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So<00:11:29.860><c> the</c><00:11:30.259><c> real</c><00:11:30.559><c> attraction</c><00:11:31.179><c> was</c><00:11:32.120><c> the</c><00:11:33.139><c> cloth,</c><00:11:34.000><c> the</c><00:11:34.299><c> linen,</c><00:11:36.019><c> the</c>

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grains<00:11:37.879><c> that</c><00:11:38.159><c> were</c><00:11:38.379><c> grown</c><00:11:38.539><c> in</c><00:11:38.779><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:11:39.940><c> of</c><00:11:40.179><c> course</c><00:11:40.539><c> the</c><00:11:40.919><c> treasures</c><00:11:41.360><c> of</c><00:11:41.919><c> Thebes</c><00:11:42.299><c> and</c><00:11:42.840><c> Memphis,</c>

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the<00:11:43.899><c> two</c><00:11:44.039><c> key</c><00:11:44.220><c> cities.</c>

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And<00:11:45.820><c> these</c><00:11:46.000><c> are</c><00:11:46.279><c> all</c><00:11:46.879><c> treasures</c><00:11:47.299><c> from</c><00:11:47.940><c> around</c><00:11:48.259><c> about</c><00:11:48.639><c> that</c><00:11:48.960><c> time.</c>

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But<00:11:51.720><c> what's</c><00:11:52.080><c> interesting,</c><00:11:52.899><c> Pharaoh</c><00:11:53.039><c> Shabbataka</c><00:11:53.840><c> didn't</c><00:11:54.460><c> actually</c><00:11:54.919><c> reign</c><00:11:55.080><c> that</c><00:11:55.399><c> long</c><00:11:55.600><c> in</c>

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today's<00:11:57.120><c> story.</c>

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His<00:11:58.440><c> nephew</c><00:11:59.179><c> took</c><00:11:59.700><c> over</c><00:12:00.100><c> and</c><00:12:00.559><c> the</c><00:12:00.899><c> Pharaoh</c><00:12:01.139><c> was</c><00:12:01.500><c> called</c><00:12:01.860><c> Taharaka.</c>

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Or<00:12:04.639><c> as</c><00:12:04.879><c> we</c><00:12:05.139><c> find</c><00:12:05.440><c> in</c><00:12:06.039><c> our</c><00:12:06.399><c> Bible,</c><00:12:07.240><c> he's</c><00:12:07.620><c> called</c><00:12:07.980><c> Terhaka.</c>

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And<00:12:09.860><c> that's</c><00:12:10.279><c> a</c><00:12:10.399><c> bust</c><00:12:10.600><c> of</c><00:12:10.779><c> him.</c>

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Interestingly,<00:12:11.960><c> they</c><00:12:12.139><c> were</c><00:12:12.320><c> all</c><00:12:12.539><c> clean</c><00:12:12.820><c> shaven</c><00:12:13.620><c> by</c><00:12:14.299><c> comparison</c><00:12:14.799><c> with</c><00:12:15.039><c> the</c>

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Egyptians<00:12:15.480><c> who</c><00:12:15.759><c> like</c><00:12:15.919><c> to</c><00:12:16.120><c> have</c><00:12:16.220><c> that</c><00:12:16.679><c> pointy</c><00:12:17.100><c> beard</c><00:12:17.279><c> that</c><00:12:17.759><c> came</c><00:12:17.919><c> out</c>

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from<00:12:18.379><c> their</c><00:12:18.559><c> chin.</c>

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So<00:12:20.340><c> obviously</c><00:12:20.860><c> one</c><00:12:21.139><c> of</c><00:12:21.360><c> the</c><00:12:21.580><c> black</c><00:12:21.980><c> pharaohs</c><00:12:22.559><c> as</c><00:12:22.759><c> well.</c>

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And<00:12:24.340><c> here</c><00:12:24.460><c> he's</c><00:12:24.779><c> actually</c><00:12:25.080><c> referred</c><00:12:25.460><c> to</c><00:12:25.700><c> in</c><00:12:25.799><c> Isaiah</c><00:12:26.159><c> 37</c><00:12:26.879><c> verse</c><00:12:27.259><c> 9.</c>

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Now<00:12:28.740><c> Sennacherib</c><00:12:29.200><c> received</c><00:12:29.700><c> a</c><00:12:29.799><c> report</c><00:12:30.320><c> that</c><00:12:30.659><c> Taharaka,</c><00:12:31.299><c> the</c>

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king<00:12:31.679><c> of</c><00:12:32.000><c> Kush,</c><00:12:32.299><c> interesting.</c>

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You<00:12:33.539><c> see,</c><00:12:33.840><c> they</c><00:12:34.220><c> recognized</c><00:12:34.740><c> that</c><00:12:35.179><c> the</c><00:12:35.539><c> power</c><00:12:35.700><c> was</c><00:12:35.940><c> actually</c>

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from<00:12:36.659><c> the</c><00:12:36.879><c> south,</c><00:12:37.120><c> Kush,</c><00:12:37.659><c> not</c><00:12:38.139><c> Egypt</c><00:12:38.519><c> proper.</c>

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So<00:12:39.659><c> it</c><00:12:39.740><c> was</c><00:12:40.220><c> the</c><00:12:40.679><c> southern</c><00:12:41.019><c> part,</c><00:12:41.820><c> but</c><00:12:42.159><c> he</c><00:12:42.279><c> was</c><00:12:42.799><c> ruling</c><00:12:43.080><c> over</c>

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all<00:12:43.580><c> of</c><00:12:43.759><c> Egypt.</c>

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He<00:12:44.080><c> was</c><00:12:44.360><c> certainly</c><00:12:44.720><c> Pharaoh</c><00:12:45.059><c> of</c><00:12:45.259><c> all</c><00:12:45.480><c> of</c><00:12:45.720><c> Egypt,</c><00:12:46.460><c> was</c><00:12:46.639><c> marching</c><00:12:47.000><c> out</c><00:12:47.179><c> to</c>

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fight<00:12:47.600><c> against</c><00:12:47.940><c> Sennacherib.</c>

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When<00:12:49.200><c> he</c><00:12:49.399><c> heard</c><00:12:49.539><c> it,</c><00:12:49.860><c> he</c><00:12:49.879><c> sent</c><00:12:50.019><c> messengers</c><00:12:50.580><c> to</c><00:12:50.820><c> Hezekiah.</c>

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So<00:12:52.179><c> this</c><00:12:52.799><c> was</c><00:12:53.379><c> the</c><00:12:53.799><c> Pharaoh</c><00:12:54.080><c> who</c><00:12:54.659><c> was</c><00:12:54.919><c> in</c><00:12:55.179><c> charge</c><00:12:55.620><c> at</c><00:12:56.159><c> the</c><00:12:56.399><c> time</c>

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of<00:12:56.940><c> Sennacherib.</c>

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And<00:12:57.679><c> Sennacherib</c><00:12:58.159><c> really</c><00:12:58.559><c> wanted</c><00:12:59.080><c> to</c><00:12:59.659><c> get</c><00:12:59.899><c> control</c><00:13:00.580><c> of</c><00:13:01.700><c> that</c><00:13:02.059><c> area.</c>

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And<00:13:03.820><c> these,</c><00:13:04.340><c> just</c><00:13:04.559><c> a</c><00:13:04.700><c> little</c><00:13:04.860><c> aside,</c><00:13:05.580><c> these</c><00:13:06.259><c> pharaohs,</c><00:13:07.279><c> these</c>

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black<00:13:07.879><c> pharaohs</c><00:13:08.620><c> of</c><00:13:09.139><c> Egypt</c><00:13:09.740><c> at</c><00:13:09.940><c> the</c><00:13:10.159><c> time</c><00:13:10.379><c> were</c><00:13:10.600><c> so</c><00:13:11.000><c> powerful</c>

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that<00:13:11.600><c> they</c><00:13:11.820><c> were</c><00:13:12.059><c> a</c><00:13:12.139><c> real</c><00:13:12.399><c> thorn</c><00:13:12.679><c> in</c><00:13:12.840><c> the</c><00:13:13.080><c> flesh</c><00:13:13.500><c> to</c><00:13:14.720><c> Assyria.</c>

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And<00:13:16.240><c> ended</c><00:13:16.679><c> up</c><00:13:16.919><c> being</c><00:13:17.080><c> a</c><00:13:17.340><c> great</c><00:13:17.580><c> temptation</c><00:13:18.259><c> to</c><00:13:18.879><c> Judah</c><00:13:19.320><c> to</c><00:13:20.299><c> go</c>

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and<00:13:20.980><c> make</c><00:13:21.200><c> sure</c><00:13:21.419><c> that</c><00:13:22.000><c> these</c><00:13:22.399><c> people</c><00:13:22.679><c> were</c><00:13:22.879><c> on</c><00:13:23.100><c> their</c><00:13:23.379><c> side</c>

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against<00:13:24.379><c> the</c><00:13:24.620><c> Assyrians.</c>

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Such<00:13:25.740><c> a</c><00:13:26.000><c> powerful</c><00:13:26.360><c> warrior</c><00:13:26.740><c> nation.</c><00:13:27.620><c> Of</c><00:13:27.820><c> course</c><00:13:28.000><c> you</c><00:13:28.159><c> want</c><00:13:28.299><c> them</c><00:13:28.460><c> on</c>

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your<00:13:28.919><c> side.</c>

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But<00:13:31.000><c> here</c><00:13:31.460><c> the</c><00:13:31.820><c> prophet</c><00:13:32.100><c> Isaiah</c><00:13:32.580><c> had</c><00:13:32.840><c> something</c><00:13:33.220><c> to</c><00:13:33.559><c> say.</c>

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Isaiah<00:13:34.440><c> 20</c><00:13:34.919><c> at</c><00:13:35.120><c> verse</c><00:13:35.279><c> 4</c><00:13:35.580><c> to</c><00:13:35.720><c> 6.</c>

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So<00:13:37.080><c> shall</c><00:13:37.299><c> the</c><00:13:37.500><c> king</c><00:13:37.679><c> of</c><00:13:37.879><c> Assyria</c><00:13:38.360><c> lead</c><00:13:38.620><c> away</c><00:13:38.899><c> the</c><00:13:39.279><c> Egyptians'</c><00:13:40.279><c> prisoners.</c>

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So<00:13:41.559><c> they're</c><00:13:41.679><c> not</c><00:13:41.919><c> going</c><00:13:42.100><c> to</c><00:13:42.600><c> remain</c><00:13:42.960><c> as</c><00:13:43.679><c> lead.</c>

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And<00:13:45.440><c> the</c><00:13:45.740><c> Ethiopians</c><00:13:46.360><c> captives,</c><00:13:47.019><c> young</c><00:13:47.259><c> and</c><00:13:47.559><c> old,</c><00:13:47.779><c> naked</c><00:13:48.220><c> and</c>

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barefoot,<00:13:48.919><c> even</c><00:13:49.179><c> with</c><00:13:49.340><c> their</c><00:13:49.539><c> buttocks</c><00:13:49.960><c> uncovered,</c><00:13:51.299><c> to</c><00:13:51.519><c> the</c>

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shame<00:13:52.019><c> of</c><00:13:52.259><c> Egypt.</c>

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In<00:13:53.259><c> other</c><00:13:53.480><c> words,</c><00:13:53.919><c> the</c><00:13:54.000><c> end</c><00:13:54.220><c> of</c><00:13:54.399><c> that</c><00:13:54.659><c> dynasty</c><00:13:55.019><c> was</c><00:13:55.360><c> going</c><00:13:55.539><c> to</c><00:13:55.740><c> come.</c>

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Isaiah<00:13:56.460><c> foretold</c><00:13:57.000><c> it.</c>

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And<00:13:58.399><c> they,</c><00:13:59.120><c> referring</c><00:13:59.440><c> to</c><00:13:59.799><c> Judah</c><00:14:00.019><c> who</c><00:14:00.320><c> trusted</c><00:14:00.700><c> in</c><00:14:00.940><c> them,</c><00:14:01.940><c> shall</c><00:14:02.120><c> be</c>

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afraid<00:14:02.799><c> and</c><00:14:03.240><c> ashamed</c><00:14:03.580><c> of</c><00:14:03.840><c> Ethiopia,</c><00:14:04.679><c> their</c><00:14:04.879><c> expectation,</c><00:14:06.120><c> and</c><00:14:06.279><c> of</c>

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Egypt,<00:14:06.879><c> their</c><00:14:07.059><c> glory.</c>

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So<00:14:09.179><c> what</c><00:14:09.340><c> was</c><00:14:09.500><c> happening,</c><00:14:09.820><c> people</c><00:14:10.139><c> in</c><00:14:10.820><c> Judah</c><00:14:11.220><c> were</c><00:14:11.539><c> so</c><00:14:11.919><c> taken</c>

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in<00:14:12.559><c> by</c><00:14:12.799><c> the</c><00:14:13.120><c> power</c><00:14:13.779><c> of</c><00:14:14.340><c> Egypt</c><00:14:14.799><c> under</c><00:14:15.179><c> these</c><00:14:15.559><c> kings</c><00:14:16.100><c> that</c><00:14:17.519><c> they</c>

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wanted<00:14:18.120><c> them</c><00:14:18.519><c> as</c><00:14:18.840><c> their</c><00:14:19.139><c> expectation,</c><00:14:19.879><c> their</c><00:14:20.139><c> glory.</c>

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Isaiah<00:14:21.360><c> says</c><00:14:21.679><c> you're</c><00:14:21.980><c> going</c><00:14:22.039><c> to</c><00:14:22.200><c> be</c><00:14:22.460><c> ashamed.</c>

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And<00:14:23.639><c> here</c><00:14:23.820><c> they</c><00:14:24.100><c> are</c><00:14:24.360><c> taken</c><00:14:24.679><c> off</c><00:14:24.940><c> into</c><00:14:25.200><c> captivity.</c>

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Look<00:14:25.879><c> at</c><00:14:26.000><c> their</c><00:14:26.240><c> feet,</c><00:14:26.820><c> manacled.</c>

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And<00:14:27.840><c> we</c><00:14:28.000><c> know</c><00:14:28.220><c> it</c><00:14:28.299><c> was</c><00:14:28.460><c> them</c><00:14:28.600><c> because</c><00:14:28.940><c> this</c><00:14:29.299><c> was</c><00:14:29.879><c> the</c><00:14:30.340><c> carving</c>

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that<00:14:31.559><c> actually</c><00:14:32.259><c> spoke</c><00:14:32.720><c> of</c><00:14:33.120><c> the</c><00:14:33.399><c> kings</c><00:14:33.940><c> of</c><00:14:34.860><c> Egypt</c><00:14:35.220><c> being</c><00:14:35.480><c> taken</c>

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by<00:14:36.059><c> the</c><00:14:36.279><c> Assyrians.</c>

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Notice<00:14:37.620><c> too,</c><00:14:38.000><c> all</c><00:14:38.159><c> of</c><00:14:38.299><c> them</c><00:14:38.419><c> are</c><00:14:38.639><c> clean</c><00:14:38.940><c> shaven.</c>

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So<00:14:41.419><c> Tahakka</c><00:14:41.860><c> and</c><00:14:42.019><c> his</c><00:14:42.200><c> army</c><00:14:42.440><c> were</c><00:14:42.639><c> really</c><00:14:42.980><c> powerful.</c>

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They<00:14:43.799><c> actually</c><00:14:44.460><c> thumped</c><00:14:44.980><c> the</c><00:14:45.159><c> Assyrians</c><00:14:45.639><c> in</c><00:14:45.919><c> an</c><00:14:46.159><c> outright</c><00:14:46.500><c> battle</c><00:14:47.080><c> in</c><00:14:47.559><c> 673.</c>

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And<00:14:49.700><c> then</c><00:14:50.039><c> Esarhaddon</c><00:14:50.740><c> marched</c><00:14:51.259><c> again</c><00:14:51.860><c> against</c><00:14:52.460><c> Egypt</c><00:14:52.860><c> to</c><00:14:53.159><c> try</c><00:14:53.360><c> and</c><00:14:54.200><c> have</c><00:14:54.340><c> a</c>

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go<00:14:54.620><c> at</c><00:14:54.759><c> them</c><00:14:54.940><c> again.</c>

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Didn't<00:14:56.279><c> quite</c><00:14:56.620><c> succeed.</c>

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And<00:14:58.500><c> only</c><00:14:58.840><c> much</c><00:14:59.259><c> later</c><00:14:59.600><c> did</c><00:14:59.840><c> Ashurbanipal</c><00:15:00.659><c> finally</c><00:15:01.399><c> defeat</c>

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Tahakka<00:15:03.059><c> in</c><00:15:03.460><c> 667.</c>

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And<00:15:05.399><c> he</c><00:15:05.600><c> managed</c><00:15:05.799><c> to</c><00:15:06.059><c> escape</c><00:15:06.600><c> and</c><00:15:06.940><c> went</c><00:15:07.200><c> all</c><00:15:07.440><c> the</c><00:15:07.519><c> way</c><00:15:07.580><c> down</c><00:15:07.960><c> to</c>

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the<00:15:08.440><c> southern</c><00:15:08.679><c> city</c><00:15:09.000><c> of</c><00:15:09.279><c> Thebes</c><00:15:09.500><c> and</c><00:15:09.659><c> he</c><00:15:09.879><c> died</c><00:15:10.100><c> there.</c>

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And<00:15:10.700><c> the</c><00:15:10.820><c> city</c><00:15:11.019><c> was</c><00:15:11.659><c> finally</c><00:15:12.200><c> sacked</c><00:15:12.820><c> and</c><00:15:13.139><c> the</c><00:15:13.320><c> gold</c><00:15:13.539><c> and</c><00:15:13.720><c> the</c>

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treasures<00:15:14.139><c> taken</c><00:15:14.539><c> back</c><00:15:14.840><c> to</c><00:15:15.340><c> Syria.</c>

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So<00:15:16.139><c> the</c><00:15:16.340><c> Assyrians</c><00:15:16.620><c> had</c><00:15:16.840><c> a</c><00:15:17.059><c> long</c><00:15:17.279><c> memory.</c>

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And<00:15:18.740><c> this</c><00:15:19.039><c> was</c><00:15:19.360><c> the</c><00:15:19.600><c> interest</c><00:15:20.039><c> that</c><00:15:20.519><c> Sennacherib</c><00:15:20.960><c> certainly</c>

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had<00:15:21.860><c> to</c><00:15:22.340><c> the</c><00:15:22.580><c> south</c><00:15:22.940><c> of</c><00:15:23.279><c> Judah.</c>

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Now,<00:15:27.240><c> Hezekiah</c><00:15:27.720><c> knew</c><00:15:27.960><c> all</c><00:15:28.179><c> of</c><00:15:28.379><c> this.</c>

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He<00:15:29.039><c> was</c><00:15:29.259><c> a</c><00:15:29.440><c> great</c><00:15:29.620><c> leader.</c>

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He<00:15:30.039><c> had</c><00:15:30.840><c> come</c><00:15:31.100><c> to</c><00:15:31.340><c> power</c><00:15:31.480><c> at</c><00:15:31.659><c> the</c><00:15:31.740><c> age</c><00:15:31.899><c> of</c><00:15:32.120><c> 25.</c>

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Now<00:15:33.100><c> he</c><00:15:33.279><c> was</c><00:15:33.639><c> 39.</c>

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He<00:15:34.379><c> had</c><00:15:34.539><c> had</c><00:15:34.740><c> 14</c><00:15:35.159><c> years</c><00:15:35.480><c> of</c><00:15:35.759><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:15:38.039><c> look</c><00:15:38.340><c> what</c><00:15:38.779><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:39.399><c> says</c><00:15:39.820><c> he</c><00:15:40.059><c> did.</c>

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Isaiah<00:15:41.600><c> says,</c><00:15:42.700><c> And</c><00:15:42.759><c> thou,</c><00:15:43.259><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:15:44.240><c> didst</c><00:15:44.620><c> look</c><00:15:44.860><c> in</c><00:15:45.039><c> that</c>

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day<00:15:45.500><c> to</c><00:15:45.659><c> the</c><00:15:45.919><c> armour</c><00:15:46.220><c> of</c><00:15:46.519><c> the</c><00:15:46.720><c> house</c><00:15:46.940><c> of</c><00:15:47.080><c> the</c><00:15:47.299><c> forest.</c>

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You've<00:15:48.860><c> seen</c><00:15:49.039><c> also</c><00:15:49.460><c> the</c><00:15:49.720><c> breaches</c><00:15:50.059><c> of</c><00:15:50.279><c> the</c><00:15:50.460><c> city</c><00:15:50.679><c> of</c><00:15:50.919><c> David,</c>

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the<00:15:51.840><c> places</c><00:15:52.120><c> in</c><00:15:52.320><c> the</c><00:15:52.480><c> wall</c><00:15:52.580><c> that</c><00:15:52.759><c> were</c><00:15:53.000><c> broken.</c>

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How<00:15:54.340><c> you've</c><00:15:54.620><c> gathered</c><00:15:54.879><c> together</c><00:15:55.299><c> the</c><00:15:55.580><c> waters</c><00:15:55.860><c> of</c><00:15:56.039><c> the</c><00:15:56.259><c> lower</c><00:15:56.539><c> pool.</c>

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You've<00:15:58.000><c> numbered</c><00:15:58.259><c> the</c><00:15:58.500><c> houses</c><00:15:58.740><c> of</c><00:15:59.000><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:59.419><c> and</c><00:15:59.639><c> the</c><00:15:59.779><c> houses</c><00:16:00.159><c> have</c>

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ye<00:16:00.600><c> broken</c><00:16:00.960><c> down</c><00:16:01.279><c> to</c><00:16:01.539><c> fortify</c><00:16:02.080><c> the</c><00:16:02.320><c> wall.</c>

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He<00:16:02.940><c> actually</c><00:16:03.480><c> knocked</c><00:16:03.720><c> down</c><00:16:04.000><c> some</c><00:16:04.259><c> houses</c><00:16:04.779><c> to</c><00:16:05.379><c> make</c><00:16:05.580><c> a</c><00:16:05.820><c> thicker</c><00:16:05.980><c> wall</c>

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and<00:16:06.419><c> the</c><00:16:06.559><c> wall</c><00:16:06.799><c> was</c><00:16:07.440><c> more</c><00:16:07.779><c> than</c><00:16:08.000><c> three</c><00:16:08.259><c> or</c><00:16:08.379><c> four</c><00:16:08.639><c> metres</c><00:16:09.000><c> thick</c>

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in<00:16:10.080><c> places.</c>

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It<00:16:10.580><c> was</c><00:16:10.960><c> one</c><00:16:11.220><c> of</c><00:16:11.279><c> the</c><00:16:11.440><c> most</c><00:16:11.659><c> robust</c><00:16:12.120><c> walls</c><00:16:12.559><c> that</c><00:16:12.820><c> you</c><00:16:12.940><c> could</c><00:16:13.100><c> imagine.</c>

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You<00:16:14.840><c> have</c><00:16:14.980><c> also</c><00:16:15.580><c> made</c><00:16:16.220><c> a</c><00:16:16.419><c> ditch</c><00:16:16.559><c> between</c><00:16:16.940><c> the</c><00:16:17.179><c> two</c><00:16:17.399><c> walls</c><00:16:17.740><c> for</c>

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the<00:16:18.419><c> water</c><00:16:18.620><c> of</c><00:16:18.779><c> the</c><00:16:18.919><c> old</c><00:16:19.159><c> pool.</c>

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So<00:16:20.559><c> he</c><00:16:20.820><c> did</c><00:16:20.940><c> a</c><00:16:21.120><c> couple</c><00:16:21.299><c> of</c><00:16:21.519><c> things.</c>

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He<00:16:22.779><c> made</c><00:16:23.019><c> military</c><00:16:23.639><c> equipment</c><00:16:24.340><c> because</c><00:16:25.100><c> remember</c><00:16:25.759><c> the</c><00:16:26.340><c> Assyrians</c><00:16:26.820><c> were</c>

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really<00:16:27.480><c> good.</c>

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He<00:16:29.779><c> made</c><00:16:30.240><c> great</c><00:16:30.779><c> reinforcements</c><00:16:31.519><c> to</c><00:16:31.740><c> all</c><00:16:31.879><c> the</c><00:16:32.039><c> walls,</c><00:16:32.379><c> not</c><00:16:32.480><c> only</c><00:16:32.840><c> thicker,</c><00:16:33.159><c> but</c><00:16:33.279><c> he</c>

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added<00:16:33.720><c> a</c><00:16:33.799><c> lot</c><00:16:34.039><c> of</c><00:16:34.340><c> towers</c><00:16:34.600><c> to</c><00:16:34.860><c> them.</c>

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And<00:16:36.399><c> remember</c><00:16:36.799><c> what</c><00:16:37.019><c> had</c><00:16:37.320><c> happened</c><00:16:37.740><c> in</c><00:16:39.059><c> the</c><00:16:39.419><c> reign</c><00:16:39.559><c> of</c><00:16:39.799><c> one</c><00:16:39.940><c> of</c>

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his<00:16:40.360><c> predecessors,</c><00:16:41.360><c> Uzziah.</c>

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There<00:16:41.840><c> was</c><00:16:42.059><c> the</c><00:16:42.299><c> earthquake</c><00:16:42.700><c> in</c><00:16:42.919><c> the</c><00:16:43.059><c> reign</c><00:16:43.600><c> of</c><00:16:43.940><c> Uzziah.</c>

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And<00:16:45.279><c> many</c><00:16:45.500><c> of</c><00:16:45.639><c> the</c><00:16:45.779><c> walls</c><00:16:45.940><c> had</c><00:16:46.159><c> been</c><00:16:46.500><c> shaken</c><00:16:46.820><c> and</c><00:16:47.159><c> broken</c><00:16:47.500><c> in</c>

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places<00:16:48.159><c> and</c><00:16:48.720><c> they</c><00:16:48.919><c> were</c><00:16:49.159><c> unrepaired</c><00:16:50.340><c> until</c><00:16:50.759><c> this</c><00:16:51.100><c> time.</c>

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So<00:16:52.519><c> Hezekiah</c><00:16:52.960><c> goes</c><00:16:53.220><c> and</c><00:16:53.460><c> makes</c><00:16:53.580><c> sure</c><00:16:53.759><c> all</c><00:16:54.000><c> these</c><00:16:54.259><c> walls</c><00:16:54.659><c> are</c>

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sturdy<00:16:55.779><c> and</c><00:16:56.299><c> proper</c><00:16:56.600><c> gates</c><00:16:57.159><c> and</c><00:16:58.039><c> towers</c><00:16:58.340><c> are</c><00:16:58.659><c> installed.</c>

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And<00:17:00.700><c> then</c><00:17:00.879><c> of</c><00:17:01.000><c> course</c><00:17:01.220><c> he</c><00:17:01.419><c> builds</c><00:17:01.740><c> this</c><00:17:02.340><c> wonderful</c><00:17:02.820><c> tunnel</c><00:17:03.159><c> known</c><00:17:03.460><c> as</c>

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Hezekiah's<00:17:04.460><c> conduit</c><00:17:04.819><c> and</c><00:17:04.980><c> I'll</c><00:17:05.299><c> play</c><00:17:05.460><c> you</c><00:17:05.640><c> a</c><00:17:05.720><c> little</c><00:17:05.880><c> video</c>

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of<00:17:06.299><c> that</c><00:17:06.539><c> at</c><00:17:06.700><c> the</c><00:17:06.839><c> moment.</c>

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But<00:17:07.920><c> the</c><00:17:08.079><c> key</c><00:17:08.220><c> thing</c><00:17:08.460><c> to</c><00:17:08.740><c> show</c><00:17:08.960><c> here</c><00:17:09.299><c> is</c><00:17:09.599><c> that</c><00:17:09.839><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:17:11.400><c> even</c>

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though<00:17:12.039><c> he</c><00:17:12.240><c> trusted</c><00:17:12.519><c> in</c><00:17:12.900><c> God,</c><00:17:13.920><c> did</c><00:17:14.200><c> something.</c>

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He<00:17:17.059><c> did</c><00:17:17.259><c> his</c><00:17:17.619><c> part</c><00:17:18.200><c> and</c><00:17:19.460><c> then</c><00:17:19.740><c> he</c><00:17:19.920><c> rested</c><00:17:20.220><c> in</c><00:17:20.539><c> God.</c>

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So<00:17:21.500><c> that's</c><00:17:21.940><c> a</c><00:17:22.059><c> lesson</c><00:17:22.220><c> to</c><00:17:22.400><c> us,</c><00:17:22.759><c> my</c><00:17:22.819><c> dear</c><00:17:22.960><c> brothers</c><00:17:23.240><c> and</c><00:17:23.460><c> sisters,</c><00:17:24.400><c> in</c><00:17:24.680><c> trust.</c>

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It<00:17:25.119><c> means</c><00:17:25.380><c> we</c><00:17:25.579><c> do</c><00:17:25.839><c> have</c><00:17:26.039><c> to</c><00:17:26.200><c> bring</c><00:17:26.299><c> our</c><00:17:26.619><c> part</c><00:17:26.980><c> when</c><00:17:27.579><c> we</c><00:17:27.819><c> want</c><00:17:27.960><c> to</c>

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show<00:17:28.299><c> ourselves</c><00:17:28.799><c> faithful</c><00:17:29.240><c> to</c><00:17:29.480><c> our</c><00:17:29.680><c> Father.</c>

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Hezekiah<00:17:31.420><c> did.</c><00:17:32.019><c> He</c><00:17:32.299><c> did</c><00:17:32.539><c> his</c><00:17:32.900><c> part.</c>

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But<00:17:33.799><c> then</c><00:17:33.980><c> he</c><00:17:34.160><c> put</c><00:17:34.460><c> the</c><00:17:34.720><c> great</c><00:17:34.980><c> thing</c><00:17:35.180><c> is</c><00:17:35.359><c> after</c><00:17:35.579><c> he</c><00:17:35.740><c> had</c><00:17:35.819><c> done</c>

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his<00:17:36.200><c> part,</c><00:17:36.440><c> he</c><00:17:36.500><c> could</c><00:17:36.660><c> hand</c><00:17:36.920><c> over</c><00:17:37.140><c> to</c><00:17:37.339><c> God</c><00:17:37.539><c> completely</c><00:17:38.220><c> and</c>

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let<00:17:39.240><c> God</c><00:17:40.000><c> undertake</c><00:17:40.660><c> for</c><00:17:40.880><c> him.</c>

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So<00:17:43.680><c> the</c><00:17:43.880><c> walls</c><00:17:44.099><c> were</c><00:17:44.299><c> built</c><00:17:44.579><c> up.</c>

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He<00:17:46.119><c> put</c><00:17:46.559><c> these</c><00:17:46.839><c> wonderful</c><00:17:47.319><c> gate</c><00:17:47.640><c> houses</c><00:17:48.019><c> in</c><00:17:48.339><c> place</c><00:17:48.700><c> over</c><00:17:49.660><c> vulnerable</c><00:17:50.099><c> areas</c><00:17:50.440><c> that</c>

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made<00:17:50.779><c> it</c><00:17:50.980><c> very</c><00:17:51.279><c> hard</c><00:17:51.440><c> for</c><00:17:51.640><c> people</c><00:17:51.799><c> to</c><00:17:52.019><c> come</c><00:17:52.140><c> in</c><00:17:52.400><c> just</c><00:17:52.619><c> with</c><00:17:52.940><c> a</c>

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single<00:17:53.480><c> door.</c>

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They<00:17:54.039><c> had</c><00:17:54.740><c> four</c><00:17:55.119><c> entries.</c>

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So<00:17:56.240><c> it</c><00:17:56.339><c> made</c><00:17:56.460><c> it</c><00:17:56.579><c> very</c><00:17:56.859><c> hard</c><00:17:57.039><c> for</c><00:17:57.200><c> you</c><00:17:57.299><c> to</c><00:17:57.420><c> be</c><00:17:57.519><c> able</c><00:17:57.559><c> to</c><00:17:57.740><c> run</c><00:17:57.960><c> troops</c><00:17:58.359><c> into</c><00:17:58.779><c> an</c>

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area<00:17:59.380><c> of</c><00:17:59.900><c> the</c><00:18:00.119><c> gate</c><00:18:00.380><c> houses.</c>

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So<00:18:01.680><c> this</c><00:18:01.940><c> is</c><00:18:02.039><c> some</c><00:18:02.220><c> of</c><00:18:02.339><c> the</c><00:18:02.500><c> original</c><00:18:02.900><c> wall</c><00:18:03.559><c> that</c><00:18:04.960><c> he</c><00:18:05.460><c> would</c>

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have<00:18:05.779><c> built.</c>

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And<00:18:08.079><c> of</c><00:18:08.299><c> course,</c><00:18:08.539><c> he</c><00:18:08.779><c> also</c><00:18:09.079><c> had</c><00:18:09.200><c> to</c><00:18:09.420><c> prepare</c><00:18:09.599><c> for</c><00:18:09.900><c> revolt</c><00:18:10.240><c> because</c><00:18:11.160><c> the</c>

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second<00:18:11.819><c> most</c><00:18:12.140><c> important</c><00:18:12.519><c> city</c><00:18:12.880><c> right</c><00:18:13.240><c> over</c><00:18:13.619><c> here</c><00:18:13.980><c> was</c><00:18:14.420><c> Lakish.</c>

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And<00:18:15.900><c> Lakish</c><00:18:16.200><c> was</c><00:18:16.420><c> a</c><00:18:16.559><c> great</c><00:18:16.779><c> fortified</c><00:18:17.380><c> city</c><00:18:18.000><c> before</c><00:18:19.839><c> the</c><00:18:20.119><c> Assyrians</c><00:18:20.720><c> had</c>

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installed<00:18:22.740><c> their</c><00:18:23.359><c> own</c><00:18:23.700><c> governor</c><00:18:24.079><c> there</c><00:18:24.400><c> by</c><00:18:24.680><c> the</c><00:18:24.859><c> name</c><00:18:25.160><c> of</c><00:18:25.660><c> Pali.</c>

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And<00:18:28.180><c> Hezekiah</c><00:18:28.680><c> got</c><00:18:28.900><c> rid</c><00:18:29.200><c> of</c><00:18:29.460><c> Pali</c><00:18:29.960><c> and</c><00:18:31.160><c> installed</c><00:18:31.680><c> a</c><00:18:32.000><c> governor</c>

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called<00:18:32.839><c> Zedekiah</c><00:18:33.539><c> there</c><00:18:34.019><c> as</c><00:18:34.619><c> his</c><00:18:34.900><c> governor.</c>

00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:39.460
And<00:18:36.319><c> because</c><00:18:36.980><c> it</c><00:18:37.079><c> was</c><00:18:37.279><c> really</c><00:18:37.539><c> on</c><00:18:37.720><c> an</c><00:18:37.900><c> important</c><00:18:38.339><c> part</c><00:18:38.680><c> of</c><00:18:39.099><c> the</c>

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trade<00:18:39.680><c> route</c><00:18:39.839><c> down</c><00:18:40.140><c> to</c><00:18:40.359><c> the</c><00:18:40.559><c> south.</c>

00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:44.539
And<00:18:41.480><c> he</c><00:18:41.660><c> pushed</c><00:18:41.839><c> back,</c><00:18:42.099><c> as</c><00:18:42.279><c> we</c><00:18:42.420><c> saw</c><00:18:42.579><c> last</c><00:18:42.920><c> week,</c><00:18:43.259><c> the</c><00:18:43.420><c> Philistines</c><00:18:44.039><c> out</c><00:18:44.359><c> of</c>

00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:50.700
their<00:18:44.779><c> territory,</c><00:18:45.799><c> the</c><00:18:46.039><c> Edomites,</c><00:18:46.720><c> and</c><00:18:46.940><c> he</c><00:18:47.359><c> expanded</c><00:18:47.740><c> and</c><00:18:48.160><c> consolidated</c><00:18:48.740><c> the</c><00:18:49.380><c> area</c><00:18:49.740><c> of</c><00:18:49.980><c> Judah,</c>

00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:54.480
including<00:18:51.539><c> putting</c><00:18:51.839><c> all</c><00:18:52.140><c> these</c><00:18:52.400><c> royal</c><00:18:52.900><c> collection</c><00:18:54.000><c> points</c>

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in<00:18:54.799><c> and</c><00:18:55.099><c> distribution</c><00:18:55.640><c> centers</c><00:18:56.279><c> throughout</c><00:18:57.119><c> the</c><00:18:58.220><c> Judean</c><00:18:58.619><c> highlands.</c>

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So<00:19:00.380><c> he</c><00:19:00.779><c> put</c><00:19:00.960><c> a</c><00:19:01.180><c> lot</c><00:19:01.400><c> of</c><00:19:01.660><c> effort</c><00:19:01.880><c> into</c><00:19:02.119><c> his</c><00:19:02.380><c> preparation.</c>

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So<00:19:07.539><c> what</c><00:19:07.799><c> I'm</c><00:19:07.960><c> going</c><00:19:08.019><c> to</c><00:19:08.079><c> do</c><00:19:08.240><c> now</c><00:19:08.480><c> is</c><00:19:08.579><c> I'm</c><00:19:08.680><c> going</c><00:19:08.799><c> to</c><00:19:08.900><c> play</c><00:19:09.059><c> you</c>

00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:11.599
a<00:19:09.400><c> video</c><00:19:09.640><c> call</c><00:19:09.839><c> and</c><00:19:09.960><c> tell</c><00:19:10.119><c> me</c><00:19:10.240><c> if</c><00:19:10.339><c> there</c><00:19:10.519><c> are</c><00:19:10.559><c> any</c><00:19:10.859><c> issues</c><00:19:11.180><c> with</c><00:19:11.440><c> it.</c>

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But<00:19:11.799><c> I</c><00:19:12.140><c> have</c><00:19:12.519><c> shared</c><00:19:12.799><c> the</c><00:19:13.119><c> sound.</c>

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Incredible<00:24:13.220><c> feat</c><00:24:13.480><c> of</c><00:24:13.720><c> engineering.</c>

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Absolutely<00:24:15.759><c> amazing.</c>

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And<00:24:16.680><c> it</c><00:24:16.839><c> was</c><00:24:17.079><c> not</c><00:24:17.259><c> only</c><00:24:17.500><c> important</c><00:24:17.839><c> for</c><00:24:18.099><c> water,</c><00:24:18.900><c> it</c><00:24:19.000><c> was</c><00:24:19.299><c> really</c><00:24:19.579><c> important</c><00:24:20.140><c> for</c>

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another<00:24:20.740><c> reason.</c>

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It<00:24:21.240><c> was</c><00:24:21.500><c> for</c><00:24:21.720><c> one</c><00:24:21.859><c> of</c><00:24:22.079><c> safety.</c>

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Because<00:24:23.460><c> if</c><00:24:23.700><c> the</c><00:24:23.880><c> Gion</c><00:24:24.160><c> spring</c><00:24:24.440><c> had</c><00:24:24.660><c> been</c><00:24:24.819><c> left</c><00:24:25.160><c> open,</c><00:24:25.759><c> it</c><00:24:26.279><c> would</c><00:24:26.559><c> leave</c><00:24:26.839><c> a</c>

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:29.779
very<00:24:27.759><c> important</c><00:24:28.220><c> channel</c><00:24:28.579><c> back</c><00:24:28.960><c> into</c><00:24:29.240><c> the</c><00:24:29.420><c> city.</c>

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:33.299
And<00:24:30.720><c> this</c><00:24:31.019><c> channel</c><00:24:31.380><c> was</c><00:24:31.660><c> the</c><00:24:31.799><c> one</c><00:24:31.940><c> that</c><00:24:32.240><c> Joab</c><00:24:32.559><c> had</c><00:24:32.819><c> used</c><00:24:33.000><c> many</c>

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:36.759
years<00:24:33.619><c> before</c><00:24:34.039><c> when</c><00:24:34.259><c> the</c><00:24:34.500><c> Jebusites</c><00:24:35.160><c> inhabited</c><00:24:35.660><c> the</c><00:24:35.940><c> city.</c>

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:37.980
It's<00:24:37.000><c> called</c><00:24:37.160><c> Warren's</c><00:24:37.779><c> shaft.</c>

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:40.000
After<00:24:38.319><c> the</c><00:24:38.500><c> man</c><00:24:38.660><c> who</c><00:24:38.859><c> discovered</c><00:24:39.200><c> it,</c><00:24:39.339><c> when</c><00:24:39.440><c> they</c><00:24:39.579><c> would</c><00:24:39.839><c> come</c>

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:44.279
in<00:24:40.259><c> via</c><00:24:40.440><c> the</c><00:24:40.740><c> Gion</c><00:24:40.880><c> spring,</c><00:24:42.119><c> crawl</c><00:24:42.359><c> up</c><00:24:42.640><c> this</c><00:24:42.900><c> Warren</c><00:24:43.200><c> shaft,</c>

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:46.839
and<00:24:44.460><c> it</c><00:24:44.700><c> would</c><00:24:44.940><c> be</c><00:24:45.299><c> inside</c><00:24:45.779><c> the</c><00:24:46.039><c> city.</c>

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:50.339
And<00:24:47.339><c> of</c><00:24:47.480><c> course,</c><00:24:48.380><c> by</c><00:24:48.380><c> covering</c><00:24:48.740><c> up</c><00:24:49.039><c> the</c><00:24:49.200><c> Gion</c><00:24:49.440><c> spring,</c><00:24:49.859><c> in</c><00:24:50.000><c> fact,</c><00:24:50.160><c> he</c>

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:54.140
did<00:24:50.480><c> it</c><00:24:50.619><c> just</c><00:24:50.819><c> not</c><00:24:50.940><c> with</c><00:24:51.160><c> rocks,</c><00:24:51.539><c> but</c><00:24:51.720><c> an</c><00:24:51.980><c> entire</c><00:24:52.359><c> gate</c><00:24:52.700><c> structure</c><00:24:53.299><c> that</c>

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:58.880
there<00:24:54.339><c> was</c><00:24:54.619><c> nothing</c><00:24:55.019><c> to</c><00:24:56.079><c> be</c><00:24:56.319><c> had</c><00:24:56.460><c> in</c><00:24:56.660><c> terms</c><00:24:56.940><c> of</c><00:24:57.140><c> the</c><00:24:57.319><c> Gion</c><00:24:57.579><c> spring</c><00:24:58.059><c> for</c>

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the<00:24:59.099><c> Assyrians.</c>

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So<00:25:03.839><c> Snakrab</c><00:25:04.319><c> sweeps</c><00:25:04.779><c> down.</c>

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:07.859
He<00:25:05.220><c> comes</c><00:25:05.519><c> down</c><00:25:05.720><c> the</c><00:25:05.920><c> coastal</c><00:25:06.319><c> plain</c><00:25:06.759><c> and</c><00:25:07.079><c> he</c><00:25:07.259><c> brings</c><00:25:07.480><c> his</c>

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massive<00:25:08.200><c> army</c><00:25:08.599><c> with</c><00:25:08.880><c> him.</c>

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But<00:25:10.380><c> he</c><00:25:10.680><c> decides</c><00:25:11.059><c> he's</c><00:25:11.259><c> going</c><00:25:11.420><c> to</c><00:25:11.759><c> split</c><00:25:11.940><c> it.</c>

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:14.740
And<00:25:12.400><c> the</c><00:25:12.539><c> reason</c><00:25:12.819><c> why</c><00:25:13.119><c> he</c><00:25:13.420><c> splits</c><00:25:13.619><c> it</c><00:25:13.799><c> is</c><00:25:13.900><c> for</c><00:25:14.079><c> two</c><00:25:14.339><c> reasons.</c>

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:22.380
One,<00:25:15.779><c> he's</c><00:25:16.599><c> heard</c><00:25:17.000><c> of</c><00:25:17.460><c> this</c><00:25:18.579><c> exploratory</c><00:25:19.740><c> force</c><00:25:20.559><c> from</c><00:25:21.799><c> Egypt</c>

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coming<00:25:22.720><c> up.</c>

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And<00:25:23.140><c> it</c><00:25:23.240><c> seems</c><00:25:23.539><c> that</c><00:25:23.700><c> there</c><00:25:23.799><c> was</c><00:25:23.960><c> a</c><00:25:24.180><c> battle</c><00:25:24.500><c> over</c><00:25:24.940><c> here,</c><00:25:27.859><c> somewhere</c><00:25:28.140><c> sort</c>

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:31.240
of<00:25:28.960><c> to</c><00:25:29.119><c> the</c><00:25:29.319><c> west</c><00:25:29.680><c> of</c><00:25:30.079><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:25:31.960><c> he</c><00:25:32.160><c> splits</c><00:25:32.420><c> half</c><00:25:32.720><c> of</c><00:25:32.900><c> his</c><00:25:33.119><c> force</c><00:25:33.400><c> to</c><00:25:33.700><c> see</c><00:25:33.980><c> to</c><00:25:34.700><c> this</c>

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exploratory<00:25:36.480><c> expedition.</c>

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:42.740
And<00:25:38.359><c> also</c><00:25:38.640><c> he</c><00:25:38.819><c> has</c><00:25:39.059><c> to</c><00:25:39.380><c> take</c><00:25:39.619><c> then,</c><00:25:39.900><c> of</c><00:25:40.059><c> course,</c><00:25:40.960><c> Libna</c><00:25:41.259><c> and</c><00:25:41.599><c> Lekish</c><00:25:42.099><c> down</c><00:25:42.559><c> in</c>

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:44.460
the<00:25:42.940><c> south,</c><00:25:43.380><c> the</c><00:25:43.799><c> key</c><00:25:44.059><c> cities.</c>

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:49.920
And<00:25:44.700><c> then</c><00:25:45.000><c> he</c><00:25:45.359><c> has</c><00:25:45.819><c> another</c><00:25:46.359><c> set</c><00:25:46.819><c> of</c><00:25:47.500><c> his</c><00:25:47.740><c> soldiers</c><00:25:48.240><c> off</c><00:25:48.779><c> to</c><00:25:49.339><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:53.619
So<00:25:50.720><c> around</c><00:25:50.980><c> about</c><00:25:51.299><c> 200</c><00:25:51.559><c>,000</c><00:25:52.019><c> troops</c><00:25:52.420><c> under</c><00:25:52.720><c> Snakrab</c><00:25:53.160><c> himself</c>

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:57.720
to<00:25:53.960><c> face</c><00:25:54.200><c> off</c><00:25:54.460><c> against</c><00:25:54.859><c> the</c><00:25:55.220><c> Egyptians</c><00:25:55.779><c> and</c><00:25:56.500><c> see</c><00:25:56.660><c> to</c><00:25:56.859><c> Lekish.</c>

00:25:58.200 --> 00:26:03.880
And<00:25:58.920><c> then</c><00:25:59.400><c> about</c><00:25:59.720><c> another</c><00:26:00.059><c> 200</c><00:26:00.440><c>,000</c><00:26:01.240><c> under</c><00:26:01.839><c> Tartan</c><00:26:02.259><c> to</c><00:26:02.920><c> go</c><00:26:03.279><c> and</c>

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take<00:26:04.160><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:09.000
Now,<00:26:06.680><c> Tartan</c><00:26:07.000><c> was</c><00:26:07.339><c> one</c><00:26:07.559><c> of</c><00:26:07.720><c> his</c><00:26:07.980><c> generals.</c>

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That's<00:26:09.960><c> possibly</c><00:26:10.339><c> his</c><00:26:10.779><c> name.</c>

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But<00:26:11.759><c> Tartan</c><00:26:12.019><c> actually</c><00:26:12.579><c> wasn't</c><00:26:13.559><c> a</c><00:26:13.819><c> proper</c><00:26:14.039><c> name.</c>

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.480
It<00:26:14.440><c> was</c><00:26:14.759><c> it</c><00:26:14.759><c> was</c><00:26:14.980><c> a</c><00:26:15.180><c> title.</c>

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:18.920
So<00:26:16.500><c> you</c><00:26:16.819><c> would</c><00:26:17.000><c> get</c><00:26:17.160><c> a</c><00:26:17.420><c> Tartan</c><00:26:17.559><c> on</c><00:26:17.799><c> the</c><00:26:18.000><c> left</c><00:26:18.180><c> and</c><00:26:18.400><c> a</c><00:26:18.539><c> Tartan</c><00:26:18.779><c> on</c>

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:21.240
the<00:26:19.099><c> right</c><00:26:19.619><c> of</c><00:26:20.279><c> the</c><00:26:20.559><c> Assyrian</c><00:26:20.960><c> king.</c>

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:25.980
And<00:26:21.460><c> that</c><00:26:21.759><c> they</c><00:26:22.099><c> were</c><00:26:22.279><c> viewed</c><00:26:22.500><c> as</c><00:26:23.279><c> the</c><00:26:23.859><c> two</c><00:26:24.880><c> ICs</c><00:26:25.460><c> that</c><00:26:25.720><c> second</c>

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:27.940
in<00:26:26.279><c> charge</c><00:26:27.019><c> for</c><00:26:27.480><c> Snakrab.</c>

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:32.759
So<00:26:28.180><c> he</c><00:26:28.380><c> really</c><00:26:28.700><c> placed</c><00:26:28.920><c> a</c><00:26:29.079><c> lot</c><00:26:29.220><c> of</c><00:26:29.460><c> trust</c><00:26:29.839><c> in</c><00:26:30.579><c> his</c><00:26:31.500><c> military</c><00:26:31.960><c> generals</c><00:26:32.420><c> on</c>

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:34.200
either<00:26:33.099><c> side.</c>

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:37.380
And<00:26:35.940><c> of</c><00:26:36.140><c> course,</c><00:26:36.339><c> the</c><00:26:36.480><c> Assyrians</c><00:26:36.880><c> were</c><00:26:37.099><c> brutal.</c>

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:39.799
They<00:26:37.819><c> had</c><00:26:38.160><c> all</c><00:26:38.759><c> the</c><00:26:38.980><c> right</c><00:26:39.220><c> weaponry.</c>

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:41.180
They<00:26:39.940><c> had</c><00:26:40.140><c> all</c><00:26:40.400><c> the</c><00:26:40.559><c> right</c><00:26:40.819><c> skills.</c>

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:43.559
And<00:26:41.359><c> they</c><00:26:41.500><c> were</c><00:26:41.799><c> men</c><00:26:42.279><c> really</c><00:26:42.859><c> trained</c><00:26:43.079><c> in</c><00:26:43.339><c> war.</c>

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:45.880
And<00:26:43.740><c> they</c><00:26:43.859><c> had</c><00:26:44.059><c> every</c><00:26:44.400><c> reason</c><00:26:44.759><c> to</c><00:26:45.000><c> fight.</c>

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:48.579
They<00:26:46.240><c> were</c><00:26:46.579><c> expansionists</c><00:26:47.160><c> and</c><00:26:47.259><c> they</c><00:26:47.420><c> had</c><00:26:47.559><c> been</c><00:26:47.839><c> very,</c><00:26:48.299><c> very</c>

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:50.640
victorious<00:26:49.220><c> and</c><00:26:50.000><c> successful.</c>

00:26:50.940 --> 00:27:01.240
So<00:26:50.940><c> what</c><00:26:56.900><c> we've</c><00:26:57.259><c> got</c><00:26:57.440><c> here</c><00:26:57.819><c> is</c><00:26:58.579><c> one</c><00:26:59.700><c> of</c><00:26:59.960><c> the</c><00:27:00.339><c> engravings</c><00:27:01.160><c> that</c>

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:05.500
was<00:27:02.240><c> called</c><00:27:02.500><c> carvings</c><00:27:02.980><c> into</c><00:27:03.180><c> the</c><00:27:03.440><c> rock</c><00:27:03.720><c> relating</c><00:27:04.420><c> to</c><00:27:05.039><c> Lekish</c>

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:09.160
and<00:27:05.819><c> the</c><00:27:06.119><c> inscription</c><00:27:06.599><c> that</c><00:27:07.599><c> was</c><00:27:08.500><c> was</c><00:27:08.740><c> placed</c><00:27:08.960><c> there.</c>

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.759
Look<00:27:09.339><c> what</c><00:27:09.559><c> Snakrab</c><00:27:10.000><c> says.</c>

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:16.200
Snakrab,<00:27:12.160><c> the</c><00:27:12.259><c> mighty</c><00:27:12.720><c> king,</c><00:27:13.799><c> king</c><00:27:13.980><c> of</c><00:27:14.180><c> the</c><00:27:14.319><c> country</c><00:27:14.640><c> of</c><00:27:14.859><c> Assyria,</c><00:27:15.599><c> sitting</c><00:27:15.900><c> on</c>

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:19.579
the<00:27:16.319><c> throne</c><00:27:16.480><c> of</c><00:27:16.740><c> judgment</c><00:27:17.240><c> before</c><00:27:18.259><c> the</c><00:27:18.460><c> city</c><00:27:18.720><c> of</c><00:27:18.960><c> Lekish.</c>

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:22.619
I<00:27:20.319><c> give</c><00:27:20.599><c> permission</c><00:27:21.140><c> for</c><00:27:21.480><c> its</c><00:27:21.720><c> slaughter.</c>

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.200
Absolute<00:27:23.940><c> brute.</c>

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:27.519
Not,<00:27:25.000><c> you</c><00:27:25.079><c> know,</c><00:27:25.519><c> let's</c><00:27:26.099><c> let's</c><00:27:26.420><c> see</c><00:27:26.579><c> whether</c><00:27:26.720><c> we</c><00:27:26.880><c> can</c><00:27:27.000><c> get</c><00:27:27.200><c> peace.</c>

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:30.859
I<00:27:27.880><c> give</c><00:27:28.099><c> permission</c><00:27:28.660><c> for</c><00:27:29.140><c> you</c><00:27:29.279><c> to</c><00:27:29.539><c> finish</c><00:27:29.759><c> it.</c>

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:33.640
And<00:27:32.279><c> here</c><00:27:32.480><c> we've</c><00:27:32.700><c> got</c><00:27:32.819><c> the</c><00:27:33.039><c> siege</c><00:27:33.259><c> engines.</c>

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:36.319
There's<00:27:34.039><c> a</c><00:27:34.180><c> siege</c><00:27:34.380><c> engine</c><00:27:34.799><c> going</c><00:27:35.079><c> up</c><00:27:35.339><c> the</c><00:27:35.579><c> ramp,</c><00:27:35.819><c> you</c><00:27:36.039><c> know,</c>

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:38.440
protected<00:27:37.240><c> mechanically.</c>

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:41.900
There<00:27:38.640><c> the</c><00:27:38.900><c> wheels</c><00:27:39.319><c> and</c><00:27:39.819><c> these</c><00:27:40.019><c> big</c><00:27:40.259><c> battering</c><00:27:40.859><c> rams</c><00:27:41.119><c> up</c><00:27:41.359><c> the</c><00:27:41.559><c> front.</c>

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:45.619
They<00:27:42.400><c> broke</c><00:27:42.700><c> through</c><00:27:43.220><c> the</c><00:27:44.059><c> key</c><00:27:44.380><c> walls</c><00:27:44.799><c> of</c><00:27:45.220><c> Lekish.</c>

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:48.400
And<00:27:45.819><c> then</c><00:27:46.099><c> what</c><00:27:46.339><c> ended</c><00:27:46.559><c> up</c><00:27:46.859><c> happening</c><00:27:47.079><c> is</c><00:27:47.440><c> and</c><00:27:47.559><c> it</c><00:27:47.599><c> was</c><00:27:48.000><c> Lekish</c>

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.900
was<00:27:48.619><c> really</c><00:27:48.940><c> well</c><00:27:49.200><c> fortified.</c>

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:54.160
The<00:27:50.500><c> populace</c><00:27:51.000><c> fled</c><00:27:51.539><c> to</c><00:27:51.839><c> the</c><00:27:52.059><c> other</c><00:27:52.359><c> side</c><00:27:52.660><c> of</c><00:27:53.000><c> the</c><00:27:53.299><c> city</c><00:27:53.640><c> and</c>

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:57.019
tried<00:27:54.339><c> to</c><00:27:54.519><c> get</c><00:27:54.660><c> out</c><00:27:54.880><c> there,</c><00:27:55.240><c> but</c><00:27:55.319><c> they</c><00:27:55.559><c> were</c><00:27:55.759><c> met</c><00:27:55.920><c> by</c><00:27:56.240><c> the</c><00:27:56.440><c> Assyrians</c><00:27:56.779><c> on</c>

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:58.359
the<00:27:57.180><c> other</c><00:27:57.460><c> side.</c>

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:04.119
And<00:27:59.920><c> if</c><00:28:00.480><c> you</c><00:28:00.940><c> have</c><00:28:01.099><c> a</c><00:28:01.200><c> look</c><00:28:01.380><c> at</c><00:28:01.779><c> the</c><00:28:02.900><c> remnants</c><00:28:03.440><c> of</c><00:28:03.700><c> it</c><00:28:03.920><c> today,</c>

00:28:04.119 --> 00:28:07.099
you<00:28:04.319><c> can</c><00:28:04.519><c> actually</c><00:28:04.819><c> find</c><00:28:05.240><c> this</c><00:28:06.000><c> ramp</c><00:28:06.319><c> is</c><00:28:06.680><c> still</c><00:28:06.940><c> there.</c>

00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:08.019
And<00:28:07.240><c> it's</c><00:28:07.440><c> made.</c>

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:10.380
It<00:28:08.420><c> was</c><00:28:08.660><c> made</c><00:28:08.900><c> by</c><00:28:09.259><c> Snakrab.</c>

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:13.539
And<00:28:10.579><c> the</c><00:28:10.819><c> remnants</c><00:28:11.359><c> of</c><00:28:11.640><c> the</c><00:28:11.819><c> ramp</c><00:28:11.960><c> are</c><00:28:12.299><c> still</c><00:28:12.720><c> there</c><00:28:13.059><c> in</c><00:28:13.319><c> the</c>

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.940
earth<00:28:13.779><c> today.</c>

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:18.680
To<00:28:15.539><c> think</c><00:28:15.680><c> they</c><00:28:15.859><c> moved</c><00:28:16.059><c> all</c><00:28:16.319><c> of</c><00:28:16.519><c> this</c><00:28:16.740><c> earth</c><00:28:16.980><c> manually</c><00:28:17.640><c> to</c><00:28:18.400><c> get</c>

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.519
at<00:28:19.019><c> Lekish.</c>

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:22.660
They<00:28:20.079><c> had</c><00:28:20.180><c> a</c><00:28:20.279><c> lot</c><00:28:20.480><c> of</c><00:28:20.720><c> patience</c><00:28:21.119><c> for</c><00:28:21.420><c> what</c><00:28:21.599><c> they</c><00:28:21.839><c> wanted.</c>

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:26.380
And<00:28:24.740><c> here</c><00:28:25.000><c> are</c><00:28:25.200><c> the</c><00:28:25.599><c> Jewish</c><00:28:25.920><c> prisoners.</c>

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:28.539
Notice<00:28:26.900><c> they've</c><00:28:27.240><c> got</c><00:28:27.359><c> their</c><00:28:27.579><c> beards.</c>

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:32.039
So<00:28:28.819><c> these</c><00:28:29.079><c> are</c><00:28:29.420><c> the</c><00:28:29.839><c> men</c><00:28:30.259><c> and</c><00:28:30.799><c> women</c><00:28:31.059><c> of</c><00:28:31.380><c> Judah</c><00:28:31.599><c> who</c><00:28:31.839><c> were</c>

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:33.480
taken<00:28:32.400><c> captive.</c>

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:35.579
And<00:28:34.019><c> here</c><00:28:34.200><c> are</c><00:28:34.359><c> the</c><00:28:34.539><c> Assyrians.</c>

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:37.819
And<00:28:36.259><c> the</c><00:28:36.500><c> Assyrians</c><00:28:36.740><c> would</c><00:28:36.980><c> treat</c><00:28:37.140><c> them</c><00:28:37.359><c> terribly.</c>

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:42.519
They<00:28:38.220><c> would</c><00:28:38.960><c> take</c><00:28:40.400><c> a</c><00:28:40.640><c> spear</c><00:28:40.859><c> and</c><00:28:41.160><c> just</c><00:28:41.519><c> poke</c><00:28:41.700><c> their</c><00:28:41.940><c> eyes</c><00:28:42.220><c> out.</c>

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:46.000
They<00:28:42.759><c> would</c><00:28:42.980><c> put</c><00:28:44.059><c> vicious</c><00:28:44.539><c> hooks</c><00:28:44.900><c> in</c><00:28:45.099><c> their</c><00:28:45.279><c> nose</c><00:28:45.539><c> and</c><00:28:45.720><c> just</c>

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.680
pull<00:28:46.180><c> them</c><00:28:46.420><c> along</c><00:28:46.720><c> by</c><00:28:47.000><c> on</c><00:28:47.279><c> the</c><00:28:47.539><c> ground.</c>

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:49.960
They<00:28:47.859><c> would</c><00:28:48.140><c> flay</c><00:28:48.400><c> their</c><00:28:48.700><c> skin</c><00:28:48.920><c> off</c><00:28:49.119><c> their</c><00:28:49.339><c> bodies</c><00:28:49.700><c> while</c>

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:51.279
they<00:28:50.140><c> were</c><00:28:50.359><c> alive.</c>

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:55.799
They<00:28:51.640><c> delighted</c><00:28:52.200><c> in</c><00:28:53.119><c> torture</c><00:28:53.559><c> and</c><00:28:54.259><c> cruelty</c><00:28:54.660><c> to</c><00:28:54.940><c> people.</c>

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:59.539
So<00:28:56.240><c> these</c><00:28:56.500><c> people</c><00:28:56.759><c> are</c><00:28:56.960><c> all</c><00:28:57.279><c> supplicants</c><00:28:58.099><c> to</c><00:28:58.680><c> the</c><00:28:58.779><c> king,</c><00:28:59.160><c> all</c>

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:02.420
begging<00:28:59.819><c> for</c><00:29:00.140><c> mercy</c><00:29:00.740><c> before</c><00:29:01.339><c> the</c><00:29:01.559><c> king.</c>

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.180
Isn't<00:29:02.680><c> this</c><00:29:02.839><c> terrible?</c>

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:09.079
For<00:29:03.259><c> God's</c><00:29:03.720><c> people</c><00:29:04.240><c> begging</c><00:29:04.680><c> for</c><00:29:04.960><c> mercy</c><00:29:05.799><c> before</c><00:29:07.019><c> a</c><00:29:07.579><c> pagan</c><00:29:07.880><c> king.</c>

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:12.359
And<00:29:10.759><c> here</c><00:29:10.920><c> you've</c><00:29:11.180><c> got</c><00:29:11.460><c> a</c><00:29:11.720><c> great</c><00:29:11.920><c> tragedy.</c>

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:15.319
There's<00:29:12.819><c> a</c><00:29:12.940><c> father</c><00:29:13.220><c> carrying</c><00:29:13.559><c> something</c><00:29:13.819><c> on</c><00:29:14.019><c> his</c><00:29:14.160><c> shoulders.</c>

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:19.859
And<00:29:16.019><c> the</c><00:29:16.160><c> mother</c><00:29:16.460><c> and</c><00:29:17.000><c> somebody</c><00:29:17.359><c> else</c><00:29:18.039><c> on</c><00:29:18.500><c> a</c><00:29:18.740><c> cart</c><00:29:18.900><c> with</c><00:29:19.099><c> a</c><00:29:19.259><c> little</c><00:29:19.420><c> baby</c><00:29:19.680><c> on</c>

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:22.400
her<00:29:20.059><c> lap</c><00:29:20.319><c> and</c><00:29:20.599><c> a</c><00:29:20.759><c> little</c><00:29:20.920><c> child</c><00:29:21.319><c> behind</c><00:29:21.720><c> her.</c>

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:25.980
With<00:29:22.819><c> all</c><00:29:23.000><c> their</c><00:29:23.180><c> worldly</c><00:29:23.400><c> possessions</c><00:29:23.920><c> on</c><00:29:24.160><c> some</c><00:29:24.440><c> cart</c><00:29:24.819><c> heading</c><00:29:25.519><c> off</c>

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:30.339
thousands<00:29:26.559><c> of</c><00:29:26.900><c> kilometres</c><00:29:27.339><c> into</c><00:29:28.259><c> an</c><00:29:28.539><c> unknown</c><00:29:28.799><c> future</c><00:29:29.180><c> in</c><00:29:29.359><c> Assyria.</c>

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:35.960
So<00:29:33.700><c> Snachar</c><00:29:34.059><c> was</c><00:29:34.220><c> a</c><00:29:34.519><c> terrifying</c><00:29:34.960><c> man.</c>

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:37.240
He<00:29:36.359><c> was</c><00:29:36.559><c> successful.</c>

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:38.220
He<00:29:37.500><c> was</c><00:29:37.759><c> powerful.</c>

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.099
He<00:29:38.420><c> was</c><00:29:38.720><c> brutal.</c>

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:40.599
He<00:29:39.380><c> was</c><00:29:39.700><c> cruel.</c>

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:45.299
And<00:29:41.240><c> this</c><00:29:41.539><c> was</c><00:29:41.799><c> the</c><00:29:42.079><c> force</c><00:29:42.559><c> that</c><00:29:43.200><c> had</c><00:29:43.460><c> come</c><00:29:43.680><c> against</c><00:29:44.799><c> good</c>

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.680
King<00:29:45.519><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:52.859
Now<00:29:49.359><c> in</c><00:29:49.519><c> the</c><00:29:49.660><c> days</c><00:29:49.859><c> of</c><00:29:50.059><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:29:51.460><c> we</c><00:29:51.799><c> saw</c><00:29:51.980><c> in</c><00:29:52.140><c> that</c><00:29:52.339><c> video</c><00:29:52.660><c> he</c>

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.859
had<00:29:53.019><c> done</c><00:29:53.119><c> a</c><00:29:53.299><c> couple</c><00:29:53.460><c> of</c><00:29:53.660><c> things.</c>

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:57.819
He<00:29:54.019><c> had</c><00:29:54.200><c> extended</c><00:29:54.519><c> this</c><00:29:54.819><c> wall</c><00:29:55.119><c> outward</c><00:29:55.599><c> to</c><00:29:55.920><c> protect</c><00:29:56.460><c> the</c><00:29:57.579><c> flow</c>

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.400
of<00:29:58.099><c> Gihon.</c>

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.640
So<00:29:58.599><c> this</c><00:29:58.740><c> was</c><00:29:58.960><c> a</c><00:29:59.079><c> new</c><00:29:59.220><c> wall.</c>

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:01.759
And<00:30:00.299><c> I</c><00:30:00.420><c> also</c><00:30:00.559><c> want</c><00:30:00.680><c> you</c><00:30:00.859><c> just</c><00:30:01.079><c> to</c><00:30:01.259><c> notice</c><00:30:01.539><c> too.</c>

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:05.000
He<00:30:01.759><c> has</c><00:30:02.039><c> the</c><00:30:02.299><c> temple</c><00:30:03.039><c> precinct</c><00:30:03.660><c> at</c><00:30:03.900><c> the</c><00:30:04.039><c> top.</c>

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:07.900
And<00:30:05.180><c> just</c><00:30:05.480><c> to</c><00:30:05.680><c> the</c><00:30:05.900><c> south</c><00:30:06.140><c> of</c><00:30:06.339><c> it</c><00:30:06.740><c> are</c><00:30:06.960><c> the</c><00:30:07.140><c> royal</c><00:30:07.460><c> quarters</c>

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:09.000
where<00:30:08.160><c> the</c><00:30:08.359><c> king</c><00:30:08.500><c> would</c><00:30:08.779><c> live.</c>

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:13.960
So<00:30:09.500><c> the</c><00:30:09.579><c> king</c><00:30:09.799><c> was</c><00:30:10.779><c> abutting</c><00:30:11.460><c> the</c><00:30:11.880><c> temple</c><00:30:12.619><c> complex.</c>

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:16.579
He<00:30:14.140><c> would</c><00:30:14.319><c> go</c><00:30:14.599><c> up</c><00:30:15.079><c> to</c><00:30:15.420><c> the</c><00:30:15.619><c> temple</c><00:30:15.880><c> from</c><00:30:16.099><c> his</c><00:30:16.339><c> house.</c>

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:19.460
It<00:30:16.680><c> was</c><00:30:17.359><c> on</c><00:30:17.579><c> the</c><00:30:17.799><c> southern</c><00:30:18.000><c> part</c><00:30:18.299><c> of</c><00:30:18.579><c> the</c><00:30:18.680><c> slope.</c>

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:22.680
And<00:30:20.279><c> of</c><00:30:20.460><c> course</c><00:30:20.640><c> there's</c><00:30:20.960><c> the</c><00:30:21.099><c> Pool</c><00:30:21.220><c> of</c><00:30:21.480><c> Salome</c><00:30:21.720><c> at</c><00:30:21.859><c> the</c><00:30:21.980><c> bottom</c><00:30:22.319><c> to</c>

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:24.480
provide<00:30:22.980><c> water</c><00:30:23.279><c> for</c><00:30:23.500><c> the</c><00:30:23.700><c> city.</c>

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:27.319
What's<00:30:25.460><c> interesting</c><00:30:25.759><c> to</c><00:30:25.980><c> notice</c><00:30:26.180><c> is</c><00:30:26.299><c> the</c><00:30:26.460><c> population</c><00:30:26.960><c> of</c><00:30:27.160><c> the</c>

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:29.759
city<00:30:27.579><c> was</c><00:30:27.839><c> only</c><00:30:28.180><c> 25</c><00:30:28.660><c>,000.</c>

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:33.259
25<00:30:30.359><c> high</c><00:30:30.839><c> schools</c><00:30:31.160><c> worth</c><00:30:31.599><c> of</c><00:30:31.900><c> people,</c><00:30:32.440><c> if</c><00:30:32.740><c> you</c><00:30:32.880><c> had</c><00:30:33.000><c> to</c><00:30:33.160><c> try</c>

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.900
and<00:30:33.460><c> imagine</c><00:30:33.660><c> it.</c>

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:38.299
Or<00:30:34.359><c> alternatively,</c><00:30:35.539><c> if</c><00:30:35.700><c> you</c><00:30:35.799><c> had</c><00:30:35.920><c> to</c><00:30:36.099><c> take</c><00:30:36.240><c> a</c><00:30:36.519><c> stadium</c><00:30:36.839><c> of</c><00:30:37.039><c> about</c><00:30:37.319><c> this</c><00:30:37.559><c> size,</c><00:30:37.980><c> a</c>

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:39.980
small<00:30:38.519><c> football</c><00:30:38.920><c> stadium,</c>

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:43.259
25<00:30:40.619><c>,000</c><00:30:41.039><c> people</c><00:30:41.359><c> would</c><00:30:41.579><c> fit</c><00:30:41.720><c> into</c><00:30:41.980><c> a</c><00:30:42.180><c> stadium</c><00:30:42.400><c> like</c><00:30:42.759><c> this.</c>

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:46.799
But<00:30:43.900><c> that's</c><00:30:44.299><c> people,</c><00:30:44.779><c> men,</c><00:30:45.259><c> women</c><00:30:45.559><c> and</c><00:30:45.819><c> children.</c>

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:52.319
So<00:30:47.819><c> if</c><00:30:48.160><c> you</c><00:30:48.920><c> work</c><00:30:49.160><c> out</c><00:30:49.339><c> how</c><00:30:49.559><c> many</c><00:30:49.859><c> fighting</c><00:30:50.299><c> people,</c><00:30:51.559><c> soldiers,</c><00:30:52.059><c> could</c><00:30:52.180><c> be</c>

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:54.720
in<00:30:52.460><c> the</c><00:30:52.700><c> city</c><00:30:52.880><c> of</c><00:30:53.160><c> 25</c><00:30:53.599><c>,000,</c>

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:57.900
at<00:30:55.220><c> best</c><00:30:55.819><c> 10</c><00:30:56.480><c>,000.</c>

00:30:58.019 --> 00:31:01.339
Those<00:30:58.720><c> stands</c><00:30:59.160><c> would</c><00:30:59.460><c> be</c><00:30:59.740><c> 10</c><00:31:00.099><c>,000.</c>

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:05.420
That's<00:31:01.980><c> the</c><00:31:02.160><c> total</c><00:31:02.480><c> fighting</c><00:31:02.940><c> populace</c><00:31:03.839><c> that</c><00:31:04.539><c> Jerusalem</c><00:31:05.059><c> had</c>

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:07.440
under<00:31:05.720><c> the</c><00:31:05.819><c> days</c><00:31:06.079><c> of</c><00:31:06.299><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:11.380
This<00:31:08.740><c> is</c><00:31:08.900><c> what</c><00:31:09.039><c> they</c><00:31:09.279><c> were</c><00:31:10.059><c> stacked</c><00:31:10.339><c> against.</c>

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:15.160
This<00:31:12.559><c> is</c><00:31:13.079><c> Super</c><00:31:13.380><c> Bowl</c><00:31:13.519><c> in</c><00:31:13.700><c> the</c><00:31:13.819><c> United</c><00:31:14.160><c> States.</c>

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:19.440
And<00:31:15.400><c> the</c><00:31:16.019><c> stadiums</c><00:31:17.000><c> carry</c><00:31:17.240><c> 100</c><00:31:17.660><c>,000</c><00:31:18.059><c> people</c><00:31:18.400><c> each.</c>

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:21.099
Two<00:31:19.819><c> Super</c><00:31:20.160><c> Bowls</c><00:31:20.420><c> next</c><00:31:20.680><c> to</c><00:31:20.740><c> each</c><00:31:20.920><c> other.</c>

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:24.019
I<00:31:21.099><c> imagine</c><00:31:21.420><c> every</c><00:31:21.759><c> one</c><00:31:21.920><c> of</c><00:31:22.019><c> these</c><00:31:22.279><c> an</c><00:31:22.460><c> Assyrian</c><00:31:22.880><c> soldier.</c>

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:29.839
It<00:31:26.039><c> was</c><00:31:26.500><c> that</c><00:31:27.279><c> against</c><00:31:28.740><c> that.</c>

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:33.700
Or<00:31:31.460><c> if</c><00:31:31.579><c> you</c><00:31:31.680><c> had</c><00:31:31.740><c> to</c><00:31:31.900><c> think</c><00:31:32.019><c> of</c><00:31:32.140><c> it</c><00:31:32.339><c> another</c><00:31:32.519><c> way,</c><00:31:33.200><c> for</c><00:31:33.319><c> every</c>

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:35.960
one<00:31:34.539><c> soldier</c><00:31:35.240><c> in</c><00:31:35.599><c> Judah,</c>

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:39.619
not<00:31:36.940><c> really</c><00:31:37.359><c> well</c><00:31:37.740><c> trained</c><00:31:37.940><c> in</c><00:31:38.220><c> battle,</c><00:31:38.519><c> sure</c><00:31:38.740><c> they</c><00:31:38.940><c> had</c><00:31:39.119><c> pushed</c><00:31:39.359><c> back</c>

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.319
the<00:31:39.859><c> Philistines,</c>

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:44.839
but<00:31:40.819><c> not</c><00:31:41.339><c> vaguely</c><00:31:42.019><c> with</c><00:31:42.299><c> the</c><00:31:42.519><c> same</c><00:31:42.680><c> military</c><00:31:43.200><c> prowess</c><00:31:43.839><c> as</c><00:31:44.119><c> the</c><00:31:44.319><c> Assyrians,</c>

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:48.859
one<00:31:45.880><c> soldier</c><00:31:46.339><c> in</c><00:31:46.519><c> Judah</c><00:31:46.759><c> would</c><00:31:47.000><c> have</c><00:31:47.200><c> to</c><00:31:47.400><c> face</c><00:31:47.660><c> off</c><00:31:47.880><c> against</c>

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:52.599
20<00:31:50.680><c> trained</c><00:31:51.359><c> Assyrian</c><00:31:51.880><c> soldiers</c>

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:54.339
with<00:31:52.940><c> the</c><00:31:53.059><c> best</c><00:31:53.319><c> equipment.</c>

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:57.220
Bloodthirsty,<00:31:56.019><c> motivated.</c>

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.079
Terrible<00:31:58.660><c> odds.</c>

00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:01.460
Absolutely<00:31:59.779><c> horrible</c><00:32:00.200><c> odds.</c>

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:04.779
I<00:32:02.839><c> mean,</c><00:32:03.119><c> the</c><00:32:03.200><c> Assyrians</c><00:32:03.599><c> were</c><00:32:03.819><c> extremely</c><00:32:04.220><c> successful.</c>

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:08.740
Whatever<00:32:05.240><c> cities</c><00:32:05.559><c> they</c><00:32:06.299><c> were</c><00:32:06.559><c> up</c><00:32:06.819><c> against,</c><00:32:07.880><c> they</c><00:32:08.119><c> would</c><00:32:08.500><c> wait</c>

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.380
their<00:32:09.099><c> time</c>

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:13.240
and<00:32:09.559><c> they</c><00:32:09.680><c> would</c><00:32:10.000><c> wear</c><00:32:10.180><c> them</c><00:32:10.480><c> down</c><00:32:10.680><c> by</c><00:32:11.059><c> siege,</c><00:32:12.220><c> by</c><00:32:12.299><c> battle,</c>

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:18.960
by<00:32:14.279><c> battering</c><00:32:14.740><c> rams,</c><00:32:15.500><c> as</c><00:32:15.819><c> you</c><00:32:15.980><c> see</c><00:32:16.140><c> over</c><00:32:16.400><c> here,</c><00:32:17.220><c> and</c><00:32:17.579><c> by</c><00:32:17.859><c> cruelty.</c>

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:21.740
And<00:32:20.220><c> they</c><00:32:20.359><c> got</c><00:32:20.579><c> their</c><00:32:20.839><c> way.</c>

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:25.160
In<00:32:22.339><c> fact,</c><00:32:22.559><c> it</c><00:32:22.700><c> was</c><00:32:22.839><c> so</c><00:32:23.160><c> bad</c><00:32:23.480><c> in</c><00:32:24.160><c> Judah.</c>

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:30.059
Scripture<00:32:26.019><c> tells</c><00:32:26.380><c> us</c><00:32:26.619><c> that</c><00:32:27.039><c> 46</c><00:32:28.019><c> cities</c><00:32:28.740><c> had</c><00:32:29.380><c> already</c><00:32:29.720><c> fallen</c>

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:31.420
to<00:32:30.380><c> the</c><00:32:30.539><c> Assyrians.</c>

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:34.119
Forty<00:32:32.900><c> six.</c>

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:37.619
Two<00:32:34.460><c> hundred</c><00:32:34.579><c> thousand</c><00:32:34.940><c> people</c><00:32:35.420><c> had</c><00:32:35.700><c> gone</c><00:32:36.059><c> into</c><00:32:36.440><c> captivity.</c>

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:41.279
A<00:32:38.700><c> vast</c><00:32:39.019><c> number</c><00:32:39.380><c> of</c><00:32:39.599><c> Judah</c><00:32:39.779><c> just</c><00:32:40.279><c> taken</c><00:32:40.599><c> away.</c>

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:45.980
Nearly<00:32:41.619><c> ten</c><00:32:41.859><c> times</c><00:32:42.319><c> the</c><00:32:42.559><c> population</c><00:32:43.119><c> of</c><00:32:43.500><c> Jerusalem</c><00:32:44.160><c> gone</c><00:32:45.299><c> off</c>

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:47.960
to<00:32:46.220><c> Syria.</c>

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:50.519
Jerusalem's<00:32:48.880><c> the</c><00:32:48.960><c> last</c><00:32:49.220><c> one</c><00:32:49.480><c> left.</c>

00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:53.480
The<00:32:51.279><c> last</c><00:32:52.039><c> one</c><00:32:52.539><c> left.</c>

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:57.880
What<00:32:55.140><c> are</c><00:32:55.299><c> the</c><00:32:55.460><c> odds</c><00:32:55.720><c> of</c><00:32:55.980><c> all</c><00:32:56.119><c> of</c><00:32:56.259><c> this</c><00:32:56.420><c> working</c><00:32:56.819><c> out</c><00:32:57.140><c> right?</c>

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:02.660
See,<00:33:00.240><c> this</c><00:33:00.579><c> is</c><00:33:00.799><c> where</c><00:33:00.940><c> the</c><00:33:01.240><c> difference</c><00:33:01.559><c> is</c><00:33:02.019><c> between</c><00:33:02.359><c> having</c>

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.700
the<00:33:02.900><c> mind</c><00:33:03.079><c> of</c><00:33:03.240><c> the</c><00:33:03.480><c> spirit</c>

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:05.359
and<00:33:03.859><c> the</c><00:33:04.019><c> mind</c><00:33:04.160><c> of</c><00:33:04.359><c> the</c><00:33:04.500><c> flesh.</c>

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:09.059
Because<00:33:06.160><c> according</c><00:33:06.579><c> to</c><00:33:06.740><c> the</c><00:33:06.880><c> mind</c><00:33:07.000><c> of</c><00:33:07.200><c> the</c><00:33:07.279><c> flesh,</c><00:33:07.460><c> like</c><00:33:07.839><c> Ahas,</c><00:33:08.299><c> his</c><00:33:08.500><c> father,</c>

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:14.299
there<00:33:09.680><c> was</c><00:33:09.980><c> no</c><00:33:10.460><c> chance</c><00:33:11.039><c> at</c><00:33:11.440><c> all</c><00:33:12.380><c> of</c><00:33:13.160><c> survival.</c>

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:20.819
So<00:33:16.940><c> this</c><00:33:17.140><c> is</c><00:33:17.359><c> the</c><00:33:17.559><c> key</c><00:33:18.299><c> two</c><00:33:19.160><c> verses</c><00:33:19.519><c> of</c><00:33:19.759><c> tonight's</c><00:33:20.299><c> talk</c>

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:24.380
where<00:33:21.599><c> Hezekiah</c><00:33:22.119><c> shows</c><00:33:22.460><c> what</c><00:33:22.640><c> a</c><00:33:22.859><c> great</c><00:33:23.039><c> leader</c><00:33:23.299><c> he</c><00:33:23.460><c> was.</c>

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:26.960
So<00:33:24.740><c> he</c><00:33:24.900><c> had</c><00:33:25.079><c> started</c><00:33:25.339><c> with</c><00:33:25.599><c> preparation.</c>

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:31.359
After<00:33:28.019><c> his</c><00:33:28.279><c> preparation,</c><00:33:29.980><c> he</c><00:33:30.180><c> knows</c><00:33:30.400><c> it's</c><00:33:30.640><c> up</c><00:33:30.720><c> to</c><00:33:30.880><c> God.</c>

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:37.500
So<00:33:32.240><c> now</c><00:33:32.440><c> it's</c><00:33:32.660><c> all</c><00:33:32.880><c> about</c><00:33:33.180><c> faith</c><00:33:33.940><c> and</c><00:33:34.700><c> focus</c><00:33:35.319><c> and</c><00:33:36.279><c> encouragement.</c>

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:40.740
He's<00:33:39.579><c> done</c><00:33:39.819><c> all</c><00:33:40.039><c> he</c><00:33:40.299><c> could.</c>

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:43.380
Now<00:33:41.160><c> he</c><00:33:41.240><c> puts</c><00:33:41.440><c> it</c><00:33:41.759><c> in</c><00:33:41.980><c> God's</c><00:33:42.500><c> hands.</c>

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:48.420
So<00:33:44.339><c> in</c><00:33:44.579><c> Second</c><00:33:44.759><c> Chronicles</c><00:33:45.180><c> 32,</c><00:33:45.819><c> verses</c><00:33:46.039><c> seven</c><00:33:46.380><c> to</c><00:33:46.539><c> eight,</c><00:33:47.180><c> he</c><00:33:47.440><c> says,</c>

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:50.960
Be<00:33:48.839><c> strong,</c><00:33:49.319><c> and</c><00:33:49.380><c> the</c><00:33:49.579><c> word</c><00:33:49.799><c> there</c><00:33:49.960><c> is</c><00:33:50.180><c> literally</c><00:33:50.460><c> a</c><00:33:50.680><c> play</c><00:33:50.779><c> on</c>

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.519
his<00:33:51.200><c> name,</c>

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:53.359
the<00:33:52.039><c> strength</c><00:33:52.319><c> of</c><00:33:52.539><c> Yah.</c>

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:55.500
Be<00:33:54.319><c> a</c><00:33:54.599><c> little</c><00:33:54.799><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:57.519
Be<00:33:56.140><c> strong</c><00:33:56.599><c> and</c><00:33:57.000><c> courageous.</c>

00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:00.759
The<00:33:58.420><c> words</c><00:33:58.660><c> that</c><00:33:58.880><c> Moses</c><00:33:59.200><c> used</c><00:33:59.519><c> with</c><00:33:59.759><c> Joshua,</c>

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:04.400
and<00:34:01.259><c> be</c><00:34:01.460><c> not</c><00:34:01.660><c> afraid</c><00:34:02.079><c> nor</c><00:34:02.359><c> dismayed</c><00:34:02.839><c> for</c><00:34:03.000><c> the</c><00:34:03.240><c> king</c><00:34:03.380><c> of</c><00:34:03.579><c> Assyria,</c>

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:07.619
nor<00:34:04.839><c> for</c><00:34:05.079><c> all</c><00:34:05.279><c> the</c><00:34:05.500><c> multitude</c><00:34:05.980><c> that</c><00:34:06.259><c> is</c><00:34:06.420><c> with</c><00:34:06.619><c> him,</c>

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:12.139
for<00:34:08.300><c> there</c><00:34:08.500><c> be</c><00:34:08.619><c> more</c><00:34:08.920><c> with</c><00:34:09.239><c> us</c><00:34:10.300><c> than</c><00:34:10.860><c> with</c><00:34:11.139><c> him.</c>

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:15.579
And<00:34:12.800><c> of</c><00:34:13.000><c> course,</c><00:34:13.599><c> as</c><00:34:13.980><c> the</c><00:34:14.199><c> little</c><00:34:14.400><c> red</c><00:34:14.739><c> block</c><00:34:15.079><c> shows,</c>

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:20.179
he<00:34:16.119><c> was</c><00:34:16.360><c> probably</c><00:34:16.659><c> alluding</c><00:34:17.300><c> to</c><00:34:17.699><c> what</c><00:34:17.840><c> Elisha</c><00:34:19.139><c> was</c><00:34:19.500><c> able</c><00:34:19.719><c> to</c><00:34:20.000><c> see</c>

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:25.719
through<00:34:20.400><c> the</c><00:34:20.599><c> mind</c><00:34:20.960><c> of</c><00:34:22.099><c> faith</c><00:34:22.519><c> at</c><00:34:23.380><c> Dothan</c><00:34:23.840><c> in</c><00:34:24.119><c> Second</c><00:34:24.360><c> Kings</c><00:34:24.639><c> 6.</c>

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:29.079
He<00:34:26.380><c> was</c><00:34:26.579><c> able</c><00:34:26.760><c> to</c><00:34:27.019><c> see</c><00:34:27.639><c> the</c><00:34:28.000><c> unseen</c><00:34:28.380><c> multitude</c>

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:32.219
who<00:34:29.619><c> are</c><00:34:29.800><c> with</c><00:34:30.079><c> the</c><00:34:30.320><c> true</c><00:34:30.500><c> Israel</c><00:34:30.880><c> of</c><00:34:31.139><c> God.</c>

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:35.280
And<00:34:33.179><c> with</c><00:34:33.420><c> Snadgrub,</c><00:34:34.059><c> who's</c><00:34:34.260><c> there?</c>

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:37.480
Nothing<00:34:35.780><c> but</c><00:34:36.000><c> the</c><00:34:36.179><c> armor</c><00:34:36.360><c> flesh.</c>

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:41.679
But<00:34:37.679><c> with</c><00:34:37.940><c> us</c><00:34:38.320><c> is</c><00:34:38.719><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:39.159><c> our</c><00:34:39.420><c> God</c><00:34:39.639><c> to</c><00:34:39.860><c> help</c><00:34:40.119><c> us</c><00:34:40.820><c> and</c><00:34:41.199><c> to</c><00:34:41.500><c> fight</c>

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:43.059
our<00:34:41.960><c> battles.</c>

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:49.119
So<00:34:45.559><c> these</c><00:34:46.119><c> are</c><00:34:46.400><c> seminal</c><00:34:46.699><c> verses</c><00:34:47.079><c> for</c><00:34:47.320><c> us,</c><00:34:47.760><c> brothers</c><00:34:47.840><c> and</c><00:34:48.119><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:52.199
We<00:34:50.219><c> have</c><00:34:50.519><c> to</c><00:34:50.699><c> be</c><00:34:50.920><c> strong</c><00:34:51.219><c> and</c><00:34:51.679><c> courageous</c>

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:55.800
in<00:34:52.619><c> the</c><00:34:52.840><c> face</c><00:34:53.300><c> of</c><00:34:54.039><c> great</c><00:34:54.420><c> odds</c><00:34:54.820><c> in</c><00:34:55.059><c> this</c><00:34:55.340><c> world.</c>

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:59.440
Things<00:34:56.400><c> that</c><00:34:56.599><c> take</c><00:34:56.840><c> us</c><00:34:56.980><c> away</c><00:34:57.159><c> from</c><00:34:57.380><c> the</c><00:34:57.639><c> truth</c><00:34:57.980><c> and</c><00:34:58.500><c> wear</c><00:34:58.659><c> us</c><00:34:59.000><c> down</c>

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:03.059
and<00:35:00.260><c> are</c><00:35:00.739><c> seemingly</c><00:35:01.699><c> insurmountable</c><00:35:02.599><c> problems,</c>

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:05.940
this<00:35:03.420><c> entire</c><00:35:03.860><c> world</c><00:35:04.179><c> and</c><00:35:04.400><c> all</c><00:35:04.579><c> of</c><00:35:04.719><c> its</c><00:35:04.900><c> issues,</c>

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:09.760
don't<00:35:06.500><c> be</c><00:35:06.820><c> afraid</c><00:35:07.300><c> or</c><00:35:07.659><c> dismayed</c><00:35:08.739><c> because,</c>

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:14.280
Hezekiah<00:35:10.699><c> says,</c><00:35:11.619><c> they're</c><00:35:11.780><c> more</c><00:35:12.099><c> with</c><00:35:12.340><c> us</c><00:35:13.139><c> than</c><00:35:13.840><c> with</c><00:35:14.119><c> the</c>

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:15.519
armor<00:35:14.460><c> flesh.</c>

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:19.699
Yahweh<00:35:16.880><c> is</c><00:35:17.079><c> there</c><00:35:17.280><c> to</c><00:35:17.400><c> help</c><00:35:17.599><c> us</c><00:35:18.039><c> to</c><00:35:18.219><c> fight</c><00:35:18.400><c> our</c><00:35:18.619><c> battles.</c>

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:22.860
And<00:35:21.119><c> what's</c><00:35:21.420><c> so</c><00:35:21.639><c> fantastic</c><00:35:22.119><c> about</c><00:35:22.519><c> this?</c>

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:25.780
The<00:35:23.320><c> people</c><00:35:23.599><c> knew</c><00:35:23.940><c> the</c><00:35:24.179><c> odds</c><00:35:24.480><c> themselves.</c>

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:28.920
You<00:35:26.559><c> know</c><00:35:26.739><c> how</c><00:35:26.940><c> they</c><00:35:27.179><c> knew</c><00:35:27.340><c> that</c><00:35:27.539><c> those</c><00:35:27.800><c> other</c><00:35:28.019><c> cities</c><00:35:28.360><c> were</c><00:35:28.659><c> gone,</c>

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:30.719
by<00:35:29.199><c> the</c><00:35:29.360><c> way,</c><00:35:29.599><c> those</c><00:35:29.800><c> 46</c><00:35:30.260><c> cities?</c>

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:34.099
They<00:35:31.300><c> used</c><00:35:31.539><c> to</c><00:35:31.719><c> do</c><00:35:32.199><c> fire</c><00:35:32.599><c> signals</c><00:35:32.980><c> at</c><00:35:33.280><c> night.</c>

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:36.619
They<00:35:34.320><c> would</c><00:35:34.519><c> light</c><00:35:34.719><c> fire</c><00:35:35.059><c> signals</c><00:35:35.400><c> at</c><00:35:35.659><c> predetermined</c><00:35:36.260><c> times,</c>

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:39.219
and<00:35:36.780><c> you</c><00:35:36.880><c> would</c><00:35:37.019><c> look</c><00:35:37.260><c> out</c><00:35:37.679><c> and</c><00:35:38.019><c> the</c><00:35:38.239><c> light</c><00:35:38.420><c> would</c><00:35:38.619><c> go</c><00:35:38.960><c> around</c>

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:40.119
from<00:35:39.440><c> one</c><00:35:39.619><c> to</c><00:35:39.820><c> the</c><00:35:39.960><c> other</c>

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:42.019
and<00:35:40.179><c> you</c><00:35:40.280><c> would</c><00:35:40.539><c> know</c><00:35:40.739><c> that</c><00:35:40.960><c> city</c><00:35:41.219><c> was</c><00:35:41.500><c> all</c><00:35:41.659><c> right.</c>

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:46.619
And<00:35:42.860><c> one</c><00:35:43.119><c> by</c><00:35:43.400><c> one</c><00:35:43.579><c> all</c><00:35:43.820><c> the</c><00:35:43.980><c> little</c><00:35:44.139><c> lights</c><00:35:44.460><c> went</c><00:35:44.780><c> out</c><00:35:45.280><c> around</c><00:35:45.840><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:51.460
So<00:35:47.099><c> at</c><00:35:47.360><c> night</c><00:35:47.659><c> time,</c><00:35:48.820><c> they</c><00:35:48.960><c> were</c><00:35:49.119><c> in</c><00:35:49.239><c> the</c><00:35:49.440><c> dark</c><00:35:49.719><c> all</c><00:35:49.980><c> by</c><00:35:50.099><c> themselves.</c>

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:56.780
Despite<00:35:53.320><c> all</c><00:35:53.880><c> of</c><00:35:54.139><c> that,</c><00:35:54.719><c> these</c><00:35:55.079><c> people</c><00:35:55.480><c> rested</c><00:35:55.980><c> themselves</c>

00:35:56.780 --> 00:36:00.320
on<00:35:57.900><c> the</c><00:35:58.079><c> words</c><00:35:58.280><c> of</c><00:35:58.500><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:35:59.139><c> king</c><00:35:59.300><c> of</c><00:35:59.559><c> Judah.</c>

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:03.519
That's<00:36:01.840><c> the</c><00:36:02.000><c> power</c><00:36:02.139><c> of</c><00:36:02.400><c> a</c><00:36:02.500><c> great</c><00:36:02.659><c> leader.</c>

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:06.059
He<00:36:04.000><c> absolutely</c><00:36:04.679><c> believed</c><00:36:05.260><c> in</c><00:36:05.460><c> himself</c>

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:10.579
and<00:36:07.019><c> he</c><00:36:07.159><c> was</c><00:36:07.420><c> able</c><00:36:07.659><c> to</c><00:36:08.460><c> bring</c><00:36:08.739><c> along</c><00:36:09.139><c> the</c><00:36:09.719><c> entire</c><00:36:10.199><c> ecclesia</c>

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.920
with<00:36:10.820><c> him.</c>

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:15.929
That's<00:36:12.679><c> true</c><00:36:12.940><c> ecclesial</c><00:36:13.460><c> leadership,</c><00:36:14.239><c> if</c><00:36:14.539><c> ever</c><00:36:14.739><c> there</c><00:36:14.940><c> was</c><00:36:15.159><c> one.</c>

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:21.960
And<00:36:19.780><c> there's</c><00:36:19.940><c> a</c><00:36:20.079><c> lovely</c><00:36:20.340><c> verse</c><00:36:20.679><c> in</c><00:36:20.960><c> Psalm</c><00:36:21.139><c> 4</c><00:36:21.420><c> verse</c><00:36:21.679><c> 8,</c>

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:23.480
which<00:36:22.139><c> I</c><00:36:22.380><c> think</c><00:36:22.500><c> is</c><00:36:22.739><c> very</c><00:36:23.059><c> relevant.</c>

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:26.880
I<00:36:23.880><c> will</c><00:36:24.059><c> both</c><00:36:24.239><c> lay</c><00:36:24.500><c> me</c><00:36:24.719><c> down</c><00:36:24.940><c> in</c><00:36:25.260><c> peace</c><00:36:25.500><c> and</c><00:36:25.920><c> sleep,</c>

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:33.800
for<00:36:27.199><c> thou</c><00:36:27.619><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:29.079><c> only</c><00:36:30.599><c> makest</c><00:36:31.579><c> me</c><00:36:31.840><c> to</c><00:36:32.079><c> dwell</c><00:36:32.380><c> in</c><00:36:32.920><c> safety.</c>

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:36.760
What<00:36:34.980><c> other</c><00:36:35.239><c> safety</c><00:36:35.619><c> is</c><00:36:35.980><c> there</c><00:36:36.239><c> really,</c>

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:41.719
other<00:36:37.199><c> than</c><00:36:37.360><c> the</c><00:36:37.500><c> one</c><00:36:38.000><c> in</c><00:36:38.159><c> which</c><00:36:38.460><c> we</c><00:36:38.639><c> put</c><00:36:39.300><c> our</c><00:36:39.639><c> trust</c><00:36:39.880><c> in</c><00:36:40.139><c> Yahweh,</c><00:36:40.679><c> our</c><00:36:40.840><c> God?</c>

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:43.119
There<00:36:42.539><c> is</c><00:36:42.840><c> none.</c>

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:46.880
He's<00:36:43.860><c> the</c><00:36:44.039><c> only</c><00:36:44.519><c> true</c><00:36:44.880><c> safety</c><00:36:45.380><c> for</c><00:36:45.639><c> all</c><00:36:45.840><c> of</c><00:36:45.940><c> us.</c>

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:51.079
Or<00:36:48.000><c> this</c><00:36:48.199><c> other</c><00:36:48.480><c> verse</c><00:36:48.679><c> that</c><00:36:48.960><c> I'm</c><00:36:49.260><c> sure</c><00:36:49.820><c> Hezekiah</c><00:36:50.519><c> believed,</c>

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:53.320
Joshua<00:36:51.820><c> 23</c><00:36:52.420><c> verse</c><00:36:52.800><c> 10.</c>

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:56.559
One<00:36:54.019><c> man</c><00:36:54.360><c> of</c><00:36:54.500><c> you</c><00:36:54.679><c> shall</c><00:36:54.880><c> chase</c><00:36:55.239><c> a</c><00:36:55.420><c> thousand,</c>

00:36:56.800 --> 00:37:00.300
for<00:36:56.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:57.440><c> your</c><00:36:57.719><c> God</c><00:36:58.099><c> he</c><00:36:58.460><c> it</c><00:36:58.619><c> is</c><00:36:58.900><c> that</c><00:36:59.280><c> fighteth</c><00:36:59.599><c> for</c><00:36:59.840><c> you,</c>

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:02.880
as<00:37:00.840><c> he</c><00:37:01.320><c> hath</c><00:37:01.760><c> promised</c><00:37:02.360><c> you.</c>

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:07.380
So<00:37:04.059><c> you</c><00:37:04.260><c> might</c><00:37:04.539><c> be</c><00:37:04.760><c> twenty</c><00:37:05.219><c> to</c><00:37:05.500><c> one</c><00:37:05.760><c> outnumbered,</c>

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:12.440
but<00:37:07.519><c> those</c><00:37:07.840><c> are</c><00:37:08.079><c> good</c><00:37:08.500><c> odds</c><00:37:09.079><c> in</c><00:37:09.659><c> terms</c><00:37:10.079><c> of</c><00:37:10.239><c> Joshua</c><00:37:10.500><c> 23</c><00:37:11.219><c> verse</c><00:37:11.619><c> 10,</c>

00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:15.239
because<00:37:13.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:13.639><c> is</c><00:37:13.780><c> fighting</c><00:37:14.139><c> for</c><00:37:14.360><c> you.</c>

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:17.900
There<00:37:15.579><c> are</c><00:37:15.639><c> a</c><00:37:16.039><c> thousand</c><00:37:16.039><c> dots</c><00:37:16.360><c> on</c><00:37:16.579><c> the</c><00:37:16.780><c> screen.</c>

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:24.320
One<00:37:19.000><c> of</c><00:37:19.179><c> you</c><00:37:19.980><c> will</c><00:37:20.380><c> chase</c><00:37:20.659><c> a</c><00:37:20.880><c> thousand</c><00:37:21.559><c> if</c><00:37:22.500><c> you</c><00:37:22.719><c> trust</c><00:37:23.019><c> in</c><00:37:23.300><c> God.</c>

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:28.679
Hezekiah<00:37:25.980><c> patently</c><00:37:26.599><c> believed</c><00:37:27.039><c> all</c><00:37:27.300><c> of</c><00:37:27.460><c> this.</c>

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:31.760
Isaiah<00:37:30.179><c> says</c><00:37:30.619><c> of</c><00:37:30.900><c> this</c><00:37:31.179><c> time</c>

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:34.940
that<00:37:32.239><c> I</c><00:37:32.500><c> will</c><00:37:32.760><c> fasten</c><00:37:33.500><c> him</c><00:37:33.940><c> as</c><00:37:34.159><c> Hezekiah,</c>

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:37.099
as<00:37:35.579><c> a</c><00:37:35.840><c> nail</c><00:37:36.119><c> in</c><00:37:36.380><c> a</c><00:37:36.480><c> sure</c><00:37:36.639><c> place.</c>

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:40.559
He<00:37:37.599><c> was</c><00:37:37.920><c> the</c><00:37:38.380><c> anchor</c><00:37:38.820><c> for</c><00:37:39.159><c> their</c><00:37:39.400><c> faith.</c>

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:44.460
And<00:37:41.159><c> he</c><00:37:41.420><c> shall</c><00:37:41.559><c> be</c><00:37:41.760><c> for</c><00:37:41.960><c> a</c><00:37:42.179><c> glorious</c><00:37:42.559><c> throne</c><00:37:42.900><c> to</c><00:37:43.119><c> his</c><00:37:43.360><c> father's</c><00:37:43.860><c> house,</c>

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:46.980
the<00:37:45.079><c> father</c><00:37:45.440><c> David,</c><00:37:46.119><c> not</c><00:37:46.320><c> Ahaz.</c>

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:50.679
And<00:37:47.659><c> they</c><00:37:47.880><c> shall</c><00:37:48.059><c> hang</c><00:37:48.320><c> upon</c><00:37:48.619><c> him,</c><00:37:48.880><c> because</c><00:37:49.159><c> he's</c><00:37:49.500><c> reliable,</c>

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:53.480
all<00:37:51.340><c> the</c><00:37:51.519><c> glory</c><00:37:51.719><c> of</c><00:37:51.860><c> his</c><00:37:52.059><c> father's</c><00:37:52.539><c> house,</c><00:37:52.900><c> the</c><00:37:53.099><c> offspring</c>

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:54.280
and<00:37:53.860><c> the</c><00:37:54.139><c> issue.</c>

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:56.960
He<00:37:54.599><c> was</c><00:37:54.980><c> trustworthy</c><00:37:55.519><c> for</c><00:37:56.320><c> the</c><00:37:56.579><c> future.</c>

00:37:57.420 --> 00:38:00.059
We<00:37:57.679><c> know</c><00:37:57.920><c> this</c><00:37:58.159><c> is</c><00:37:58.400><c> messianic</c><00:37:58.900><c> as</c><00:37:59.159><c> well,</c><00:37:59.500><c> obviously,</c>

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:02.739
but<00:38:00.940><c> it</c><00:38:01.260><c> certainly</c><00:38:01.579><c> applied</c><00:38:01.980><c> to</c><00:38:02.219><c> Hezekiah</c>

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:06.559
because<00:38:03.079><c> he</c><00:38:03.260><c> was</c><00:38:03.659><c> solid</c><00:38:03.980><c> in</c><00:38:04.239><c> his</c><00:38:04.500><c> faith</c><00:38:04.940><c> for</c><00:38:05.320><c> his</c><00:38:05.599><c> God.</c>

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:11.059
So<00:38:08.840><c> the</c><00:38:09.000><c> people</c><00:38:09.219><c> trust</c><00:38:09.579><c> in</c><00:38:09.739><c> Hezekiah</c>

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:14.519
because<00:38:12.059><c> Hezekiah</c><00:38:12.639><c> trusted</c><00:38:13.019><c> in</c><00:38:13.260><c> his</c><00:38:13.460><c> God.</c>

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:18.460
And<00:38:15.940><c> one</c><00:38:16.119><c> would</c><00:38:16.360><c> think</c><00:38:16.559><c> everything</c><00:38:16.980><c> would</c><00:38:17.199><c> be</c><00:38:17.480><c> fine,</c><00:38:17.880><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:18.099><c> one?</c>

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:21.840
We<00:38:18.980><c> would</c><00:38:19.360><c> think</c><00:38:19.719><c> if</c><00:38:20.139><c> you</c><00:38:20.400><c> did</c><00:38:20.619><c> all</c><00:38:20.860><c> of</c><00:38:21.039><c> this,</c>

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:26.099
with<00:38:22.400><c> that</c><00:38:22.639><c> level</c><00:38:22.800><c> of</c><00:38:23.099><c> faith,</c><00:38:24.019><c> all</c><00:38:24.219><c> would</c><00:38:24.440><c> be</c><00:38:25.079><c> well.</c>

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:31.380
But<00:38:28.099><c> there's</c><00:38:28.380><c> a</c><00:38:28.559><c> principle</c><00:38:28.960><c> that</c><00:38:29.960><c> plays</c><00:38:30.320><c> out</c><00:38:31.000><c> large</c>

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:34.639
in<00:38:31.820><c> this</c><00:38:32.400><c> entire</c><00:38:32.900><c> circumstance</c><00:38:33.619><c> with</c><00:38:33.900><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:40.420
And<00:38:35.199><c> it's</c><00:38:35.480><c> that</c><00:38:35.760><c> of</c><00:38:35.960><c> an</c><00:38:36.239><c> untried</c><00:38:36.619><c> faith</c><00:38:37.300><c> being</c><00:38:38.500><c> an</c><00:38:38.800><c> unreliable</c><00:38:39.440><c> faith.</c>

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:47.420
What<00:38:41.760><c> that</c><00:38:42.019><c> means</c><00:38:42.239><c> is</c><00:38:42.679><c> he</c><00:38:43.059><c> had</c><00:38:43.320><c> faith,</c><00:38:44.940><c> but</c><00:38:45.280><c> God</c><00:38:45.559><c> wants</c><00:38:45.940><c> to</c><00:38:46.179><c> test</c><00:38:46.500><c> it.</c>

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:50.539
Not<00:38:47.860><c> for</c><00:38:48.159><c> God's</c><00:38:48.760><c> sake,</c><00:38:49.159><c> mind</c><00:38:49.280><c> you.</c>

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:54.340
For<00:38:51.659><c> our</c><00:38:52.019><c> sake,</c><00:38:53.139><c> our</c><00:38:53.340><c> faith</c><00:38:53.519><c> is</c><00:38:53.860><c> not</c><00:38:54.059><c> tried.</c>

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:57.579
God's<00:38:55.539><c> not</c><00:38:55.639><c> trying</c><00:38:55.860><c> to</c><00:38:55.980><c> test</c><00:38:56.280><c> to</c><00:38:56.480><c> see</c><00:38:56.559><c> whether</c><00:38:56.719><c> we</c><00:38:56.940><c> make</c><00:38:57.119><c> the</c><00:38:57.380><c> grade,</c>

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:59.360
because<00:38:57.940><c> we</c><00:38:58.159><c> always</c><00:38:58.420><c> fail.</c>

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:02.320
He<00:39:00.320><c> wants</c><00:39:00.639><c> to</c><00:39:00.860><c> put</c><00:39:01.039><c> our</c><00:39:01.400><c> faith</c><00:39:01.579><c> under</c><00:39:01.940><c> trial</c>

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:07.760
to<00:39:02.559><c> see</c><00:39:02.860><c> whether</c><00:39:03.199><c> we</c><00:39:04.300><c> can</c><00:39:04.679><c> see</c><00:39:04.960><c> how</c><00:39:05.320><c> reliable</c><00:39:05.880><c> faith</c><00:39:06.239><c> is</c>

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:10.800
in<00:39:08.420><c> our</c><00:39:08.760><c> approach</c><00:39:09.099><c> to</c><00:39:09.300><c> God</c><00:39:09.559><c> for</c><00:39:09.760><c> the</c><00:39:09.900><c> future.</c>

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:14.780
So<00:39:11.119><c> he</c><00:39:11.199><c> puts</c><00:39:11.460><c> us</c><00:39:11.920><c> under</c><00:39:12.260><c> stress</c><00:39:12.719><c> and</c><00:39:13.139><c> tests</c><00:39:13.539><c> that</c><00:39:13.880><c> faith.</c>

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:18.820
An<00:39:15.400><c> untried</c><00:39:15.760><c> faith</c><00:39:16.360><c> is</c><00:39:17.000><c> an</c><00:39:17.159><c> unreliable</c><00:39:17.780><c> faith.</c>

00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:23.179
So<00:39:22.219><c> this</c><00:39:22.440><c> is</c><00:39:22.619><c> what</c><00:39:22.800><c> happened.</c>

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:28.320
In<00:39:23.619><c> those</c><00:39:23.960><c> days,</c><00:39:24.780><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:25.059><c> says,</c><00:39:26.219><c> was</c><00:39:26.440><c> Hezekiah</c><00:39:27.019><c> sick</c><00:39:27.300><c> unto</c><00:39:27.579><c> death?</c>

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:31.179
And<00:39:28.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:29.239><c> the</c><00:39:29.380><c> prophet,</c><00:39:29.800><c> the</c><00:39:29.900><c> son</c><00:39:30.079><c> of</c><00:39:30.320><c> Amoz,</c><00:39:30.719><c> came</c><00:39:30.940><c> unto</c>

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:32.219
him<00:39:31.400><c> and</c><00:39:31.519><c> said</c><00:39:31.699><c> unto</c><00:39:31.960><c> him,</c>

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:36.400
Thus<00:39:32.619><c> saith</c><00:39:33.039><c> Yahweh,</c><00:39:34.119><c> to</c><00:39:34.340><c> the</c><00:39:34.519><c> faithful</c><00:39:34.880><c> man,</c>

00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:41.480
Set<00:39:36.719><c> thine</c><00:39:37.039><c> house</c><00:39:37.400><c> in</c><00:39:37.679><c> order,</c><00:39:39.179><c> for</c><00:39:39.320><c> thou</c><00:39:39.539><c> shalt</c><00:39:39.840><c> die</c><00:39:40.159><c> and</c><00:39:40.300><c> not</c><00:39:40.480><c> live.</c>

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:47.260
Once<00:39:43.679><c> faith</c><00:39:43.940><c> could</c><00:39:44.260><c> plummet,</c><00:39:46.420><c> you</c><00:39:46.800><c> could</c><00:39:47.019><c> say,</c>

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:50.500
God,<00:39:47.579><c> I</c><00:39:47.780><c> did</c><00:39:48.000><c> everything</c><00:39:48.400><c> for</c><00:39:48.739><c> you</c><00:39:49.260><c> and</c><00:39:49.480><c> for</c><00:39:49.800><c> this</c><00:39:50.159><c> Judah,</c>

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:55.480
And<00:39:51.199><c> I've</c><00:39:51.460><c> put</c><00:39:51.539><c> my</c><00:39:51.719><c> trust</c><00:39:52.079><c> in</c><00:39:52.300><c> you,</c><00:39:53.420><c> and</c><00:39:53.739><c> you</c><00:39:53.960><c> simply</c><00:39:54.380><c> say,</c>

00:39:55.679 --> 00:39:57.920
You're<00:39:55.920><c> going</c><00:39:55.940><c> to</c><00:39:56.219><c> die</c><00:39:56.380><c> and</c><00:39:56.519><c> not</c><00:39:56.659><c> live.</c>

00:39:59.139 --> 00:40:01.860
That<00:39:59.420><c> was</c><00:39:59.699><c> not</c><00:39:59.940><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:09.199
So<00:40:06.199><c> this</c><00:40:06.460><c> trouble</c><00:40:06.739><c> was</c><00:40:07.300><c> compounded</c><00:40:07.800><c> not</c><00:40:08.019><c> only</c><00:40:08.300><c> with</c><00:40:08.500><c> the</c><00:40:08.739><c> Assyrians,</c>

00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:11.800
with<00:40:09.420><c> that</c><00:40:09.579><c> mighty</c><00:40:09.940><c> army</c><00:40:10.300><c> at</c><00:40:10.579><c> the</c><00:40:10.780><c> gates,</c>

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:16.579
but<00:40:13.260><c> we</c><00:40:13.460><c> know</c><00:40:13.639><c> that</c><00:40:14.119><c> he</c><00:40:14.360><c> became</c><00:40:14.840><c> terminally</c><00:40:15.420><c> ill.</c>

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:19.860
Isaiah<00:40:17.380><c> 38</c><00:40:17.940><c> tells</c><00:40:18.300><c> us,</c><00:40:18.780><c> Thus</c><00:40:19.019><c> saith</c><00:40:19.280><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:22.960
I<00:40:20.400><c> will</c><00:40:20.599><c> deliver</c><00:40:20.920><c> thee</c><00:40:21.239><c> and</c><00:40:21.719><c> the</c><00:40:21.980><c> city.</c>

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:25.760
So<00:40:23.320><c> what</c><00:40:23.460><c> I'm</c><00:40:23.619><c> trying</c><00:40:23.780><c> to</c><00:40:24.019><c> show</c><00:40:24.159><c> here</c><00:40:24.599><c> is</c><00:40:25.039><c> that</c><00:40:25.219><c> these</c><00:40:25.519><c> two</c>

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:27.940
things<00:40:26.019><c> happened</c><00:40:26.480><c> simultaneously.</c>

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:30.059
It<00:40:28.039><c> wasn't</c><00:40:28.280><c> just</c><00:40:28.679><c> one</c><00:40:29.340><c> set</c><00:40:29.559><c> of</c><00:40:29.820><c> trouble.</c>

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:33.599
Trouble<00:40:30.559><c> often</c><00:40:30.900><c> comes,</c><00:40:32.039><c> as</c><00:40:32.420><c> some</c><00:40:32.679><c> people</c><00:40:32.840><c> say</c><00:40:33.079><c> in</c><00:40:33.360><c> threes,</c>

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:35.679
but<00:40:33.860><c> that's</c><00:40:34.420><c> superstition.</c>

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:39.440
Trouble<00:40:36.260><c> is</c><00:40:36.519><c> often</c><00:40:36.780><c> compounded</c><00:40:37.940><c> to</c><00:40:38.400><c> put</c><00:40:38.579><c> the</c><00:40:38.880><c> extra</c><00:40:39.139><c> pressure</c>

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:39.900
on<00:40:39.619><c> us.</c>

00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:42.519
I<00:40:40.440><c> will</c><00:40:40.579><c> deliver</c><00:40:40.820><c> thee</c><00:40:41.159><c> and</c><00:40:41.480><c> the</c><00:40:41.719><c> city.</c>

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:46.199
Or<00:40:43.019><c> if</c><00:40:43.159><c> you</c><00:40:43.300><c> have</c><00:40:43.380><c> a</c><00:40:43.480><c> look</c><00:40:43.579><c> in</c><00:40:43.780><c> 2</c><00:40:43.980><c> Kings</c><00:40:44.239><c> 18,</c><00:40:45.000><c> Hezekiah</c><00:40:45.440><c> was</c><00:40:45.659><c> 29</c>

00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:48.179
years<00:40:46.940><c> reigning</c><00:40:47.380><c> in</c><00:40:47.639><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:40:48.179 --> 00:40:51.019
And<00:40:48.860><c> then</c><00:40:49.059><c> the</c><00:40:49.260><c> 14th</c><00:40:49.780><c> year</c><00:40:49.920><c> of</c><00:40:50.059><c> his</c><00:40:50.300><c> reign,</c>

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:54.079
that<00:40:51.559><c> Sennacherib</c><00:40:52.079><c> king</c><00:40:52.360><c> of</c><00:40:52.539><c> Assyria</c><00:40:52.980><c> come</c><00:40:53.179><c> up</c><00:40:53.420><c> against</c><00:40:53.780><c> all</c>

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:55.199
the<00:40:54.199><c> fencities</c><00:40:54.659><c> of</c><00:40:54.920><c> Judah.</c>

00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:57.699
So<00:40:55.800><c> if</c><00:40:55.920><c> you</c><00:40:56.039><c> put</c><00:40:56.139><c> this</c><00:40:56.340><c> on</c><00:40:56.500><c> a</c><00:40:56.739><c> timeline,</c>

00:40:58.519 --> 00:41:02.159
we<00:40:58.639><c> know</c><00:40:58.719><c> he</c><00:40:58.860><c> was</c><00:40:59.000><c> 25</c><00:40:59.599><c> years</c><00:40:59.960><c> old</c><00:41:00.380><c> when</c><00:41:00.539><c> he</c><00:41:00.719><c> began</c><00:41:01.019><c> to</c><00:41:01.340><c> reign.</c>

00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:07.440
We've<00:41:03.039><c> just</c><00:41:03.260><c> reigned</c><00:41:03.860><c> 29</c><00:41:04.500><c> years</c><00:41:05.000><c> in</c><00:41:06.400><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:13.320
We<00:41:08.599><c> know</c><00:41:08.760><c> it</c><00:41:08.880><c> was</c><00:41:09.039><c> in</c><00:41:09.199><c> the</c><00:41:09.420><c> 14th</c><00:41:10.019><c> year</c><00:41:10.480><c> of</c><00:41:10.699><c> his</c><00:41:10.940><c> reign</c><00:41:11.059><c> that</c><00:41:11.280><c> Sennacherib</c><00:41:11.780><c> came</c><00:41:12.039><c> up.</c>

00:41:13.980 --> 00:41:16.739
And<00:41:14.139><c> we</c><00:41:14.219><c> know</c><00:41:14.320><c> he</c><00:41:14.480><c> was</c><00:41:14.699><c> granted</c><00:41:14.940><c> a</c><00:41:15.199><c> 15</c><00:41:15.460><c>-year</c><00:41:15.719><c> extension</c><00:41:16.219><c> of</c><00:41:16.400><c> his</c><00:41:16.579><c> life.</c>

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:22.519
And<00:41:16.820><c> of</c><00:41:16.920><c> course,</c><00:41:18.199><c> 14</c><00:41:18.579><c> plus</c><00:41:19.300><c> 15</c><00:41:19.739><c> make</c><00:41:20.139><c> up</c><00:41:20.599><c> the</c><00:41:20.780><c> 29</c><00:41:21.360><c> years</c><00:41:21.800><c> of</c><00:41:21.980><c> his</c><00:41:22.219><c> reign.</c>

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:26.960
So<00:41:23.179><c> what</c><00:41:23.300><c> this</c><00:41:23.539><c> is</c><00:41:23.760><c> telling</c><00:41:23.980><c> us</c><00:41:24.619><c> is</c><00:41:25.539><c> that</c><00:41:25.739><c> his</c><00:41:26.019><c> sickness</c><00:41:26.559><c> to</c>

00:41:26.960 --> 00:41:30.320
death<00:41:27.320><c> and</c><00:41:27.880><c> invasion</c><00:41:28.460><c> were</c><00:41:29.039><c> absolutely</c><00:41:29.800><c> concurrent.</c>

00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:32.579
They<00:41:31.000><c> happened</c><00:41:31.420><c> at</c><00:41:31.880><c> the</c><00:41:32.039><c> same</c><00:41:32.320><c> time.</c>

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:35.320
You<00:41:32.739><c> don't</c><00:41:32.960><c> pick</c><00:41:33.199><c> that</c><00:41:33.340><c> up</c><00:41:33.920><c> in</c><00:41:34.219><c> just</c><00:41:34.400><c> reading</c><00:41:34.659><c> the</c><00:41:34.920><c> narrative.</c>

00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:38.920
You<00:41:35.800><c> have</c><00:41:36.019><c> to</c><00:41:36.179><c> go</c><00:41:36.360><c> between</c><00:41:36.739><c> all</c><00:41:37.059><c> the</c><00:41:37.239><c> verses</c><00:41:37.599><c> to</c><00:41:38.179><c> find</c><00:41:38.440><c> this.</c>

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:41.400
It<00:41:39.519><c> happened</c><00:41:39.659><c> at</c><00:41:39.920><c> the</c><00:41:39.980><c> same</c><00:41:40.239><c> time.</c>

00:41:43.139 --> 00:41:46.039
And<00:41:43.300><c> not</c><00:41:43.500><c> only</c><00:41:43.760><c> that,</c><00:41:44.139><c> but</c><00:41:44.320><c> the</c><00:41:44.599><c> third</c><00:41:44.800><c> issue</c><00:41:45.139><c> compounded.</c>

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:48.860
It<00:41:46.599><c> seems</c><00:41:46.840><c> that</c><00:41:47.059><c> Rabbi</c><00:41:47.239><c> Sheikah</c><00:41:47.639><c> was</c><00:41:47.860><c> probably</c><00:41:48.239><c> a</c><00:41:48.440><c> renegade</c>

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:51.639
Jew<00:41:49.059><c> who</c><00:41:49.239><c> had</c><00:41:49.340><c> run</c><00:41:49.519><c> over</c><00:41:49.760><c> to</c><00:41:49.920><c> the</c><00:41:50.039><c> other</c><00:41:50.320><c> side</c><00:41:50.599><c> to</c><00:41:51.099><c> save</c><00:41:51.340><c> his</c>

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:52.760
skin<00:41:51.900><c> and</c><00:41:52.260><c> for</c><00:41:52.420><c> money.</c>

00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:55.179
He<00:41:53.139><c> was</c><00:41:53.340><c> a</c><00:41:53.539><c> great</c><00:41:53.780><c> orator</c><00:41:54.099><c> and</c><00:41:54.239><c> he</c><00:41:54.320><c> could</c><00:41:54.539><c> certainly</c><00:41:54.880><c> speak</c>

00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:56.260
Hebrew<00:41:55.460><c> very</c><00:41:55.880><c> well.</c>

00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:58.659
I<00:41:56.539><c> knew</c><00:41:56.659><c> all</c><00:41:56.880><c> the</c><00:41:57.079><c> intonation</c><00:41:57.579><c> of</c><00:41:57.760><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:01.679
And<00:42:00.099><c> he</c><00:42:00.320><c> started</c><00:42:00.599><c> this</c><00:42:00.860><c> four</c><00:42:01.099><c>-fold</c><00:42:01.320><c> attack.</c>

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.960
And<00:42:01.840><c> of</c><00:42:01.960><c> course,</c><00:42:02.099><c> it</c><00:42:02.260><c> came</c><00:42:02.460><c> in</c><00:42:02.699><c> waves.</c>

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:05.139
So<00:42:03.239><c> we</c><00:42:03.460><c> can't</c><00:42:03.920><c> do</c><00:42:04.099><c> the</c><00:42:04.300><c> detail</c><00:42:04.579><c> of</c><00:42:04.780><c> the</c><00:42:04.940><c> waves.</c>

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:07.119
But<00:42:05.719><c> there</c><00:42:06.039><c> was</c><00:42:06.199><c> a</c><00:42:06.420><c> four</c><00:42:06.559><c>-fold</c><00:42:06.780><c> attack.</c>

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:09.579
And<00:42:07.320><c> these</c><00:42:07.420><c> are</c><00:42:07.579><c> the</c><00:42:07.760><c> four</c><00:42:07.900><c> things</c><00:42:08.199><c> he</c><00:42:08.360><c> really</c><00:42:08.760><c> worked</c><00:42:08.980><c> on</c><00:42:09.260><c> to</c>

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:11.019
get<00:42:09.780><c> to</c><00:42:09.980><c> the</c><00:42:10.139><c> people.</c>

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:13.320
He<00:42:11.400><c> said,</c><00:42:11.679><c> you're</c><00:42:11.840><c> going</c><00:42:11.900><c> to</c><00:42:12.000><c> be</c><00:42:12.159><c> isolated.</c>

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:15.440
Egypt's<00:42:14.340><c> not</c><00:42:14.500><c> going</c><00:42:14.639><c> to</c><00:42:14.880><c> help</c><00:42:15.059><c> you.</c>

00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:19.679
Stop<00:42:16.179><c> thinking</c><00:42:16.579><c> that</c><00:42:16.900><c> those</c><00:42:17.960><c> great</c><00:42:18.480><c> warrior</c><00:42:18.920><c> kings</c><00:42:19.179><c> of</c><00:42:19.400><c> Egypt</c>

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:20.360
are<00:42:19.860><c> going</c><00:42:19.960><c> to</c><00:42:20.079><c> help</c><00:42:20.219><c> you.</c>

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:21.099
They're<00:42:20.559><c> not.</c>

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:22.920
You're<00:42:21.900><c> isolated.</c>

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:25.880
And<00:42:23.900><c> by</c><00:42:24.079><c> the</c><00:42:24.219><c> way,</c><00:42:24.619><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:24.760><c> is</c><00:42:24.800><c> not</c><00:42:25.039><c> going</c><00:42:25.179><c> to</c><00:42:25.440><c> fight</c><00:42:25.599><c> for</c><00:42:25.780><c> you</c>

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:27.980
because<00:42:26.059><c> he's</c><00:42:26.360><c> angry</c><00:42:26.599><c> with</c><00:42:26.840><c> you.</c>

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:30.199
So<00:42:28.780><c> now</c><00:42:29.000><c> there's</c><00:42:29.300><c> doubt.</c>

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:34.239
Then<00:42:31.179><c> he</c><00:42:31.380><c> says,</c><00:42:31.800><c> well,</c><00:42:32.860><c> do</c><00:42:33.159><c> you</c><00:42:33.300><c> think</c><00:42:33.400><c> you</c><00:42:33.599><c> stand</c><00:42:33.719><c> a</c><00:42:33.900><c> chance?</c>

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:35.260
Nobody<00:42:34.760><c> else</c><00:42:35.099><c> has.</c>

00:42:35.380 --> 00:42:36.039
What<00:42:35.440><c> are</c><00:42:35.579><c> the</c><00:42:35.719><c> odds?</c>

00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:40.019
Forty<00:42:36.840><c>-six</c><00:42:37.059><c> cities</c><00:42:37.519><c> have</c><00:42:37.800><c> gone,</c><00:42:38.320><c> 200</c><00:42:38.559><c>,000</c><00:42:38.960><c> people</c><00:42:39.280><c> in</c><00:42:39.519><c> captivity.</c>

00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:42.719
And<00:42:40.760><c> you</c><00:42:41.019><c> think</c><00:42:41.199><c> you're</c><00:42:41.420><c> going</c><00:42:41.539><c> to</c><00:42:41.800><c> win?</c>

00:42:43.260 --> 00:42:47.960
And<00:42:43.739><c> by</c><00:42:44.019><c> the</c><00:42:44.199><c> way,</c><00:42:44.320><c> if</c><00:42:44.500><c> you</c><00:42:44.559><c> come</c><00:42:44.800><c> to</c><00:42:45.760><c> if</c><00:42:45.920><c> you</c><00:42:46.199><c> surrender</c><00:42:46.519><c> without</c><00:42:46.820><c> a</c><00:42:47.099><c> fight,</c><00:42:47.960><c> you</c>

00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:51.420
know,<00:42:48.659><c> Syria</c><00:42:48.760><c> is</c><00:42:48.920><c> not</c><00:42:49.139><c> that</c><00:42:49.420><c> bad</c><00:42:49.739><c> as</c><00:42:50.000><c> a</c><00:42:50.139><c> place</c><00:42:50.340><c> to</c><00:42:50.579><c> live.</c>

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:55.800
That<00:42:52.699><c> was</c><00:42:52.940><c> the</c><00:42:53.159><c> third</c><00:42:53.360><c> compounded</c><00:42:54.059><c> problem</c><00:42:54.760><c> that</c><00:42:55.320><c> Hezekiah</c>

00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:58.960
to<00:42:56.039><c> face</c><00:42:56.219><c> when</c><00:42:56.440><c> he</c><00:42:56.599><c> was</c><00:42:56.820><c> dying</c><00:42:57.079><c> himself</c><00:42:57.679><c> and</c><00:42:58.239><c> the</c><00:42:58.519><c> enemy</c><00:42:58.739><c> was</c>

00:42:58.960 --> 00:43:00.300
at<00:42:59.139><c> the</c><00:42:59.320><c> gates.</c>

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:03.500
So<00:43:02.199><c> what</c><00:43:02.440><c> happens?</c>

00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:06.119
Something<00:43:04.480><c> happens</c><00:43:04.980><c> in</c><00:43:05.440><c> his</c><00:43:05.800><c> name.</c>

00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:08.260
And<00:43:06.519><c> I'll</c><00:43:07.139><c> expand</c><00:43:07.480><c> on</c><00:43:07.639><c> that</c><00:43:07.820><c> in</c><00:43:07.940><c> a</c><00:43:08.039><c> moment.</c>

00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:12.739
In<00:43:08.599><c> Second</c><00:43:08.820><c> Kings</c><00:43:09.059><c> 18,</c><00:43:09.639><c> verse</c><00:43:09.840><c> 14,</c><00:43:10.760><c> these</c><00:43:11.380><c> words</c><00:43:11.900><c> are</c><00:43:12.260><c> said</c><00:43:12.480><c> to</c>

00:43:12.739 --> 00:43:15.440
the<00:43:12.880><c> Assyrians</c><00:43:13.380><c> to</c><00:43:14.159><c> Snagreb.</c>

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:17.219
I<00:43:15.840><c> have</c><00:43:16.119><c> offended.</c>

00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:18.300
Return<00:43:17.920><c> from</c><00:43:18.139><c> me.</c>

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:19.519
Go<00:43:18.559><c> away.</c>

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:21.219
That<00:43:20.139><c> which</c><00:43:20.320><c> thou</c><00:43:20.539><c> puttest</c><00:43:20.840><c> on</c><00:43:21.019><c> me.</c>

00:43:21.239 --> 00:43:22.300
What<00:43:21.440><c> do</c><00:43:21.599><c> you</c><00:43:21.679><c> require</c><00:43:21.980><c> of</c><00:43:22.159><c> me?</c>

00:43:22.300 --> 00:43:23.300
What<00:43:22.480><c> do</c><00:43:22.659><c> you</c><00:43:22.760><c> need</c><00:43:22.860><c> of</c><00:43:23.059><c> me?</c>

00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:24.159
I<00:43:23.639><c> will</c><00:43:23.800><c> bear</c><00:43:23.960><c> it.</c>

00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:30.039
In<00:43:24.340><c> other</c><00:43:24.480><c> words,</c><00:43:25.179><c> tell</c><00:43:25.260><c> me</c><00:43:25.420><c> the</c><00:43:25.639><c> price</c><00:43:26.179><c> and</c><00:43:27.420><c> I'll</c><00:43:27.960><c> pay</c><00:43:28.199><c> it.</c>

00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:33.199
Hezekiah,<00:43:30.739><c> we</c><00:43:30.980><c> know</c><00:43:31.199><c> that</c><00:43:31.340><c> this</c><00:43:31.519><c> time</c><00:43:31.639><c> is</c><00:43:31.820><c> on</c><00:43:31.920><c> his</c><00:43:32.119><c> deathbed.</c>

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:38.340
So<00:43:34.900><c> one</c><00:43:35.320><c> of</c><00:43:35.440><c> the</c><00:43:35.599><c> politicians,</c><00:43:36.539><c> Shedner,</c><00:43:37.340><c> the</c><00:43:37.480><c> scribe,</c><00:43:38.099><c> led</c><00:43:38.139><c> a</c>

00:43:38.340 --> 00:43:42.340
delegation<00:43:38.980><c> in</c><00:43:40.320><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:43:41.019><c> name.</c>

00:43:42.400 --> 00:43:44.219
Snagreb<00:43:42.639><c> didn't</c><00:43:42.920><c> know</c><00:43:43.119><c> Hezekiah</c><00:43:43.579><c> was</c><00:43:43.739><c> on</c><00:43:43.840><c> his</c><00:43:43.980><c> deathbed.</c>

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:46.260
It<00:43:44.320><c> wasn't</c><00:43:44.599><c> good</c><00:43:44.840><c> to</c><00:43:45.099><c> tell</c><00:43:45.139><c> him</c><00:43:45.300><c> that</c><00:43:45.500><c> either.</c>

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:49.699
So<00:43:47.119><c> Shedner</c><00:43:47.400><c> went</c><00:43:47.679><c> in</c><00:43:47.980><c> the</c><00:43:48.099><c> name</c><00:43:48.280><c> of</c><00:43:48.500><c> the</c><00:43:48.619><c> king.</c>

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:54.840
And<00:43:51.219><c> the</c><00:43:51.380><c> price</c><00:43:51.639><c> was</c><00:43:52.179><c> 300</c><00:43:52.739><c> talents</c><00:43:53.079><c> of</c><00:43:53.340><c> silver</c><00:43:53.559><c> and</c><00:43:53.739><c> 30</c><00:43:54.000><c> talents</c><00:43:54.340><c> of</c><00:43:54.599><c> gold.</c>

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:58.679
Fifty<00:43:55.420><c>-five</c><00:43:55.619><c> million</c><00:43:55.960><c> rands</c><00:43:56.300><c> worth</c><00:43:56.579><c> in</c><00:43:56.760><c> today's</c><00:43:57.179><c> money</c><00:43:57.739><c> of</c>

00:43:58.679 --> 00:44:00.139
gold<00:43:59.019><c> and</c><00:43:59.280><c> silver.</c>

00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:01.980
Where<00:44:00.820><c> do</c><00:44:00.980><c> you</c><00:44:01.039><c> have</c><00:44:01.159><c> that</c><00:44:01.460><c> lying</c><00:44:01.619><c> around?</c>

00:44:01.980 --> 00:44:04.639
Well,<00:44:02.739><c> strip</c><00:44:03.039><c> it</c><00:44:03.219><c> out</c><00:44:03.340><c> of</c><00:44:03.480><c> the</c><00:44:03.679><c> temple.</c>

00:44:05.119 --> 00:44:07.619
The<00:44:05.139><c> temple</c><00:44:05.420><c> that</c><00:44:05.639><c> had</c><00:44:05.739><c> been</c><00:44:05.960><c> restored</c><00:44:06.440><c> and</c><00:44:06.760><c> built</c><00:44:07.039><c> up</c><00:44:07.219><c> as</c><00:44:07.420><c> the</c>

00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:10.760
place<00:44:08.260><c> of</c><00:44:08.679><c> worship</c><00:44:09.000><c> to</c><00:44:09.239><c> God,</c><00:44:10.039><c> stripped</c>

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:13.500
to<00:44:11.219><c> pay</c><00:44:11.500><c> the</c><00:44:11.940><c> filthy</c><00:44:12.300><c> Assyrians.</c>

00:44:15.380 --> 00:44:19.780
So<00:44:15.659><c> this</c><00:44:16.619><c> delegation</c><00:44:17.179><c> comes</c><00:44:17.519><c> back</c><00:44:17.760><c> as</c><00:44:18.039><c> heroes</c><00:44:18.380><c> to</c><00:44:18.579><c> Israel.</c>

00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:26.760
Very<00:44:22.400><c> much</c><00:44:22.780><c> like</c><00:44:23.480><c> at</c><00:44:24.159><c> the</c><00:44:24.960><c> beginning</c><00:44:25.500><c> of</c><00:44:25.880><c> the</c><00:44:26.159><c> Second</c><00:44:26.539><c> World</c>

00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:28.340
War<00:44:26.940><c> when</c><00:44:27.119><c> Neville</c><00:44:27.440><c> Chamberlain</c><00:44:27.840><c> had</c><00:44:28.099><c> gone</c>

00:44:28.340 --> 00:44:32.679
to<00:44:29.059><c> Munich</c><00:44:29.679><c> to</c><00:44:29.940><c> speak</c><00:44:30.159><c> to</c><00:44:30.320><c> Hitler</c><00:44:30.820><c> and</c><00:44:31.639><c> come</c><00:44:31.840><c> back</c><00:44:32.139><c> and</c><00:44:32.420><c> waved</c>

00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:35.000
when<00:44:32.900><c> he</c><00:44:33.099><c> landed</c><00:44:33.420><c> at</c><00:44:33.739><c> Croydon</c><00:44:34.440><c> aerodrome</c>

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:37.300
and<00:44:35.199><c> he</c><00:44:35.320><c> waved</c><00:44:35.559><c> the</c><00:44:35.739><c> piece</c><00:44:35.920><c> of</c><00:44:36.079><c> paper</c><00:44:36.280><c> and</c><00:44:36.400><c> he</c><00:44:36.559><c> said,</c><00:44:37.000><c> Peace</c><00:44:37.099><c> in</c>

00:44:37.300 --> 00:44:38.480
our<00:44:37.539><c> time.</c>

00:44:39.000 --> 00:44:41.460
Of<00:44:39.179><c> course,</c><00:44:39.380><c> there</c><00:44:39.440><c> was</c><00:44:39.599><c> going</c><00:44:39.699><c> to</c><00:44:39.880><c> be</c><00:44:40.019><c> no</c><00:44:40.239><c> peace,</c><00:44:40.380><c> but</c><00:44:40.559><c> everybody</c><00:44:40.980><c> loved</c><00:44:41.260><c> it.</c>

00:44:41.460 --> 00:44:42.619
They<00:44:41.659><c> thought</c><00:44:41.860><c> it</c><00:44:42.039><c> was</c><00:44:42.280><c> true.</c>

00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:45.920
And<00:44:43.199><c> exactly</c><00:44:43.860><c> the</c><00:44:44.099><c> same</c><00:44:44.340><c> thing</c><00:44:44.519><c> happened</c><00:44:44.900><c> here.</c>

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:50.699
Jerusalem<00:44:47.940><c> burst</c><00:44:48.420><c> out</c><00:44:48.739><c> into</c><00:44:49.059><c> a</c><00:44:49.119><c> drunken</c><00:44:49.500><c> orgy.</c>

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:52.059
This<00:44:51.380><c> is</c><00:44:51.539><c> what</c><00:44:51.679><c> they</c><00:44:51.920><c> said.</c>

00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:55.340
Isaiah<00:44:52.659><c> says</c><00:44:53.059><c> this</c><00:44:53.380><c> is</c><00:44:53.539><c> what</c><00:44:53.679><c> the</c><00:44:53.920><c> people</c><00:44:54.260><c> ran</c><00:44:54.579><c> about</c><00:44:54.900><c> doing.</c>

00:44:55.340 --> 00:44:58.519
Let<00:44:56.019><c> us</c><00:44:56.320><c> eat</c><00:44:56.639><c> and</c><00:44:56.800><c> drink</c><00:44:57.019><c> for</c><00:44:57.239><c> tomorrow</c><00:44:57.659><c> we</c><00:44:57.900><c> shall</c><00:44:58.159><c> die.</c>

00:44:58.579 --> 00:45:02.219
But<00:44:58.760><c> what</c><00:44:58.960><c> that</c><00:44:59.239><c> means</c><00:44:59.500><c> is</c><00:45:00.320><c> we're</c><00:45:01.019><c> going</c><00:45:01.019><c> to</c><00:45:01.219><c> die</c><00:45:01.639><c> tomorrow,</c>

00:45:02.280 --> 00:45:04.300
not<00:45:02.619><c> today</c><00:45:02.940><c> as</c><00:45:03.179><c> we</c><00:45:03.320><c> had</c><00:45:03.539><c> feared.</c>

00:45:04.639 --> 00:45:05.219
It's<00:45:04.880><c> postponed.</c>

00:45:05.400 --> 00:45:06.400
Our<00:45:05.579><c> death</c><00:45:05.760><c> is</c><00:45:06.000><c> postponed.</c>

00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:08.519
Let's<00:45:07.219><c> have</c><00:45:07.360><c> a</c><00:45:07.539><c> party.</c>

00:45:09.780 --> 00:45:13.360
They<00:45:10.079><c> became</c><00:45:10.440><c> like</c><00:45:10.780><c> the</c><00:45:11.039><c> vile</c><00:45:11.300><c> ones</c><00:45:11.780><c> that</c><00:45:12.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:45:12.820><c> had</c><00:45:13.139><c> cursed</c>

00:45:13.360 --> 00:45:16.239
before<00:45:13.920><c> as</c><00:45:14.260><c> the</c><00:45:14.500><c> vile</c><00:45:14.800><c> drunken</c><00:45:15.179><c> priests.</c>

00:45:18.219 --> 00:45:20.679
And<00:45:18.659><c> just</c><00:45:18.820><c> because</c><00:45:19.099><c> they</c><00:45:19.280><c> couldn't</c><00:45:19.500><c> trust</c><00:45:19.800><c> the</c><00:45:19.960><c> Assyrians,</c><00:45:20.539><c> a</c>

00:45:20.679 --> 00:45:22.500
little<00:45:20.780><c> bit</c><00:45:21.000><c> afterwards,</c><00:45:21.500><c> they</c><00:45:21.780><c> sent</c><00:45:22.019><c> off</c><00:45:22.219><c> another</c>

00:45:22.500 --> 00:45:25.360
delegation<00:45:23.219><c> off</c><00:45:23.559><c> to</c><00:45:23.960><c> Egypt</c><00:45:24.460><c> looking</c><00:45:24.960><c> for</c><00:45:25.219><c> help.</c>

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:28.440
And<00:45:25.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:45:25.980><c> details</c><00:45:26.440><c> it</c><00:45:26.840><c> in</c><00:45:27.139><c> those</c><00:45:27.420><c> verses</c><00:45:27.679><c> I've</c><00:45:28.039><c> put</c><00:45:28.219><c> there.</c>

00:45:28.719 --> 00:45:32.699
They<00:45:28.940><c> sent</c><00:45:29.179><c> off</c><00:45:29.559><c> beasts</c><00:45:30.179><c> of</c><00:45:30.460><c> burden</c><00:45:30.679><c> full</c><00:45:30.980><c> of</c><00:45:31.159><c> gold</c><00:45:31.480><c> and</c><00:45:31.699><c> treasures</c><00:45:32.159><c> off</c>

00:45:32.699 --> 00:45:35.619
to<00:45:32.960><c> Egypt</c><00:45:33.340><c> as</c><00:45:33.980><c> plan</c><00:45:34.239><c> B.</c>

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:38.559
None<00:45:36.179><c> of</c><00:45:36.360><c> this</c><00:45:36.780><c> sounds</c><00:45:37.219><c> like</c><00:45:37.579><c> Hezekiah</c><00:45:38.119><c> at</c><00:45:38.380><c> all.</c>

00:45:38.579 --> 00:45:40.380
Not<00:45:38.780><c> the</c><00:45:38.960><c> Hezekiah</c><00:45:39.360><c> we</c><00:45:39.599><c> know.</c>

00:45:41.059 --> 00:45:43.239
They<00:45:41.360><c> were</c><00:45:41.559><c> doing</c><00:45:41.699><c> these</c><00:45:42.000><c> things</c><00:45:42.199><c> in</c><00:45:42.460><c> the</c><00:45:42.619><c> name</c><00:45:42.760><c> of</c><00:45:42.960><c> the</c><00:45:43.079><c> king.</c>

00:45:43.239 --> 00:45:46.079
It's<00:45:43.420><c> very</c><00:45:43.659><c> important</c><00:45:43.900><c> when</c><00:45:44.039><c> we</c><00:45:44.280><c> read</c><00:45:44.400><c> this</c><00:45:44.659><c> record</c><00:45:45.139><c> that</c><00:45:45.860><c> we</c>

00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:48.719
realize<00:45:46.300><c> this</c><00:45:46.539><c> is</c><00:45:46.719><c> not</c><00:45:46.880><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:54.280
This<00:45:49.460><c> is</c><00:45:50.260><c> the</c><00:45:50.420><c> delegation</c><00:45:51.019><c> that</c><00:45:51.280><c> was</c><00:45:51.519><c> led</c><00:45:51.699><c> by</c><00:45:51.940><c> Shebna.</c>

00:45:55.539 --> 00:45:57.579
What<00:45:55.659><c> was</c><00:45:55.920><c> Hezekiah</c><00:45:56.440><c> to</c><00:45:56.659><c> do?</c>

00:45:58.360 --> 00:46:02.840
He's<00:45:58.760><c> terminally</c><00:45:59.079><c> ill</c><00:45:59.559><c> and</c><00:46:00.059><c> these</c><00:46:00.440><c> three</c><00:46:00.780><c> great</c><00:46:01.039><c> problems</c><00:46:01.940><c> are</c><00:46:02.380><c> weighing</c><00:46:02.539><c> on</c>

00:46:02.840 --> 00:46:04.579
him<00:46:03.260><c> and</c><00:46:04.179><c> he</c><00:46:04.300><c> can</c><00:46:04.440><c> do</c>

00:46:04.579 --> 00:46:06.219
nothing<00:46:04.860><c> about</c><00:46:05.199><c> it.</c>

00:46:06.599 --> 00:46:09.440
God<00:46:06.800><c> often</c><00:46:07.079><c> reduces</c><00:46:07.500><c> us</c><00:46:07.820><c> to</c><00:46:08.000><c> this</c><00:46:08.179><c> position,</c><00:46:08.559><c> my</c><00:46:08.719><c> dear</c><00:46:08.900><c> brothers</c><00:46:09.159><c> and</c>

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:11.719
sisters,<00:46:10.659><c> for</c><00:46:10.840><c> the</c><00:46:11.059><c> same</c><00:46:11.239><c> response</c>

00:46:11.719 --> 00:46:13.719
that<00:46:11.960><c> Hezekiah</c><00:46:12.460><c> would</c><00:46:12.719><c> have.</c>

00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:17.719
In<00:46:14.639><c> 2</c><00:46:15.000><c> Kings</c><00:46:15.260><c> 20</c><00:46:15.739><c> verses</c><00:46:16.119><c> 2</c><00:46:16.420><c> to</c><00:46:16.500><c> 3.</c>

00:46:36.969 --> 00:46:40.260
Now<00:46:37.280><c> at</c><00:46:37.900><c> first</c><00:46:38.119><c> reading</c><00:46:38.400><c> of</c><00:46:38.579><c> that</c><00:46:38.679><c> you</c><00:46:38.800><c> might</c><00:46:39.119><c> think</c><00:46:39.719><c> Hezekiah</c>

00:46:40.260 --> 00:46:42.360
was<00:46:40.460><c> interested</c><00:46:40.960><c> in</c><00:46:41.179><c> his</c><00:46:41.400><c> own</c><00:46:41.659><c> good.</c>

00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:45.719
He<00:46:43.119><c> was</c><00:46:43.500><c> petulant</c><00:46:44.099><c> and</c><00:46:44.320><c> turning</c><00:46:44.500><c> his</c><00:46:44.780><c> face</c><00:46:44.980><c> to</c><00:46:45.179><c> the</c><00:46:45.340><c> wall.</c>

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:49.159
It<00:46:46.599><c> couldn't</c><00:46:46.780><c> be</c><00:46:46.980><c> further</c><00:46:47.239><c> from</c><00:46:47.519><c> the</c><00:46:47.739><c> truth.</c>

00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:51.940
Hezekiah<00:46:49.880><c> wasn't</c><00:46:50.099><c> even</c><00:46:50.440><c> praying</c><00:46:50.699><c> for</c><00:46:50.920><c> himself.</c>

00:46:52.480 --> 00:46:57.820
His<00:46:52.739><c> prayer</c><00:46:52.960><c> was</c><00:46:53.219><c> actually</c><00:46:53.679><c> modeled</c><00:46:54.119><c> on</c><00:46:54.920><c> the</c><00:46:55.199><c> promise</c><00:46:55.420><c> that</c><00:46:55.719><c> God</c><00:46:56.039><c> himself</c><00:46:56.460><c> had</c><00:46:56.679><c> given</c><00:46:56.820><c> to</c><00:46:57.119><c> Solomon</c><00:46:57.380><c> in</c><00:46:57.659><c> 1</c>

00:46:57.820 --> 00:47:00.659
Kings<00:46:58.119><c> 9</c><00:46:58.579><c> verses</c><00:46:58.940><c> 1</c><00:46:59.260><c> to</c><00:46:59.400><c> 5.</c>

00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:06.179
And<00:47:01.519><c> that</c><00:47:01.719><c> promise</c><00:47:02.039><c> was,</c><00:47:02.960><c> if</c><00:47:03.000><c> you</c><00:47:03.239><c> walk</c><00:47:03.500><c> before</c><00:47:03.840><c> me</c><00:47:04.099><c> correctly,</c><00:47:05.519><c> I</c><00:47:05.960><c> will</c>

00:47:06.179 --> 00:47:06.960
preserve<00:47:06.619><c> you.</c>

00:47:06.960 --> 00:47:10.480
His<00:47:07.400><c> appeal</c><00:47:08.039><c> was</c><00:47:08.619><c> for</c><00:47:08.840><c> those</c><00:47:09.139><c> promises</c><00:47:09.480><c> that</c><00:47:09.699><c> were</c><00:47:09.900><c> made</c><00:47:10.159><c> to</c>

00:47:10.480 --> 00:47:14.199
David<00:47:10.760><c> and</c><00:47:11.119><c> Solomon</c><00:47:11.579><c> to</c><00:47:12.880><c> be</c><00:47:13.280><c> repeated</c><00:47:13.800><c> through</c>

00:47:14.199 --> 00:47:18.000
him<00:47:14.639><c> because</c><00:47:15.260><c> at</c><00:47:15.639><c> that</c><00:47:15.900><c> time</c><00:47:16.139><c> he</c><00:47:16.320><c> had</c><00:47:16.639><c> no</c><00:47:17.039><c> heir.</c>

00:47:18.820 --> 00:47:22.960
And<00:47:19.119><c> he</c><00:47:19.360><c> realized</c><00:47:19.780><c> that</c><00:47:20.039><c> the</c><00:47:20.219><c> nations</c><00:47:20.519><c> would</c><00:47:20.739><c> look</c><00:47:20.960><c> at</c><00:47:21.139><c> God</c><00:47:21.320><c> and</c><00:47:21.579><c> say</c><00:47:21.780><c> your</c><00:47:22.179><c> promises</c><00:47:22.659><c> to</c>

00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:23.639
David<00:47:23.300><c> and</c>

00:47:23.639 --> 00:47:25.139
Solomon<00:47:23.840><c> have</c><00:47:24.260><c> failed.</c>

00:47:25.320 --> 00:47:28.239
This<00:47:25.639><c> prayer</c><00:47:25.920><c> of</c><00:47:26.139><c> Hezekiah</c><00:47:26.559><c> was</c><00:47:26.780><c> not</c><00:47:27.059><c> for</c><00:47:27.239><c> his</c><00:47:27.440><c> own</c><00:47:27.659><c> salvation.</c>

00:47:28.239 --> 00:47:33.880
It<00:47:28.880><c> was</c><00:47:29.260><c> God</c><00:47:29.599><c> centered</c><00:47:30.099><c> for</c><00:47:30.860><c> the</c><00:47:31.079><c> principles</c><00:47:31.579><c> that</c><00:47:32.039><c> God</c><00:47:32.840><c> wanted</c><00:47:33.500><c> in</c>

00:47:33.880 --> 00:47:36.800
the<00:47:34.079><c> earth</c><00:47:34.480><c> for</c><00:47:35.239><c> his</c><00:47:35.480><c> promises.</c>

00:47:37.099 --> 00:47:39.719
He<00:47:38.019><c> is</c><00:47:38.159><c> an</c><00:47:38.440><c> incredible</c><00:47:38.840><c> man.</c>

00:47:40.199 --> 00:47:44.059
How<00:47:40.219><c> many</c><00:47:40.360><c> of</c><00:47:40.519><c> us</c><00:47:41.000><c> with</c><00:47:41.340><c> these</c><00:47:41.659><c> three</c><00:47:41.860><c> problems</c><00:47:42.400><c> facing</c><00:47:42.940><c> imminent</c><00:47:43.400><c> death</c>

00:47:44.059 --> 00:47:49.199
would<00:47:44.860><c> be</c><00:47:45.139><c> praying</c><00:47:45.340><c> for</c><00:47:45.619><c> God's</c><00:47:46.079><c> promises</c><00:47:46.719><c> and</c><00:47:47.539><c> not</c><00:47:47.719><c> our</c><00:47:47.960><c> own</c><00:47:48.139><c> skin?</c>

00:47:55.119 --> 00:47:58.940
This<00:47:55.679><c> is</c><00:47:56.000><c> the</c><00:47:56.420><c> house</c><00:47:56.699><c> of</c><00:47:56.940><c> the</c><00:47:57.099><c> king</c><00:47:57.360><c> to</c><00:47:57.860><c> the</c><00:47:58.099><c> south</c><00:47:58.320><c> of</c><00:47:58.539><c> the</c><00:47:58.699><c> temple.</c>

00:47:59.380 --> 00:48:01.940
Here's<00:47:59.940><c> the</c><00:48:00.179><c> approach</c><00:48:00.599><c> to</c><00:48:00.880><c> the</c><00:48:01.500><c> temple.</c>

00:48:02.019 --> 00:48:04.400
Of<00:48:02.219><c> course,</c><00:48:02.480><c> there</c><00:48:02.599><c> were</c><00:48:02.800><c> steps</c><00:48:03.139><c> up</c><00:48:03.480><c> to</c><00:48:03.619><c> it.</c>

00:48:05.059 --> 00:48:09.400
So<00:48:05.199><c> you</c><00:48:05.300><c> can</c><00:48:05.500><c> imagine</c><00:48:06.280><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:06.980><c> having</c><00:48:07.719><c> told</c><00:48:08.460><c> Hezekiah</c><00:48:09.139><c> this</c>

00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:10.480
bad<00:48:09.719><c> news.</c>

00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:15.760
In<00:48:11.119><c> 2</c><00:48:11.300><c> Kings</c><00:48:11.699><c> 20</c><00:48:12.579><c> verses</c><00:48:12.980><c> 4</c><00:48:13.320><c> to</c><00:48:13.440><c> 5.</c>

00:48:29.940 --> 00:48:34.679
There<00:48:29.960><c> he</c><00:48:30.119><c> was</c><00:48:30.320><c> the</c><00:48:30.460><c> great</c><00:48:30.699><c> leader,</c><00:48:31.519><c> the</c><00:48:31.840><c> captain</c><00:48:32.360><c> of</c><00:48:32.860><c> my</c><00:48:33.360><c> people.</c>

00:48:35.099 --> 00:48:38.059
Thus<00:48:35.340><c> says</c><00:48:35.760><c> Yahweh,</c><00:48:36.340><c> the</c><00:48:36.500><c> God</c><00:48:36.760><c> of</c><00:48:36.960><c> David,</c><00:48:37.440><c> thy</c><00:48:37.659><c> father.</c>

00:48:38.059 --> 00:48:40.599
You<00:48:38.340><c> see,</c><00:48:38.559><c> there's</c><00:48:38.920><c> the</c><00:48:39.099><c> link</c><00:48:39.260><c> to</c><00:48:39.500><c> the</c><00:48:39.699><c> promises</c><00:48:40.000><c> to</c><00:48:40.300><c> David</c>

00:48:40.599 --> 00:48:41.960
and<00:48:40.900><c> Solomon.</c>

00:48:42.420 --> 00:48:46.079
God<00:48:42.920><c> heard</c><00:48:43.420><c> the</c><00:48:43.639><c> prayer</c><00:48:43.860><c> of</c><00:48:44.059><c> Hezekiah</c><00:48:44.860><c> and</c><00:48:45.219><c> he</c><00:48:45.440><c> knew</c><00:48:45.679><c> why</c><00:48:45.940><c> he</c>

00:48:46.079 --> 00:48:46.880
was<00:48:46.340><c> praying</c><00:48:46.500><c> it.</c>

00:48:47.320 --> 00:48:51.420
The<00:48:47.440><c> God</c><00:48:47.719><c> of</c><00:48:47.860><c> David,</c><00:48:48.380><c> thy</c><00:48:48.659><c> father,</c><00:48:50.340><c> is</c><00:48:50.519><c> the</c><00:48:50.639><c> one</c><00:48:50.760><c> who's</c><00:48:50.980><c> answering.</c>

00:48:51.760 --> 00:48:52.539
I've<00:48:51.860><c> heard</c><00:48:52.000><c> your</c><00:48:52.219><c> prayer.</c>

00:48:52.860 --> 00:48:54.260
I've<00:48:53.260><c> seen</c><00:48:53.420><c> your</c><00:48:53.760><c> tears.</c>

00:48:54.539 --> 00:48:56.380
Behold,<00:48:55.000><c> I</c><00:48:55.420><c> will</c><00:48:55.800><c> heal</c><00:48:56.119><c> thee.</c>

00:48:56.420 --> 00:49:00.280
And<00:48:56.539><c> on</c><00:48:56.699><c> the</c><00:48:56.980><c> third</c><00:48:57.239><c> day</c><00:48:58.000><c> thou</c><00:48:58.239><c> shalt</c><00:48:58.480><c> go</c><00:48:58.719><c> up</c><00:48:58.900><c> to</c><00:48:59.099><c> the</c><00:48:59.260><c> house</c><00:48:59.500><c> of</c><00:48:59.800><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:49:00.420 --> 00:49:02.219
You're<00:49:00.719><c> going</c><00:49:00.780><c> to</c><00:49:01.019><c> go</c><00:49:01.219><c> back</c><00:49:01.440><c> to</c><00:49:01.639><c> the</c><00:49:01.860><c> temple.</c>

00:49:02.219 --> 00:49:09.900
You<00:49:02.800><c> who</c><00:49:03.119><c> were</c><00:49:03.619><c> ceremonially</c><00:49:04.460><c> unclean</c><00:49:05.739><c> because</c><00:49:06.239><c> of</c><00:49:06.519><c> your</c><00:49:07.219><c> putrefying</c><00:49:08.059><c> souls</c><00:49:08.480><c> that</c><00:49:08.780><c> were</c><00:49:09.000><c> malignant</c><00:49:09.460><c> and</c>

00:49:09.900 --> 00:49:10.800
killing<00:49:10.099><c> you,</c>

00:49:10.800 --> 00:49:15.579
you<00:49:12.079><c> will</c><00:49:12.320><c> go</c><00:49:12.579><c> up</c><00:49:12.800><c> to</c><00:49:12.980><c> the</c><00:49:13.139><c> house</c><00:49:13.360><c> of</c><00:49:13.639><c> Yahweh</c><00:49:14.099><c> on</c><00:49:14.579><c> the</c><00:49:14.800><c> third</c><00:49:15.059><c> day.</c>

00:49:15.820 --> 00:49:17.960
Three<00:49:16.280><c> days</c><00:49:16.800><c> for</c><00:49:17.519><c> healing.</c>

00:49:18.440 --> 00:49:21.239
Think<00:49:18.679><c> about</c><00:49:18.960><c> the</c><00:49:19.260><c> significance</c><00:49:19.659><c> of</c><00:49:19.920><c> that.</c>

00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:26.619
So<00:49:22.239><c> in</c><00:49:22.480><c> 2</c><00:49:22.599><c> Kings</c><00:49:22.880><c> 20</c><00:49:23.400><c> verses</c><00:49:23.719><c> 8</c><00:49:24.079><c> to</c><00:49:24.219><c> 11,</c><00:49:25.219><c> Hezekiah</c><00:49:25.639><c> says</c><00:49:25.900><c> to</c><00:49:26.119><c> Isaiah,</c>

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What<00:49:27.460><c> shall</c><00:49:27.699><c> be</c><00:49:28.000><c> the</c><00:49:28.239><c> sign</c><00:49:28.699><c> that</c><00:49:29.320><c> Yahweh</c><00:49:29.559><c> will</c><00:49:29.880><c> heal</c><00:49:30.059><c> me</c><00:49:30.300><c> and</c><00:49:30.400><c> that</c><00:49:30.539><c> I</c>

00:49:30.739 --> 00:49:33.860
shall<00:49:30.900><c> go</c><00:49:31.119><c> up</c><00:49:31.280><c> to</c><00:49:31.440><c> the</c><00:49:31.559><c> house</c><00:49:31.780><c> of</c><00:49:32.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:49:32.320><c> the</c><00:49:32.519><c> third</c><00:49:32.820><c> day?</c>

00:49:34.420 --> 00:49:37.519
This<00:49:34.800><c> was</c><00:49:35.119><c> no</c><00:49:35.460><c> doubt</c><00:49:35.940><c> on</c><00:49:36.159><c> the</c><00:49:36.360><c> part</c><00:49:36.579><c> of</c><00:49:36.780><c> Hezekiah.</c>

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There<00:49:38.099><c> was</c><00:49:38.239><c> not</c><00:49:38.719><c> him</c><00:49:39.059><c> doubting</c><00:49:39.559><c> God's</c><00:49:40.079><c> word.</c>

00:49:41.300 --> 00:49:48.139
He<00:49:41.619><c> was</c><00:49:41.880><c> saying,</c><00:49:42.960><c> when</c><00:49:43.239><c> shall</c><00:49:43.420><c> I</c><00:49:43.619><c> know</c><00:49:43.780><c> I'm</c><00:49:44.059><c> ready</c><00:49:44.599><c> to</c><00:49:45.619><c> go</c><00:49:46.119><c> to</c><00:49:46.340><c> the</c><00:49:46.519><c> house</c><00:49:46.760><c> of</c><00:49:47.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:49:47.500><c> when</c><00:49:47.860><c> I</c>

00:49:48.139 --> 00:49:50.340
shall<00:49:48.300><c> be</c><00:49:48.639><c> ceremonially</c><00:49:49.280><c> clean?</c>

00:49:50.440 --> 00:49:53.599
Not<00:49:50.679><c> like</c><00:49:50.940><c> I</c><00:49:51.119><c> am</c><00:49:51.320><c> now,</c><00:49:52.079><c> tainted</c><00:49:52.400><c> by</c><00:49:52.760><c> death.</c>

00:49:53.659 --> 00:49:56.199
His<00:49:54.000><c> heart</c><00:49:54.260><c> was</c><00:49:54.480><c> in</c><00:49:54.619><c> the</c><00:49:54.760><c> house</c><00:49:54.960><c> of</c><00:49:55.219><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:49:57.300 --> 00:50:00.159
A<00:49:57.780><c> wonderful</c><00:49:58.260><c> view</c><00:49:58.639><c> of</c><00:49:58.880><c> this</c><00:49:59.099><c> man.</c>

00:50:00.320 --> 00:50:02.039
Isaiah<00:50:00.420><c> said,</c><00:50:00.840><c> This</c><00:50:00.940><c> is</c><00:50:01.139><c> the</c><00:50:01.320><c> sign</c><00:50:01.480><c> you're</c><00:50:01.800><c> going</c><00:50:01.800><c> to</c><00:50:01.960><c> have</c>

00:50:02.039 --> 00:50:02.619
from<00:50:02.360><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:50:02.659 --> 00:50:05.820
Yahweh<00:50:03.039><c> will</c><00:50:03.260><c> do</c><00:50:03.480><c> the</c><00:50:03.719><c> thing</c><00:50:04.039><c> that</c><00:50:04.440><c> he</c><00:50:04.639><c> has</c><00:50:04.880><c> spoken.</c>

00:50:06.119 --> 00:50:07.619
And<00:50:06.500><c> then</c><00:50:06.699><c> he</c><00:50:06.820><c> asked</c><00:50:07.039><c> him</c><00:50:07.239><c> a</c><00:50:07.360><c> question.</c>

00:50:07.739 --> 00:50:10.320
Will<00:50:07.860><c> the</c><00:50:08.139><c> shadow</c><00:50:08.340><c> go</c><00:50:08.659><c> forward</c><00:50:08.980><c> 10</c><00:50:09.280><c> degrees?</c>

00:50:10.380 --> 00:50:15.260
And<00:50:10.559><c> by</c><00:50:10.840><c> the</c><00:50:10.960><c> way,</c><00:50:11.119><c> when</c><00:50:11.179><c> you</c><00:50:11.380><c> read</c><00:50:11.679><c> degrees</c><00:50:12.159><c> in</c><00:50:12.480><c> scripture,</c><00:50:12.980><c> degrees</c><00:50:13.239><c> always</c><00:50:13.679><c> is</c><00:50:14.179><c> the</c><00:50:14.360><c> Hebrew</c><00:50:14.579><c> word</c><00:50:14.820><c> for</c><00:50:15.119><c> a</c>

00:50:15.260 --> 00:50:16.420
flight<00:50:15.380><c> of</c><00:50:15.659><c> steps.</c>

00:50:16.719 --> 00:50:18.940
It's<00:50:16.920><c> not</c><00:50:17.119><c> degrees</c><00:50:17.539><c> as</c><00:50:18.099><c> we</c><00:50:18.280><c> know</c><00:50:18.380><c> on</c><00:50:18.639><c> a</c><00:50:18.739><c> compass.</c>

00:50:19.179 --> 00:50:22.119
It's<00:50:19.400><c> flights</c><00:50:19.699><c> of</c><00:50:19.980><c> steps</c><00:50:20.340><c> or</c><00:50:21.059><c> go</c><00:50:21.280><c> back</c><00:50:21.559><c> 10</c><00:50:21.800><c> degrees.</c>

00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:27.519
So<00:50:22.300><c> must</c><00:50:22.500><c> go</c><00:50:22.820><c> up</c><00:50:23.500><c> 10,</c><00:50:24.340><c> 10</c><00:50:25.099><c> markings</c><00:50:25.500><c> on</c><00:50:25.840><c> the</c><00:50:26.059><c> steps</c><00:50:26.320><c> or</c><00:50:26.619><c> go</c><00:50:26.860><c> back</c>

00:50:27.519 --> 00:50:29.360
10<00:50:27.960><c> degrees.</c>

00:50:29.699 --> 00:50:32.739
Hezekiah<00:50:30.079><c> answered,</c><00:50:31.059><c> It</c><00:50:31.280><c> is</c><00:50:31.460><c> a</c><00:50:31.760><c> light</c><00:50:31.960><c> thing</c><00:50:32.159><c> for</c><00:50:32.340><c> the</c><00:50:32.579><c> shadow</c>

00:50:32.739 --> 00:50:34.039
to<00:50:33.019><c> go</c><00:50:33.239><c> down</c><00:50:33.519><c> 10</c><00:50:33.760><c> degrees.</c>

00:50:34.059 --> 00:50:37.900
So<00:50:34.619><c> if</c><00:50:35.139><c> the</c><00:50:35.380><c> sun</c><00:50:35.500><c> is</c><00:50:35.719><c> setting</c><00:50:36.039><c> for</c><00:50:36.280><c> it</c><00:50:36.400><c> to</c><00:50:36.679><c> continue</c><00:50:36.980><c> setting,</c>

00:50:38.619 --> 00:50:41.480
but<00:50:38.719><c> let</c><00:50:38.880><c> the</c><00:50:39.139><c> shadow</c><00:50:39.340><c> return</c><00:50:39.760><c> backward</c><00:50:40.199><c> 10</c><00:50:40.480><c> degrees.</c>

00:50:42.219 --> 00:50:44.940
So<00:50:42.440><c> he's</c><00:50:42.699><c> wanting</c><00:50:43.000><c> God</c><00:50:43.239><c> to</c><00:50:43.519><c> confirm</c><00:50:43.820><c> it</c><00:50:44.079><c> for</c><00:50:44.199><c> him.</c>

00:50:44.940 --> 00:50:47.079
Isaiah<00:50:45.480><c> the</c><00:50:45.659><c> prophet</c><00:50:45.960><c> cried</c><00:50:46.260><c> unto</c><00:50:46.579><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:50:47.340 --> 00:50:52.619
And<00:50:47.440><c> he,</c><00:50:48.380><c> Yahweh,</c><00:50:49.880><c> brought</c><00:50:50.219><c> the</c><00:50:50.500><c> shadow</c><00:50:50.739><c> 10</c><00:50:51.019><c> degrees</c><00:50:51.460><c> backward</c><00:50:51.860><c> by</c><00:50:52.260><c> which</c><00:50:52.480><c> it</c>

00:50:52.619 --> 00:50:55.519
had<00:50:52.739><c> gone</c><00:50:53.039><c> down</c><00:50:53.400><c> in</c><00:50:53.599><c> the</c><00:50:53.800><c> sundial</c><00:50:54.239><c> of</c><00:50:54.519><c> Ahaz.</c>

00:50:56.059 --> 00:50:58.420
Yahweh<00:50:56.619><c> performs</c><00:50:57.099><c> this</c><00:50:57.400><c> miracle.</c>

00:50:58.860 --> 00:51:02.079
And<00:50:59.059><c> there's</c><00:50:59.400><c> a</c><00:50:59.559><c> great</c><00:50:59.820><c> clue</c><00:51:00.039><c> in</c><00:51:00.219><c> that</c><00:51:00.579><c> as</c><00:51:00.860><c> to</c><00:51:00.940><c> what</c><00:51:01.199><c> happened.</c>

00:51:03.019 --> 00:51:05.300
So<00:51:03.219><c> here's</c><00:51:03.519><c> a</c><00:51:03.619><c> representation</c><00:51:04.179><c> of</c><00:51:04.340><c> what</c><00:51:04.500><c> the</c><00:51:04.719><c> sundial</c><00:51:05.079><c> of</c>

00:51:05.300 --> 00:51:05.920
Ahaz<00:51:05.659><c> was.</c>

00:51:06.059 --> 00:51:08.320
Remember,<00:51:06.280><c> the</c><00:51:06.460><c> king's</c><00:51:06.739><c> house</c><00:51:06.920><c> was</c><00:51:07.099><c> to</c><00:51:07.340><c> the</c><00:51:07.500><c> south</c><00:51:07.760><c> and</c><00:51:08.059><c> lower.</c>

00:51:08.699 --> 00:51:09.960
And<00:51:08.980><c> here</c><00:51:09.119><c> was</c><00:51:09.320><c> the</c><00:51:09.539><c> temple.</c>

00:51:09.960 --> 00:51:13.440
Now,<00:51:10.820><c> either</c><00:51:10.940><c> a</c><00:51:11.239><c> pole</c><00:51:11.519><c> or</c><00:51:11.940><c> a</c><00:51:12.159><c> building</c><00:51:12.440><c> was</c><00:51:12.699><c> the</c><00:51:12.940><c> marker</c><00:51:13.239><c> in</c>

00:51:13.440 --> 00:51:14.400
the<00:51:13.559><c> middle.</c>

00:51:15.119 --> 00:51:18.199
So<00:51:15.260><c> say</c><00:51:15.619><c> at</c><00:51:15.900><c> 6</c><00:51:16.179><c> a</c><00:51:16.280><c>.m.</c><00:51:16.340><c> in</c><00:51:16.480><c> the</c><00:51:16.599><c> morning,</c><00:51:17.079><c> the</c><00:51:17.219><c> sun</c><00:51:17.420><c> would</c><00:51:17.599><c> be</c><00:51:18.019><c> low</c>

00:51:18.199 --> 00:51:21.119
in<00:51:18.380><c> the</c><00:51:18.599><c> sky</c><00:51:18.960><c> and</c><00:51:19.420><c> there</c><00:51:19.719><c> would</c><00:51:19.880><c> be</c><00:51:20.039><c> a</c><00:51:20.219><c> marker</c><00:51:20.460><c> on</c><00:51:20.699><c> the</c><00:51:20.900><c> steps</c>

00:51:21.119 --> 00:51:22.780
here<00:51:21.420><c> as</c><00:51:21.659><c> 6.</c>

00:51:23.519 --> 00:51:28.079
When<00:51:23.820><c> it</c><00:51:23.980><c> was</c><00:51:24.179><c> 1</c><00:51:24.460><c> p</c><00:51:24.639><c>.m.,</c><00:51:24.860><c> you'd</c><00:51:25.159><c> have</c><00:51:25.300><c> a</c><00:51:25.500><c> marker</c><00:51:25.739><c> somewhere</c><00:51:26.079><c> over</c><00:51:26.420><c> here,</c><00:51:26.679><c> for</c><00:51:26.980><c> example,</c>

00:51:28.380 --> 00:51:31.980
and<00:51:28.619><c> later</c><00:51:28.860><c> in</c><00:51:29.019><c> the</c><00:51:29.179><c> afternoon</c><00:51:29.599><c> when</c><00:51:29.800><c> the</c><00:51:30.000><c> sun</c><00:51:30.139><c> was</c><00:51:30.340><c> going</c><00:51:30.559><c> down</c><00:51:30.840><c> about</c><00:51:31.119><c> 4</c><00:51:31.440><c> p</c><00:51:31.619><c>.m.</c>

00:51:32.099 --> 00:51:35.699
This<00:51:32.480><c> is</c><00:51:32.599><c> why</c><00:51:32.840><c> I</c><00:51:32.960><c> think</c><00:51:33.159><c> this</c><00:51:33.480><c> happened</c><00:51:33.719><c> with</c><00:51:33.980><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:34.500><c> as</c><00:51:35.360><c> the</c>

00:51:35.699 --> 00:51:36.900
shadows<00:51:36.019><c> were</c><00:51:36.300><c> lengthening.</c>

00:51:36.900 --> 00:51:40.780
And<00:51:37.320><c> think</c><00:51:37.559><c> about</c><00:51:37.780><c> that</c><00:51:37.980><c> as</c><00:51:38.179><c> an</c><00:51:38.420><c> ominous</c><00:51:38.780><c> thing</c><00:51:39.159><c> for</c><00:51:39.840><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:51:41.019 --> 00:51:42.239
The<00:51:41.139><c> shadows</c><00:51:41.420><c> are</c><00:51:41.719><c> darkening.</c>

00:51:42.300 --> 00:51:43.820
The<00:51:42.519><c> night</c><00:51:42.739><c> is</c><00:51:43.019><c> drawing</c><00:51:43.219><c> on.</c>

00:51:44.179 --> 00:51:46.260
And<00:51:44.340><c> his</c><00:51:44.519><c> life</c><00:51:44.719><c> is</c><00:51:44.960><c> fading</c><00:51:45.239><c> away.</c>

00:51:47.199 --> 00:51:49.960
If<00:51:47.360><c> the</c><00:51:47.559><c> sun</c><00:51:47.659><c> had</c><00:51:47.800><c> just</c><00:51:48.000><c> continued</c><00:51:48.380><c> to</c><00:51:48.559><c> go</c><00:51:48.800><c> down,</c><00:51:49.659><c> where</c><00:51:49.719><c> would</c>

00:51:49.960 --> 00:51:51.480
the<00:51:50.159><c> sign</c><00:51:50.340><c> be?</c>

00:51:51.599 --> 00:51:53.619
But<00:51:51.780><c> he</c><00:51:51.900><c> wanted</c><00:51:52.179><c> to</c><00:51:52.340><c> go</c><00:51:52.619><c> backwards.</c>

00:51:53.780 --> 00:51:55.000
How<00:51:54.019><c> could</c><00:51:54.219><c> this</c><00:51:54.460><c> have</c><00:51:54.679><c> happened?</c>

00:51:55.400 --> 00:51:58.159
How<00:51:55.619><c> could</c><00:51:55.820><c> the</c><00:51:56.119><c> sundial</c><00:51:56.840><c> sun</c><00:51:57.099><c> appear</c><00:51:57.500><c> to</c><00:51:57.679><c> go</c><00:51:57.880><c> backwards?</c>

00:51:58.320 --> 00:51:59.420
God<00:51:58.539><c> didn't</c><00:51:58.820><c> shift</c><00:51:59.059><c> the</c><00:51:59.260><c> earth.</c>

00:51:59.719 --> 00:52:00.460
And<00:51:59.940><c> you</c><00:52:00.019><c> know</c><00:52:00.179><c> what?</c>

00:52:00.679 --> 00:52:04.900
It<00:52:00.900><c> only</c><00:52:01.199><c> happened</c><00:52:01.480><c> on</c><00:52:01.820><c> the</c><00:52:02.099><c> sundial</c><00:52:02.619><c> of</c><00:52:02.900><c> Ahaz,</c><00:52:03.320><c> on</c><00:52:03.599><c> this</c><00:52:03.860><c> structure.</c>

00:52:05.619 --> 00:52:10.159
The<00:52:06.199><c> way</c><00:52:06.420><c> it</c><00:52:06.519><c> would</c><00:52:06.699><c> happen,</c><00:52:07.519><c> I</c><00:52:07.940><c> believe,</c><00:52:09.320><c> is</c><00:52:09.440><c> that</c><00:52:09.699><c> God's</c>

00:52:10.159 --> 00:52:11.719
Shekinah<00:52:10.639><c> glory</c><00:52:10.920><c> appeared</c>

00:52:11.719 --> 00:52:18.940
and<00:52:12.780><c> the</c><00:52:13.000><c> glory</c><00:52:13.300><c> of</c><00:52:13.579><c> God</c><00:52:14.219><c> outshone</c><00:52:15.820><c> the</c><00:52:16.239><c> sun</c><00:52:16.880><c> so</c><00:52:18.159><c> that</c><00:52:18.360><c> the</c><00:52:18.519><c> shadow</c><00:52:18.659><c> was</c>

00:52:18.940 --> 00:52:20.900
completely<00:52:20.099><c> erased</c>

00:52:21.360 --> 00:52:24.900
and<00:52:21.940><c> looked</c><00:52:22.179><c> like</c><00:52:22.820><c> it</c><00:52:22.980><c> was</c><00:52:23.179><c> 6</c><00:52:23.539><c> a</c><00:52:23.659><c>.m.</c><00:52:23.800><c> once</c><00:52:24.059><c> again.</c>

00:52:27.059 --> 00:52:28.780
And<00:52:27.179><c> think</c><00:52:27.360><c> about</c><00:52:27.659><c> that.</c>

00:52:28.880 --> 00:52:31.900
This<00:52:29.119><c> has</c><00:52:29.380><c> happened</c><00:52:29.579><c> before</c><00:52:30.340><c> or</c><00:52:30.960><c> it</c><00:52:31.159><c> happened</c><00:52:31.300><c> much</c><00:52:31.579><c> later,</c>

00:52:32.019 --> 00:52:33.099
obviously<00:52:32.480><c> chronologically.</c>

00:52:33.099 --> 00:52:36.119
But<00:52:33.480><c> we</c><00:52:33.619><c> know</c><00:52:33.860><c> scripturally</c><00:52:34.360><c> it's</c><00:52:35.159><c> happened</c><00:52:35.380><c> in</c><00:52:35.659><c> the</c><00:52:35.780><c> sense</c>

00:52:36.119 --> 00:52:39.599
of<00:52:36.500><c> Saul</c><00:52:36.760><c> on</c><00:52:37.239><c> the</c><00:52:37.380><c> road</c><00:52:37.679><c> to</c><00:52:37.900><c> Damascus,</c>

00:52:39.900 --> 00:52:43.059
where<00:52:39.960><c> the</c><00:52:40.119><c> glory</c><00:52:40.300><c> of</c><00:52:40.500><c> God</c><00:52:40.719><c> outshone</c><00:52:41.380><c> this</c><00:52:41.739><c> midday</c><00:52:42.139><c> sun.</c>

00:52:43.960 --> 00:52:46.119
So<00:52:44.099><c> I've</c><00:52:44.260><c> created</c><00:52:44.559><c> a</c><00:52:44.719><c> little</c><00:52:44.860><c> video</c><00:52:45.159><c> here</c><00:52:45.440><c> to</c><00:52:45.659><c> try</c><00:52:45.820><c> and</c><00:52:46.019><c> show</c>

00:52:46.119 --> 00:52:47.420
you<00:52:46.260><c> this</c><00:52:46.500><c> happening.</c>

00:52:47.519 --> 00:52:50.280
Have<00:52:47.739><c> a</c><00:52:47.860><c> look</c><00:52:47.980><c> at</c><00:52:48.139><c> the</c><00:52:48.800><c> normal</c><00:52:49.179><c> sun.</c>

00:52:50.719 --> 00:52:54.260
And<00:52:51.280><c> then</c><00:52:51.840><c> here's</c><00:52:52.940><c> the</c><00:52:53.119><c> normal</c><00:52:53.400><c> dial.</c>

00:52:55.380 --> 00:52:59.800
And<00:52:55.599><c> watch</c><00:52:55.800><c> how</c><00:52:56.039><c> the</c><00:52:57.539><c> sun,</c><00:52:57.539><c> the</c><00:52:57.699><c> sundial</c><00:52:58.019><c> can</c><00:52:58.239><c> be</c><00:52:58.980><c> moved</c><00:52:59.260><c> backwards.</c>

00:52:59.800 --> 00:53:03.679
Imagine<00:53:00.420><c> Hezekiah</c><00:53:00.960><c> watching</c><00:53:01.360><c> as</c><00:53:01.579><c> it</c><00:53:01.800><c> moves</c><00:53:02.000><c> back</c><00:53:02.800><c> and</c><00:53:03.219><c> back.</c>

00:53:03.679 --> 00:53:07.900
You<00:53:03.960><c> can</c><00:53:04.119><c> see</c><00:53:04.199><c> it's</c><00:53:04.599><c> localized</c><00:53:05.099><c> as</c><00:53:05.500><c> the</c><00:53:05.739><c> glory</c><00:53:05.920><c> of</c><00:53:06.159><c> God</c><00:53:06.320><c> appeared</c><00:53:06.940><c> just</c>

00:53:07.900 --> 00:53:09.940
for<00:53:08.159><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:53:10.400 --> 00:53:15.920
And<00:53:10.619><c> when</c><00:53:10.719><c> it</c><00:53:10.880><c> was</c><00:53:11.099><c> finished</c><00:53:11.739><c> and</c><00:53:13.559><c> Yahweh's</c><00:53:14.139><c> glory</c><00:53:14.320><c> went</c><00:53:14.539><c> back,</c><00:53:15.699><c> the</c>

00:53:15.920 --> 00:53:17.619
sundial<00:53:16.280><c> continued</c><00:53:16.760><c> on</c><00:53:16.980><c> its</c><00:53:17.199><c> way.</c>

00:53:17.980 --> 00:53:20.420
So<00:53:18.219><c> it</c><00:53:18.280><c> gets</c><00:53:18.440><c> rid</c><00:53:18.659><c> of</c><00:53:18.800><c> all</c><00:53:18.940><c> of</c><00:53:19.079><c> those</c><00:53:19.280><c> crazy</c><00:53:19.760><c> stories</c><00:53:20.119><c> about</c>

00:53:20.420 --> 00:53:22.880
God<00:53:20.739><c> shifting</c><00:53:21.159><c> the</c><00:53:21.460><c> sun</c><00:53:21.599><c> around</c><00:53:22.019><c> and</c><00:53:22.219><c> everything</c><00:53:22.519><c> else.</c>

00:53:22.880 --> 00:53:24.360
It<00:53:23.119><c> was</c><00:53:23.380><c> a</c><00:53:23.539><c> great</c><00:53:23.760><c> story.</c>

00:53:24.860 --> 00:53:29.920
It<00:53:25.079><c> was</c><00:53:25.300><c> a</c><00:53:25.440><c> great</c><00:53:25.639><c> way</c><00:53:26.019><c> of</c><00:53:26.639><c> showing</c><00:53:27.019><c> practically</c><00:53:28.139><c> to</c><00:53:28.840><c> Hezekiah</c>

00:53:29.920 --> 00:53:31.320
that<00:53:30.280><c> Yahweh</c><00:53:30.619><c> was</c><00:53:30.820><c> with</c><00:53:31.019><c> him.</c>

00:53:31.599 --> 00:53:35.380
The<00:53:31.760><c> Shekinah</c><00:53:32.280><c> glory</c><00:53:32.539><c> of</c><00:53:32.760><c> Yahweh</c><00:53:33.440><c> was</c><00:53:33.800><c> with</c><00:53:34.019><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:53:35.820 --> 00:53:37.860
So<00:53:35.920><c> what</c><00:53:36.099><c> became</c><00:53:36.480><c> of</c><00:53:36.679><c> Sennacheribbinah's</c><00:53:37.539><c> army?</c>

00:53:38.099 --> 00:53:39.880
We're<00:53:38.480><c> drawing</c><00:53:38.699><c> to</c><00:53:39.340><c> a</c><00:53:39.420><c> close</c><00:53:39.619><c> now.</c>

00:53:39.920 --> 00:53:41.900
Don't<00:53:40.159><c> worry,</c><00:53:40.400><c> we</c><00:53:40.579><c> won't</c><00:53:40.679><c> be</c><00:53:40.840><c> too</c><00:53:41.099><c> long.</c>

00:53:42.500 --> 00:53:44.960
What<00:53:42.760><c> happened</c><00:53:43.039><c> to</c><00:53:43.239><c> Sennacheribbinah's</c><00:53:44.119><c> army?</c>

00:53:45.940 --> 00:53:48.739
His<00:53:46.340><c> fate</c><00:53:46.539><c> was</c><00:53:46.780><c> absolutely</c><00:53:47.260><c> sealed</c><00:53:47.699><c> because</c><00:53:48.059><c> of</c><00:53:48.239><c> two</c><00:53:48.440><c> things.</c>

00:53:48.739 --> 00:53:51.360
First,<00:53:49.219><c> one</c><00:53:49.320><c> of</c><00:53:49.539><c> Rabbi</c><00:53:49.840><c> Sheikah</c><00:53:50.260><c> and</c><00:53:50.440><c> all</c><00:53:50.619><c> the</c><00:53:50.800><c> vile</c><00:53:51.059><c> things</c>

00:53:51.360 --> 00:53:54.659
that<00:53:51.679><c> Rabbi</c><00:53:52.199><c> Sheikah</c><00:53:52.639><c> had</c><00:53:52.900><c> said</c><00:53:53.059><c> about</c><00:53:53.420><c> God.</c>

00:53:55.199 --> 00:54:01.440
And<00:53:55.440><c> secondly,</c><00:53:56.039><c> the</c><00:53:56.119><c> own</c><00:53:56.360><c> letter,</c><00:53:57.360><c> the</c><00:53:57.559><c> own</c><00:53:58.199><c> writing</c><00:53:58.559><c> of</c><00:53:58.920><c> Sennacheribbinah</c><00:53:59.699><c> himself</c><00:54:00.280><c> that</c>

00:54:01.440 --> 00:54:06.079
he<00:54:01.659><c> had</c><00:54:01.900><c> sent</c><00:54:02.079><c> personally</c><00:54:02.559><c> to</c><00:54:02.800><c> Hezekiah</c><00:54:03.559><c> to</c><00:54:04.239><c> rail</c><00:54:04.440><c> against</c><00:54:04.940><c> God.</c>

00:54:07.139 --> 00:54:10.380
And<00:54:07.239><c> so</c><00:54:07.420><c> testimony</c><00:54:07.860><c> to</c><00:54:08.159><c> this</c><00:54:08.420><c> man,</c><00:54:09.059><c> he's</c><00:54:09.400><c> just</c><00:54:09.800><c> been</c><00:54:10.139><c> healed</c>

00:54:10.380 --> 00:54:12.079
from<00:54:10.719><c> death.</c>

00:54:12.820 --> 00:54:16.579
And<00:54:13.460><c> he</c><00:54:13.679><c> takes</c><00:54:13.980><c> all</c><00:54:14.260><c> of</c><00:54:14.420><c> this</c><00:54:15.059><c> and</c><00:54:15.480><c> he</c><00:54:15.639><c> doesn't</c><00:54:15.900><c> feel</c><00:54:16.199><c> strong.</c>

00:54:16.579 --> 00:54:19.380
He<00:54:16.900><c> takes</c><00:54:17.260><c> it</c><00:54:17.539><c> to</c><00:54:17.659><c> the</c><00:54:17.860><c> source</c><00:54:18.039><c> of</c><00:54:18.199><c> all</c><00:54:18.420><c> comfort</c><00:54:18.719><c> and</c><00:54:18.980><c> he</c><00:54:19.219><c> lays</c>

00:54:19.380 --> 00:54:21.039
it<00:54:19.579><c> out</c><00:54:19.719><c> before</c><00:54:20.059><c> God.</c>

00:54:21.239 --> 00:54:23.780
And<00:54:21.539><c> he</c><00:54:21.679><c> wants</c><00:54:21.900><c> God</c><00:54:22.139><c> to</c><00:54:22.400><c> solve</c><00:54:22.559><c> this</c><00:54:22.840><c> issue.</c>

00:54:23.940 --> 00:54:29.519
He's<00:54:24.500><c> upset</c><00:54:24.940><c> because</c><00:54:25.639><c> these</c><00:54:26.300><c> people</c><00:54:26.739><c> rail</c><00:54:27.079><c> against,</c><00:54:28.539><c> as</c><00:54:28.800><c> we</c><00:54:29.039><c> read</c><00:54:29.179><c> in</c><00:54:29.380><c> 2</c>

00:54:29.519 --> 00:54:33.940
Chronicles<00:54:30.039><c> 32,</c><00:54:31.840><c> rail</c><00:54:31.940><c> against</c><00:54:32.559><c> Yahweh,</c><00:54:33.340><c> God</c><00:54:33.440><c> of</c><00:54:33.599><c> Israel,</c>

00:54:34.000 --> 00:54:37.539
just<00:54:34.300><c> like</c><00:54:34.579><c> David</c><00:54:34.900><c> was</c><00:54:35.159><c> upset</c><00:54:35.559><c> with</c><00:54:35.760><c> what</c><00:54:36.039><c> Goliath</c><00:54:36.440><c> was</c><00:54:36.659><c> doing.</c>

00:54:37.780 --> 00:54:40.380
And<00:54:38.340><c> they</c><00:54:38.619><c> speak</c><00:54:38.860><c> against</c><00:54:39.260><c> him,</c><00:54:39.659><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:54:40.420 --> 00:54:43.059
They<00:54:40.920><c> spoke</c><00:54:41.320><c> against</c><00:54:41.840><c> the</c><00:54:42.199><c> God</c><00:54:42.380><c> of</c><00:54:42.639><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:54:43.059 --> 00:54:46.360
That's<00:54:43.659><c> what</c><00:54:43.860><c> really</c><00:54:44.159><c> got</c><00:54:44.500><c> to</c><00:54:44.760><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:54:46.659 --> 00:54:52.079
He<00:54:46.900><c> sent</c><00:54:47.260><c> off</c><00:54:48.000><c> his</c><00:54:48.340><c> men</c><00:54:48.880><c> to</c><00:54:49.159><c> go</c><00:54:49.360><c> seek</c><00:54:50.019><c> the</c><00:54:50.599><c> prophet</c><00:54:50.860><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:54:52.519 --> 00:54:56.460
And<00:54:52.619><c> in</c><00:54:52.860><c> sackcloth</c><00:54:53.239><c> and</c><00:54:53.500><c> ashes,</c><00:54:53.980><c> both</c><00:54:54.179><c> Hezekiah</c><00:54:55.400><c> and</c><00:54:55.780><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:54:56.460 --> 00:54:58.780
it<00:54:56.840><c> says,</c><00:54:57.039><c> for</c><00:54:57.260><c> this</c><00:54:57.659><c> cause,</c><00:54:57.920><c> for</c><00:54:58.079><c> this</c><00:54:58.280><c> reason,</c><00:54:58.599><c> because</c>

00:54:58.780 --> 00:55:00.059
they<00:54:58.940><c> were</c><00:54:59.159><c> against</c><00:54:59.500><c> God,</c>

00:55:00.500 --> 00:55:03.920
Hezekiah<00:55:01.019><c> the</c><00:55:01.159><c> king</c><00:55:01.440><c> and</c><00:55:01.760><c> the</c><00:55:01.980><c> prophet</c><00:55:02.179><c> Isaiah</c><00:55:02.920><c> prayed</c><00:55:03.699><c> and</c>

00:55:03.920 --> 00:55:08.000
cried<00:55:04.199><c> to</c><00:55:04.500><c> God</c><00:55:04.699><c> in</c><00:55:04.980><c> heaven</c><00:55:05.420><c> in</c><00:55:06.300><c> sackcloth</c><00:55:06.739><c> and</c><00:55:06.980><c> ashes</c><00:55:07.300><c> because</c>

00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:09.980
of<00:55:08.179><c> his</c><00:55:08.360><c> holy</c><00:55:08.599><c> namesake.</c>

00:55:10.860 --> 00:55:15.940
This<00:55:11.400><c> is</c><00:55:11.619><c> the</c><00:55:11.760><c> quality</c><00:55:12.159><c> of</c><00:55:12.420><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:55:16.000 --> 00:55:20.719
And<00:55:16.219><c> this</c><00:55:16.440><c> is</c><00:55:16.639><c> the</c><00:55:16.800><c> swift</c><00:55:17.019><c> response</c><00:55:17.719><c> by</c><00:55:19.219><c> the</c><00:55:19.840><c> head</c><00:55:20.019><c> of</c><00:55:20.219><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:55:21.019 --> 00:55:22.219
Yahweh<00:55:21.239><c> responds</c><00:55:21.719><c> directly.</c>

00:55:22.440 --> 00:55:27.179
You<00:55:22.619><c> see,</c><00:55:23.679><c> when</c><00:55:23.860><c> our</c><00:55:24.119><c> lives</c><00:55:24.400><c> are</c><00:55:25.059><c> aligned</c><00:55:25.420><c> to</c><00:55:25.619><c> God,</c><00:55:26.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:55:26.460><c> responds</c><00:55:26.980><c> as</c>

00:55:27.179 --> 00:55:29.500
he<00:55:27.420><c> did</c><00:55:27.659><c> to</c><00:55:27.880><c> the</c><00:55:28.019><c> prayer</c><00:55:28.199><c> of</c><00:55:28.380><c> Hezekiah</c><00:55:28.739><c> the</c><00:55:28.940><c> first</c><00:55:29.219><c> time.</c>

00:55:29.739 --> 00:55:31.019
Here's<00:55:30.039><c> Yahweh's</c><00:55:30.519><c> response.</c>

00:55:31.019 --> 00:55:35.280
Be<00:55:31.840><c> not</c><00:55:32.099><c> afraid</c><00:55:32.420><c> of</c><00:55:32.639><c> the</c><00:55:32.840><c> face,</c><00:55:33.340><c> in</c><00:55:33.500><c> the</c><00:55:33.679><c> Hebrew,</c><00:55:34.039><c> of</c><00:55:34.219><c> the</c><00:55:34.480><c> words</c><00:55:34.780><c> which</c><00:55:35.099><c> thou</c>

00:55:35.280 --> 00:55:35.559
hast<00:55:35.440><c> heard.</c>

00:55:35.719 --> 00:55:39.900
Don't<00:55:35.880><c> worry</c><00:55:36.059><c> about</c><00:55:36.260><c> the</c><00:55:36.360><c> face</c><00:55:36.699><c> of</c><00:55:36.860><c> Snacharib,</c><00:55:39.099><c> with</c><00:55:39.539><c> which</c>

00:55:39.900 --> 00:55:42.380
the<00:55:40.179><c> servants</c><00:55:40.420><c> of</c><00:55:40.579><c> the</c><00:55:40.619><c> king</c><00:55:40.860><c> of</c><00:55:41.019><c> Assyria</c><00:55:41.440><c> blasphemed</c><00:55:42.059><c> me.</c>

00:55:42.380 --> 00:55:44.300
Don't<00:55:42.619><c> worry</c><00:55:42.860><c> about</c><00:55:43.059><c> them.</c>

00:55:44.320 --> 00:55:49.440
I<00:55:44.679><c> am</c><00:55:44.840><c> sending</c><00:55:45.199><c> a</c><00:55:45.559><c> spirit,</c><00:55:46.639><c> an</c><00:55:47.019><c> angel,</c><00:55:47.559><c> against</c><00:55:47.940><c> him,</c><00:55:48.940><c> and</c><00:55:49.280><c> he</c>

00:55:49.440 --> 00:55:53.119
will<00:55:49.659><c> hear</c><00:55:49.940><c> tidings</c><00:55:50.599><c> of</c><00:55:51.719><c> the</c><00:55:51.880><c> destruction</c><00:55:52.320><c> of</c><00:55:52.500><c> his</c><00:55:52.679><c> army.</c>

00:55:53.380 --> 00:55:57.059
Remember,<00:55:53.659><c> he</c><00:55:53.800><c> was</c><00:55:54.079><c> separated</c><00:55:54.440><c> from</c><00:55:54.780><c> them,</c><00:55:55.239><c> more</c><00:55:55.460><c> at</c><00:55:55.719><c> Lachish,</c><00:55:56.239><c> to</c><00:55:56.460><c> the</c><00:55:56.599><c> coast.</c>

00:55:57.059 --> 00:56:02.139
And<00:55:58.039><c> he</c><00:55:58.219><c> will</c><00:55:58.460><c> return</c><00:55:58.739><c> to</c><00:55:58.940><c> his</c><00:55:59.119><c> own</c><00:55:59.400><c> land</c><00:56:00.000><c> empty</c><00:56:00.559><c>-handed</c><00:56:01.099><c> and</c>

00:56:02.139 --> 00:56:06.360
will<00:56:02.440><c> cause</c><00:56:02.659><c> him</c><00:56:02.880><c> to</c><00:56:03.139><c> fall</c><00:56:03.239><c> by</c><00:56:03.480><c> the</c><00:56:03.780><c> sword</c><00:56:04.099><c> in</c><00:56:04.639><c> his</c><00:56:04.900><c> own</c><00:56:05.179><c> land.</c>

00:56:06.719 --> 00:56:10.519
And<00:56:06.840><c> what</c><00:56:07.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:56:07.300><c> says</c><00:56:07.940><c> always</c><00:56:09.179><c> happens.</c>

00:56:12.000 --> 00:56:18.699
So<00:56:12.400><c> in</c><00:56:12.579><c> a</c><00:56:12.699><c> single</c><00:56:12.920><c> moment,</c><00:56:14.760><c> a</c><00:56:14.880><c> single</c><00:56:15.199><c> angel</c><00:56:15.800><c> descended</c><00:56:16.400><c> on</c><00:56:17.619><c> the</c><00:56:18.280><c> camp</c><00:56:18.480><c> of</c>

00:56:18.699 --> 00:56:19.320
the<00:56:18.820><c> Assyrians.</c>

00:56:19.320 --> 00:56:27.659
185<00:56:20.639><c>,000</c><00:56:21.239><c> prime</c><00:56:21.579><c> soldiers</c><00:56:22.840><c> were</c><00:56:24.139><c> lying</c><00:56:24.400><c> dead,</c><00:56:25.679><c> with</c><00:56:26.059><c> one</c><00:56:26.340><c> angel</c><00:56:26.780><c> to</c>

00:56:27.659 --> 00:56:29.820
185<00:56:28.679><c>,000.</c>

00:56:31.420 --> 00:56:34.739
And<00:56:31.880><c> we</c><00:56:31.960><c> know</c><00:56:32.179><c> that</c><00:56:32.400><c> it</c><00:56:32.519><c> was</c><00:56:33.260><c> in</c><00:56:33.599><c> the</c><00:56:33.780><c> fourteenth</c><00:56:34.179><c> year</c><00:56:34.400><c> of</c><00:56:34.559><c> his</c>

00:56:34.739 --> 00:56:38.739
reign,<00:56:35.260><c> when</c><00:56:35.420><c> that</c><00:56:35.739><c> happened,</c><00:56:36.400><c> it</c><00:56:36.400><c> was</c><00:56:37.599><c> Passover.</c>

00:56:39.840 --> 00:56:40.960
Isn't<00:56:40.059><c> that</c><00:56:40.380><c> fascinating?</c>

00:56:41.320 --> 00:56:44.800
The<00:56:41.559><c> Passover</c><00:56:41.860><c> was</c><00:56:42.139><c> so</c><00:56:42.500><c> important</c><00:56:43.320><c> to</c><00:56:43.639><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:56:44.800 --> 00:56:52.760
And<00:56:45.739><c> the</c><00:56:46.139><c> angel</c><00:56:46.380><c> of</c><00:56:46.599><c> death</c><00:56:46.800><c> passed</c><00:56:47.239><c> over</c><00:56:48.019><c> all</c><00:56:48.340><c> of</c><00:56:48.539><c> Judah</c><00:56:48.820><c> to</c><00:56:49.320><c> save</c><00:56:49.619><c> them</c><00:56:50.579><c> and</c><00:56:51.340><c> smoke</c><00:56:51.579><c> the</c><00:56:51.840><c> camp</c><00:56:52.400><c> of</c>

00:56:52.760 --> 00:56:56.219
the<00:56:52.900><c> Assyrians</c><00:56:53.400><c> at</c><00:56:54.920><c> Passover.</c>

00:56:59.719 --> 00:57:05.940
Snacharib<00:57:00.440><c> bragged</c><00:57:01.119><c> on</c><00:57:01.579><c> his</c><00:57:02.739><c> many,</c><00:57:03.300><c> many</c><00:57:04.219><c> tablets</c><00:57:04.820><c> and</c><00:57:05.300><c> prisms</c><00:57:05.679><c> that</c>

00:57:05.940 --> 00:57:07.239
he<00:57:06.179><c> wrote</c><00:57:06.360><c> of</c><00:57:06.559><c> all</c><00:57:06.699><c> his</c><00:57:06.880><c> conquests.</c>

00:57:07.239 --> 00:57:12.559
He<00:57:07.500><c> lied</c><00:57:07.800><c> about</c><00:57:08.139><c> what</c><00:57:08.460><c> happened</c><00:57:09.260><c> to</c><00:57:10.219><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:57:10.820><c> that</c><00:57:11.039><c> he</c><00:57:11.840><c> had</c>

00:57:12.559 --> 00:57:14.579
victory<00:57:12.920><c> over</c><00:57:13.159><c> him,</c><00:57:13.300><c> and</c><00:57:13.440><c> he</c><00:57:13.739><c> plainly</c><00:57:14.099><c> didn't.</c>

00:57:14.579 --> 00:57:20.079
This<00:57:14.820><c> is</c><00:57:15.000><c> in</c><00:57:15.099><c> the</c><00:57:15.179><c> British</c><00:57:15.519><c> Museum,</c><00:57:16.159><c> literally</c><00:57:16.820><c> dictated</c><00:57:17.840><c> by</c><00:57:18.179><c> Snacharib.</c>

00:57:21.119 --> 00:57:28.260
In<00:57:21.260><c> 2</c><00:57:21.559><c> Kings</c><00:57:21.840><c> 19</c><00:57:22.340><c> verse</c><00:57:22.639><c> 37</c><00:57:23.139><c> we</c><00:57:23.360><c> read,</c><00:57:24.059><c> Snacharib,</c><00:57:24.440><c> king</c><00:57:24.659><c> of</c><00:57:24.800><c> Assyria,</c><00:57:25.179><c> departed</c><00:57:25.699><c> and</c><00:57:25.980><c> went</c><00:57:26.239><c> and</c><00:57:26.480><c> returned</c><00:57:26.820><c> and</c><00:57:27.079><c> dwelt</c><00:57:27.340><c> at</c><00:57:27.599><c> Nineveh.</c>

00:57:28.360 --> 00:57:32.500
He<00:57:28.559><c> went</c><00:57:28.780><c> back</c><00:57:29.219><c> without</c><00:57:30.300><c> nearly</c><00:57:30.599><c> 200</c><00:57:30.880><c>,000</c><00:57:31.340><c> soldiers.</c>

00:57:33.599 --> 00:57:36.559
It<00:57:34.199><c> wasn't</c><00:57:34.519><c> a</c><00:57:34.619><c> good</c><00:57:34.800><c> thing</c><00:57:35.000><c> for</c><00:57:35.219><c> him.</c>

00:57:37.539 --> 00:57:46.099
And<00:57:38.219><c> of</c><00:57:38.420><c> course</c><00:57:38.760><c> he</c><00:57:39.000><c> worshipped</c><00:57:39.460><c> his</c><00:57:39.719><c> gods,</c><00:57:41.000><c> these</c><00:57:41.280><c> great</c><00:57:41.639><c> temples</c><00:57:42.059><c> that</c><00:57:42.260><c> were</c><00:57:42.480><c> built</c><00:57:42.800><c> with</c><00:57:43.139><c> these</c><00:57:44.280><c> bull</c><00:57:44.699><c>-man</c>

00:57:46.099 --> 00:57:49.000
mixed<00:57:47.780><c> creatures.</c>

00:57:49.599 --> 00:57:52.920
And<00:57:49.699><c> we</c><00:57:49.860><c> read</c><00:57:50.320><c> from</c><00:57:50.699><c> scripture</c><00:57:51.039><c> in</c><00:57:51.219><c> 2</c><00:57:51.440><c> Kings</c><00:57:51.699><c> 19</c><00:57:52.300><c> verse</c><00:57:52.559><c> 38.</c>

00:57:53.039 --> 00:57:54.619
Remember<00:57:53.260><c> what</c><00:57:53.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:57:53.780><c> prophesied?</c>

00:57:55.239 --> 00:57:59.139
It<00:57:55.440><c> came</c><00:57:55.659><c> to</c><00:57:55.900><c> pass</c><00:57:56.139><c> as</c><00:57:56.480><c> he,</c><00:57:57.340><c> Snacharib,</c><00:57:58.300><c> was</c><00:57:58.539><c> worshipping</c><00:57:58.980><c> in</c>

00:57:59.139 --> 00:58:03.460
the<00:57:59.300><c> house</c><00:57:59.559><c> of</c><00:58:00.159><c> Nisrock,</c><00:58:00.800><c> his</c><00:58:00.980><c> god,</c><00:58:01.880><c> and</c><00:58:02.119><c> there's</c><00:58:02.340><c> Nisrock,</c>

00:58:03.900 --> 00:58:06.000
this<00:58:04.139><c> bird</c><00:58:04.519><c>-headed</c><00:58:04.800><c> god.</c>

00:58:06.059 --> 00:58:10.920
That<00:58:06.739><c> Adramelech</c><00:58:07.659><c> and</c><00:58:08.019><c> Shariza,</c><00:58:08.539><c> his</c><00:58:08.860><c> sons,</c><00:58:10.400><c> smote</c><00:58:10.579><c> him</c><00:58:10.719><c> with</c>

00:58:10.920 --> 00:58:13.619
the<00:58:11.059><c> sword,</c><00:58:11.440><c> exactly</c><00:58:11.739><c> what</c><00:58:12.019><c> Isaiah</c><00:58:12.320><c> had</c><00:58:12.659><c> said.</c>

00:58:13.820 --> 00:58:19.139
And<00:58:14.039><c> they</c><00:58:14.300><c> escaped</c><00:58:14.559><c> into</c><00:58:14.820><c> the</c><00:58:14.920><c> land</c><00:58:15.099><c> of</c><00:58:15.280><c> Armenia,</c><00:58:16.019><c> and</c><00:58:16.219><c> Ezarhaddon,</c><00:58:16.900><c> his</c><00:58:17.219><c> son,</c><00:58:18.800><c> reigned</c><00:58:18.920><c> in</c>

00:58:19.139 --> 00:58:20.199
his<00:58:19.300><c> stead.</c>

00:58:22.679 --> 00:58:28.179
And<00:58:23.119><c> that's</c><00:58:23.739><c> possibly</c><00:58:24.320><c> the</c><00:58:26.099><c> face</c><00:58:26.659><c> of</c><00:58:27.039><c> the</c><00:58:27.199><c> criminal</c><00:58:27.619><c> who</c><00:58:27.980><c> did</c>

00:58:28.179 --> 00:58:32.219
that<00:58:28.880><c> to</c><00:58:29.179><c> Snacharib,</c><00:58:30.639><c> one</c><00:58:30.920><c> of</c><00:58:31.019><c> his</c><00:58:31.159><c> sons.</c>

00:58:33.980 --> 00:58:38.880
And<00:58:34.579><c> this</c><00:58:34.820><c> on</c><00:58:35.039><c> another</c><00:58:35.940><c> carving</c><00:58:36.599><c> is</c><00:58:37.239><c> the</c><00:58:37.420><c> funeral</c><00:58:37.760><c> procession</c>

00:58:38.880 --> 00:58:43.860
for<00:58:39.280><c> the</c><00:58:39.400><c> death</c><00:58:39.639><c> of</c><00:58:39.920><c> Snacharib,</c><00:58:41.320><c> and</c><00:58:42.300><c> he</c><00:58:42.420><c> was</c><00:58:42.639><c> no</c><00:58:42.840><c> more.</c>

00:58:44.239 --> 00:58:48.460
That<00:58:44.539><c> great</c><00:58:44.800><c> threat</c><00:58:45.099><c> was</c><00:58:45.599><c> vaporised</c><00:58:46.739><c> by</c><00:58:47.340><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:58:50.880 --> 00:58:53.360
So<00:58:51.099><c> Twilight</c><00:58:51.420><c> then</c><00:58:51.960><c> fell</c><00:58:52.260><c> on</c><00:58:52.460><c> the</c><00:58:52.639><c> reign</c><00:58:52.760><c> of</c><00:58:52.940><c> Snacharib.</c>

00:58:53.380 --> 00:58:57.780
That<00:58:53.519><c> was</c><00:58:53.820><c> the</c><00:58:54.039><c> end</c><00:58:54.219><c> of</c><00:58:54.380><c> him,</c><00:58:55.440><c> but</c><00:58:55.739><c> a</c><00:58:55.860><c> beautiful</c><00:58:56.280><c> new</c><00:58:56.559><c> dawn</c><00:58:57.000><c> arose</c><00:58:57.519><c> for</c>

00:58:57.780 --> 00:59:00.539
Hezekiah<00:58:58.300><c> and</c><00:58:58.480><c> Judah,</c><00:58:58.860><c> a</c><00:58:59.019><c> time</c><00:58:59.239><c> of</c><00:58:59.500><c> healing</c><00:58:59.699><c> and</c><00:58:59.960><c> restoration</c>

00:59:00.539 --> 00:59:01.940
once<00:59:00.940><c> again.</c>

00:59:02.219 --> 00:59:06.360
But<00:59:02.780><c> it</c><00:59:03.059><c> certainly</c><00:59:03.440><c> wasn't</c><00:59:03.800><c> without</c><00:59:04.260><c> its</c><00:59:04.539><c> risks,</c><00:59:06.199><c> and</c><00:59:06.239><c> we'll</c>

00:59:06.360 --> 00:59:08.480
look<00:59:06.539><c> at</c><00:59:06.659><c> that,</c><00:59:06.900><c> God</c><00:59:07.079><c> willing,</c><00:59:07.320><c> next</c><00:59:07.699><c> week.</c>

00:59:08.900 --> 00:59:13.079
When<00:59:09.099><c> we</c><00:59:09.239><c> look</c><00:59:09.420><c> at</c><00:59:09.519><c> what</c><00:59:09.739><c> happened</c><00:59:10.260><c> with</c><00:59:11.380><c> Hezekiah</c><00:59:11.900><c> after</c><00:59:12.300><c> this</c><00:59:12.619><c> time</c><00:59:12.820><c> of</c>

00:59:13.079 --> 00:59:18.039
great<00:59:13.260><c> redemption,</c><00:59:15.079><c> and</c><00:59:15.599><c> we</c><00:59:15.780><c> see</c><00:59:15.920><c> him</c><00:59:16.159><c> in</c><00:59:16.380><c> a</c><00:59:16.599><c> great</c><00:59:16.820><c> role</c><00:59:17.260><c> as</c><00:59:17.860><c> a</c>

00:59:18.039 --> 00:59:20.019
repenter<00:59:18.699><c> to</c><00:59:18.980><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:59:20.219 --> 00:59:23.320
So<00:59:20.440><c> we'll</c><00:59:20.599><c> do</c><00:59:20.760><c> that,</c><00:59:21.059><c> God</c><00:59:21.239><c> willing,</c><00:59:21.900><c> next</c><00:59:22.320><c> week.</c>

00:59:23.960 --> 00:59:25.539
Thank<00:59:24.300><c> you</c><00:59:24.440><c> very</c><00:59:24.679><c> much.</c>

00:59:31.719 --> 00:59:32.260
Thank<00:59:31.739><c> you.</c>