c> interesting?</c>

00:55:35.780 --> 00:55:39.500
Come<00:55:35.980><c> back</c><00:55:36.219><c> to</c><00:55:36.460><c> Judges,</c><00:55:37.340><c> Chapter</c><00:55:37.619><c> 6,</c><00:55:38.179><c> Verse</c><00:55:38.340><c> 33.</c>

00:55:40.119 --> 00:55:43.019
Do<00:55:40.280><c> you</c><00:55:40.400><c> know</c><00:55:40.579><c> this,</c><00:55:41.039><c> brothers</c><00:55:41.260><c> and</c><00:55:41.500><c> sisters</c><00:55:41.719><c> and</c><00:55:41.920><c> young</c><00:55:42.119><c> people?</c>

00:55:43.619 --> 00:55:49.679
The<00:55:43.980><c> story</c><00:55:44.679><c> of</c><00:55:45.179><c> Gideon</c><00:55:45.800><c> came</c><00:55:46.340><c> back</c><00:55:47.000><c> to</c><00:55:47.340><c> haunt</c><00:55:48.019><c> Saul</c><00:55:48.420><c> at</c><00:55:49.000><c> the</c><00:55:49.239><c> time</c><00:55:49.440><c> of</c>

00:55:49.679 --> 00:55:50.639
the<00:55:49.780><c> end.</c>

00:55:50.900 --> 00:55:54.039
So<00:55:51.260><c> you</c><00:55:51.840><c> think</c><00:55:52.179><c> you're</c><00:55:52.760><c> Gideon.</c>

00:55:54.679 --> 00:55:58.539
Now<00:55:54.900><c> in</c><00:55:55.079><c> Judges,</c><00:55:55.559><c> Chapter</c><00:55:55.800><c> 6</c><00:55:56.380><c> and</c><00:55:56.800><c> Verse</c><00:55:57.119><c> 33</c><00:55:57.719><c> we're</c><00:55:58.119><c> told</c>

00:55:58.539 --> 00:56:02.300
that<00:55:59.280><c> the</c><00:55:59.639><c> Midianites</c><00:56:00.179><c> and</c><00:56:00.519><c> the</c><00:56:00.679><c> Amalekites</c><00:56:01.300><c> in</c><00:56:01.480><c> the</c><00:56:01.619><c> days</c><00:56:01.820><c> of</c><00:56:02.059><c> Gideon</c>

00:56:02.300 --> 00:56:04.099
and<00:56:02.480><c> the</c><00:56:02.679><c> children</c><00:56:02.900><c> of</c><00:56:03.059><c> the</c><00:56:03.179><c> East</c><00:56:03.320><c> were</c><00:56:03.539><c> gathered</c><00:56:03.760><c> together</c>

00:56:04.099 --> 00:56:04.840
and<00:56:04.320><c> went</c><00:56:04.500><c> over</c>

00:56:04.840 --> 00:56:08.780
and<00:56:05.179><c> pitched</c><00:56:05.420><c> in</c><00:56:05.920><c> the</c><00:56:06.300><c> valley</c><00:56:06.780><c> of</c><00:56:07.260><c> Jezreel.</c>

00:56:09.000 --> 00:56:10.980
Where's<00:56:09.340><c> the</c><00:56:09.460><c> valley</c><00:56:09.659><c> of</c><00:56:09.880><c> Jezreel?</c>

00:56:11.559 --> 00:56:14.719
Well<00:56:11.760><c> it's</c><00:56:12.000><c> exactly</c><00:56:12.300><c> where</c><00:56:12.719><c> the</c><00:56:13.079><c> host</c><00:56:13.300><c> of</c><00:56:13.519><c> the</c><00:56:13.639><c> Philistines</c>

00:56:14.719 --> 00:56:17.400
was<00:56:15.059><c> spreading</c><00:56:15.559><c> out</c><00:56:15.960><c> into</c><00:56:16.260><c> the</c><00:56:16.460><c> valley.</c>

00:56:18.579 --> 00:56:19.980
Where<00:56:18.739><c> were</c><00:56:18.860><c> the</c><00:56:19.059><c> Israelites?</c>

00:56:20.780 --> 00:56:22.519
Chapter<00:56:21.079><c> 7,</c><00:56:21.619><c> Verse</c><00:56:21.840><c> 1</c><00:56:22.159><c> says,</c>

00:56:22.519 --> 00:56:26.079
And<00:56:23.519><c> all</c><00:56:23.519><c> the</c><00:56:24.500><c> people</c><00:56:24.739><c> that</c><00:56:24.880><c> were</c><00:56:25.000><c> with</c><00:56:25.119><c> them</c><00:56:25.260><c> rose</c><00:56:25.579><c> up</c><00:56:25.840><c> early</c>

00:56:26.079 --> 00:56:32.719
and<00:56:26.400><c> pitched</c><00:56:27.119><c> beside</c><00:56:28.199><c> the</c><00:56:29.320><c> fountain</c><00:56:29.760><c> or</c><00:56:30.300><c> spring</c><00:56:31.059><c> of</c><00:56:31.659><c> Herod</c>

00:56:32.719 --> 00:56:35.900
so<00:56:33.559><c> that</c><00:56:33.739><c> the</c><00:56:33.880><c> host</c><00:56:34.099><c> of</c><00:56:34.300><c> the</c><00:56:34.440><c> Midianites</c><00:56:34.880><c> were</c><00:56:35.039><c> on</c><00:56:35.199><c> the</c><00:56:35.460><c> north</c>

00:56:35.900 --> 00:56:39.679
side<00:56:36.239><c> of</c><00:56:36.380><c> them</c><00:56:36.480><c> by</c><00:56:36.760><c> the</c><00:56:36.900><c> hill</c><00:56:37.039><c> of</c><00:56:37.320><c> Moray.</c>

00:56:39.880 --> 00:56:42.639
So<00:56:40.079><c> the</c><00:56:40.219><c> Midianites</c><00:56:40.860><c> are</c><00:56:41.179><c> just</c><00:56:41.420><c> beneath</c><00:56:41.780><c> the</c><00:56:41.920><c> hill</c><00:56:42.000><c> of</c><00:56:42.300><c> Moray</c>

00:56:42.639 --> 00:56:43.920
on<00:56:42.820><c> the</c><00:56:43.000><c> north</c><00:56:43.280><c> side</c><00:56:43.539><c> of</c><00:56:43.659><c> the</c><00:56:43.739><c> valley.</c>

00:56:44.139 --> 00:56:47.079
That's<00:56:44.519><c> exactly</c><00:56:45.139><c> where</c><00:56:45.679><c> the</c><00:56:45.940><c> Philistines</c><00:56:46.420><c> encamped</c><00:56:46.780><c> in</c><00:56:46.940><c> the</c>

00:56:47.079 --> 00:56:49.039
days<00:56:47.239><c> of</c><00:56:47.480><c> Saul</c><00:56:47.780><c> at</c><00:56:48.099><c> Shudan.</c>

00:56:49.659 --> 00:56:54.460
So<00:56:50.139><c> the</c><00:56:50.360><c> host</c><00:56:50.500><c> of</c><00:56:50.699><c> the</c><00:56:50.840><c> Philistines</c><00:56:51.480><c> is</c><00:56:51.960><c> exactly</c><00:56:52.739><c> where</c><00:56:54.199><c> the</c>

00:56:54.460 --> 00:56:56.460
Midianites<00:56:54.880><c> were</c><00:56:55.039><c> in</c><00:56:55.159><c> the</c><00:56:55.239><c> days</c><00:56:55.400><c> of</c><00:56:55.559><c> Gideon.</c>

00:56:57.420 --> 00:56:59.659
And<00:56:57.579><c> where's</c><00:56:57.940><c> the</c><00:56:58.199><c> host</c><00:56:58.440><c> of</c><00:56:58.599><c> Gideon</c><00:56:58.960><c> on</c><00:56:59.119><c> this</c><00:56:59.280><c> occasion?</c>

00:56:59.960 --> 00:57:03.139
Well<00:57:00.099><c> we're</c><00:57:00.320><c> told</c><00:57:00.539><c> in</c><00:57:00.679><c> Verse</c><00:57:00.900><c> 1</c><00:57:01.059><c> that</c><00:57:01.179><c> they</c><00:57:01.320><c> were</c><00:57:01.559><c> pitched</c><00:57:01.900><c> beside</c><00:57:02.920><c> the</c>

00:57:03.139 --> 00:57:03.659
well<00:57:03.239><c> of</c><00:57:03.519><c> Herod</c>

00:57:03.659 --> 00:57:07.219
but<00:57:03.860><c> it</c><00:57:04.119><c> ought</c><00:57:04.280><c> not</c><00:57:04.679><c> to</c><00:57:04.860><c> be</c><00:57:05.099><c> translated</c><00:57:05.539><c> beside</c><00:57:06.000><c> the</c><00:57:06.159><c> well</c><00:57:06.280><c> of</c><00:57:06.460><c> Herod.</c>

00:57:07.699 --> 00:57:12.820
It<00:57:07.940><c> ought</c><00:57:08.159><c> to</c><00:57:08.360><c> be</c><00:57:08.599><c> translated</c><00:57:09.159><c> that</c><00:57:09.699><c> they</c><00:57:09.920><c> were</c><00:57:10.159><c> pitched</c><00:57:11.219><c> above</c><00:57:12.199><c> the</c>

00:57:12.820 --> 00:57:15.059
well<00:57:13.199><c> of</c><00:57:13.900><c> Herod.</c>

00:57:16.039 --> 00:57:18.900
And<00:57:16.559><c> that's</c><00:57:17.000><c> confirmed</c><00:57:17.239><c> by</c><00:57:17.500><c> Verse</c><00:57:17.780><c> 4</c><00:57:18.019><c> because</c><00:57:18.280><c> in</c><00:57:18.440><c> Verse</c><00:57:18.659><c> 4</c><00:57:18.860><c> it</c>

00:57:18.900 --> 00:57:20.659
says<00:57:19.159><c> that</c><00:57:19.619><c> Yahweh</c><00:57:19.920><c> said</c><00:57:20.079><c> under</c><00:57:20.360><c> Gideon</c>

00:57:20.659 --> 00:57:25.539
the<00:57:20.800><c> people</c><00:57:21.099><c> are</c><00:57:21.260><c> yet</c><00:57:21.440><c> too</c><00:57:21.599><c> many,</c><00:57:22.300><c> bring</c><00:57:22.559><c> them</c><00:57:23.280><c> down</c><00:57:24.059><c> to</c><00:57:24.480><c> the</c><00:57:24.679><c> water.</c>

00:57:26.260 --> 00:57:31.579
So<00:57:26.400><c> they</c><00:57:26.619><c> came</c><00:57:27.039><c> down</c><00:57:27.760><c> into</c><00:57:28.179><c> the</c><00:57:28.360><c> valley</c><00:57:28.539><c> to</c><00:57:28.739><c> the</c><00:57:29.019><c> spring</c><00:57:29.500><c> of</c><00:57:29.860><c> Herod.</c>

00:57:32.000 --> 00:57:33.780
And<00:57:32.119><c> at</c><00:57:32.280><c> the</c><00:57:32.340><c> end</c><00:57:32.500><c> of</c><00:57:32.639><c> Verse</c><00:57:32.900><c> 8</c><00:57:33.179><c> we're</c><00:57:33.500><c> told,</c>

00:57:34.119 --> 00:57:39.420
And<00:57:34.219><c> the</c><00:57:34.380><c> host</c><00:57:34.659><c> of</c><00:57:34.920><c> Midian</c><00:57:35.199><c> was</c><00:57:35.739><c> beneath</c><00:57:36.619><c> him</c><00:57:37.400><c> in</c><00:57:38.260><c> the</c><00:57:38.579><c> valley.</c>

00:57:40.519 --> 00:57:42.860
There's<00:57:40.760><c> only</c><00:57:41.059><c> one</c><00:57:41.500><c> place</c><00:57:41.719><c> my</c><00:57:41.940><c> dear</c><00:57:42.179><c> brothers</c><00:57:42.420><c> and</c><00:57:42.699><c> sisters</c>

00:57:42.860 --> 00:57:43.579
and<00:57:43.099><c> young</c><00:57:43.320><c> people</c>

00:57:43.579 --> 00:57:47.460
where<00:57:43.960><c> Gideon</c><00:57:44.340><c> could</c><00:57:44.619><c> have</c><00:57:44.920><c> been</c><00:57:45.340><c> to</c><00:57:45.760><c> satisfy</c><00:57:46.239><c> the</c><00:57:46.480><c> requirements</c><00:57:46.880><c> of</c><00:57:47.119><c> Judges</c>

00:57:47.460 --> 00:57:50.760
7,<00:57:47.780><c> Verse</c><00:57:48.079><c> 1,</c><00:57:48.800><c> 4</c><00:57:49.280><c> and</c><00:57:49.500><c> 8.</c>

00:57:51.320 --> 00:57:54.119
So<00:57:51.559><c> that</c><00:57:51.679><c> the</c><00:57:51.880><c> Midianites</c><00:57:52.219><c> were</c><00:57:52.480><c> across</c><00:57:52.840><c> the</c><00:57:53.039><c> valley</c><00:57:53.179><c> but</c><00:57:53.380><c> underneath</c><00:57:53.820><c> them</c><00:57:53.940><c> in</c>

00:57:54.119 --> 00:57:54.559
the<00:57:54.260><c> valley</c>

00:57:54.559 --> 00:57:57.940
so<00:57:54.980><c> that</c><00:57:55.179><c> the</c><00:57:55.340><c> spring</c><00:57:55.559><c> of</c><00:57:55.800><c> Herod</c><00:57:56.039><c> lay</c><00:57:56.179><c> below</c><00:57:56.619><c> him</c><00:57:56.960><c> so</c><00:57:57.280><c> that</c><00:57:57.400><c> they</c><00:57:57.500><c> might</c><00:57:57.699><c> go</c>

00:57:57.940 --> 00:57:58.739
down<00:57:58.239><c> to</c><00:57:58.400><c> the</c><00:57:58.579><c> water.</c>

00:57:58.880 --> 00:58:01.840
There's<00:57:58.920><c> only</c><00:57:59.159><c> one</c><00:57:59.420><c> place</c><00:57:59.599><c> where</c><00:57:59.780><c> he</c><00:57:59.920><c> could</c><00:58:00.179><c> have</c><00:58:00.500><c> been.</c>

00:58:04.860 --> 00:58:09.019
Gideon<00:58:05.340><c> was</c><00:58:05.820><c> on</c><00:58:06.019><c> the</c><00:58:06.199><c> slopes</c><00:58:06.420><c> of</c><00:58:06.639><c> Mount</c><00:58:06.860><c> Gilboa.</c>

00:58:10.480 --> 00:58:19.219
And<00:58:11.000><c> that's</c><00:58:11.219><c> where</c><00:58:11.420><c> Saul</c><00:58:11.679><c> finds</c><00:58:12.019><c> himself</c><00:58:12.780><c> in</c><00:58:14.480><c> 3</c><00:58:14.820><c> Samuel</c><00:58:15.300><c> Chapter</c><00:58:15.739><c> 31</c><00:58:17.039><c> and</c><00:58:17.619><c> Verse</c><00:58:17.860><c> 1</c>

00:58:19.219 --> 00:58:22.059
as<00:58:19.820><c> we</c><00:58:19.960><c> come</c><00:58:20.219><c> back</c><00:58:20.380><c> now</c><00:58:20.599><c> to</c><00:58:20.739><c> the</c><00:58:20.920><c> story.</c>

00:58:24.139 --> 00:58:26.860
But<00:58:24.539><c> he</c><00:58:24.639><c> hasn't</c><00:58:24.880><c> got</c><00:58:25.099><c> the</c><00:58:25.260><c> faith</c><00:58:25.420><c> of</c><00:58:25.639><c> Gideon.</c>

00:58:27.880 --> 00:58:31.320
And<00:58:28.119><c> he</c><00:58:28.219><c> hasn't</c><00:58:28.380><c> got</c><00:58:28.599><c> the</c><00:58:28.739><c> humility</c><00:58:29.099><c> of</c><00:58:29.260><c> Gideon.</c>

00:58:32.199 --> 00:58:35.099
And<00:58:32.739><c> this</c><00:58:33.039><c> place</c><00:58:33.280><c> which</c><00:58:33.500><c> was</c><00:58:33.760><c> the</c><00:58:33.920><c> site</c><00:58:34.079><c> of</c><00:58:34.239><c> one</c><00:58:34.360><c> of</c><00:58:34.460><c> the</c><00:58:34.599><c> most</c>

00:58:35.099 --> 00:58:39.780
amazing<00:58:36.159><c> victories</c><00:58:36.780><c> that</c><00:58:37.280><c> Israel</c><00:58:37.840><c> ever</c><00:58:38.639><c> won</c>

00:58:40.539 --> 00:58:45.400
is<00:58:41.079><c> now</c><00:58:41.360><c> to</c><00:58:41.579><c> become</c><00:58:41.780><c> the</c><00:58:42.099><c> scene</c><00:58:42.579><c> of</c><00:58:43.400><c> their</c><00:58:43.619><c> most</c><00:58:43.940><c> tragic</c><00:58:44.340><c> defeat.</c>

00:58:46.719 --> 00:58:49.659
And<00:58:46.739><c> we're</c><00:58:46.900><c> told</c><00:58:47.059><c> in</c><00:58:47.179><c> Chapter</c><00:58:47.440><c> 31</c><00:58:47.920><c> then</c><00:58:48.260><c> of</c><00:58:48.579><c> the</c><00:58:48.719><c> first</c><00:58:48.900><c> of</c><00:58:49.139><c> Samuel</c><00:58:49.400><c> and</c>

00:58:49.659 --> 00:58:50.079
Verse<00:58:49.860><c> 1,</c>

00:58:50.280 --> 00:58:53.760
Now<00:58:50.320><c> the</c><00:58:50.599><c> Philistines</c><00:58:51.300><c> fought</c><00:58:51.780><c> against</c><00:58:52.460><c> Israel</c>

00:58:53.880 --> 00:58:57.320
and<00:58:54.420><c> the</c><00:58:54.500><c> men</c><00:58:54.699><c> of</c><00:58:54.800><c> Israel</c><00:58:55.219><c> fled</c><00:58:55.559><c> from</c><00:58:55.820><c> before</c><00:58:56.099><c> the</c><00:58:56.300><c> Philistines</c><00:58:56.780><c> and</c><00:58:57.099><c> fell</c>

00:58:57.320 --> 00:58:58.900
down<00:58:57.739><c> slain</c><00:58:58.139><c> in</c><00:58:58.360><c> Mount</c><00:58:58.559><c> Gilboa.</c>

00:58:58.900 --> 00:59:00.980
Something<00:58:59.119><c> very</c><00:58:59.420><c> strange</c><00:58:59.900><c> about</c><00:59:00.199><c> this</c><00:59:00.420><c> verse</c><00:59:00.579><c> because</c><00:59:00.800><c> you</c>

00:59:00.980 --> 00:59:04.579
see<00:59:01.460><c> the</c><00:59:02.000><c> very</c><00:59:02.500><c> spirit</c><00:59:02.679><c> of</c><00:59:02.820><c> the</c><00:59:02.960><c> verse</c><00:59:03.219><c> breathes</c><00:59:03.840><c> out</c><00:59:04.079><c> to</c><00:59:04.199><c> us</c>

00:59:04.579 --> 00:59:08.300
that<00:59:05.260><c> it's</c><00:59:05.599><c> almost</c><00:59:05.840><c> as</c><00:59:06.079><c> if</c><00:59:06.360><c> Israel</c><00:59:06.880><c> were</c><00:59:07.219><c> finished</c><00:59:07.679><c> before</c>

00:59:08.300 --> 00:59:09.960
they<00:59:08.639><c> had</c><00:59:09.079><c> started.</c>

00:59:10.199 --> 00:59:12.880
The<00:59:10.300><c> Philistines</c><00:59:10.820><c> fought</c><00:59:11.280><c> and</c><00:59:11.679><c> the</c><00:59:11.860><c> men</c><00:59:12.019><c> of</c><00:59:12.079><c> Israel</c><00:59:12.559><c> fled.</c>

00:59:12.960 --> 00:59:16.239
The<00:59:13.199><c> battle</c><00:59:13.380><c> was</c><00:59:13.780><c> over</c><00:59:14.340><c> before</c><00:59:14.880><c> it</c><00:59:15.119><c> had</c><00:59:15.340><c> begun.</c>

00:59:16.679 --> 00:59:18.800
Despite<00:59:17.159><c> the</c><00:59:17.440><c> fact</c><00:59:17.539><c> that</c><00:59:17.679><c> they'd</c><00:59:18.000><c> taken</c><00:59:18.199><c> the</c><00:59:18.420><c> high</c><00:59:18.619><c> ground.</c>

00:59:18.840 --> 00:59:21.860
Here<00:59:19.000><c> they</c><00:59:19.199><c> are</c><00:59:19.360><c> up</c><00:59:19.559><c> on</c><00:59:19.739><c> the</c><00:59:19.940><c> slopes</c><00:59:20.159><c> of</c><00:59:20.380><c> Mount</c><00:59:20.599><c> Gilboa.</c>

00:59:22.079 --> 00:59:25.039
Any<00:59:22.400><c> advance</c><00:59:22.820><c> from</c><00:59:23.039><c> the</c><00:59:23.239><c> Philistines</c><00:59:23.880><c> had</c><00:59:24.179><c> to</c><00:59:24.380><c> come</c><00:59:24.519><c> from</c><00:59:24.800><c> the</c>

00:59:25.039 --> 00:59:26.239
valley<00:59:25.340><c> floor</c><00:59:25.579><c> beneath</c><00:59:25.980><c> them</c>

00:59:26.239 --> 00:59:29.619
fighting<00:59:26.639><c> up</c><00:59:26.639><c> onto</c><00:59:26.920><c> the</c><00:59:27.159><c> slopes</c><00:59:27.420><c> with</c><00:59:27.820><c> the</c><00:59:28.019><c> Philistines</c><00:59:28.619><c> fighting</c><00:59:29.139><c> up</c>

00:59:29.619 --> 00:59:30.139
the<00:59:29.860><c> hill.</c>

00:59:30.519 --> 00:59:34.639
All<00:59:30.920><c> the</c><00:59:31.219><c> disadvantage</c><00:59:31.900><c> lies</c><00:59:33.099><c> with</c><00:59:33.380><c> the</c><00:59:33.519><c> Philistines.</c>

00:59:34.900 --> 00:59:37.460
And<00:59:35.019><c> yet</c><00:59:35.159><c> despite</c><00:59:35.559><c> that,</c><00:59:36.360><c> we're</c><00:59:36.480><c> told</c><00:59:36.760><c> here</c><00:59:36.960><c> that</c><00:59:37.039><c> there</c><00:59:37.179><c> was</c>

00:59:37.460 --> 00:59:39.340
almost<00:59:37.860><c> a</c><00:59:38.159><c> rout</c><00:59:38.400><c> immediately</c>

00:59:39.340 --> 00:59:41.179
and<00:59:39.780><c> the</c><00:59:39.960><c> Israelites</c><00:59:40.239><c> felt,</c><00:59:40.460><c> you</c><00:59:40.579><c> know,</c><00:59:40.699><c> I</c><00:59:40.719><c> think</c><00:59:40.860><c> there</c><00:59:40.980><c> were</c>

00:59:41.179 --> 00:59:43.199
three<00:59:42.059><c> reasons</c>

00:59:43.139 --> 00:59:47.840
why<00:59:43.420><c> the</c><00:59:43.699><c> battle</c><00:59:43.980><c> went</c><00:59:44.239><c> against</c><00:59:44.719><c> Israel</c><00:59:45.440><c> so</c><00:59:46.400><c> decisively</c><00:59:47.400><c> in</c>

00:59:47.840 --> 00:59:49.659
the<00:59:47.960><c> first</c><00:59:48.159><c> of</c><00:59:48.360><c> Samuel</c><00:59:48.639><c> 31,</c><00:59:49.159><c> Verse</c><00:59:49.380><c> 1.</c>

00:59:49.760 --> 00:59:52.219
Here<00:59:49.880><c> they</c><00:59:50.099><c> are.</c><00:59:50.679><c> Reason</c><00:59:50.960><c> number</c><00:59:51.300><c> one.</c>

00:59:52.699 --> 00:59:56.219
Saul<00:59:53.500><c> had</c><00:59:53.900><c> spent</c><00:59:54.219><c> the</c><00:59:54.579><c> previous</c><00:59:55.000><c> night</c><00:59:55.320><c> in</c><00:59:55.539><c> the</c><00:59:55.739><c> company</c><00:59:55.980><c> of</c>

00:59:56.219 --> 00:59:58.119
the<00:59:56.360><c> witch</c><00:59:56.619><c> of</c><00:59:56.860><c> Endor</c>

00:59:58.980 --> 01:00:02.179
and<00:59:59.780><c> she</c><01:00:00.219><c> had</c><01:00:00.519><c> told</c><01:00:00.960><c> him,</c>

01:00:02.179 --> 01:00:08.219
tomorrow<01:00:03.639><c> thou</c><01:00:05.360><c> shalt</c><01:00:05.639><c> be</c><01:00:06.000><c> with</c><01:00:06.280><c> Samuel</c><01:00:07.460><c> dead</c>

01:00:08.219 --> 01:00:12.559
and<01:00:09.739><c> thy</c><01:00:10.320><c> sons</c><01:00:11.159><c> with</c><01:00:12.139><c> thee.</c>

01:00:12.739 --> 01:00:15.739
1<01:00:13.019><c> Samuel</c><01:00:13.420><c> 28,</c><01:00:14.119><c> Verse</c><01:00:14.380><c> 19.</c>

01:00:15.940 --> 01:00:21.619
And<01:00:16.579><c> Saul</c><01:00:17.059><c> went</c><01:00:17.420><c> back</c><01:00:18.360><c> in</c><01:00:18.780><c> a</c><01:00:19.079><c> daze</c><01:00:19.579><c> after</c><01:00:19.980><c> his</c><01:00:20.239><c> experience</c><01:00:20.900><c> at</c><01:00:21.139><c> Endor,</c>

01:00:21.900 --> 01:00:25.440
a<01:00:22.119><c> man</c><01:00:22.400><c> whose</c><01:00:22.860><c> spirit</c><01:00:23.159><c> now</c><01:00:23.460><c> was</c><01:00:23.900><c> absolutely</c><01:00:24.900><c> broken.</c>

01:00:25.659 --> 01:00:29.980
And<01:00:25.840><c> I</c><01:00:26.059><c> believe</c><01:00:26.320><c> that</c><01:00:26.659><c> the</c><01:00:27.059><c> spirit</c><01:00:27.380><c> of</c><01:00:27.780><c> despair</c><01:00:28.599><c> that</c><01:00:29.320><c> was</c><01:00:29.559><c> evident</c><01:00:29.800><c> in</c>

01:00:29.980 --> 01:00:31.340
the<01:00:30.179><c> king</c><01:00:30.320><c> on</c><01:00:30.500><c> the</c><01:00:30.639><c> next</c><01:00:30.920><c> morning</c>

01:00:31.340 --> 01:00:35.000
must<01:00:31.880><c> have</c><01:00:32.320><c> sacked</c><01:00:32.679><c> the</c><01:00:33.000><c> morale</c><01:00:33.420><c> of</c><01:00:33.739><c> his</c><01:00:34.079><c> troops.</c>

01:00:35.340 --> 01:00:39.679
They<01:00:35.579><c> looked</c><01:00:35.840><c> at</c><01:00:36.019><c> the</c><01:00:36.179><c> king</c><01:00:36.679><c> and</c><01:00:37.619><c> they</c><01:00:37.920><c> saw</c><01:00:38.099><c> despair</c><01:00:38.820><c> all</c><01:00:39.300><c> over</c>

01:00:39.679 --> 01:00:40.159
his<01:00:39.960><c> face</c>

01:00:40.159 --> 01:00:42.380
and<01:00:40.420><c> they</c><01:00:40.780><c> knew</c><01:00:41.139><c> that</c><01:00:41.380><c> the</c><01:00:41.619><c> battle</c><01:00:41.820><c> was</c><01:00:42.099><c> lost.</c>

01:00:42.800 --> 01:00:43.920
That's<01:00:43.179><c> the</c><01:00:43.300><c> first</c><01:00:43.559><c> reason.</c>

01:00:43.920 --> 01:00:46.420
And<01:00:44.880><c> here's</c><01:00:45.159><c> the</c><01:00:45.340><c> second.</c>

01:00:47.400 --> 01:00:50.260
You<01:00:47.440><c> see,</c><01:00:47.880><c> the</c><01:00:47.980><c> cream</c><01:00:48.360><c> of</c><01:00:48.760><c> the</c><01:00:48.960><c> army,</c><01:00:49.139><c> according</c><01:00:49.500><c> to</c><01:00:49.659><c> the</c><01:00:49.760><c> first</c><01:00:50.019><c> of</c>

01:00:50.260 --> 01:00:50.980
Chronicles<01:00:50.579><c> 12,</c>

01:00:51.000 --> 01:00:53.719
which<01:00:51.159><c> we've</c><01:00:51.420><c> already</c><01:00:51.659><c> looked</c><01:00:51.900><c> at,</c><01:00:52.460><c> the</c><01:00:52.679><c> cream</c><01:00:53.039><c> of</c><01:00:53.280><c> the</c><01:00:53.500><c> army</c>

01:00:53.719 --> 01:00:56.860
had<01:00:53.960><c> already</c><01:00:54.599><c> gone</c><01:00:54.940><c> to</c><01:00:55.239><c> David</c><01:00:55.579><c> at</c><01:00:55.820><c> Ziklag.</c>

01:00:57.579 --> 01:01:02.239
Many<01:00:57.840><c> of</c><01:00:58.039><c> the</c><01:00:58.219><c> mighty</c><01:00:58.579><c> men</c><01:00:58.880><c> of</c><01:00:59.059><c> many</c><01:00:59.320><c> of</c><01:00:59.480><c> the</c><01:00:59.699><c> tribes</c><01:00:59.960><c> had</c><01:01:00.380><c> already</c><01:01:01.079><c> defected</c><01:01:01.719><c> to</c><01:01:01.960><c> David.</c>

01:01:02.579 --> 01:01:04.760
Do<01:01:02.699><c> you</c><01:01:02.719><c> know</c><01:01:02.860><c> what</c><01:01:03.820><c> Saul</c><01:01:04.099><c> was</c><01:01:04.320><c> left</c><01:01:04.539><c> with?</c>

01:01:05.139 --> 01:01:07.559
Most<01:01:05.579><c> of</c><01:01:06.119><c> the</c><01:01:06.340><c> gibor</c><01:01:06.840><c> had</c><01:01:07.179><c> gone.</c>

01:01:08.039 --> 01:01:09.559
There<01:01:08.199><c> was</c><01:01:08.420><c> no</c><01:01:08.760><c> ish</c><01:01:09.199><c> left.</c>

01:01:09.559 --> 01:01:11.579
When<01:01:10.579><c> it</c><01:01:10.800><c> says</c><01:01:10.960><c> in</c><01:01:11.099><c> Verse</c><01:01:11.320><c> 1,</c>

01:01:11.780 --> 01:01:13.800
And<01:01:11.860><c> the</c><01:01:12.159><c> men</c><01:01:12.599><c> of</c><01:01:12.840><c> Israel</c><01:01:13.400><c> fled,</c>

01:01:14.039 --> 01:01:16.739
the<01:01:14.199><c> word</c><01:01:14.500><c> men</c><01:01:14.920><c> is</c><01:01:15.219><c> the</c><01:01:15.300><c> word</c><01:01:15.659><c> enosh,</c>

01:01:17.320 --> 01:01:20.239
that<01:01:17.699><c> all</c><01:01:18.480><c> Saul's</c><01:01:19.340><c> got</c><01:01:19.340><c> left,</c>

01:01:20.440 --> 01:01:24.039
the<01:01:21.139><c> enoshim</c><01:01:22.079><c> of</c><01:01:22.719><c> Israel,</c>

01:01:24.539 --> 01:01:30.579
the<01:01:24.880><c> weak</c><01:01:25.599><c> mortal</c><01:01:26.519><c> creatures</c><01:01:27.159><c> that</c><01:01:27.960><c> were</c><01:01:28.219><c> left</c><01:01:28.559><c> under</c><01:01:29.139><c> his</c><01:01:29.519><c> hand.</c>

01:01:31.960 --> 01:01:33.639
And<01:01:32.079><c> you</c><01:01:32.179><c> know</c><01:01:32.280><c> the</c><01:01:32.380><c> third</c><01:01:32.659><c> reason</c><01:01:32.960><c> why</c><01:01:33.159><c> the</c><01:01:33.260><c> battle</c><01:01:33.440><c> went</c>

01:01:33.639 --> 01:01:35.500
against<01:01:34.000><c> them?</c>

01:01:35.780 --> 01:01:38.019
Deuteronomy<01:01:36.320><c> Chapter</c><01:01:36.659><c> 20.</c>

01:01:41.539 --> 01:01:44.300
In<01:01:41.980><c> the</c><01:01:42.139><c> book</c><01:01:42.260><c> of</c><01:01:42.460><c> Deuteronomy,</c>

01:01:44.760 --> 01:01:47.000
and<01:01:44.800><c> in</c><01:01:44.980><c> the</c><01:01:45.019><c> 20th</c><01:01:45.480><c> chapter,</c>

01:01:47.940 --> 01:01:50.019
and<01:01:48.219><c> Verse</c><01:01:48.500><c> 1,</c>

01:01:50.860 --> 01:01:52.639
it<01:01:51.019><c> says</c><01:01:51.320><c> there,</c>

01:01:54.460 --> 01:01:57.860
When<01:01:54.800><c> thou</c><01:01:55.139><c> goest</c><01:01:55.500><c> out</c><01:01:55.719><c> to</c><01:01:55.900><c> battle</c><01:01:56.139><c> against</c><01:01:56.639><c> thine</c><01:01:56.840><c> enemies,</c>

01:01:58.599 --> 01:02:00.900
and<01:01:58.760><c> seers</c><01:01:59.000><c> porters</c><01:01:59.420><c> and</c><01:01:59.639><c> chariots</c><01:02:00.119><c> and</c><01:02:00.260><c> the</c><01:02:00.400><c> people</c><01:02:00.579><c> more</c>

01:02:00.900 --> 01:02:01.280
than<01:02:01.079><c> thou,</c>

01:02:01.360 --> 01:02:03.460
be<01:02:01.480><c> not</c><01:02:01.679><c> afraid</c><01:02:02.079><c> of</c><01:02:02.340><c> them.</c>

01:02:03.639 --> 01:02:05.840
For<01:02:03.780><c> Yahweh</c><01:02:04.099><c> thy</c><01:02:04.280><c> God</c><01:02:04.599><c> is</c><01:02:04.820><c> with</c><01:02:05.059><c> thee,</c><01:02:05.219><c> which</c><01:02:05.440><c> brought</c><01:02:05.659><c> thee</c>

01:02:05.840 --> 01:02:06.920
up<01:02:05.960><c> out</c><01:02:06.119><c> of</c><01:02:06.199><c> the</c><01:02:06.260><c> land</c><01:02:06.480><c> of</c><01:02:06.639><c> Egypt.</c>

01:02:06.920 --> 01:02:09.579
And<01:02:07.139><c> it</c><01:02:07.280><c> shall</c><01:02:07.559><c> be,</c><01:02:08.159><c> when</c><01:02:08.360><c> ye</c><01:02:08.559><c> come</c><01:02:08.840><c> nigh</c><01:02:09.000><c> unto</c><01:02:09.219><c> the</c><01:02:09.400><c> battle,</c>

01:02:09.679 --> 01:02:12.539
that<01:02:09.900><c> the</c><01:02:10.239><c> priest</c><01:02:10.820><c> shall</c><01:02:11.400><c> approach,</c>

01:02:12.800 --> 01:02:14.119
and<01:02:12.960><c> speak</c><01:02:13.199><c> unto</c><01:02:13.400><c> the</c><01:02:13.579><c> people,</c>

01:02:14.619 --> 01:02:16.239
and<01:02:14.780><c> shall</c><01:02:14.920><c> say</c><01:02:15.079><c> unto</c><01:02:15.260><c> them,</c><01:02:15.460><c> Hear</c><01:02:15.679><c> O</c><01:02:15.820><c> Israel,</c>

01:02:16.719 --> 01:02:19.199
he<01:02:16.980><c> approached</c><01:02:17.340><c> this</c><01:02:17.579><c> day</c><01:02:17.800><c> unto</c><01:02:18.059><c> battle</c><01:02:18.340><c> against</c><01:02:18.699><c> your</c><01:02:18.940><c> enemies.</c>

01:02:19.300 --> 01:02:22.380
Let<01:02:19.480><c> not</c><01:02:19.679><c> your</c><01:02:19.880><c> hearts</c><01:02:20.179><c> faint,</c><01:02:20.739><c> fear</c><01:02:20.900><c> not,</c><01:02:21.199><c> and</c><01:02:21.320><c> do</c><01:02:21.519><c> not</c><01:02:21.800><c> tremble,</c>

01:02:22.619 --> 01:02:24.179
neither<01:02:22.820><c> be</c><01:02:23.059><c> terrified</c><01:02:23.559><c> because</c><01:02:23.960><c> of</c><01:02:24.079><c> them.</c>

01:02:24.300 --> 01:02:27.059
For<01:02:24.519><c> Yahweh</c><01:02:24.860><c> your</c><01:02:25.219><c> God</c><01:02:25.639><c> is</c><01:02:26.000><c> he</c><01:02:26.179><c> that</c><01:02:26.400><c> goeth</c><01:02:26.619><c> with</c><01:02:26.860><c> you,</c>

01:02:27.059 --> 01:02:30.420
to<01:02:27.219><c> fight</c><01:02:27.539><c> for</c><01:02:27.699><c> you</c><01:02:27.920><c> against</c><01:02:28.260><c> your</c><01:02:28.599><c> enemies,</c><01:02:28.960><c> to</c><01:02:29.119><c> save</c><01:02:29.480><c> you.</c>

01:02:30.480 --> 01:02:31.900
Before<01:02:30.880><c> the</c><01:02:31.099><c> battle</c><01:02:31.320><c> began,</c>

01:02:31.900 --> 01:02:36.420
the<01:02:33.159><c> priests</c><01:02:33.639><c> went</c><01:02:33.920><c> out</c><01:02:34.380><c> to</c><01:02:34.599><c> bless</c><01:02:34.960><c> the</c><01:02:35.300><c> soldiers,</c>

01:02:37.840 --> 01:02:43.880
but<01:02:38.039><c> Saul</c><01:02:38.619><c> has</c><01:02:39.679><c> slain</c><01:02:40.820><c> all</c><01:02:41.760><c> the</c><01:02:42.179><c> priestly</c><01:02:42.559><c> house.</c>

01:02:44.519 --> 01:02:46.599
And<01:02:44.800><c> there's</c><01:02:44.960><c> only</c><01:02:45.199><c> one</c><01:02:45.380><c> left,</c>

01:02:47.219 --> 01:02:48.920
and<01:02:47.480><c> he's</c><01:02:47.800><c> with</c><01:02:48.039><c> David.</c>

01:02:51.079 --> 01:02:53.420
And<01:02:51.800><c> there's</c><01:02:52.000><c> no</c><01:02:52.300><c> hope</c><01:02:52.559><c> for</c><01:02:52.820><c> Saul.</c>

01:02:53.920 --> 01:02:55.739
He's<01:02:54.639><c> there.</c>

01:02:57.119 --> 01:03:00.579
And<01:02:57.219><c> so</c><01:02:57.440><c> Verse</c><01:02:57.719><c> 2</c><01:02:57.980><c> of</c><01:02:58.139><c> the</c><01:02:58.199><c> 1st</c><01:02:58.500><c> of</c><01:02:58.659><c> Samuel</c><01:02:58.960><c> 31</c><01:02:59.460><c> says,</c>

01:03:01.440 --> 01:03:05.079
And<01:03:02.000><c> the</c><01:03:02.199><c> Philistines</c><01:03:03.099><c> followed</c><01:03:03.539><c> hard</c><01:03:03.920><c> upon</c><01:03:04.340><c> Saul</c><01:03:04.659><c> and</c><01:03:04.920><c> upon</c>

01:03:05.079 --> 01:03:06.320
his<01:03:05.380><c> sons,</c>

01:03:07.519 --> 01:03:11.900
and<01:03:07.539><c> the</c><01:03:07.679><c> Philistines</c><01:03:08.300><c> slew</c><01:03:08.619><c> Jonathan,</c><01:03:09.480><c> and</c><01:03:09.519><c> Abinadab,</c><01:03:10.159><c> and</c><01:03:10.340><c> Melchishuah,</c>

01:03:12.159 --> 01:03:13.559
Saul's<01:03:12.719><c> sons.</c>

01:03:15.000 --> 01:03:17.519
And<01:03:15.239><c> the</c><01:03:15.380><c> implication</c><01:03:15.860><c> of</c><01:03:16.099><c> the</c><01:03:16.380><c> story</c>

01:03:18.139 --> 01:03:21.880
is<01:03:18.699><c> that</c><01:03:18.860><c> you</c><01:03:18.980><c> see</c><01:03:19.159><c> Saul's</c><01:03:19.960><c> sons</c><01:03:20.260><c> formed</c><01:03:20.679><c> part</c><01:03:21.019><c> of</c><01:03:21.179><c> the</c><01:03:21.400><c> bodyguard</c>

01:03:21.880 --> 01:03:24.659
that<01:03:22.199><c> rallied</c><01:03:22.500><c> against</c><01:03:22.840><c> the</c><01:03:23.039><c> king</c><01:03:23.159><c> as</c><01:03:23.300><c> the</c><01:03:23.420><c> rest</c><01:03:23.639><c> of</c><01:03:23.840><c> the</c><01:03:23.960><c> army</c><01:03:24.139><c> fled,</c>

01:03:24.900 --> 01:03:26.579
held<01:03:25.039><c> to</c><01:03:25.320><c> Skelter,</c>

01:03:27.019 --> 01:03:29.340
down<01:03:27.340><c> into</c><01:03:27.519><c> the</c><01:03:27.699><c> Jordan</c><01:03:27.980><c> Valley</c><01:03:28.340><c> and</c><01:03:28.599><c> across</c><01:03:28.860><c> the</c><01:03:29.119><c> Jordan,</c>

01:03:29.340 --> 01:03:32.579
and<01:03:29.539><c> away</c><01:03:29.900><c> safely</c><01:03:30.659><c> to</c><01:03:31.099><c> escape</c><01:03:31.440><c> away.</c>

01:03:33.500 --> 01:03:36.099
His<01:03:33.739><c> sons</c><01:03:34.000><c> formed</c><01:03:34.340><c> part</c><01:03:34.659><c> of</c><01:03:34.860><c> the</c><01:03:35.079><c> bodyguard</c><01:03:35.579><c> that</c><01:03:35.880><c> rallied</c>

01:03:36.099 --> 01:03:37.780
about<01:03:36.360><c> the</c><01:03:36.619><c> king</c>

01:03:38.260 --> 01:03:43.179
for<01:03:38.659><c> a</c><01:03:38.880><c> last</c><01:03:39.320><c> desperate</c><01:03:40.039><c> stand</c><01:03:40.440><c> against</c><01:03:40.900><c> the</c><01:03:41.199><c> advancing</c><01:03:41.679><c> Philistines.</c>

01:03:44.900 --> 01:03:47.119
And<01:03:45.119><c> an</c><01:03:45.280><c> arrow</c><01:03:45.519><c> found</c><01:03:45.980><c> Jonathan,</c>

01:03:48.059 --> 01:03:51.960
and<01:03:48.860><c> he</c><01:03:49.059><c> fell</c><01:03:49.239><c> there</c><01:03:50.179><c> on</c><01:03:50.739><c> the</c><01:03:50.880><c> mountain.</c>

01:03:53.079 --> 01:03:56.360
And<01:03:53.880><c> he</c><01:03:54.000><c> died,</c><01:03:54.760><c> brothers</c><01:03:54.920><c> and</c><01:03:55.159><c> sisters,</c>

01:03:56.860 --> 01:04:00.519
in<01:03:57.440><c> order</c><01:03:57.659><c> that</c><01:03:57.860><c> his</c><01:03:58.159><c> father</c><01:03:58.860><c> might</c><01:03:59.440><c> live.</c>

01:04:02.300 --> 01:04:03.599
What<01:04:02.559><c> a</c><01:04:02.760><c> spirit.</c>

01:04:06.239 --> 01:04:07.980
And<01:04:06.440><c> as</c><01:04:06.619><c> he</c><01:04:06.800><c> died,</c>

01:04:09.739 --> 01:04:13.699
I'm<01:04:09.920><c> sure</c><01:04:10.139><c> that</c><01:04:10.320><c> his</c><01:04:10.559><c> heart</c><01:04:11.119><c> was</c><01:04:11.880><c> 80</c><01:04:12.239><c> miles</c><01:04:12.719><c> to</c><01:04:12.980><c> the</c><01:04:13.139><c> south</c>

01:04:13.699 --> 01:04:18.440
with<01:04:15.000><c> David</c><01:04:15.840><c> in</c><01:04:17.460><c> Ziklag.</c>

01:04:19.619 --> 01:04:22.280
He<01:04:20.579><c> really</c><01:04:20.880><c> died</c>

01:04:22.719 --> 01:04:26.780
so<01:04:23.280><c> that</c><01:04:23.539><c> David's</c><01:04:24.239><c> cause</c><01:04:24.699><c> might</c><01:04:25.440><c> be</c><01:04:25.719><c> advanced.</c>

01:04:28.460 --> 01:04:30.860
It<01:04:29.019><c> wouldn't</c><01:04:29.219><c> have</c><01:04:29.380><c> been</c><01:04:29.500><c> long.</c>

01:04:31.920 --> 01:04:34.139
Probably<01:04:32.199><c> just</c><01:04:32.420><c> a</c><01:04:32.559><c> few</c><01:04:32.699><c> short</c><01:04:32.960><c> moments.</c>

01:04:35.539 --> 01:04:37.440
The<01:04:35.699><c> last</c><01:04:35.980><c> few</c><01:04:36.199><c> breaths,</c>

01:04:38.860 --> 01:04:40.440
the<01:04:39.019><c> glazed</c><01:04:39.400><c> eyes,</c>

01:04:41.980 --> 01:04:44.300
the<01:04:42.139><c> quiver</c><01:04:42.320><c> of</c><01:04:42.480><c> the</c><01:04:42.619><c> body,</c>

01:04:45.460 --> 01:04:48.380
and<01:04:45.639><c> a</c><01:04:45.739><c> great</c><01:04:45.880><c> man</c><01:04:46.219><c> fell</c><01:04:46.460><c> lifeless</c><01:04:46.920><c> on</c><01:04:47.139><c> the</c><01:04:47.280><c> slopes,</c>

01:04:49.619 --> 01:04:52.480
loyal<01:04:50.139><c> to</c><01:04:50.360><c> the</c><01:04:50.559><c> end.</c>

01:04:53.579 --> 01:04:54.400
And<01:04:53.639><c> verse</c><01:04:53.840><c> 3</c><01:04:54.099><c> says,</c>

01:04:54.539 --> 01:04:57.280
And<01:04:54.539><c> the</c><01:04:54.559><c> battle</c><01:04:54.800><c> went</c><01:04:55.159><c> sore</c><01:04:55.500><c> against</c><01:04:56.119><c> sore,</c>

01:04:57.460 --> 01:04:58.780
and<01:04:57.579><c> the</c><01:04:57.739><c> archers</c><01:04:58.059><c> hit</c><01:04:58.239><c> him,</c>

01:04:59.039 --> 01:05:01.659
and<01:04:59.179><c> he</c><01:04:59.260><c> was</c><01:04:59.500><c> sore</c><01:04:59.719><c> wounded</c><01:05:00.059><c> of</c><01:05:00.239><c> the</c><01:05:00.440><c> archers.</c>

01:05:02.820 --> 01:05:04.579
It<01:05:03.019><c> says</c><01:05:03.260><c> the</c><01:05:03.619><c> archers</c><01:05:04.280><c> hit</c><01:05:04.460><c> him,</c>

01:05:04.579 --> 01:05:08.059
and<01:05:04.679><c> the</c><01:05:04.860><c> margin</c><01:05:05.099><c> says</c><01:05:05.360><c> men</c><01:05:05.880><c> with</c><01:05:06.300><c> bows,</c><01:05:06.880><c> the</c><01:05:07.079><c> bowmen.</c>

01:05:09.159 --> 01:05:12.079
And<01:05:09.360><c> isn't</c><01:05:09.539><c> it</c><01:05:09.800><c> remarkable</c><01:05:10.099><c> that</c><01:05:10.260><c> that</c><01:05:10.440><c> was</c><01:05:10.739><c> the</c><01:05:10.860><c> very</c><01:05:11.539><c> aspect</c>

01:05:12.079 --> 01:05:12.639
of<01:05:12.380><c> war</c>

01:05:12.639 --> 01:05:16.179
in<01:05:12.880><c> which</c><01:05:13.099><c> the</c><01:05:13.360><c> tribe</c><01:05:13.619><c> of</c><01:05:13.900><c> Benjamin</c><01:05:14.400><c> excelled.</c>

01:05:16.179 --> 01:05:19.019
They<01:05:16.699><c> were</c><01:05:17.019><c> archers,</c><01:05:17.760><c> the</c><01:05:17.880><c> tribe</c><01:05:17.980><c> of</c><01:05:18.239><c> Benjamin.</c>

01:05:20.679 --> 01:05:23.039
And<01:05:20.900><c> the</c><01:05:21.039><c> house</c><01:05:21.260><c> of</c><01:05:21.539><c> Saul,</c><01:05:21.760><c> including</c><01:05:22.199><c> Saul</c><01:05:22.519><c> himself,</c>

01:05:23.119 --> 01:05:27.099
are<01:05:23.340><c> now</c><01:05:23.639><c> overtaken</c><01:05:24.179><c> by</c><01:05:24.500><c> the</c><01:05:25.019><c> archers</c><01:05:25.780><c> of</c><01:05:26.019><c> the</c><01:05:26.260><c> Philistines.</c>

01:05:27.239 --> 01:05:31.340
How<01:05:27.519><c> symbolic</c><01:05:28.179><c> of</c><01:05:28.559><c> the</c><01:05:28.940><c> overthrow</c><01:05:29.739><c> of</c><01:05:30.179><c> the</c><01:05:30.400><c> house</c><01:05:30.639><c> of</c><01:05:30.940><c> Benjamin</c>

01:05:31.340 --> 01:05:33.659
so<01:05:31.980><c> completely</c><01:05:32.719><c> on</c><01:05:33.039><c> this</c><01:05:33.159><c> occasion</c>

01:05:33.659 --> 01:05:36.320
that<01:05:34.099><c> it's</c><01:05:34.360><c> the</c><01:05:34.559><c> archers</c><01:05:34.940><c> that</c><01:05:35.219><c> find</c><01:05:35.380><c> them.</c>

01:05:37.860 --> 01:05:40.500
And<01:05:38.119><c> verse</c><01:05:38.360><c> 4</c><01:05:38.519><c> says</c><01:05:38.820><c> that</c><01:05:39.039><c> Saul</c><01:05:39.340><c> said</c><01:05:39.519><c> unto</c><01:05:39.739><c> his</c><01:05:39.960><c> armor</c><01:05:40.179><c> bearer,</c>

01:05:40.500 --> 01:05:42.260
Draw<01:05:40.679><c> thy</c><01:05:41.000><c> sword</c><01:05:41.280><c> and</c><01:05:41.519><c> thrust</c><01:05:41.800><c> me</c><01:05:42.059><c> through,</c>

01:05:42.260 --> 01:05:44.059
and<01:05:42.260><c> let</c><01:05:42.440><c> these</c><01:05:42.920><c> uncircumcised</c><01:05:43.820><c> come,</c>

01:05:44.219 --> 01:05:46.079
and<01:05:44.300><c> thrust</c><01:05:44.480><c> me</c><01:05:44.739><c> through,</c><01:05:44.980><c> and</c><01:05:45.119><c> abused</c><01:05:45.460><c> me.</c>

01:05:46.239 --> 01:05:47.440
But<01:05:46.400><c> his</c><01:05:46.639><c> armor</c><01:05:46.820><c> bearer</c><01:05:47.019><c> would</c><01:05:47.280><c> not,</c>

01:05:47.500 --> 01:05:48.599
for<01:05:47.639><c> he</c><01:05:47.760><c> was</c><01:05:48.000><c> sore</c><01:05:48.179><c> afraid,</c>

01:05:48.659 --> 01:05:51.119
and<01:05:48.800><c> therefore</c><01:05:49.159><c> Saul</c><01:05:49.480><c> took</c><01:05:49.780><c> a</c><01:05:49.960><c> sword</c><01:05:50.159><c> and</c><01:05:50.340><c> fell</c><01:05:50.579><c> upon</c><01:05:50.860><c> it.</c>

01:05:51.340 --> 01:05:53.679
And<01:05:51.500><c> when</c><01:05:51.639><c> his</c><01:05:51.820><c> armor</c><01:05:52.019><c> bearer</c><01:05:52.300><c> saw</c><01:05:52.579><c> that</c><01:05:52.840><c> Saul</c><01:05:53.079><c> was</c><01:05:53.440><c> dead,</c>

01:05:53.739 --> 01:05:57.280
he<01:05:53.880><c> fell</c><01:05:54.159><c> likewise</c><01:05:54.719><c> upon</c><01:05:54.980><c> his</c><01:05:55.260><c> sword</c><01:05:55.500><c> and</c><01:05:55.719><c> died</c><01:05:56.019><c> with</c><01:05:56.280><c> him.</c>

01:05:58.159 --> 01:06:00.199
I<01:05:58.599><c> gave</c><01:05:58.880><c> thee</c><01:05:59.079><c> a</c><01:05:59.119><c> king</c><01:05:59.320><c> in</c><01:05:59.579><c> mine</c><01:05:59.719><c> anger,</c>

01:06:00.460 --> 01:06:03.380
says<01:06:00.659><c> Hosea</c><01:06:01.139><c> chapter</c><01:06:01.420><c> 13,</c><01:06:02.059><c> verse</c><01:06:02.260><c> 11.</c>

01:06:04.139 --> 01:06:08.179
And<01:06:04.460><c> I</c><01:06:04.699><c> took</c><01:06:04.860><c> him</c><01:06:05.059><c> away</c><01:06:05.800><c> in</c><01:06:06.760><c> my</c><01:06:07.059><c> wrath.</c>

01:06:09.219 --> 01:06:11.079
And<01:06:09.420><c> verse</c><01:06:09.900><c> 6</c><01:06:10.260><c> says,</c>

01:06:11.079 --> 01:06:16.539
So<01:06:12.079><c> Saul</c><01:06:12.400><c> died,</c><01:06:14.860><c> and</c><01:06:14.940><c> his</c><01:06:15.159><c> three</c><01:06:15.420><c> sons,</c>

01:06:17.840 --> 01:06:19.639
and<01:06:18.019><c> his</c><01:06:18.199><c> armor</c><01:06:18.440><c> bearer,</c>

01:06:20.260 --> 01:06:25.940
and<01:06:20.539><c> all</c><01:06:21.179><c> his</c><01:06:21.420><c> men,</c><01:06:23.019><c> that</c><01:06:23.300><c> same</c><01:06:23.940><c> day</c><01:06:24.500><c> together.</c>

01:06:25.980 --> 01:06:27.619
You<01:06:26.179><c> see</c><01:06:26.300><c> the</c><01:06:26.500><c> force</c><01:06:26.659><c> of</c><01:06:26.840><c> the</c><01:06:27.000><c> text</c><01:06:27.239><c> there?</c>

01:06:27.960 --> 01:06:31.219
So<01:06:28.219><c> Saul</c><01:06:28.559><c> died,</c><01:06:29.719><c> and</c><01:06:29.900><c> his</c><01:06:30.159><c> three</c><01:06:30.380><c> sons,</c>

01:06:31.280 --> 01:06:32.380
and<01:06:31.539><c> his</c><01:06:31.679><c> armor</c><01:06:31.880><c> bearer,</c>

01:06:32.480 --> 01:06:36.000
and<01:06:32.960><c> all</c><01:06:33.260><c> his</c><01:06:33.460><c> men,</c><01:06:33.900><c> the</c><01:06:34.159><c> same</c><01:06:34.539><c> day</c><01:06:35.440><c> together.</c>

01:06:36.079 --> 01:06:38.659
It<01:06:36.320><c> was</c><01:06:36.699><c> total</c><01:06:37.139><c> and</c><01:06:37.940><c> absolute.</c>

01:06:38.659 --> 01:06:41.139
Come<01:06:39.179><c> to</c><01:06:39.300><c> the</c><01:06:39.420><c> first</c><01:06:39.579><c> of</c><01:06:39.780><c> Chronicles,</c><01:06:40.340><c> chapter</c><01:06:40.519><c> 10,</c>

01:06:41.320 --> 01:06:42.460
which<01:06:41.480><c> is</c><01:06:41.639><c> the</c><01:06:41.940><c> parallel</c><01:06:42.179><c> record,</c>

01:06:42.480 --> 01:06:44.659
and<01:06:42.599><c> just</c><01:06:42.940><c> see</c><01:06:43.260><c> what</c><01:06:43.739><c> Chronicles</c><01:06:44.219><c> says</c>

01:06:44.659 --> 01:06:48.119
as<01:06:45.159><c> it</c><01:06:45.559><c> expresses</c><01:06:45.860><c> the</c><01:06:46.360><c> force</c><01:06:46.659><c> of</c><01:06:47.139><c> that</c><01:06:47.440><c> same</c><01:06:47.699><c> verse.</c>

01:06:48.460 --> 01:06:50.179
Put<01:06:48.559><c> it</c><01:06:48.820><c> slightly</c><01:06:49.239><c> differently.</c>

01:06:50.480 --> 01:06:52.539
In<01:06:50.639><c> the</c><01:06:50.820><c> first</c><01:06:50.980><c> of</c><01:06:51.199><c> Chronicles,</c><01:06:51.699><c> chapter</c><01:06:51.840><c> 10,</c>

01:06:52.920 --> 01:06:54.239
and<01:06:53.039><c> reading</c><01:06:53.260><c> from</c><01:06:53.500><c> verse</c><01:06:53.760><c> 5,</c>

01:06:54.400 --> 01:06:57.880
we<01:06:54.579><c> have</c><01:06:54.800><c> the</c><01:06:55.159><c> Chronicles</c><01:06:55.559><c> account</c><01:06:55.880><c> of</c><01:06:56.059><c> the</c><01:06:56.239><c> same</c><01:06:56.659><c> story.</c>

01:06:59.340 --> 01:07:01.280
And<01:06:59.480><c> it</c><01:06:59.679><c> says</c><01:06:59.860><c> there,</c>

01:07:02.480 --> 01:07:05.099
When<01:07:02.659><c> his</c><01:07:02.940><c> armor</c><01:07:03.239><c> bearer</c><01:07:03.579><c> saw</c><01:07:03.780><c> that</c><01:07:04.139><c> Saul</c><01:07:04.340><c> was</c><01:07:04.699><c> dead,</c>

01:07:05.099 --> 01:07:09.360
he<01:07:06.139><c> fell</c><01:07:06.420><c> likewise</c><01:07:07.059><c> on</c><01:07:07.300><c> the</c><01:07:07.539><c> sword</c><01:07:07.880><c> and</c><01:07:08.219><c> died.</c>

01:07:09.960 --> 01:07:14.000
So<01:07:10.239><c> Saul</c><01:07:10.420><c> died,</c><01:07:12.139><c> and</c><01:07:12.260><c> his</c><01:07:12.519><c> three</c><01:07:12.840><c> sons,</c>

01:07:14.719 --> 01:07:22.320
and<01:07:15.300><c> all</c><01:07:16.820><c> his</c><01:07:18.239><c> house</c><01:07:19.340><c> died</c><01:07:21.159><c> together.</c>

01:07:23.920 --> 01:07:26.340
It<01:07:24.260><c> was</c><01:07:24.679><c> as</c><01:07:25.000><c> Jonathan</c><01:07:25.440><c> feared.</c>

01:07:27.699 --> 01:07:31.639
The<01:07:27.860><c> house</c><01:07:28.139><c> of</c><01:07:28.420><c> Saul</c><01:07:28.900><c> was</c><01:07:30.119><c> finally</c><01:07:30.619><c> taken</c><01:07:30.960><c> away</c>

01:07:31.639 --> 01:07:34.780
in<01:07:32.719><c> the</c><01:07:33.079><c> wisdom</c><01:07:33.400><c> of</c><01:07:33.619><c> God,</c>

01:07:35.380 --> 01:07:37.059
because<01:07:35.639><c> it</c><01:07:36.099><c> sought</c><01:07:36.320><c> to</c><01:07:36.639><c> resist</c>

01:07:37.059 --> 01:07:40.840
the<01:07:37.619><c> incoming</c><01:07:38.219><c> majesty</c><01:07:38.900><c> of</c><01:07:39.159><c> the</c><01:07:39.380><c> Davidic</c><01:07:39.860><c> tide.</c>

01:07:42.260 --> 01:07:46.219
And<01:07:42.420><c> Jonathan</c><01:07:42.739><c> fell</c><01:07:43.260><c> with</c><01:07:44.619><c> that</c><01:07:45.139><c> house.</c>

01:07:47.539 --> 01:07:49.699
And<01:07:47.699><c> the</c><01:07:47.920><c> triumph</c><01:07:48.099><c> of</c><01:07:48.320><c> the</c><01:07:48.480><c> Philistines</c><01:07:48.960><c> on</c><01:07:49.280><c> that</c><01:07:49.460><c> day,</c>

01:07:49.800 --> 01:07:50.539
on<01:07:49.920><c> Mount</c><01:07:50.139><c> Gilboa,</c>

01:07:50.659 --> 01:07:52.699
was<01:07:50.699><c> not</c><01:07:50.900><c> that</c><01:07:51.000><c> they</c><01:07:51.280><c> had</c><01:07:51.360><c> just</c><01:07:51.659><c> killed</c><01:07:52.139><c> Saul,</c>

01:07:52.900 --> 01:07:54.840
the<01:07:53.159><c> king</c><01:07:53.420><c> of</c><01:07:53.699><c> Israel,</c>

01:07:55.619 --> 01:07:57.480
but<01:07:55.840><c> that</c><01:07:56.039><c> in</c><01:07:56.219><c> one</c><01:07:56.480><c> decisive</c><01:07:57.139><c> blow,</c>

01:07:57.480 --> 01:08:00.219
they<01:07:57.639><c> had</c><01:07:57.920><c> cut</c><01:07:58.079><c> off</c><01:07:58.440><c> all</c><01:07:58.920><c> the</c><01:07:59.320><c> flower</c><01:07:59.539><c> of</c><01:07:59.820><c> his</c><01:08:00.000><c> house,</c>

01:08:00.219 --> 01:08:01.679
all<01:08:00.619><c> there</c><01:08:00.739><c> was</c><01:08:00.880><c> a</c><01:08:01.039><c> son</c><01:08:01.199><c> left,</c>

01:08:02.079 --> 01:08:03.079
and<01:08:02.300><c> Abner</c><01:08:02.480><c> had</c><01:08:02.699><c> escaped.</c>

01:08:03.280 --> 01:08:05.000
But<01:08:03.480><c> to</c><01:08:03.679><c> all</c><01:08:03.940><c> intents</c><01:08:04.300><c> and</c><01:08:04.539><c> purposes,</c>

01:08:05.440 --> 01:08:10.039
the<01:08:05.559><c> house</c><01:08:06.039><c> of</c><01:08:06.659><c> Saul</c><01:08:06.980><c> had</c><01:08:07.420><c> been</c><01:08:07.820><c> given</c><01:08:08.119><c> its</c><01:08:08.619><c> death</c><01:08:09.460><c> blow</c>

01:08:10.039 --> 01:08:12.059
on<01:08:10.599><c> that</c><01:08:10.820><c> day,</c>

01:08:13.139 --> 01:08:15.340
and<01:08:13.480><c> Jonathan</c><01:08:13.840><c> died</c>

01:08:16.399 --> 01:08:18.279
as<01:08:16.960><c> the</c><01:08:17.220><c> forerunner</c><01:08:17.659><c> to</c><01:08:17.840><c> the</c><01:08:18.000><c> beloved.</c>

01:08:18.319 --> 01:08:20.180
He<01:08:18.479><c> was</c><01:08:18.739><c> taken</c><01:08:19.020><c> away.</c>

01:08:21.439 --> 01:08:24.060
Maybe<01:08:21.720><c> John</c><01:08:21.920><c> the</c><01:08:22.039><c> Baptist</c><01:08:22.279><c> thought</c><01:08:22.520><c> about</c><01:08:22.739><c> that.</c>

01:08:25.020 --> 01:08:27.100
I<01:08:25.439><c> believe</c><01:08:25.699><c> that</c><01:08:25.939><c> Jonathan</c><01:08:26.180><c> was</c><01:08:26.460><c> beheaded,</c>

01:08:27.100 --> 01:08:30.000
along<01:08:28.319><c> with</c><01:08:28.520><c> his</c><01:08:28.680><c> father.</c>

01:08:31.199 --> 01:08:34.960
He<01:08:31.300><c> became</c><01:08:31.539><c> the</c><01:08:31.800><c> forerunner</c><01:08:32.180><c> of</c><01:08:32.340><c> the</c><01:08:32.460><c> deaths</c><01:08:32.699><c> of</c><01:08:32.960><c> John,</c>

01:08:34.979 --> 01:08:37.239
beheaded<01:08:35.180><c> after</c><01:08:35.520><c> the</c><01:08:35.779><c> same</c><01:08:36.140><c> manner,</c>

01:08:38.000 --> 01:08:40.359
taken<01:08:38.279><c> away</c><01:08:38.539><c> in</c><01:08:38.659><c> his</c><01:08:38.819><c> own</c><01:08:39.140><c> day,</c>

01:08:41.659 --> 01:08:45.579
that<01:08:41.760><c> the</c><01:08:41.920><c> house</c><01:08:42.100><c> of</c><01:08:42.359><c> Christ</c><01:08:43.220><c> might</c><01:08:44.420><c> increase.</c>

01:08:48.260 --> 01:08:51.000
What<01:08:48.899><c> do</c><01:08:49.000><c> we</c><01:08:49.100><c> learn</c><01:08:49.300><c> then</c><01:08:49.619><c> from</c><01:08:49.880><c> the</c><01:08:50.140><c> story</c>

01:08:51.000 --> 01:08:54.640
of<01:08:51.939><c> Jonathan</c><01:08:52.920><c> this</c><01:08:53.659><c> day?</c>

01:08:56.100 --> 01:08:58.659
Jonathan<01:08:56.699><c> the</c><01:08:57.300><c> selfless,</c>

01:08:59.819 --> 01:09:02.020
the<01:08:59.960><c> man</c><01:09:00.159><c> who</c><01:09:00.380><c> gave</c><01:09:00.579><c> love</c><01:09:00.859><c> and</c><01:09:01.039><c> counsel,</c>

01:09:03.720 --> 01:09:06.420
and<01:09:03.899><c> walked</c><01:09:04.100><c> away</c><01:09:04.600><c> to</c><01:09:04.899><c> tragic</c><01:09:05.279><c> death.</c>

01:09:08.159 --> 01:09:09.619
You<01:09:08.239><c> see,</c><01:09:08.479><c> the</c><01:09:08.640><c> finest</c><01:09:08.939><c> of</c><01:09:09.239><c> friendships</c>

01:09:09.619 --> 01:09:11.760
are<01:09:09.819><c> those</c><01:09:10.100><c> that</c><01:09:10.260><c> are</c><01:09:10.399><c> nourished</c><01:09:10.680><c> by</c><01:09:10.939><c> the</c><01:09:11.340><c> sweetness</c>

01:09:11.760 --> 01:09:15.380
of<01:09:12.260><c> counsel</c><01:09:12.939><c> from</c><01:09:14.060><c> the</c><01:09:14.300><c> heart.</c>

01:09:16.720 --> 01:09:18.840
True<01:09:16.960><c> counsel</c><01:09:17.359><c> is</c><01:09:17.500><c> that</c><01:09:17.720><c> which</c><01:09:18.039><c> strengthens,</c>

01:09:19.100 --> 01:09:21.920
that<01:09:19.279><c> which</c><01:09:19.579><c> breaks,</c><01:09:20.060><c> that</c><01:09:20.239><c> which</c><01:09:20.579><c> consoles.</c>

01:09:22.539 --> 01:09:25.000
Even<01:09:23.340><c> when</c><01:09:23.520><c> we're</c><01:09:23.880><c> powerless</c><01:09:24.100><c> to</c><01:09:24.420><c> advance</c><01:09:24.739><c> right,</c>

01:09:25.140 --> 01:09:28.060
we<01:09:25.140><c> can</c><01:09:25.359><c> at</c><01:09:25.479><c> least</c><01:09:25.840><c> abstain</c><01:09:26.720><c> from</c><01:09:27.100><c> evil.</c>

01:09:29.939 --> 01:09:33.920
The<01:09:30.119><c> disciples</c><01:09:30.739><c> of</c><01:09:31.100><c> the</c><01:09:31.239><c> beloved</c><01:09:31.640><c> will</c><01:09:32.979><c> practice</c>

01:09:34.600 --> 01:09:37.840
that<01:09:35.399><c> resolute</c><01:09:36.199><c> choosing</c><01:09:36.600><c> of</c><01:09:37.079><c> the</c><01:09:37.340><c> course</c>

01:09:37.840 --> 01:09:41.680
which<01:09:38.479><c> will</c><01:09:38.840><c> best</c><01:09:39.420><c> advance</c><01:09:40.260><c> the</c><01:09:40.640><c> truth,</c>

01:09:42.399 --> 01:09:45.500
even<01:09:42.699><c> to</c><01:09:43.000><c> present</c><01:09:43.199><c> loss</c><01:09:43.859><c> and</c><01:09:44.399><c> suffering.</c>

01:09:46.520 --> 01:09:49.260
Jonathan<01:09:46.920><c> beautifully</c><01:09:47.600><c> manifested</c><01:09:48.279><c> this</c><01:09:48.939><c> spirit</c>

01:09:49.260 --> 01:09:53.300
of<01:09:49.579><c> self</c><01:09:49.939><c>-denial</c><01:09:51.000><c> by</c><01:09:52.479><c> casting</c><01:09:52.920><c> his</c><01:09:53.180><c> lot</c>

01:09:53.300 --> 01:09:55.359
with<01:09:53.539><c> his</c><01:09:53.859><c> father's</c><01:09:54.439><c> decline,</c>

01:09:55.979 --> 01:09:59.340
and<01:09:56.579><c> not</c><01:09:56.739><c> with</c><01:09:56.899><c> his</c><01:09:57.140><c> friend's</c><01:09:58.760><c> rise.</c>

01:10:00.680 --> 01:10:04.699
He<01:10:00.979><c> fell</c><01:10:01.420><c> united</c><01:10:02.039><c> with</c><01:10:02.439><c> Saul</c><01:10:02.939><c> in</c><01:10:03.520><c> death,</c>

01:10:05.579 --> 01:10:09.539
but<01:10:05.800><c> knit</c><01:10:05.939><c> with</c><01:10:06.239><c> David</c><01:10:06.800><c> for</c><01:10:08.020><c> the</c><01:10:08.159><c> life</c><01:10:08.340><c> to</c><01:10:08.579><c> come.</c>

01:10:10.420 --> 01:10:12.100
And<01:10:10.800><c> so</c><01:10:10.939><c> he</c><01:10:11.020><c> will</c><01:10:11.220><c> be,</c><01:10:11.500><c> brothers</c><01:10:11.600><c> and</c><01:10:11.840><c> sisters,</c>

01:10:12.140 --> 01:10:15.840
and<01:10:12.300><c> young</c><01:10:12.520><c> people</c><01:10:13.140><c> when</c><01:10:14.079><c> the</c><01:10:14.199><c> new</c><01:10:14.399><c> age</c><01:10:14.680><c> dawns,</c>

01:10:15.840 --> 01:10:18.119
and<01:10:16.579><c> the</c><01:10:16.739><c> graves</c><01:10:17.000><c> are</c><01:10:17.239><c> opened</c><01:10:17.579><c> that</c><01:10:17.819><c> the</c><01:10:17.979><c> dead</c>

01:10:18.119 --> 01:10:20.260
might<01:10:18.439><c> stand</c><01:10:18.800><c> again.</c>

01:10:21.380 --> 01:10:23.619
Jonathan<01:10:21.560><c> indeed,</c><01:10:21.960><c> on</c><01:10:22.180><c> this</c><01:10:22.340><c> occasion,</c>

01:10:23.920 --> 01:10:27.399
had<01:10:24.060><c> become,</c><01:10:25.680><c> as</c><01:10:25.840><c> he</c><01:10:25.979><c> lay</c><01:10:26.119><c> lifeless</c><01:10:26.659><c> upon</c><01:10:26.960><c> the</c><01:10:27.140><c> slopes</c>

01:10:27.399 --> 01:10:31.239
of<01:10:27.640><c> the</c><01:10:27.659><c> Gilded</c><01:10:27.899><c> Bower,</c><01:10:29.079><c> in</c><01:10:29.079><c> every</c><01:10:29.579><c> way</c>

01:10:32.039 --> 01:10:34.319
Jonathan<01:10:32.659><c> the</c><01:10:33.279><c> selfless.</c>