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they</c><00:11:27.539><c> had</c><00:11:27.720><c> grown</c><00:11:27.860><c> into</c> 00:11:28.100 --> 00:11:29.919 a<00:11:28.279><c> large</c><00:11:28.500><c> nation</c><00:11:28.820><c> in</c><00:11:29.039><c> Egypt,</c> 00:11:29.940 --> 00:11:32.440 this<00:11:30.159><c> man</c><00:11:30.320><c> was</c><00:11:30.539><c> a</c><00:11:30.700><c> prominent</c><00:11:31.019><c> member</c><00:11:31.379><c> of</c><00:11:31.620><c> the</c><00:11:31.720><c> tribe</c><00:11:31.899><c> of</c><00:11:32.159><c> Judah.</c> 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:36.200 But<00:11:33.139><c> he</c><00:11:33.240><c> was</c><00:11:33.580><c> a</c><00:11:33.759><c> Kenazite,</c><00:11:34.200><c> and</c><00:11:34.200><c> that's</c><00:11:34.539><c> emphasized</c><00:11:35.039><c> three</c><00:11:35.539><c> times</c><00:11:36.000><c> in</c> 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:37.980 the<00:11:36.299><c> Old</c><00:11:36.500><c> Testament</c><00:11:36.860><c> record.</c> 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:42.000 Now,<00:11:38.960><c> Kenazites,</c><00:11:39.279><c> of</c><00:11:39.500><c> course,</c><00:11:39.779><c> were</c><00:11:39.980><c> named</c><00:11:40.419><c> in</c><00:11:40.960><c> Genesis</c><00:11:41.320><c> 15,</c> 00:11:42.100 --> 00:11:43.179 weren't<00:11:42.240><c> they?</c> 00:11:43.299 --> 00:11:46.720 They<00:11:43.460><c> were</c><00:11:43.759><c> named</c><00:11:44.200><c> amongst</c><00:11:44.720><c> those</c><00:11:45.200><c> who</c><00:11:45.399><c> had</c><00:11:45.620><c> to</c><00:11:45.860><c> be</c><00:11:46.259><c> evicted</c> 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:51.740 from<00:11:47.059><c> the</c><00:11:47.360><c> land</c><00:11:47.919><c> for</c><00:11:48.840><c> the</c><00:11:49.080><c> seat</c><00:11:49.240><c> of</c><00:11:49.500><c> Abraham</c><00:11:49.840><c> to</c><00:11:50.139><c> inherit</c><00:11:50.600><c> that</c><00:11:50.899><c> land.</c> 00:11:52.259 --> 00:11:55.039 There<00:11:52.340><c> was</c><00:11:52.480><c> a</c><00:11:52.559><c> list</c><00:11:52.700><c> of</c><00:11:52.980><c> ten</c><00:11:53.460><c> peoples,</c><00:11:54.320><c> Canaanite</c><00:11:54.700><c> peoples,</c> 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:57.120 who<00:11:55.220><c> had</c><00:11:55.320><c> to</c><00:11:55.460><c> be</c><00:11:55.679><c> kicked</c><00:11:55.879><c> out.</c> 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.340 That<00:11:57.279><c> Abraham's</c><00:11:57.960><c> seat,</c><00:11:58.120><c> Christ,</c><00:11:58.519><c> could</c><00:11:58.659><c> inherit</c><00:11:58.879><c> the</c><00:11:59.100><c> land.</c> 00:11:59.340 --> 00:12:05.379 Now,<00:11:59.620><c> guess</c><00:11:59.840><c> who's</c><00:12:00.159><c> the</c><00:12:00.279><c> first</c><00:12:00.580><c> two?</c><00:12:02.259><c> Kenites.</c><00:12:03.179><c> Yeah,</c><00:12:03.659><c> I</c><00:12:03.820><c> believe</c><00:12:03.820><c> Jabez</c><00:12:04.139><c> is</c><00:12:04.360><c> a</c><00:12:04.460><c> Kenite.</c> 00:12:05.659 --> 00:12:08.740 And<00:12:06.059><c> Kenazites.</c><00:12:07.240><c> Caleb</c><00:12:07.360><c> was</c><00:12:07.559><c> a</c><00:12:07.659><c> Kenazite.</c> 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:11.820 Now,<00:12:09.600><c> this</c><00:12:10.000><c> is</c><00:12:10.320><c> what</c><00:12:10.460><c> you</c><00:12:10.580><c> need</c><00:12:10.700><c> to</c><00:12:10.860><c> do</c><00:12:10.980><c> with</c><00:12:11.179><c> verse</c><00:12:11.379><c> 50.</c> 00:12:12.139 --> 00:12:15.200 I<00:12:12.279><c> spent</c><00:12:12.440><c> a</c><00:12:12.500><c> lot</c><00:12:12.659><c> of</c><00:12:12.740><c> time</c><00:12:12.980><c> on</c><00:12:13.120><c> this,</c><00:12:13.379><c> and</c><00:12:13.500><c> I</c><00:12:13.659><c> believe</c><00:12:13.820><c> this</c><00:12:14.039><c> is</c><00:12:14.240><c> correct.</c> 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:18.519 It<00:12:15.940><c> says</c><00:12:16.039><c> in</c><00:12:16.139><c> verse</c><00:12:16.320><c> 50,</c><00:12:16.679><c> these</c><00:12:16.860><c> were</c><00:12:17.019><c> the</c><00:12:17.139><c> sons</c><00:12:17.340><c> of</c><00:12:17.639><c> Caleb.</c><00:12:17.860><c> You</c><00:12:17.940><c> should</c><00:12:18.139><c> put</c><00:12:18.299><c> a</c> 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:19.700 period,<00:12:18.860><c> as</c><00:12:18.960><c> you</c><00:12:19.220><c> call</c><00:12:19.399><c> it,</c> 00:12:19.740 --> 00:12:22.600 we<00:12:19.919><c> call</c><00:12:20.039><c> it</c><00:12:20.200><c> a</c><00:12:20.320><c> full</c><00:12:20.519><c> stop</c><00:12:20.740><c> in</c><00:12:20.860><c> Australia,</c><00:12:22.019><c> you</c><00:12:22.139><c> should</c><00:12:22.220><c> put</c><00:12:22.379><c> a</c> 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:24.100 period<00:12:22.879><c> after</c><00:12:23.220><c> the</c><00:12:23.419><c> word</c><00:12:23.740><c> Caleb,</c> 00:12:24.100 --> 00:12:28.519 because<00:12:24.419><c> that</c><00:12:24.820><c> is</c><00:12:25.120><c> actually</c><00:12:25.659><c> a</c><00:12:25.879><c> summary</c><00:12:26.440><c> of</c><00:12:26.919><c> what</c><00:12:27.100><c> you've</c><00:12:27.379><c> read</c><00:12:27.580><c> from</c><00:12:27.799><c> verse</c><00:12:28.039><c> 42</c> 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:29.779 to<00:12:28.720><c> 49.</c> 00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:33.779 See,<00:12:30.460><c> verse</c><00:12:30.600><c> 42</c><00:12:31.000><c> says,</c><00:12:31.500><c> now</c><00:12:31.500><c> the</c><00:12:31.740><c> sons</c><00:12:32.279><c> of</c><00:12:32.519><c> Caleb,</c><00:12:33.080><c> the</c><00:12:33.240><c> brother</c><00:12:33.519><c> of</c> 00:12:33.779 --> 00:12:34.759 Jeremiah,<00:12:34.580><c> were.</c> 00:12:35.059 --> 00:12:38.059 Then<00:12:35.259><c> they're</c><00:12:35.539><c> spelled</c><00:12:35.720><c> out,</c><00:12:36.399><c> then</c><00:12:36.659><c> you</c><00:12:36.840><c> get</c><00:12:37.039><c> a</c><00:12:37.279><c> summary.</c> 00:12:38.179 --> 00:12:40.580 Now,<00:12:38.399><c> when</c><00:12:38.580><c> it</c><00:12:38.720><c> says</c><00:12:38.860><c> these</c><00:12:39.139><c> were</c><00:12:39.360><c> the</c><00:12:39.519><c> sons,</c><00:12:40.120><c> it</c><00:12:40.200><c> should</c><00:12:40.379><c> be</c> 00:12:40.580 --> 00:12:43.480 rendered<00:12:40.799><c> these</c><00:12:41.019><c> were</c><00:12:41.240><c> the</c><00:12:41.440><c> descendants</c><00:12:42.039><c> of</c><00:12:42.460><c> Caleb.</c> 00:12:43.980 --> 00:12:47.559 Period.<00:12:44.500><c> Full</c><00:12:44.740><c> stop.</c><00:12:45.519><c> Summary</c><00:12:45.899><c> of</c><00:12:46.039><c> the</c><00:12:46.220><c> previous</c><00:12:46.580><c> verses.</c> 00:12:47.700 --> 00:12:51.279 Then,<00:12:48.679><c> you</c><00:12:48.879><c> need</c><00:12:49.100><c> a</c><00:12:49.240><c> capital</c><00:12:49.659><c> on</c><00:12:49.960><c> the</c><00:12:50.220><c> article,</c><00:12:50.820><c> should</c><00:12:51.100><c> read</c> 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:51.940 this<00:12:51.559><c> way.</c> 00:12:51.940 --> 00:12:56.759 The<00:12:52.580><c> sons,</c><00:12:53.139><c> as</c><00:12:53.259><c> it</c><00:12:53.399><c> should</c><00:12:53.620><c> be,</c><00:12:54.000><c> not</c><00:12:54.000><c> son,</c><00:12:54.639><c> the</c><00:12:54.919><c> sons</c><00:12:55.340><c> of</c><00:12:55.659><c> Her,</c> 00:12:56.779 --> 00:12:58.440 first<00:12:57.179><c> born</c><00:12:57.360><c> of</c><00:12:57.580><c> Ephratah,</c> 00:12:58.820 --> 00:13:02.659 Shobel,<00:12:59.259><c> the</c><00:12:59.299><c> father</c><00:12:59.580><c> of</c><00:12:59.799><c> Kurjath</c><00:13:00.259><c>-Gerum,</c><00:13:01.179><c> Selma,</c><00:13:01.399><c> the</c><00:13:01.559><c> father</c><00:13:01.779><c> of</c><00:13:02.019><c> Bethlehem,</c> 00:13:02.860 --> 00:13:05.059 and<00:13:03.100><c> Harith,</c><00:13:03.279><c> the</c><00:13:03.539><c> father</c><00:13:03.820><c> of</c><00:13:04.100><c> Beth</c><00:13:04.460><c>-Gader.</c> 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:11.500 Now,<00:13:05.700><c> those</c><00:13:06.220><c> three</c><00:13:07.440><c> sons</c><00:13:08.240><c> are</c><00:13:09.440><c> not</c><00:13:09.700><c> sons,</c><00:13:10.320><c> they're</c><00:13:10.519><c> cities.</c> 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:16.419 For<00:13:11.580><c> when</c><00:13:11.860><c> it</c><00:13:11.940><c> says,</c><00:13:14.080><c> Shobel,</c><00:13:14.519><c> the</c><00:13:14.620><c> father</c><00:13:14.940><c> of</c><00:13:15.220><c> Kurjath</c><00:13:15.919><c>-Gerum,</c> 00:13:16.580 --> 00:13:18.960 Kurjath<00:13:17.000><c>-Gerum's</c><00:13:17.340><c> a</c><00:13:17.519><c> place,</c><00:13:18.460><c> right?</c> 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:26.460 Then<00:13:19.480><c> it</c><00:13:19.639><c> says,</c><00:13:20.500><c> Selma,</c><00:13:20.899><c> the</c><00:13:21.059><c> father</c><00:13:21.419><c> of</c><00:13:21.799><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:13:23.080><c> he's</c><00:13:23.379><c> the</c><00:13:23.720><c> founder</c><00:13:24.320><c> of</c><00:13:24.820><c> Bethlehem.</c> 00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:30.899 And<00:13:27.559><c> Harith,</c><00:13:28.019><c> the</c><00:13:28.220><c> father</c><00:13:28.519><c> of</c><00:13:28.879><c> Beth</c><00:13:29.080><c>-Gader,</c><00:13:29.960><c> Beth</c><00:13:30.299><c>-Gader,</c><00:13:30.820><c> is</c> 00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:33.379 another<00:13:31.340><c> town</c><00:13:31.899><c> in</c><00:13:32.620><c> Judah.</c> 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:36.980 So,<00:13:34.200><c> this</c><00:13:34.500><c> man,</c><00:13:35.799><c> Her,</c><00:13:36.120><c> and</c><00:13:36.220><c> we're</c><00:13:36.360><c> going</c><00:13:36.379><c> to</c><00:13:36.440><c> talk</c><00:13:36.639><c> about</c><00:13:36.820><c> him</c> 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:37.879 in<00:13:37.019><c> one</c><00:13:37.159><c> of</c><00:13:37.259><c> our</c><00:13:37.480><c> studies,</c> 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:41.980 in<00:13:38.220><c> fact,</c><00:13:38.340><c> probably</c><00:13:38.580><c> the</c><00:13:38.779><c> last,</c><00:13:39.659><c> this</c><00:13:39.820><c> man</c><00:13:40.080><c> Her</c><00:13:40.299><c> is</c><00:13:40.460><c> a</c><00:13:40.519><c> very</c><00:13:40.899><c> important</c><00:13:41.320><c> individual</c><00:13:41.740><c> in</c> 00:13:41.980 --> 00:13:42.940 Judah,<00:13:42.259><c> as</c><00:13:42.299><c> we're</c><00:13:42.539><c> going</c><00:13:42.539><c> to</c><00:13:42.720><c> see.</c> 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:46.879 He<00:13:43.399><c> has</c><00:13:43.539><c> three</c><00:13:43.879><c> sons</c><00:13:44.220><c> who</c><00:13:44.600><c> are</c><00:13:44.860><c> town</c><00:13:45.220><c> builders,</c><00:13:46.559><c> community</c> 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:49.259 builders,<00:13:47.700><c> Ecclesia</c><00:13:48.039><c> builders,</c><00:13:48.559><c> you</c><00:13:48.559><c> might</c><00:13:48.840><c> say.</c> 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:54.899 They<00:13:49.600><c> set</c><00:13:49.759><c> up</c><00:13:49.960><c> Ecclesias</c><00:13:50.620><c> in</c><00:13:50.820><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:13:52.740><c> and</c><00:13:52.799><c> in</c><00:13:53.039><c> Kurjath</c><00:13:53.580><c>-Gerum,</c><00:13:54.539><c> and</c><00:13:54.620><c> in</c> 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don't</c><00:14:57.320><c> mess</c><00:14:57.580><c> around.</c><00:14:58.419><c> They're</c><00:14:58.820><c> accurate.</c> 00:14:59.919 --> 00:15:03.500 In<00:15:00.019><c> what</c><00:15:00.139><c> they</c><00:15:00.360><c> do,</c><00:15:00.899><c> the</c><00:15:01.039><c> things</c><00:15:01.240><c> that</c><00:15:01.500><c> belong</c><00:15:01.659><c> to</c><00:15:01.840><c> God,</c><00:15:02.059><c> they're</c><00:15:02.200><c> very</c><00:15:02.580><c> accurate.</c> 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:06.440 They're<00:15:04.240><c> very</c><00:15:04.600><c> diligent</c><00:15:05.000><c> because</c><00:15:05.419><c> they</c><00:15:05.559><c> want</c><00:15:05.759><c> to</c><00:15:05.840><c> get</c><00:15:05.940><c> it</c><00:15:06.159><c> right.</c> 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:09.639 That's<00:15:06.840><c> the</c><00:15:06.940><c> class</c><00:15:07.220><c> of</c><00:15:07.340><c> people</c><00:15:07.500><c> we're</c><00:15:07.679><c> talking</c><00:15:08.000><c> about</c><00:15:08.299><c> here.</c> 00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:12.759 Now,<00:15:10.259><c> they</c><00:15:10.440><c> dwell</c><00:15:10.620><c> at</c><00:15:11.600><c> Jabez.</c> 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:17.759 So,<00:15:14.139><c> they're</c><00:15:14.299><c> dwelling</c><00:15:14.440><c> in</c><00:15:14.600><c> a</c><00:15:14.899><c> town</c><00:15:15.320><c> that</c><00:15:15.580><c> is</c><00:15:15.840><c> named</c><00:15:16.360><c> Jabez,</c> 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:20.679 which<00:15:18.320><c> strongly</c><00:15:18.860><c> suggests</c><00:15:19.460><c> that</c><00:15:19.620><c> it's</c><00:15:19.840><c> been</c><00:15:20.080><c> named</c> 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:24.419 after<00:15:21.440><c> their</c><00:15:21.639><c> most</c><00:15:22.080><c> notable</c><00:15:22.539><c> and</c><00:15:22.940><c> influential</c><00:15:23.620><c> inhabitant,</c> 00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:28.100 the<00:15:24.899><c> man</c><00:15:25.480><c> who</c><00:15:25.820><c> was</c><00:15:26.019><c> more</c><00:15:26.340><c> 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was</c><00:15:55.720><c> a</c><00:15:55.820><c> Midianite,</c><00:15:56.820><c> was</c><00:15:57.700><c> Jethro.</c> 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:01.580 In<00:15:58.440><c> fact,</c><00:15:58.879><c> his</c><00:15:58.879><c> daughter</c><00:15:59.299><c> was</c><00:15:59.600><c> called</c><00:16:00.100><c> a</c><00:16:00.419><c> Kushite,</c> 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:06.080 that<00:16:01.940><c> is,</c><00:16:02.740><c> someone</c><00:16:02.740><c> who</c><00:16:03.299><c> didn't</c><00:16:03.639><c> have</c><00:16:04.379><c> Jewish</c><00:16:04.860><c> origin</c><00:16:05.419><c> and</c> 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:07.399 come<00:16:06.220><c> from</c><00:16:06.440><c> Abraham.</c> 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:10.899 So,<00:16:08.700><c> the</c><00:16:08.779><c> Kenites</c><00:16:09.100><c> were</c><00:16:09.379><c> unquestionably</c><00:16:10.120><c> Gentiles</c> 00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:12.879 and<00:16:11.159><c> adjoined</c><00:16:11.500><c> themselves</c><00:16:12.179><c> to</c><00:16:12.460><c> 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early</c><00:16:50.200><c> in</c><00:16:50.399><c> the</c><00:16:50.480><c> life</c><00:16:50.679><c> of</c><00:16:50.899><c> Solomon.</c> 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:54.779 So,<00:16:52.460><c> he</c><00:16:52.700><c> had</c><00:16:53.019><c> hopes,</c><00:16:53.480><c> this</c><00:16:53.679><c> Jehonadab,</c><00:16:54.200><c> the</c><00:16:54.279><c> son</c><00:16:54.399><c> of</c><00:16:54.519><c> Recap,</c> 00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:56.279 and,<00:16:54.779><c> of</c><00:16:54.980><c> course,</c><00:16:55.100><c> we</c><00:16:55.120><c> know</c><00:16:55.279><c> what</c><00:16:55.440><c> happened.</c> 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:59.679 Jehu's<00:16:57.100><c> reformation</c><00:16:57.740><c> came</c><00:16:58.059><c> to</c><00:16:58.379><c> a</c><00:16:58.639><c> grinding</c><00:16:58.960><c> halt</c><00:16:59.240><c> on</c><00:16:59.460><c> the</c><00:16:59.539><c> end</c> 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:00.360 of<00:16:59.820><c> a</c><00:17:00.000><c> bottle</c> 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:02.960 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and</c><00:17:13.940><c> don't</c><00:17:14.140><c> do</c><00:17:14.259><c> that.</c> 00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:18.359 They're<00:17:15.420><c> the</c><00:17:15.539><c> only</c><00:17:16.000><c> family</c><00:17:16.619><c> in</c><00:17:17.220><c> history,</c> 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:20.740 in<00:17:18.799><c> the</c><00:17:18.920><c> history</c><00:17:19.200><c> of</c><00:17:19.380><c> the</c><00:17:19.559><c> Bible</c><00:17:19.839><c> that</c><00:17:20.019><c> I'm</c><00:17:20.259><c> aware</c><00:17:20.559><c> of,</c> 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:23.480 that<00:17:20.940><c> kept</c><00:17:21.160><c> their</c><00:17:21.420><c> father's</c><00:17:22.059><c> word,</c><00:17:22.579><c> which</c><00:17:22.779><c> wasn't,</c> 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:26.500 I<00:17:23.480><c> mean,</c><00:17:23.680><c> it</c><00:17:23.700><c> wasn't</c><00:17:24.160><c> in</c><00:17:24.460><c> accord</c><00:17:24.740><c> necessarily</c><00:17:25.400><c> with</c><00:17:25.920><c> the</c><00:17:26.099><c> Scripture,</c> 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.660 with<00:17:26.920><c> the</c><00:17:27.019><c> word</c><00:17:27.180><c> of</c><00:17:27.420><c> God.</c> 00:17:27.859 --> 00:17:30.079 It<00:17:27.900><c> was</c><00:17:28.059><c> just</c><00:17:28.319><c> wise</c><00:17:28.539><c> counsel</c><00:17:29.000><c> for</c><00:17:29.299><c> them,</c> 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:32.180 and<00:17:30.480><c> they</c><00:17:31.119><c> kept</c><00:17:31.359><c> it</c><00:17:31.680><c> faithfully.</c> 00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:34.400 And<00:17:32.640><c> right</c><00:17:32.799><c> at</c><00:17:32.980><c> the</c><00:17:33.200><c> end,</c><00:17:33.400><c> of</c><00:17:33.559><c> course,</c><00:17:33.700><c> we</c><00:17:33.799><c> know</c><00:17:33.920><c> the</c><00:17:34.079><c> story</c><00:17:34.299><c> of</c> 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:35.480 Jeremiah<00:17:34.859><c> 35,</c> 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:39.740 right<00:17:36.019><c> at</c><00:17:36.240><c> the</c><00:17:36.500><c> end</c><00:17:36.920><c> they</c><00:17:37.259><c> remained</c><00:17:37.759><c> faithful</c><00:17:38.420><c> to</c><00:17:39.259><c> the</c><00:17:39.440><c> law</c> 00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:42.799 laid<00:17:40.180><c> down</c><00:17:40.420><c> by</c><00:17:40.640><c> their</c><00:17:40.900><c> father</c><00:17:41.420><c> while</c><00:17:41.880><c> the</c><00:17:42.019><c> rest</c><00:17:42.220><c> of</c><00:17:42.380><c> the</c><00:17:42.460><c> nation</c> 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:45.779 had<00:17:43.140><c> corrupt</c><00:17:43.359><c> themselves</c><00:17:43.900><c> and</c><00:17:44.380><c> weren't</c><00:17:44.500><c> listening</c><00:17:44.819><c> to</c><00:17:45.019><c> their</c><00:17:45.279><c> father,</c> 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:47.259 Yahweh,<00:17:46.440><c> the</c><00:17:46.599><c> God</c><00:17:46.740><c> of</c><00:17:46.859><c> Israel.</c> 00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:49.059 And,<00:17:47.839><c> of</c><00:17:47.960><c> course,</c><00:17:48.079><c> for</c><00:17:48.259><c> that</c><00:17:48.400><c> they</c><00:17:48.539><c> get</c><00:17:48.720><c> the</c><00:17:48.880><c> reward</c> 00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:51.319 not<00:17:49.240><c> only</c><00:17:49.480><c> of</c><00:17:49.900><c> continuing</c><00:17:50.279><c> in</c><00:17:50.480><c> the</c><00:17:50.619><c> land</c><00:17:50.920><c> then,</c> 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:55.519 but<00:17:52.160><c> Jehonadab</c><00:17:52.960><c> will</c><00:17:53.160><c> not</c><00:17:53.420><c> want</c><00:17:53.660><c> a</c><00:17:53.839><c> man</c><00:17:54.039><c> to</c><00:17:54.299><c> stand</c><00:17:54.480><c> before</c><00:17:54.759><c> me</c><00:17:54.980><c> forever.</c> 00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:58.220 So<00:17:55.779><c> he's</c><00:17:56.000><c> going</c><00:17:56.140><c> to</c><00:17:56.299><c> have</c><00:17:56.759><c> many</c><00:17:57.220><c> of</c><00:17:57.400><c> his</c><00:17:57.559><c> children</c><00:17:57.880><c> in</c><00:17:58.059><c> the</c> 00:17:58.220 --> 00:18:00.079 kingdom<00:17:58.619><c> with</c><00:17:59.160><c> him.</c> 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:01.759 So<00:18:00.359><c> that's</c><00:18:00.819><c> quite</c><00:18:01.000><c> a</c><00:18:01.180><c> history,</c><00:18:01.519><c> isn't</c><00:18:01.599><c> it?</c> 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:06.779 That's<00:18:02.200><c> all</c><00:18:02.920><c> here</c><00:18:03.220><c> in</c><00:18:03.359><c> verse</c><00:18:03.619><c> 55</c><00:18:04.500><c> of</c><00:18:05.319><c> 1</c><00:18:05.539><c> Chronicles</c><00:18:06.000><c> 2.</c> 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:10.000 And<00:18:07.259><c> it's</c><00:18:07.460><c> very,</c><00:18:07.859><c> very</c><00:18:08.279><c> helpful</c><00:18:08.700><c> as</c><00:18:08.920><c> we're</c><00:18:09.140><c> going</c><00:18:09.240><c> to</c><00:18:09.480><c> see</c> 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:12.700 in<00:18:10.559><c> unraveling</c><00:18:11.220><c> the</c><00:18:11.420><c> story</c><00:18:11.940><c> of</c><00:18:12.460><c> Jabez.</c> 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:16.140 So<00:18:12.880><c> we</c><00:18:12.960><c> 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place</c><00:18:58.819><c> which</c><00:18:59.200><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:59.460><c> said,</c> 00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:01.640 I<00:18:59.819><c> will</c><00:19:00.079><c> give</c><00:19:00.200><c> it</c><00:19:00.339><c> you,</c><00:19:00.859><c> come</c><00:19:01.000><c> there</c><00:19:01.220><c> with</c><00:19:01.400><c> us,</c> 00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:03.940 and<00:19:01.799><c> we</c><00:19:01.940><c> will</c><00:19:02.160><c> do</c><00:19:02.680><c> to</c><00:19:02.940><c> thee</c><00:19:03.140><c> good,</c> 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:06.599 for<00:19:04.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:04.720><c> hath</c><00:19:04.940><c> spoken</c><00:19:05.339><c> good</c><00:19:05.660><c> concerning</c><00:19:06.099><c> Israel.</c> 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:10.259 So<00:19:07.220><c> he</c><00:19:07.299><c> puts</c><00:19:07.519><c> out</c><00:19:07.740><c> the</c><00:19:07.940><c> bait,</c><00:19:08.599><c> and</c><00:19:08.759><c> he</c><00:19:08.940><c> says,</c><00:19:09.519><c> you</c><00:19:09.519><c> 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knowest</c><00:19:45.140><c> how</c><00:19:45.400><c> we</c><00:19:45.539><c> are</c> 00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:47.460 to<00:19:45.900><c> encamp</c><00:19:46.259><c> in</c><00:19:46.380><c> the</c><00:19:46.519><c> wilderness,</c> 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:50.019 and<00:19:47.660><c> thou</c><00:19:47.799><c> mayest</c><00:19:48.160><c> be</c><00:19:48.259><c> to</c><00:19:48.339><c> us</c><00:19:48.519><c> instead</c><00:19:48.839><c> of</c><00:19:49.119><c> eyes.</c> 00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:51.960 And<00:19:50.160><c> it</c><00:19:50.380><c> shall</c><00:19:50.579><c> be</c><00:19:50.759><c> if</c><00:19:50.940><c> thou</c><00:19:51.119><c> wilt</c><00:19:51.319><c> go</c><00:19:51.559><c> with</c><00:19:51.740><c> us,</c> 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:55.220 yea,<00:19:52.339><c> it</c><00:19:52.460><c> shall</c><00:19:52.720><c> be</c><00:19:53.359><c> that</c><00:19:53.859><c> what</c><00:19:54.380><c> goodness</c> 00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:57.599 Yahweh<00:19:55.900><c> shall</c><00:19:56.119><c> do</c><00:19:56.359><c> unto</c><00:19:56.619><c> us,</c> 00:19:58.140 --> 00:20:00.480 the<00:19:58.380><c> same</c><00:19:58.980><c> we</c><00:19:59.420><c> will</c><00:19:59.579><c> do</c><00:19:59.740><c> unto</c><00:20:00.000><c> thee.</c> 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:03.059 Well,<00:20:01.160><c> guess</c><00:20:01.480><c> what's</c><00:20:01.859><c> going</c><00:20:02.019><c> to</c><00:20:02.240><c> happen.</c> 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:05.859 If<00:20:04.220><c> Jabez</c><00:20:04.720><c> happens</c><00:20:05.119><c> to</c><00:20:05.339><c> be</c><00:20:05.539><c> a</c><00:20:05.680><c> Kenite,</c> 00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:07.660 and<00:20:06.039><c> I</c><00:20:06.039><c> think</c><00:20:06.200><c> there's</c><00:20:06.420><c> good</c><00:20:06.700><c> proof</c><00:20:06.960><c> of</c><00:20:07.180><c> that.</c> 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:09.579 I'll<00:20:07.960><c> give</c><00:20:08.079><c> you</c><00:20:08.200><c> the</c><00:20:08.279><c> evidence</c><00:20:08.460><c> in</c><00:20:08.619><c> a</c><00:20:08.740><c> minute.</c> 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:11.880 If<00:20:09.759><c> he</c><00:20:09.940><c> happens</c><00:20:10.039><c> to</c><00:20:10.200><c> be</c><00:20:10.339><c> a</c><00:20:10.519><c> Kenite,</c> 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:15.019 then<00:20:12.680><c> others</c><00:20:13.119><c> in</c><00:20:13.319><c> Israel</c><00:20:13.859><c> are</c><00:20:14.079><c> going</c><00:20:14.200><c> to</c><00:20:14.339><c> be</c><00:20:14.559><c> blessed</c> 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:17.460 because<00:20:15.539><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:15.880><c> blesses</c><00:20:16.299><c> him.</c> 00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:19.380 Moses<00:20:18.140><c> says</c><00:20:18.380><c> here,</c><00:20:18.740><c> you</c><00:20:18.799><c> come</c><00:20:19.059><c> with</c><00:20:19.240><c> us,</c> 00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:21.859 when<00:20:19.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:19.880><c> blesses</c><00:20:20.279><c> us,</c><00:20:20.980><c> you'll</c><00:20:21.180><c> be</c><00:20:21.319><c> a</c><00:20:21.460><c> recipient</c> 00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:23.740 of<00:20:22.720><c> the</c><00:20:22.880><c> blessing.</c> 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:26.240 Later<00:20:24.839><c> on,</c><00:20:25.279><c> we're</c><00:20:25.319><c> going</c><00:20:25.400><c> to</c><00:20:25.480><c> find</c><00:20:25.700><c> Jabez,</c> 00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:28.119 the<00:20:26.480><c> Gentile,</c><00:20:27.099><c> is</c><00:20:27.259><c> blessed</c><00:20:27.480><c> by</c><00:20:27.740><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:30.160 and<00:20:28.500><c> other</c><00:20:28.740><c> recipients</c><00:20:29.099><c> in</c><00:20:29.299><c> Israel</c><00:20:29.720><c> are</c><00:20:29.859><c> blessed.</c> 00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:31.700 It's<00:20:30.339><c> the</c><00:20:30.400><c> other</c><00:20:30.559><c> way</c><00:20:30.740><c> around.</c> 00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:34.380 The<00:20:32.539><c> coin</c><00:20:32.740><c> has</c><00:20:32.920><c> been</c><00:20:33.160><c> turned</c><00:20:33.480><c> over.</c> 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:36.880 We're<00:20:34.799><c> going</c><00:20:34.859><c> to</c><00:20:34.940><c> see</c><00:20:35.119><c> that</c><00:20:35.599><c> as</c><00:20:35.799><c> we</c><00:20:36.000><c> proceed.</c> 00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:38.279 So<00:20:37.079><c> he</c><00:20:37.259><c> refuses.</c> 00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:39.920 But,<00:20:38.740><c> of</c><00:20:38.900><c> course,</c><00:20:39.160><c> he</c><00:20:39.299><c> ended</c><00:20:39.440><c> up</c><00:20:39.680><c> coming.</c> 00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:41.720 How<00:20:40.440><c> do</c><00:20:40.579><c> we</c><00:20:40.680><c> know</c><00:20:40.880><c> he</c><00:20:41.119><c> ended</c><00:20:41.119><c> up</c><00:20:41.359><c> coming?</c> 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:43.859 Well,<00:20:42.599><c> Judges</c><00:20:42.940><c> chapter</c><00:20:43.480><c> 1.</c> 00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:46.400 Let's<00:20:44.160><c> move</c><00:20:44.400><c> on</c><00:20:44.539><c> in</c><00:20:44.660><c> the</c><00:20:44.740><c> record.</c> 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:55.259 Judges<00:20:48.799><c> 1</c><00:20:49.299><c> and</c><00:20:49.680><c> verse</c><00:20:49.940><c> 16.</c> 00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:01.420 It<00:20:59.440><c> says</c><00:20:59.960><c> this</c><00:21:00.220><c> after</c><00:21:00.480><c> the</c><00:21:00.720><c> story</c><00:21:00.940><c> of</c><00:21:01.079><c> tomorrow,</c> 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:03.220 God<00:21:01.720><c> willing,</c><00:21:02.019><c> we'll</c><00:21:02.119><c> be</c><00:21:02.259><c> looking</c><00:21:02.480><c> at</c><00:21:02.759><c> the</c><00:21:02.839><c> story</c> 00:21:03.220 --> 00:21:06.680 of<00:21:03.299><c> Caleb</c><00:21:03.720><c> and</c><00:21:03.980><c> Othniel</c><00:21:04.559><c> in</c><00:21:04.819><c> Judges</c><00:21:05.180><c> chapter</c><00:21:05.500><c> 1.</c> 00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:07.779 Verse<00:21:07.220><c> 16</c><00:21:07.579><c> says,</c> 00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:09.680 And<00:21:07.839><c> the</c><00:21:07.980><c> children</c><00:21:08.380><c> of</c><00:21:08.579><c> the</c><00:21:08.799><c> Kenite,</c> 00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:11.519 Moses'<00:21:11.039><c> father</c><00:21:11.099><c>-in</c><00:21:11.359><c>-law,</c> 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:13.539 so<00:21:11.660><c> he's</c><00:21:11.880><c> called</c><00:21:12.039><c> a</c><00:21:12.160><c> Midianite,</c> 00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:16.640 back<00:21:14.019><c> in</c><00:21:14.640><c> the</c><00:21:14.759><c> record</c><00:21:15.000><c> we've</c><00:21:15.220><c> just</c><00:21:15.380><c> read</c><00:21:15.519><c> in</c><00:21:15.680><c> Numbers</c><00:21:15.960><c> 10,</c> 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:18.839 here<00:21:16.900><c> he's</c><00:21:17.200><c> called</c><00:21:17.359><c> a</c><00:21:17.579><c> Kenite,</c> 00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:21.279 went<00:21:19.619><c> out</c><00:21:20.019><c> of</c><00:21:20.180><c> the</c><00:21:20.240><c> city</c><00:21:20.480><c> of</c><00:21:20.740><c> palm</c><00:21:20.960><c> trees</c> 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.619 with<00:21:21.539><c> the</c><00:21:21.740><c> children</c><00:21:22.000><c> of</c><00:21:22.279><c> Judah</c> 00:21:22.619 --> 00:21:25.059 into<00:21:23.599><c> the</c><00:21:23.880><c> wilderness</c><00:21:24.319><c> of</c><00:21:24.799><c> Judah,</c> 00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:27.859 which<00:21:25.440><c> lies</c><00:21:25.720><c> in</c><00:21:25.920><c> the</c><00:21:26.140><c> south</c><00:21:26.359><c> of</c><00:21:26.880><c> Arad,</c> 00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:30.640 and<00:21:28.519><c> they</c><00:21:28.740><c> went</c><00:21:28.980><c> and</c><00:21:29.259><c> dwelt</c><00:21:29.519><c> among</c><00:21:29.960><c> the</c><00:21:30.299><c> people.</c> 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:33.099 Now,<00:21:31.059><c> initially,</c><00:21:31.319><c> they</c><00:21:31.539><c> dwelt</c><00:21:31.779><c> amongst</c><00:21:32.279><c> the</c><00:21:32.720><c> people</c> 00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:35.259 of<00:21:33.480><c> Judah</c><00:21:33.900><c> and</c><00:21:34.539><c> of</c><00:21:34.859><c> Simeon,</c> 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:38.640 who<00:21:35.700><c> were</c><00:21:36.000><c> settling</c><00:21:36.240><c> in</c><00:21:36.480><c> that</c><00:21:36.880><c> portion</c><00:21:37.400><c> of</c><00:21:37.700><c> land.</c> 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:41.180 But<00:21:38.839><c> as</c><00:21:39.039><c> time</c><00:21:39.359><c> went</c><00:21:39.539><c> on,</c><00:21:40.539><c> things</c><00:21:40.539><c> changed,</c> 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.039 as<00:21:41.359><c> we're</c><00:21:41.599><c> going</c><00:21:41.660><c> to</c><00:21:41.859><c> see.</c> 00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:43.859 Things<00:21:42.480><c> changed</c><00:21:43.059><c> quite</c><00:21:43.480><c> radically</c> 00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:47.579 in<00:21:45.079><c> that</c><00:21:45.259><c> area</c><00:21:45.640><c> where</c><00:21:45.980><c> the</c><00:21:46.160><c> Kenites</c><00:21:46.500><c> were.</c> 00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:50.059 So,<00:21:48.400><c> Judges</c><00:21:48.559><c> 1</c><00:21:48.799><c> and</c><00:21:48.799><c> verse</c><00:21:49.059><c> 16</c><00:21:49.160><c> is</c><00:21:49.420><c> telling</c><00:21:49.720><c> us</c> 00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:53.619 that<00:21:50.559><c> Moses,</c><00:21:50.920><c> in</c><00:21:51.180><c> fact,</c><00:21:51.680><c> did</c><00:21:51.880><c> finally</c><00:21:52.339><c> persuade</c><00:21:53.019><c> Hobab</c> 00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.940 to<00:21:53.880><c> change</c><00:21:54.160><c> his</c><00:21:54.480><c> mind,</c> 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:59.079 and<00:21:55.680><c> they</c><00:21:55.940><c> finally</c><00:21:56.339><c> settled</c><00:21:56.640><c> in</c><00:21:56.839><c> the</c><00:21:57.059><c> extreme</c><00:21:57.359><c> south</c><00:21:57.960><c> of</c><00:21:58.740><c> Judah.</c> 00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:01.210 Now,<00:21:59.799><c> let's</c><00:21:59.920><c> move</c><00:22:00.180><c> on</c><00:22:00.359><c> to</c><00:22:00.559><c> the</c><00:22:00.640><c> 1</c><00:22:00.920><c> Samuel,</c> 00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:04.460 chapter<00:22:02.000><c> 15,</c><00:22:02.559><c> verse</c><00:22:02.859><c> 6.</c> 00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:09.160 Let's<00:22:06.400><c> follow</c><00:22:06.619><c> the</c><00:22:06.819><c> story</c><00:22:07.180><c> of</c><00:22:07.359><c> the</c><00:22:07.500><c> Kenites</c><00:22:07.940><c> through</c> 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:12.279 to<00:22:10.779><c> a</c><00:22:10.980><c> point.</c> 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:15.819 Now,<00:22:14.279><c> you</c><00:22:14.440><c> know</c><00:22:14.559><c> that</c><00:22:14.759><c> 1</c><00:22:14.920><c> Samuel</c><00:22:15.259><c> 15</c> 00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:18.119 is<00:22:16.059><c> the</c><00:22:16.200><c> chapter</c><00:22:16.519><c> in</c><00:22:16.680><c> which</c><00:22:16.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:17.319><c> commands</c><00:22:17.759><c> Saul</c> 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:21.619 to<00:22:18.480><c> completely</c><00:22:18.920><c> destroy</c><00:22:19.480><c> every</c><00:22:19.839><c> single</c><00:22:20.500><c> Amalekite.</c> 00:22:21.799 --> 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00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:35.380 But<00:22:33.900><c> when</c><00:22:34.119><c> he</c><00:22:34.299><c> went</c><00:22:34.460><c> to</c><00:22:34.779><c> attack</c><00:22:35.059><c> them,</c> 00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:39.259 we<00:22:35.740><c> read</c><00:22:35.960><c> this</c><00:22:36.200><c> in</c><00:22:36.339><c> verse</c><00:22:36.599><c> 6</c><00:22:36.960><c> of</c><00:22:37.160><c> 1</c><00:22:37.400><c> Samuel</c><00:22:37.779><c> 15.</c> 00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:41.799 And<00:22:39.759><c> Saul</c><00:22:40.019><c> said</c><00:22:40.220><c> unto</c><00:22:40.440><c> the</c><00:22:40.720><c> Kenites,</c> 00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:46.759 Go,<00:22:42.740><c> depart,</c><00:22:43.819><c> get</c><00:22:44.000><c> you</c><00:22:44.240><c> down</c><00:22:44.519><c> from</c><00:22:44.740><c> among</c><00:22:45.000><c> the</c><00:22:45.339><c> Amalekites,</c> 00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:49.980 lest<00:22:47.480><c> I</c><00:22:47.819><c> destroy</c><00:22:48.359><c> you</c><00:22:48.700><c> with</c><00:22:49.019><c> them.</c> 00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:52.940 For<00:22:50.440><c> ye</c><00:22:50.700><c> showed</c><00:22:51.019><c> kindness</c><00:22:51.660><c> to</c><00:22:51.940><c> all</c><00:22:52.160><c> the</c><00:22:52.319><c> children</c><00:22:52.500><c> of</c><00:22:52.700><c> Israel</c> 00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:54.779 when<00:22:53.099><c> they</c><00:22:53.339><c> came</c><00:22:53.599><c> up</c><00:22:53.859><c> out</c><00:22:54.059><c> of</c><00:22:54.279><c> Egypt.</c> 00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:58.759 So<00:22:55.640><c> the</c><00:22:55.859><c> Kenites</c><00:22:56.240><c> departed</c><00:22:56.980><c> from</c><00:22:57.599><c> among</c><00:22:57.880><c> the</c><00:22:58.059><c> Amalekites.</c> 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:00.359 So<00:22:59.160><c> what</c><00:22:59.220><c> does</c><00:22:59.319><c> that</c><00:22:59.519><c> verse</c><00:22:59.759><c> tell</c><00:23:00.000><c> us?</c> 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:02.140 Well,<00:23:01.019><c> it</c><00:23:01.019><c> tells</c><00:23:01.099><c> us</c><00:23:01.299><c> a</c><00:23:01.359><c> couple</c><00:23:01.559><c> of</c><00:23:01.779><c> things.</c> 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:05.180 There<00:23:02.440><c> had</c><00:23:02.700><c> been</c><00:23:02.880><c> a</c><00:23:03.019><c> significant</c><00:23:03.539><c> change</c><00:23:03.960><c> in</c><00:23:04.099><c> that</c><00:23:04.259><c> area.</c> 00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:07.599 Whereas<00:23:05.680><c> the</c><00:23:05.940><c> Kenites</c><00:23:06.319><c> originally</c><00:23:06.920><c> would</c><00:23:07.140><c> have</c><00:23:07.380><c> settled</c> 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:11.279 amongst<00:23:07.960><c> many</c><00:23:08.299><c> men</c><00:23:08.579><c> and</c><00:23:08.720><c> women</c><00:23:08.980><c> of</c><00:23:09.259><c> Judah</c><00:23:09.599><c> and</c><00:23:10.059><c> of</c><00:23:10.380><c> Simeon,</c> 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:13.599 the<00:23:11.640><c> Amalekites</c><00:23:12.259><c> had</c><00:23:12.440><c> come</c><00:23:12.579><c> in</c><00:23:12.799><c> and</c><00:23:12.940><c> pushed</c> 00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:15.819 the<00:23:14.000><c> men</c><00:23:14.200><c> of</c><00:23:14.359><c> Judah</c><00:23:14.579><c> and</c><00:23:14.900><c> Simeon</c><00:23:15.240><c> out.</c> 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:18.279 And<00:23:16.480><c> now</c><00:23:16.720><c> there</c><00:23:16.859><c> were</c><00:23:17.019><c> more</c><00:23:17.400><c> Amalekites</c><00:23:18.019><c> there</c> 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:21.740 than<00:23:18.480><c> there</c><00:23:18.539><c> were</c><00:23:19.160><c> Israelites,</c><00:23:20.359><c> or</c><00:23:20.599><c> Kenites.</c> 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:23.799 So<00:23:22.200><c> here</c><00:23:22.420><c> we've</c><00:23:22.660><c> got</c><00:23:22.839><c> Christadelphians</c> 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:25.859 who've<00:23:24.259><c> come</c><00:23:24.440><c> in</c><00:23:24.740><c> from</c><00:23:24.940><c> the</c><00:23:25.099><c> outside</c> 00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:28.819 and<00:23:26.680><c> they're</c><00:23:26.819><c> living</c><00:23:27.119><c> next</c><00:23:27.880><c> jaw</c><00:23:28.059><c> to</c><00:23:28.279><c> jaw</c> 00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:31.619 with<00:23:29.380><c> the</c><00:23:29.759><c> fiercest</c><00:23:30.460><c> enemies</c><00:23:30.799><c> of</c><00:23:30.960><c> the</c><00:23:31.160><c> truth.</c> 00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:35.039 The<00:23:32.240><c> Amalekites,</c><00:23:33.799><c> who</c><00:23:33.880><c> are</c><00:23:34.119><c> known</c><00:23:34.480><c> for</c> 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:38.259 cutting<00:23:35.339><c> the</c><00:23:35.680><c> throats</c><00:23:35.960><c> of</c><00:23:36.160><c> the</c><00:23:36.539><c> stragglers</c><00:23:37.099><c> in</c><00:23:37.359><c> Christadelphia,</c> 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:40.240 like<00:23:38.880><c> they</c><00:23:38.980><c> did</c><00:23:39.059><c> in</c><00:23:39.200><c> the</c><00:23:39.319><c> wilderness.</c> 00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:43.079 So<00:23:41.240><c> this</c><00:23:41.460><c> is</c><00:23:41.559><c> an</c><00:23:41.660><c> interesting</c><00:23:41.980><c> situation</c><00:23:42.579><c> that's</c><00:23:42.779><c> developed,</c> 00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.720 isn't<00:23:43.339><c> it?</c> 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:46.559 Now<00:23:44.460><c> this</c><00:23:44.660><c> is</c><00:23:44.839><c> very</c><00:23:45.099><c> important</c><00:23:45.539><c> to</c><00:23:45.680><c> us</c><00:23:45.920><c> because</c> 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:51.279 it<00:23:46.980><c> just</c><00:23:47.519><c> so</c><00:23:48.380><c> happens</c><00:23:49.039><c> that</c><00:23:49.900><c> 1</c><00:23:50.079><c> Chronicles</c><00:23:50.559><c> 4</c> 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:56.380 is<00:23:51.700><c> about</c><00:23:52.160><c> the</c><00:23:52.519><c> absolute</c><00:23:53.000><c> eradication</c><00:23:53.900><c> of</c><00:23:54.279><c> the</c><00:23:54.380><c> remaining</c><00:23:55.019><c> Amalekites.</c> 00:23:56.660 --> 00:24:00.880 There's<00:23:56.819><c> no</c><00:23:57.420><c> accident</c><00:23:58.059><c> in</c><00:23:58.500><c> that,</c><00:23:59.900><c> as</c><00:24:00.039><c> we</c><00:24:00.240><c> shall</c><00:24:00.480><c> see.</c> 00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.700 1<00:24:01.460><c> Chronicles</c><00:24:01.900><c> 4</c><00:24:02.180><c> verse</c><00:24:02.440><c> 30.</c> 00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:06.059 I<00:24:02.740><c> want</c><00:24:02.859><c> you</c><00:24:03.000><c> to</c><00:24:03.039><c> come</c><00:24:03.319><c> back</c><00:24:03.500><c> to</c><00:24:03.680><c> 1</c><00:24:03.880><c> Chronicles</c><00:24:04.339><c> chapter</c><00:24:04.680><c> 4.</c> 00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:08.559 Now<00:24:06.900><c> the</c><00:24:07.019><c> other</c><00:24:07.279><c> thing,</c><00:24:07.480><c> of</c><00:24:07.640><c> course,</c><00:24:07.980><c> that</c><00:24:08.059><c> we're</c><00:24:08.240><c> told</c> 00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:11.200 in<00:24:08.960><c> 1</c><00:24:09.160><c> Samuel</c><00:24:09.440><c> 15</c><00:24:09.880><c> verse</c><00:24:10.119><c> 6</c><00:24:10.319><c> while</c><00:24:10.500><c> you're</c><00:24:10.660><c> making</c><00:24:10.920><c> your</c><00:24:11.079><c> way</c> 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:13.920 back<00:24:11.440><c> to</c><00:24:11.579><c> 1</c><00:24:11.819><c> Chronicles</c><00:24:12.240><c> 4</c><00:24:12.819><c> is</c><00:24:13.500><c> that</c><00:24:13.680><c> when</c> 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:16.640 Hobab<00:24:14.380><c> and</c><00:24:14.519><c> his</c><00:24:14.740><c> family</c><00:24:15.119><c> did</c><00:24:15.500><c> join</c><00:24:15.799><c> Israel</c><00:24:16.119><c> in</c><00:24:16.220><c> the</c><00:24:16.299><c> wilderness,</c> 00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:20.019 they<00:24:17.460><c> did</c><00:24:17.799><c> a</c><00:24:18.160><c> massive</c><00:24:18.900><c> amount</c><00:24:19.380><c> of</c><00:24:19.680><c> good</c> 00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:22.539 because<00:24:20.839><c> they're</c><00:24:21.079><c> told,</c><00:24:21.960><c> Saul</c><00:24:22.119><c> says</c><00:24:22.359><c> to</c><00:24:22.500><c> them,</c> 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:24.799 you<00:24:22.799><c> showed</c><00:24:23.079><c> kindness</c><00:24:23.680><c> to</c><00:24:23.960><c> us</c><00:24:24.380><c> in</c><00:24:24.599><c> the</c><00:24:24.720><c> wilderness.</c> 00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:26.799 That<00:24:24.980><c> had</c><00:24:25.140><c> been</c><00:24:25.319><c> carried</c><00:24:25.640><c> down.</c> 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:28.579 Not<00:24:27.420><c> in</c><00:24:27.619><c> the</c><00:24:27.759><c> scripture.</c> 00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:30.720 You<00:24:28.819><c> don't</c><00:24:28.819><c> find</c><00:24:28.960><c> it</c><00:24:28.980><c> in</c><00:24:29.099><c> the</c><00:24:29.259><c> Bible.</c> 00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:32.079 Except<00:24:31.400><c> here.</c> 00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:34.660 We've<00:24:32.559><c> got</c><00:24:32.579><c> to</c><00:24:32.619><c> wait</c><00:24:32.799><c> till</c><00:24:33.000><c> Saul's</c><00:24:33.819><c> mouth</c><00:24:34.180><c> speaks</c> 00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:37.779 the<00:24:34.819><c> words</c><00:24:35.099><c> that</c><00:24:35.240><c> had</c><00:24:35.400><c> been</c><00:24:35.660><c> carried</c><00:24:36.059><c> down</c><00:24:36.920><c> by</c><00:24:37.299><c> tradition</c> 00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:41.500 that<00:24:38.640><c> Hobab's</c><00:24:39.140><c> family</c><00:24:39.460><c> had</c><00:24:39.700><c> done</c><00:24:39.859><c> a</c><00:24:40.220><c> massive</c><00:24:40.640><c> amount</c><00:24:40.980><c> of</c><00:24:41.240><c> good</c> 00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:44.380 in<00:24:41.940><c> the</c><00:24:42.099><c> wilderness</c><00:24:42.500><c> when</c><00:24:43.119><c> Israel</c><00:24:43.460><c> was</c><00:24:43.700><c> making</c><00:24:43.900><c> its</c><00:24:44.079><c> way</c><00:24:44.240><c> to</c> 00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:45.380 the<00:24:44.539><c> land.</c> 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:47.420 So<00:24:46.119><c> they</c><00:24:46.220><c> were</c><00:24:46.440><c> a</c><00:24:46.599><c> faithful</c><00:24:46.819><c> family.</c> 00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:50.980 Now<00:24:47.940><c> you're</c><00:24:48.160><c> back</c><00:24:48.339><c> in</c><00:24:48.460><c> 1</c><00:24:48.640><c> Chronicles</c><00:24:49.079><c> 4</c><00:24:49.980><c> verse</c><00:24:50.420><c> 30.</c> 00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:53.160 And<00:24:51.359><c> this,</c><00:24:51.740><c> by</c><00:24:51.759><c> the</c><00:24:51.880><c> way,</c><00:24:52.119><c> from</c><00:24:52.240><c> verse</c><00:24:52.440><c> 24</c><00:24:52.920><c> onwards</c> 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.619 is<00:24:53.319><c> about</c><00:24:53.619><c> the</c><00:24:53.859><c> tribe</c><00:24:54.039><c> of</c><00:24:54.319><c> Simeon.</c> 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:57.059 So<00:24:54.980><c> why</c><00:24:55.259><c> is</c><00:24:55.259><c> Simeon</c><00:24:55.619><c> here,</c><00:24:55.799><c> do</c><00:24:56.039><c> you</c><00:24:56.039><c> think?</c> 00:24:57.720 --> 00:25:01.839 Well,<00:24:58.039><c> Simeon</c><00:24:58.579><c> had</c><00:24:58.779><c> his</c><00:24:59.119><c> inheritance</c><00:24:59.599><c> in</c><00:25:00.299><c> the</c><00:25:00.519><c> south</c><00:25:00.779><c> of</c><00:25:01.039><c> Judah.</c> 00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:04.079 That's<00:25:02.720><c> fulfillment</c><00:25:02.960><c> of</c><00:25:03.200><c> Jacob's</c><00:25:03.779><c> prophecy.</c> 00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:07.599 Oh,<00:25:04.920><c> divide</c><00:25:05.240><c> Levi</c><00:25:05.619><c> and</c><00:25:05.779><c> Simeon,</c><00:25:06.700><c> scatter</c><00:25:06.900><c> them</c><00:25:07.079><c> in</c><00:25:07.259><c> Israel.</c> 00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.460 That's<00:25:08.079><c> what</c><00:25:08.240><c> happened.</c> 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:10.920 Levi<00:25:08.940><c> scattered</c><00:25:09.259><c> through</c><00:25:09.539><c> 48</c><00:25:10.000><c> cities.</c> 00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:14.480 Simeon<00:25:11.859><c> had</c><00:25:12.140><c> his</c><00:25:12.440><c> inheritance</c><00:25:13.039><c> amongst</c><00:25:13.799><c> the</c><00:25:14.000><c> tribe</c><00:25:14.160><c> of</c><00:25:14.359><c> Judah.</c> 00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:16.640 He<00:25:14.539><c> didn't</c><00:25:14.759><c> have</c><00:25:14.940><c> a</c><00:25:15.140><c> separate</c><00:25:15.339><c> territory</c><00:25:15.900><c> given</c><00:25:16.240><c> to</c><00:25:16.420><c> him.</c> 00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:19.119 He<00:25:17.000><c> was</c><00:25:17.240><c> plonked</c><00:25:17.559><c> down</c><00:25:17.880><c> in</c><00:25:18.059><c> the</c><00:25:18.240><c> southern</c><00:25:18.779><c> portion.</c> 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.500 We'll<00:25:19.299><c> talk</c><00:25:19.440><c> a</c><00:25:19.460><c> bit</c><00:25:19.660><c> more</c><00:25:19.819><c> about</c><00:25:20.000><c> that</c><00:25:20.220><c> tomorrow</c> 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:23.900 because<00:25:20.640><c> it's</c><00:25:20.839><c> highly</c><00:25:21.119><c> significant</c><00:25:21.539><c> in</c><00:25:22.240><c> the</c><00:25:22.420><c> prophecy</c><00:25:22.799><c> of</c><00:25:23.099><c> Jacob.</c> 00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:27.900 So<00:25:24.640><c> Simeon's</c><00:25:26.000><c> genealogy,</c><00:25:26.759><c> or</c><00:25:26.819><c> at</c><00:25:26.819><c> least</c><00:25:27.059><c> the</c><00:25:27.240><c> list</c><00:25:27.440><c> of</c><00:25:27.619><c> those</c> 00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:29.339 that<00:25:28.019><c> were</c><00:25:28.200><c> involved</c><00:25:28.519><c> in</c><00:25:28.680><c> what</c><00:25:28.940><c> follows,</c> 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:31.039 comes<00:25:29.920><c> from</c><00:25:30.099><c> verse</c><00:25:30.339><c> 24</c><00:25:30.779><c> onwards.</c> 00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:33.960 And<00:25:31.319><c> when</c><00:25:31.440><c> you</c><00:25:31.519><c> get</c><00:25:31.680><c> down</c><00:25:31.819><c> to</c><00:25:31.880><c> verse</c><00:25:32.160><c> 30,</c><00:25:32.559><c> you</c><00:25:32.700><c> read</c><00:25:32.900><c> this.</c> 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:39.240 And<00:25:34.579><c> at</c><00:25:34.799><c> Bethuel,</c><00:25:36.240><c> and</c><00:25:36.400><c> at</c><00:25:36.799><c> Hormah,</c><00:25:37.880><c> and</c><00:25:38.099><c> at</c><00:25:38.500><c> Ziklag.</c> 00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.619 So<00:25:39.579><c> this</c><00:25:39.740><c> is</c><00:25:39.859><c> where</c><00:25:39.960><c> they</c><00:25:40.160><c> dwelt.</c> 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.799 They<00:25:40.900><c> dwelt</c><00:25:40.920><c> in</c><00:25:41.059><c> many</c><00:25:41.279><c> places.</c> 00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:45.759 But<00:25:42.299><c> two</c><00:25:42.539><c> of</c><00:25:42.619><c> those</c><00:25:42.880><c> places</c><00:25:43.299><c> are</c><00:25:43.779><c> Hormah</c><00:25:44.799><c> and</c><00:25:45.140><c> Ziklag.</c> 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:48.839 Now,<00:25:46.480><c> there's</c><00:25:46.900><c> a</c><00:25:47.059><c> good,</c><00:25:47.559><c> strong</c><00:25:47.720><c> Amalekite</c><00:25:48.319><c> history</c> 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:51.019 with<00:25:49.440><c> those</c><00:25:49.740><c> two</c><00:25:50.019><c> places.</c> 00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:53.960 In<00:25:51.559><c> the</c><00:25:51.720><c> record</c><00:25:52.059><c> of</c><00:25:52.220><c> Numbers</c><00:25:52.579><c> 14,</c><00:25:53.099><c> verse</c><00:25:53.279><c> 45,</c> 00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:56.599 when<00:25:54.460><c> Israel's</c><00:25:54.900><c> been</c><00:25:55.160><c> rejected</c><00:25:55.619><c> and</c><00:25:55.799><c> the</c><00:25:55.920><c> old</c><00:25:56.099><c> generation</c> 00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:59.359 is<00:25:56.779><c> going</c><00:25:56.799><c> to</c><00:25:56.900><c> spend</c><00:25:57.079><c> the</c><00:25:57.180><c> next</c><00:25:57.519><c> 38</c><00:25:57.880><c> years</c><00:25:58.240><c> dying</c><00:25:58.599><c> out</c><00:25:58.900><c> in</c><00:25:59.019><c> the</c><00:25:59.119><c> wilderness,</c> 00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:02.019 they<00:25:59.599><c> say,</c><00:25:59.799><c> oh,</c><00:26:00.119><c> no,</c><00:26:00.240><c> we</c><00:26:00.319><c> don't</c><00:26:00.420><c> want</c><00:26:00.480><c> to</c><00:26:00.619><c> spend</c><00:26:00.859><c> 38</c><00:26:01.359><c> years</c><00:26:01.740><c> here.</c> 00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.579 We're<00:26:02.500><c> going</c><00:26:02.519><c> to</c><00:26:02.599><c> go</c><00:26:02.640><c> up</c><00:26:02.759><c> and</c><00:26:02.920><c> take</c><00:26:03.099><c> the</c><00:26:03.240><c> land</c><00:26:03.359><c> now.</c> 00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:05.259 And<00:26:03.740><c> Moses</c><00:26:03.980><c> says,</c><00:26:04.440><c> no,</c><00:26:04.480><c> no,</c><00:26:04.619><c> no,</c><00:26:04.779><c> no,</c><00:26:05.259><c> no.</c> 00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.980 There<00:26:06.099><c> won't</c><00:26:06.299><c> be</c><00:26:06.480><c> a</c><00:26:06.619><c> success.</c> 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.140 It'll<00:26:07.259><c> be</c><00:26:07.559><c> disaster.</c> 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.279 They<00:26:08.619><c> want</c><00:26:08.700><c> to</c><00:26:08.799><c> take</c><00:26:08.960><c> the</c><00:26:09.160><c> ark.</c> 00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:10.859 He<00:26:09.420><c> says,</c><00:26:09.720><c> there's</c><00:26:10.059><c> no</c><00:26:10.460><c> way.</c> 00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:12.180 You're<00:26:11.420><c> taking</c><00:26:11.700><c> the</c><00:26:11.980><c> ark.</c> 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:15.539 So<00:26:12.740><c> this</c><00:26:13.019><c> mob</c><00:26:13.819><c> went</c><00:26:14.160><c> up</c><00:26:14.400><c> thinking</c><00:26:14.700><c> that</c><00:26:14.900><c> they're</c><00:26:15.059><c> going</c><00:26:15.180><c> to</c><00:26:15.339><c> go</c> 00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.940 and<00:26:15.880><c> capture</c><00:26:16.019><c> the</c><00:26:16.220><c> land</c><00:26:16.440><c> for</c><00:26:16.619><c> themselves</c> 00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:20.920 when<00:26:17.220><c> God</c><00:26:17.660><c> has</c><00:26:17.980><c> condemned</c><00:26:18.359><c> them</c><00:26:18.579><c> to</c><00:26:18.819><c> die</c><00:26:19.200><c> in</c><00:26:20.400><c> the</c><00:26:20.539><c> wilderness.</c> 00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:23.180 And<00:26:21.440><c> of</c><00:26:21.559><c> course,</c><00:26:21.740><c> it</c><00:26:21.740><c> was</c><00:26:22.000><c> a</c><00:26:22.140><c> disaster.</c> 00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:25.539 And<00:26:23.299><c> it</c><00:26:23.420><c> says</c><00:26:23.700><c> in</c><00:26:24.140><c> Numbers</c><00:26:24.460><c> 14,</c><00:26:24.920><c> verse</c><00:26:25.079><c> 45,</c> 00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:27.740 the<00:26:25.799><c> Amalekites</c><00:26:26.599><c> came</c><00:26:26.940><c> out</c><00:26:27.220><c> against</c><00:26:27.500><c> them</c> 00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:30.420 and<00:26:28.180><c> smote</c><00:26:28.599><c> them</c><00:26:29.400><c> unto</c><00:26:29.779><c> Hormah.</c> 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:33.980 And<00:26:30.940><c> Hormah</c><00:26:31.240><c> means</c><00:26:31.839><c> utter</c><00:26:32.619><c> destruction.</c> 00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:37.339 Last<00:26:35.079><c> word</c><00:26:35.299><c> of</c><00:26:35.740><c> the</c><00:26:35.900><c> Old</c><00:26:36.119><c> Testament,</c><00:26:36.640><c> by</c><00:26:36.660><c> the</c><00:26:36.859><c> way,</c> 00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:40.920 lest<00:26:37.579><c> I</c><00:26:37.720><c> come</c><00:26:37.960><c> and</c><00:26:38.259><c> smite</c><00:26:38.519><c> the</c><00:26:38.740><c> earth</c><00:26:39.180><c> with</c><00:26:39.740><c> Hormah.</c> 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:44.440 The<00:26:41.440><c> curse,</c><00:26:42.539><c> utter</c><00:26:43.119><c> destruction.</c> 00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:48.759 So<00:26:45.359><c> it's</c><00:26:45.799><c> a</c><00:26:45.880><c> very</c><00:26:46.059><c> important</c><00:26:46.440><c> word</c><00:26:46.599><c> in</c><00:26:46.720><c> the</c><00:26:46.819><c> scheme</c><00:26:47.059><c> of</c><00:26:47.240><c> things.</c> 00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:50.700 Now,<00:26:48.980><c> Ziklag,</c><00:26:49.460><c> we</c><00:26:49.539><c> know</c><00:26:49.799><c> well,</c><00:26:50.259><c> too,</c><00:26:50.299><c> don't</c><00:26:50.519><c> we?</c> 00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:54.019 Because<00:26:51.279><c> when</c><00:26:51.500><c> David</c><00:26:51.819><c> joined</c><00:26:52.140><c> himself</c><00:26:52.859><c> to</c><00:26:53.099><c> the</c><00:26:53.279><c> Philistine</c><00:26:53.700><c> lords</c> 00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:57.019 to<00:26:54.220><c> go</c><00:26:54.339><c> and</c><00:26:54.599><c> fight</c><00:26:54.779><c> against</c><00:26:55.119><c> Saul,</c><00:26:56.019><c> and</c><00:26:56.079><c> they</c><00:26:56.279><c> sent</c><00:26:56.460><c> him</c><00:26:56.660><c> home,</c> 00:26:57.200 --> 00:27:00.019 when<00:26:57.299><c> they</c><00:26:57.460><c> got</c><00:26:57.680><c> home,</c><00:26:58.440><c> the</c><00:26:58.500><c> Amalekites</c><00:26:59.140><c> had</c><00:26:59.420><c> paid</c><00:26:59.599><c> a</c><00:26:59.819><c> visit</c> 00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:02.559 to<00:27:00.240><c> Ziklag,</c><00:27:01.319><c> and</c><00:27:01.500><c> they</c><00:27:01.680><c> had</c><00:27:01.960><c> taken</c><00:27:02.140><c> away</c> 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:04.640 all<00:27:03.099><c> of</c><00:27:03.259><c> their</c><00:27:03.440><c> wives</c><00:27:03.839><c> and</c><00:27:04.099><c> their</c><00:27:04.380><c> children.</c> 00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:06.099 And<00:27:04.819><c> we</c><00:27:04.900><c> know</c><00:27:05.119><c> the</c><00:27:05.200><c> rest</c><00:27:05.400><c> of</c><00:27:05.519><c> that</c><00:27:05.740><c> story.</c> 00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:09.440 It's<00:27:06.380><c> actually</c><00:27:06.799><c> 1</c><00:27:07.000><c> Samuel</c><00:27:07.259><c> 30</c><00:27:07.619><c> is</c><00:27:08.079><c> a</c><00:27:08.279><c> type</c><00:27:08.460><c> of</c><00:27:08.700><c> Armageddon.</c> 00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:12.720 So<00:27:10.599><c> there's</c><00:27:11.000><c> a</c><00:27:11.059><c> lot</c><00:27:11.240><c> of</c><00:27:11.740><c> things</c><00:27:11.920><c> in</c><00:27:12.099><c> that</c><00:27:12.359><c> record</c> 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:15.599 that<00:27:12.920><c> are</c><00:27:13.440><c> very</c><00:27:13.720><c> important</c><00:27:14.160><c> to</c><00:27:14.380><c> us.</c> 00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:18.480 So<00:27:15.680><c> these</c><00:27:16.220><c> two</c><00:27:16.519><c> places</c><00:27:16.859><c> that</c><00:27:17.099><c> are</c><00:27:17.180><c> mentioned</c><00:27:17.480><c> here</c><00:27:17.799><c> in</c><00:27:17.920><c> this</c><00:27:18.220><c> list,</c> 00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:20.599 where<00:27:18.740><c> the</c><00:27:18.839><c> men</c><00:27:19.019><c> of</c><00:27:19.359><c> Simeon</c><00:27:19.799><c> dwell,</c> 00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:23.259 have<00:27:21.059><c> their</c><00:27:21.279><c> history</c><00:27:21.619><c> in</c><00:27:21.759><c> relation</c><00:27:22.220><c> to</c><00:27:22.420><c> the</c><00:27:22.539><c> Amalekites.</c> 00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:25.819 And,<00:27:23.980><c> of</c><00:27:24.099><c> course,</c><00:27:24.279><c> it's</c><00:27:24.619><c> the</c><00:27:25.200><c> Simeonites</c> 00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:31.119 who<00:27:26.220><c> finish</c><00:27:26.579><c> off</c><00:27:27.180><c> the</c><00:27:27.400><c> work</c><00:27:28.339><c> of</c><00:27:29.460><c> Saul,</c><00:27:29.720><c> as</c><00:27:29.819><c> we</c><00:27:29.980><c> shall</c><00:27:30.200><c> see.</c> 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:34.119 So<00:27:31.900><c> was</c><00:27:32.220><c> Jabez</c><00:27:33.039><c> a</c><00:27:33.339><c> Canine?</c> 00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:36.740 We<00:27:34.700><c> spent</c><00:27:34.859><c> a</c><00:27:34.920><c> bit</c><00:27:35.079><c> of</c><00:27:35.220><c> time</c><00:27:35.500><c> developing</c><00:27:36.039><c> what</c><00:27:36.359><c> happened</c><00:27:36.579><c> to</c> 00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.160 the<00:27:36.940><c> Canine.</c> 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:38.700 Was<00:27:37.420><c> he</c><00:27:37.640><c> a</c><00:27:37.819><c> Canine?</c> 00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:41.359 Well,<00:27:40.000><c> as</c><00:27:40.099><c> he</c><00:27:40.220><c> said,</c><00:27:40.420><c> the</c><00:27:40.539><c> town</c><00:27:40.700><c> of</c><00:27:40.880><c> the</c><00:27:41.039><c> scribes,</c> 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.480 who<00:27:41.480><c> were</c><00:27:41.660><c> evidently</c><00:27:42.039><c> Canites,</c> 00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:45.059 may<00:27:42.759><c> have</c><00:27:43.000><c> been</c><00:27:43.119><c> named</c><00:27:43.339><c> after</c><00:27:43.680><c> him,</c><00:27:43.960><c> 1</c><00:27:44.180><c> Chronicles</c><00:27:44.559><c> 5</c><00:27:44.779><c>.55.</c> 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:46.940 There<00:27:45.200><c> was</c><00:27:45.420><c> only</c><00:27:45.680><c> one</c><00:27:46.039><c> Jabez,</c> 00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:48.640 and<00:27:47.259><c> if</c><00:27:47.339><c> you're</c><00:27:47.460><c> going</c><00:27:47.500><c> to</c><00:27:47.539><c> name</c><00:27:47.700><c> a</c><00:27:47.839><c> town</c><00:27:47.980><c> after</c><00:27:48.259><c> someone,</c> 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:50.579 well,<00:27:48.859><c> you've</c><00:27:48.880><c> only</c><00:27:49.039><c> got</c><00:27:49.160><c> the</c><00:27:49.279><c> one</c><00:27:49.380><c> to</c><00:27:49.539><c> choose</c><00:27:49.759><c> from.</c> 00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:52.480 So<00:27:51.000><c> it's</c><00:27:51.119><c> more</c><00:27:51.420><c> than</c><00:27:51.640><c> likely</c><00:27:51.920><c> the</c><00:27:52.099><c> case</c> 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:54.960 that<00:27:52.720><c> this</c><00:27:52.920><c> town</c><00:27:53.119><c> was</c><00:27:53.380><c> named</c><00:27:53.660><c> after</c><00:27:54.059><c> him.</c> 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:58.519 Jabez,<00:27:56.279><c> however,</c><00:27:56.359><c> is</c><00:27:56.539><c> not</c><00:27:56.940><c> named</c><00:27:57.279><c> in</c><00:27:57.440><c> the</c><00:27:57.640><c> genealogy</c><00:27:58.160><c> of</c><00:27:58.400><c> Judah,</c> 00:27:58.599 --> 00:28:01.480 though<00:27:58.779><c> his</c><00:27:59.180><c> story</c><00:27:59.460><c> is</c><00:27:59.740><c> recounted</c><00:28:00.180><c> in</c><00:28:00.279><c> the</c><00:28:00.380><c> middle</c><00:28:00.640><c> of</c><00:28:00.839><c> it.</c> 00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.700 Why? 00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:05.819 Well,<00:28:03.740><c> the</c><00:28:03.900><c> implied</c><00:28:04.279><c> proof</c><00:28:04.779><c> that</c><00:28:04.920><c> he</c><00:28:05.079><c> was</c><00:28:05.299><c> a</c><00:28:05.519><c> Canite</c> 00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:09.660 comes<00:28:06.140><c> from</c><00:28:06.339><c> 1</c><00:28:06.619><c> Chronicles</c><00:28:07.140><c> 4</c><00:28:07.460><c> and</c><00:28:07.599><c> verse</c><00:28:08.579><c> 10.</c> 00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:13.059 It<00:28:10.859><c> says</c><00:28:11.039><c> this.</c> 00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:16.460 And<00:28:13.539><c> Jabez</c><00:28:13.960><c> called</c><00:28:14.599><c> on</c><00:28:15.019><c> the</c><00:28:15.240><c> God</c><00:28:15.680><c> of</c><00:28:16.000><c> Israel.</c> 00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:20.039 Now,<00:28:17.019><c> normally</c><00:28:17.279><c> it</c><00:28:17.400><c> would</c><00:28:17.619><c> say,</c><00:28:18.200><c> Jabez</c><00:28:18.559><c> called</c><00:28:18.920><c> on</c><00:28:19.220><c> God.</c> 00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:24.500 It<00:28:20.839><c> says</c><00:28:21.099><c> he</c><00:28:21.380><c> called</c><00:28:21.980><c> on</c><00:28:22.880><c> the</c><00:28:23.119><c> God</c><00:28:23.339><c> of</c><00:28:23.579><c> Israel.</c> 00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:27.259 And<00:28:24.920><c> there</c><00:28:25.079><c> are</c><00:28:25.299><c> times</c><00:28:25.779><c> in</c><00:28:26.099><c> the</c><00:28:26.240><c> Word</c><00:28:26.400><c> of</c><00:28:26.619><c> God</c> 00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:33.740 when<00:28:27.900><c> that</c><00:28:28.779><c> phrase</c><00:28:29.380><c> is</c><00:28:30.180><c> clearly</c><00:28:30.680><c> pointing</c><00:28:31.259><c> to</c><00:28:32.220><c> origins</c><00:28:32.680><c> of</c><00:28:33.000><c> people.</c> 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:36.220 I<00:28:34.380><c> want</c><00:28:34.500><c> to</c><00:28:34.579><c> show</c><00:28:34.759><c> you</c><00:28:34.940><c> one</c><00:28:35.220><c> classic</c><00:28:35.700><c> example.</c> 00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:39.940 I<00:28:36.220><c> want</c><00:28:36.359><c> you</c><00:28:36.440><c> to</c><00:28:36.519><c> come</c><00:28:36.720><c> to</c><00:28:36.859><c> Matthew</c><00:28:37.319><c> chapter</c><00:28:37.700><c> 15.</c> 00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.960 Matthew<00:28:44.900><c> 15.</c> 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:51.319 And<00:28:50.099><c> we'll</c><00:28:50.279><c> just</c><00:28:50.440><c> pick</c><00:28:50.539><c> the</c><00:28:50.799><c> context</c><00:28:51.200><c> up.</c> 00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:53.440 Now,<00:28:51.700><c> the</c><00:28:51.940><c> beauty</c><00:28:52.299><c> of</c><00:28:52.480><c> Matthew</c><00:28:52.900><c> 15,</c> 00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:56.240 which<00:28:53.740><c> of</c><00:28:53.920><c> course</c><00:28:54.160><c> precedes</c><00:28:55.720><c> the</c><00:28:55.980><c> events</c> 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:58.700 of<00:28:56.460><c> the</c><00:28:56.640><c> transfiguration</c><00:28:57.359><c> of</c><00:28:57.660><c> Christ,</c> 00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:02.559 is<00:28:59.579><c> that</c><00:29:00.119><c> the</c><00:29:00.440><c> first</c><00:29:00.779><c> half</c><00:29:01.319><c> of</c><00:29:01.640><c> Matthew</c><00:29:01.940><c> 15</c> 00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:08.740 is<00:29:02.799><c> about</c><00:29:03.420><c> Judaism</c><00:29:04.039><c> and</c><00:29:05.180><c> its</c><00:29:06.140><c> rejection</c><00:29:07.420><c> by</c><00:29:07.720><c> Christ.</c> 00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:11.420 And<00:29:09.140><c> the</c><00:29:09.339><c> second</c><00:29:09.660><c> half</c><00:29:10.019><c> is</c><00:29:10.299><c> about</c><00:29:10.779><c> Gentiles</c> 00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:13.519 and<00:29:11.640><c> their</c><00:29:11.900><c> response</c><00:29:12.480><c> to</c><00:29:12.920><c> the</c><00:29:13.119><c> teaching</c> 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:15.880 and<00:29:14.319><c> the</c><00:29:14.539><c> work</c><00:29:14.740><c> of</c><00:29:15.000><c> Christ.</c> 00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:20.720 So<00:29:16.180><c> from</c><00:29:16.359><c> verse</c><00:29:16.680><c> 1</c><00:29:17.180><c> of</c><00:29:17.359><c> Matthew</c><00:29:17.740><c> 15</c><00:29:18.440><c> down</c><00:29:18.980><c> to</c><00:29:19.180><c> verse</c><00:29:19.539><c> 20,</c> 00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:23.420 you<00:29:20.839><c> have,</c><00:29:21.160><c> of</c><00:29:21.259><c> course,</c><00:29:22.220><c> Judaism</c><00:29:22.359><c> being</c><00:29:22.759><c> repudiated.</c> 00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:25.700 It's<00:29:23.660><c> about</c><00:29:23.859><c> the</c><00:29:24.079><c> washing</c><00:29:24.299><c> of</c><00:29:24.539><c> hands</c><00:29:24.740><c> and</c><00:29:24.900><c> all</c><00:29:25.000><c> that</c><00:29:25.160><c> sort</c><00:29:25.319><c> of</c><00:29:25.480><c> stuff</c> 00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:28.680 and<00:29:26.279><c> being</c><00:29:26.779><c> defiled</c><00:29:27.240><c> by</c><00:29:27.839><c> unwashing</c><00:29:28.279><c> hands.</c> 00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:30.000 And<00:29:28.880><c> of</c><00:29:28.980><c> course,</c><00:29:29.099><c> we</c><00:29:29.180><c> know</c><00:29:29.339><c> what</c><00:29:29.539><c> Christ</c><00:29:29.799><c> says.</c> 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:33.380 He<00:29:30.140><c> says,</c><00:29:31.059><c> that</c><00:29:31.200><c> which</c><00:29:31.380><c> defileeth</c><00:29:31.920><c> a</c><00:29:32.039><c> man</c><00:29:32.200><c> comes</c><00:29:32.480><c> out</c><00:29:32.680><c> of</c><00:29:32.779><c> his</c><00:29:33.079><c> heart.</c> 00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.819 We're<00:29:33.880><c> quite</c><00:29:34.079><c> familiar</c><00:29:34.359><c> with</c><00:29:34.519><c> that</c><00:29:34.700><c> context.</c> 00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:39.660 So<00:29:35.000><c> he</c><00:29:35.299><c> repudiates</c><00:29:36.660><c> Judaism</c><00:29:37.200><c> in</c><00:29:37.579><c> the</c><00:29:37.740><c> first</c><00:29:38.039><c> half</c><00:29:38.359><c> of</c><00:29:38.579><c> the</c><00:29:38.680><c> chapter.</c> 00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:41.759 But<00:29:39.680><c> then</c><00:29:39.920><c> look</c><00:29:40.079><c> at</c><00:29:40.160><c> verse</c><00:29:40.380><c> 21.</c> 00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.960 Then<00:29:42.799><c> Jesus</c><00:29:43.220><c> went</c><00:29:43.559><c> thence.</c> 00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:46.539 So<00:29:44.160><c> it's</c><00:29:44.319><c> almost</c><00:29:44.480><c> like</c><00:29:44.680><c> he</c><00:29:44.980><c> deliberately</c><00:29:45.339><c> leaves</c><00:29:45.900><c> this</c><00:29:46.220><c> area</c> 00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:49.200 where<00:29:46.759><c> he's</c><00:29:47.099><c> just</c><00:29:47.339><c> repudiated</c><00:29:47.960><c> Judaizers.</c> 00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:51.640 Then<00:29:49.519><c> Jesus</c><00:29:49.839><c> went</c><00:29:50.079><c> thence</c><00:29:50.319><c> and</c><00:29:50.480><c> departed</c><00:29:50.759><c> on</c><00:29:50.940><c> the</c><00:29:51.079><c> coasts</c> 00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:53.660 of<00:29:51.640><c> Tyre</c><00:29:52.480><c> and</c><00:29:53.039><c> Zidon.</c> 00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:56.000 Well,<00:29:53.980><c> that's</c><00:29:54.160><c> where</c><00:29:54.339><c> Jezebel</c><00:29:54.759><c> came</c><00:29:55.019><c> from.</c> 00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:58.940 And<00:29:57.180><c> behold,</c><00:29:57.819><c> it</c><00:29:57.819><c> says,</c> 00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:02.000 a<00:29:59.279><c> woman</c><00:29:59.519><c> of</c><00:29:59.880><c> Canaan</c><00:30:00.059><c> came</c><00:30:00.339><c> out</c><00:30:00.539><c> of</c><00:30:00.660><c> the</c><00:30:00.819><c> same</c><00:30:01.140><c> coasts</c> 00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:04.759 and<00:30:03.000><c> cried,</c><00:30:03.339><c> a</c><00:30:03.480><c> woman</c><00:30:03.880><c> of</c><00:30:04.299><c> Canaan?</c> 00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:06.799 Interesting.<00:30:05.680><c> That's</c><00:30:05.839><c> what</c><00:30:06.140><c> Canaanites</c><00:30:06.579><c> were.</c> 00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:08.619 They<00:30:06.940><c> were</c><00:30:07.220><c> Canaanites.</c> 00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.559 And<00:30:09.559><c> she</c><00:30:09.700><c> cried</c><00:30:09.940><c> unto</c><00:30:10.099><c> him,</c><00:30:10.519><c> saying,</c> 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:12.680 Have<00:30:10.779><c> mercy</c><00:30:11.220><c> on</c><00:30:11.440><c> me,</c><00:30:11.700><c> O</c><00:30:11.799><c> Lord,</c><00:30:12.039><c> thou</c><00:30:12.160><c> son</c><00:30:12.380><c> of</c><00:30:12.539><c> David.</c> 00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:14.819 And<00:30:12.799><c> of</c><00:30:12.940><c> course,</c><00:30:14.099><c> we</c><00:30:14.160><c> know</c><00:30:14.299><c> what</c><00:30:14.519><c> happens.</c> 00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:18.359 Initially,<00:30:15.680><c> he</c><00:30:15.920><c> seems</c><00:30:16.400><c> to</c><00:30:16.859><c> push</c><00:30:17.019><c> her</c><00:30:17.299><c> away.</c> 00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:20.200 He<00:30:18.579><c> says,</c><00:30:19.420><c> verse</c><00:30:19.680><c> 26,</c> 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:22.319 It's<00:30:20.480><c> not</c><00:30:20.779><c> meat</c><00:30:21.039><c> to</c><00:30:21.240><c> take</c><00:30:21.519><c> the</c><00:30:21.740><c> children's</c><00:30:22.240><c> bread</c> 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:24.000 and<00:30:22.480><c> to</c><00:30:22.700><c> cast</c><00:30:23.000><c> it</c><00:30:23.220><c> to</c><00:30:23.359><c> the</c><00:30:23.599><c> dogs.</c> 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:28.660 But<00:30:24.920><c> in</c><00:30:25.059><c> actual</c><00:30:25.359><c> fact,</c><00:30:26.019><c> he</c><00:30:26.039><c> throws</c><00:30:26.440><c> her</c><00:30:26.759><c> a</c><00:30:26.940><c> crumb.</c> 00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:30.900 Because<00:30:28.759><c> that's</c><00:30:28.920><c> not</c><00:30:29.180><c> the</c><00:30:29.220><c> normal</c><00:30:29.519><c> word</c><00:30:29.720><c> for</c><00:30:29.920><c> dog.</c> 00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:36.200 The<00:30:31.819><c> word</c><00:30:32.000><c> at</c><00:30:32.200><c> the</c><00:30:32.259><c> end</c><00:30:32.420><c> of</c><00:30:32.539><c> verse</c><00:30:32.720><c> 26</c><00:30:33.480><c> is</c><00:30:34.759><c> cunarion.</c> 00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:39.299 The<00:30:36.559><c> normal</c><00:30:37.000><c> word</c><00:30:37.299><c> for</c><00:30:37.500><c> a</c><00:30:37.720><c> mature</c><00:30:38.019><c> dog</c><00:30:38.319><c> in</c><00:30:38.500><c> the</c><00:30:38.599><c> New</c><00:30:38.799><c> Testament</c> 00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:42.640 is<00:30:40.079><c> cuon,</c><00:30:41.240><c> K</c><00:30:41.680><c>-U</c><00:30:41.859><c>-O</c><00:30:42.039><c>-N.</c> 00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:45.400 This<00:30:43.240><c> is</c><00:30:43.940><c> cunarion.</c> 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:48.880 It<00:30:45.640><c> actually</c><00:30:45.960><c> means</c><00:30:46.259><c> a</c><00:30:46.539><c> little</c><00:30:46.799><c> dog,</c><00:30:47.880><c> a</c><00:30:48.079><c> puppy.</c> 00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:50.119 Now<00:30:49.359><c> it</c><00:30:49.380><c> was</c><00:30:49.559><c> the</c><00:30:49.799><c> practice,</c> 00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:52.519 most<00:30:50.480><c> unlike</c><00:30:51.240><c> the</c><00:30:51.859><c> modern</c><00:30:52.140><c> world,</c> 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:54.440 was<00:30:52.980><c> the</c><00:30:53.240><c> practice</c><00:30:53.519><c> in</c><00:30:53.799><c> those</c><00:30:54.059><c> times</c> 00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:56.680 that<00:30:54.599><c> once</c><00:30:54.880><c> a</c><00:30:55.059><c> dog</c><00:30:55.220><c> reached</c><00:30:55.519><c> maturity,</c> 00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:58.579 they<00:30:56.859><c> never</c><00:30:57.180><c> came</c><00:30:57.480><c> inside.</c> 00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:00.460 They<00:30:59.039><c> were</c><00:30:59.119><c> always</c><00:30:59.359><c> outside.</c> 00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:03.160 But<00:31:01.119><c> puppies</c><00:31:01.460><c> were</c><00:31:01.759><c> allowed</c><00:31:02.079><c> inside.</c> 00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.759 So<00:31:03.339><c> you</c><00:31:03.420><c> see</c><00:31:03.500><c> what</c><00:31:03.640><c> the</c><00:31:03.759><c> Lord</c><00:31:03.920><c> does</c><00:31:04.220><c> to</c><00:31:04.420><c> this</c><00:31:04.539><c> woman.</c> 00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.839 He<00:31:04.859><c> says,</c><00:31:05.220><c> it's</c><00:31:05.319><c> not</c><00:31:05.599><c> fit.</c> 00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:08.140 I've<00:31:06.400><c> been</c><00:31:06.559><c> sent</c><00:31:06.720><c> to</c><00:31:06.839><c> the</c><00:31:07.000><c> dew</c><00:31:07.140><c> first.</c> 00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:10.059 It's<00:31:08.420><c> not</c><00:31:08.640><c> fit</c><00:31:08.740><c> to</c><00:31:09.019><c> take</c><00:31:09.099><c> the</c><00:31:09.339><c> children's</c><00:31:09.839><c> bread</c> 00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:12.160 and<00:31:10.619><c> cast</c><00:31:10.900><c> it</c><00:31:11.039><c> to</c><00:31:11.140><c> the</c><00:31:11.339><c> puppies.</c> 00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:14.240 She<00:31:12.859><c> immediately</c><00:31:13.359><c> grabs</c><00:31:13.720><c> hold</c><00:31:13.940><c> of</c><00:31:14.059><c> it</c> 00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:17.460 because<00:31:14.519><c> she</c><00:31:14.839><c> knew</c><00:31:15.240><c> the</c><00:31:15.940><c> puppies</c><00:31:16.099><c> were</c><00:31:16.299><c> allowed</c><00:31:16.460><c> inside.</c> 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:19.420 Not<00:31:18.119><c> the</c><00:31:18.279><c> mature</c><00:31:18.519><c> dog.</c> 00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.420 The<00:31:20.000><c> puppies</c><00:31:20.140><c> were.</c> 00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.980 So<00:31:20.960><c> he</c><00:31:21.140><c> goes</c><00:31:21.299><c> on</c><00:31:21.460><c> to</c><00:31:21.599><c> say,</c> 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:24.460 she<00:31:22.420><c> said,</c><00:31:22.980><c> verse</c><00:31:23.079><c> 27,</c><00:31:23.740><c> truth</c><00:31:24.059><c> Lord,</c> 00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:27.119 yet<00:31:25.079><c> the</c><00:31:25.420><c> puppies</c><00:31:25.900><c> eat</c><00:31:26.500><c> of</c><00:31:26.660><c> the</c><00:31:26.880><c> crumbs</c> 00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:28.779 which<00:31:27.519><c> fall</c><00:31:27.759><c> from</c><00:31:27.920><c> their</c><00:31:28.119><c> master's</c><00:31:28.640><c> table</c> 00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:30.559 and<00:31:28.920><c> I'm</c><00:31:28.980><c> very</c><00:31:29.339><c> thankful</c><00:31:29.539><c> you've</c><00:31:29.759><c> just</c><00:31:29.960><c> dropped</c><00:31:30.079><c> me</c><00:31:30.279><c> one</c> 00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:32.660 because<00:31:31.420><c> I'm</c><00:31:31.640><c> grabbing</c><00:31:31.839><c> it.</c> 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:34.599 And<00:31:33.160><c> she</c><00:31:33.279><c> grabs</c><00:31:33.480><c> it</c><00:31:33.599><c> with</c><00:31:33.779><c> both</c><00:31:34.039><c> hands.</c> 00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:38.619 Jesus<00:31:35.359><c> said,</c><00:31:36.119><c> I</c><00:31:36.339><c> haven't</c><00:31:36.539><c> found</c><00:31:36.759><c> faith</c><00:31:37.019><c> like</c><00:31:37.319><c> that</c><00:31:37.460><c> in</c><00:31:37.599><c> all</c><00:31:37.720><c> Israel.</c> 00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:41.660 So<00:31:39.640><c> here's</c><00:31:39.839><c> a</c><00:31:40.019><c> gentile</c><00:31:40.579><c> whose</c><00:31:40.839><c> daughter</c><00:31:41.079><c> is</c><00:31:41.339><c> healed</c> 00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:43.619 because<00:31:42.420><c> of</c><00:31:42.579><c> her</c><00:31:42.819><c> faith.</c> 00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:45.079 Now<00:31:44.200><c> read</c><00:31:44.579><c> on.</c> 00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:46.599 Come<00:31:45.599><c> down</c><00:31:45.759><c> to</c><00:31:45.859><c> verse</c><00:31:46.059><c> 31</c> 00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:48.380 because<00:31:46.940><c> he</c><00:31:47.119><c> goes</c><00:31:47.259><c> on</c><00:31:47.420><c> to</c><00:31:47.640><c> perform</c><00:31:47.859><c> miracles.</c> 00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:50.660 All<00:31:49.200><c> of</c><00:31:49.400><c> these</c><00:31:49.599><c> gentiles</c><00:31:50.119><c> come</c><00:31:50.380><c> to</c><00:31:50.500><c> him.</c> 00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.579 He<00:31:50.819><c> performs</c><00:31:51.180><c> miracles.</c> 00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:54.480 He<00:31:51.880><c> casts</c><00:31:52.079><c> out</c><00:31:52.259><c> all</c><00:31:52.440><c> their</c><00:31:52.619><c> problems</c><00:31:52.900><c> and</c><00:31:53.119><c> diseases.</c> 00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:56.200 Verse<00:31:54.599><c> 31</c><00:31:54.940><c> says,</c> 00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:58.440 insomuch<00:31:56.680><c> that</c><00:31:56.859><c> the</c><00:31:57.059><c> multitude</c><00:31:57.480><c> wondered</c> 00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:01.180 when<00:31:59.160><c> they</c><00:31:59.380><c> saw</c><00:31:59.559><c> the</c><00:31:59.819><c> dumb</c><00:32:00.059><c> to</c><00:32:00.359><c> speak,</c> 00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:03.279 the<00:32:01.680><c> maimed</c><00:32:02.059><c> to</c><00:32:02.220><c> be</c><00:32:02.420><c> whole,</c> 00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.240 the<00:32:03.720><c> lame</c><00:32:03.900><c> to</c><00:32:04.140><c> walk,</c> 00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:06.480 this<00:32:04.460><c> is</c><00:32:04.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:04.779><c> 61,</c><00:32:05.380><c> verse</c><00:32:05.519><c> 1,</c> 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:08.539 and<00:32:06.759><c> the</c><00:32:07.059><c> blind</c><00:32:07.339><c> to</c><00:32:07.640><c> see,</c> 00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:11.660 and<00:32:09.079><c> they</c><00:32:09.619><c> glorified</c><00:32:10.359><c> the</c><00:32:10.859><c> God</c><00:32:11.019><c> of</c><00:32:11.240><c> Israel.</c> 00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:14.000 Doesn't<00:32:12.359><c> say</c><00:32:12.539><c> they</c><00:32:12.720><c> glorified</c><00:32:13.140><c> God.</c> 00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:16.359 They<00:32:14.819><c> glorified</c><00:32:15.460><c> the</c><00:32:15.819><c> God</c><00:32:16.000><c> of</c><00:32:16.200><c> Israel</c> 00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:18.380 because<00:32:16.619><c> he</c><00:32:16.740><c> hadn't</c><00:32:17.079><c> been</c><00:32:17.319><c> their</c><00:32:17.539><c> God.</c> 00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:22.019 By<00:32:19.519><c> origin,</c><00:32:20.059><c> he</c><00:32:20.059><c> had</c><00:32:20.380><c> not</c><00:32:20.599><c> been</c><00:32:20.839><c> their</c><00:32:21.059><c> God.</c> 00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:24.579 He<00:32:22.500><c> was</c><00:32:22.700><c> not</c><00:32:22.980><c> their</c><00:32:23.099><c> national</c><00:32:23.559><c> God.</c> 00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:26.339 But<00:32:25.240><c> they've</c><00:32:25.460><c> come</c><00:32:25.640><c> into</c><00:32:25.819><c> Israel</c> 00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:29.180 like<00:32:26.640><c> that</c><00:32:26.779><c> woman</c><00:32:27.000><c> they're</c><00:32:27.339><c> seizing</c><00:32:27.680><c> hold</c><00:32:27.980><c> of</c><00:32:28.140><c> the</c><00:32:28.279><c> Son</c><00:32:28.480><c> of</c><00:32:28.700><c> God</c> 00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:32.680 and<00:32:29.740><c> they</c><00:32:30.000><c> glorify</c><00:32:30.500><c> the</c><00:32:30.759><c> God</c><00:32:31.259><c> of</c><00:32:31.640><c> Israel.</c> 00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:35.000 It's<00:32:33.019><c> very</c><00:32:33.400><c> strongly</c><00:32:33.819><c> suggested</c> 00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:38.700 that<00:32:35.779><c> this</c><00:32:36.220><c> is</c><00:32:36.900><c> a</c><00:32:37.059><c> reference</c><00:32:37.240><c> to</c><00:32:37.440><c> the</c><00:32:37.579><c> fact</c><00:32:37.720><c> that</c><00:32:37.859><c> they</c><00:32:37.960><c> were</c><00:32:38.119><c> gentiles.</c> 00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:41.259 That's<00:32:39.200><c> why</c><00:32:39.380><c> I</c><00:32:39.559><c> believe</c><00:32:39.740><c> it's</c><00:32:39.980><c> back</c><00:32:40.099><c> there</c><00:32:40.319><c> in</c><00:32:40.420><c> the</c><00:32:40.559><c> life</c><00:32:40.759><c> of</c><00:32:40.980><c> Jabez.</c> 00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:43.359 Now<00:32:41.519><c> you</c><00:32:41.579><c> can</c><00:32:41.740><c> go</c><00:32:41.960><c> through</c><00:32:42.099><c> that</c><00:32:42.339><c> phrase,</c><00:32:42.640><c> the</c><00:32:42.720><c> God</c><00:32:42.880><c> of</c><00:32:43.059><c> Israel,</c> 00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.420 in<00:32:43.880><c> the</c><00:32:44.059><c> scripture</c> 00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:46.519 and<00:32:45.140><c> you'll</c><00:32:45.559><c> find</c><00:32:45.859><c> that</c><00:32:46.059><c> sometimes</c> 00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:48.920 it's<00:32:47.039><c> often</c><00:32:47.339><c> used</c><00:32:47.599><c> in</c><00:32:47.740><c> relation</c><00:32:48.059><c> to</c><00:32:48.240><c> Israel</c><00:32:48.480><c> itself</c> 00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:51.220 because<00:32:49.279><c> they</c><00:32:49.539><c> had</c><00:32:49.859><c> adopted</c><00:32:50.240><c> foreign</c><00:32:50.720><c> worship.</c> 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:53.180 Look<00:32:51.799><c> at</c><00:32:51.920><c> the</c><00:32:52.059><c> context.</c> 00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:55.779 When<00:32:53.880><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:54.359><c> keeps</c><00:32:54.599><c> on</c><00:32:54.759><c> talking</c><00:32:54.819><c> about</c><00:32:54.980><c> the</c><00:32:55.259><c> God</c><00:32:55.440><c> of</c><00:32:55.539><c> Israel,</c> 00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.740 why<00:32:56.000><c> is</c><00:32:56.059><c> he</c><00:32:56.119><c> doing</c><00:32:56.339><c> that?</c> 00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:59.160 Because<00:32:57.279><c> he's</c><00:32:57.500><c> talking</c><00:32:57.680><c> to</c><00:32:57.839><c> a</c><00:32:58.039><c> people</c><00:32:58.240><c> that</c><00:32:58.460><c> had</c><00:32:58.660><c> another</c><00:32:58.960><c> God.</c> 00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.519 In<00:32:59.319><c> fact,</c><00:32:59.420><c> they</c><00:32:59.500><c> had</c><00:32:59.640><c> a</c><00:32:59.799><c> series</c><00:33:00.019><c> of</c><00:33:00.240><c> gods</c> 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:03.180 and<00:33:01.299><c> it</c><00:33:01.400><c> was</c><00:33:01.579><c> not</c><00:33:01.819><c> the</c><00:33:01.960><c> God</c><00:33:02.119><c> of</c><00:33:02.319><c> Israel.</c> 00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:05.240 They<00:33:03.779><c> had</c><00:33:03.940><c> abandoned</c><00:33:04.420><c> their</c><00:33:04.680><c> own</c><00:33:04.920><c> God</c> 00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:07.519 for<00:33:06.019><c> the</c><00:33:06.220><c> God</c><00:33:06.339><c> of</c><00:33:06.480><c> the</c><00:33:06.599><c> nations.</c> 00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:10.220 And<00:33:08.099><c> so</c><00:33:08.500><c> that's</c><00:33:09.059><c> why</c><00:33:09.259><c> that</c><00:33:09.519><c> phrase</c><00:33:09.759><c> is</c><00:33:10.039><c> used</c> 00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:12.720 in<00:33:10.400><c> the</c><00:33:10.579><c> prophecy</c><00:33:10.839><c> of</c><00:33:11.079><c> Jeremiah</c><00:33:11.460><c> and</c><00:33:11.680><c> Ezekiel</c><00:33:12.059><c> in</c><00:33:12.259><c> particular.</c> 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:15.099 But<00:33:13.599><c> here</c><00:33:14.099><c> it's</c><00:33:14.460><c> clearly</c><00:33:14.740><c> used</c> 00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:17.039 because<00:33:15.440><c> these</c><00:33:15.740><c> people</c><00:33:16.059><c> were</c><00:33:16.259><c> gentile</c><00:33:16.720><c> in</c><00:33:16.859><c> origin.</c> 00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:19.279 Of<00:33:17.220><c> course</c><00:33:17.359><c> we</c><00:33:17.460><c> know</c><00:33:17.559><c> it</c><00:33:17.640><c> doesn't</c><00:33:17.819><c> talk</c><00:33:18.160><c> about</c><00:33:18.900><c> Jonah.</c> 00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:22.339 It<00:33:19.920><c> says</c><00:33:20.140><c> in</c><00:33:20.259><c> verse</c><00:33:20.460><c> 39,</c><00:33:21.059><c> he</c><00:33:21.079><c> took</c><00:33:21.380><c> ship.</c> 00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:25.420 Verse<00:33:22.920><c> 32,</c><00:33:23.460><c> they</c><00:33:23.720><c> continue</c><00:33:24.079><c> with</c><00:33:24.259><c> him</c><00:33:24.420><c> three</c><00:33:24.660><c> days.</c> 00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:29.480 Chapter<00:33:26.500><c> 16,</c><00:33:27.000><c> verse</c><00:33:27.299><c> 1,</c><00:33:27.700><c> it'll</c><00:33:27.819><c> be</c><00:33:27.940><c> foul</c><00:33:28.180><c> weather</c><00:33:28.400><c> today.</c> 00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.119 And<00:33:29.680><c> on</c><00:33:29.839><c> and</c><00:33:29.940><c> on.</c> 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:34.019 So<00:33:30.619><c> you've</c><00:33:30.880><c> got</c><00:33:31.599><c> the</c><00:33:31.859><c> story</c><00:33:32.220><c> of</c><00:33:32.680><c> Jonah</c><00:33:33.119><c> woven</c><00:33:33.599><c> in</c><00:33:33.839><c> there</c> 00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:37.619 and<00:33:34.240><c> we</c><00:33:34.460><c> know</c><00:33:34.960><c> that</c><00:33:35.279><c> he</c><00:33:35.380><c> says</c><00:33:35.579><c> to</c><00:33:35.660><c> them</c><00:33:35.839><c> in</c><00:33:35.920><c> chapter</c><00:33:36.160><c> 16,</c><00:33:36.619><c> verse</c><00:33:36.940><c> 4,</c> 00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:39.720 no<00:33:38.240><c> sign</c><00:33:38.460><c> will</c><00:33:38.599><c> be</c><00:33:38.720><c> given</c><00:33:38.819><c> to</c><00:33:38.980><c> this</c><00:33:39.160><c> generation</c> 00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:42.019 but<00:33:39.980><c> the</c><00:33:40.279><c> sign</c><00:33:40.619><c> of</c><00:33:40.859><c> the</c><00:33:41.039><c> prophet</c><00:33:41.400><c> Jonah.</c> 00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:44.000 And<00:33:42.440><c> of</c><00:33:42.920><c> course</c><00:33:43.140><c> over</c><00:33:43.380><c> the</c><00:33:43.579><c> page,</c> 00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:47.940 he<00:33:44.380><c> talks</c><00:33:44.680><c> about</c><00:33:44.960><c> Peter</c><00:33:45.299><c> being</c><00:33:45.819><c> the</c><00:33:46.380><c> son</c><00:33:47.039><c> of</c><00:33:47.640><c> Jonah.</c> 00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:49.279 So<00:33:48.599><c> why</c><00:33:48.960><c> Jonah?</c> 00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:52.339 Well<00:33:49.759><c> of</c><00:33:49.839><c> course</c><00:33:50.099><c> Jonah</c><00:33:50.859><c> preached</c><00:33:51.380><c> to</c><00:33:51.619><c> gentiles</c> 00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:56.380 who<00:33:53.000><c> came</c><00:33:53.339><c> to</c><00:33:53.559><c> believe</c><00:33:54.200><c> in</c><00:33:55.000><c> the</c><00:33:55.220><c> God</c><00:33:55.660><c> of</c><00:33:55.960><c> Israel.</c> 00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:58.059 That's<00:33:57.039><c> why.</c> 00:33:58.220 --> 00:34:01.720 So<00:33:58.680><c> I</c><00:33:59.039><c> think</c><00:33:59.180><c> this</c><00:33:59.359><c> is</c><00:33:59.559><c> a</c><00:33:59.640><c> very</c><00:34:00.119><c> strongly</c><00:34:00.599><c> suggestive</c><00:34:01.319><c> phrase</c> 00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:05.319 back<00:34:02.140><c> here</c><00:34:02.500><c> in</c><00:34:02.680><c> 1</c><00:34:02.900><c> Chronicles</c><00:34:03.599><c> chapter</c><00:34:04.460><c> 4.</c> 00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:08.960 That<00:34:06.099><c> Jabez</c><00:34:06.440><c> was</c><00:34:06.759><c> indeed</c><00:34:07.759><c> a</c><00:34:08.039><c> canine.</c> 00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:11.179 So<00:34:09.920><c> coming</c><00:34:10.139><c> back</c><00:34:10.400><c> to</c><00:34:10.519><c> the</c><00:34:10.719><c> record,</c> 00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:13.679 1<00:34:11.699><c> Chronicles</c><00:34:12.179><c> 4.</c> 00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:22.340 Now,<00:34:21.659><c> a</c><00:34:21.880><c> town,</c> 00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:24.599 the<00:34:23.019><c> town</c><00:34:23.260><c> of</c><00:34:23.639><c> Gidor,</c> 00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:27.420 is<00:34:24.980><c> mentioned</c><00:34:25.400><c> three</c><00:34:26.039><c> times</c><00:34:26.579><c> in</c><00:34:26.820><c> this</c><00:34:27.079><c> chapter.</c> 00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:30.539 That<00:34:27.800><c> seems</c><00:34:28.059><c> like,</c><00:34:28.500><c> that's</c><00:34:28.820><c> rather</c><00:34:29.360><c> excessive,</c> 00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:32.219 one<00:34:31.019><c> would</c><00:34:31.239><c> have</c><00:34:31.360><c> thought.</c> 00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:35.639 So<00:34:33.420><c> you</c><00:34:33.500><c> read</c><00:34:33.659><c> in</c><00:34:33.739><c> 1</c><00:34:33.900><c> Chronicles</c><00:34:34.280><c> 4,</c><00:34:34.599><c> verse</c><00:34:34.800><c> 4,</c> 00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:38.320 in<00:34:36.059><c> Peniel,</c><00:34:36.500><c> the</c><00:34:36.619><c> father</c><00:34:36.960><c> of</c><00:34:37.340><c> Gidor,</c> 00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:40.000 town, 00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:42.980 so<00:34:40.880><c> he</c><00:34:41.059><c> created</c><00:34:41.480><c> this</c><00:34:41.780><c> town.</c> 00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:46.059 You<00:34:43.860><c> read</c><00:34:44.039><c> verse</c><00:34:44.539><c> 18,</c><00:34:45.159><c> it</c><00:34:45.260><c> says,</c> 00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:49.000 and<00:34:47.400><c> his</c><00:34:47.579><c> wife</c><00:34:48.079><c> Jehudahjar,</c> 00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:52.340 their<00:34:49.639><c> Jared,</c><00:34:50.360><c> the</c><00:34:50.500><c> father</c><00:34:50.860><c> of</c><00:34:51.380><c> Gidor.</c> 00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.719 Okay? 00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:57.039 And<00:34:54.519><c> then</c><00:34:54.679><c> in</c><00:34:54.900><c> verse</c><00:34:55.739><c> 39,</c> 00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:59.400 and<00:34:58.000><c> they,</c><00:34:58.480><c> the</c><00:34:58.679><c> Simeonites,</c> 00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:01.840 went<00:34:59.960><c> to</c><00:35:00.239><c> the</c><00:35:00.519><c> entrance</c><00:35:00.820><c> of</c><00:35:01.320><c> Gidor,</c> 00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:03.619 so<00:35:02.260><c> it's</c><00:35:02.460><c> a</c><00:35:02.539><c> place,</c> 00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:05.300 even<00:35:03.960><c> unto</c><00:35:04.139><c> the</c><00:35:04.300><c> east</c><00:35:04.579><c> side</c><00:35:04.739><c> of</c><00:35:04.920><c> the</c><00:35:05.059><c> valley</c> 00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:07.980 to<00:35:05.579><c> seek</c><00:35:05.920><c> pasture</c><00:35:06.519><c> for</c><00:35:06.739><c> their</c><00:35:06.980><c> flocks.</c> 00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:10.559 So<00:35:09.059><c> three</c><00:35:09.539><c> times</c><00:35:09.980><c> in</c><00:35:10.159><c> the</c><00:35:10.300><c> chapter</c> 00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:12.420 we<00:35:10.719><c> have</c><00:35:10.860><c> mentioned</c><00:35:11.159><c> of</c><00:35:11.300><c> this</c><00:35:11.420><c> place.</c> 00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:14.920 It's<00:35:13.340><c> in</c><00:35:13.699><c> Judah's</c><00:35:14.139><c> south,</c> 00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:16.579 and<00:35:15.320><c> we</c><00:35:15.460><c> know,</c><00:35:15.920><c> we've</c><00:35:15.960><c> already</c><00:35:16.280><c> seen,</c> 00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:18.539 if<00:35:16.719><c> you</c><00:35:16.780><c> have</c><00:35:16.840><c> a</c><00:35:16.940><c> look</c><00:35:16.960><c> at</c><00:35:17.079><c> the</c><00:35:17.260><c> end</c><00:35:17.500><c> of</c><00:35:17.599><c> verse</c><00:35:17.860><c> 4,</c> 00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:20.500 in<00:35:19.019><c> the</c><00:35:19.179><c> same</c><00:35:19.400><c> verse</c><00:35:19.639><c> where</c><00:35:19.840><c> the</c><00:35:20.000><c> name</c><00:35:20.139><c> occurs</c> 00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:22.360 for<00:35:20.719><c> the</c><00:35:20.800><c> first</c><00:35:21.119><c> time,</c><00:35:21.480><c> it</c><00:35:21.500><c> says,</c> 00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:24.059 these<00:35:22.900><c> are</c><00:35:23.199><c> the</c><00:35:23.360><c> sons</c><00:35:23.599><c> of</c><00:35:23.840><c> Her,</c> 00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:25.480 the<00:35:24.320><c> firstborn</c><00:35:24.739><c> of</c><00:35:24.960><c> Ephletah,</c> 00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:27.239 the<00:35:25.880><c> father</c><00:35:26.280><c> of</c><00:35:26.659><c> Bethlehem,</c> 00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:29.239 because<00:35:27.500><c> he</c><00:35:27.639><c> had</c><00:35:27.739><c> a</c><00:35:27.820><c> son</c><00:35:28.159><c> called</c><00:35:28.579><c> Selmah,</c> 00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:31.780 who<00:35:29.619><c> created,</c><00:35:30.139><c> who</c><00:35:30.380><c> built</c><00:35:30.659><c> Bethlehem,</c> 00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:33.440 made<00:35:32.179><c> it</c><00:35:32.320><c> into</c><00:35:32.480><c> an</c><00:35:32.699><c> ecclesiast.</c> 00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.679 Okay? 00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:39.260 So<00:35:35.960><c> we</c><00:35:36.519><c> know</c><00:35:36.880><c> that</c><00:35:37.280><c> towns</c><00:35:37.820><c> are</c><00:35:38.400><c> mixed</c><00:35:38.800><c> here</c> 00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:41.559 with<00:35:39.599><c> the</c><00:35:39.760><c> names</c><00:35:40.139><c> of</c><00:35:40.679><c> sons.</c> 00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:43.300 As<00:35:42.280><c> we</c><00:35:42.500><c> said</c><00:35:42.659><c> from</c><00:35:42.860><c> verse</c><00:35:43.079><c> 39,</c> 00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.320 it<00:35:43.420><c> was</c><00:35:43.639><c> from</c><00:35:44.019><c> Gidor,</c> 00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:46.000 which<00:35:44.579><c> happens</c><00:35:44.920><c> to</c><00:35:45.139><c> mean</c><00:35:45.320><c> a</c><00:35:45.599><c> wall</c> 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:47.539 or<00:35:46.639><c> an</c><00:35:47.039><c> enclosure.</c> 00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:49.860 It<00:35:47.900><c> was</c><00:35:48.059><c> from</c><00:35:48.380><c> Gidor</c><00:35:48.800><c> that</c><00:35:49.059><c> the</c><00:35:49.320><c> Simeonites</c> 00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:51.920 broke<00:35:50.440><c> out</c><00:35:50.900><c> of</c><00:35:51.139><c> their</c><00:35:51.400><c> enclosure</c> 00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:55.400 to<00:35:52.719><c> get</c><00:35:53.079><c> fat</c><00:35:53.480><c> pasture,</c><00:35:54.039><c> as</c><00:35:54.219><c> we</c><00:35:54.340><c> will</c><00:35:54.579><c> see.</c> 00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:57.460 Now<00:35:55.820><c> why</c><00:35:55.960><c> were</c><00:35:56.099><c> they</c><00:35:56.179><c> in</c><00:35:56.320><c> an</c><00:35:56.480><c> enclosure?</c> 00:35:58.679 --> 00:36:00.659 Why<00:35:58.780><c> didn't</c><00:35:58.940><c> they</c><00:35:58.960><c> call</c><00:35:59.119><c> this</c><00:35:59.320><c> place</c><00:35:59.599><c> Gidor?</c> 00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:02.019 Well,<00:36:00.980><c> they</c><00:36:01.139><c> were</c><00:36:01.260><c> locked</c><00:36:01.559><c> in.</c> 00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:04.400 They<00:36:02.739><c> were</c><00:36:02.900><c> locked</c><00:36:03.159><c> in</c><00:36:03.420><c> by</c><00:36:03.619><c> Hamites,</c> 00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:07.599 read,<00:36:05.360><c> you</c><00:36:06.119><c> know,</c><00:36:06.460><c> the</c><00:36:06.500><c> sons</c><00:36:06.940><c> of</c><00:36:07.280><c> Han,</c> 00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:11.019 the<00:36:08.400><c> Daka</c><00:36:08.760><c> peoples,</c><00:36:09.320><c> the</c><00:36:09.519><c> Canaanite</c><00:36:09.900><c> peoples,</c> 00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:13.320 and<00:36:11.300><c> they</c><00:36:11.400><c> were</c><00:36:11.579><c> locked</c><00:36:11.719><c> in</c><00:36:11.940><c> by</c><00:36:12.159><c> Amalekites.</c> 00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:15.619 And<00:36:14.440><c> they</c><00:36:14.519><c> get</c><00:36:14.599><c> rid</c><00:36:14.760><c> of</c><00:36:14.840><c> both</c><00:36:15.019><c> of</c><00:36:15.159><c> them,</c> 00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:17.219 the<00:36:15.940><c> Simeonites,</c> 00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:19.539 as<00:36:17.420><c> we're</c><00:36:17.559><c> going</c><00:36:17.659><c> to</c><00:36:17.780><c> see</c><00:36:17.860><c> at</c><00:36:17.980><c> the</c><00:36:18.059><c> end</c><00:36:18.260><c> of</c><00:36:18.360><c> this</c><00:36:18.579><c> chapter.</c> 00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:21.159 So<00:36:19.920><c> they</c><00:36:20.039><c> begin</c><00:36:20.280><c> their</c><00:36:20.559><c> campaigns</c> 00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:23.940 to<00:36:22.179><c> expand</c><00:36:22.599><c> their</c><00:36:23.019><c> pasture</c><00:36:23.420><c> land</c> 00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:26.440 from<00:36:24.639><c> this</c><00:36:24.960><c> place,</c><00:36:25.579><c> Gidor,</c> 00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:28.650 because<00:36:26.820><c> they</c><00:36:27.039><c> had</c><00:36:27.219><c> been</c><00:36:27.519><c> locked</c><00:36:27.880><c> in</c> 00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:31.860 by<00:36:29.039><c> the</c><00:36:29.219><c> Canaanites</c><00:36:29.880><c> and</c><00:36:30.559><c> the</c><00:36:30.699><c> Amalekites.</c> 00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:35.099 Now<00:36:32.940><c> verse</c><00:36:33.199><c> 40</c><00:36:33.880><c> says,</c> 00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:38.800 And<00:36:35.699><c> they</c><00:36:35.880><c> found</c><00:36:36.539><c> fat</c><00:36:36.920><c> pasture</c><00:36:37.500><c> and</c><00:36:37.900><c> good,</c> 00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:43.239 and<00:36:39.380><c> the</c><00:36:39.519><c> land</c><00:36:39.880><c> was</c><00:36:40.280><c> wide</c><00:36:40.960><c> and</c><00:36:41.559><c> quiet</c><00:36:42.139><c> and</c><00:36:42.820><c> peaceable.</c> 00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:45.659 It's<00:36:43.300><c> almost</c><00:36:43.559><c> like</c><00:36:43.780><c> a</c><00:36:43.860><c> description</c><00:36:44.199><c> of</c><00:36:44.340><c> the</c><00:36:44.500><c> kingdom,</c><00:36:44.900><c> isn't</c><00:36:45.079><c> it?</c> 00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:47.860 The<00:36:46.079><c> land</c><00:36:46.260><c> in</c><00:36:46.440><c> the</c><00:36:46.619><c> kingdom</c><00:36:46.900><c> age.</c> 00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:51.219 It<00:36:48.300><c> was</c><00:36:48.960><c> fat</c><00:36:49.340><c> pasture</c><00:36:49.860><c> and</c><00:36:50.219><c> good,</c> 00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:54.860 wide<00:36:52.599><c> and</c><00:36:52.960><c> quiet</c><00:36:53.380><c> and</c><00:36:53.719><c> peaceable,</c> 00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:57.320 for<00:36:55.320><c> they</c><00:36:55.579><c> of</c><00:36:55.820><c> Han</c><00:36:56.219><c> had</c><00:36:56.559><c> dwelt</c><00:36:56.760><c> there</c><00:36:57.019><c> of</c><00:36:57.199><c> old.</c> 00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:59.360 So<00:36:57.519><c> the</c><00:36:57.780><c> Canaanites</c><00:36:58.199><c> had</c><00:36:58.400><c> possessed</c><00:36:58.739><c> this</c><00:36:59.039><c> territory,</c> 00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:02.760 so<00:36:59.880><c> the</c><00:37:00.159><c> Simeonites</c><00:37:00.820><c> had</c><00:37:01.179><c> to</c><00:37:01.480><c> remove</c><00:37:01.980><c> the</c><00:37:02.280><c> Canaanites</c> 00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:05.400 in<00:37:02.900><c> order</c><00:37:03.159><c> to</c><00:37:03.380><c> provide</c><00:37:04.000><c> this</c><00:37:04.699><c> good,</c> 00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:07.119 peaceable,<00:37:06.119><c> wide</c><00:37:06.539><c> land</c> 00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:09.969 for<00:37:07.880><c> their</c><00:37:08.420><c> flocks</c><00:37:08.840><c> and</c><00:37:09.179><c> herds.</c> 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:11.420 And<00:37:10.519><c> in</c><00:37:10.639><c> verse</c><00:37:10.780><c> 43,</c> 00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.760 we<00:37:11.780><c> know</c><00:37:12.000><c> from</c><00:37:12.159><c> verse</c><00:37:12.420><c> 41,</c> 00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.980 it<00:37:12.840><c> was</c><00:37:13.000><c> in</c><00:37:13.139><c> the</c><00:37:13.159><c> days</c><00:37:13.360><c> of</c><00:37:13.519><c> Hezekiah</c> 00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:15.130 that<00:37:14.139><c> this</c><00:37:14.340><c> happened,</c> 00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:16.420 and<00:37:15.460><c> we'll</c><00:37:15.539><c> come</c><00:37:15.719><c> back</c><00:37:15.940><c> to</c><00:37:16.039><c> that.</c> 00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:18.280 But<00:37:17.019><c> in</c><00:37:17.099><c> verse</c><00:37:17.260><c> 43</c><00:37:17.800><c> it</c><00:37:17.920><c> says,</c> 00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:21.599 And<00:37:18.500><c> they</c><00:37:18.840><c> smote</c><00:37:19.659><c> the</c><00:37:20.019><c> rest</c><00:37:20.420><c> of</c><00:37:20.639><c> the</c><00:37:20.860><c> Amalekites</c> 00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:23.139 that<00:37:22.059><c> were</c><00:37:22.599><c> escaped.</c> 00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:24.900 Escaped<00:37:23.860><c> from</c><00:37:24.099><c> what?</c> 00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:27.300 Well,<00:37:25.440><c> from</c><00:37:25.519><c> 1</c><00:37:25.719><c> Samuel</c><00:37:26.019><c> 15.</c> 00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:29.800 Escaped<00:37:28.260><c> from</c><00:37:28.619><c> Saul's</c><00:37:29.280><c> failure</c> 00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:31.800 to<00:37:29.980><c> fulfill</c><00:37:30.880><c> the</c><00:37:31.380><c> commission</c> 00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:34.519 to<00:37:32.019><c> destroy</c><00:37:32.559><c> all</c><00:37:32.840><c> the</c><00:37:32.940><c> Amalekites.</c> 00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:36.780 So<00:37:34.619><c> it</c><00:37:34.679><c> was</c><00:37:34.940><c> left</c><00:37:35.300><c> unto</c><00:37:35.639><c> the</c><00:37:36.019><c> Simeonites</c> 00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:40.239 to<00:37:37.039><c> perform</c><00:37:37.420><c> that</c><00:37:37.760><c> work</c><00:37:38.079><c> in</c><00:37:38.519><c> the</c><00:37:38.639><c> days</c><00:37:38.960><c> of</c><00:37:39.179><c> Hezekiah,</c> 00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:43.119 and<00:37:40.500><c> they</c><00:37:40.719><c> dwelt</c><00:37:40.980><c> there</c><00:37:41.780><c> unto</c><00:37:42.239><c> this</c><00:37:42.719><c> day.</c> 00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:45.219 And<00:37:43.500><c> of</c><00:37:43.679><c> course</c><00:37:44.059><c> it's</c><00:37:44.659><c> Ezra</c> 00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:47.139 that's<00:37:45.719><c> writing</c><00:37:46.019><c> this</c><00:37:46.300><c> record</c><00:37:46.599><c> of</c><00:37:46.840><c> Chronicles,</c> 00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:49.300 so<00:37:47.340><c> they're</c><00:37:47.420><c> there</c><00:37:47.579><c> for</c><00:37:47.719><c> a</c><00:37:47.820><c> long</c><00:37:47.980><c> time</c> 00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:51.440 after<00:37:49.820><c> the</c><00:37:50.019><c> captivity,</c><00:37:50.679><c> as</c><00:37:50.900><c> it</c><00:37:51.079><c> were.</c> 00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:53.179 He's<00:37:51.940><c> writing</c><00:37:52.199><c> this.</c> 00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:56.559 So,<00:37:54.820><c> encouraged</c><00:37:55.420><c> by</c><00:37:55.719><c> their</c><00:37:55.960><c> success,</c> 00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:58.980 the<00:37:56.900><c> Simeonites</c><00:37:57.519><c> continue</c><00:37:58.159><c> their</c><00:37:58.519><c> work</c> 00:37:58.980 --> 00:38:01.440 of<00:37:59.280><c> removing</c><00:38:00.059><c> the</c><00:38:00.920><c> danger,</c> 00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:04.519 so<00:38:02.099><c> they</c><00:38:02.219><c> can</c><00:38:02.420><c> get</c><00:38:02.980><c> away</c><00:38:03.420><c> from</c><00:38:03.619><c> behind</c><00:38:03.980><c> the</c><00:38:04.239><c> wall,</c> 00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:07.000 the<00:38:04.880><c> enclosure</c><00:38:05.400><c> of</c><00:38:05.679><c> Gidol.</c> 00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:09.420 And<00:38:07.179><c> they</c><00:38:07.420><c> go</c><00:38:07.619><c> and</c><00:38:07.719><c> destroy</c><00:38:08.039><c> the</c><00:38:08.199><c> Amalekites.</c> 00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:10.500 And<00:38:09.739><c> that's</c><00:38:10.039><c> how</c><00:38:10.219><c> I</c><00:38:10.219><c> believe</c> 00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:13.320 Jabez's<00:38:11.219><c> prayer</c><00:38:11.539><c> was</c><00:38:12.340><c> answered.</c> 00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:16.840 His<00:38:14.139><c> prayer</c><00:38:14.780><c> of</c><00:38:15.199><c> verse</c><00:38:15.440><c> 10</c><00:38:15.900><c> was</c><00:38:16.480><c> answered</c> 00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:20.420 by<00:38:17.119><c> God</c><00:38:17.659><c> working</c><00:38:18.380><c> through</c><00:38:19.019><c> the</c><00:38:19.840><c> Simeonites.</c> 00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:23.900 Now<00:38:21.019><c> Simeon</c><00:38:21.400><c> just</c><00:38:21.719><c> happens</c><00:38:22.099><c> to</c><00:38:22.440><c> mean</c><00:38:22.760><c> hearing.</c> 00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:26.300 His<00:38:24.719><c> prayer</c><00:38:25.079><c> was</c><00:38:25.380><c> heard.</c> 00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:28.039 And<00:38:26.679><c> because</c><00:38:27.139><c> these</c><00:38:27.519><c> Simeonites</c> 00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:30.800 were<00:38:28.340><c> faithful</c><00:38:28.940><c> hearers</c><00:38:29.599><c> of</c><00:38:29.800><c> the</c><00:38:29.900><c> word</c><00:38:30.099><c> of</c><00:38:30.320><c> God,</c> 00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:32.480 they<00:38:31.300><c> were</c><00:38:31.519><c> able</c><00:38:31.679><c> to</c><00:38:31.900><c> perform</c><00:38:32.219><c> the</c><00:38:32.400><c> work</c> 00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:35.179 because<00:38:32.840><c> God</c><00:38:33.280><c> was</c><00:38:33.639><c> with</c><00:38:33.860><c> them</c><00:38:34.320><c> in</c><00:38:34.559><c> that</c><00:38:34.940><c> work.</c> 00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:37.739 And<00:38:35.599><c> he</c><00:38:35.780><c> gave</c><00:38:36.059><c> an</c><00:38:36.260><c> answer</c><00:38:36.440><c> to</c><00:38:36.699><c> Jabez's</c><00:38:37.300><c> prayer</c> 00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:39.480 in<00:38:38.380><c> that</c><00:38:38.599><c> way.</c> 00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:41.679 So<00:38:40.000><c> this</c><00:38:40.300><c> final</c><00:38:40.599><c> destruction</c><00:38:41.079><c> in</c><00:38:41.280><c> Amalekites</c> 00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:43.360 is<00:38:42.059><c> highly</c><00:38:42.380><c> significant.</c> 00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:45.980 In<00:38:43.500><c> verse</c><00:38:43.699><c> 41</c><00:38:44.239><c> of</c><00:38:44.420><c> 1</c><00:38:44.619><c> Chronicles</c><00:38:45.099><c> 4</c><00:38:45.480><c> we</c><00:38:45.639><c> read,</c> 00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:47.440 And<00:38:46.280><c> these</c><00:38:46.579><c> written</c><00:38:46.840><c> by</c><00:38:47.179><c> name</c> 00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:49.500 came<00:38:47.719><c> in</c><00:38:47.860><c> the</c><00:38:47.960><c> days</c><00:38:48.139><c> of</c><00:38:48.360><c> Hezekiah,</c> 00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:52.639 whose<00:38:49.940><c> name</c><00:38:50.300><c> means</c><00:38:50.960><c> strengthened</c><00:38:51.760><c> of</c><00:38:52.260><c> Yah,</c> 00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:56.760 and<00:38:53.239><c> they</c><00:38:53.480><c> certainly</c><00:38:54.139><c> had</c><00:38:54.639><c> been</c><00:38:55.039><c> strengthened</c><00:38:55.500><c> by</c><00:38:55.920><c> Yah.</c> 00:38:57.659 --> 00:39:00.519 And<00:38:57.780><c> they</c><00:38:57.980><c> complete</c><00:38:58.340><c> Saul's</c><00:38:59.239><c> unfinished</c><00:38:59.639><c> work.</c> 00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:02.139 They<00:39:00.719><c> smoked</c><00:39:01.039><c> their</c><00:39:01.380><c> tents</c><00:39:01.619><c> and</c><00:39:01.880><c> inhabitants</c> 00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:03.800 that<00:39:02.300><c> were</c><00:39:02.500><c> found</c><00:39:02.760><c> there</c><00:39:02.940><c> and</c><00:39:03.099><c> destroyed</c><00:39:03.539><c> them.</c> 00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:06.159 So<00:39:04.039><c> this</c><00:39:04.139><c> is</c><00:39:04.320><c> their</c><00:39:04.500><c> work</c><00:39:04.699><c> against</c><00:39:05.000><c> the</c><00:39:05.239><c> Hamites.</c> 00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:08.440 And<00:39:06.760><c> they</c><00:39:06.980><c> utterly</c><00:39:07.219><c> destroyed</c><00:39:07.639><c> them</c><00:39:07.840><c> unto</c><00:39:07.980><c> this</c><00:39:08.260><c> day</c> 00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:09.539 and<00:39:08.679><c> dwelled</c><00:39:08.820><c> in</c><00:39:08.980><c> their</c><00:39:09.260><c> rooms</c> 00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:11.840 because<00:39:09.960><c> there</c><00:39:10.179><c> was</c><00:39:10.519><c> pasture</c><00:39:10.920><c> there</c><00:39:11.199><c> for</c><00:39:11.380><c> their</c><00:39:11.599><c> flock.</c> 00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:13.760 So<00:39:12.019><c> this</c><00:39:12.139><c> is</c><00:39:12.219><c> how</c><00:39:12.320><c> they</c><00:39:12.460><c> got</c><00:39:12.639><c> the</c><00:39:12.860><c> pasture.</c> 00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:15.920 And<00:39:14.079><c> some</c><00:39:14.280><c> of</c><00:39:14.400><c> them,</c><00:39:14.559><c> even</c><00:39:14.719><c> the</c><00:39:14.940><c> sons</c><00:39:15.199><c> of</c><00:39:15.440><c> Simeon,</c> 00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:20.280 500<00:39:16.619><c> men</c><00:39:17.000><c> went</c><00:39:17.239><c> to</c><00:39:17.400><c> Mount</c><00:39:17.679><c> Seir,</c><00:39:18.239><c> which</c><00:39:18.360><c> is</c><00:39:18.599><c> Edom,</c> 00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:21.659 having<00:39:20.579><c> for</c><00:39:20.780><c> their</c><00:39:21.099><c> captains</c> 00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:24.679 Palatai,<00:39:22.639><c> and</c><00:39:22.800><c> Nereiah,</c><00:39:23.820><c> and</c><00:39:24.179><c> Repheiah,</c> 00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:26.480 and<00:39:24.940><c> Uziah,</c><00:39:25.300><c> the</c><00:39:25.519><c> sons</c><00:39:25.800><c> of</c><00:39:25.960><c> Ishiah.</c> 00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:27.619 So<00:39:27.079><c> who</c><00:39:27.280><c> are</c><00:39:27.380><c> these?</c> 00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:30.800 Well,<00:39:28.519><c> in</c><00:39:28.619><c> verse</c><00:39:28.820><c> 42</c><00:39:29.199><c> we</c><00:39:29.380><c> read</c><00:39:29.559><c> about</c><00:39:29.860><c> Simeon.</c> 00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:32.679 Now,<00:39:31.400><c> when</c><00:39:31.599><c> you</c><00:39:31.719><c> go</c><00:39:31.920><c> back</c><00:39:32.159><c> and</c><00:39:32.260><c> have</c><00:39:32.420><c> a</c><00:39:32.559><c> look,</c> 00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:34.360 and<00:39:32.940><c> we'll</c><00:39:33.159><c> be</c><00:39:33.300><c> in</c><00:39:33.380><c> this</c><00:39:33.599><c> record</c><00:39:33.920><c> tomorrow,</c> 00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:36.159 God<00:39:34.559><c> willing,</c><00:39:35.039><c> sometime,</c><00:39:35.659><c> I</c><00:39:35.800><c> think,</c> 00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:39.920 in<00:39:36.699><c> the</c><00:39:36.800><c> record</c><00:39:37.079><c> of</c><00:39:37.280><c> Genesis,</c><00:39:37.760><c> chapter</c><00:39:38.119><c> 29,</c><00:39:38.719><c> verse</c><00:39:38.880><c> 33,</c> 00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:42.679 when<00:39:40.340><c> Leah</c><00:39:40.760><c> names</c><00:39:41.320><c> her</c><00:39:41.679><c> sons,</c> 00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:45.900 she<00:39:43.480><c> names</c><00:39:43.840><c> her</c><00:39:44.800><c> second</c><00:39:45.420><c> boy,</c> 00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:48.239 Reuben,<00:39:46.920><c> Simeon,</c><00:39:47.300><c> Levi,</c><00:39:47.760><c> Judah,</c><00:39:48.059><c> it</c><00:39:48.059><c> was,</c> 00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:51.659 her<00:39:48.420><c> second</c><00:39:48.900><c> boy,</c><00:39:49.280><c> she</c><00:39:49.460><c> names</c><00:39:49.820><c> him</c><00:39:50.500><c> Simeon.</c> 00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:54.420 And,<00:39:52.179><c> of</c><00:39:52.199><c> course,</c><00:39:52.619><c> in</c><00:39:52.739><c> the</c><00:39:52.860><c> Hebrew</c><00:39:53.139><c> it</c><00:39:53.280><c> means</c><00:39:53.539><c> hearing.</c> 00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:55.920 But<00:39:54.699><c> you've</c><00:39:54.900><c> got</c><00:39:54.940><c> to</c><00:39:54.960><c> look</c><00:39:55.119><c> at</c><00:39:55.260><c> the</c><00:39:55.460><c> context</c> 00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:58.360 in<00:39:56.079><c> which</c><00:39:56.239><c> the</c><00:39:56.420><c> name</c><00:39:56.659><c> is</c><00:39:57.320><c> developed.</c> 00:39:58.400 --> 00:40:00.559 It's<00:39:58.440><c> not</c><00:39:58.659><c> just</c><00:39:58.920><c> a</c><00:39:59.139><c> word</c><00:39:59.420><c> with</c><00:39:59.659><c> a</c><00:39:59.780><c> meaning.</c> 00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:04.019 She<00:40:01.820><c> believed</c><00:40:02.440><c> that</c><00:40:02.960><c> the</c><00:40:03.300><c> second</c><00:40:03.639><c> child</c> 00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:05.800 that<00:40:04.239><c> she</c><00:40:04.480><c> bore</c><00:40:04.659><c> to</c><00:40:04.840><c> Jacob</c> 00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:09.000 was<00:40:06.619><c> an</c><00:40:06.920><c> answer</c><00:40:07.280><c> of</c><00:40:07.500><c> prayer</c><00:40:07.780><c> from</c><00:40:08.000><c> God.</c> 00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:11.940 That's<00:40:10.679><c> what</c><00:40:10.800><c> she</c><00:40:11.039><c> says.</c> 00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:15.360 That<00:40:12.440><c> was</c><00:40:12.619><c> an</c><00:40:12.880><c> answer</c><00:40:13.199><c> of</c><00:40:13.460><c> prayer</c><00:40:13.780><c> from</c><00:40:14.119><c> God.</c> 00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:19.840 And<00:40:16.599><c> she</c><00:40:17.159><c> hoped</c><00:40:17.519><c> that</c><00:40:17.860><c> Jacob</c><00:40:18.179><c> might</c><00:40:18.820><c> also</c><00:40:19.420><c> hear.</c> 00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:21.579 That<00:40:20.199><c> he</c><00:40:20.400><c> might</c><00:40:20.659><c> open</c><00:40:20.940><c> his</c><00:40:21.260><c> ear</c> 00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:25.260 and<00:40:21.860><c> realise</c><00:40:22.239><c> that</c><00:40:22.599><c> God</c><00:40:22.960><c> was</c><00:40:23.340><c> at</c><00:40:23.559><c> work</c><00:40:23.780><c> in</c><00:40:23.960><c> her</c><00:40:24.300><c> life.</c> 00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:27.820 Because<00:40:26.039><c> she</c><00:40:26.239><c> was,</c><00:40:26.579><c> in</c><00:40:26.619><c> fact,</c><00:40:26.880><c> his</c><00:40:27.039><c> God</c><00:40:27.300><c>-given</c><00:40:27.519><c> wife,</c> 00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:29.800 as<00:40:28.000><c> we</c><00:40:28.119><c> shall</c><00:40:28.340><c> see</c><00:40:28.760><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:32.039 He<00:40:30.239><c> just</c><00:40:30.400><c> didn't</c><00:40:30.599><c> accept</c><00:40:30.900><c> that.</c> 00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:36.440 He<00:40:32.860><c> continued</c><00:40:33.380><c> to</c><00:40:33.639><c> favour</c><00:40:33.940><c> Rachel</c><00:40:34.480><c> until</c><00:40:34.800><c> Rachel</c><00:40:35.199><c> died.</c> 00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:39.179 And<00:40:37.280><c> Leah's</c><00:40:37.599><c> life</c><00:40:37.679><c> was</c><00:40:37.900><c> a</c><00:40:38.039><c> life</c><00:40:38.159><c> of</c><00:40:38.380><c> agony.</c> 00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:40.420 But<00:40:39.739><c> there</c><00:40:39.880><c> was</c><00:40:40.019><c> a</c><00:40:40.159><c> reward,</c> 00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:43.619 as<00:40:40.659><c> we</c><00:40:40.980><c> will</c><00:40:41.239><c> probably</c><00:40:41.519><c> see</c><00:40:41.780><c> briefly</c><00:40:42.159><c> tomorrow</c><00:40:42.519><c> as</c><00:40:42.780><c> well.</c> 00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:48.940 So,<00:40:46.119><c> the</c><00:40:46.179><c> context</c><00:40:46.639><c> of</c><00:40:46.880><c> the</c><00:40:46.980><c> naming</c><00:40:47.719><c> of</c><00:40:48.019><c> Simeon</c> 00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:50.860 was<00:40:49.280><c> hearing</c><00:40:49.980><c> with</c><00:40:50.460><c> acceptance</c> 00:40:50.860 --> 00:40:54.059 that<00:40:51.199><c> God</c><00:40:51.559><c> was</c><00:40:51.880><c> at</c><00:40:52.119><c> work</c><00:40:52.559><c> in</c><00:40:52.800><c> her</c><00:40:53.059><c> life.</c> 00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:58.619 That's<00:40:54.659><c> exactly</c><00:40:55.440><c> what</c><00:40:55.920><c> happens</c><00:40:56.300><c> in</c><00:40:56.639><c> the</c><00:40:56.719><c> story</c><00:40:57.300><c> of</c><00:40:57.699><c> Jabez.</c> 00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:02.820 This<00:40:59.780><c> is</c><00:41:00.039><c> about</c><00:41:00.380><c> God</c><00:41:00.760><c> hearing</c><00:41:01.219><c> the</c><00:41:01.539><c> prayers</c><00:41:01.800><c> of</c><00:41:02.000><c> a</c><00:41:02.199><c> man</c> 00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:07.639 who<00:41:03.300><c> believed</c><00:41:04.039><c> that</c><00:41:04.460><c> God</c><00:41:04.880><c> was</c><00:41:05.199><c> at</c><00:41:05.420><c> work</c><00:41:05.900><c> in</c><00:41:06.480><c> his</c><00:41:06.699><c> life.</c> 00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:09.780 That's<00:41:08.579><c> the</c><00:41:08.719><c> key</c><00:41:08.940><c> element</c><00:41:09.260><c> here.</c> 00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:11.659 So<00:41:10.420><c> look</c><00:41:10.519><c> at</c><00:41:10.599><c> the</c><00:41:10.739><c> names</c><00:41:10.880><c> of</c><00:41:11.000><c> some</c><00:41:11.119><c> of</c><00:41:11.159><c> these</c><00:41:11.400><c> people</c> 00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:12.420 who<00:41:11.659><c> were</c><00:41:11.820><c> mentioned</c><00:41:12.159><c> here.</c> 00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:13.159 These<00:41:12.719><c> Simeonites.</c> 00:41:13.300 --> 00:41:14.440 There<00:41:13.300><c> was</c><00:41:13.619><c> Palatai.</c> 00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:16.519 Yah<00:41:15.039><c> has</c><00:41:15.599><c> delivered.</c> 00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:19.260 There<00:41:17.079><c> was</c><00:41:17.579><c> Neriah,</c><00:41:18.400><c> or</c><00:41:18.579><c> Neriah.</c> 00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:22.199 It<00:41:19.679><c> means</c><00:41:19.980><c> the</c><00:41:20.420><c> servant</c><00:41:20.820><c> of</c><00:41:21.400><c> Yah.</c> 00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:23.500 There<00:41:22.420><c> was</c><00:41:22.780><c> Raphaiah.</c> 00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.860 Yah<00:41:24.159><c> has</c><00:41:24.539><c> cured.</c> 00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:27.940 Now,<00:41:25.840><c> the</c><00:41:26.280><c> root</c><00:41:26.539><c> word,</c><00:41:27.260><c> Raphaah,</c> 00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:30.460 is<00:41:28.599><c> the</c><00:41:28.780><c> basis</c><00:41:29.159><c> of</c><00:41:29.500><c> Exodus</c><00:41:29.820><c> 15</c> 00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:33.340 where<00:41:30.699><c> we</c><00:41:30.840><c> read</c><00:41:31.039><c> about</c><00:41:31.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:41:32.059><c>-Rafikah.</c> 00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:35.400 Yahweh,<00:41:34.400><c> that</c><00:41:34.699><c> healeth</c><00:41:35.159><c> thee.</c> 00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:35.900 Remember? 00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:38.659 That<00:41:36.519><c> Marah,</c><00:41:37.380><c> when</c><00:41:37.519><c> the</c><00:41:37.860><c> tree</c><00:41:38.000><c> was</c><00:41:38.219><c> cut</c><00:41:38.440><c> down</c> 00:41:38.659 --> 00:41:39.659 and<00:41:38.840><c> cast</c><00:41:39.119><c> into</c><00:41:39.280><c> the</c><00:41:39.480><c> waters,</c> 00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:41.739 that<00:41:39.780><c> were</c><00:41:40.019><c> bitter</c><00:41:40.440><c> and</c><00:41:40.960><c> made</c><00:41:41.260><c> sweet.</c> 00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:44.139 It's<00:41:42.039><c> all</c><00:41:42.139><c> about</c><00:41:42.300><c> the</c><00:41:42.460><c> sacrifice</c><00:41:42.900><c> of</c><00:41:43.059><c> Christ.</c> 00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:46.239 Yahweh's<00:41:44.739><c> given</c><00:41:44.880><c> a</c><00:41:45.139><c> title</c><00:41:45.360><c> there.</c> 00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:47.880 Yahweh<00:41:46.760><c>-Rafikah.</c> 00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:49.559 The<00:41:48.400><c> healer,</c><00:41:48.719><c> the</c><00:41:48.880><c> curer.</c> 00:41:49.699 --> 00:41:51.079 Well,<00:41:49.900><c> that's</c><00:41:50.059><c> the</c><00:41:50.159><c> word</c><00:41:50.340><c> used</c><00:41:50.639><c> here</c> 00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:53.059 in<00:41:51.340><c> the</c><00:41:51.400><c> name</c><00:41:51.659><c> of</c><00:41:51.840><c> this</c><00:41:52.000><c> man,</c><00:41:52.519><c> Raphaiah.</c> 00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:54.159 Yah<00:41:53.599><c> has</c><00:41:53.860><c> cured.</c> 00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:55.739 And<00:41:54.420><c> he</c><00:41:54.500><c> was</c><00:41:54.679><c> going</c><00:41:54.920><c> to</c><00:41:55.059><c> cure</c><00:41:55.199><c> a</c><00:41:55.440><c> problem</c> 00:41:55.739 --> 00:41:58.159 through<00:41:56.320><c> the</c><00:41:56.480><c> work</c><00:41:56.619><c> of</c><00:41:56.820><c> these</c><00:41:57.039><c> Simeonites.</c> 00:41:58.300 --> 00:42:00.599 Aziel<00:41:58.559><c> means</c><00:41:58.840><c> the</c><00:41:59.179><c> strength</c><00:41:59.559><c> of</c><00:41:59.820><c> ale.</c> 00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:01.920 And<00:42:00.880><c> Ishaim</c><00:42:01.260><c> means</c><00:42:01.460><c> saving.</c> 00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:04.960 The<00:42:02.199><c> root</c><00:42:02.440><c> of</c><00:42:02.599><c> that</c><00:42:02.900><c> word</c><00:42:03.139><c> is</c><00:42:03.619><c> Yahshua.</c> 00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.480 Savior. 00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:08.780 The<00:42:06.019><c> basis</c><00:42:06.340><c> of</c><00:42:06.559><c> the</c><00:42:06.699><c> name</c><00:42:07.099><c> Joshua,</c><00:42:07.800><c> or</c><00:42:08.099><c> Yahshua.</c> 00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:10.940 So<00:42:09.639><c> you</c><00:42:09.739><c> get</c><00:42:10.139><c> a</c><00:42:10.300><c> bit</c><00:42:10.380><c> of</c><00:42:10.619><c> a</c><00:42:10.760><c> feel</c> 00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:14.119 for<00:42:11.139><c> these</c><00:42:12.179><c> very</c><00:42:12.659><c> Yahwistic</c><00:42:13.480><c> names</c> 00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:16.519 that<00:42:14.440><c> are</c><00:42:14.639><c> used</c><00:42:15.059><c> of</c><00:42:15.539><c> the</c><00:42:15.719><c> Simeonites</c> 00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:20.000 who<00:42:17.179><c> were</c><00:42:17.780><c> clearly</c><00:42:18.320><c> hearers</c><00:42:18.699><c> of</c><00:42:18.860><c> the</c><00:42:18.940><c> Word</c><00:42:19.159><c> of</c><00:42:19.280><c> God.</c> 00:42:20.300 --> 00:42:22.179 And<00:42:20.340><c> God</c><00:42:20.639><c> heard</c><00:42:20.940><c> not</c><00:42:21.219><c> only</c><00:42:21.460><c> their</c><00:42:21.760><c> prayer,</c> 00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:25.559 but<00:42:22.800><c> they</c><00:42:22.960><c> might</c><00:42:23.380><c> broaden</c><00:42:23.840><c> their</c><00:42:24.659><c> living</c><00:42:24.980><c> space</c> 00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:28.000 and<00:42:26.400><c> have</c><00:42:26.599><c> the</c><00:42:26.719><c> danger</c><00:42:27.179><c> of</c><00:42:27.380><c> Amalekites</c> 00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:29.800 and<00:42:28.260><c> Canaanites</c><00:42:28.780><c> removed.</c> 00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:31.320 But<00:42:30.320><c> they,</c><00:42:30.619><c> in</c><00:42:30.800><c> the</c><00:42:30.960><c> process,</c> 00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:34.619 might<00:42:31.639><c> also</c><00:42:32.019><c> answer</c><00:42:32.280><c> the</c><00:42:32.460><c> prayer</c><00:42:33.280><c> of</c><00:42:33.699><c> Jemez.</c> 00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:36.820 So<00:42:35.380><c> what</c><00:42:35.480><c> was</c><00:42:35.639><c> the</c><00:42:35.800><c> cause</c><00:42:36.000><c> of</c><00:42:36.179><c> the</c><00:42:36.380><c> grief?</c> 00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:42.579 That<00:42:37.900><c> we</c><00:42:38.099><c> read</c><00:42:38.280><c> about</c><00:42:38.679><c> in</c><00:42:38.920><c> 1</c><00:42:39.199><c> Chronicles</c><00:42:39.820><c> 4</c><00:42:40.659><c> and</c><00:42:41.460><c> verse</c><00:42:41.760><c> 9.</c> 00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:46.800 And<00:42:43.880><c> Jemez</c><00:42:44.139><c> was</c><00:42:44.420><c> more</c><00:42:44.880><c> honorable</c><00:42:45.320><c> than</c><00:42:45.539><c> his</c><00:42:45.820><c> brethren.</c> 00:42:46.860 --> 00:42:50.099 And<00:42:46.980><c> his</c><00:42:47.179><c> mother</c><00:42:47.480><c> called</c><00:42:47.780><c> his</c><00:42:48.019><c> name</c><00:42:48.300><c> Jemez</c><00:42:48.940><c> saying,</c> 00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:53.940 Because<00:42:51.059><c> I</c><00:42:51.519><c> bear</c><00:42:51.760><c> him</c><00:42:52.360><c> with</c><00:42:53.019><c> sorrow.</c> 00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:57.219 Well,<00:42:55.159><c> the</c><00:42:55.280><c> context</c><00:42:55.800><c> of</c><00:42:56.000><c> 1</c><00:42:56.219><c> Chronicles</c><00:42:56.659><c> 4</c> 00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:59.059 and<00:42:57.460><c> the</c><00:42:57.639><c> clues</c><00:42:57.880><c> provided</c><00:42:58.219><c> that</c><00:42:58.420><c> we've</c><00:42:58.579><c> already</c><00:42:58.880><c> seen</c> 00:42:59.059 --> 00:43:01.139 in<00:42:59.159><c> 1</c><00:42:59.420><c> Chronicles</c><00:42:59.840><c> 2</c><00:43:00.099><c> verse</c><00:43:00.260><c> 55</c> 00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:04.300 suggest<00:43:02.260><c> the</c><00:43:02.659><c> cause</c><00:43:03.159><c> of</c><00:43:03.840><c> the</c><00:43:04.019><c> grief.</c> 00:43:04.300 --> 00:43:06.800 In<00:43:04.500><c> 1</c><00:43:05.260><c> Chronicles</c><00:43:05.619><c> 4</c><00:43:05.860><c> verse</c><00:43:06.119><c> 9,</c> 00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:08.880 his<00:43:07.059><c> mother</c><00:43:07.360><c> called</c><00:43:07.619><c> his</c><00:43:07.739><c> name</c><00:43:08.079><c> Jemez.</c> 00:43:09.260 --> 00:43:12.000 Hence,<00:43:10.019><c> she</c><00:43:10.119><c> was</c><00:43:10.460><c> alive</c><00:43:10.900><c> after</c><00:43:11.519><c> the</c><00:43:11.760><c> birth</c> 00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:14.780 to<00:43:12.199><c> name</c><00:43:12.480><c> him</c><00:43:12.980><c> on</c><00:43:13.320><c> reflecting</c><00:43:13.840><c> on</c><00:43:14.280><c> the</c><00:43:14.480><c> events</c> 00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:16.699 that<00:43:14.980><c> had</c><00:43:15.219><c> occurred</c><00:43:15.780><c> at</c><00:43:16.079><c> his</c><00:43:16.320><c> birth</c> 00:43:16.699 --> 00:43:19.719 that<00:43:17.280><c> were</c><00:43:17.679><c> burned</c><00:43:18.099><c> into</c><00:43:18.440><c> her</c><00:43:18.739><c> mind.</c> 00:43:20.199 --> 00:43:21.179 This<00:43:20.340><c> is</c><00:43:20.460><c> not</c><00:43:20.599><c> like</c><00:43:20.800><c> Rachel.</c> 00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:25.159 When<00:43:21.619><c> Rachel</c><00:43:22.519><c> died</c><00:43:23.139><c> giving</c><00:43:23.699><c> birth</c><00:43:24.280><c> to</c><00:43:24.599><c> Benjamin,</c> 00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:28.280 she<00:43:25.659><c> named</c><00:43:25.940><c> him</c><00:43:26.300><c> Benoni,</c><00:43:27.260><c> the</c><00:43:27.400><c> son</c><00:43:27.579><c> of</c><00:43:27.719><c> Mysore.</c> 00:43:28.619 --> 00:43:31.179 You<00:43:28.760><c> know,</c><00:43:28.900><c> the</c><00:43:28.960><c> last</c><00:43:29.380><c> words</c><00:43:29.840><c> that</c><00:43:30.119><c> Rachel</c><00:43:30.519><c> heard</c> 00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:33.599 was<00:43:31.880><c> from</c><00:43:32.239><c> her</c><00:43:32.519><c> husband,</c> 00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:37.460 who<00:43:34.019><c> had</c><00:43:34.360><c> favored</c><00:43:34.659><c> her</c><00:43:35.059><c> for</c><00:43:35.699><c> 40</c><00:43:36.019><c>-something</c><00:43:36.280><c> years.</c> 00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:39.500 And<00:43:38.340><c> he</c><00:43:38.340><c> said</c><00:43:38.579><c> to</c><00:43:38.659><c> her,</c> 00:43:39.559 --> 00:43:42.900 I'm<00:43:39.679><c> sorry</c><00:43:39.960><c> dear,</c><00:43:40.260><c> but</c><00:43:40.320><c> I</c><00:43:40.340><c> can't</c><00:43:40.860><c> grant</c><00:43:41.199><c> you</c><00:43:41.420><c> your</c><00:43:41.679><c> dying</c><00:43:41.960><c> wish.</c> 00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:45.360 Now,<00:43:44.159><c> we'd</c><00:43:44.380><c> be</c><00:43:44.480><c> pretty</c><00:43:44.800><c> soft,</c><00:43:45.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:45.179><c> we,</c> 00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:46.820 if<00:43:45.539><c> our</c><00:43:45.719><c> wife</c><00:43:45.980><c> is</c><00:43:46.260><c> dying,</c> 00:43:47.239 --> 00:43:50.139 particularly<00:43:47.639><c> giving</c><00:43:48.400><c> birth</c><00:43:48.760><c> to</c><00:43:48.920><c> a</c><00:43:49.039><c> child.</c> 00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:52.539 We'd<00:43:51.599><c> be</c><00:43:51.739><c> pretty</c><00:43:52.039><c> soft</c><00:43:52.199><c> to</c><00:43:52.380><c> say,</c> 00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:54.820 Oh<00:43:52.780><c> well,</c><00:43:53.000><c> you</c><00:43:53.000><c> know,</c><00:43:53.159><c> if</c><00:43:53.260><c> you</c><00:43:53.320><c> want</c><00:43:53.460><c> to</c><00:43:53.599><c> call</c><00:43:53.719><c> him</c><00:43:53.920><c> the</c><00:43:54.039><c> son</c><00:43:54.139><c> of</c><00:43:54.340><c> Mysore,</c> 00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:56.340 that's<00:43:55.199><c> fine</c><00:43:55.500><c> dear.</c> 00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:58.559 Jacob<00:43:57.380><c> overrules</c><00:43:57.900><c> Rachel</c><00:43:58.239><c> and</c><00:43:58.360><c> says,</c> 00:43:58.579 --> 00:43:59.659 I'm<00:43:59.019><c> sorry</c><00:43:59.320><c> dear.</c> 00:43:59.659 --> 00:44:02.260 I<00:43:59.980><c> know</c><00:44:00.139><c> you're</c><00:44:00.360><c> about</c><00:44:00.639><c> to</c><00:44:00.840><c> kick</c><00:44:01.000><c> the</c><00:44:01.219><c> bucket,</c> 00:44:02.780 --> 00:44:04.000 but<00:44:03.219><c> I'm</c><00:44:03.659><c> sorry.</c> 00:44:04.179 --> 00:44:07.320 He<00:44:04.400><c> is</c><00:44:04.739><c> not</c><00:44:05.280><c> the</c><00:44:05.440><c> son</c><00:44:05.800><c> of</c><00:44:06.039><c> your</c><00:44:06.380><c> sorrow.</c> 00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:10.380 He's<00:44:08.119><c> the</c><00:44:08.360><c> son</c><00:44:08.760><c> of</c><00:44:09.500><c> my</c><00:44:09.780><c> right</c><00:44:10.059><c> hand.</c> 00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:11.699 And<00:44:10.940><c> then</c><00:44:11.019><c> she</c><00:44:11.099><c> goes,</c><00:44:11.440><c> boop,</c> 00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:13.639 and<00:44:12.000><c> she's</c><00:44:12.239><c> dead</c><00:44:12.400><c> as</c><00:44:12.599><c> a</c><00:44:12.719><c> doornail.</c> 00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:15.099 All<00:44:13.840><c> right?</c> 00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:15.579 Clunk. 00:44:15.739 --> 00:44:17.460 It's<00:44:15.900><c> the</c><00:44:15.960><c> last</c><00:44:16.199><c> thing</c><00:44:16.360><c> she</c><00:44:16.599><c> hears.</c> 00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:20.019 That<00:44:18.639><c> seems</c><00:44:18.840><c> a</c><00:44:18.920><c> bit</c><00:44:19.059><c> rough,</c><00:44:19.440><c> doesn't</c><00:44:19.559><c> it,</c><00:44:19.780><c> Ruthie?</c> 00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:21.860 Would<00:44:20.159><c> you</c><00:44:20.260><c> like</c><00:44:20.440><c> Matt</c><00:44:20.579><c> to</c><00:44:20.739><c> do</c><00:44:20.880><c> that</c><00:44:21.079><c> to</c><00:44:21.239><c> you?</c> 00:44:21.940 --> 00:44:24.199 Well,<00:44:22.139><c> I</c><00:44:22.260><c> hope</c><00:44:22.320><c> you</c><00:44:22.400><c> don't</c><00:44:22.619><c> die</c><00:44:22.800><c> in</c><00:44:22.940><c> Chalford,</c><00:44:23.239><c> anyway.</c> 00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:26.820 It's<00:44:25.739><c> pretty</c><00:44:25.960><c> rough,</c><00:44:26.340><c> isn't</c><00:44:26.519><c> it?</c> 00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:29.460 But<00:44:27.420><c> this</c><00:44:27.659><c> is</c><00:44:27.780><c> not</c><00:44:27.980><c> like</c><00:44:28.300><c> that.</c> 00:44:30.219 --> 00:44:32.619 This<00:44:30.320><c> is</c><00:44:30.539><c> a</c><00:44:30.579><c> woman</c><00:44:30.920><c> who</c><00:44:31.239><c> after</c><00:44:31.519><c> birth,</c> 00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:33.760 after<00:44:33.059><c> the</c><00:44:33.239><c> eight</c><00:44:33.380><c> days,</c> 00:44:33.820 --> 00:44:35.480 the<00:44:34.219><c> circumcision</c><00:44:34.760><c> of</c><00:44:34.940><c> the</c><00:44:35.019><c> child,</c> 00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:37.260 when<00:44:35.940><c> they</c><00:44:36.159><c> name</c><00:44:36.360><c> them,</c><00:44:36.579><c> remember</c><00:44:36.780><c> that?</c> 00:44:37.760 --> 00:44:39.480 They<00:44:38.139><c> actually</c><00:44:38.380><c> name</c><00:44:38.639><c> the</c><00:44:38.800><c> child</c> 00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:42.079 on<00:44:40.340><c> the</c><00:44:40.500><c> circumcision.</c> 00:44:42.219 --> 00:44:42.760 Okay? 00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:45.599 She's<00:44:43.420><c> had</c><00:44:43.539><c> time</c><00:44:43.780><c> to</c><00:44:43.860><c> think</c><00:44:44.059><c> about</c><00:44:44.320><c> it.</c> 00:44:45.900 --> 00:44:48.679 Now,<00:44:46.079><c> this</c><00:44:46.239><c> is</c><00:44:46.460><c> not</c><00:44:47.159><c> the</c><00:44:47.500><c> sorrow</c><00:44:47.699><c> of</c><00:44:47.960><c> normal</c><00:44:48.199><c> birth.</c> 00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:51.400 And<00:44:49.239><c> she</c><00:44:49.320><c> says,</c><00:44:49.940><c> because</c><00:44:49.940><c> I</c><00:44:50.360><c> bear</c><00:44:50.639><c> him</c><00:44:50.860><c> with</c><00:44:51.199><c> sorrow.</c> 00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:54.960 Well,<00:44:51.699><c> all</c><00:44:51.960><c> children</c><00:44:52.340><c> are</c><00:44:52.619><c> born</c><00:44:53.000><c> with</c><00:44:53.500><c> sorrow,</c><00:44:54.340><c> aren't</c><00:44:54.599><c> they?</c> 00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:59.039 In<00:44:55.940><c> fulfillment</c><00:44:56.340><c> of</c><00:44:56.559><c> Genesis</c><00:44:56.940><c> 3,</c><00:44:57.320><c> verse</c><00:44:57.539><c> 16.</c> 00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:00.619 Unto<00:44:59.860><c> the</c><00:45:00.000><c> woman,</c><00:45:00.260><c> he</c><00:45:00.480><c> said,</c> 00:45:00.619 --> 00:45:03.500 I<00:45:00.820><c> will</c><00:45:01.059><c> greatly</c><00:45:01.440><c> multiply</c><00:45:02.039><c> thy</c><00:45:02.280><c> sorrow</c><00:45:02.699><c> and</c><00:45:02.920><c> thy</c><00:45:03.159><c> conception.</c> 00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:06.239 In<00:45:04.099><c> sorrow</c><00:45:04.739><c> thou</c><00:45:05.179><c> shalt</c><00:45:05.360><c> bring</c><00:45:05.699><c> forth</c><00:45:05.940><c> children.</c> 00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:09.179 We<00:45:06.500><c> should</c><00:45:06.639><c> all</c><00:45:06.800><c> be</c><00:45:06.900><c> named</c><00:45:07.119><c> Jabez,</c><00:45:08.179><c> shouldn't</c><00:45:08.420><c> we?</c> 00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:11.599 We<00:45:09.659><c> were</c><00:45:09.820><c> all</c><00:45:10.000><c> brought</c><00:45:10.199><c> forth</c><00:45:10.500><c> in</c><00:45:10.719><c> sorrow.</c> 00:45:12.219 --> 00:45:12.619 No. 00:45:12.940 --> 00:45:15.760 It's<00:45:13.280><c> not</c><00:45:13.559><c> about</c><00:45:14.099><c> the</c><00:45:14.539><c> sorrow,</c><00:45:15.179><c> the</c><00:45:15.400><c> pain.</c> 00:45:16.059 --> 00:45:17.400 A<00:45:16.219><c> child</c><00:45:16.559><c> burned.</c> 00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:19.420 There's<00:45:17.860><c> something</c><00:45:18.239><c> else</c><00:45:18.559><c> here.</c> 00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:22.579 Something<00:45:19.800><c> else</c><00:45:20.340><c> that</c><00:45:20.619><c> is</c><00:45:21.019><c> burned</c><00:45:21.440><c> into</c><00:45:21.900><c> her</c><00:45:22.199><c> mind.</c> 00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:25.880 So<00:45:23.019><c> that</c><00:45:23.300><c> every</c><00:45:23.880><c> time</c><00:45:24.300><c> she</c><00:45:24.559><c> looks</c><00:45:24.920><c> at</c><00:45:25.239><c> this</c><00:45:25.559><c> boy</c> 00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:27.159 as<00:45:26.260><c> he's</c><00:45:26.559><c> growing</c><00:45:26.840><c> up,</c> 00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:28.059 through<00:45:27.340><c> his</c><00:45:27.659><c> childhood,</c> 00:45:28.280 --> 00:45:28.860 into<00:45:28.340><c> his</c><00:45:28.619><c> youth,</c> 00:45:28.980 --> 00:45:30.019 into<00:45:29.119><c> his</c><00:45:29.539><c> manhood,</c> 00:45:30.320 --> 00:45:32.920 every<00:45:30.820><c> time</c><00:45:31.300><c> she's</c><00:45:32.079><c> caused</c><00:45:32.340><c> to</c><00:45:32.579><c> remember</c> 00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:34.360 the<00:45:33.239><c> grief</c><00:45:33.539><c> and</c><00:45:33.820><c> the</c><00:45:34.099><c> sorrow.</c> 00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:36.780 That's<00:45:34.739><c> why</c><00:45:34.860><c> she</c><00:45:35.079><c> names</c><00:45:35.420><c> him</c><00:45:35.719><c> Jabez.</c> 00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:40.840 Because<00:45:37.139><c> she</c><00:45:37.320><c> knows</c><00:45:37.559><c> he's</c><00:45:38.219><c> never,</c><00:45:39.079><c> ever</c><00:45:39.460><c> going</c><00:45:39.739><c> to</c><00:45:39.980><c> forget</c> 00:45:41.139 --> 00:45:43.860 the<00:45:41.699><c> circumstances</c><00:45:42.260><c> of</c><00:45:42.440><c> this</c><00:45:42.639><c> boy's</c><00:45:43.079><c> birth.</c> 00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:45.800 So<00:45:44.179><c> what</c><00:45:44.239><c> do</c><00:45:44.340><c> you</c><00:45:44.340><c> reckon</c><00:45:44.539><c> they</c><00:45:44.699><c> might</c><00:45:44.980><c> be?</c> 00:45:46.679 --> 00:45:48.360 Well,<00:45:47.000><c> I</c><00:45:47.139><c> believe</c><00:45:47.400><c> his</c><00:45:47.639><c> father</c><00:45:47.880><c> was</c><00:45:48.099><c> killed</c> 00:45:48.360 --> 00:45:50.920 by<00:45:48.559><c> the</c><00:45:48.739><c> Malachites</c><00:45:49.219><c> just</c><00:45:49.500><c> before</c><00:45:49.800><c> he</c><00:45:49.840><c> was</c><00:45:50.079><c> born.</c> 00:45:52.619 --> 00:45:54.619 He's<00:45:53.099><c> going</c><00:45:53.320><c> into</c><00:45:53.559><c> labour,</c><00:45:54.340><c> I</c><00:45:54.420><c> believe.</c> 00:45:54.780 --> 00:45:56.280 This<00:45:54.880><c> is</c><00:45:54.980><c> a</c><00:45:54.980><c> bit</c><00:45:55.159><c> of</c><00:45:55.300><c> speculation</c><00:45:55.739><c> on</c><00:45:55.920><c> my</c><00:45:56.159><c> part,</c> 00:45:56.280 --> 00:45:58.079 but<00:45:56.420><c> I</c><00:45:56.500><c> think</c><00:45:56.679><c> I've</c><00:45:56.840><c> given</c><00:45:56.980><c> you</c><00:45:57.199><c> enough</c><00:45:57.400><c> of</c><00:45:57.519><c> the</c><00:45:57.760><c> fabric</c> 00:45:58.079 --> 00:45:59.619 of<00:45:58.380><c> the</c><00:45:58.579><c> context</c><00:45:58.980><c> to</c><00:45:59.159><c> demonstrate</c> 00:45:59.619 --> 00:46:01.880 the<00:45:59.800><c> Malachites</c><00:46:00.320><c> are</c><00:46:00.500><c> pretty</c><00:46:01.099><c> strongly</c><00:46:01.440><c> involved</c> 00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:03.639 in<00:46:02.000><c> this</c><00:46:02.239><c> whole</c><00:46:02.639><c> affair.</c> 00:46:03.719 --> 00:46:07.159 The<00:46:03.920><c> Kenites</c><00:46:04.420><c> lived</c><00:46:04.880><c> among</c><00:46:05.579><c> the</c><00:46:05.940><c> Malachites,</c> 00:46:07.239 --> 00:46:10.699 and<00:46:07.360><c> the</c><00:46:07.519><c> Kenites</c><00:46:08.440><c> wanted</c><00:46:08.800><c> to</c><00:46:09.079><c> keep</c><00:46:09.320><c> flocks</c><00:46:09.699><c> and</c><00:46:10.000><c> herds</c> 00:46:10.699 --> 00:46:12.260 like<00:46:11.420><c> the</c><00:46:11.639><c> Simeonons,</c> 00:46:12.699 --> 00:46:14.579 but<00:46:12.800><c> they</c><00:46:12.960><c> were</c><00:46:13.179><c> locked</c><00:46:13.440><c> away.</c> 00:46:15.119 --> 00:46:17.920 And<00:46:15.239><c> maybe,</c><00:46:15.960><c> maybe</c><00:46:16.539><c> Jabez's</c><00:46:17.099><c> father</c> 00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:19.619 tried<00:46:18.780><c> to</c><00:46:19.000><c> get</c><00:46:19.099><c> these,</c><00:46:19.360><c> you</c><00:46:19.500><c> know,</c> 00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:21.039 to<00:46:19.840><c> make</c><00:46:19.980><c> a</c><00:46:20.039><c> bit</c><00:46:20.219><c> more</c><00:46:20.380><c> room</c><00:46:20.579><c> for</c><00:46:20.760><c> himself,</c> 00:46:21.039 --> 00:46:22.039 and<00:46:21.179><c> the</c><00:46:21.340><c> Malachites</c><00:46:21.699><c> said,</c> 00:46:22.260 --> 00:46:25.260 huh,<00:46:23.840><c> we'll</c><00:46:24.000><c> get</c><00:46:24.260><c> you.</c> 00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:27.559 And<00:46:25.539><c> someone</c><00:46:25.760><c> slit</c><00:46:26.000><c> his</c><00:46:26.239><c> throat</c><00:46:26.380><c> one</c><00:46:26.639><c> day.</c> 00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:31.179 And<00:46:29.079><c> she's</c><00:46:29.340><c> about</c><00:46:29.559><c> to</c><00:46:29.719><c> go</c><00:46:29.860><c> into</c><00:46:30.059><c> labour,</c> 00:46:32.119 --> 00:46:34.559 and<00:46:32.300><c> along</c><00:46:32.440><c> comes</c><00:46:32.679><c> a</c><00:46:32.940><c> messenger</c><00:46:33.340><c> and</c><00:46:33.679><c> says,</c> 00:46:34.860 --> 00:46:37.500 I'm<00:46:35.079><c> sorry</c><00:46:35.219><c> to</c><00:46:35.460><c> report,</c><00:46:35.780><c> but</c><00:46:35.940><c> your</c><00:46:36.059><c> husband's</c><00:46:36.579><c> dead.</c> 00:46:37.719 --> 00:46:39.800 He's<00:46:37.960><c> been</c><00:46:38.179><c> killed</c><00:46:38.400><c> by</c><00:46:38.599><c> the</c><00:46:38.739><c> Malachites.</c> 00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:42.840 And<00:46:41.280><c> the</c><00:46:41.420><c> boy's</c><00:46:42.340><c> born.</c> 00:46:43.480 --> 00:46:46.619 I<00:46:44.000><c> bore</c><00:46:44.159><c> him</c><00:46:44.860><c> in</c><00:46:45.739><c> sorrow.</c> 00:46:47.099 --> 00:46:49.579 And<00:46:47.500><c> every</c><00:46:47.739><c> time</c><00:46:47.940><c> she</c><00:46:48.119><c> looks</c><00:46:48.400><c> at</c><00:46:48.579><c> that</c><00:46:48.880><c> boy's</c><00:46:49.280><c> face,</c> 00:46:49.579 --> 00:46:51.699 she<00:46:49.920><c> sees</c><00:46:50.139><c> a</c><00:46:50.280><c> husband.</c> 00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:55.199 Got<00:46:53.159><c> to</c><00:46:53.280><c> go</c><00:46:53.360><c> out</c><00:46:53.519><c> and</c><00:46:53.639><c> find</c><00:46:53.820><c> his</c><00:46:54.079><c> body</c> 00:46:55.360 --> 00:46:58.519 after<00:46:55.960><c> she'd</c><00:46:56.239><c> given</c><00:46:56.440><c> birth</c><00:46:56.719><c> to</c><00:46:56.840><c> the</c><00:46:57.000><c> child</c><00:46:57.320><c> problem,</c> 00:46:59.179 --> 00:47:00.059 and<00:46:59.219><c> bury</c><00:46:59.320><c> him.</c> 00:47:00.539 --> 00:47:02.159 You<00:47:00.699><c> think</c><00:47:00.820><c> about</c><00:47:01.079><c> that.</c> 00:47:02.539 --> 00:47:04.880 That's<00:47:02.920><c> what</c><00:47:03.099><c> I</c><00:47:03.320><c> believe</c><00:47:03.719><c> is</c><00:47:04.280><c> the</c><00:47:04.460><c> basis</c> 00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:07.219 of<00:47:05.239><c> the</c><00:47:05.440><c> naming</c><00:47:05.860><c> of</c><00:47:06.260><c> Jabez.</c> 00:47:07.500 --> 00:47:10.239 And<00:47:07.659><c> I</c><00:47:07.739><c> think</c><00:47:07.860><c> the</c><00:47:08.179><c> context</c><00:47:08.460><c> supports</c><00:47:08.880><c> it.</c> 00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:13.119 So<00:47:11.199><c> why</c><00:47:11.539><c> then?</c> 00:47:13.460 --> 00:47:16.219 Why<00:47:13.760><c> then</c><00:47:13.960><c> does</c><00:47:14.179><c> God</c><00:47:14.320><c> answer</c><00:47:14.679><c> this</c><00:47:14.940><c> man's</c><00:47:15.360><c> request?</c> 00:47:16.900 --> 00:47:18.980 So<00:47:17.199><c> is</c><00:47:17.300><c> the</c><00:47:17.440><c> request</c><00:47:17.780><c> of</c><00:47:18.039><c> Jabez</c><00:47:18.400><c> motivated</c> 00:47:18.980 --> 00:47:21.559 by<00:47:19.300><c> self</c><00:47:19.639><c>-interest</c><00:47:19.900><c> or</c><00:47:20.159><c> truth</c><00:47:20.460><c>-interest?</c> 00:47:21.940 --> 00:47:23.300 What's<00:47:22.320><c> behind</c><00:47:22.780><c> it?</c> 00:47:23.559 --> 00:47:24.360 You<00:47:23.659><c> know,</c><00:47:23.679><c> when</c><00:47:23.840><c> you</c><00:47:24.059><c> read</c><00:47:24.219><c> it,</c> 00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:26.440 you<00:47:24.579><c> could</c><00:47:25.360><c> take</c><00:47:25.739><c> the</c><00:47:25.940><c> latter,</c><00:47:26.239><c> couldn't</c><00:47:26.380><c> you?</c> 00:47:26.460 --> 00:47:29.059 Just<00:47:26.699><c> read</c><00:47:26.940><c> verse</c><00:47:27.519><c> 10</c><00:47:27.860><c> with</c><00:47:28.059><c> me.</c> 00:47:29.440 --> 00:47:32.000 And<00:47:29.679><c> Jabez</c><00:47:30.079><c> called</c><00:47:30.639><c> on</c><00:47:30.900><c> the</c><00:47:31.039><c> God</c><00:47:31.199><c> of</c><00:47:31.300><c> Israel</c><00:47:31.639><c> saying,</c> 00:47:32.239 --> 00:47:34.400 oh,<00:47:32.559><c> that</c><00:47:32.679><c> thou</c><00:47:32.900><c> wouldst</c><00:47:33.179><c> bless</c><00:47:33.539><c> me</c><00:47:33.860><c> indeed</c> 00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:36.059 and<00:47:34.820><c> enlarge</c><00:47:35.260><c> my</c><00:47:35.659><c> coast,</c> 00:47:36.500 --> 00:47:38.420 and<00:47:36.619><c> that</c><00:47:36.880><c> thine</c><00:47:37.119><c> hand</c><00:47:37.320><c> might</c><00:47:37.619><c> be</c><00:47:37.820><c> with</c><00:47:38.000><c> me.</c> 00:47:38.599 --> 00:47:41.579 Sounds<00:47:38.860><c> a</c><00:47:39.019><c> bit</c><00:47:39.239><c> like</c><00:47:39.800><c> self</c><00:47:40.300><c>-centered,</c><00:47:40.980><c> doesn't</c><00:47:41.159><c> it?</c> 00:47:41.860 --> 00:47:44.119 Read<00:47:42.280><c> on</c><00:47:42.880><c> the</c><00:47:43.099><c> surface.</c> 00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:48.639 You<00:47:45.559><c> could</c><00:47:46.039><c> put</c><00:47:46.559><c> the</c><00:47:46.880><c> slant</c><00:47:47.079><c> on</c><00:47:47.219><c> it</c><00:47:47.300><c> that</c><00:47:47.599><c> way,</c> 00:47:49.199 --> 00:47:51.119 but<00:47:49.260><c> it's</c><00:47:49.420><c> not</c><00:47:49.659><c> that</c><00:47:49.860><c> way</c><00:47:50.039><c> at</c><00:47:50.199><c> all.</c> 00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:52.019 He<00:47:51.460><c> goes</c><00:47:51.599><c> on</c><00:47:51.739><c> to</c><00:47:51.900><c> say,</c> 00:47:52.179 --> 00:47:53.820 that<00:47:52.179><c> thou</c><00:47:52.340><c> wouldst</c><00:47:52.679><c> keep</c><00:47:52.900><c> me</c><00:47:53.159><c> from</c><00:47:53.420><c> evil.</c> 00:47:54.019 --> 00:47:55.639 By<00:47:54.280><c> evil</c><00:47:54.539><c> he</c><00:47:54.699><c> means</c><00:47:55.039><c> the</c><00:47:55.239><c> kind</c><00:47:55.460><c> of</c><00:47:55.539><c> thing</c> 00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:57.099 that<00:47:55.760><c> happened</c><00:47:55.880><c> to</c><00:47:56.019><c> his</c><00:47:56.139><c> father,</c> 00:47:57.760 --> 00:47:59.159 that<00:47:57.820><c> it</c><00:47:58.000><c> may</c><00:47:58.239><c> not</c><00:47:58.559><c> grieve</c><00:47:58.860><c> me</c> 00:47:59.159 --> 00:48:01.300 like<00:47:59.380><c> it</c><00:47:59.619><c> grieved</c><00:47:59.780><c> his</c><00:47:59.980><c> mother</c><00:48:00.360><c> and</c><00:48:00.940><c> him</c> 00:48:01.300 --> 00:48:04.039 when<00:48:01.639><c> he</c><00:48:01.800><c> got</c><00:48:02.260><c> old</c><00:48:02.539><c> enough</c><00:48:02.780><c> to</c><00:48:02.980><c> understand.</c> 00:48:04.139 --> 00:48:07.000 And<00:48:04.300><c> God</c><00:48:04.519><c> granted</c><00:48:04.840><c> him</c><00:48:05.519><c> that</c><00:48:05.699><c> which</c><00:48:05.860><c> he</c><00:48:06.159><c> requested.</c> 00:48:07.739 --> 00:48:09.420 Now,<00:48:08.079><c> here's</c><00:48:08.360><c> Robbahan's</c><00:48:08.980><c> translation</c> 00:48:09.420 --> 00:48:11.360 of<00:48:09.599><c> the</c><00:48:09.780><c> passage</c><00:48:10.019><c> I've</c><00:48:10.199><c> just</c><00:48:10.500><c> read.</c> 00:48:11.639 --> 00:48:14.719 Oh,<00:48:12.139><c> that</c><00:48:12.139><c> thou</c><00:48:12.360><c> wouldst</c><00:48:12.940><c> indeed</c><00:48:13.340><c> bless</c><00:48:13.920><c> me.</c> 00:48:14.719 --> 00:48:15.719 See,<00:48:15.079><c> there's</c><00:48:15.320><c> a</c><00:48:15.480><c> comma.</c> 00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:17.739 Indeed<00:48:16.360><c> bless</c><00:48:17.139><c> me,</c> 00:48:18.119 --> 00:48:20.519 and<00:48:18.500><c> enlarge</c><00:48:18.980><c> my</c><00:48:19.239><c> boundary,</c> 00:48:20.739 --> 00:48:22.880 and<00:48:20.739><c> that</c><00:48:20.920><c> thy</c><00:48:21.280><c> hand</c><00:48:21.559><c> might</c><00:48:21.880><c> be</c><00:48:22.059><c> with</c><00:48:22.280><c> me,</c> 00:48:23.079 --> 00:48:26.519 and<00:48:23.280><c> that</c><00:48:23.500><c> thou</c><00:48:23.719><c> wouldst</c><00:48:24.199><c> work</c><00:48:24.659><c> to</c><00:48:25.019><c> deliver</c><00:48:25.320><c> me</c><00:48:25.860><c> from</c><00:48:26.139><c> evil,</c> 00:48:26.780 --> 00:48:29.159 that<00:48:26.860><c> it</c><00:48:27.159><c> may</c><00:48:27.440><c> not</c><00:48:27.719><c> be</c><00:48:27.940><c> my</c><00:48:28.300><c> pain.</c> 00:48:30.960 --> 00:48:31.860 All<00:48:31.280><c> right.</c> 00:48:32.360 --> 00:48:34.659 So<00:48:32.659><c> it's</c><00:48:32.960><c> an</c><00:48:33.159><c> interesting</c><00:48:33.559><c> request.</c> 00:48:35.059 --> 00:48:35.739 What<00:48:35.179><c> does</c><00:48:35.300><c> it</c><00:48:35.539><c> mean?</c> 00:48:35.900 --> 00:48:38.500 Well,<00:48:36.179><c> enlarging</c><00:48:36.619><c> my</c><00:48:37.039><c> coast</c><00:48:37.300><c> means,</c><00:48:37.980><c> obviously,</c> 00:48:38.500 --> 00:48:42.239 from<00:48:38.800><c> what</c><00:48:39.000><c> we've</c><00:48:39.260><c> seen</c><00:48:39.559><c> in</c><00:48:39.760><c> chapter</c><00:48:40.059><c> 4,</c><00:48:40.760><c> verses</c><00:48:40.760><c> 39</c><00:48:41.480><c> to</c><00:48:41.659><c> 43,</c> 00:48:42.280 --> 00:48:43.639 which<00:48:42.420><c> is</c><00:48:42.539><c> what</c><00:48:42.639><c> the</c><00:48:42.820><c> Simeonites</c><00:48:43.199><c> did.</c> 00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:46.280 The<00:48:44.099><c> Simeonites</c><00:48:44.480><c> lived</c><00:48:44.659><c> next</c><00:48:45.019><c> door.</c> 00:48:46.559 --> 00:48:47.900 They<00:48:46.659><c> wanted</c><00:48:46.920><c> land.</c> 00:48:48.559 --> 00:48:50.260 He<00:48:48.679><c> says,</c><00:48:48.840><c> I</c><00:48:48.840><c> want</c><00:48:48.980><c> you</c><00:48:49.119><c> to</c><00:48:49.340><c> enlarge</c><00:48:49.659><c> my</c><00:48:49.920><c> coast.</c> 00:48:50.519 --> 00:48:51.800 It<00:48:50.539><c> was</c><00:48:50.739><c> to</c><00:48:50.980><c> provide</c><00:48:51.219><c> protection</c> 00:48:51.800 --> 00:48:53.980 from<00:48:52.079><c> the</c><00:48:52.320><c> oppressive</c><00:48:52.739><c> Amalekites.</c> 00:48:54.139 --> 00:48:57.019 Not<00:48:54.380><c> just</c><00:48:54.599><c> for</c><00:48:54.760><c> himself,</c><00:48:55.639><c> but</c><00:48:55.780><c> for</c><00:48:55.940><c> his</c><00:48:56.119><c> family.</c> 00:48:57.099 --> 00:48:58.659 Every<00:48:57.300><c> time</c><00:48:57.500><c> that</c><00:48:57.699><c> this</c><00:48:57.980><c> boy,</c> 00:48:58.860 --> 00:48:59.940 grown<00:48:59.019><c> into</c><00:48:59.239><c> a</c><00:48:59.440><c> man</c><00:48:59.619><c> now,</c> 00:49:00.099 --> 00:49:02.179 looks<00:49:00.300><c> at</c><00:49:00.460><c> his</c><00:49:00.659><c> mother</c><00:49:01.099><c> as</c><00:49:01.320><c> she</c><00:49:01.539><c> grows</c><00:49:01.800><c> older,</c> 00:49:02.500 --> 00:49:05.860 he<00:49:03.079><c> sees</c><00:49:03.400><c> the</c><00:49:03.679><c> grief</c><00:49:03.980><c> in</c><00:49:04.739><c> her</c><00:49:04.980><c> face.</c> 00:49:06.239 --> 00:49:07.480 That<00:49:06.539><c> brings</c><00:49:06.800><c> back</c><00:49:07.079><c> the</c><00:49:07.280><c> memories</c> 00:49:07.480 --> 00:49:10.059 of<00:49:07.639><c> what</c><00:49:07.760><c> she</c><00:49:08.139><c> told</c><00:49:08.519><c> him</c><00:49:09.260><c> about</c><00:49:09.599><c> what</c><00:49:09.860><c> happened</c> 00:49:10.059 --> 00:49:11.619 at<00:49:10.219><c> the</c><00:49:10.239><c> time</c><00:49:10.480><c> of</c><00:49:10.619><c> his</c><00:49:10.780><c> birth.</c> 00:49:12.119 --> 00:49:14.820 And<00:49:12.159><c> he</c><00:49:12.260><c> asks</c><00:49:12.659><c> his</c><00:49:13.000><c> God,</c><00:49:13.659><c> please,</c><00:49:14.139><c> please,</c> 00:49:15.179 --> 00:49:16.119 work<00:49:15.380><c> in</c><00:49:15.559><c> our</c><00:49:15.840><c> lives,</c> 00:49:16.219 --> 00:49:17.780 work<00:49:16.500><c> in</c><00:49:16.679><c> the</c><00:49:16.820><c> life</c><00:49:16.940><c> of</c><00:49:17.139><c> my</c><00:49:17.360><c> family</c> 00:49:17.780 --> 00:49:19.239 and<00:49:18.119><c> our</c><00:49:18.300><c> community</c><00:49:18.739><c> here,</c> 00:49:19.539 --> 00:49:22.780 that<00:49:19.699><c> the</c><00:49:19.940><c> Amalekites</c><00:49:20.579><c> might</c><00:49:20.940><c> be</c><00:49:21.179><c> taken</c><00:49:21.400><c> away</c><00:49:21.760><c> from</c><00:49:21.980><c> us,</c> 00:49:22.960 --> 00:49:24.440 at<00:49:23.019><c> least</c><00:49:23.239><c> some</c><00:49:23.460><c> distance.</c> 00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:26.400 That's<00:49:25.239><c> what</c><00:49:25.360><c> he's</c><00:49:25.679><c> asking.</c> 00:49:26.599 --> 00:49:28.420 So<00:49:26.820><c> he</c><00:49:26.920><c> asks</c><00:49:27.199><c> God</c><00:49:27.480><c> to</c><00:49:27.719><c> work</c><00:49:27.860><c> in</c><00:49:27.980><c> his</c><00:49:28.219><c> life,</c> 00:49:28.460 --> 00:49:29.460 to<00:49:28.679><c> deliver</c><00:49:28.880><c> him</c><00:49:29.079><c> from</c><00:49:29.320><c> evil.</c> 00:49:29.860 --> 00:49:33.619 Now,<00:49:30.199><c> the</c><00:49:30.420><c> seventh</c><00:49:30.719><c> clause</c><00:49:31.300><c> of</c><00:49:31.519><c> the</c><00:49:31.679><c> Lord's</c><00:49:32.119><c> Prayer</c><00:49:32.320><c> is,</c> 00:49:34.239 --> 00:49:35.920 deliver<00:49:34.460><c> us</c><00:49:34.780><c> from</c><00:49:35.019><c> evil.</c> 00:49:36.460 --> 00:49:37.699 Lead<00:49:36.960><c> us</c><00:49:37.119><c> not</c><00:49:37.219><c> into</c><00:49:37.400><c> temptation.</c> 00:49:37.820 --> 00:49:40.199 Deliver<00:49:38.280><c> us</c><00:49:38.960><c> from</c><00:49:39.340><c> evil.</c> 00:49:40.780 --> 00:49:42.480 Do<00:49:40.860><c> we</c><00:49:41.019><c> pray</c><00:49:41.260><c> like</c><00:49:41.539><c> that?</c> 00:49:43.320 --> 00:49:45.099 Well,<00:49:43.460><c> if</c><00:49:43.599><c> we</c><00:49:43.840><c> are</c><00:49:44.260><c> praying</c><00:49:44.539><c> like</c><00:49:44.900><c> that,</c> 00:49:45.159 --> 00:49:46.440 guess<00:49:45.300><c> what</c><00:49:45.519><c> happens?</c> 00:49:46.559 --> 00:49:48.039 God<00:49:46.780><c> answers</c><00:49:47.199><c> our</c><00:49:47.519><c> prayers</c> 00:49:48.039 --> 00:49:51.239 like<00:49:48.519><c> he</c><00:49:48.719><c> answered</c><00:49:48.960><c> the</c><00:49:49.119><c> prayer</c><00:49:49.280><c> of</c><00:49:49.539><c> Jabez.</c> 00:49:51.320 --> 00:49:53.539 Otherwise,<00:49:51.679><c> there'd</c><00:49:51.719><c> be</c><00:49:51.780><c> no</c><00:49:52.000><c> point</c><00:49:52.159><c> in</c><00:49:52.320><c> asking,</c><00:49:52.699><c> would</c><00:49:52.820><c> there?</c> 00:49:54.280 --> 00:49:56.099 Send<00:49:54.579><c> forth</c><00:49:54.920><c> the</c><00:49:55.159><c> angels.</c> 00:49:56.340 --> 00:49:57.559 Deliver<00:49:56.840><c> us</c><00:49:57.079><c> from</c><00:49:57.360><c> evil.</c> 00:49:57.639 --> 00:49:59.719 And<00:49:57.780><c> if</c><00:49:57.900><c> we're</c><00:49:58.159><c> genuine</c><00:49:58.659><c> in</c><00:49:58.900><c> our</c><00:49:59.179><c> acquires,</c> 00:49:59.980 --> 00:50:01.000 well,<00:50:00.099><c> then</c><00:50:00.199><c> we'll</c><00:50:00.360><c> do</c><00:50:00.539><c> our</c><00:50:00.820><c> part.</c> 00:50:01.039 --> 00:50:02.559 We'll<00:50:01.280><c> avoid,</c><00:50:01.639><c> like</c><00:50:01.920><c> the</c><00:50:02.199><c> plague,</c> 00:50:02.559 --> 00:50:05.980 the<00:50:03.079><c> places</c><00:50:03.440><c> where</c><00:50:03.739><c> the</c><00:50:03.820><c> Amalekites</c><00:50:04.360><c> lurk.</c> 00:50:05.980 --> 00:50:08.400 We'll<00:50:06.420><c> keep</c><00:50:06.619><c> away</c><00:50:06.940><c> from</c><00:50:07.059><c> the</c><00:50:07.179><c> Amalekite</c><00:50:07.659><c> as</c><00:50:07.800><c> much</c><00:50:07.980><c> as</c><00:50:08.119><c> we</c><00:50:08.239><c> can</c> 00:50:08.400 --> 00:50:10.070 and<00:50:08.539><c> resist</c><00:50:09.000><c> the</c><00:50:09.280><c> diabolos,</c> 00:50:10.380 --> 00:50:13.300 so<00:50:10.480><c> he</c><00:50:10.579><c> might</c><00:50:10.840><c> flee</c><00:50:11.179><c> from</c><00:50:11.460><c> us.</c> 00:50:14.119 --> 00:50:15.159 Grieve. 00:50:15.199 --> 00:50:16.099 If<00:50:15.260><c> it's</c><00:50:15.420><c> the</c><00:50:15.480><c> word</c><00:50:15.699><c> axad,</c> 00:50:16.199 --> 00:50:20.480 it<00:50:16.199><c> means</c><00:50:16.500><c> to</c><00:50:16.880><c> carve,</c><00:50:18.019><c> to</c><00:50:18.260><c> vex,</c><00:50:19.460><c> and</c><00:50:19.699><c> to</c><00:50:20.059><c> torture,</c> 00:50:20.780 --> 00:50:22.139 and<00:50:20.860><c> hence</c><00:50:21.099><c> to</c><00:50:21.320><c> deliver</c><00:50:21.659><c> pain.</c> 00:50:22.280 --> 00:50:23.639 So<00:50:22.440><c> Rotherhain</c><00:50:22.760><c> translates</c><00:50:23.340><c> it.</c> 00:50:23.900 --> 00:50:26.280 It's<00:50:24.099><c> extended</c><00:50:25.280><c> meaning.</c> 00:50:26.500 --> 00:50:30.280 But<00:50:26.699><c> the</c><00:50:26.960><c> root</c><00:50:27.139><c> idea</c><00:50:27.679><c> of</c><00:50:27.900><c> this</c><00:50:28.139><c> word</c><00:50:28.480><c> grieve</c><00:50:29.260><c> in</c><00:50:29.820><c> the</c><00:50:30.059><c> AV</c> 00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:33.500 is<00:50:30.800><c> carve,</c><00:50:31.420><c> vex,</c><00:50:32.119><c> or</c><00:50:32.420><c> torture,</c> 00:50:33.739 --> 00:50:36.739 which<00:50:33.860><c> is</c><00:50:33.960><c> what</c><00:50:34.199><c> the</c><00:50:34.340><c> Amalekites</c><00:50:34.920><c> were</c><00:50:35.119><c> wont</c><00:50:35.320><c> to</c><00:50:35.480><c> do</c><00:50:35.679><c> in</c><00:50:35.840><c> the</c><00:50:36.000><c> past,</c> 00:50:37.099 --> 00:50:38.559 weren't<00:50:37.340><c> they?</c> 00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:41.199 We'll<00:50:39.079><c> come</c><00:50:39.300><c> back</c><00:50:39.539><c> to</c><00:50:39.579><c> that</c><00:50:39.820><c> in</c><00:50:40.139><c> a</c><00:50:40.360><c> second.</c> 00:50:42.139 --> 00:50:44.940 So<00:50:42.300><c> why</c><00:50:42.619><c> was</c><00:50:42.980><c> Jabez</c><00:50:43.420><c> more</c><00:50:43.780><c> honorable</c><00:50:44.159><c> than</c><00:50:44.559><c> others,</c> 00:50:45.119 --> 00:50:46.360 than<00:50:45.280><c> his</c><00:50:45.480><c> brethren?</c> 00:50:47.099 --> 00:50:50.480 This<00:50:47.440><c> honor</c><00:50:47.880><c> could</c><00:50:48.400><c> only</c><00:50:48.860><c> come</c><00:50:49.079><c> in</c><00:50:49.239><c> his</c><00:50:49.559><c> maturity,</c> 00:50:50.539 --> 00:50:53.159 and<00:50:50.699><c> it's</c><00:50:51.000><c> clearly</c><00:50:51.239><c> related</c><00:50:51.659><c> to</c><00:50:51.920><c> the</c><00:50:52.000><c> tragic</c><00:50:52.400><c> circumstances</c> 00:50:53.159 --> 00:50:54.519 that<00:50:53.460><c> surrounded</c><00:50:53.860><c> his</c><00:50:54.139><c> birth</c> 00:50:54.519 --> 00:50:58.139 and<00:50:55.099><c> the</c><00:50:55.320><c> grief</c><00:50:55.579><c> that</c><00:50:55.780><c> he</c><00:50:55.980><c> saw</c><00:50:56.320><c> in</c><00:50:57.019><c> the</c><00:50:57.159><c> face</c><00:50:57.480><c> of</c><00:50:57.659><c> his</c><00:50:57.840><c> mother.</c> 00:50:58.139 --> 00:51:00.460 Now<00:50:58.780><c> the</c><00:50:58.880><c> word</c><00:50:59.079><c> honorable</c><00:50:59.420><c> here</c><00:50:59.719><c> is</c><00:51:00.000><c> kaybet,</c> 00:51:00.659 --> 00:51:01.780 spilt<00:51:00.820><c> the</c><00:51:01.000><c> way</c><00:51:01.099><c> it</c><00:51:01.199><c> ought</c><00:51:01.300><c> to</c><00:51:01.400><c> be</c><00:51:01.619><c> spilt,</c> 00:51:01.860 --> 00:51:04.280 not<00:51:01.980><c> like</c><00:51:02.199><c> the</c><00:51:02.360><c> Americans</c><00:51:02.619><c> spell</c><00:51:02.860><c> it</c><00:51:03.000><c> without</c><00:51:03.219><c> the</c><00:51:03.420><c> U.</c> 00:51:04.380 --> 00:51:06.920 I've<00:51:04.599><c> slipped</c><00:51:04.719><c> that</c><00:51:04.880><c> in</c><00:51:05.059><c> for</c><00:51:05.159><c> Brother</c><00:51:05.380><c> David's</c><00:51:05.920><c> sake.</c> 00:51:07.460 --> 00:51:08.920 It's<00:51:07.519><c> one</c><00:51:07.519><c> of</c><00:51:07.539><c> the</c><00:51:07.699><c> reasons</c><00:51:07.920><c> I</c><00:51:08.059><c> said</c><00:51:08.280><c> to</c><00:51:08.400><c> him,</c><00:51:08.619><c> you</c><00:51:08.679><c> know,</c> 00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:11.519 it's<00:51:09.119><c> another</c><00:51:09.480><c> reason</c><00:51:09.820><c> of</c><00:51:10.059><c> many</c><00:51:10.440><c> that</c><00:51:10.840><c> America</c><00:51:11.139><c> is</c><00:51:11.400><c> not</c> 00:51:11.519 --> 00:51:13.079 one<00:51:11.659><c> of</c><00:51:11.739><c> the</c><00:51:11.880><c> young</c><00:51:12.059><c> lions</c><00:51:12.320><c> because</c><00:51:12.460><c> they</c><00:51:12.639><c> don't</c><00:51:12.860><c> use</c> 00:51:13.079 --> 00:51:14.739 the<00:51:13.260><c> English</c><00:51:13.480><c> language</c><00:51:13.880><c> properly.</c> 00:51:15.820 --> 00:51:18.400 If<00:51:15.820><c> you</c><00:51:15.960><c> want</c><00:51:16.139><c> proof,</c><00:51:16.500><c> just</c><00:51:16.639><c> read</c><00:51:16.840><c> the</c><00:51:17.059><c> AV,</c><00:51:17.679><c> KJV.</c> 00:51:18.800 --> 00:51:20.780 That's<00:51:19.039><c> right,</c><00:51:19.199><c> it's</c><00:51:19.380><c> on</c><00:51:19.539><c> our</c><00:51:19.880><c> side.</c> 00:51:21.480 --> 00:51:25.260 So<00:51:21.920><c> you've</c><00:51:22.360><c> got</c><00:51:22.519><c> honorable,</c><00:51:23.639><c> kaybet,</c><00:51:24.980><c> heavy,</c> 00:51:25.260 --> 00:51:29.340 means<00:51:25.659><c> that</c><00:51:25.860><c> he's</c><00:51:26.219><c> weighty,</c><00:51:27.199><c> hence</c><00:51:27.840><c> honorable.</c> 00:51:29.920 --> 00:51:33.420 So<00:51:30.320><c> this</c><00:51:30.800><c> is</c><00:51:31.039><c> about</c><00:51:31.219><c> ascribing</c><00:51:31.880><c> weight</c><00:51:32.300><c> to</c><00:51:32.579><c> someone.</c> 00:51:33.780 --> 00:51:36.380 He<00:51:33.820><c> was</c><00:51:34.039><c> more</c><00:51:34.420><c> honorable</c><00:51:35.199><c> than</c><00:51:35.800><c> his</c><00:51:36.099><c> brethren.</c> 00:51:36.840 --> 00:51:39.440 Now<00:51:37.119><c> Christ's</c><00:51:37.820><c> rule</c><00:51:38.079><c> was</c><00:51:38.340><c> this,</c><00:51:38.579><c> brothers</c><00:51:38.820><c> and</c><00:51:39.059><c> sisters,</c> 00:51:39.579 --> 00:51:42.280 and<00:51:39.739><c> it</c><00:51:39.920><c> can't</c><00:51:40.219><c> be</c><00:51:40.440><c> different</c><00:51:40.579><c> than</c><00:51:40.719><c> the</c><00:51:40.880><c> Old</c><00:51:41.079><c> Testament</c><00:51:41.380><c> canon.</c> 00:51:42.579 --> 00:51:44.920 This<00:51:42.719><c> was</c><00:51:43.019><c> Christ's</c><00:51:44.119><c> fundamental</c><00:51:44.579><c> rule.</c> 00:51:45.099 --> 00:51:47.300 He<00:51:45.239><c> said</c><00:51:45.400><c> this</c><00:51:45.659><c> several</c><00:51:46.019><c> times,</c> 00:51:47.400 --> 00:51:50.219 once<00:51:47.840><c> in</c><00:51:48.079><c> Matthew</c><00:51:48.360><c> 23,</c><00:51:49.000><c> verse</c><00:51:49.219><c> 11,</c> 00:51:50.579 --> 00:51:54.500 But<00:51:51.059><c> he</c><00:51:51.539><c> that</c><00:51:51.820><c> is</c><00:51:52.280><c> greatest</c><00:51:52.840><c> among</c><00:51:53.400><c> you</c> 00:51:54.500 --> 00:51:56.559 shall<00:51:55.179><c> be</c><00:51:55.380><c> your</c><00:51:55.599><c> servant.</c> 00:51:58.119 --> 00:52:00.280 You<00:51:58.139><c> want</c><00:51:58.219><c> to</c><00:51:58.300><c> be</c><00:51:58.360><c> more</c><00:51:58.539><c> honorable</c><00:51:59.019><c> than</c><00:51:59.260><c> your</c><00:51:59.460><c> brethren?</c> 00:52:00.440 --> 00:52:04.059 Then<00:52:00.659><c> get</c><00:52:00.840><c> in</c><00:52:00.980><c> there</c><00:52:01.199><c> and</c><00:52:01.260><c> serve</c><00:52:01.559><c> them</c><00:52:02.000><c> like</c><00:52:03.000><c> a</c><00:52:03.239><c> slave.</c> 00:52:04.500 --> 00:52:05.719 That's<00:52:04.679><c> what</c><00:52:04.780><c> it's</c><00:52:04.920><c> saying.</c> 00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:07.320 You<00:52:06.260><c> want</c><00:52:06.360><c> to</c><00:52:06.460><c> be</c><00:52:06.619><c> held</c><00:52:06.900><c> as</c><00:52:07.079><c> something,</c> 00:52:07.599 --> 00:52:10.440 as<00:52:07.739><c> some</c><00:52:08.059><c> person</c><00:52:08.460><c> that's</c><00:52:08.659><c> got</c><00:52:08.880><c> weight</c><00:52:09.199><c> in</c><00:52:09.420><c> the</c><00:52:09.579><c> scheme</c><00:52:09.780><c> of</c><00:52:10.000><c> things?</c> 00:52:10.800 --> 00:52:12.239 Well,<00:52:10.980><c> get</c><00:52:11.380><c> down</c><00:52:11.780><c> on</c><00:52:11.800><c> your</c><00:52:12.000><c> knees</c> 00:52:12.239 --> 00:52:14.559 and<00:52:12.559><c> scrub</c><00:52:12.719><c> the</c><00:52:12.980><c> floors</c><00:52:13.320><c> for</c><00:52:13.480><c> your</c><00:52:13.679><c> brethren.</c> 00:52:15.639 --> 00:52:20.300 So<00:52:16.280><c> it's</c><00:52:16.880><c> about</c><00:52:17.199><c> serving</c><00:52:17.599><c> one</c><00:52:17.820><c> another</c><00:52:18.380><c> until</c><00:52:18.940><c> it</c><00:52:19.179><c> hurts.</c> 00:52:20.539 --> 00:52:22.420 And<00:52:20.639><c> that's</c><00:52:20.900><c> what</c><00:52:21.179><c> I</c><00:52:21.260><c> believe</c><00:52:21.619><c> Jay</c><00:52:21.940><c> Best</c><00:52:22.059><c> did.</c> 00:52:22.760 --> 00:52:25.719 He<00:52:22.880><c> was</c><00:52:23.159><c> not</c><00:52:23.719><c> asking</c><00:52:24.219><c> this</c><00:52:24.639><c> prayer</c><00:52:24.960><c> 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Septuagint</c><00:55:27.559><c> translation</c> 00:55:28.139 --> 00:55:29.800 of<00:55:28.300><c> Numbers</c><00:55:28.619><c> 24</c><00:55:29.059><c> verse</c><00:55:29.360><c> 9</c> 00:55:29.800 --> 00:55:31.300 and<00:55:29.920><c> it</c><00:55:29.920><c> says</c> 00:55:31.380 --> 00:55:33.360 his<00:55:31.820><c> king,</c><00:55:32.440><c> Israel's</c><00:55:32.840><c> king</c> 00:55:33.360 --> 00:55:35.980 is<00:55:34.000><c> greater</c><00:55:34.400><c> than</c><00:55:34.739><c> Agag.</c> 00:55:36.280 --> 00:55:37.300 Higher<00:55:36.539><c> than</c><00:55:36.719><c> Agag.</c> 00:55:37.500 --> 00:55:40.440 Here<00:55:37.639><c> the</c><00:55:37.760><c> Septuagint</c><00:55:38.219><c> says</c><00:55:38.519><c> Gog</c><00:55:38.860><c> quite</c><00:55:39.320><c> correctly.</c> 00:55:41.019 --> 00:55:42.539 So<00:55:41.340><c> Gog</c><00:55:41.579><c> and</c><00:55:41.980><c> Magog</c> 00:55:42.539 --> 00:55:44.360 a<00:55:42.800><c> name</c><00:55:42.980><c> which</c><00:55:43.179><c> has</c><00:55:43.440><c> Gog</c><00:55:43.739><c> in</c><00:55:43.860><c> it</c> 00:55:44.360 --> 00:55:46.659 are<00:55:44.579><c> there</c><00:55:44.840><c> to</c><00:55:45.000><c> represent</c><00:55:45.340><c> the</c><00:55:45.500><c> Amalekites.</c> 00:55:47.519 --> 00:55:50.719 And<00:55:47.619><c> it's</c><00:55:47.800><c> the</c><00:55:47.940><c> Amalekites</c><00:55:48.719><c> who</c><00:55:49.039><c> symbolise</c><00:55:49.579><c> the</c><00:55:49.840><c> serpent</c> 00:55:50.800 --> 00:55:52.480 in<00:55:51.159><c> political</c><00:55:51.659><c> manifestation.</c> 00:55:52.760 --> 00:55:54.920 That's<00:55:52.940><c> how</c><00:55:53.099><c> that</c><00:55:53.360><c> rebellion</c><00:55:53.900><c> gets</c><00:55:54.440><c> underway</c> 00:55:54.920 --> 00:55:57.019 in<00:55:55.579><c> Revelation</c><00:55:56.099><c> chapter</c><00:55:56.480><c> 20.</c> 00:55:57.019 --> 00:56:00.360 We<00:55:57.519><c> know</c><00:55:57.719><c> the</c><00:55:57.860><c> story</c><00:55:58.199><c> of</c><00:55:58.380><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:55:58.900><c> 25</c><00:55:59.420><c> verses</c><00:55:59.659><c> 17</c><00:56:00.099><c> to</c><00:56:00.280><c> 9.</c> 00:56:00.619 --> 00:56:01.719 I'll<00:56:00.860><c> just</c><00:56:01.039><c> take</c><00:56:01.179><c> you</c><00:56:01.340><c> back</c><00:56:01.559><c> there.</c> 00:56:01.960 --> 00:56:04.139 We<00:56:01.960><c> can</c><00:56:02.539><c> hammer</c><00:56:02.800><c> this</c><00:56:03.059><c> down</c> 00:56:04.139 --> 00:56:07.159 in<00:56:04.880><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:56:05.400><c> 25</c> 00:56:07.780 --> 00:56:09.860 because<00:56:08.300><c> this</c><00:56:08.480><c> has</c><00:56:08.619><c> got</c><00:56:08.760><c> a</c><00:56:08.920><c> personal</c><00:56:09.420><c> message</c> 00:56:09.860 --> 00:56:11.280 for<00:56:10.039><c> you</c><00:56:10.239><c> and</c><00:56:10.400><c> me.</c> 00:56:12.179 --> 00:56:13.860 This<00:56:12.360><c> is</c><00:56:12.579><c> the</c><00:56:12.699><c> wilderness</c><00:56:13.019><c> of</c><00:56:13.380><c> life</c> 00:56:13.860 --> 00:56:17.159 which<00:56:14.320><c> cost</c><00:56:14.639><c> too</c><00:56:14.880><c> many</c><00:56:15.039><c> Israelites</c><00:56:15.539><c> eternal</c><00:56:16.139><c> death.</c> 00:56:17.219 --> 00:56:20.039 And<00:56:17.320><c> this</c><00:56:17.420><c> is</c><00:56:17.539><c> one</c><00:56:17.679><c> of</c><00:56:17.820><c> the</c><00:56:17.880><c> reasons</c><00:56:18.219><c> for</c><00:56:18.599><c> it.</c> 00:56:20.400 --> 00:56:22.500 Deuteronomy<00:56:20.659><c> 25</c><00:56:21.159><c> verse</c><00:56:21.340><c> 17.</c> 00:56:23.099 --> 00:56:25.059 Remember<00:56:23.519><c> what</c><00:56:23.780><c> Amalek</c><00:56:24.199><c> did</c><00:56:24.440><c> unto</c><00:56:24.739><c> thee</c> 00:56:25.059 --> 00:56:28.139 by<00:56:25.519><c> the</c><00:56:25.739><c> way,</c><00:56:26.179><c> yeah,</c><00:56:26.760><c> the</c><00:56:26.860><c> way</c><00:56:27.280><c> of</c><00:56:27.579><c> probation</c> 00:56:28.139 --> 00:56:30.199 in<00:56:29.039><c> the</c><00:56:29.219><c> wilderness.</c> 00:56:30.559 --> 00:56:32.039 When<00:56:30.579><c> you</c><00:56:30.760><c> were</c><00:56:30.900><c> come</c><00:56:31.039><c> forth</c><00:56:31.340><c> out</c><00:56:31.539><c> of</c><00:56:31.699><c> Egypt</c> 00:56:32.039 --> 00:56:34.880 how<00:56:32.500><c> he</c><00:56:32.860><c> met</c><00:56:33.139><c> thee</c><00:56:33.599><c> by</c><00:56:34.219><c> the</c><00:56:34.500><c> way.</c> 00:56:35.119 --> 00:56:37.039 Every<00:56:35.460><c> day</c><00:56:35.960><c> in</c><00:56:36.320><c> our</c><00:56:36.659><c> lives</c> 00:56:37.039 --> 00:56:39.199 there<00:56:37.320><c> are</c><00:56:37.519><c> Amalekites</c><00:56:38.179><c> lurking</c> 00:56:39.199 --> 00:56:40.699 by<00:56:39.599><c> the</c><00:56:39.840><c> way.</c> 00:56:40.940 --> 00:56:42.639 Now<00:56:41.219><c> you've</c><00:56:41.400><c> got</c><00:56:41.519><c> the</c><00:56:41.639><c> good</c><00:56:41.840><c> fortune</c><00:56:42.139><c> of</c><00:56:42.340><c> working</c> 00:56:42.639 --> 00:56:44.059 for<00:56:43.019><c> a</c><00:56:43.119><c> Christadelphian</c><00:56:43.800><c> boss</c> 00:56:44.059 --> 00:56:45.199 but<00:56:44.219><c> you're</c><00:56:44.380><c> still</c><00:56:44.519><c> rubbing</c><00:56:44.719><c> shoulders</c> 00:56:45.199 --> 00:56:47.380 with<00:56:45.400><c> the</c><00:56:45.519><c> Amalekites,</c><00:56:46.739><c> aren't</c><00:56:46.900><c> you?</c> 00:56:47.559 --> 00:56:48.500 Wherever<00:56:47.820><c> you</c><00:56:48.039><c> go</c><00:56:48.139><c> in</c><00:56:48.260><c> this</c><00:56:48.420><c> world</c> 00:56:48.500 --> 00:56:50.519 you're<00:56:48.659><c> rubbing</c><00:56:48.840><c> shoulders</c><00:56:49.039><c> with</c><00:56:49.159><c> the</c><00:56:49.300><c> Amalekites.</c> 00:56:50.820 --> 00:56:53.960 And<00:56:51.039><c> some</c><00:56:51.219><c> of</c><00:56:51.360><c> them</c><00:56:52.099><c> are</c><00:56:52.460><c> out</c><00:56:52.940><c> to</c><00:56:53.400><c> undermine</c> 00:56:53.960 --> 00:56:56.059 what<00:56:54.579><c> you</c><00:56:54.860><c> stand</c><00:56:55.219><c> for.</c> 00:56:56.420 --> 00:56:58.000 So<00:56:56.760><c> here</c><00:56:57.239><c> we've</c><00:56:57.460><c> got</c><00:56:57.599><c> the</c><00:56:57.739><c> problem</c> 00:56:58.000 --> 00:57:01.019 the<00:56:58.199><c> Amalekite</c><00:56:58.760><c> in</c><00:56:58.880><c> our</c><00:56:59.099><c> life,</c><00:56:59.460><c> the</c><00:56:59.639><c> serpent</c><00:56:59.920><c> there.</c> 00:57:01.039 --> 00:57:02.260 How<00:57:01.219><c> he</c><00:57:01.340><c> met</c><00:57:01.559><c> thee</c><00:57:01.719><c> by</c><00:57:01.960><c> the</c><00:57:02.119><c> way</c> 00:57:02.260 --> 00:57:03.940 and<00:57:02.619><c> smoked</c><00:57:02.920><c> behind</c><00:57:03.340><c> most</c><00:57:03.679><c> of</c><00:57:03.840><c> thee</c> 00:57:03.940 --> 00:57:05.800 even<00:57:04.119><c> all</c><00:57:04.320><c> that</c><00:57:04.440><c> were</c><00:57:04.800><c> feeble.</c> 00:57:06.219 --> 00:57:08.019 The<00:57:06.320><c> word</c><00:57:06.519><c> feeble</c><00:57:06.820><c> means</c><00:57:07.059><c> to</c><00:57:07.179><c> be</c><00:57:07.320><c> unsteady</c> 00:57:08.019 --> 00:57:09.440 on<00:57:08.280><c> your</c><00:57:08.579><c> feet.</c> 00:57:09.900 --> 00:57:11.139 Behind<00:57:10.420><c> them,</c><00:57:10.699><c> why?</c> 00:57:11.360 --> 00:57:12.659 Because<00:57:11.619><c> these</c><00:57:11.860><c> were</c><00:57:12.019><c> Christadelphians</c> 00:57:12.659 --> 00:57:14.820 that<00:57:12.940><c> fell</c><00:57:13.059><c> behind</c><00:57:13.559><c> the</c><00:57:13.860><c> multitude.</c> 00:57:15.420 --> 00:57:17.079 These<00:57:15.619><c> were</c><00:57:15.820><c> people</c><00:57:16.219><c> who</c><00:57:16.500><c> had</c><00:57:16.619><c> lost</c><00:57:16.820><c> sight</c> 00:57:17.079 --> 00:57:18.860 of<00:57:17.260><c> the</c><00:57:17.380><c> objective</c><00:57:17.719><c> of</c><00:57:17.980><c> the</c><00:57:18.079><c> truth</c> 00:57:18.900 --> 00:57:20.460 and<00:57:19.159><c> fell</c><00:57:19.440><c> behind.</c> 00:57:21.219 --> 00:57:22.920 And<00:57:21.739><c> their</c><00:57:22.239><c> throats</c><00:57:22.460><c> were</c><00:57:22.719><c> cut.</c> 00:57:22.920 --> 00:57:25.059 They<00:57:23.639><c> were</c><00:57:23.880><c> faint</c><00:57:24.199><c> and</c><00:57:24.460><c> they</c><00:57:24.519><c> were</c><00:57:24.800><c> weary.</c> 00:57:25.440 --> 00:57:26.619 And<00:57:25.539><c> he</c><00:57:25.780><c> feared</c><00:57:25.980><c> not</c><00:57:26.300><c> God.</c> 00:57:27.059 --> 00:57:28.679 Therefore<00:57:27.179><c> it</c><00:57:27.480><c> shall</c><00:57:27.639><c> be</c><00:57:27.820><c> when</c><00:57:28.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:57:28.380><c> thy</c><00:57:28.539><c> God</c> 00:57:28.679 --> 00:57:30.179 hath<00:57:28.900><c> given</c><00:57:29.079><c> thee</c><00:57:29.300><c> rest</c><00:57:29.519><c> from</c><00:57:29.659><c> all</c><00:57:29.780><c> thy</c><00:57:29.900><c> enemies</c> 00:57:30.179 --> 00:57:31.179 round<00:57:30.519><c> about</c><00:57:30.679><c> in</c><00:57:30.820><c> the</c><00:57:30.940><c> land</c> 00:57:31.179 --> 00:57:32.360 which<00:57:31.340><c> Yahweh</c><00:57:31.619><c> thy</c><00:57:31.760><c> God</c><00:57:31.960><c> giveth</c><00:57:32.199><c> thee</c> 00:57:32.360 --> 00:57:33.519 for<00:57:32.519><c> inheritance</c><00:57:32.820><c> to</c><00:57:33.019><c> possess</c><00:57:33.280><c> it</c> 00:57:33.519 --> 00:57:35.480 that<00:57:33.619><c> thou</c><00:57:33.800><c> shalt</c><00:57:34.159><c> blot</c><00:57:34.960><c> out</c> 00:57:35.480 --> 00:57:38.360 the<00:57:35.800><c> remembrance</c><00:57:36.159><c> of</c><00:57:36.480><c> Amalek</c><00:57:36.820><c> from</c><00:57:37.059><c> under</c><00:57:37.400><c> heaven.</c> 00:57:38.960 --> 00:57:41.219 They<00:57:39.219><c> should</c><00:57:39.460><c> not</c><00:57:39.880><c> forget</c><00:57:40.239><c> it.</c> 00:57:41.360 --> 00:57:43.380 Clearly<00:57:41.639><c> representing</c><00:57:42.179><c> the</c><00:57:42.539><c> serpent.</c> 00:57:43.519 --> 00:57:46.000 So<00:57:43.679><c> earnest</c><00:57:43.920><c> prayer,</c><00:57:45.099><c> seeking</c><00:57:45.480><c> deliverance</c> 00:57:46.000 --> 00:57:47.960 from<00:57:46.219><c> the</c><00:57:46.400><c> grief</c><00:57:46.599><c> that</c><00:57:46.780><c> the</c><00:57:46.880><c> Amalekites</c><00:57:47.519><c> deliver</c> 00:57:47.960 --> 00:57:49.900 will<00:57:48.599><c> be</c><00:57:48.820><c> answered</c><00:57:49.119><c> by</c><00:57:49.400><c> God.</c> 00:57:49.900 --> 00:57:53.280 Especially<00:57:50.900><c> if</c><00:57:51.440><c> it</c><00:57:51.599><c> is</c><00:57:51.780><c> on</c><00:57:52.179><c> behalf</c><00:57:52.639><c> of</c><00:57:52.980><c> others</c> 00:57:53.280 --> 00:57:54.559 who<00:57:53.599><c> are</c><00:57:53.800><c> close</c><00:57:54.039><c> to</c><00:57:54.320><c> us</c> 00:57:54.559 --> 00:57:57.599 as<00:57:55.119><c> clearly</c><00:57:55.900><c> Jabez</c><00:57:56.400><c> was</c><00:57:56.679><c> asking.</c> 00:57:57.780 --> 00:58:00.260 And<00:57:57.880><c> we</c><00:57:58.039><c> read</c><00:57:58.260><c> finally</c><00:57:58.719><c> in</c><00:57:58.920><c> 1</c><00:57:59.139><c> Chronicles</c><00:57:59.519><c> 4</c><00:57:59.780><c> verse</c><00:58:00.059><c> 10</c> 00:58:00.260 --> 00:58:03.559 that<00:58:00.480><c> God</c><00:58:01.159><c> granted</c><00:58:01.659><c> his</c><00:58:02.280><c> request.</c> 00:58:03.659 --> 00:58:06.780 That<00:58:03.820><c> word</c><00:58:04.099><c> granted</c><00:58:04.719><c> is</c><00:58:05.119><c> the</c><00:58:05.300><c> Hebrew</c><00:58:05.579><c> word</c><00:58:05.860><c> bow.</c> 00:58:07.400 --> 00:58:09.139 It<00:58:07.619><c> simply</c><00:58:07.880><c> means</c><00:58:08.300><c> to</c><00:58:08.579><c> go</c><00:58:08.780><c> in.</c> 00:58:09.420 --> 00:58:10.739 To<00:58:09.619><c> come</c><00:58:09.840><c> in.</c> 00:58:10.760 --> 00:58:12.320 To<00:58:10.960><c> enter</c><00:58:11.260><c> in.</c> 00:58:13.199 --> 00:58:15.139 So<00:58:13.340><c> it's</c><00:58:13.440><c> not</c><00:58:13.619><c> like</c><00:58:14.199><c> granting</c><00:58:14.619><c> in</c><00:58:14.940><c> the</c><00:58:15.039><c> sense</c> 00:58:15.139 --> 00:58:17.940 here,<00:58:16.659><c> I</c><00:58:16.980><c> grant</c><00:58:17.280><c> you</c><00:58:17.599><c> something.</c> 00:58:17.940 --> 00:58:19.400 It's<00:58:18.440><c> not</c><00:58:18.460><c> like</c><00:58:18.679><c> that.</c> 00:58:19.860 --> 00:58:24.480 This<00:58:20.079><c> is</c><00:58:20.159><c> about</c><00:58:20.539><c> God</c><00:58:21.719><c> entering</c><00:58:22.480><c> into</c><00:58:22.900><c> a</c><00:58:23.039><c> man's</c><00:58:23.400><c> life.</c> 00:58:25.219 --> 00:58:27.420 Sending<00:58:25.500><c> his</c><00:58:25.820><c> angels</c><00:58:26.159><c> to</c><00:58:26.440><c> work.</c> 00:58:27.880 --> 00:58:32.079 He<00:58:28.019><c> entered</c><00:58:28.280><c> in</c><00:58:30.199><c> to</c><00:58:30.539><c> this</c><00:58:30.760><c> man's</c><00:58:31.099><c> life.</c> 00:58:32.639 --> 00:58:34.000 And<00:58:32.860><c> he</c><00:58:33.099><c> provided</c><00:58:33.420><c> deliverance</c> 00:58:34.000 --> 00:58:36.000 through<00:58:34.280><c> the</c><00:58:34.360><c> work</c><00:58:34.579><c> of</c><00:58:34.739><c> the</c><00:58:34.880><c> Simeonites.</c> 00:58:36.199 --> 00:58:39.320 So<00:58:36.420><c> finally,</c><00:58:37.880><c> Jabez</c><00:58:38.039><c> is</c><00:58:38.300><c> a</c><00:58:38.400><c> powerful</c><00:58:38.800><c> example</c> 00:58:39.320 --> 00:58:42.659 for<00:58:39.579><c> faithful</c><00:58:39.900><c> Gentiles</c><00:58:40.500><c> in</c><00:58:41.320><c> the</c><00:58:41.460><c> latter</c><00:58:41.639><c> days.</c> 00:58:42.800 --> 00:58:44.840 Because<00:58:43.000><c> far</c><00:58:43.320><c> too</c><00:58:43.599><c> many</c><00:58:43.880><c> of</c><00:58:44.119><c> our</c><00:58:44.460><c> family</c> 00:58:44.840 --> 00:58:46.179 brothers<00:58:45.119><c> and</c><00:58:45.380><c> sisters</c><00:58:45.619><c> in</c><00:58:45.880><c> Christ</c> 00:58:46.179 --> 00:58:50.119 have<00:58:46.519><c> fallen</c><00:58:46.760><c> victim</c><00:58:47.300><c> to</c><00:58:48.039><c> the</c><00:58:48.159><c> ruthless</c><00:58:48.579><c> Amalekite.</c> 00:58:51.179 --> 00:58:54.059 They're<00:58:51.280><c> not</c><00:58:51.380><c> unknown</c><00:58:51.699><c> to</c><00:58:51.900><c> you</c><00:58:52.380><c> in</c><00:58:52.860><c> this</c><00:58:53.039><c> area.</c> 00:58:55.159 --> 00:58:56.760 So<00:58:55.340><c> what</c><00:58:55.480><c> do</c><00:58:55.519><c> we</c><00:58:55.679><c> pray</c><00:58:55.880><c> for?</c> 00:58:59.179 --> 00:59:03.019 If<00:58:59.320><c> we</c><00:58:59.519><c> pray</c><00:58:59.639><c> like</c><00:58:59.860><c> Jabez,</c><00:59:01.880><c> God</c><00:59:02.059><c> will</c><00:59:02.179><c> answer.</c>