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And<00:12:11.250><c> I</c><00:12:11.490><c> feel</c><00:12:11.850><c> that</c><00:12:12.230><c> we</c><00:12:12.429><c> can</c><00:12:12.629><c> introduce</c><00:12:13.029><c> a</c><00:12:13.370><c> better</c><00:12:13.549><c> system</c><00:12:13.870><c> of</c><00:12:14.169><c> regulation</c>

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that<00:12:15.049><c> will</c><00:12:15.309><c> work</c><00:12:15.549><c> for</c><00:12:15.750><c> you</c><00:12:16.049><c> and</c><00:12:16.389><c> for</c><00:12:16.590><c> the</c><00:12:16.769><c> government.</c>

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And<00:12:17.389><c> everyone</c><00:12:17.509><c> goes,</c><00:12:17.970><c> this</c><00:12:18.230><c> guy</c><00:12:18.649><c> is</c><00:12:19.149><c> really</c><00:12:19.409><c> on</c><00:12:19.590><c> the</c><00:12:19.730><c> ball.</c>

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Goat<00:12:20.289><c> industry.</c>

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Wow.

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Absalom<00:12:22.950><c> could</c><00:12:23.169><c> do</c><00:12:23.330><c> this</c><00:12:23.690><c> effortlessly.</c>

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He<00:12:24.490><c> could</c><00:12:24.950><c> do</c><00:12:25.190><c> it</c><00:12:25.350><c> until</c><00:12:26.269><c> the</c><00:12:26.610><c> cows</c><00:12:26.750><c> came</c><00:12:27.009><c> home</c><00:12:27.269><c> and</c><00:12:27.549><c> the</c><00:12:27.730><c> goats</c>

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joined<00:12:28.169><c> them.</c>

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He<00:12:29.309><c> was</c><00:12:29.889><c> phenomenal.</c>

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Everything<00:12:31.970><c> that</c><00:12:32.289><c> you</c><00:12:32.470><c> read</c><00:12:32.730><c> about</c><00:12:32.990><c> him</c><00:12:33.190><c> is</c><00:12:33.490><c> appallingly</c><00:12:34.070><c> modern.</c>

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He's<00:12:35.269><c> a</c><00:12:35.490><c> man</c><00:12:35.830><c> out</c><00:12:36.129><c> of</c><00:12:36.269><c> his</c><00:12:36.529><c> time,</c><00:12:37.149><c> thousands</c><00:12:37.490><c> of</c><00:12:37.690><c> years</c><00:12:37.929><c> ahead</c>

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of<00:12:38.370><c> his</c><00:12:38.570><c> time.</c>

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I<00:12:39.330><c> would</c><00:12:39.529><c> love</c><00:12:39.750><c> to</c><00:12:39.990><c> have</c><00:12:40.190><c> seen</c><00:12:40.409><c> him</c><00:12:40.629><c> in</c><00:12:40.750><c> action</c><00:12:40.990><c> today,</c>

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except<00:12:41.809><c> he</c><00:12:42.570><c> would</c><00:12:42.850><c> probably</c><00:12:43.190><c> have</c><00:12:43.429><c> caused</c><00:12:43.710><c> a</c><00:12:43.850><c> major</c><00:12:44.090><c> war.</c>

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The<00:12:48.509><c> other</c><00:12:48.750><c> problem</c><00:12:49.149><c> that</c><00:12:49.370><c> was</c><00:12:49.610><c> ongoing</c><00:12:49.929><c> at</c><00:12:50.129><c> this</c><00:12:50.330><c> time</c><00:12:50.570><c> was</c>

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the<00:12:51.429><c> restless</c><00:12:51.970><c> northern</c><00:12:52.490><c> tribes.</c>

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Feeling<00:12:53.990><c> more</c><00:12:54.750><c> isolated</c><00:12:55.509><c> now</c><00:12:55.870><c> from</c><00:12:56.070><c> the</c><00:12:56.269><c> capital.</c>

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Not<00:12:58.250><c> content</c><00:12:58.929><c> with</c><00:13:00.149><c> the</c><00:13:00.590><c> attention</c><00:13:01.149><c> they</c><00:13:01.429><c> were</c><00:13:01.669><c> getting</c><00:13:02.029><c> from</c><00:13:02.450><c> David.</c>

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Feeling<00:13:04.350><c> that</c><00:13:04.809><c> their</c><00:13:05.090><c> needs</c><00:13:05.429><c> were</c><00:13:05.669><c> not</c><00:13:05.850><c> being</c><00:13:06.110><c> met.</c>

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Feeling<00:13:06.750><c> that</c><00:13:07.570><c> the</c><00:13:07.909><c> people</c><00:13:08.210><c> of</c><00:13:08.549><c> Judah,</c><00:13:09.070><c> Benjamin,</c><00:13:10.450><c> were</c><00:13:10.590><c> getting</c><00:13:10.870><c> all</c>

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the<00:13:11.450><c> attention,</c>

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being<00:13:12.129><c> favored</c><00:13:12.730><c> over</c><00:13:13.129><c> the</c><00:13:13.330><c> bigger</c><00:13:13.629><c> tribes.</c>

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And<00:13:16.009><c> Absalom</c><00:13:16.389><c> gained</c><00:13:16.730><c> trust</c><00:13:17.289><c> among</c><00:13:17.649><c> these</c><00:13:17.970><c> restless</c><00:13:18.350><c> tribes.</c>

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He<00:13:19.509><c> presented</c><00:13:19.850><c> himself</c><00:13:20.309><c> as</c><00:13:20.710><c> a</c><00:13:21.009><c> man</c><00:13:21.269><c> of</c><00:13:21.570><c> the</c><00:13:21.789><c> people.</c>

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He<00:13:23.110><c> dispensed</c><00:13:23.950><c> with</c><00:13:24.230><c> all</c><00:13:24.470><c> the</c><00:13:24.690><c> royal</c><00:13:25.049><c> courtesies.</c>

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He<00:13:26.409><c> went</c><00:13:26.789><c> up</c><00:13:27.090><c> to</c><00:13:27.230><c> people.</c>

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He<00:13:28.090><c> embraced</c><00:13:28.850><c> them.</c>

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He<00:13:29.950><c> spoke</c><00:13:30.230><c> to</c><00:13:30.330><c> them</c><00:13:30.590><c> face</c><00:13:30.950><c> to</c><00:13:31.110><c> face.</c>

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He<00:13:31.710><c> didn't</c><00:13:31.889><c> let</c><00:13:32.070><c> them</c><00:13:32.269><c> bow</c><00:13:32.529><c> to</c><00:13:32.730><c> him.</c>

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He<00:13:34.210><c> was</c><00:13:34.409><c> superb.</c>

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He<00:13:35.429><c> pretended</c><00:13:35.950><c> to</c><00:13:36.210><c> be</c><00:13:36.370><c> just</c><00:13:36.710><c> like</c><00:13:36.970><c> one</c><00:13:37.169><c> of</c><00:13:37.350><c> them,</c>

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even<00:13:38.149><c> though</c><00:13:38.570><c> he</c><00:13:38.809><c> was</c><00:13:39.129><c> nothing</c><00:13:39.549><c> like</c><00:13:40.009><c> one</c><00:13:40.210><c> of</c><00:13:40.370><c> them</c><00:13:40.529><c> and</c><00:13:40.669><c> they</c>

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knew<00:13:41.029><c> it.</c>

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But<00:13:41.330><c> they</c><00:13:41.990><c> loved</c><00:13:42.409><c> the</c><00:13:42.690><c> conceit</c><00:13:43.570><c> of</c><00:13:43.870><c> being</c><00:13:44.169><c> treated</c><00:13:44.690><c> as</c><00:13:45.250><c> equals</c>

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by<00:13:46.169><c> this</c><00:13:46.509><c> man</c><00:13:46.950><c> who</c><00:13:47.269><c> really</c><00:13:47.710><c> cared</c><00:13:48.049><c> nothing</c><00:13:48.389><c> about</c><00:13:48.690><c> them.</c>

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His<00:13:51.389><c> insurrection</c><00:13:52.070><c> begins</c><00:13:52.889><c> very</c><00:13:53.730><c> intelligently.</c>

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He's<00:13:54.990><c> declared</c><00:13:55.450><c> king</c><00:13:55.909><c> at</c><00:13:56.370><c> Horeb.</c>

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Why<00:13:56.990><c> Horeb?</c>

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Well,<00:13:57.769><c> it</c><00:13:57.809><c> was</c><00:13:58.029><c> the</c><00:13:58.230><c> place</c><00:13:58.490><c> where</c><00:13:58.809><c> David</c><00:13:59.149><c> was</c><00:13:59.470><c> crowned.</c>

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And<00:14:00.389><c> it's</c><00:14:00.590><c> also</c><00:14:00.769><c> the</c><00:14:01.029><c> place</c><00:14:01.230><c> where</c><00:14:01.450><c> David</c><00:14:01.850><c> ruled</c><00:14:02.250><c> as</c><00:14:02.610><c> king</c><00:14:02.929><c> of</c><00:14:03.389><c> Judah</c>

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for<00:14:04.070><c> the</c><00:14:04.269><c> first</c><00:14:04.649><c> few</c><00:14:04.990><c> years</c><00:14:05.929><c> of</c><00:14:06.850><c> his</c><00:14:07.129><c> reign.</c>

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And<00:14:09.149><c> this</c><00:14:09.450><c> symbolized</c><00:14:10.590><c> Absalom's</c><00:14:11.710><c> support</c><00:14:12.049><c> among</c><00:14:12.389><c> the</c><00:14:12.690><c> northern</c><00:14:13.049><c> and</c>

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southern<00:14:14.210><c> tribes.</c>

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It<00:14:14.750><c> was</c><00:14:14.950><c> a</c><00:14:15.169><c> very</c><00:14:15.529><c> symbolic</c><00:14:16.029><c> act.</c>

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King<00:14:17.490><c> at</c><00:14:17.769><c> Horeb,</c><00:14:18.850><c> the</c><00:14:18.970><c> traditional</c><00:14:19.649><c> place</c><00:14:20.350><c> of</c><00:14:20.809><c> the</c><00:14:20.950><c> house</c><00:14:21.330><c> of</c><00:14:21.690><c> David,</c>

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the<00:14:23.269><c> locus</c><00:14:23.809><c> of</c><00:14:24.309><c> power.</c>

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Yes,<00:14:25.470><c> Jerusalem</c><00:14:25.889><c> might</c><00:14:26.169><c> be</c><00:14:26.370><c> the</c><00:14:26.570><c> capital,</c>

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but<00:14:27.590><c> Horeb</c><00:14:28.110><c> is</c><00:14:28.289><c> where</c><00:14:28.529><c> it</c><00:14:28.669><c> all</c><00:14:29.009><c> starts.</c>

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Horeb<00:14:30.169><c> has</c><00:14:30.470><c> great</c><00:14:30.990><c> significance.</c>

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Horeb<00:14:32.850><c> is</c><00:14:33.009><c> the</c><00:14:33.149><c> place</c><00:14:33.429><c> where</c><00:14:33.730><c> you</c><00:14:33.850><c> go</c><00:14:34.129><c> if</c><00:14:34.350><c> you</c><00:14:34.509><c> are</c><00:14:34.649><c> a</c><00:14:34.730><c> Davidic</c><00:14:35.110><c> king</c>

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and<00:14:36.049><c> you</c><00:14:36.190><c> want</c><00:14:36.409><c> to</c><00:14:36.610><c> be</c><00:14:36.889><c> crowned</c>

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and<00:14:37.870><c> announce</c><00:14:38.309><c> that</c><00:14:38.610><c> you</c><00:14:38.769><c> are</c><00:14:38.909><c> now</c><00:14:39.090><c> in</c><00:14:39.389><c> control</c><00:14:39.909><c> of</c><00:14:40.289><c> the</c><00:14:40.470><c> country.</c>

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Horeb<00:14:42.610><c> was</c><00:14:42.830><c> also</c><00:14:43.169><c> very</c><00:14:43.490><c> strategic,</c>

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with<00:14:44.830><c> a</c><00:14:45.149><c> safe</c><00:14:45.429><c> distance</c><00:14:45.950><c> from</c><00:14:46.210><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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This<00:14:47.330><c> precluded</c><00:14:47.909><c> any</c><00:14:48.610><c> interference</c><00:14:49.289><c> by</c><00:14:49.750><c> Joab.</c>

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You<00:14:51.210><c> would</c><00:14:51.490><c> need</c><00:14:51.710><c> advance</c><00:14:52.090><c> warning</c>

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that<00:14:53.230><c> Absalom</c><00:14:53.809><c> was</c><00:14:54.029><c> going</c><00:14:54.210><c> to</c><00:14:54.409><c> do</c><00:14:54.509><c> something</c><00:14:54.809><c> crazy</c><00:14:55.250><c> down</c><00:14:55.549><c> there.</c>

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You<00:14:56.009><c> would</c><00:14:56.230><c> need</c><00:14:56.490><c> time</c><00:14:57.070><c> to</c><00:14:57.309><c> get</c><00:14:57.470><c> your</c><00:14:57.690><c> people</c><00:14:57.970><c> together</c>

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and<00:14:58.870><c> go</c><00:14:59.070><c> and</c><00:14:59.350><c> attack</c><00:14:59.549><c> him</c><00:14:59.789><c> or</c><00:15:00.009><c> stop</c><00:15:00.289><c> him.</c>

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Absalom<00:15:01.730><c> chose</c><00:15:02.110><c> Horeb</c><00:15:02.730><c> very</c><00:15:03.429><c> deliberately.</c>

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And<00:15:07.570><c> when</c><00:15:07.710><c> he</c><00:15:07.950><c> came</c><00:15:08.289><c> to</c><00:15:08.570><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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which<00:15:09.750><c> David</c><00:15:10.190><c> had</c><00:15:10.490><c> astutely</c><00:15:10.889><c> deserted,</c>

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Ahithophel<00:15:13.590><c> advised</c><00:15:14.350><c> him</c><00:15:14.590><c> to</c><00:15:14.809><c> consolidate</c><00:15:15.450><c> his</c><00:15:15.850><c> power</c>

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by<00:15:17.250><c> seizing</c><00:15:17.570><c> his</c><00:15:17.850><c> father's</c><00:15:18.429><c> concubines</c>

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in<00:15:19.789><c> the</c><00:15:20.029><c> manner</c><00:15:20.450><c> of</c><00:15:20.909><c> a</c><00:15:21.149><c> conquering</c><00:15:21.669><c> king.</c>

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And<00:15:23.830><c> this</c><00:15:24.129><c> was</c><00:15:24.549><c> a</c><00:15:24.690><c> point</c><00:15:24.950><c> of</c><00:15:25.269><c> no</c><00:15:25.509><c> return.</c>

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Up<00:15:26.210><c> to</c><00:15:26.409><c> this</c><00:15:26.710><c> point,</c><00:15:27.889><c> he</c><00:15:27.909><c> could</c><00:15:28.230><c> still</c><00:15:28.870><c> have</c><00:15:29.289><c> been</c><00:15:29.629><c> forgiven.</c>

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He<00:15:30.610><c> could</c><00:15:30.909><c> still</c><00:15:31.350><c> have</c><00:15:31.590><c> been</c><00:15:32.490><c> reconciled.</c>

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But<00:15:35.029><c> this</c><00:15:35.549><c> act</c><00:15:36.190><c> was</c><00:15:38.009><c> unspeakable,</c><00:15:39.669><c> despicable.</c>

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It<00:15:40.889><c> openly</c><00:15:41.610><c> treated</c><00:15:42.009><c> his</c><00:15:42.330><c> father</c><00:15:42.769><c> as</c><00:15:43.590><c> an</c><00:15:43.889><c> enemy.</c>

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And<00:15:45.110><c> he</c><00:15:45.190><c> was</c><00:15:45.470><c> now</c><00:15:45.710><c> committed</c><00:15:46.269><c> to</c><00:15:46.769><c> killing</c><00:15:47.070><c> David</c>

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or<00:15:47.809><c> dying</c><00:15:48.190><c> in</c><00:15:48.649><c> the</c><00:15:48.889><c> attempt.</c>

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There<00:15:49.429><c> was</c><00:15:49.669><c> no</c><00:15:49.909><c> way</c><00:15:50.110><c> back.</c>

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Now<00:15:52.889><c> Joab,</c><00:15:54.289><c> what</c><00:15:54.450><c> a</c><00:15:54.669><c> fascinating</c><00:15:55.129><c> guy.</c>

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One<00:15:56.450><c> of</c><00:15:56.570><c> my</c><00:15:56.870><c> favourite</c><00:15:57.309><c> biblical</c><00:15:57.769><c> characters.</c>

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Joab<00:15:59.590><c> was</c><00:15:59.769><c> one</c><00:15:59.970><c> of</c><00:16:00.169><c> Israel's</c><00:16:01.009><c> greatest</c><00:16:01.370><c> warriors.</c>

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And<00:16:02.889><c> if</c><00:16:03.070><c> you</c><00:16:03.269><c> look</c><00:16:03.509><c> through</c><00:16:03.769><c> the</c><00:16:03.889><c> record</c><00:16:04.190><c> of</c><00:16:04.389><c> the</c><00:16:04.450><c> Old</c><00:16:04.649><c> Testament,</c>

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you<00:16:05.169><c> will</c><00:16:05.509><c> find</c><00:16:05.870><c> he</c><00:16:06.149><c> was</c><00:16:06.529><c> never</c><00:16:06.809><c> defeated</c><00:16:07.309><c> in</c><00:16:07.649><c> battle</c>

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under<00:16:08.929><c> David's</c><00:16:09.470><c> command.</c>

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But<00:16:10.289><c> Joab</c><00:16:10.289><c> was</c><00:16:12.929><c> a</c><00:16:13.230><c> complex</c><00:16:13.750><c> man.</c>

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He<00:16:15.029><c> was</c><00:16:15.269><c> a</c><00:16:15.549><c> nationalist.</c>

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His<00:16:16.990><c> loyalty</c><00:16:17.429><c> was</c><00:16:17.750><c> first</c><00:16:18.210><c> to</c><00:16:18.429><c> the</c><00:16:18.549><c> nation,</c>

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then<00:16:20.330><c> to</c><00:16:20.570><c> the</c><00:16:20.769><c> throne,</c>

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and<00:16:22.490><c> finally</c><00:16:23.029><c> to</c><00:16:23.409><c> God.</c>

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Look<00:16:25.169><c> what</c><00:16:25.330><c> happens</c><00:16:25.850><c> when</c><00:16:26.409><c> David</c><00:16:26.769><c> decides</c><00:16:27.330><c> to</c><00:16:27.590><c> number</c><00:16:27.830><c> the</c><00:16:28.070><c> people.</c>

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What<00:16:29.250><c> does</c><00:16:29.509><c> Joab</c><00:16:30.250><c> say?</c>

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What's<00:16:30.850><c> his</c><00:16:31.750><c> response?</c>

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What's<00:16:32.570><c> the</c><00:16:32.789><c> key</c><00:16:33.529><c> point</c><00:16:33.970><c> of</c><00:16:34.230><c> his</c><00:16:34.470><c> objection?</c>

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He<00:16:35.909><c> doesn't</c><00:16:36.210><c> say</c><00:16:36.429><c> you</c><00:16:36.590><c> can't</c><00:16:36.909><c> number</c><00:16:37.129><c> the</c><00:16:37.350><c> people.</c>

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God<00:16:38.389><c> has</c><00:16:39.049><c> forbidden</c><00:16:39.289><c> it.</c>

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He<00:16:40.909><c> doesn't</c><00:16:41.210><c> say</c><00:16:41.649><c> you</c><00:16:41.929><c> can't</c><00:16:42.350><c> number</c><00:16:42.549><c> the</c><00:16:42.769><c> people.</c>

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We<00:16:43.350><c> don't</c><00:16:43.549><c> need</c><00:16:43.809><c> to</c><00:16:43.970><c> number</c><00:16:44.090><c> the</c><00:16:44.330><c> people.</c>

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I'm<00:16:45.710><c> the</c><00:16:45.950><c> commander</c><00:16:46.190><c> of</c><00:16:46.389><c> the</c><00:16:46.509><c> army.</c>

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I<00:16:47.450><c> already</c><00:16:47.730><c> know</c><00:16:47.929><c> how</c><00:16:48.110><c> many</c><00:16:48.289><c> people</c><00:16:48.529><c> we've</c><00:16:48.710><c> got.</c>

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Look,<00:16:48.889><c> we've</c><00:16:49.110><c> got</c><00:16:49.230><c> enough.</c>

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Just<00:16:49.830><c> write</c><00:16:49.990><c> down</c><00:16:50.230><c> enough.</c>

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Save<00:16:51.370><c> a</c><00:16:51.450><c> lot</c><00:16:51.590><c> of</c><00:16:51.789><c> paperwork.</c>

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He<00:16:53.049><c> doesn't</c><00:16:53.309><c> say,</c><00:16:53.730><c> oh,</c><00:16:54.009><c> well,</c><00:16:54.169><c> you're</c><00:16:54.370><c> the</c><00:16:54.570><c> king,</c>

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but<00:16:55.190><c> I</c><00:16:55.509><c> advise</c><00:16:55.710><c> you</c><00:16:55.929><c> against</c><00:16:56.230><c> this</c>

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because<00:16:56.909><c> it's</c><00:16:57.269><c> not</c><00:16:57.389><c> a</c><00:16:57.490><c> good</c><00:16:57.629><c> look</c><00:16:57.730><c> for</c><00:16:57.950><c> the</c><00:16:58.049><c> king.</c>

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He<00:16:59.669><c> says,</c><00:17:00.950><c> don't</c><00:17:01.210><c> do</c><00:17:01.529><c> this</c><00:17:01.850><c> thing</c>

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because<00:17:03.029><c> it</c><00:17:03.210><c> will</c><00:17:03.470><c> bring</c><00:17:03.690><c> calamity</c><00:17:04.589><c> on</c><00:17:05.190><c> the</c><00:17:05.450><c> nation.</c>

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God<00:17:07.190><c> will</c><00:17:07.569><c> punish</c><00:17:07.990><c> the</c><00:17:08.490><c> nation.</c>

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He<00:17:08.890><c> doesn't</c><00:17:09.130><c> say</c><00:17:09.309><c> God</c><00:17:09.490><c> will</c><00:17:09.690><c> punish</c><00:17:09.849><c> you,</c><00:17:10.230><c> David.</c>

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He<00:17:10.890><c> doesn't</c><00:17:10.990><c> say</c><00:17:11.109><c> God</c><00:17:11.309><c> will</c><00:17:11.470><c> punish</c><00:17:11.690><c> me.</c>

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Joab<00:17:13.089><c> didn't</c><00:17:13.309><c> care</c><00:17:13.569><c> about</c><00:17:13.849><c> himself</c>

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as<00:17:14.710><c> much</c><00:17:14.890><c> as</c><00:17:14.990><c> he</c><00:17:15.109><c> cared</c><00:17:15.269><c> about</c><00:17:15.490><c> the</c><00:17:15.630><c> nation.</c>

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He<00:17:16.650><c> didn't</c><00:17:16.750><c> care</c><00:17:16.990><c> about</c><00:17:17.349><c> anyone</c>

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as<00:17:18.190><c> much</c><00:17:18.369><c> as</c><00:17:18.490><c> he</c><00:17:18.529><c> cared</c><00:17:18.750><c> about</c><00:17:18.990><c> the</c><00:17:19.109><c> nation.</c>

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He<00:17:20.490><c> said</c><00:17:20.630><c> to</c><00:17:20.809><c> David,</c><00:17:21.710><c> don't</c><00:17:21.809><c> number</c><00:17:21.990><c> the</c><00:17:22.210><c> people.</c>

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God<00:17:24.450><c> will</c><00:17:24.690><c> punish</c><00:17:25.210><c> the</c><00:17:25.569><c> nation</c><00:17:25.930><c> on</c><00:17:27.069><c> your</c><00:17:27.349><c> behalf,</c>

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and<00:17:28.309><c> I'm</c><00:17:28.509><c> not</c><00:17:28.710><c> going</c><00:17:28.829><c> to</c><00:17:28.910><c> see</c><00:17:29.009><c> that</c><00:17:29.250><c> happen.</c>

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David<00:17:31.490><c> goes</c><00:17:31.710><c> ahead</c><00:17:31.950><c> anyway,</c>

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and<00:17:33.789><c> Joab</c><00:17:33.970><c> gets</c><00:17:34.269><c> his</c><00:17:34.650><c> I</c><00:17:35.009><c> told</c><00:17:35.210><c> you</c><00:17:35.349><c> so</c><00:17:35.509><c> moment.</c>

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Joab<00:17:40.250><c> didn't</c><00:17:40.470><c> care</c><00:17:40.849><c> about</c><00:17:41.210><c> anything</c>

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as<00:17:42.450><c> much</c><00:17:42.690><c> as</c><00:17:42.829><c> the</c><00:17:42.990><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:17:45.990><c> he</c><00:17:46.130><c> was</c><00:17:46.509><c> ruthlessly</c><00:17:47.130><c> pragmatic.</c>

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He<00:17:48.470><c> had</c><00:17:48.769><c> no</c><00:17:49.029><c> hesitation</c><00:17:49.710><c> about</c><00:17:50.230><c> killing</c><00:17:50.789><c> rivals.</c>

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He<00:17:52.009><c> had</c><00:17:52.190><c> no</c><00:17:52.410><c> hesitation</c><00:17:53.009><c> about</c><00:17:53.470><c> assassinating</c>

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anyone<00:17:55.009><c> who</c><00:17:55.450><c> posed</c><00:17:55.750><c> a</c><00:17:56.049><c> potential</c><00:17:56.490><c> threat</c>

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to<00:17:57.289><c> the</c><00:17:57.470><c> stability</c><00:17:57.970><c> of</c><00:17:58.349><c> the</c><00:17:58.490><c> kingdom.</c>

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The<00:17:59.190><c> nation</c><00:17:59.789><c> comes</c><00:18:00.349><c> first.</c>

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Every<00:18:01.910><c> now</c><00:18:02.150><c> and</c><00:18:02.250><c> then,</c>

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he<00:18:02.430><c> might</c><00:18:02.710><c> take</c><00:18:03.170><c> some</c><00:18:03.410><c> time</c><00:18:03.670><c> out</c><00:18:03.849><c> for</c><00:18:03.990><c> himself</c>

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and<00:18:04.869><c> murder</c><00:18:05.190><c> someone</c><00:18:05.470><c> to</c><00:18:05.750><c> avenge</c><00:18:06.069><c> a</c><00:18:06.190><c> grudge.</c>

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But<00:18:07.509><c> at</c><00:18:07.710><c> all</c><00:18:07.849><c> other</c><00:18:08.049><c> times,</c>

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he<00:18:09.289><c> was</c><00:18:09.490><c> looking</c><00:18:09.750><c> out</c><00:18:10.130><c> for</c><00:18:10.329><c> the</c><00:18:10.470><c> nation,</c>

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and<00:18:11.069><c> he</c><00:18:11.210><c> would</c><00:18:11.430><c> oppose</c><00:18:12.150><c> David</c>

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on<00:18:13.670><c> the</c><00:18:13.849><c> nation's</c><00:18:14.289><c> behalf</c><00:18:14.750><c> if</c><00:18:15.049><c> Bush</c><00:18:15.230><c> came</c><00:18:15.509><c> to</c><00:18:15.690><c> shove.</c>

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Joab<00:18:19.730><c> was</c><00:18:20.329><c> a</c><00:18:20.809><c> smart</c><00:18:21.049><c> guy,</c>

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highly<00:18:21.869><c> tactical</c><00:18:22.390><c> thinker,</c>

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very<00:18:23.210><c> logical,</c><00:18:23.670><c> very</c><00:18:24.049><c> rational</c><00:18:24.529><c> man,</c>

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and<00:18:25.509><c> his</c><00:18:25.730><c> participation</c><00:18:26.829><c> in</c><00:18:27.410><c> the</c><00:18:27.609><c> death</c><00:18:27.869><c> of</c><00:18:28.029><c> Uriah</c>

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implies<00:18:29.529><c> that</c><00:18:29.789><c> he</c><00:18:29.990><c> knew</c><00:18:30.509><c> why</c><00:18:30.930><c> it</c><00:18:31.089><c> was</c><00:18:31.269><c> happening.</c>

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I<00:18:32.890><c> suspect</c><00:18:33.269><c> he</c><00:18:33.529><c> knew</c><00:18:33.910><c> of</c><00:18:34.190><c> David's</c><00:18:34.730><c> sin,</c>

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and<00:18:36.190><c> he</c><00:18:36.349><c> believed</c><00:18:37.049><c> that</c><00:18:37.410><c> it</c><00:18:37.670><c> must</c><00:18:37.970><c> be</c><00:18:38.269><c> concealed</c>

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to<00:18:38.869><c> protect</c><00:18:39.470><c> the</c><00:18:39.809><c> royal</c><00:18:40.049><c> household</c>

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for<00:18:41.930><c> the</c><00:18:42.109><c> sake</c><00:18:42.430><c> of</c><00:18:42.829><c> the</c><00:18:42.950><c> nation.</c>

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He<00:18:45.670><c> was</c><00:18:45.910><c> an</c><00:18:46.170><c> excellent</c><00:18:46.690><c> judge</c>

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of<00:18:47.470><c> military</c><00:18:47.950><c> and</c><00:18:48.269><c> political</c><00:18:48.670><c> situations,</c>

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and<00:18:49.730><c> he</c><00:18:50.029><c> always</c><00:18:50.549><c> gave</c><00:18:50.869><c> perfect</c><00:18:51.470><c> advice</c><00:18:52.049><c> to</c><00:18:52.630><c> David</c>

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whenever<00:18:53.410><c> he</c><00:18:53.650><c> was</c><00:18:53.849><c> at</c><00:18:54.069><c> a</c><00:18:54.130><c> loss.</c>

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We<00:18:54.829><c> never</c><00:18:55.170><c> read</c><00:18:55.549><c> of</c><00:18:56.029><c> Joab</c><00:18:56.210><c> giving</c><00:18:56.509><c> bad</c><00:18:56.849><c> advice</c><00:18:57.190><c> to</c><00:18:57.430><c> David.</c>

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For<00:19:01.410><c> various</c><00:19:01.990><c> reasons,</c>

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some<00:19:02.730><c> of</c><00:19:02.890><c> which</c><00:19:03.009><c> we've</c><00:19:03.210><c> already</c><00:19:03.490><c> looked</c><00:19:03.809><c> at,</c>

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Joab<00:19:05.329><c> hated</c><00:19:05.970><c> Absalom,</c>

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despised<00:19:07.769><c> him</c><00:19:08.309><c> utterly,</c>

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and<00:19:11.049><c> refused</c><00:19:11.710><c> to</c><00:19:12.049><c> join</c><00:19:12.390><c> Absalom's</c><00:19:13.210><c> coup</c><00:19:13.529><c> against</c><00:19:14.130><c> David.</c>

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But<00:19:16.269><c> eventually,</c>

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another<00:19:18.869><c> of</c><00:19:19.009><c> David's</c><00:19:19.569><c> sons</c><00:19:19.829><c> rebels,</c><00:19:20.549><c> Adonijah,</c>

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and<00:19:22.589><c> Joab</c><00:19:22.809><c> supports</c><00:19:23.190><c> him.</c>

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Why<00:19:25.410><c> is</c><00:19:25.690><c> that?</c>

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I<00:19:27.569><c> think</c><00:19:27.750><c> it's</c><00:19:27.970><c> because</c><00:19:28.450><c> this</c><00:19:28.890><c> time,</c>

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finally<00:19:30.470><c> Joab</c><00:19:30.849><c> believes</c><00:19:31.269><c> David</c><00:19:31.630><c> has</c><00:19:31.910><c> lost</c><00:19:32.150><c> the</c><00:19:32.410><c> plot.</c>

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Looking<00:19:33.769><c> back</c><00:19:34.150><c> at</c><00:19:34.450><c> the</c><00:19:34.730><c> Absalom</c><00:19:35.269><c> situation,</c>

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he<00:19:36.490><c> doesn't</c><00:19:36.849><c> want</c><00:19:37.049><c> that</c><00:19:37.349><c> happening</c><00:19:37.569><c> again.</c>

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He<00:19:38.549><c> believes</c><00:19:38.849><c> David</c><00:19:39.190><c> has</c><00:19:39.589><c> ceased</c><00:19:39.869><c> to</c><00:19:40.190><c> be</c><00:19:40.349><c> an</c><00:19:40.630><c> effective</c><00:19:41.029><c> ruler,</c>

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and<00:19:41.809><c> as</c><00:19:42.190><c> much</c><00:19:42.410><c> as</c><00:19:42.569><c> it</c><00:19:42.829><c> grieves</c><00:19:43.210><c> him,</c>

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he<00:19:44.630><c> is</c><00:19:44.950><c> forced</c><00:19:45.230><c> to</c><00:19:45.450><c> support</c><00:19:45.829><c> Adonijah</c>

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for<00:19:46.990><c> the</c><00:19:47.150><c> good</c><00:19:47.230><c> of</c><00:19:47.390><c> the</c><00:19:47.490><c> nation.</c>

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He<00:19:48.150><c> believes</c><00:19:48.509><c> Adonijah</c><00:19:49.109><c> is</c><00:19:49.349><c> the</c><00:19:49.609><c> only</c><00:19:49.890><c> one</c>

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who<00:19:50.589><c> can</c><00:19:50.849><c> restore</c><00:19:51.390><c> the</c><00:19:51.589><c> nation</c><00:19:52.029><c> to</c><00:19:52.470><c> its</c><00:19:52.730><c> former</c><00:19:53.009><c> glory.</c>

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No<00:19:54.509><c> more</c><00:19:54.690><c> messing</c><00:19:55.009><c> about</c><00:19:55.390><c> with</c><00:19:55.670><c> favorite</c><00:19:56.009><c> sons,</c>

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no<00:19:57.210><c> more</c><00:19:57.509><c> arguments</c><00:19:57.990><c> with</c><00:19:58.329><c> David</c>

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about<00:19:59.509><c> his</c><00:19:59.970><c> irritating</c><00:20:00.509><c> children</c><00:20:01.109><c> and</c><00:20:02.170><c> relatives,</c>

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getting<00:20:02.930><c> in</c><00:20:03.170><c> the</c><00:20:03.329><c> way</c><00:20:03.549><c> of</c><00:20:03.730><c> the</c><00:20:03.829><c> nation's</c><00:20:04.349><c> needs.</c>

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Adonijah<00:20:06.250><c> is</c><00:20:06.470><c> a</c><00:20:06.509><c> man</c><00:20:06.730><c> of</c><00:20:06.910><c> action,</c>

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and<00:20:07.349><c> he</c><00:20:07.450><c> can</c><00:20:07.650><c> be</c><00:20:07.809><c> guided</c><00:20:08.269><c> by</c><00:20:08.710><c> the</c><00:20:08.809><c> right</c><00:20:09.089><c> kind</c><00:20:09.349><c> of</c><00:20:09.490><c> man,</c>

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and<00:20:09.950><c> that</c><00:20:10.089><c> man</c><00:20:10.329><c> is</c><00:20:10.609><c> clearly</c><00:20:11.029><c> Joab.</c>

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And<00:20:14.109><c> Joab</c><00:20:14.390><c> sides</c><00:20:14.730><c> with</c><00:20:14.950><c> Adonijah.</c>

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There's<00:20:16.369><c> a</c><00:20:16.529><c> brief</c><00:20:16.750><c> civil</c><00:20:17.170><c> war,</c>

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and<00:20:18.630><c> Adonijah</c><00:20:19.309><c> is</c><00:20:20.289><c> defeated,</c>

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and<00:20:20.930><c> that</c><00:20:21.029><c> is</c><00:20:21.230><c> the</c><00:20:21.410><c> only</c><00:20:21.730><c> battle</c><00:20:22.269><c> that</c><00:20:22.630><c> Joab</c><00:20:23.130><c> ever</c><00:20:23.609><c> lost.</c>

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The<00:20:25.009><c> one</c><00:20:25.349><c> time</c><00:20:25.670><c> he</c><00:20:25.890><c> picked</c><00:20:26.109><c> the</c><00:20:26.230><c> wrong</c><00:20:26.490><c> side.</c>

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Let's<00:20:30.150><c> take</c><00:20:30.390><c> a</c><00:20:30.809><c> quick</c><00:20:31.109><c> look</c><00:20:31.650><c> at</c><00:20:32.289><c> these</c><00:20:32.549><c> men,</c>

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their<00:20:33.529><c> characteristics,</c>

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what<00:20:35.009><c> that</c><00:20:35.269><c> tells</c><00:20:35.529><c> us</c><00:20:36.049><c> about</c><00:20:36.349><c> them</c>

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and<00:20:36.650><c> their</c><00:20:36.890><c> role</c><00:20:37.289><c> in</c><00:20:37.650><c> this</c><00:20:38.190><c> tragedy.</c>

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David,<00:20:40.289><c> the</c><00:20:40.470><c> monarch,</c>

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the<00:20:41.910><c> representative</c><00:20:42.450><c> of</c><00:20:42.789><c> God,</c>

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chosen<00:20:43.869><c> by</c><00:20:44.329><c> God,</c>

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a<00:20:45.490><c> type</c><00:20:45.750><c> of</c><00:20:46.069><c> Christ,</c>

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handsome,<00:20:48.369><c> charismatic,</c>

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passionate,

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violent.

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Absalom,<00:20:54.069><c> the</c><00:20:54.289><c> politician,</c>

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representative<00:20:55.609><c> of</c><00:20:55.910><c> man,</c>

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chosen<00:20:57.329><c> by</c><00:20:57.630><c> men,</c>

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a<00:20:58.369><c> type</c><00:20:58.990><c> of</c><00:20:59.450><c> antichrist,</c>

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handsome,<00:21:01.430><c> charismatic,</c>

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passionate,

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violent.

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Those<00:21:05.670><c> last</c><00:21:06.069><c> four</c><00:21:06.990><c> characteristics</c>

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collided<00:21:08.829><c> in</c><00:21:09.190><c> spectacular</c><00:21:10.130><c> fashion.</c>

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Joab,<00:21:15.869><c> the</c><00:21:16.089><c> nationalist,</c>

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he<00:21:17.910><c> was</c><00:21:18.049><c> David's</c><00:21:18.450><c> nephew,</c>

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another<00:21:20.410><c> close</c><00:21:20.970><c> relative,</c>

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further<00:21:22.569><c> complicating</c><00:21:23.849><c> the</c><00:21:24.269><c> relationships</c>

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that<00:21:25.369><c> David</c><00:21:25.670><c> had</c><00:21:26.089><c> with</c><00:21:26.569><c> people</c>

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who<00:21:27.190><c> variously</c><00:21:28.210><c> loathed</c><00:21:28.670><c> him,</c>

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loved<00:21:29.250><c> him,</c>

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admired<00:21:30.470><c> him,</c>

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despised<00:21:31.470><c> him.</c>

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The<00:21:33.170><c> people</c><00:21:33.609><c> jockeying</c><00:21:34.210><c> for</c><00:21:34.470><c> position,</c>

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jockeying<00:21:35.789><c> for</c><00:21:36.450><c> his</c><00:21:36.950><c> approval,</c>

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for<00:21:37.970><c> his</c><00:21:38.170><c> support,</c>

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for<00:21:39.670><c> his</c><00:21:40.029><c> patronage.</c>

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We<00:21:41.910><c> find</c><00:21:42.190><c> that</c><00:21:42.450><c> in</c><00:21:42.529><c> 1</c><00:21:42.730><c> Chronicles</c><00:21:43.269><c> 2</c><00:21:43.609><c> verses</c><00:21:43.910><c> 16</c><00:21:44.470><c> to</c><00:21:44.650><c> 17,</c>

00:21:45.410 --> 00:21:48.789
which<00:21:45.690><c> outlines</c><00:21:46.470><c> Joab's</c><00:21:47.049><c> relationship</c><00:21:47.730><c> to</c><00:21:47.950><c> David.</c>

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He<00:21:49.269><c> was</c><00:21:49.450><c> the</c><00:21:49.730><c> commander</c><00:21:50.150><c> of</c><00:21:50.630><c> the</c><00:21:50.869><c> army.</c>

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He<00:21:51.250><c> was</c><00:21:51.529><c> a</c><00:21:51.670><c> ruthless</c><00:21:52.049><c> assassin.</c>

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This<00:21:52.769><c> is</c><00:21:52.970><c> confirmed</c><00:21:53.329><c> in</c><00:21:53.569><c> 2</c><00:21:53.829><c> Samuel</c><00:21:54.190><c> 3</c>

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verse<00:21:55.250><c> 27,</c>

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28<00:21:57.049><c> to</c><00:21:57.170><c> 13,</c>

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and<00:21:58.029><c> 1</c><00:21:58.210><c> Chronicles</c><00:21:58.809><c> 11</c><00:21:59.470><c> verse</c><00:21:59.789><c> 6.</c>

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He<00:22:01.410><c> was</c><00:22:01.630><c> a</c><00:22:01.829><c> rational</c><00:22:02.289><c> thinker,</c>

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even<00:22:03.130><c> in</c><00:22:03.509><c> battle.</c>

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There's<00:22:03.950><c> a</c><00:22:04.049><c> very</c><00:22:04.329><c> interesting</c><00:22:04.670><c> incident</c>

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in<00:22:05.769><c> 2</c><00:22:06.029><c> Samuel</c><00:22:06.410><c> 20</c><00:22:06.890><c> verses</c><00:22:07.210><c> 14</c><00:22:07.690><c> to</c><00:22:07.910><c> 22.</c>

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Would<00:22:08.569><c> someone</c><00:22:08.710><c> like</c><00:22:08.910><c> to</c><00:22:09.029><c> turn</c><00:22:09.190><c> up</c><00:22:09.450><c> 2</c><00:22:09.869><c> Samuel</c><00:22:10.690><c> 20</c><00:22:11.109><c> please?</c>

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Because<00:22:11.970><c> this</c><00:22:12.150><c> is</c><00:22:12.390><c> quite</c><00:22:12.890><c> a</c><00:22:13.650><c> fascinating</c><00:22:14.089><c> little</c><00:22:14.549><c> story.</c>

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And<00:22:17.309><c> it's</c><00:22:17.450><c> the</c><00:22:17.569><c> kind</c><00:22:17.750><c> of</c><00:22:18.089><c> story</c>

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that<00:22:18.569><c> we</c><00:22:18.750><c> will</c><00:22:18.950><c> get</c><00:22:19.130><c> with</c><00:22:19.430><c> Joab</c>

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that<00:22:19.730><c> we</c><00:22:19.910><c> would</c><00:22:20.190><c> never</c><00:22:20.430><c> get</c><00:22:21.069><c> with</c><00:22:21.529><c> Absalom.</c>

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And<00:22:22.130><c> I</c><00:22:22.230><c> think</c><00:22:22.390><c> you'll</c><00:22:23.170><c> see</c><00:22:23.549><c> that</c>

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once<00:22:24.089><c> we</c><00:22:24.549><c> look</c><00:22:24.970><c> at</c><00:22:25.089><c> it.</c>

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So<00:22:27.690><c> Joab</c><00:22:27.930><c> is</c><00:22:28.230><c> leading</c><00:22:28.529><c> the</c><00:22:28.769><c> army</c>

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in<00:22:29.710><c> pursuit</c><00:22:30.170><c> of</c><00:22:30.410><c> this</c><00:22:30.670><c> rebel.</c>

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Sheba<00:22:32.150><c> has</c><00:22:32.569><c> fled</c><00:22:33.029><c> to</c><00:22:33.410><c> this</c><00:22:33.670><c> town</c><00:22:34.269><c> called</c><00:22:34.809><c> Abel.</c>

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And<00:22:36.769><c> Joab</c><00:22:37.069><c> comes</c><00:22:37.490><c> to</c><00:22:37.809><c> Abel.</c>

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And<00:22:39.289><c> he</c><00:22:39.470><c> prepares</c><00:22:39.910><c> to</c><00:22:40.250><c> besiege</c><00:22:40.670><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:42.269><c> while</c><00:22:42.509><c> he's</c><00:22:42.910><c> in</c><00:22:43.069><c> the</c><00:22:43.230><c> middle</c>

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of<00:22:43.849><c> making</c><00:22:44.130><c> his</c><00:22:44.490><c> preparations</c><00:22:45.230><c> to</c><00:22:45.809><c> attack,</c>

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someone<00:22:48.150><c> interrupts</c><00:22:49.089><c> him.</c>

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Can<00:22:49.609><c> someone</c><00:22:50.009><c> just</c><00:22:50.509><c> read</c><00:22:50.650><c> out</c>

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the<00:22:51.069><c> relevant</c><00:22:51.450><c> section</c><00:22:51.910><c> there?</c>

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And<00:22:53.529><c> Sheba</c><00:22:53.869><c> passed</c><00:22:54.289><c> through</c>

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all<00:22:54.869><c> the</c><00:22:54.990><c> tribes</c><00:22:55.210><c> of</c><00:22:55.390><c> Israel</c>

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to<00:22:56.509><c> Abel</c><00:22:56.890><c> of</c><00:22:57.150><c> Beth</c><00:22:57.470><c>-Markah.</c>

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And<00:22:58.890><c> all</c><00:22:59.029><c> the</c><00:22:59.150><c> big</c><00:22:59.329><c> rites</c><00:22:59.650><c> assembled</c>

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and<00:23:00.329><c> followed</c><00:23:00.630><c> him</c><00:23:00.910><c> in.</c>

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And<00:23:02.250><c> all</c><00:23:02.450><c> the</c><00:23:02.529><c> men</c><00:23:02.730><c> who</c><00:23:02.930><c> were</c><00:23:03.069><c> with</c><00:23:03.470><c> Joab</c>

00:23:03.690 --> 00:23:07.470
came<00:23:04.069><c> and</c><00:23:04.349><c> besieged</c><00:23:04.730><c> him</c><00:23:05.029><c> in</c><00:23:05.170><c> Abel</c><00:23:05.930><c> of</c><00:23:06.109><c> Beth</c><00:23:06.390><c>-Markah.</c>

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They<00:23:07.950><c> cast</c><00:23:08.190><c> up</c><00:23:08.470><c> a</c><00:23:08.609><c> mound</c><00:23:08.809><c> against</c><00:23:09.170><c> the</c><00:23:09.430><c> city</c>

00:23:09.630 --> 00:23:12.089
and<00:23:09.829><c> it</c><00:23:10.089><c> stood</c><00:23:10.230><c> against</c><00:23:10.609><c> the</c><00:23:10.849><c> rampart.</c>

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And<00:23:12.509><c> they</c><00:23:12.670><c> were</c><00:23:12.930><c> battering</c><00:23:13.369><c> the</c><00:23:13.630><c> wall</c>

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to<00:23:14.089><c> throw</c><00:23:14.309><c> it</c><00:23:14.589><c> down.</c>

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Then<00:23:16.250><c> a</c><00:23:16.470><c> wise</c><00:23:16.609><c> woman</c><00:23:16.990><c> called</c><00:23:17.349><c> from</c><00:23:17.609><c> the</c><00:23:17.809><c> city,</c>

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listen,<00:23:18.750><c> listen,</c>

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tell<00:23:20.190><c> Joab,</c>

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come<00:23:21.230><c> here</c><00:23:21.750><c> that</c><00:23:22.029><c> I</c><00:23:22.109><c> may</c><00:23:22.309><c> speak</c><00:23:22.609><c> to</c><00:23:22.809><c> you.</c>

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And<00:23:24.269><c> he</c><00:23:24.369><c> came</c><00:23:24.630><c> near</c><00:23:24.869><c> her</c>

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and<00:23:25.630><c> the</c><00:23:25.730><c> woman</c><00:23:25.990><c> said,</c>

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are<00:23:27.210><c> you</c><00:23:27.470><c> Joab?</c>

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And<00:23:29.569><c> he</c><00:23:30.069><c> answered,</c><00:23:30.410><c> I</c><00:23:30.569><c> am.</c>

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Then<00:23:31.750><c> she</c><00:23:31.970><c> said</c><00:23:32.210><c> to</c><00:23:32.329><c> him,</c>

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listen<00:23:33.710><c> to</c><00:23:33.910><c> the</c><00:23:34.069><c> words</c><00:23:34.269><c> of</c><00:23:34.490><c> your</c><00:23:34.710><c> servant.</c>

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And<00:23:36.069><c> he</c><00:23:36.250><c> answered,</c><00:23:36.529><c> I</c><00:23:36.690><c> am</c><00:23:36.829><c> listening.</c>

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Then<00:23:38.450><c> she</c><00:23:38.710><c> said,</c>

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they<00:23:39.869><c> used</c><00:23:40.130><c> to</c><00:23:40.349><c> say</c><00:23:40.569><c> in</c><00:23:40.849><c> former</c><00:23:41.089><c> times,</c>

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let<00:23:42.390><c> them</c><00:23:42.569><c> but</c><00:23:42.789><c> ask</c><00:23:43.069><c> counsel</c><00:23:43.569><c> at</c><00:23:43.829><c> Abel.</c>

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So<00:23:45.069><c> they</c><00:23:45.369><c> settled</c><00:23:45.710><c> the</c><00:23:45.890><c> matter.</c>

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I<00:23:47.430><c> am</c><00:23:47.529><c> one</c><00:23:47.710><c> of</c><00:23:47.890><c> those</c>

00:23:48.130 --> 00:23:50.410
who<00:23:48.369><c> are</c><00:23:48.630><c> peaceable</c><00:23:49.049><c> and</c><00:23:49.309><c> faithful</c><00:23:49.670><c> in</c><00:23:49.930><c> Israel.</c>

00:23:50.730 --> 00:23:53.170
You<00:23:51.309><c> seek</c><00:23:51.549><c> to</c><00:23:51.809><c> destroy</c><00:23:52.349><c> a</c><00:23:52.650><c> city</c>

00:23:53.170 --> 00:23:54.910
that<00:23:53.650><c> is</c><00:23:53.829><c> a</c><00:23:53.990><c> mother</c><00:23:54.190><c> in</c><00:23:54.390><c> Israel.</c>

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Why<00:23:55.589><c> will</c><00:23:55.829><c> you</c><00:23:56.089><c> swallow</c><00:23:56.289><c> up</c>

00:23:56.609 --> 00:23:58.470
the<00:23:56.809><c> heritage</c><00:23:57.210><c> of</c><00:23:57.450><c> the</c><00:23:57.609><c> Lord?</c>

00:23:59.230 --> 00:24:01.750
Joab<00:23:59.549><c> answered,</c><00:24:00.650><c> far</c><00:24:00.930><c> be</c><00:24:01.049><c> it</c><00:24:01.230><c> from</c><00:24:01.410><c> me.</c>

00:24:01.789 --> 00:24:06.670
Far<00:24:02.130><c> be</c><00:24:02.390><c> it</c><00:24:02.809><c> that</c><00:24:03.230><c> I</c><00:24:04.410><c> should</c><00:24:04.809><c> swallow</c><00:24:05.089><c> up</c><00:24:05.410><c> or</c><00:24:05.609><c> destroy.</c>

00:24:06.769 --> 00:24:07.890
That<00:24:06.970><c> is</c><00:24:07.170><c> not</c><00:24:07.450><c> true.</c>

00:24:08.250 --> 00:24:09.750
But<00:24:08.410><c> a</c><00:24:08.589><c> man</c><00:24:08.730><c> of</c><00:24:08.930><c> the</c><00:24:09.130><c> hill</c><00:24:09.349><c> country,</c>

00:24:09.829 --> 00:24:12.430
a<00:24:09.930><c> B</c><00:24:10.130><c>-frame</c><00:24:10.569><c> called</c><00:24:11.130><c> Sheba,</c>

00:24:12.650 --> 00:24:13.529
the<00:24:12.789><c> son</c><00:24:12.970><c> of</c><00:24:13.230><c> Bickery,</c>

00:24:13.730 --> 00:24:16.529
has<00:24:13.829><c> lifted</c><00:24:14.069><c> up</c><00:24:14.349><c> his</c><00:24:14.589><c> hand</c><00:24:14.829><c> against</c><00:24:15.170><c> King</c><00:24:15.430><c> David.</c>

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Give<00:24:16.970><c> up</c><00:24:17.210><c> him</c><00:24:17.470><c> alone</c>

00:24:17.829 --> 00:24:20.089
and<00:24:17.990><c> I</c><00:24:18.170><c> will</c><00:24:18.430><c> withdraw</c><00:24:18.809><c> from</c><00:24:19.069><c> the</c><00:24:19.289><c> city.</c>

00:24:20.210 --> 00:24:22.789
And<00:24:20.730><c> the</c><00:24:20.829><c> woman</c><00:24:21.089><c> said</c><00:24:21.410><c> to</c><00:24:21.670><c> Joab,</c>

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behold,<00:24:23.450><c> his</c><00:24:23.710><c> head</c><00:24:23.990><c> shall</c><00:24:24.349><c> be</c><00:24:24.710><c> thrown</c><00:24:25.009><c> you</c><00:24:25.309><c> over</c><00:24:25.609><c> the</c><00:24:25.809><c> wall.</c>

00:24:27.289 --> 00:24:29.809
And<00:24:27.470><c> the</c><00:24:27.569><c> woman</c><00:24:27.809><c> went</c><00:24:28.069><c> to</c><00:24:28.349><c> all</c><00:24:28.549><c> the</c><00:24:28.710><c> people</c><00:24:28.970><c> in</c><00:24:29.170><c> her</c><00:24:29.490><c> wisdom</c>

00:24:29.809 --> 00:24:31.950
and<00:24:29.950><c> they</c><00:24:30.269><c> cut</c><00:24:30.410><c> off</c><00:24:30.710><c> the</c><00:24:30.849><c> head</c><00:24:30.990><c> of</c><00:24:31.710><c> Sheba,</c>

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the<00:24:32.109><c> son</c><00:24:32.329><c> of</c><00:24:32.549><c> Bickery,</c>

00:24:32.910 --> 00:24:34.750
and<00:24:33.049><c> threw</c><00:24:33.230><c> it</c><00:24:33.450><c> out</c><00:24:33.589><c> to</c><00:24:33.890><c> Joab.</c>

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So<00:24:35.250><c> he</c><00:24:35.410><c> blew</c><00:24:35.630><c> the</c><00:24:35.890><c> trumpet</c>

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and<00:24:36.250><c> they</c><00:24:36.589><c> dispersed</c><00:24:36.970><c> from</c><00:24:37.250><c> the</c><00:24:37.430><c> city,</c>

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every<00:24:38.589><c> man</c><00:24:38.890><c> to</c><00:24:39.009><c> his</c><00:24:39.309><c> home.</c>

00:24:40.309 --> 00:24:43.289
And<00:24:40.569><c> Joab</c><00:24:40.849><c> returned</c><00:24:41.269><c> to</c><00:24:41.470><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:42.069><c> to</c><00:24:42.349><c> the</c><00:24:42.529><c> king.</c>

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Thank<00:24:43.829><c> you</c><00:24:43.930><c> very</c><00:24:44.190><c> much.</c>

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Now,<00:24:46.430><c> if</c><00:24:46.549><c> that</c><00:24:46.730><c> was</c><00:24:46.950><c> Absalom,</c>

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nothing<00:24:48.329><c> would</c><00:24:48.829><c> have</c><00:24:49.089><c> stopped</c><00:24:49.269><c> him.</c>

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No<00:24:50.210><c> amount</c><00:24:50.630><c> of</c><00:24:51.049><c> reasoned</c><00:24:51.730><c> debate</c><00:24:52.130><c> or</c><00:24:52.509><c> discussion</c>

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would<00:24:53.650><c> have</c><00:24:53.890><c> prevented</c><00:24:54.289><c> him</c>

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from<00:24:55.230><c> annihilating</c><00:24:55.930><c> that</c><00:24:56.150><c> city</c>

00:24:56.490 --> 00:24:58.390
just<00:24:57.349><c> for</c><00:24:57.750><c> the</c><00:24:57.890><c> sake</c><00:24:58.069><c> of</c><00:24:58.210><c> it.</c>

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Just<00:24:58.750><c> to</c><00:24:59.049><c> prove</c><00:24:59.230><c> who</c><00:24:59.410><c> was</c><00:24:59.630><c> in</c><00:24:59.809><c> control.</c>

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Just<00:25:00.750><c> to</c><00:25:01.009><c> show</c><00:25:01.210><c> that</c><00:25:01.450><c> if</c><00:25:01.609><c> you</c><00:25:01.910><c> cross</c><00:25:02.250><c> the</c><00:25:02.549><c> monarch,</c>

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destruction<00:25:03.730><c> immediately</c><00:25:04.549><c> follows.</c>

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Absalom<00:25:06.029><c> was</c><00:25:06.289><c> a</c><00:25:06.450><c> big</c><00:25:06.690><c> fan</c><00:25:07.049><c> of</c><00:25:07.529><c> overkill.</c>

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But<00:25:10.430><c> Joab</c><00:25:11.269><c> had</c><00:25:11.930><c> only</c><00:25:12.549><c> confronted</c><00:25:13.150><c> this</c><00:25:13.549><c> city</c>

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with<00:25:14.069><c> the</c><00:25:14.490><c> greatest</c><00:25:14.910><c> reluctance.</c>

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He'd<00:25:16.150><c> been</c><00:25:16.490><c> forced</c><00:25:16.970><c> into</c><00:25:17.410><c> it</c>

00:25:17.569 --> 00:25:20.690
as<00:25:17.710><c> he</c><00:25:17.970><c> explained</c><00:25:18.710><c> to</c><00:25:19.089><c> this</c><00:25:19.369><c> wise</c><00:25:19.690><c> woman.</c>

00:25:21.309 --> 00:25:24.329
A<00:25:21.509><c> rebel</c><00:25:21.950><c> has</c><00:25:22.470><c> fled</c><00:25:22.829><c> to</c><00:25:23.170><c> your</c><00:25:23.390><c> city.</c>

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I<00:25:25.430><c> need</c><00:25:25.690><c> to</c><00:25:25.890><c> get</c><00:25:26.029><c> him.</c>

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It's<00:25:26.789><c> the</c><00:25:26.890><c> only</c><00:25:27.269><c> reason</c><00:25:27.690><c> I</c><00:25:28.029><c> am</c><00:25:28.230><c> here.</c>

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Far<00:25:29.509><c> be</c><00:25:29.730><c> it</c><00:25:29.869><c> for</c><00:25:30.029><c> me</c><00:25:30.349><c> to</c><00:25:30.529><c> destroy</c><00:25:30.930><c> anything</c><00:25:31.430><c> today.</c>

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In<00:25:31.910><c> fact,</c><00:25:32.609><c> one</c><00:25:32.849><c> commentator</c><00:25:33.289><c> has</c><00:25:33.509><c> said</c>

00:25:33.690 --> 00:25:35.650
that<00:25:33.869><c> a</c><00:25:34.029><c> sense</c><00:25:34.410><c> of</c><00:25:34.670><c> the</c><00:25:34.829><c> original</c><00:25:35.130><c> Heba</c><00:25:35.349><c> is</c>

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I'll<00:25:36.230><c> be</c><00:25:36.670><c> damned</c><00:25:36.910><c> if</c><00:25:37.170><c> I</c><00:25:37.309><c> destroy</c><00:25:37.690><c> anything.</c>

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That's<00:25:39.490><c> how</c><00:25:40.109><c> aggrieved</c><00:25:40.990><c> Joab</c><00:25:41.410><c> was</c><00:25:41.849><c> at</c><00:25:42.109><c> the</c><00:25:42.430><c> suggestion</c>

00:25:42.930 --> 00:25:44.730
that<00:25:43.349><c> he</c><00:25:43.509><c> was</c><00:25:43.750><c> about</c><00:25:43.990><c> to</c><00:25:44.289><c> take</c><00:25:44.450><c> part</c>

00:25:44.730 --> 00:25:46.869
in<00:25:44.890><c> an</c><00:25:45.049><c> act</c><00:25:45.289><c> of</c><00:25:45.529><c> wanton</c><00:25:45.950><c> destruction.</c>

00:25:47.569 --> 00:25:49.950
There's<00:25:47.910><c> no</c><00:25:48.329><c> way</c><00:25:48.710><c> he</c><00:25:48.829><c> would</c><00:25:49.009><c> have</c><00:25:49.150><c> laid</c><00:25:49.289><c> a</c><00:25:49.549><c> finger</c>

00:25:49.950 --> 00:25:53.049
on<00:25:50.509><c> that</c><00:25:51.049><c> city</c><00:25:51.309><c> if</c><00:25:51.529><c> he</c><00:25:51.670><c> could</c><00:25:51.829><c> have</c><00:25:52.029><c> avoided</c><00:25:52.309><c> it</c>

00:25:53.569 --> 00:25:55.710
because<00:25:54.089><c> he</c><00:25:54.470><c> loved</c><00:25:54.630><c> the</c><00:25:54.829><c> nation</c><00:25:55.109><c> too</c><00:25:55.450><c> much.</c>

00:25:55.910 --> 00:25:58.190
He<00:25:56.089><c> wanted</c><00:25:56.509><c> to</c><00:25:56.869><c> minimise</c><00:25:57.269><c> any</c><00:25:57.470><c> harm</c><00:25:57.690><c> to</c><00:25:57.829><c> the</c><00:25:57.930><c> nation.</c>

00:25:58.490 --> 00:26:00.029
That's<00:25:58.690><c> why</c><00:25:58.890><c> the</c><00:25:59.069><c> moment</c><00:25:59.349><c> this</c><00:25:59.589><c> old</c><00:25:59.769><c> woman</c>

00:26:00.029 --> 00:26:00.950
steps<00:26:00.390><c> up</c><00:26:00.609><c> and</c><00:26:00.750><c> says,</c>

00:26:01.269 --> 00:26:02.950
we<00:26:01.309><c> are</c><00:26:01.509><c> known</c><00:26:01.650><c> as</c><00:26:01.890><c> a</c><00:26:02.029><c> wise</c><00:26:02.410><c> city,</c>

00:26:03.230 --> 00:26:04.309
people<00:26:03.529><c> come</c><00:26:03.910><c> to</c><00:26:04.150><c> us.</c>

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We're<00:26:04.789><c> a</c><00:26:05.150><c> mother</c><00:26:05.529><c> in</c><00:26:05.970><c> Israel.</c>

00:26:07.150 --> 00:26:09.529
We<00:26:07.470><c> care</c><00:26:08.029><c> for</c><00:26:08.470><c> the</c><00:26:08.650><c> nation.</c>

00:26:09.769 --> 00:26:12.789
She<00:26:09.990><c> knows</c><00:26:10.309><c> exactly</c><00:26:11.170><c> how</c><00:26:11.650><c> to</c><00:26:11.890><c> touch</c><00:26:12.089><c> Joab's</c><00:26:12.549><c> heart</c>

00:26:12.789 --> 00:26:15.130
and<00:26:12.950><c> she</c><00:26:13.329><c> quickly</c><00:26:13.609><c> presents</c><00:26:14.009><c> a</c><00:26:14.150><c> solution.</c>

00:26:15.690 --> 00:26:17.309
Joab<00:26:15.930><c> says,</c><00:26:16.109><c> look,</c><00:26:16.410><c> all</c><00:26:16.630><c> I'm</c><00:26:16.789><c> here</c><00:26:17.049><c> for</c>

00:26:17.309 --> 00:26:18.150
is<00:26:17.549><c> cheap</c><00:26:17.829><c> as</c><00:26:18.009><c> head.</c>

00:26:18.230 --> 00:26:19.569
And<00:26:18.250><c> she</c><00:26:18.250><c> goes,</c><00:26:18.509><c> okay,</c><00:26:18.609><c> here</c><00:26:18.690><c> you</c><00:26:18.809><c> go.</c>

00:26:19.730 --> 00:26:20.829
Joab<00:26:19.890><c> goes,</c><00:26:20.049><c> thanks,</c><00:26:20.230><c> that's</c><00:26:20.450><c> great.</c>

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We're<00:26:21.509><c> good.</c>

00:26:22.109 --> 00:26:23.309
And<00:26:22.230><c> off</c><00:26:22.349><c> he</c><00:26:22.490><c> goes.</c>

00:26:24.710 --> 00:26:29.089
Joab<00:26:25.230><c> was</c><00:26:25.750><c> rational</c><00:26:26.390><c> even</c><00:26:27.349><c> in</c><00:26:27.710><c> the</c><00:26:27.930><c> heat</c><00:26:28.210><c> of</c><00:26:28.670><c> the</c><00:26:28.849><c> moment,</c>

00:26:29.430 --> 00:26:31.789
even<00:26:29.809><c> in</c><00:26:30.109><c> the</c><00:26:30.250><c> heat</c><00:26:30.589><c> of</c><00:26:30.990><c> battle.</c>

00:26:32.829 --> 00:26:36.230
He<00:26:33.049><c> was</c><00:26:33.349><c> so,</c><00:26:33.809><c> so</c><00:26:34.049><c> different</c><00:26:34.670><c> to</c><00:26:35.269><c> Absalom.</c>

00:26:36.869 --> 00:26:38.150
He<00:26:36.990><c> was</c><00:26:37.269><c> loyal</c><00:26:37.569><c> to</c><00:26:37.769><c> the</c><00:26:37.990><c> throne,</c>

00:26:38.170 --> 00:26:39.049
as<00:26:38.309><c> I've</c><00:26:38.490><c> noted</c><00:26:38.670><c> earlier,</c>

00:26:39.049 --> 00:26:40.349
not<00:26:39.289><c> necessarily</c><00:26:39.789><c> the</c><00:26:40.049><c> king.</c>

00:26:40.609 --> 00:26:44.390
We<00:26:40.789><c> find</c><00:26:41.009><c> that</c><00:26:41.490><c> in</c><00:26:41.650><c> 1</c><00:26:41.930><c> Kings</c><00:26:42.210><c> 1</c><00:26:42.589><c> verses</c><00:26:42.890><c> 1</c><00:26:43.150><c> to</c><00:26:43.289><c> 27.</c>

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He<00:26:44.970><c> despised</c><00:26:45.650><c> weakness.</c>

00:26:45.970 --> 00:26:48.869
He<00:26:46.190><c> rebelled</c><00:26:46.869><c> against</c><00:26:47.309><c> decisions</c><00:26:47.930><c> and</c><00:26:48.430><c> orders</c>

00:26:48.869 --> 00:26:51.390
and<00:26:49.430><c> to</c><00:26:49.509><c> some</c><00:26:49.750><c> extent</c><00:26:50.190><c> inactivity</c>

00:26:51.390 --> 00:26:54.529
that<00:26:51.990><c> could</c><00:26:52.230><c> damage</c><00:26:52.730><c> or</c><00:26:53.289><c> destabilise</c><00:26:54.150><c> the</c><00:26:54.309><c> nation.</c>

00:26:54.730 --> 00:26:58.509
We<00:26:54.750><c> find</c><00:26:54.970><c> that</c><00:26:55.450><c> in</c><00:26:55.509><c> 2</c><00:26:55.789><c> Samuel</c><00:26:56.170><c> 12,</c><00:26:56.809><c> 26</c><00:26:57.170><c> to</c><00:26:57.349><c> 28,</c>

00:26:58.930 --> 00:27:03.529
19,<00:26:59.589><c> 5</c><00:26:59.849><c> to</c><00:26:59.970><c> 7,</c><00:27:00.670><c> and</c><00:27:00.809><c> 1</c><00:27:00.970><c> Chronicles</c><00:27:01.470><c> 21,</c><00:27:02.089><c> verse</c><00:27:02.349><c> 3.</c>

00:27:04.950 --> 00:27:06.569
And<00:27:05.029><c> in</c><00:27:05.190><c> the</c><00:27:05.309><c> Lexan</c><00:27:05.609><c> Bible</c><00:27:05.970><c> Dictionary,</c>

00:27:06.710 --> 00:27:08.650
we<00:27:06.710><c> have</c><00:27:06.890><c> this</c><00:27:07.130><c> neat</c><00:27:07.369><c> little</c><00:27:07.670><c> quote.</c>

00:27:09.029 --> 00:27:12.529
Joab's<00:27:09.470><c> life</c><00:27:09.930><c> is</c><00:27:10.470><c> tied</c><00:27:10.750><c> so</c><00:27:11.190><c> closely</c><00:27:11.769><c> with</c><00:27:12.049><c> David</c>

00:27:12.529 --> 00:27:15.950
that<00:27:13.190><c> once</c><00:27:13.589><c> David</c><00:27:13.910><c> died,</c><00:27:15.329><c> Joab</c><00:27:15.609><c> died.</c>

00:27:15.970 --> 00:27:18.490
Both<00:27:16.789><c> as</c><00:27:17.190><c> a</c><00:27:17.289><c> historical</c><00:27:17.829><c> person</c>

00:27:18.490 --> 00:27:22.750
and<00:27:19.210><c> a</c><00:27:19.569><c> character</c><00:27:19.869><c> in</c><00:27:20.849><c> the</c><00:27:21.069><c> biblical</c><00:27:21.470><c> narratives.</c>

00:27:24.930 --> 00:27:30.009
So<00:27:24.930><c> the</c><00:27:25.049><c> next</c><00:27:25.490><c> three</c><00:27:25.809><c> people</c><00:27:26.289><c> in</c><00:27:27.009><c> the</c><00:27:27.349><c> tragedy</c><00:27:27.809><c> of</c><00:27:29.150><c> Absalom</c>

00:27:30.430 --> 00:27:35.109
are<00:27:31.150><c> Donadab,</c><00:27:32.329><c> the</c><00:27:32.410><c> nephew,</c><00:27:33.349><c> Amnon,</c><00:27:34.049><c> the</c><00:27:34.230><c> heir,</c>

00:27:35.170 --> 00:27:36.849
and<00:27:35.509><c> Tamar,</c><00:27:36.210><c> the</c><00:27:36.470><c> innocent.</c>

00:27:37.289 --> 00:27:40.849
And<00:27:37.509><c> before</c><00:27:37.970><c> I</c><00:27:38.250><c> go</c><00:27:38.410><c> on,</c><00:27:38.769><c> I</c><00:27:38.769><c> need</c><00:27:39.089><c> to</c><00:27:39.390><c> make</c><00:27:39.569><c> a</c><00:27:39.990><c> correction.</c>

00:27:40.869 --> 00:27:42.069
I've<00:27:41.230><c> just</c><00:27:41.450><c> been</c><00:27:41.710><c> picked</c><00:27:41.910><c> up.</c>

00:27:42.150 --> 00:27:45.069
I<00:27:42.210><c> have</c><00:27:42.490><c> said</c><00:27:42.869><c> repeatedly</c><00:27:43.690><c> Horeb</c><00:27:44.390><c> as</c><00:27:44.650><c> the</c><00:27:44.849><c> place</c>

00:27:45.069 --> 00:27:48.529
where<00:27:45.930><c> David</c><00:27:46.990><c> was</c><00:27:47.250><c> crowned</c><00:27:47.589><c> and</c><00:27:47.730><c> Absalom</c><00:27:47.990><c> was</c><00:27:48.170><c> crowned.</c>

00:27:48.690 --> 00:27:50.549
It's<00:27:48.829><c> actually,</c><00:27:49.109><c> of</c><00:27:49.289><c> course,</c><00:27:50.089><c> Hebron.</c>

00:27:50.670 --> 00:27:53.349
I<00:27:50.829><c> have</c><00:27:51.069><c> no</c><00:27:51.309><c> idea</c><00:27:51.730><c> why</c><00:27:52.009><c> I've</c><00:27:52.410><c> said</c><00:27:52.789><c> Horeb</c>

00:27:53.349 --> 00:27:56.230
because<00:27:53.549><c> I've</c><00:27:53.869><c> actually</c><00:27:54.089><c> written</c><00:27:54.349><c> down</c><00:27:54.789><c> Hebron</c><00:27:55.170><c> right</c><00:27:55.450><c> here.</c>

00:27:56.829 --> 00:28:00.130
So<00:27:56.829><c> you</c><00:27:57.710><c> can</c><00:27:57.869><c> go</c><00:27:58.130><c> back</c><00:27:58.349><c> about</c><00:27:58.789><c> 15</c><00:27:59.230><c> minutes</c><00:27:59.529><c> in</c><00:27:59.730><c> your</c><00:27:59.930><c> mind</c>

00:28:00.130 --> 00:28:02.109
and<00:28:00.329><c> just</c><00:28:00.609><c> correct</c><00:28:00.750><c> everything</c><00:28:01.150><c> to</c><00:28:01.609><c> Hebron.</c>

00:28:02.109 --> 00:28:03.930
I<00:28:02.289><c> think</c><00:28:02.490><c> we'll</c><00:28:02.609><c> get</c><00:28:02.789><c> away</c><00:28:02.970><c> with</c><00:28:03.150><c> it.</c>

00:28:05.029 --> 00:28:07.069
So<00:28:05.210><c> let's</c><00:28:05.410><c> look</c><00:28:05.650><c> at</c><00:28:06.109><c> Donadab.</c>

00:28:07.329 --> 00:28:08.569
Who<00:28:07.890><c> is</c><00:28:08.450><c> he?</c>

00:28:08.589 --> 00:28:10.509
Where<00:28:08.809><c> does</c><00:28:09.170><c> he</c><00:28:09.630><c> fit</c><00:28:10.009><c> into</c><00:28:10.289><c> things</c>

00:28:10.509 --> 00:28:14.130
and<00:28:11.029><c> why</c><00:28:11.890><c> does</c><00:28:12.329><c> he</c><00:28:12.509><c> do</c><00:28:12.650><c> the</c><00:28:12.809><c> things</c><00:28:12.970><c> that</c><00:28:13.170><c> he</c><00:28:13.309><c> does?</c>

00:28:14.829 --> 00:28:20.789
Donadab<00:28:15.549><c> is</c><00:28:16.269><c> a</c><00:28:16.650><c> nephew</c><00:28:17.009><c> of</c><00:28:17.390><c> David,</c><00:28:19.150><c> a</c><00:28:19.150><c> patrilineal</c><00:28:19.849><c> nephew,</c>

00:28:21.509 --> 00:28:22.910
again,<00:28:21.990><c> somewhat</c><00:28:22.309><c> privileged.</c>

00:28:23.029 --> 00:28:25.670
He's<00:28:23.210><c> the</c><00:28:23.329><c> son</c><00:28:23.630><c> of</c><00:28:23.990><c> Shimeir,</c><00:28:24.410><c> David's</c><00:28:24.970><c> own</c><00:28:25.230><c> brother.</c>

00:28:26.170 --> 00:28:29.150
And<00:28:26.250><c> this</c><00:28:26.549><c> close</c><00:28:26.849><c> connection</c><00:28:27.390><c> gives</c><00:28:27.829><c> him</c><00:28:28.109><c> access</c><00:28:28.509><c> to</c><00:28:28.849><c> court</c>

00:28:29.150 --> 00:28:33.109
but<00:28:29.410><c> no</c><00:28:29.690><c> political</c><00:28:30.109><c> power,</c><00:28:31.289><c> yet</c><00:28:31.529><c> it</c><00:28:31.849><c> does</c><00:28:32.109><c> to</c><00:28:32.250><c> some</c><00:28:32.490><c> extent</c>

00:28:33.109 --> 00:28:36.150
insulate<00:28:34.009><c> him</c><00:28:34.390><c> from</c><00:28:34.690><c> any</c><00:28:35.049><c> political</c><00:28:35.609><c> fallout.</c>

00:28:36.349 --> 00:28:37.950
Taking<00:28:36.730><c> action</c><00:28:37.190><c> against</c><00:28:37.589><c> him,</c>

00:28:38.269 --> 00:28:41.509
if<00:28:38.809><c> he's</c><00:28:39.130><c> caught</c><00:28:39.250><c> doing</c><00:28:39.509><c> something</c><00:28:39.829><c> wrong,</c><00:28:40.450><c> will</c><00:28:40.710><c> be</c><00:28:41.009><c> difficult</c>

00:28:41.509 --> 00:28:44.309
because<00:28:42.069><c> Shimeir</c><00:28:42.430><c> is</c><00:28:42.789><c> David's</c><00:28:43.509><c> older</c><00:28:43.789><c> brother.</c>

00:28:44.549 --> 00:28:47.230
And<00:28:44.569><c> even</c><00:28:44.730><c> though</c><00:28:45.329><c> David</c><00:28:45.630><c> is</c><00:28:45.890><c> the</c><00:28:46.190><c> king,</c>

00:28:47.369 --> 00:28:50.769
Shimeir<00:28:47.710><c> to</c><00:28:47.910><c> some</c><00:28:48.109><c> extent</c><00:28:48.450><c> has</c><00:28:49.269><c> some</c><00:28:49.609><c> measure</c><00:28:49.849><c> of</c><00:28:50.109><c> seniority</c>

00:28:50.769 --> 00:28:53.490
and<00:28:51.210><c> he</c><00:28:51.430><c> will</c><00:28:51.650><c> protect</c><00:28:52.029><c> his</c><00:28:52.250><c> own</c><00:28:52.569><c> son.</c>

00:28:54.309 --> 00:28:58.130
Donadab<00:28:54.609><c> we</c><00:28:54.930><c> see</c><00:28:55.109><c> from</c><00:28:55.309><c> the</c><00:28:55.549><c> story</c><00:28:55.809><c> is</c><00:28:56.130><c> a</c><00:28:56.549><c> skilled</c><00:28:57.130><c> manipulator</c>

00:28:58.130 --> 00:29:03.750
and<00:28:58.910><c> he</c><00:28:59.650><c> exercised</c><00:29:00.250><c> considerable</c><00:29:01.049><c> influence</c><00:29:01.869><c> over</c><00:29:02.529><c> Amnon,</c>

00:29:04.230 --> 00:29:06.529
David's<00:29:04.950><c> firstborn</c><00:29:05.490><c> son.</c>

00:29:06.769 --> 00:29:11.269
And<00:29:07.029><c> it</c><00:29:07.150><c> was</c><00:29:07.509><c> Donadab</c><00:29:08.490><c> who</c><00:29:09.069><c> orchestrated</c><00:29:09.730><c> the</c><00:29:10.049><c> rape</c><00:29:10.369><c> of</c><00:29:10.869><c> Tamar.</c>

00:29:11.269 --> 00:29:16.549
But<00:29:11.630><c> somehow</c><00:29:12.450><c> avoided</c><00:29:13.349><c> any</c><00:29:14.029><c> consequences</c><00:29:14.789><c> for</c><00:29:15.609><c> his</c><00:29:16.009><c> role</c><00:29:16.329><c> in</c>

00:29:16.549 --> 00:29:17.750
the<00:29:16.809><c> crime.</c>

00:29:18.349 --> 00:29:21.470
The<00:29:18.490><c> narrator</c><00:29:18.990><c> of</c><00:29:19.230><c> the</c><00:29:19.529><c> story</c><00:29:19.829><c> knows</c><00:29:20.269><c> what</c><00:29:20.630><c> Donadab</c><00:29:21.029><c> did</c>

00:29:21.470 --> 00:29:25.589
but<00:29:21.890><c> we</c><00:29:22.089><c> don't</c><00:29:22.390><c> know</c><00:29:22.569><c> how</c><00:29:22.789><c> much</c><00:29:23.049><c> people</c><00:29:23.470><c> knew</c><00:29:24.150><c> about</c><00:29:24.710><c> Donadab's</c><00:29:25.390><c> role</c>

00:29:25.589 --> 00:29:28.789
at<00:29:26.049><c> the</c><00:29:26.230><c> time</c><00:29:26.490><c> these</c><00:29:26.769><c> events</c><00:29:27.109><c> were</c><00:29:27.569><c> occurring.</c>

00:29:29.910 --> 00:29:34.269
Somehow,<00:29:31.650><c> Donadab</c><00:29:32.390><c> gets</c><00:29:32.789><c> away</c><00:29:33.150><c> with</c><00:29:33.369><c> it.</c>

00:29:34.670 --> 00:29:38.849
And<00:29:34.890><c> later</c><00:29:35.190><c> when</c><00:29:35.509><c> Absalom</c><00:29:36.089><c> sends</c><00:29:36.369><c> his</c><00:29:36.670><c> assassins</c><00:29:37.170><c> to</c><00:29:37.410><c> kill</c><00:29:37.670><c> Amnon,</c>

00:29:39.569 --> 00:29:42.759
Donadab<00:29:40.150><c> doesn't</c><00:29:40.470><c> raise</c><00:29:40.730><c> a</c><00:29:40.930><c> finger</c><00:29:41.390><c> to</c><00:29:41.650><c> defend</c><00:29:41.970><c> him.</c>

00:29:43.250 --> 00:29:46.109
And<00:29:43.349><c> he</c><00:29:43.549><c> escapes</c><00:29:43.869><c> without</c><00:29:44.269><c> consequence</c><00:29:44.890><c> on</c><00:29:45.210><c> this</c><00:29:45.390><c> occasion</c><00:29:45.869><c> too.</c>

00:29:46.269 --> 00:29:49.529
In<00:29:46.289><c> fact,</c><00:29:47.170><c> the</c><00:29:47.210><c> moment</c><00:29:47.549><c> Amnon</c><00:29:47.890><c> is</c><00:29:48.130><c> killed</c><00:29:48.329><c> a</c><00:29:48.630><c> rumour</c><00:29:48.849><c> goes</c><00:29:49.089><c> out</c>

00:29:49.529 --> 00:29:52.440
all<00:29:50.170><c> the</c><00:29:51.049><c> king's</c><00:29:51.470><c> sons</c><00:29:51.470><c> are</c><00:29:51.650><c> dead.</c>

00:29:52.630 --> 00:29:56.250
The<00:29:52.869><c> rumour</c><00:29:53.309><c> gets</c><00:29:53.589><c> back</c><00:29:53.970><c> to</c><00:29:54.170><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:54.609><c> and</c><00:29:54.809><c> everyone's</c><00:29:55.130><c> in</c><00:29:55.269><c> a</c><00:29:55.369><c> panic.</c>

00:29:56.269 --> 00:29:57.509
And<00:29:56.450><c> Donadab</c><00:29:56.849><c> steps</c><00:29:57.170><c> up</c><00:29:57.369><c> and</c><00:29:57.490><c> says,</c>

00:29:57.630 --> 00:30:01.809
no,<00:29:57.730><c> no,</c><00:29:58.029><c> it's</c><00:29:58.190><c> okay,</c><00:29:59.609><c> it's</c><00:29:59.809><c> only</c><00:30:00.069><c> Amnon,</c><00:30:01.130><c> it's</c><00:30:01.390><c> only</c><00:30:01.430><c> Amnon.</c>

00:30:02.190 --> 00:30:05.730
No<00:30:02.329><c> one</c><00:30:02.470><c> liked</c><00:30:02.710><c> him</c><00:30:02.890><c> anyway</c><00:30:03.390><c> and</c><00:30:03.950><c> he's</c><00:30:04.269><c> the</c><00:30:04.369><c> guy</c><00:30:04.769><c> who</c><00:30:05.210><c> got</c><00:30:05.430><c> killed.</c>

00:30:05.849 --> 00:30:06.849
Everyone<00:30:06.089><c> else</c><00:30:06.309><c> is</c><00:30:06.549><c> fine.</c>

00:30:06.849 --> 00:30:12.029
This<00:30:07.589><c> is</c><00:30:07.849><c> the</c><00:30:07.930><c> guy</c><00:30:08.230><c> who</c><00:30:08.470><c> was</c><00:30:08.769><c> Amnon's</c><00:30:10.009><c> allegedly</c><00:30:10.470><c> best</c><00:30:10.769><c> friend.</c>

00:30:12.910 --> 00:30:15.130
He's<00:30:13.029><c> always</c><00:30:13.410><c> half</c><00:30:13.730><c> in</c><00:30:13.930><c> the</c><00:30:14.130><c> shadows,</c>

00:30:15.210 --> 00:30:20.029
always<00:30:15.869><c> making</c><00:30:16.410><c> things</c><00:30:16.750><c> happen</c><00:30:17.349><c> but</c><00:30:17.849><c> never</c><00:30:18.170><c> taking</c><00:30:18.490><c> the</c><00:30:18.769><c> consequences.</c>

00:30:20.950 --> 00:30:25.990
Amnon,<00:30:21.390><c> born</c><00:30:21.730><c> in</c><00:30:22.009><c> Hebron,</c><00:30:23.569><c> the</c><00:30:23.710><c> seat</c><00:30:24.069><c> of</c><00:30:24.430><c> Davidic</c><00:30:24.890><c> power.</c>

00:30:26.150 --> 00:30:29.910
The<00:30:26.309><c> son</c><00:30:26.869><c> of</c><00:30:27.309><c> Ahinoam,</c><00:30:28.069><c> the</c><00:30:28.230><c> Jezreelite,</c><00:30:28.829><c> one</c><00:30:29.029><c> of</c><00:30:29.109><c> David's</c><00:30:29.670><c> wives.</c>

00:30:29.930 --> 00:30:33.509
So<00:30:30.170><c> he's</c><00:30:30.369><c> the</c><00:30:30.869><c> half</c><00:30:31.269><c>-brother</c><00:30:31.869><c> of</c><00:30:32.470><c> Absalom.</c>

00:30:33.970 --> 00:30:37.849
He<00:30:34.349><c> was</c><00:30:34.670><c> actually</c><00:30:35.190><c> first</c><00:30:35.789><c> in</c><00:30:36.109><c> line</c><00:30:36.369><c> to</c><00:30:36.589><c> the</c><00:30:36.789><c> throne,</c><00:30:37.089><c> first</c><00:30:37.609><c> born,</c>

00:30:38.170 --> 00:30:40.710
the<00:30:38.450><c> official</c><00:30:38.869><c> appointed</c><00:30:39.490><c> heir.</c>

00:30:41.009 --> 00:30:45.589
But<00:30:41.210><c> he</c><00:30:41.630><c> lacked</c><00:30:41.910><c> Absalom's</c><00:30:42.990><c> glamour</c><00:30:43.630><c> and</c><00:30:44.029><c> political</c><00:30:44.710><c> finesse.</c>

00:30:46.289 --> 00:30:48.609
And<00:30:46.509><c> we</c><00:30:46.750><c> know</c><00:30:47.170><c> from</c><00:30:47.450><c> his</c><00:30:47.750><c> treatment</c><00:30:48.029><c> of</c><00:30:48.369><c> Tamar</c>

00:30:48.609 --> 00:30:53.289
that<00:30:49.009><c> he</c><00:30:49.170><c> was</c><00:30:49.450><c> cruel</c><00:30:49.930><c> and</c><00:30:50.690><c> obsessive</c><00:30:51.869><c> and</c><00:30:52.210><c> perverted.</c>

00:30:55.289 --> 00:30:59.890
Tamar,<00:30:56.289><c> the</c><00:30:56.609><c> innocent,</c><00:30:58.109><c> very</c><00:30:58.390><c> beautiful</c><00:30:59.109><c> young</c><00:30:59.490><c> woman,</c>

00:30:59.890 --> 00:31:02.910
a<00:31:00.529><c> privileged</c><00:31:00.990><c> daughter</c><00:31:01.549><c> in</c><00:31:01.849><c> the</c><00:31:02.089><c> king's</c><00:31:02.470><c> household</c>

00:31:02.910 --> 00:31:07.309
due<00:31:03.450><c> to</c><00:31:03.690><c> her</c><00:31:04.009><c> virgin</c><00:31:04.490><c> status</c><00:31:05.109><c> and</c><00:31:05.930><c> royal</c><00:31:06.369><c> birth.</c>

00:31:07.829 --> 00:31:09.789
If<00:31:07.890><c> things</c><00:31:08.170><c> had</c><00:31:08.410><c> gone</c><00:31:08.650><c> on</c><00:31:08.829><c> in</c><00:31:08.950><c> the</c><00:31:09.150><c> normal</c><00:31:09.410><c> way,</c>

00:31:09.970 --> 00:31:12.230
she<00:31:09.990><c> could</c><00:31:10.170><c> have</c><00:31:10.450><c> expected</c><00:31:10.809><c> an</c><00:31:11.170><c> arranged</c><00:31:11.549><c> marriage</c>

00:31:12.230 --> 00:31:16.150
to<00:31:12.710><c> a</c><00:31:12.970><c> ruler</c><00:31:13.309><c> or</c><00:31:13.869><c> nobleman,</c><00:31:14.750><c> not</c><00:31:15.009><c> just</c><00:31:15.289><c> for</c><00:31:15.430><c> her</c><00:31:15.730><c> benefit,</c>

00:31:16.329 --> 00:31:19.150
but<00:31:16.589><c> for</c><00:31:16.829><c> the</c><00:31:17.029><c> benefit</c><00:31:17.309><c> of</c><00:31:17.549><c> the</c><00:31:17.710><c> royal</c><00:31:17.950><c> family.</c>

00:31:20.410 --> 00:31:26.049
But<00:31:20.769><c> she</c><00:31:21.049><c> lost</c><00:31:21.450><c> her</c><00:31:21.849><c> status</c><00:31:22.569><c> due</c><00:31:23.809><c> to</c><00:31:24.230><c> the</c><00:31:24.410><c> rape</c><00:31:24.750><c> by</c><00:31:25.150><c> Amnon.</c>

00:31:26.490 --> 00:31:31.849
And<00:31:26.890><c> yet</c><00:31:27.450><c> she</c><00:31:28.029><c> refused</c><00:31:28.569><c> to</c><00:31:28.829><c> submit</c><00:31:29.309><c> to</c><00:31:29.650><c> him</c><00:31:29.930><c> or</c><00:31:30.470><c> conceal</c><00:31:31.130><c> the</c><00:31:31.490><c> crime</c>

00:31:31.849 --> 00:31:34.950
as<00:31:32.410><c> many</c><00:31:32.730><c> women</c><00:31:33.089><c> of</c><00:31:33.329><c> her</c><00:31:33.710><c> era</c><00:31:34.089><c> would</c><00:31:34.390><c> have</c><00:31:34.650><c> done.</c>

00:31:35.230 --> 00:31:37.750
She<00:31:35.690><c> courageously</c><00:31:36.430><c> announced</c><00:31:37.049><c> her</c><00:31:37.450><c> shame</c>

00:31:37.750 --> 00:31:43.289
by<00:31:38.309><c> tearing</c><00:31:38.690><c> her</c><00:31:39.089><c> virgin's</c><00:31:39.650><c> robe</c><00:31:39.869><c> and</c><00:31:40.369><c> placing</c><00:31:40.869><c> ashes</c><00:31:41.369><c> on</c><00:31:42.049><c> her</c><00:31:42.410><c> head.</c>

00:31:44.210 --> 00:31:47.829
She<00:31:44.569><c> spent</c><00:31:44.829><c> the</c><00:31:45.029><c> rest</c><00:31:45.230><c> of</c><00:31:45.450><c> her</c><00:31:45.670><c> life</c><00:31:46.109><c> as</c><00:31:46.549><c> an</c><00:31:46.869><c> unmarried</c><00:31:47.349><c> woman</c>

00:31:47.829 --> 00:31:52.369
in<00:31:48.390><c> Absalom's</c><00:31:49.210><c> household</c><00:31:49.730><c> because</c><00:31:51.130><c> her</c><00:31:51.509><c> defilement</c>

00:31:52.369 --> 00:31:55.309
prevented<00:31:52.869><c> her</c><00:31:53.509><c> from</c><00:31:53.710><c> returning</c><00:31:54.230><c> to</c><00:31:54.529><c> David's</c><00:31:54.970><c> house.</c>

00:31:55.549 --> 00:31:57.289
She<00:31:55.730><c> was</c><00:31:55.990><c> spoiled</c><00:31:56.349><c> goods.</c>

00:31:57.430 --> 00:31:58.569
She<00:31:57.630><c> was</c><00:31:57.910><c> now</c><00:31:58.150><c> worthless.</c>

00:31:58.769 --> 00:32:00.710
She<00:31:58.890><c> was</c><00:31:59.150><c> just</c><00:31:59.490><c> an</c><00:31:59.829><c> ornament.</c>

00:32:00.950 --> 00:32:05.650
And<00:32:01.069><c> Absalom</c><00:32:01.369><c> takes</c><00:32:01.730><c> her</c><00:32:02.009><c> in</c><00:32:02.529><c> and</c><00:32:03.269><c> offers</c><00:32:03.670><c> some</c><00:32:04.369><c> weird</c><00:32:04.829><c> consolation</c>

00:32:05.650 --> 00:32:09.170
along<00:32:05.930><c> the</c><00:32:06.109><c> lines</c><00:32:06.309><c> of,</c><00:32:06.910><c> never</c><00:32:07.089><c> mind,</c><00:32:07.349><c> it</c><00:32:07.450><c> was</c><00:32:07.710><c> only</c><00:32:08.049><c> your</c><00:32:08.309><c> brother.</c>

00:32:11.150 --> 00:32:13.849
But<00:32:11.630><c> there's</c><00:32:11.970><c> an</c><00:32:12.230><c> ulterior</c><00:32:12.670><c> motive.</c>

00:32:14.289 --> 00:32:17.529
He<00:32:14.650><c> wants</c><00:32:14.869><c> to</c><00:32:15.170><c> smooth</c><00:32:15.369><c> things</c><00:32:15.670><c> over</c><00:32:16.170><c> so</c><00:32:16.569><c> he</c><00:32:16.710><c> can</c><00:32:16.910><c> play</c><00:32:17.230><c> his</c>

00:32:17.529 --> 00:32:17.990
long<00:32:17.769><c> game</c>

00:32:17.990 --> 00:32:20.789
and<00:32:18.269><c> quietly</c><00:32:18.650><c> plot</c><00:32:19.109><c> his</c><00:32:19.730><c> revenge.</c>

00:32:27.930 --> 00:32:30.390
So<00:32:28.450><c> again,</c><00:32:29.089><c> let's</c><00:32:29.309><c> look</c><00:32:29.509><c> at</c><00:32:29.630><c> the</c><00:32:29.829><c> characteristics</c>

00:32:30.390 --> 00:32:32.109
of<00:32:30.730><c> these</c><00:32:31.029><c> people</c><00:32:31.369><c> in</c><00:32:31.549><c> the</c><00:32:31.769><c> story.</c>

00:32:32.369 --> 00:32:34.990
John<00:32:32.529><c> and</c><00:32:32.710><c> Ab,</c><00:32:33.329><c> Amnon's</c><00:32:33.990><c> close</c><00:32:34.410><c> friend,</c>

00:32:35.089 --> 00:32:37.950
well,<00:32:35.650><c> about</c><00:32:35.710><c> as</c><00:32:35.950><c> close</c><00:32:36.190><c> as</c><00:32:36.329><c> John</c><00:32:36.490><c> and</c><00:32:36.589><c> Ab</c><00:32:36.670><c> got</c><00:32:36.910><c> to</c><00:32:37.049><c> anyone,</c>

00:32:38.150 --> 00:32:41.529
cunning<00:32:38.410><c> and</c><00:32:38.650><c> dishonest,</c><00:32:39.869><c> David's</c><00:32:40.490><c> nephew,</c>

00:32:41.609 --> 00:32:44.470
patrilineal<00:32:42.130><c> nephew,</c><00:32:43.150><c> difficult</c><00:32:43.509><c> to</c><00:32:43.849><c> prosecute</c>

00:32:44.470 --> 00:32:46.950
due<00:32:44.710><c> to</c><00:32:44.869><c> those</c><00:32:45.210><c> tight</c><00:32:45.470><c> family</c><00:32:45.869><c> connections,</c>

00:32:47.390 --> 00:32:49.450
untrustworthy,<00:32:48.230><c> a</c><00:32:48.410><c> provocateur,</c>

00:32:49.869 --> 00:32:52.210
could<00:32:50.009><c> walk</c><00:32:50.349><c> through</c><00:32:50.650><c> a</c><00:32:50.869><c> room</c><00:32:51.190><c> that</c><00:32:51.549><c> was</c><00:32:51.769><c> in</c><00:32:52.029><c> peace</c>

00:32:52.210 --> 00:32:54.289
and<00:32:52.369><c> he</c><00:32:52.490><c> would</c><00:32:52.769><c> leave</c><00:32:52.990><c> it</c><00:32:53.369><c> and</c><00:32:53.630><c> everyone</c><00:32:53.970><c> would</c><00:32:54.230><c> be</c>

00:32:54.289 --> 00:32:55.529
at<00:32:54.369><c> each</c><00:32:54.549><c> other's</c><00:32:54.930><c> throats</c><00:32:55.190><c> and</c><00:32:55.309><c> he</c><00:32:55.410><c> would</c><00:32:55.529><c> do</c><00:32:55.529><c> it.</c>

00:32:55.529 --> 00:32:58.730
Turn<00:32:55.769><c> back</c><00:32:56.029><c> and</c><00:32:56.309><c> smile</c><00:32:56.589><c> and</c><00:32:56.849><c> no</c><00:32:57.069><c> one</c><00:32:57.130><c> would</c><00:32:57.349><c> know</c><00:32:57.470><c> what</c><00:32:57.609><c> he</c><00:32:57.769><c> had</c><00:32:57.950><c> done.</c>

00:32:59.970 --> 00:33:03.490
Amnon,<00:33:00.829><c> David's</c><00:33:01.369><c> firstborn,</c><00:33:01.970><c> the</c><00:33:02.170><c> appointed</c><00:33:02.509><c> heir</c><00:33:02.750><c> to</c><00:33:02.950><c> the</c><00:33:03.170><c> throne,</c>

00:33:03.970 --> 00:33:08.309
Tamar's<00:33:04.589><c> half</c><00:33:04.869><c>-brother,</c><00:33:06.329><c> he</c><00:33:06.549><c> was</c><00:33:06.710><c> obsessed</c><00:33:07.269><c> with</c><00:33:07.529><c> her</c>

00:33:09.150 --> 00:33:12.930
and<00:33:09.710><c> he</c><00:33:09.849><c> must</c><00:33:10.069><c> have</c><00:33:10.289><c> known</c><00:33:10.710><c> that</c><00:33:11.009><c> he</c><00:33:11.150><c> was</c><00:33:11.410><c> never</c><00:33:11.670><c> loved</c><00:33:12.230><c> as</c>

00:33:12.930 --> 00:33:14.589
Absalom<00:33:13.470><c> was.</c>

00:33:15.930 --> 00:33:20.470
David<00:33:16.210><c> gets</c><00:33:16.470><c> over</c><00:33:16.769><c> his</c><00:33:17.089><c> death</c><00:33:18.029><c> surprisingly</c><00:33:19.089><c> quickly.</c>

00:33:23.529 --> 00:33:28.069
Tamar,<00:33:25.650><c> the</c><00:33:25.849><c> virgin</c><00:33:26.250><c> daughter</c><00:33:26.690><c> of</c><00:33:26.970><c> David</c><00:33:27.349><c> and</c><00:33:27.650><c> Maekar,</c>

00:33:28.150 --> 00:33:32.950
sister<00:33:28.690><c> of</c><00:33:29.130><c> Absalom,</c><00:33:30.109><c> 2</c><00:33:30.289><c> Samuel</c><00:33:30.589><c> 13,</c><00:33:31.289><c> 1</c><00:33:31.329><c>-2,</c><00:33:31.809><c> 1</c><00:33:31.990><c> Chronicles</c><00:33:32.509><c> 3,</c>

00:33:32.950 --> 00:33:34.329
2<00:33:33.309><c> and</c><00:33:33.450><c> 9,</c>

00:33:34.430 --> 00:33:38.549
raped<00:33:34.690><c> by</c><00:33:35.069><c> Amnon</c><00:33:35.329><c> in</c><00:33:35.589><c> 2</c><00:33:35.910><c> Samuel</c><00:33:36.329><c> 13,</c><00:33:36.930><c> 11</c><00:33:37.230><c>-14,</c>

00:33:38.690 --> 00:33:44.190
subsequently<00:33:39.210><c> spurned</c><00:33:39.849><c> by</c><00:33:40.230><c> Amnon,</c><00:33:40.910><c> 2</c><00:33:41.029><c> Samuel</c><00:33:41.390><c> 13,</c><00:33:42.309><c> 15</c><00:33:42.730><c>-19,</c>

00:33:45.049 --> 00:33:48.569
reduced<00:33:45.289><c> to</c><00:33:45.609><c> an</c><00:33:45.930><c> unfulfilled</c><00:33:46.490><c> life</c><00:33:46.869><c> in</c><00:33:47.069><c> the</c><00:33:47.250><c> household</c><00:33:47.710><c> of</c><00:33:48.089><c> Absalom,</c>

00:33:48.569 --> 00:33:50.930
2<00:33:49.170><c> Samuel</c><00:33:49.450><c> 13,</c><00:33:50.049><c> 20.</c>

00:33:51.589 --> 00:33:54.269
She<00:33:51.690><c> was</c><00:33:51.970><c> avenged</c><00:33:52.390><c> by</c><00:33:52.609><c> her</c><00:33:52.809><c> brother,</c><00:33:53.230><c> perhaps</c><00:33:53.490><c> more</c><00:33:53.890><c> for</c><00:33:53.990><c> his</c>

00:33:54.269 --> 00:33:55.289
benefit<00:33:54.630><c> than</c><00:33:54.890><c> hers,</c>

00:33:55.450 --> 00:34:00.609
because<00:33:56.029><c> Amnon's</c><00:33:56.750><c> death</c><00:33:57.250><c> eased</c><00:33:58.009><c> Absalom's</c><00:33:58.670><c> progression</c><00:33:59.190><c> towards</c><00:33:59.930><c> the</c><00:34:00.250><c> throne,</c>

00:34:01.009 --> 00:34:04.109
2<00:34:01.329><c> Samuel</c><00:34:01.690><c> 13,</c><00:34:02.289><c> 28</c><00:34:02.730><c>-33.</c>

00:34:04.569 --> 00:34:06.210
In<00:34:04.650><c> the</c><00:34:04.769><c> Lexan</c><00:34:05.049><c> Bible</c><00:34:05.349><c> Dictionary</c><00:34:05.769><c> says,</c>

00:34:06.650 --> 00:34:10.530
Her<00:34:06.910><c> plight</c><00:34:07.390><c> is</c><00:34:07.769><c> a</c><00:34:08.150><c> stark</c><00:34:08.489><c> reminder</c><00:34:09.090><c> that</c><00:34:09.550><c> the</c><00:34:09.769><c> protection</c><00:34:10.289><c> of</c>

00:34:10.530 --> 00:34:12.530
women<00:34:10.789><c> in</c><00:34:11.070><c> the</c><00:34:11.230><c> Hebrew</c><00:34:11.550><c> legal</c><00:34:12.050><c> code</c>

00:34:12.530 --> 00:34:17.510
was<00:34:12.869><c> only</c><00:34:13.329><c> of</c><00:34:13.670><c> benefit</c><00:34:14.090><c> when</c><00:34:14.530><c> it</c><00:34:14.710><c> was</c><00:34:15.090><c> responsibly</c><00:34:16.210><c> enforced.</c>

00:34:21.230 --> 00:34:26.369
Ahithophel,<00:34:22.389><c> the</c><00:34:22.530><c> traitor,</c><00:34:23.829><c> Hushai,</c><00:34:24.650><c> the</c><00:34:24.929><c> loyalist,</c><00:34:26.329><c> and</c>

00:34:26.369 --> 00:34:29.230
the<00:34:26.570><c> Kushite,</c><00:34:28.070><c> the</c><00:34:28.329><c> messenger.</c>

00:34:32.250 --> 00:34:37.289
Ahithophel<00:34:33.050><c> likely</c><00:34:33.829><c> knew</c><00:34:34.530><c> of</c><00:34:35.010><c> David's</c><00:34:35.769><c> sin</c><00:34:36.170><c> with</c><00:34:36.530><c> Bathsheba</c>

00:34:37.289 --> 00:34:39.489
and<00:34:38.210><c> never</c><00:34:38.570><c> forgave</c><00:34:38.969><c> him</c><00:34:39.210><c> for</c><00:34:39.369><c> it.</c>

00:34:39.489 --> 00:34:42.929
Remember<00:34:39.969><c> that</c><00:34:40.130><c> Ahithophel</c><00:34:40.909><c> is</c><00:34:41.250><c> Bathsheba's</c><00:34:42.389><c> grandfather.</c>

00:34:43.110 --> 00:34:47.050
He<00:34:43.369><c> is</c><00:34:43.750><c> personally</c><00:34:44.309><c> invested</c><00:34:44.929><c> in</c><00:34:45.230><c> this</c><00:34:45.510><c> tragedy</c><00:34:45.909><c> in</c><00:34:46.409><c> a</c><00:34:46.690><c> deep</c>

00:34:47.050 --> 00:34:48.550
and<00:34:47.409><c> profound</c><00:34:47.929><c> way.</c>

00:34:48.570 --> 00:34:52.909
Again,<00:34:49.670><c> it's</c><00:34:49.730><c> these</c><00:34:50.210><c> complex</c><00:34:51.010><c> interrelationships</c><00:34:52.409><c> between</c>

00:34:52.909 --> 00:34:55.309
the<00:34:53.230><c> characters</c><00:34:53.590><c> that</c><00:34:54.210><c> make</c><00:34:54.510><c> the</c><00:34:54.829><c> tragedy</c>

00:34:55.309 --> 00:35:01.070
so<00:34:56.030><c> awful,</c><00:34:57.110><c> so</c><00:34:57.449><c> desperate,</c><00:34:58.269><c> so</c><00:34:58.650><c> complicated</c><00:34:59.329><c> and</c><00:34:59.690><c> so</c><00:35:00.010><c> tragic.</c>

00:35:01.989 --> 00:35:05.969
He<00:35:02.110><c> might</c><00:35:02.449><c> also</c><00:35:02.849><c> have</c><00:35:03.050><c> suspected</c><00:35:03.730><c> that</c><00:35:04.329><c> David</c><00:35:04.530><c> was</c><00:35:04.809><c> responsible</c><00:35:05.630><c> for</c>

00:35:05.969 --> 00:35:07.769
Uriah's<00:35:06.769><c> death.</c>

00:35:08.829 --> 00:35:12.289
Either<00:35:09.269><c> of</c><00:35:09.449><c> these</c><00:35:09.690><c> possibilities</c><00:35:10.530><c> provide</c><00:35:11.150><c> sufficient</c><00:35:11.730><c> motive</c>

00:35:12.289 --> 00:35:16.289
for<00:35:12.829><c> supporting</c><00:35:13.710><c> Absalom's</c><00:35:14.590><c> coup</c><00:35:14.829><c> against</c><00:35:15.289><c> David.</c>

00:35:18.829 --> 00:35:23.070
Ahithophel<00:35:19.590><c> correctly</c><00:35:20.349><c> advised</c><00:35:20.929><c> Absalom</c><00:35:21.630><c> to</c><00:35:22.190><c> attack</c><00:35:22.610><c> David</c>

00:35:23.070 --> 00:35:26.250
immediately<00:35:23.969><c> with</c><00:35:24.469><c> a</c><00:35:24.789><c> night</c><00:35:25.090><c>-time</c><00:35:25.369><c> commando</c><00:35:25.949><c> raid</c>

00:35:26.250 --> 00:35:30.570
that<00:35:26.650><c> would</c><00:35:26.989><c> only</c><00:35:27.449><c> leave</c><00:35:27.710><c> the</c><00:35:27.989><c> king</c><00:35:28.269><c> dead,</c><00:35:28.969><c> ensuring</c><00:35:29.730><c> his</c>

00:35:30.570 --> 00:35:32.030
army's<00:35:31.329><c> instant</c><00:35:31.570><c> surrender,</c>

00:35:32.030 --> 00:35:36.050
although<00:35:32.610><c> everyone</c><00:35:33.269><c> really</c><00:35:33.710><c> knew</c><00:35:34.010><c> that</c><00:35:34.510><c> Joab</c><00:35:34.750><c> could</c><00:35:34.909><c> be</c><00:35:35.130><c> expected</c><00:35:35.590><c> to</c>

00:35:36.050 --> 00:35:37.429
fight<00:35:36.389><c> until</c><00:35:36.869><c> the</c><00:35:37.190><c> death.</c>

00:35:37.590 --> 00:35:40.570
I'm<00:35:37.949><c> pretty</c><00:35:38.429><c> sure</c><00:35:38.929><c> that</c><00:35:39.230><c> although</c><00:35:39.409><c> he</c><00:35:39.590><c> doesn't</c><00:35:39.909><c> mention</c><00:35:40.250><c> it,</c>

00:35:40.650 --> 00:35:45.110
Ahithophel<00:35:41.530><c> imagines</c><00:35:42.010><c> a</c><00:35:42.369><c> large</c><00:35:42.730><c> pile</c><00:35:43.010><c> of</c><00:35:43.230><c> corpses</c><00:35:43.510><c> around</c><00:35:43.989><c> Joab</c><00:35:44.449><c> before</c><00:35:44.929><c> he</c>

00:35:45.110 --> 00:35:46.250
goes<00:35:45.349><c> down.</c>

00:35:48.269 --> 00:35:52.989
And<00:35:48.750><c> it's</c><00:35:49.130><c> interesting</c><00:35:49.630><c> because</c><00:35:50.809><c> when</c><00:35:51.909><c> he</c><00:35:52.050><c> gives</c><00:35:52.349><c> his</c><00:35:52.550><c> advice</c>

00:35:52.989 --> 00:35:53.769
to<00:35:53.289><c> Absalom,</c><00:35:53.670><c> he</c><00:35:53.670><c> says,</c>

00:35:53.869 --> 00:35:56.809
you<00:35:53.869><c> don't</c><00:35:54.170><c> need</c><00:35:54.369><c> the</c><00:35:54.590><c> entire</c><00:35:54.989><c> army.</c><00:35:55.929><c> I'll</c><00:35:56.150><c> take</c><00:35:56.369><c> a</c><00:35:56.610><c> crack</c>

00:35:56.809 --> 00:35:58.349
force,<00:35:57.469><c> commando</c><00:35:57.989><c> squad.</c>

00:35:58.690 --> 00:36:03.030
We<00:35:58.829><c> only</c><00:35:59.070><c> need</c><00:35:59.349><c> to</c><00:35:59.809><c> kill</c><00:36:00.150><c> one</c><00:36:00.570><c> guy.</c><00:36:02.070><c> Okay,</c><00:36:02.469><c> we'll</c><00:36:02.630><c> probably</c><00:36:02.730><c> need</c><00:36:02.889><c> to</c>

00:36:03.030 --> 00:36:04.570
kill<00:36:03.170><c> Joab</c><00:36:03.409><c> as</c><00:36:03.670><c> well.</c>

00:36:04.929 --> 00:36:06.949
How<00:36:05.130><c> many</c><00:36:05.349><c> people</c><00:36:05.590><c> are</c><00:36:05.670><c> you</c><00:36:05.829><c> going</c><00:36:05.869><c> to</c><00:36:05.989><c> need</c><00:36:06.110><c> for</c><00:36:06.309><c> that</c><00:36:06.449><c> Ahithophel?</c>

00:36:07.409 --> 00:36:12.010
Let's<00:36:07.730><c> see,</c><00:36:07.869><c> to</c><00:36:08.030><c> kill</c><00:36:08.150><c> David</c><00:36:08.809><c> and</c><00:36:10.349><c> to</c><00:36:10.610><c> kill</c><00:36:10.929><c> Joab,</c><00:36:11.690><c> I'm</c><00:36:11.909><c> going</c>

00:36:12.010 --> 00:36:13.789
to<00:36:12.090><c> need</c><00:36:12.210><c> 12</c><00:36:12.530><c>,000</c><00:36:12.849><c> men.</c>

00:36:14.090 --> 00:36:17.909
And<00:36:14.730><c> that's</c><00:36:15.030><c> the</c><00:36:15.070><c> very</c><00:36:15.289><c> number</c><00:36:15.510><c> he</c><00:36:15.670><c> gives,</c><00:36:16.010><c> 12</c><00:36:16.449><c>,000</c><00:36:16.809><c> men</c><00:36:17.309><c> to</c>

00:36:17.909 --> 00:36:20.789
kill<00:36:18.090><c> David</c><00:36:18.590><c> and</c><00:36:18.949><c> probably</c><00:36:19.969><c> Joab.</c>

00:36:21.690 --> 00:36:24.750
Ahithophel<00:36:22.030><c> does</c><00:36:22.349><c> not</c><00:36:22.869><c> underestimate</c><00:36:23.570><c> these</c><00:36:23.929><c> men.</c>

00:36:25.190 --> 00:36:29.210
And<00:36:25.409><c> his</c><00:36:25.690><c> advice</c><00:36:26.130><c> was</c><00:36:26.570><c> perfectly</c><00:36:27.170><c> sound</c><00:36:27.769><c> because</c><00:36:28.389><c> David</c><00:36:28.869><c> had</c>

00:36:29.210 --> 00:36:31.150
not<00:36:29.530><c> yet</c><00:36:29.829><c> taken</c><00:36:30.090><c> up</c><00:36:30.369><c> a</c><00:36:30.550><c> defensive</c><00:36:30.829><c> position.</c>

00:36:31.210 --> 00:36:35.889
He<00:36:31.309><c> was</c><00:36:31.550><c> still</c><00:36:31.889><c> on</c><00:36:32.130><c> the</c><00:36:32.349><c> move.</c><00:36:33.349><c> He</c><00:36:33.650><c> barely</c><00:36:33.969><c> got</c><00:36:34.230><c> out</c><00:36:34.510><c> of</c><00:36:34.769><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:36:38.010 --> 00:36:42.690
But<00:36:38.690><c> Ahithophel's</c><00:36:39.369><c> advice</c><00:36:39.590><c> was</c><00:36:39.889><c> not</c><00:36:40.150><c> taken,</c><00:36:41.369><c> and</c><00:36:41.389><c> he</c><00:36:41.650><c> committed</c><00:36:41.949><c> suicide</c>

00:36:42.690 --> 00:36:46.329
when<00:36:43.070><c> he</c><00:36:43.250><c> saw</c><00:36:43.570><c> that</c><00:36:43.909><c> Hushai's</c><00:36:44.409><c> advice</c><00:36:44.989><c> was</c><00:36:45.489><c> favoured.</c>

00:36:46.769 --> 00:36:50.530
Why?<00:36:47.889><c> Because</c><00:36:48.269><c> he</c><00:36:48.469><c> realised</c><00:36:48.989><c> that</c><00:36:49.369><c> this</c><00:36:49.590><c> signified</c><00:36:50.090><c> the</c><00:36:50.269><c> hand</c>

00:36:50.530 --> 00:36:51.909
of<00:36:50.650><c> God</c><00:36:50.989><c> against</c><00:36:51.550><c> him.</c>

00:36:52.150 --> 00:36:54.969
We're<00:36:52.449><c> explicitly</c><00:36:53.030><c> told</c><00:36:53.449><c> that</c><00:36:53.610><c> he</c><00:36:53.670><c> was</c><00:36:53.869><c> the</c><00:36:54.150><c> wisest</c><00:36:54.550><c> man</c><00:36:54.809><c> in</c>

00:36:54.969 --> 00:36:55.349
the<00:36:55.090><c> land.</c>

00:36:55.570 --> 00:36:59.250
He<00:36:55.690><c> was</c><00:36:56.269><c> virtually</c><00:36:56.670><c> a</c><00:36:57.070><c> seer,</c><00:36:57.510><c> almost</c><00:36:57.710><c> like</c><00:36:58.010><c> a</c><00:36:58.289><c> prophet.</c>

00:37:00.369 --> 00:37:03.929
Ahithophel<00:37:01.050><c> knew</c><00:37:01.389><c> that</c><00:37:01.550><c> if</c><00:37:01.809><c> Absalom</c><00:37:02.190><c> rejected</c><00:37:02.630><c> his</c><00:37:02.889><c> advice,</c>

00:37:04.090 --> 00:37:05.369
it<00:37:04.309><c> could</c><00:37:04.530><c> only</c><00:37:04.889><c> be</c><00:37:05.289><c> through</c><00:37:05.369><c> David.</c>

00:37:05.369 --> 00:37:07.889
Through<00:37:05.530><c> some</c><00:37:05.789><c> form</c><00:37:06.210><c> of</c><00:37:06.409><c> divine</c><00:37:06.670><c> intervention.</c>

00:37:08.190 --> 00:37:12.530
So<00:37:08.329><c> he</c><00:37:08.429><c> did</c><00:37:08.610><c> the</c><00:37:08.809><c> only</c><00:37:09.110><c> thing</c><00:37:09.530><c> he</c><00:37:09.789><c> could</c><00:37:10.090><c> do</c><00:37:10.630><c> before</c><00:37:11.510><c> David</c><00:37:12.150><c> did</c>

00:37:12.530 --> 00:37:13.679
it<00:37:12.769><c> to</c><00:37:12.889><c> him.</c>

00:37:16.889 --> 00:37:18.969
Ahithophel<00:37:17.469><c> was</c><00:37:17.690><c> likely</c><00:37:18.050><c> an</c><00:37:18.429><c> older</c><00:37:18.670><c> man.</c>

00:37:19.070 --> 00:37:21.570
He<00:37:19.070><c> was</c><00:37:19.309><c> a</c><00:37:19.530><c> grandfather,</c><00:37:20.250><c> even</c><00:37:20.409><c> allowing</c><00:37:20.809><c> for</c><00:37:21.090><c> the</c><00:37:21.150><c> fact</c><00:37:21.389><c> that</c>

00:37:21.570 --> 00:37:24.150
people<00:37:22.010><c> got</c><00:37:22.530><c> married</c><00:37:22.889><c> young</c><00:37:23.090><c> and</c><00:37:23.250><c> had</c><00:37:23.429><c> children</c><00:37:23.849><c> young.</c>

00:37:24.369 --> 00:37:26.690
He<00:37:24.530><c> was</c><00:37:24.809><c> probably</c><00:37:25.150><c> a</c><00:37:25.329><c> man</c><00:37:25.489><c> advanced</c><00:37:26.030><c> in</c><00:37:26.469><c> years.</c>

00:37:26.949 --> 00:37:30.929
I<00:37:27.030><c> think</c><00:37:27.250><c> Hushai</c><00:37:27.650><c> was</c><00:37:27.869><c> probably</c><00:37:28.309><c> even</c><00:37:28.829><c> older,</c><00:37:30.230><c> certainly</c><00:37:30.670><c> old</c>

00:37:30.929 --> 00:37:33.750
enough<00:37:31.269><c> to</c><00:37:31.630><c> rival</c><00:37:32.190><c> Ahithophel's</c><00:37:33.269><c> seniority.</c>

00:37:33.750 --> 00:37:37.690
If<00:37:34.190><c> he'd</c><00:37:34.329><c> been</c><00:37:34.550><c> a</c><00:37:34.769><c> younger</c><00:37:34.969><c> man,</c><00:37:35.369><c> no</c><00:37:35.489><c> one</c><00:37:35.550><c> would</c><00:37:35.730><c> have</c><00:37:35.849><c> paid</c><00:37:36.030><c> any</c><00:37:36.269><c> attention</c><00:37:36.690><c> to</c><00:37:36.929><c> him.</c>

00:37:37.769 --> 00:37:41.389
He<00:37:37.909><c> was</c><00:37:38.190><c> probably</c><00:37:38.590><c> a</c><00:37:38.750><c> few</c><00:37:38.889><c> years</c><00:37:39.250><c> older</c><00:37:39.889><c> than</c><00:37:40.710><c> Ahithophel.</c>

00:37:41.829 --> 00:37:45.050
He's<00:37:42.130><c> also</c><00:37:42.510><c> not</c><00:37:42.789><c> physically</c><00:37:43.289><c> fit</c><00:37:43.730><c> as</c><00:37:44.389><c> Ahithophel</c><00:37:44.929><c> is.</c>

00:37:45.150 --> 00:37:50.409
Ahithophel<00:37:45.550><c> volunteers</c><00:37:46.289><c> to</c><00:37:46.730><c> go</c><00:37:46.989><c> with</c><00:37:47.170><c> the</c><00:37:47.449><c> commandos</c><00:37:48.010><c> to</c><00:37:48.389><c> attack</c><00:37:48.690><c> David</c><00:37:49.070><c> at</c><00:37:49.530><c> night.</c>

00:37:51.570 --> 00:37:56.590
But<00:37:51.769><c> when</c><00:37:52.650><c> Hushai</c><00:37:53.130><c> meets</c><00:37:53.489><c> David</c><00:37:54.050><c> during</c><00:37:54.789><c> his</c><00:37:55.130><c> flight</c><00:37:55.269><c> from</c><00:37:55.510><c> Jerusalem</c><00:37:56.250><c> in</c>

00:37:56.590 --> 00:37:59.849
2<00:37:56.909><c> Samuel</c><00:37:57.329><c> 15</c><00:37:57.869><c> verses</c><00:37:58.230><c> 32</c><00:37:58.670><c> to</c><00:37:58.949><c> 33,</c>

00:38:00.510 --> 00:38:03.349
David<00:38:00.789><c> says,</c><00:38:01.050><c> You</c><00:38:01.070><c> can't</c><00:38:01.409><c> come</c><00:38:01.590><c> with</c><00:38:01.769><c> me.</c><00:38:01.869><c> You'll</c><00:38:02.190><c> slow</c><00:38:02.289><c> me</c><00:38:02.510><c> down.</c>

00:38:03.889 --> 00:38:06.090
Hushai<00:38:04.449><c> is</c><00:38:04.570><c> not</c><00:38:04.929><c> a</c><00:38:05.210><c> spry</c><00:38:05.409><c> old</c><00:38:05.590><c> man.</c>

00:38:06.489 --> 00:38:07.769
He<00:38:06.610><c> doesn't</c><00:38:06.949><c> belong</c><00:38:07.230><c> in</c><00:38:07.409><c> the</c><00:38:07.570><c> field.</c>

00:38:08.070 --> 00:38:11.289
He<00:38:08.170><c> has</c><00:38:08.429><c> to</c><00:38:08.590><c> go</c><00:38:08.869><c> back</c><00:38:09.409><c> and</c><00:38:09.630><c> act</c><00:38:09.789><c> as</c><00:38:09.989><c> a</c><00:38:10.070><c> double</c><00:38:10.289><c> agent.</c>

00:38:11.989 --> 00:38:15.070
Hushai,<00:38:12.409><c> we</c><00:38:12.409><c> are</c><00:38:12.730><c> explicitly</c><00:38:13.110><c> told,</c><00:38:14.030><c> was</c><00:38:14.190><c> David's</c><00:38:14.710><c> close</c>

00:38:15.070 --> 00:38:16.730
personal<00:38:15.809><c> friend.</c>

00:38:17.190 --> 00:38:20.210
We're<00:38:17.329><c> told</c><00:38:17.489><c> Ahithophel</c><00:38:18.010><c> was</c><00:38:18.190><c> his</c><00:38:18.510><c> advisor,</c><00:38:19.110><c> his</c><00:38:19.309><c> counselor.</c>

00:38:21.070 --> 00:38:23.610
But<00:38:21.289><c> the</c><00:38:21.469><c> same</c><00:38:21.829><c> verse</c><00:38:22.130><c> immediately</c><00:38:22.670><c> contrasts</c><00:38:23.269><c> this.</c>

00:38:23.909 --> 00:38:26.570
Hushai<00:38:24.469><c> was</c><00:38:24.909><c> David's</c><00:38:25.789><c> friend.</c>

00:38:27.389 --> 00:38:31.809
When<00:38:27.849><c> David</c><00:38:28.429><c> left</c><00:38:29.070><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:38:30.630><c> the</c><00:38:30.829><c> first</c><00:38:31.070><c> thing</c><00:38:31.230><c> he</c><00:38:31.409><c> did</c><00:38:31.650><c> was</c>

00:38:31.809 --> 00:38:33.210
to<00:38:31.989><c> go</c><00:38:32.130><c> to</c><00:38:32.289><c> the</c><00:38:32.409><c> Mount</c><00:38:32.570><c> of</c><00:38:32.929><c> Olives,</c>

00:38:33.210 --> 00:38:35.150
where<00:38:33.469><c> he</c><00:38:33.730><c> traditionally</c><00:38:34.269><c> worshiped.</c>

00:38:35.150 --> 00:38:36.670
And<00:38:35.309><c> who</c><00:38:35.449><c> met</c><00:38:35.670><c> him</c><00:38:35.809><c> there?</c>

00:38:36.829 --> 00:38:37.150
Hushai.

00:38:37.369 --> 00:38:40.190
Hushai<00:38:37.750><c> didn't</c><00:38:37.949><c> even</c><00:38:38.329><c> know</c><00:38:38.710><c> what</c><00:38:38.969><c> David's</c><00:38:39.570><c> plans</c><00:38:39.769><c> were</c><00:38:40.030><c> at</c>

00:38:40.190 --> 00:38:40.809
this<00:38:40.429><c> stage.</c>

00:38:41.230 --> 00:38:44.710
But<00:38:41.489><c> instinctively,</c><00:38:42.630><c> knowing</c><00:38:43.050><c> David</c><00:38:43.489><c> as</c><00:38:43.789><c> deeply</c><00:38:44.070><c> as</c><00:38:44.230><c> he</c><00:38:44.389><c> does,</c>

00:38:44.909 --> 00:38:47.730
he<00:38:45.130><c> is</c><00:38:45.269><c> right</c><00:38:45.650><c> there</c><00:38:45.889><c> on</c><00:38:46.070><c> the</c><00:38:46.190><c> Mount</c><00:38:46.369><c> of</c><00:38:46.610><c> Olives</c><00:38:46.809><c> before</c><00:38:47.389><c> David</c>

00:38:47.730 --> 00:38:48.710
gets<00:38:48.010><c> there.</c>

00:38:49.170 --> 00:38:51.829
Knowing<00:38:49.489><c> that</c><00:38:49.670><c> if</c><00:38:49.829><c> David</c><00:38:50.110><c> does</c><00:38:50.409><c> leave</c><00:38:50.650><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:38:51.429><c> he</c><00:38:51.610><c> will</c>

00:38:51.829 --> 00:38:52.949
come<00:38:52.090><c> here</c><00:38:52.489><c> first.</c>

00:38:53.150 --> 00:38:56.170
Because<00:38:53.449><c> David,</c><00:38:54.010><c> for</c><00:38:54.210><c> all</c><00:38:54.369><c> his</c><00:38:54.590><c> faults,</c><00:38:54.989><c> is</c><00:38:55.210><c> a</c><00:38:55.329><c> spiritual</c><00:38:55.789><c> man.</c>

00:38:56.409 --> 00:38:57.650
And<00:38:56.630><c> Hushai</c><00:38:57.010><c> is</c><00:38:57.409><c> too.</c>

00:38:57.909 --> 00:39:01.610
And<00:38:58.110><c> this</c><00:38:58.369><c> is</c><00:38:58.610><c> one</c><00:38:58.730><c> of</c><00:38:58.829><c> the</c><00:38:58.929><c> points</c><00:38:59.210><c> on</c><00:38:59.429><c> which</c><00:38:59.610><c> they</c><00:38:59.869><c> bond</c><00:39:00.250><c> so</c><00:39:00.750><c> deeply.</c>

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:04.610
He<00:39:02.250><c> knows</c><00:39:02.690><c> David</c><00:39:03.070><c> will</c><00:39:03.389><c> pause</c><00:39:03.610><c> here</c><00:39:03.809><c> for</c><00:39:04.010><c> prayer.</c>

00:39:05.090 --> 00:39:08.110
And<00:39:05.090><c> so</c><00:39:05.250><c> he</c><00:39:05.369><c> meets</c><00:39:05.630><c> him</c><00:39:05.849><c> there</c><00:39:06.110><c> to</c><00:39:06.429><c> offer</c><00:39:06.869><c> assistance.</c>

00:39:08.929 --> 00:39:12.650
David<00:39:09.030><c> sends</c><00:39:09.369><c> him</c><00:39:09.889><c> to</c><00:39:10.190><c> Absalom</c><00:39:10.630><c> as</c><00:39:11.309><c> a</c><00:39:11.530><c> double</c><00:39:11.829><c> agent.</c>

00:39:13.130 --> 00:39:17.309
And<00:39:13.210><c> Hushai</c><00:39:13.889><c> gains</c><00:39:14.550><c> Absalom's</c><00:39:15.389><c> confidence</c><00:39:15.829><c> by</c><00:39:16.250><c> appealing</c><00:39:16.769><c> to</c>

00:39:17.309 --> 00:39:17.949
his<00:39:17.510><c> vanity,</c>

00:39:18.269 --> 00:39:21.650
implying<00:39:18.929><c> that</c><00:39:19.289><c> he</c><00:39:19.389><c> was</c><00:39:19.630><c> God's</c><00:39:20.110><c> chosen</c><00:39:20.610><c> anointed,</c><00:39:21.230><c> without</c>

00:39:21.650 --> 00:39:23.300
actually<00:39:22.130><c> saying</c><00:39:22.429><c> it.</c>

00:39:25.409 --> 00:39:28.320
Absalom<00:39:25.750><c> asks</c><00:39:26.110><c> for</c><00:39:26.309><c> Ahithophel's</c><00:39:26.909><c> advice,</c><00:39:27.309><c> and</c><00:39:27.550><c> he</c><00:39:27.670><c> gets</c><00:39:27.949><c> it.</c>

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:32.360
And<00:39:29.019><c> then</c><00:39:29.320><c> we're</c><00:39:29.579><c> told</c><00:39:29.900><c> he</c><00:39:30.059><c> brings</c><00:39:30.440><c> in</c><00:39:31.519><c> Hushai.</c>

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:34.820
Now<00:39:33.480><c> isn't</c><00:39:33.639><c> that</c><00:39:33.900><c> interesting?</c>

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:38.940
It<00:39:35.460><c> would</c><00:39:35.659><c> be</c><00:39:35.820><c> very</c><00:39:36.159><c> easy</c><00:39:36.639><c> for</c><00:39:36.900><c> Hushai</c><00:39:37.820><c> to</c><00:39:38.300><c> give</c><00:39:38.579><c> an</c>

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:40.159
alternative<00:39:39.500><c> suggestion,</c>

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:44.059
having<00:39:40.800><c> heard</c><00:39:41.539><c> what</c><00:39:41.980><c> Ahithophel</c><00:39:42.539><c> had</c><00:39:42.760><c> to</c><00:39:43.079><c> say.</c>

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:50.300
I'm<00:39:45.519><c> not</c><00:39:45.960><c> convinced</c><00:39:46.460><c> that</c><00:39:46.800><c> Absalom</c><00:39:47.159><c> absolutely</c><00:39:47.940><c> trusts</c><00:39:48.599><c> Hushai</c><00:39:49.420><c> yet.</c>

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:52.699
He<00:39:50.800><c> wants</c><00:39:51.059><c> to</c><00:39:51.320><c> hear</c><00:39:51.460><c> these</c><00:39:51.760><c> two</c><00:39:51.960><c> men</c><00:39:52.159><c> separately.</c>

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:55.639
He<00:39:53.219><c> doesn't</c><00:39:53.519><c> want</c><00:39:53.800><c> Hushai</c><00:39:54.159><c> to</c><00:39:54.320><c> have</c><00:39:54.440><c> any</c><00:39:54.739><c> hints</c><00:39:55.079><c> about</c><00:39:55.420><c> what</c>

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:56.940
has<00:39:55.800><c> been</c><00:39:56.000><c> suggested</c><00:39:56.380><c> already.</c>

00:39:56.940 --> 00:40:00.739
So<00:39:57.760><c> he</c><00:39:57.880><c> keeps</c><00:39:58.260><c> Hushai</c><00:39:58.619><c> outside</c><00:39:59.159><c> and</c><00:39:59.400><c> then</c><00:39:59.840><c> brings</c><00:40:00.179><c> him</c><00:40:00.360><c> in.</c>

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:05.159
And<00:40:00.980><c> Hushai</c><00:40:01.219><c> has</c><00:40:01.400><c> to</c><00:40:01.619><c> give</c><00:40:01.760><c> his</c><00:40:02.059><c> advice</c><00:40:02.480><c> without</c><00:40:03.059><c> knowing</c><00:40:03.420><c> what</c><00:40:03.619><c> Ahithophel</c><00:40:04.079><c> has</c><00:40:04.360><c> said.</c>

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:10.900
So<00:40:07.119><c> Hushai</c><00:40:07.420><c> says,</c><00:40:08.039><c> look,</c><00:40:08.320><c> I</c><00:40:08.400><c> recommend</c><00:40:09.059><c> that</c><00:40:09.420><c> you</c><00:40:09.980><c> ensure</c><00:40:10.260><c> control</c><00:40:10.739><c> of</c>

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:11.420
the<00:40:11.019><c> nation</c>

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:13.039
before<00:40:12.300><c> attacking</c><00:40:12.679><c> David.</c>

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:15.880
Consolidate<00:40:14.019><c> your</c><00:40:14.219><c> base</c><00:40:14.559><c> in</c><00:40:14.840><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:18.940
Then<00:40:16.280><c> you'll</c><00:40:16.539><c> be</c><00:40:16.639><c> able</c><00:40:16.780><c> to</c><00:40:17.139><c> spread</c><00:40:17.400><c> out,</c><00:40:18.179><c> take</c><00:40:18.460><c> the</c><00:40:18.639><c> rest</c><00:40:18.780><c> of</c>

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:20.099
the<00:40:19.059><c> nation</c><00:40:19.300><c> under</c><00:40:19.599><c> your</c><00:40:19.840><c> wing,</c>

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:24.119
and<00:40:20.659><c> sweep</c><00:40:21.019><c> down</c><00:40:21.239><c> with</c><00:40:21.440><c> the</c><00:40:21.599><c> entire</c><00:40:22.059><c> army,</c><00:40:23.000><c> scour</c><00:40:23.300><c> the</c><00:40:23.579><c> countryside,</c>

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:28.840
and<00:40:25.000><c> get</c><00:40:25.719><c> hold</c><00:40:26.000><c> of</c><00:40:26.219><c> David,</c><00:40:26.820><c> and</c><00:40:27.280><c> completely</c><00:40:28.039><c> overwhelm</c><00:40:28.659><c> him.</c>

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:31.760
He'll<00:40:29.360><c> be</c><00:40:29.559><c> tucked</c><00:40:29.780><c> away</c><00:40:30.199><c> in</c><00:40:30.539><c> some</c><00:40:30.760><c> little</c><00:40:31.000><c> place,</c><00:40:31.380><c> as</c><00:40:31.559><c> he</c>

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:32.519
always<00:40:32.099><c> does,</c>

00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:36.500
but<00:40:33.000><c> he</c><00:40:33.219><c> will</c><00:40:33.500><c> be</c><00:40:33.900><c> found</c><00:40:34.380><c> sooner</c><00:40:34.860><c> or</c><00:40:35.139><c> later,</c><00:40:35.860><c> and</c><00:40:36.099><c> he</c><00:40:36.199><c> will</c><00:40:36.380><c> not</c>

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.519
be<00:40:36.679><c> able</c><00:40:36.800><c> to</c><00:40:36.960><c> resist</c><00:40:37.280><c> you.</c>

00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:40.099
You<00:40:38.000><c> have</c><00:40:38.500><c> overwhelming</c><00:40:39.079><c> power.</c>

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:44.860
And<00:40:40.739><c> this</c><00:40:40.900><c> was</c><00:40:41.099><c> good</c><00:40:41.320><c> advice</c><00:40:41.659><c> at</c><00:40:41.940><c> face</c><00:40:42.260><c> value,</c><00:40:42.460><c> but</c><00:40:42.599><c> it</c><00:40:42.860><c> actually</c><00:40:43.260><c> benefited</c><00:40:43.820><c> David</c><00:40:44.239><c> more,</c>

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:49.900
because<00:40:45.440><c> it</c><00:40:45.760><c> gave</c><00:40:45.980><c> him</c><00:40:46.340><c> time</c><00:40:46.739><c> to</c><00:40:47.099><c> organize</c><00:40:47.519><c> his</c><00:40:47.880><c> army</c><00:40:48.199><c> and</c><00:40:48.780><c> establish</c><00:40:49.320><c> a</c>

00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:51.239
strong<00:40:50.199><c> defensive</c><00:40:50.699><c> position</c>

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:55.960
in<00:40:51.619><c> a</c><00:40:51.840><c> place</c><00:40:52.059><c> of</c><00:40:52.340><c> his</c><00:40:52.599><c> own</c><00:40:53.079><c> choosing,</c><00:40:54.239><c> rather</c><00:40:54.539><c> than</c><00:40:54.739><c> being</c><00:40:55.139><c> cornered</c><00:40:55.599><c> and</c>

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:57.840
overwhelmed<00:40:56.539><c> by</c><00:40:57.039><c> Absalom's</c><00:40:57.639><c> army.</c>

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:59.980
And<00:40:58.079><c> we</c><00:40:58.239><c> know</c><00:40:58.579><c> that</c><00:40:58.840><c> this</c><00:40:59.139><c> is</c><00:40:59.360><c> what</c><00:40:59.639><c> happens.</c>

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:04.380
David<00:41:00.559><c> quickly</c><00:41:01.019><c> establishes</c><00:41:01.659><c> himself</c><00:41:02.179><c> in</c><00:41:03.179><c> a</c><00:41:03.440><c> forest</c><00:41:03.860><c> where</c>

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:06.139
he<00:41:04.539><c> knows</c><00:41:04.860><c> he</c><00:41:05.019><c> will</c><00:41:05.239><c> have</c><00:41:05.380><c> the</c><00:41:05.659><c> advantage.</c>

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:09.440
He<00:41:06.639><c> knows</c><00:41:06.980><c> his</c><00:41:07.199><c> smaller</c><00:41:07.639><c> mobile</c><00:41:08.099><c> army</c><00:41:08.460><c> will</c><00:41:08.780><c> be</c><00:41:08.880><c> able</c><00:41:09.079><c> to</c><00:41:09.300><c> cut</c>

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:11.639
Absalom's<00:41:10.139><c> forces</c><00:41:10.420><c> into</c><00:41:10.820><c> ribbons.</c>

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:15.400
Hushai<00:41:13.139><c> suggests</c><00:41:13.559><c> that</c><00:41:13.820><c> David</c><00:41:14.019><c> will</c><00:41:14.320><c> flee</c><00:41:14.559><c> to</c><00:41:14.780><c> a</c><00:41:14.980><c> city</c>

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:18.500
which<00:41:16.019><c> Absalom</c><00:41:16.659><c> can</c><00:41:16.980><c> besiege</c><00:41:17.519><c> at</c><00:41:17.760><c> his</c><00:41:18.019><c> leisure.</c>

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:22.019
Privately,<00:41:19.679><c> he</c><00:41:19.880><c> knows</c><00:41:20.340><c> David</c><00:41:20.659><c> would</c><00:41:20.960><c> never</c><00:41:21.219><c> do</c><00:41:21.539><c> this.</c>

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:25.960
For<00:41:22.380><c> similar</c><00:41:22.679><c> reasons</c><00:41:23.059><c> as</c><00:41:23.400><c> Joab,</c><00:41:23.800><c> he</c><00:41:23.900><c> would</c><00:41:24.159><c> not</c><00:41:24.340><c> put</c><00:41:24.500><c> the</c><00:41:24.659><c> nation</c><00:41:24.920><c> in</c><00:41:25.139><c> jeopardy.</c>

00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:30.860
And<00:41:26.900><c> Hushai</c><00:41:27.239><c> understands</c><00:41:28.260><c> that</c><00:41:29.019><c> David</c><00:41:29.360><c> fled</c><00:41:29.860><c> Jerusalem</c><00:41:30.440><c> to</c>

00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:33.119
avoid<00:41:31.239><c> this</c><00:41:31.559><c> very</c><00:41:31.760><c> situation.</c>

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:38.760
Let's<00:41:37.280><c> look</c><00:41:37.460><c> at</c><00:41:37.599><c> the</c><00:41:37.780><c> characteristics</c><00:41:38.280><c> of</c><00:41:38.480><c> these</c><00:41:38.639><c> men.</c>

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:43.300
The<00:41:38.960><c> Hithabelt,</c><00:41:39.980><c> David's</c><00:41:40.460><c> official</c><00:41:40.760><c> counselor,</c><00:41:41.480><c> grandfather</c><00:41:42.079><c> of</c><00:41:42.699><c> Bathsheba,</c>

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:48.960
unrivaled<00:41:44.239><c> wisdom,</c><00:41:45.639><c> but</c><00:41:45.800><c> ultimately</c><00:41:46.340><c> a</c><00:41:46.920><c> type</c><00:41:47.460><c> of</c><00:41:47.960><c> Judas.</c>

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:53.179
Hushai,<00:41:50.860><c> David's</c><00:41:51.460><c> long</c><00:41:51.840><c>-standing</c><00:41:52.219><c> confidant.</c>

00:41:53.659 --> 00:41:57.659
He<00:41:53.719><c> became</c><00:41:54.079><c> advisor</c><00:41:54.539><c> to</c><00:41:54.840><c> Solomon,</c><00:41:55.800><c> demonstrating</c><00:41:56.440><c> his</c><00:41:56.820><c> loyalty.</c>

00:41:57.820 --> 00:42:03.059
He<00:41:57.880><c> was</c><00:41:58.159><c> a</c><00:41:58.320><c> wise</c><00:41:58.780><c> tactical</c><00:41:59.420><c> thinker,</c><00:42:00.199><c> and</c><00:42:00.440><c> his</c><00:42:00.739><c> loyalty</c><00:42:01.059><c> was</c><00:42:01.659><c> unswerving.</c>

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:08.679
And<00:42:05.880><c> then</c><00:42:06.039><c> we</c><00:42:06.239><c> have</c><00:42:07.420><c> the</c><00:42:07.780><c> Kushite.</c>

00:42:11.179 --> 00:42:16.519
The<00:42:11.900><c> Kushite</c><00:42:12.340><c> was</c><00:42:12.840><c> the</c><00:42:13.119><c> man</c><00:42:13.519><c> chosen</c><00:42:13.940><c> by</c><00:42:14.360><c> Joab</c><00:42:14.739><c> to</c><00:42:15.179><c> take</c><00:42:15.480><c> the</c><00:42:15.719><c> news</c><00:42:16.019><c> of</c>

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:18.599
Absalom's<00:42:17.079><c> defeat</c><00:42:17.340><c> and</c><00:42:17.639><c> death</c><00:42:18.000><c> to</c><00:42:18.340><c> David.</c>

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:24.139
The<00:42:19.079><c> Kushite</c><00:42:19.519><c> was</c><00:42:19.800><c> a</c><00:42:19.980><c> lower</c><00:42:20.360><c> status</c><00:42:20.880><c> servant,</c><00:42:21.940><c> chosen</c><00:42:22.300><c> by</c><00:42:22.619><c> Joab,</c><00:42:23.199><c> instead</c><00:42:23.739><c> of</c>

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:27.059
Ahimeas,<00:42:25.039><c> who</c><00:42:25.239><c> had</c><00:42:25.539><c> already</c><00:42:25.960><c> volunteered.</c>

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:30.539
He<00:42:27.659><c> chose</c><00:42:27.940><c> the</c><00:42:28.159><c> Kushite</c><00:42:28.619><c> mainly</c><00:42:29.059><c> because</c><00:42:29.559><c> of</c><00:42:29.760><c> his</c><00:42:30.079><c> superior</c>

00:42:30.539 --> 00:42:31.739
stamina<00:42:30.960><c> and</c><00:42:31.300><c> speed.</c>

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:35.019
Kushites<00:42:32.360><c> were</c><00:42:32.619><c> hired</c><00:42:32.860><c> as</c><00:42:33.079><c> messengers</c><00:42:33.500><c> for</c><00:42:33.900><c> precisely</c><00:42:34.380><c> that</c><00:42:34.639><c> reason.</c>

00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:38.159
But<00:42:35.599><c> also</c><00:42:36.099><c> because</c><00:42:36.440><c> the</c><00:42:36.679><c> Kushite</c><00:42:37.099><c> was</c><00:42:37.440><c> expendable.</c>

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:43.320
If<00:42:38.900><c> David</c><00:42:39.320><c> reacted</c><00:42:39.860><c> violently,</c><00:42:41.739><c> whereas</c><00:42:41.840><c> Ahimeas,</c><00:42:42.960><c> the</c><00:42:43.159><c> son</c>

00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:46.099
of<00:42:43.420><c> the</c><00:42:43.500><c> high</c><00:42:43.760><c> priest,</c><00:42:45.059><c> was</c><00:42:45.219><c> not.</c>

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:53.920
The<00:42:49.300><c> last</c><00:42:49.699><c> person</c><00:42:50.260><c> who</c><00:42:50.619><c> brought</c><00:42:51.000><c> news</c><00:42:51.739><c> to</c><00:42:52.179><c> David</c><00:42:52.659><c> of</c><00:42:53.280><c> the</c><00:42:53.500><c> death</c><00:42:53.780><c> of</c>

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:57.260
people<00:42:54.239><c> close</c><00:42:54.619><c> to</c><00:42:54.840><c> him</c><00:42:55.159><c> was</c><00:42:55.639><c> an</c><00:42:55.840><c> Amalekite.</c>

00:42:57.699 --> 00:42:59.059
And<00:42:57.800><c> he</c><00:42:58.019><c> died.</c>

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:03.860
Taking<00:43:00.500><c> bad</c><00:43:00.840><c> news</c><00:43:01.119><c> about</c><00:43:01.420><c> David's</c><00:43:01.920><c> loved</c><00:43:02.179><c> ones</c><00:43:02.480><c> to</c><00:43:02.719><c> David</c><00:43:03.239><c> was</c>

00:43:03.860 --> 00:43:06.960
a<00:43:03.980><c> very</c><00:43:04.300><c> risky</c><00:43:04.679><c> business</c><00:43:05.159><c> in</c><00:43:05.440><c> times</c><00:43:05.760><c> of</c><00:43:06.039><c> war.</c>

00:43:07.820 --> 00:43:11.880
And<00:43:08.300><c> Joab</c><00:43:08.639><c> knew</c><00:43:09.420><c> that</c><00:43:10.119><c> David's</c><00:43:10.519><c> reaction</c><00:43:10.920><c> to</c><00:43:11.159><c> the</c><00:43:11.260><c> death</c><00:43:11.559><c> of</c>

00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:15.820
Absalom<00:43:12.340><c> would</c><00:43:12.960><c> be</c><00:43:13.360><c> astonishingly</c><00:43:14.579><c> bad.</c>

00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:18.579
And<00:43:16.739><c> Ahimeas</c><00:43:17.239><c> is</c><00:43:17.360><c> very</c><00:43:17.599><c> interesting.</c>

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:20.960
He<00:43:19.099><c> says</c><00:43:19.539><c> to</c><00:43:19.760><c> Joab,</c><00:43:20.000><c> let</c><00:43:20.019><c> me</c><00:43:20.219><c> take</c><00:43:20.380><c> the</c><00:43:20.539><c> good</c><00:43:20.699><c> news.</c>

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.840
This<00:43:21.119><c> is</c><00:43:21.340><c> great</c><00:43:21.539><c> news.</c>

00:43:21.860 --> 00:43:24.320
Let<00:43:21.960><c> me</c><00:43:22.119><c> take</c><00:43:22.280><c> the</c><00:43:22.420><c> good</c><00:43:22.599><c> news</c><00:43:23.039><c> to</c><00:43:23.420><c> David.</c>

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:28.619
And<00:43:25.699><c> Joab</c><00:43:25.800><c> says,</c><00:43:26.019><c> no,</c><00:43:26.159><c> no,</c><00:43:28.019><c> you</c><00:43:28.199><c> stay</c><00:43:28.420><c> here.</c>

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:30.599
I<00:43:28.739><c> will</c><00:43:28.920><c> send</c><00:43:29.179><c> the</c><00:43:29.699><c> Kushite.</c>

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:33.199
He<00:43:31.460><c> will</c><00:43:31.639><c> take</c><00:43:32.079><c> the</c><00:43:32.320><c> news.</c>

00:43:33.420 --> 00:43:37.480
Bear<00:43:33.820><c> in</c><00:43:34.059><c> mind</c><00:43:34.579><c> that</c><00:43:35.159><c> the</c><00:43:35.320><c> king's</c><00:43:35.860><c> son</c><00:43:36.019><c> is</c><00:43:36.659><c> dead.</c>

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:42.820
And<00:43:39.079><c> all</c><00:43:39.239><c> of</c><00:43:39.460><c> a</c><00:43:39.500><c> sudden</c><00:43:39.900><c> Ahimeas</c><00:43:41.059><c> realises</c><00:43:41.599><c> that's</c><00:43:42.159><c> not</c><00:43:42.400><c> really</c><00:43:42.659><c> good</c>

00:43:42.820 --> 00:43:43.579
news<00:43:43.000><c> after</c><00:43:43.400><c> all.</c>

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:46.639
From<00:43:43.820><c> David's</c><00:43:44.199><c> perspective,</c><00:43:45.199><c> it's</c><00:43:45.300><c> very</c><00:43:45.539><c> bad</c><00:43:45.739><c> news.</c>

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:52.360
And<00:43:47.639><c> yet,</c><00:43:48.380><c> even</c><00:43:48.639><c> after</c><00:43:48.920><c> the</c><00:43:49.139><c> Kushite</c><00:43:49.380><c> has</c><00:43:49.619><c> gone,</c><00:43:50.099><c> Ahimeas</c><00:43:50.880><c> still</c><00:43:51.460><c> wants</c><00:43:51.900><c> to</c><00:43:52.159><c> go.</c>

00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:55.079
He's<00:43:52.900><c> changed</c><00:43:53.260><c> his</c><00:43:53.699><c> tactic</c><00:43:54.039><c> now.</c>

00:43:55.219 --> 00:43:58.519
Joab<00:43:55.420><c> waits</c><00:43:56.119><c> some</c><00:43:56.760><c> time</c><00:43:57.519><c> before</c><00:43:58.000><c> giving</c><00:43:58.300><c> in.</c>

00:43:58.519 --> 00:44:01.179
He<00:43:58.639><c> gives</c><00:43:59.039><c> the</c><00:43:59.360><c> Kushite</c><00:43:59.659><c> time</c><00:44:00.039><c> to</c><00:44:00.159><c> run</c><00:44:00.340><c> ahead,</c><00:44:00.619><c> hoping</c><00:44:00.960><c> that</c>

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:02.900
he<00:44:01.219><c> will</c><00:44:01.480><c> outrun</c><00:44:02.280><c> Ahimeas,</c>

00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:07.039
break<00:44:03.199><c> the</c><00:44:03.400><c> news</c><00:44:03.599><c> cleanly,</c><00:44:05.079><c> and</c><00:44:05.340><c> suffer</c><00:44:05.579><c> any</c><00:44:05.800><c> consequences.</c>

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:11.139
But<00:44:08.679><c> Ahimeas</c><00:44:09.360><c> gets</c><00:44:09.599><c> there</c><00:44:09.840><c> first</c><00:44:10.059><c> because</c><00:44:10.360><c> the</c><00:44:10.579><c> Kushite</c><00:44:10.980><c> is</c>

00:44:11.139 --> 00:44:12.260
an<00:44:11.340><c> immigrant</c><00:44:11.739><c> from</c><00:44:12.039><c> Kush,</c>

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:13.860
a<00:44:12.500><c> region</c><00:44:12.880><c> of</c><00:44:13.099><c> the</c><00:44:13.320><c> Upper</c><00:44:13.500><c> Nile.</c>

00:44:14.179 --> 00:44:15.480
The<00:44:14.340><c> Romans</c><00:44:14.599><c> called</c><00:44:14.860><c> it</c><00:44:15.039><c> Nubia.</c>

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:18.619
The<00:44:15.820><c> Greeks</c><00:44:16.139><c> called</c><00:44:16.460><c> it</c><00:44:16.760><c> Ethiopia,</c><00:44:17.519><c> Acts</c><00:44:17.679><c> 8</c><00:44:17.860><c>.27.</c>

00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:23.820
And<00:44:19.139><c> the</c><00:44:19.340><c> Kushite</c><00:44:20.059><c> had</c><00:44:20.480><c> inferior</c><00:44:21.139><c> knowledge</c><00:44:21.679><c> of</c><00:44:22.139><c> local</c><00:44:22.699><c> geography.</c>

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:25.659
The<00:44:24.099><c> Ahimeas</c><00:44:24.539><c> knew</c><00:44:24.840><c> the</c><00:44:25.039><c> land</c><00:44:25.239><c> better.</c>

00:44:25.659 --> 00:44:29.480
He<00:44:26.099><c> was</c><00:44:26.340><c> able</c><00:44:26.599><c> to</c><00:44:26.940><c> overtake</c><00:44:27.659><c> the</c><00:44:27.920><c> Kushite</c><00:44:28.360><c> with</c><00:44:28.760><c> a</c><00:44:29.019><c> shortcut,</c>

00:44:29.739 --> 00:44:31.300
2<00:44:29.840><c> Samuel</c><00:44:30.199><c> 18</c><00:44:30.739><c>.23.</c>

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:33.420
And<00:44:31.679><c> when</c><00:44:31.840><c> he</c><00:44:31.940><c> gets</c><00:44:32.239><c> to</c><00:44:32.480><c> David,</c><00:44:32.739><c> what</c><00:44:32.920><c> does</c><00:44:33.019><c> he</c><00:44:33.239><c> say?</c>

00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:34.980
Did<00:44:33.559><c> he</c><00:44:33.699><c> say,</c><00:44:34.039><c> good</c><00:44:34.039><c> news?</c>

00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:38.559
No,<00:44:35.860><c> he</c><00:44:35.980><c> says,</c><00:44:37.420><c> I've</c><00:44:37.599><c> got</c><00:44:37.719><c> news.</c>

00:44:39.159 --> 00:44:42.260
And<00:44:39.579><c> David</c><00:44:40.000><c> had</c><00:44:40.539><c> already</c><00:44:40.820><c> assumed</c><00:44:41.320><c> that</c><00:44:41.579><c> the</c><00:44:41.739><c> news</c><00:44:41.860><c> was</c><00:44:42.139><c> good.</c>

00:44:42.300 --> 00:44:43.179
He<00:44:42.500><c> saw</c><00:44:42.760><c> him</c><00:44:42.980><c> running.</c>

00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:43.920
It's<00:44:43.559><c> Ahimeas.</c>

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:44.619
He's<00:44:44.119><c> a</c><00:44:44.260><c> good</c><00:44:44.400><c> man.</c>

00:44:44.619 --> 00:44:45.980
He<00:44:44.739><c> brings</c><00:44:44.940><c> good</c><00:44:45.179><c> news.</c>

00:44:46.199 --> 00:44:48.940
Ahimeas<00:44:46.619><c> at</c><00:44:46.760><c> the</c><00:44:46.900><c> very</c><00:44:47.059><c> most</c><00:44:47.199><c> can</c><00:44:47.360><c> only</c><00:44:47.559><c> bring</c><00:44:47.719><c> neutral</c><00:44:48.099><c> news.</c>

00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:51.179
He<00:44:49.579><c> doesn't</c><00:44:49.960><c> mention</c><00:44:50.320><c> the</c><00:44:50.539><c> death</c><00:44:50.699><c> of</c><00:44:50.940><c> Absalom.</c>

00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:52.099
He<00:44:51.340><c> actually</c><00:44:51.760><c> lies.</c>

00:44:52.139 --> 00:44:55.119
He<00:44:52.280><c> says,</c><00:44:53.420><c> oh,</c><00:44:53.780><c> I</c><00:44:53.940><c> saw</c><00:44:54.059><c> it</c><00:44:54.159><c> be</c><00:44:54.320><c> commotion,</c><00:44:54.639><c> but</c><00:44:54.760><c> I</c><00:44:54.900><c> don't</c><00:44:55.019><c> know</c>

00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:56.139
what<00:44:55.239><c> it</c><00:44:55.420><c> was.</c>

00:44:57.559 --> 00:45:01.260
He<00:44:58.139><c> does</c><00:44:58.420><c> his</c><00:44:58.760><c> best</c><00:44:59.239><c> to</c><00:44:59.619><c> prepare</c><00:45:00.079><c> David</c><00:45:00.420><c> for</c><00:45:00.639><c> the</c><00:45:00.840><c> hammer</c><00:45:01.079><c> blow</c>

00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:02.659
that's<00:45:01.519><c> going</c><00:45:01.659><c> to</c><00:45:01.800><c> follow.</c>

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:04.199
Then<00:45:02.960><c> the</c><00:45:03.179><c> Kushite</c><00:45:03.539><c> turns</c><00:45:03.860><c> up.</c>

00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:05.760
Great<00:45:04.679><c> news.</c>

00:45:05.780 --> 00:45:07.360
The<00:45:06.139><c> king's</c><00:45:06.480><c> enemies</c><00:45:06.699><c> are</c><00:45:06.960><c> defeated.</c>

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:08.340
What<00:45:07.719><c> about</c><00:45:07.940><c> Absalom?</c>

00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:11.719
Oh,<00:45:09.280><c> I</c><00:45:09.420><c> wish</c><00:45:09.659><c> everyone</c><00:45:09.980><c> was</c><00:45:10.199><c> as</c><00:45:10.340><c> Absalom</c><00:45:10.760><c> was.</c>

00:45:12.960 --> 00:45:15.139
And<00:45:13.119><c> that's</c><00:45:13.320><c> all</c><00:45:13.480><c> David</c><00:45:13.760><c> needs</c><00:45:14.019><c> to</c><00:45:14.300><c> hear.</c>

00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:22.099
In<00:45:18.539><c> the</c><00:45:19.179><c> New</c><00:45:19.380><c> Bible</c><00:45:19.659><c> commentary,</c><00:45:20.340><c> we</c><00:45:20.340><c> are</c><00:45:20.500><c> told</c><00:45:20.800><c> Joab</c><00:45:21.519><c> knew</c>

00:45:22.099 --> 00:45:25.440
that<00:45:22.820><c> David</c><00:45:23.019><c> was</c><00:45:23.280><c> more</c><00:45:23.639><c> interested</c><00:45:24.119><c> in</c><00:45:24.360><c> Absalom's</c><00:45:25.019><c> welfare.</c>

00:45:25.659 --> 00:45:28.159
Than<00:45:25.860><c> in</c><00:45:26.039><c> the</c><00:45:26.340><c> outcome</c><00:45:26.860><c> of</c><00:45:27.199><c> the</c><00:45:27.340><c> battle.</c>

00:45:28.840 --> 00:45:33.599
So<00:45:28.840><c> Joab</c><00:45:29.119><c> chose</c><00:45:29.500><c> a</c><00:45:29.800><c> foreign</c><00:45:30.159><c> soldier</c><00:45:30.599><c> to</c><00:45:31.039><c> bring</c><00:45:31.260><c> David</c><00:45:31.679><c> the</c><00:45:32.000><c> bad</c><00:45:32.380><c> news</c><00:45:32.860><c> of</c>

00:45:33.599 --> 00:45:35.019
Absalom's<00:45:34.199><c> death.</c>

00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:41.920
The<00:45:40.679><c> aftermath.</c>

00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:46.400
Absalom's<00:45:44.440><c> head</c><00:45:44.599><c> is</c><00:45:44.920><c> caught</c><00:45:45.139><c> in</c><00:45:45.320><c> the</c><00:45:45.460><c> lower</c><00:45:45.639><c> branches</c><00:45:46.000><c> of</c><00:45:46.219><c> a</c>

00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:48.639
tree<00:45:46.619><c> as</c><00:45:46.820><c> he</c><00:45:47.039><c> gallops</c><00:45:47.300><c> through</c><00:45:47.500><c> the</c><00:45:47.719><c> forest.</c>

00:45:48.860 --> 00:45:52.099
And<00:45:49.000><c> he's</c><00:45:49.260><c> caught</c><00:45:49.760><c> and</c><00:45:50.300><c> fatally</c><00:45:50.659><c> wounded</c><00:45:51.059><c> as</c><00:45:51.500><c> he</c><00:45:51.639><c> hangs</c><00:45:51.860><c> there.</c>

00:45:52.099 --> 00:45:56.239
No<00:45:52.579><c> one</c><00:45:52.760><c> will</c><00:45:53.000><c> touch</c><00:45:53.280><c> him</c><00:45:53.960><c> because</c><00:45:54.420><c> David</c><00:45:54.739><c> has</c><00:45:54.940><c> given</c><00:45:55.119><c> a</c><00:45:55.360><c> commandment</c><00:45:55.980><c> that</c>

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:58.539
Absalom<00:45:56.679><c> must</c><00:45:57.239><c> not</c><00:45:57.480><c> be</c><00:45:57.679><c> molested.</c>

00:45:59.579 --> 00:46:03.059
But<00:45:59.800><c> Joab,</c><00:46:00.400><c> the</c><00:46:00.639><c> nationalist,</c><00:46:01.500><c> looks</c><00:46:01.760><c> past</c><00:46:02.199><c> this.</c>

00:46:03.760 --> 00:46:05.599
Absalom<00:46:04.260><c> has</c><00:46:04.500><c> to</c><00:46:04.780><c> die.</c>

00:46:05.619 --> 00:46:09.639
The<00:46:05.780><c> nation</c><00:46:06.119><c> must</c><00:46:06.400><c> be</c><00:46:06.719><c> protected</c><00:46:07.320><c> from</c><00:46:07.559><c> him</c><00:46:07.960><c> at</c><00:46:08.300><c> all</c><00:46:08.659><c> costs.</c>

00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:12.699
He<00:46:09.760><c> ignores</c><00:46:10.699><c> David's</c><00:46:11.260><c> commandment.</c>

00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:17.119
He<00:46:13.139><c> concludes</c><00:46:13.900><c> that</c><00:46:14.280><c> Absalom</c><00:46:15.480><c> represents</c><00:46:15.960><c> a</c><00:46:16.360><c> serious</c><00:46:16.860><c> threat</c>

00:46:17.119 --> 00:46:20.820
to<00:46:17.320><c> the</c><00:46:17.400><c> nation</c><00:46:17.800><c> as</c><00:46:18.340><c> long</c><00:46:18.639><c> as</c><00:46:18.840><c> he</c><00:46:19.000><c> remains</c><00:46:19.500><c> alive.</c>

00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:26.440
Absalom's<00:46:22.579><c> death</c><00:46:22.940><c> and</c><00:46:23.300><c> burial</c><00:46:23.780><c> reveals</c><00:46:24.440><c> the</c><00:46:24.860><c> horror</c><00:46:25.139><c> and</c><00:46:25.539><c> contempt</c><00:46:26.139><c> in</c>

00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:29.599
which<00:46:26.639><c> he</c><00:46:26.800><c> is</c><00:46:26.940><c> now</c><00:46:27.179><c> held</c><00:46:27.559><c> by</c><00:46:28.119><c> the</c><00:46:28.260><c> people</c><00:46:28.519><c> of</c><00:46:28.639><c> Israel.</c>

00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:32.940
They<00:46:30.440><c> drive</c><00:46:30.860><c> stakes</c><00:46:31.260><c> through</c><00:46:31.500><c> his</c><00:46:31.820><c> heart</c><00:46:32.079><c> like</c><00:46:32.420><c> Dracula.</c>

00:46:33.340 --> 00:46:35.659
They<00:46:33.679><c> bury</c><00:46:33.920><c> him</c><00:46:34.199><c> as</c><00:46:34.579><c> deeply</c><00:46:34.860><c> as</c><00:46:35.239><c> possible.</c>

00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:37.579
They<00:46:36.119><c> heap</c><00:46:36.340><c> stones</c><00:46:36.880><c> on</c><00:46:37.159><c> top</c><00:46:37.300><c> of</c><00:46:37.440><c> him.</c>

00:46:37.739 --> 00:46:40.320
And<00:46:37.860><c> then</c><00:46:37.960><c> they</c><00:46:38.099><c> heap</c><00:46:38.280><c> stones</c><00:46:38.699><c> on</c><00:46:38.900><c> top</c><00:46:39.000><c> of</c><00:46:39.139><c> the</c><00:46:39.320><c> stones.</c>

00:46:40.719 --> 00:46:42.840
It's<00:46:40.840><c> almost</c><00:46:41.019><c> as</c><00:46:41.199><c> if</c><00:46:41.260><c> they</c><00:46:41.480><c> think</c><00:46:41.639><c> he</c><00:46:41.760><c> might</c><00:46:42.059><c> rise</c><00:46:42.380><c> from</c><00:46:42.579><c> the</c>

00:46:42.840 --> 00:46:44.710
grave<00:46:43.039><c> and</c><00:46:43.300><c> stalk</c><00:46:43.519><c> Israel</c><00:46:43.940><c> again.</c>

00:46:46.289 --> 00:46:49.730
And<00:46:46.849><c> Absalom's</c><00:46:47.409><c> supporters</c><00:46:47.829><c> flee</c><00:46:48.510><c> to</c><00:46:48.710><c> their</c><00:46:48.949><c> tents</c><00:46:49.150><c> and</c><00:46:49.510><c> hide</c>

00:46:49.730 --> 00:46:53.590
as<00:46:49.829><c> if</c><00:46:50.250><c> they've</c><00:46:50.449><c> just</c><00:46:50.750><c> woken</c><00:46:51.010><c> up</c><00:46:51.530><c> from</c><00:46:51.809><c> a</c><00:46:51.969><c> nightmare</c><00:46:52.469><c> that</c><00:46:53.110><c> turned</c><00:46:53.389><c> out</c>

00:46:53.590 --> 00:46:55.150
to<00:46:53.690><c> be</c><00:46:53.849><c> real.</c>

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I<00:46:57.329><c> have</c><00:46:57.489><c> some</c><00:46:57.630><c> quotes</c><00:46:57.849><c> here</c><00:46:58.090><c> from</c><00:46:58.250><c> the</c><00:46:58.369><c> New</c><00:46:58.489><c> Bible</c><00:46:58.829><c> Commentary,</c><00:47:00.010><c> the</c><00:47:00.090><c> Holman</c>

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Concise<00:47:00.969><c> Bible</c><00:47:01.809><c> Commentary</c><00:47:02.389><c> and</c><00:47:02.610><c> the</c><00:47:02.769><c> Lexan</c><00:47:03.030><c> Bible</c><00:47:03.349><c> Dictionary.</c>

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David<00:47:05.349><c> was</c><00:47:05.590><c> ready</c><00:47:05.889><c> to</c><00:47:06.170><c> risk</c><00:47:06.489><c> his</c><00:47:06.769><c> life</c><00:47:07.349><c> but</c><00:47:07.550><c> his</c><00:47:07.929><c> troops</c><00:47:08.269><c> were</c>

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wiser<00:47:09.070><c> than</c><00:47:09.210><c> the</c><00:47:09.409><c> king</c><00:47:09.889><c> and</c><00:47:10.349><c> ensured</c><00:47:10.769><c> that</c><00:47:10.949><c> his</c><00:47:11.110><c> life</c><00:47:11.449><c> was</c><00:47:11.710><c> not</c><00:47:11.949><c> endangered.</c>

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Joab<00:47:13.630><c> ensured</c><00:47:14.070><c> that</c><00:47:14.349><c> Absalom's</c><00:47:14.789><c> life</c><00:47:15.070><c> was</c><00:47:15.449><c> ended</c><00:47:15.849><c> and</c><00:47:16.110><c> with</c>

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his<00:47:16.610><c> death</c><00:47:16.909><c> the</c><00:47:17.150><c> battle</c><00:47:17.570><c> and</c><00:47:17.949><c> the</c><00:47:18.150><c> war</c><00:47:18.349><c> ended.</c>

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Joab<00:47:20.510><c> saw</c><00:47:20.789><c> matters</c><00:47:21.130><c> more</c><00:47:21.570><c> clearly</c><00:47:22.070><c> than</c><00:47:22.289><c> David</c><00:47:22.630><c> who</c><00:47:22.949><c> found</c><00:47:23.210><c> it</c>

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impossible<00:47:24.170><c> to</c><00:47:24.730><c> view</c><00:47:24.849><c> his</c><00:47:25.050><c> own</c><00:47:25.349><c> son</c><00:47:25.630><c> as</c><00:47:26.030><c> an</c><00:47:26.190><c> enemy.</c>

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Joab<00:47:28.570><c> continued</c><00:47:29.070><c> to</c><00:47:29.409><c> place</c><00:47:29.590><c> the</c><00:47:29.909><c> state</c><00:47:30.070><c> of</c><00:47:30.269><c> the</c><00:47:30.389><c> nation</c><00:47:30.690><c> above</c>

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the<00:47:31.590><c> feelings</c><00:47:31.909><c> of</c><00:47:32.289><c> the</c><00:47:32.449><c> king.</c>

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The<00:47:33.690><c> aftermath</c><00:47:34.090><c> of</c><00:47:34.269><c> the</c><00:47:34.469><c> war</c><00:47:34.670><c> required</c><00:47:35.130><c> a</c><00:47:35.630><c> stronger</c><00:47:35.989><c> show</c><00:47:36.429><c> of</c>

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Davidic<00:47:37.030><c> leadership.</c>

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Joab<00:47:38.570><c> rebuked</c><00:47:39.130><c> David</c><00:47:39.429><c> for</c><00:47:39.750><c> mourning</c><00:47:40.130><c> the</c><00:47:40.309><c> death</c><00:47:40.610><c> of</c><00:47:40.889><c> his</c><00:47:41.030><c> enemies</c><00:47:41.510><c> instead</c><00:47:42.210><c> of</c>

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greeting<00:47:42.809><c> his</c><00:47:43.230><c> triumphant</c><00:47:43.710><c> soldiers.</c>

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David<00:47:45.889><c> took</c><00:47:46.090><c> his</c><00:47:46.349><c> place</c><00:47:46.530><c> at</c><00:47:46.710><c> the</c><00:47:46.869><c> gate</c><00:47:47.210><c> to</c><00:47:47.809><c> receive</c><00:47:48.250><c> his</c><00:47:48.610><c> troops.</c>

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And<00:47:50.429><c> the</c><00:47:50.550><c> events</c><00:47:50.769><c> of</c><00:47:51.010><c> Absalom's</c><00:47:51.570><c> life</c><00:47:51.909><c> are</c><00:47:52.510><c> the</c><00:47:52.750><c> consequences</c>

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of<00:47:54.409><c> David's</c><00:47:55.070><c> sin</c><00:47:55.289><c> and</c><00:47:56.610><c> character.</c>