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keen<00:10:52.600><c> of</c><00:10:52.919><c> eye,</c><00:10:54.039><c> lithe</c><00:10:54.460><c> of</c><00:10:54.700><c> body,</c><00:10:55.860><c> auburn</c><00:10:56.299><c> haired,</c><00:10:57.340><c> and</c><00:10:57.580><c> of</c>

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and<00:11:04.159><c> handsome.</c>

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And<00:11:07.100><c> when</c><00:11:07.320><c> he</c><00:11:07.539><c> stood</c><00:11:07.720><c> before</c><00:11:08.240><c> Saul,</c><00:11:10.120><c> possibly</c><00:11:10.559><c> to</c><00:11:11.039><c> the</c><00:11:11.320><c> discomfiture</c><00:11:11.940><c> of</c><00:11:12.179><c> Jesse</c>

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and<00:11:13.440><c> the</c><00:11:13.679><c> anger</c><00:11:13.980><c> of</c><00:11:14.139><c> his</c><00:11:14.480><c> brothers,</c><00:11:15.559><c> God</c><00:11:15.860><c> said</c><00:11:16.120><c> to</c><00:11:16.419><c> Samuel,</c>

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this<00:11:16.899><c> is</c><00:11:17.159><c> he,</c><00:11:19.179><c> anoint</c><00:11:19.539><c> him.</c>

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So<00:11:21.940><c> let</c><00:11:22.100><c> us</c><00:11:22.279><c> pause</c><00:11:22.500><c> for</c><00:11:22.679><c> a</c><00:11:22.820><c> moment</c><00:11:23.000><c> just</c><00:11:23.299><c> to</c><00:11:23.700><c> learn</c><00:11:23.860><c> an</c><00:11:24.080><c> old</c><00:11:24.240><c> lesson,</c><00:11:24.620><c> to</c>

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relearn<00:11:25.120><c> it.</c>

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I<00:11:26.139><c> know</c><00:11:26.299><c> you've</c><00:11:26.460><c> heard</c><00:11:26.639><c> it</c><00:11:26.720><c> before,</c><00:11:27.019><c> but</c><00:11:27.179><c> it's</c><00:11:27.399><c> worth</c><00:11:27.639><c> hearing</c>

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it<00:11:28.080><c> again</c>

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God's<00:11:33.259><c> words</c><00:11:33.539><c> to</c><00:11:33.820><c> Samuel</c><00:11:34.360><c> explaining</c><00:11:35.000><c> why</c><00:11:35.259><c> he's</c><00:11:35.620><c> chosen</c><00:11:35.980><c> this</c><00:11:36.340><c> David.</c>

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It's<00:11:36.899><c> in</c><00:11:37.039><c> 1</c><00:11:37.279><c> Samuel</c><00:11:37.539><c> 16</c><00:11:38.080><c> verse</c><00:11:38.360><c> 7.</c>

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The<00:11:39.879><c> Lord</c><00:11:40.580><c> seeth</c><00:11:41.259><c> not</c><00:11:41.659><c> as</c><00:11:42.000><c> man</c><00:11:42.279><c> seeth,</c>

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for<00:11:44.559><c> man</c><00:11:45.179><c> looketh</c><00:11:45.700><c> on</c><00:11:45.980><c> the</c><00:11:46.240><c> outward</c><00:11:47.480><c> expression</c><00:11:48.600><c> or</c><00:11:49.179><c> appearance,</c>

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but<00:11:50.679><c> the</c><00:11:50.919><c> Lord</c><00:11:51.340><c> looketh</c><00:11:51.879><c> on</c><00:11:52.820><c> the</c><00:11:53.080><c> heart.</c>

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A<00:11:55.080><c> common,</c><00:11:55.740><c> well</c><00:11:56.000><c>-known</c><00:11:56.179><c> lesson</c><00:11:56.519><c> amongst</c><00:11:56.879><c> us,</c>

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but<00:11:57.360><c> we</c><00:11:57.559><c> have</c><00:11:57.740><c> the</c><00:11:57.980><c> greatest</c><00:11:58.340><c> difficulty</c><00:11:59.019><c> in</c><00:12:00.320><c> believing</c><00:12:00.539><c> it.</c>

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The<00:12:01.220><c> Lord</c><00:12:01.720><c> looketh</c><00:12:02.259><c> on</c><00:12:02.779><c> the</c><00:12:03.019><c> heart.</c>

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So<00:12:03.620><c> because</c><00:12:03.919><c> he</c><00:12:04.019><c> was</c><00:12:04.240><c> a</c><00:12:04.399><c> man</c><00:12:04.519><c> after</c><00:12:04.840><c> God's</c><00:12:05.340><c> own</c><00:12:05.639><c> heart,</c><00:12:06.679><c> he</c><00:12:06.820><c> was</c>

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anointed<00:12:07.779><c> king.</c>

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Now<00:12:09.759><c> let's</c><00:12:09.940><c> come</c><00:12:10.220><c> to</c><00:12:10.399><c> this</c><00:12:11.120><c> dramatic</c><00:12:11.860><c> confrontation</c><00:12:13.039><c> with</c><00:12:14.299><c> Goliath,</c>

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about<00:12:15.019><c> which</c><00:12:15.259><c> we</c><00:12:15.480><c> read.</c>

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I<00:12:16.159><c> don't</c><00:12:16.399><c> propose</c><00:12:16.639><c> you</c><00:12:16.820><c> go</c><00:12:17.019><c> through</c><00:12:17.460><c> the</c><00:12:17.720><c> narrative</c><00:12:18.100><c> again</c>

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because<00:12:18.740><c> you</c><00:12:19.440><c> know</c><00:12:19.639><c> it</c><00:12:19.940><c> well.</c>

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If<00:12:21.580><c> it</c><00:12:21.899><c> seems</c><00:12:22.259><c> strange,</c><00:12:23.059><c> brothers</c><00:12:23.220><c> and</c><00:12:23.419><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:12:23.919><c> such</c><00:12:24.220><c> an</c><00:12:24.559><c> unlikely</c><00:12:25.100><c> person</c><00:12:25.940><c> is</c><00:12:27.000><c> allowed</c><00:12:27.360><c> to</c><00:12:27.659><c> take</c><00:12:27.860><c> on</c>

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this<00:12:28.440><c> giant.</c>

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I<00:12:28.960><c> mean,</c><00:12:30.460><c> first</c><00:12:30.919><c> of</c><00:12:31.159><c> all,</c><00:12:33.240><c> David,</c><00:12:35.100><c> an</c><00:12:35.399><c> un</c><00:12:35.659><c>-military</c><00:12:36.120><c> man,</c>

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it<00:12:39.220><c> fits</c><00:12:39.440><c> ill</c><00:12:39.940><c> with</c><00:12:40.559><c> Samuel's</c><00:12:41.500><c> military</c><00:12:41.960><c> pride</c>

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to<00:12:44.059><c> allow</c><00:12:44.340><c> this</c><00:12:45.600><c> un</c><00:12:46.159><c>-military</c><00:12:46.580><c> man</c><00:12:47.080><c> to</c><00:12:47.980><c> take</c><00:12:48.220><c> on</c><00:12:49.000><c> Goliath,</c>

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and<00:12:50.519><c> then</c><00:12:51.000><c> add</c><00:12:51.379><c> to</c><00:12:51.440><c> that</c><00:12:51.779><c> a</c><00:12:52.019><c> shepherd.</c>

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A<00:12:54.240><c> man</c><00:12:54.379><c> who</c><00:12:54.539><c> is</c><00:12:54.600><c> not</c><00:12:54.759><c> a</c><00:12:54.879><c> soldier</c><00:12:55.360><c> and</c><00:12:55.639><c> a</c><00:12:55.740><c> man</c><00:12:55.840><c> who</c><00:12:56.000><c> is</c><00:12:56.100><c> a</c><00:12:56.299><c> shepherd</c>

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nevertheless<00:12:58.419><c> Saul</c><00:12:58.820><c> allows</c><00:12:59.220><c> him</c><00:12:59.940><c> to</c><00:13:01.039><c> act</c><00:13:01.320><c> on</c><00:13:01.539><c> behalf</c><00:13:01.799><c> of</c><00:13:02.000><c> Israel</c><00:13:02.200><c> against</c><00:13:02.580><c> this</c><00:13:02.899><c> giant.</c>

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And<00:13:03.740><c> it's</c><00:13:04.059><c> a</c><00:13:04.200><c> measure,</c><00:13:04.559><c> first</c><00:13:04.860><c> of</c><00:13:05.019><c> all,</c><00:13:05.460><c> of</c><00:13:05.460><c> Israel's</c><00:13:06.259><c> desperation</c><00:13:07.000><c> on</c><00:13:07.860><c> the</c>

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one<00:13:08.220><c> hand,</c>

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but<00:13:08.779><c> also</c><00:13:09.159><c> I</c><00:13:09.259><c> think</c><00:13:09.480><c> it's</c><00:13:10.080><c> a</c><00:13:10.299><c> measure</c><00:13:10.500><c> of</c><00:13:10.840><c> David's</c><00:13:11.279><c> capacity</c>

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to<00:13:12.039><c> inspire</c><00:13:12.519><c> confidence</c><00:13:13.120><c> on</c><00:13:13.399><c> the</c><00:13:13.559><c> other.</c>

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To<00:13:15.080><c> some</c><00:13:15.299><c> extent</c><00:13:15.980><c> it</c><00:13:17.200><c> was</c><00:13:17.440><c> a</c><00:13:17.639><c> slumbering</c><00:13:18.100><c> capacity,</c><00:13:18.519><c> of</c><00:13:18.779><c> course,</c><00:13:19.019><c> at</c>

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but<00:13:20.360><c> later</c><00:13:20.720><c> on</c><00:13:20.899><c> it</c><00:13:21.000><c> will</c><00:13:21.200><c> be</c><00:13:21.419><c> developed</c><00:13:21.679><c> and</c><00:13:22.059><c> extended</c><00:13:22.399><c> as</c><00:13:22.919><c> the</c>

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wine<00:13:23.500><c> press</c><00:13:23.679><c> works.</c>

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It's<00:13:24.200><c> very</c><00:13:24.519><c> interesting,</c><00:13:25.019><c> I</c><00:13:25.120><c> think,</c><00:13:26.220><c> that</c><00:13:26.580><c> Saul</c><00:13:26.840><c> and</c><00:13:27.679><c> the</c><00:13:27.940><c> company</c><00:13:28.200><c> were</c><00:13:28.440><c> willing</c><00:13:28.759><c> to</c>

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accept<00:13:29.799><c> David's</c><00:13:30.399><c> offer.</c>

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Now,<00:13:31.460><c> you</c><00:13:31.519><c> know</c><00:13:31.620><c> what</c><00:13:31.860><c> happened.</c><00:13:32.120><c> David</c><00:13:32.500><c> chose</c><00:13:33.179><c> five</c><00:13:33.740><c> stones</c>

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It<00:13:37.139><c> fascinates</c><00:13:37.639><c> me</c><00:13:38.000><c> a</c><00:13:38.120><c> little</c><00:13:38.320><c> bit.</c><00:13:38.539><c> I</c><00:13:38.559><c> don't</c><00:13:38.700><c> know</c><00:13:38.820><c> whether</c>

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it<00:13:39.159><c> does</c><00:13:39.259><c> here.</c>

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I<00:13:40.340><c> often</c><00:13:40.559><c> wonder,</c><00:13:41.519><c> why</c><00:13:41.820><c> did</c><00:13:42.039><c> he</c><00:13:42.200><c> choose</c><00:13:42.679><c> five</c><00:13:43.340><c> stones?</c>

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Remember,<00:13:47.720><c> Goliath</c><00:13:48.100><c> was</c><00:13:48.460><c> covered</c><00:13:48.759><c> in</c><00:13:49.100><c> armour,</c>

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and<00:13:50.919><c> so</c><00:13:53.519><c> I</c><00:13:54.000><c> wonder</c><00:13:54.299><c> whether</c><00:13:54.820><c> David</c><00:13:55.460><c> chose</c><00:13:56.759><c> five</c><00:13:57.200><c> stones</c><00:13:57.600><c> as</c><00:13:59.240><c> an</c><00:13:59.679><c> estimate</c>

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of<00:14:00.299><c> what</c><00:14:00.639><c> he</c><00:14:00.879><c> would</c><00:14:01.120><c> require</c><00:14:01.460><c> to</c><00:14:01.679><c> master</c><00:14:02.039><c> the</c><00:14:02.320><c> giant.</c><00:14:02.679><c> Presumably</c><00:14:03.120><c> that</c>

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was<00:14:03.600><c> it.</c>

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And<00:14:05.500><c> I</c><00:14:05.700><c> wondered</c><00:14:05.940><c> whether</c><00:14:06.480><c> it</c><00:14:07.700><c> represents</c><00:14:08.259><c> a</c><00:14:09.480><c> master</c><00:14:09.759><c> plan</c><00:14:10.120><c> in</c>

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a<00:14:10.519><c> sense.</c>

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One<00:14:11.399><c> stone</c><00:14:11.980><c> for</c><00:14:12.179><c> the</c><00:14:12.419><c> right</c><00:14:12.700><c> eye,</c><00:14:13.919><c> one</c><00:14:14.340><c> stone</c><00:14:14.759><c> for</c><00:14:14.960><c> the</c><00:14:15.179><c> left</c><00:14:15.480><c> eye,</c>

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and<00:14:16.980><c> the</c><00:14:17.279><c> others</c><00:14:17.559><c> for</c><00:14:18.139><c> the</c><00:14:18.399><c> chinks</c><00:14:19.039><c> in</c><00:14:19.960><c> his</c><00:14:20.399><c> armour,</c><00:14:20.639><c> which</c>

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David<00:14:21.279><c> had</c><00:14:22.720><c> measured.</c>

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You<00:14:25.259><c> see,</c><00:14:25.740><c> he'd</c><00:14:25.860><c> never</c><00:14:26.080><c> seen</c><00:14:26.340><c> a</c><00:14:26.600><c> giant</c><00:14:26.799><c> before.</c>

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He'd<00:14:28.600><c> smitten</c><00:14:28.820><c> a</c><00:14:29.039><c> lion,</c><00:14:29.440><c> a</c><00:14:29.440><c> bear</c><00:14:29.559><c> in</c><00:14:29.740><c> the</c><00:14:29.820><c> wilderness,</c><00:14:30.320><c> of</c><00:14:30.500><c> course,</c>

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but<00:14:32.019><c> he'd</c><00:14:32.440><c> done</c><00:14:32.559><c> it</c><00:14:32.759><c> with</c><00:14:32.980><c> stones</c><00:14:33.379><c> out</c><00:14:33.600><c> of</c><00:14:33.759><c> his</c><00:14:34.080><c> sling.</c>

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He<00:14:36.860><c> must</c><00:14:37.179><c> have</c><00:14:37.320><c> been</c><00:14:37.480><c> a</c><00:14:37.659><c> superb</c><00:14:38.279><c> marksman,</c><00:14:38.940><c> wasn't</c><00:14:39.200><c> he?</c>

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As<00:14:40.899><c> he</c><00:14:41.080><c> bent</c><00:14:41.240><c> down</c><00:14:41.620><c> there</c><00:14:41.879><c> by</c><00:14:42.100><c> the</c><00:14:42.259><c> brook,</c><00:14:42.480><c> I</c><00:14:42.580><c> can</c><00:14:42.779><c> imagine</c><00:14:43.120><c> his</c>

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nimble<00:14:43.960><c> brain</c>

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probably<00:14:45.539><c> going</c><00:14:46.019><c> over</c><00:14:46.340><c> the</c><00:14:46.600><c> contest</c><00:14:46.980><c> with</c><00:14:47.200><c> the</c><00:14:47.379><c> speed</c><00:14:47.519><c> of</c><00:14:47.720><c> a</c><00:14:47.820><c> computer.</c>

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He<00:14:48.759><c> was</c><00:14:49.019><c> working</c><00:14:49.299><c> out</c><00:14:49.639><c> exactly</c><00:14:50.120><c> what</c><00:14:50.320><c> had</c><00:14:50.559><c> to</c><00:14:50.700><c> be</c><00:14:50.860><c> done.</c>

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He<00:14:52.399><c> was</c><00:14:52.620><c> an</c><00:14:52.840><c> astute</c><00:14:53.120><c> young</c><00:14:53.379><c> man,</c><00:14:54.039><c> and</c><00:14:54.500><c> he</c><00:14:54.860><c> knew</c><00:14:55.100><c> that</c><00:14:55.320><c> he</c><00:14:55.419><c> was</c><00:14:55.679><c> good,</c>

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but<00:14:58.159><c> he</c><00:14:58.279><c> didn't</c><00:14:58.460><c> know</c><00:14:58.639><c> whether</c><00:14:58.840><c> he</c><00:14:58.980><c> was</c><00:14:59.179><c> good</c><00:14:59.419><c> enough.</c>

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He<00:15:00.460><c> didn't</c><00:15:00.620><c> know</c><00:15:00.759><c> whether</c><00:15:00.980><c> the</c><00:15:01.179><c> weapons</c><00:15:01.460><c> he</c><00:15:01.700><c> had</c><00:15:01.820><c> would</c><00:15:02.039><c> be</c>

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sufficient<00:15:02.559><c> against</c><00:15:02.919><c> the</c><00:15:03.220><c> giant.</c>

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He<00:15:06.620><c> killed</c><00:15:06.960><c> a</c><00:15:07.179><c> bear,</c><00:15:07.740><c> but</c><00:15:07.879><c> after</c><00:15:08.100><c> all,</c><00:15:08.399><c> a</c><00:15:08.460><c> giant</c><00:15:08.600><c> is</c><00:15:08.879><c> different.</c>

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So<00:15:10.340><c> he</c><00:15:10.559><c> placed</c><00:15:11.059><c> his</c><00:15:11.639><c> task</c><00:15:11.960><c> in</c><00:15:12.200><c> the</c><00:15:12.320><c> hands</c><00:15:12.460><c> of</c><00:15:12.759><c> God.</c>

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He<00:15:13.000><c> said</c><00:15:13.259><c> to</c><00:15:13.460><c> Goliath,</c>

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I<00:15:14.899><c> come</c><00:15:15.259><c> to</c><00:15:15.460><c> thee</c><00:15:15.639><c> in</c><00:15:15.799><c> the</c><00:15:16.039><c> name</c><00:15:16.379><c> of</c><00:15:16.620><c> the</c><00:15:16.740><c> Lord</c><00:15:16.940><c> of</c><00:15:17.080><c> hosts,</c>

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the<00:15:19.299><c> God</c><00:15:19.679><c> of</c><00:15:20.019><c> the</c><00:15:20.279><c> armies</c><00:15:20.620><c> of</c><00:15:20.860><c> Israel,</c><00:15:22.580><c> whom</c><00:15:22.779><c> thou</c><00:15:23.100><c> hast</c><00:15:23.440><c> defied.</c>

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This<00:15:25.019><c> day</c><00:15:25.419><c> will</c><00:15:25.659><c> the</c><00:15:25.820><c> Lord</c><00:15:26.100><c> deliver</c><00:15:26.460><c> thee</c><00:15:26.860><c> into</c><00:15:27.200><c> mine</c><00:15:27.559><c> hand.</c>

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Now<00:15:28.820><c> when</c><00:15:28.940><c> you</c><00:15:29.120><c> think</c><00:15:29.340><c> about</c><00:15:29.559><c> it,</c><00:15:29.720><c> that's</c><00:15:30.159><c> a</c><00:15:30.320><c> very</c><00:15:30.620><c> bold</c><00:15:31.139><c> thing</c>

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to<00:15:31.860><c> say.</c>

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He<00:15:33.379><c> was</c><00:15:33.580><c> saying</c><00:15:33.799><c> in</c><00:15:34.019><c> effect,</c><00:15:34.580><c> Lord,</c><00:15:35.480><c> this</c><00:15:35.759><c> is</c><00:15:36.100><c> your</c><00:15:36.460><c> business,</c>

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this<00:15:37.679><c> is</c><00:15:37.980><c> your</c><00:15:38.259><c> contest.</c>

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If<00:15:39.320><c> I</c><00:15:39.580><c> succeed,</c><00:15:40.019><c> it</c><00:15:40.139><c> will</c><00:15:40.299><c> be</c><00:15:40.460><c> your</c><00:15:40.720><c> triumph,</c><00:15:41.500><c> but</c><00:15:41.679><c> if</c><00:15:41.820><c> I</c><00:15:42.220><c> fail,</c>

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it<00:15:42.639><c> will</c><00:15:42.840><c> be</c><00:15:42.960><c> your</c><00:15:43.320><c> failure.</c>

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That's<00:15:45.120><c> what</c><00:15:45.259><c> he's</c><00:15:45.440><c> saying.</c><00:15:46.360><c> It's</c><00:15:46.559><c> a</c><00:15:46.659><c> very</c><00:15:46.940><c> bold</c><00:15:47.259><c> prayer</c><00:15:47.600><c> indeed.</c>

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It's<00:15:50.519><c> faith,</c><00:15:51.559><c> but</c><00:15:51.720><c> it's</c><00:15:51.960><c> also</c><00:15:52.340><c> true</c><00:15:52.620><c> humility.</c>

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See,<00:15:54.059><c> there</c><00:15:54.279><c> is</c><00:15:54.539><c> a</c><00:15:54.659><c> kind</c><00:15:54.919><c> of</c><00:15:55.120><c> humility.</c><00:15:55.440><c> You</c><00:15:55.559><c> will</c><00:15:55.779><c> have</c><00:15:55.960><c> met</c><00:15:56.100><c> this</c><00:15:56.340><c> already,</c><00:15:57.059><c> I</c><00:15:57.240><c> expect.</c>

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There's<00:15:57.919><c> a</c><00:15:58.080><c> kind</c><00:15:58.279><c> of</c><00:15:58.480><c> mock</c><00:15:58.679><c> humility</c><00:15:59.200><c> which</c><00:15:59.480><c> says,</c><00:16:00.000><c> I</c><00:16:00.059><c> am</c><00:16:00.259><c> no</c><00:16:00.519><c> good.</c>

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When<00:16:01.179><c> you</c><00:16:01.299><c> know</c><00:16:01.440><c> very</c><00:16:01.740><c> well,</c><00:16:01.860><c> you</c><00:16:01.980><c> are</c><00:16:02.200><c> very</c><00:16:02.519><c> good.</c><00:16:03.360><c> You've</c>

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met<00:16:03.799><c> that?</c>

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Oh,<00:16:05.519><c> goodness,</c><00:16:05.899><c> yes.</c><00:16:06.919><c> People</c><00:16:07.120><c> are</c><00:16:07.340><c> always</c><00:16:07.600><c> saying</c><00:16:07.860><c> I'm</c><00:16:08.159><c> no</c><00:16:08.399><c> good.</c>

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Let<00:16:10.559><c> me</c><00:16:10.679><c> give</c><00:16:10.799><c> you</c><00:16:10.980><c> an</c><00:16:11.139><c> illustration.</c>

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Supposing<00:16:13.580><c> you</c><00:16:13.759><c> were</c><00:16:13.840><c> doing</c><00:16:14.019><c> some</c><00:16:14.279><c> work</c><00:16:14.500><c> in</c><00:16:14.659><c> the</c><00:16:14.899><c> truth</c><00:16:15.059><c> and</c>

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somebody<00:16:15.980><c> comes</c><00:16:16.320><c> to</c><00:16:16.600><c> you,</c>

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it<00:16:17.200><c> may</c><00:16:17.379><c> be</c><00:16:17.840><c> writing</c><00:16:18.220><c> or</c><00:16:18.519><c> speaking</c><00:16:18.879><c> or</c><00:16:19.100><c> password,</c>

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and<00:16:20.100><c> somebody</c><00:16:20.360><c> comes</c><00:16:20.700><c> to</c><00:16:20.940><c> you</c><00:16:21.159><c> and</c><00:16:21.360><c> says,</c><00:16:21.899><c> that</c><00:16:22.379><c> was</c><00:16:22.620><c> very</c><00:16:22.940><c> good.</c>

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It's<00:16:24.019><c> very</c><00:16:24.379><c> commendable.</c><00:16:24.820><c> It</c><00:16:24.899><c> was</c><00:16:25.120><c> excellent.</c>

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And<00:16:26.259><c> in</c><00:16:26.419><c> your</c><00:16:26.600><c> humility</c><00:16:26.879><c> you</c><00:16:27.139><c> say,</c><00:16:27.460><c> oh,</c><00:16:27.659><c> no,</c><00:16:28.039><c> no,</c><00:16:28.759><c> nothing</c><00:16:29.019><c> at</c><00:16:29.240><c> all.</c>

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Is<00:16:30.159><c> it</c><00:16:30.299><c> worth</c><00:16:30.500><c> mentioning?</c>

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But<00:16:32.399><c> if</c><00:16:32.639><c> somebody</c><00:16:32.960><c> else</c><00:16:33.220><c> comes</c><00:16:33.480><c> to</c><00:16:33.700><c> you</c><00:16:33.860><c> and</c><00:16:34.019><c> says,</c><00:16:35.100><c> well,</c>

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that<00:16:35.340><c> wasn't</c><00:16:35.559><c> very</c><00:16:35.840><c> good,</c>

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it<00:16:36.220><c> isn't</c><00:16:36.360><c> worth</c><00:16:36.620><c> mentioning,</c><00:16:37.019><c> you</c><00:16:37.259><c> take</c><00:16:37.559><c> umbrage.</c>

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I<00:16:42.220><c> mean,</c><00:16:42.700><c> if</c><00:16:44.220><c> they</c><00:16:44.539><c> tend</c><00:16:44.720><c> to</c><00:16:45.159><c> agree</c><00:16:45.399><c> with</c><00:16:45.620><c> your</c><00:16:45.919><c> own</c><00:16:46.139><c> estimate</c>

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of<00:16:46.639><c> what</c><00:16:46.840><c> you're</c><00:16:47.200><c> like,</c>

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you<00:16:47.940><c> don't</c><00:16:48.200><c> like</c><00:16:48.500><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:16:50.600><c> the</c><00:16:50.720><c> kind</c><00:16:50.860><c> of</c><00:16:51.039><c> humility</c><00:16:51.379><c> I</c><00:16:51.679><c> mean,</c><00:16:51.899><c> you</c><00:16:52.000><c> know.</c>

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When<00:16:52.659><c> you</c><00:16:52.919><c> know</c><00:16:53.120><c> you're</c><00:16:53.500><c> quite</c><00:16:53.759><c> good,</c><00:16:54.100><c> as</c><00:16:54.320><c> David</c><00:16:54.639><c> did,</c>

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but<00:16:55.519><c> you</c><00:16:55.600><c> say,</c><00:16:56.080><c> oh,</c><00:16:56.379><c> no,</c><00:16:56.539><c> I'm</c><00:16:56.720><c> no</c><00:16:56.860><c> good.</c>

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Wasn't<00:16:57.559><c> that</c><00:16:57.860><c> sort</c><00:16:58.039><c> of</c><00:16:58.220><c> humility?</c><00:16:58.960><c> He</c><00:16:59.200><c> knew</c><00:16:59.460><c> he</c><00:16:59.679><c> was</c><00:16:59.919><c> good.</c>

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He<00:17:01.179><c> did,</c><00:17:01.700><c> because</c><00:17:01.919><c> he</c><00:17:02.059><c> was</c><00:17:02.360><c> good.</c>

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One<00:17:05.099><c> is</c><00:17:05.359><c> false</c><00:17:05.720><c> humility</c><00:17:06.240><c> and</c><00:17:06.460><c> the</c><00:17:06.599><c> other</c><00:17:06.799><c> is</c><00:17:07.039><c> true</c><00:17:07.480><c> humility.</c>

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David<00:17:09.240><c> came</c><00:17:09.519><c> with</c><00:17:09.720><c> what</c><00:17:09.960><c> he</c><00:17:10.279><c> had.</c><00:17:10.660><c> What</c><00:17:10.880><c> he</c><00:17:11.079><c> had</c><00:17:11.299><c> was</c><00:17:11.599><c> essential.</c>

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He<00:17:12.660><c> came</c><00:17:12.940><c> with</c><00:17:13.180><c> it,</c><00:17:13.940><c> his</c><00:17:14.180><c> skill,</c><00:17:14.859><c> his</c><00:17:15.180><c> courage,</c><00:17:15.500><c> his</c><00:17:15.759><c> faith,</c>

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and<00:17:16.539><c> such</c><00:17:16.700><c> as</c><00:17:16.940><c> he</c><00:17:17.079><c> had,</c><00:17:17.279><c> he</c><00:17:17.539><c> placed</c><00:17:17.819><c> it</c><00:17:18.019><c> at</c><00:17:18.140><c> the</c><00:17:18.480><c> disposal</c><00:17:18.819><c> of</c><00:17:19.160><c> God.</c>

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He<00:17:20.579><c> said,</c><00:17:20.940><c> in</c><00:17:20.940><c> effect,</c><00:17:21.240><c> Lord,</c><00:17:21.660><c> I</c><00:17:21.839><c> am</c><00:17:22.180><c> calm.</c><00:17:22.880><c> It</c><00:17:23.059><c> is</c><00:17:23.319><c> your</c><00:17:23.640><c> battle.</c>

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If<00:17:26.059><c> it</c><00:17:26.700><c> fails,</c><00:17:27.059><c> it</c><00:17:27.200><c> will</c><00:17:27.420><c> be</c><00:17:27.619><c> your</c><00:17:27.980><c> failure.</c>

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Sucker<00:17:30.640><c> and</c><00:17:30.960><c> save</c><00:17:31.180><c> thy</c><00:17:31.420><c> people.</c>

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So<00:17:32.200><c> it</c><00:17:32.420><c> was</c><00:17:32.619><c> a</c><00:17:32.700><c> very</c><00:17:33.200><c> bold</c><00:17:33.740><c> and</c><00:17:34.759><c> truly</c><00:17:35.099><c> humble</c><00:17:36.119><c> approach</c><00:17:36.640><c> to</c><00:17:36.900><c> God.</c>

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It<00:17:37.279><c> shows</c><00:17:37.519><c> us</c><00:17:37.819><c> that</c><00:17:38.200><c> trusting</c><00:17:38.619><c> and</c><00:17:39.019><c> trying</c><00:17:39.359><c> are</c><00:17:39.960><c> not</c><00:17:40.279><c> contradictory,</c>

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they<00:17:41.059><c> are</c><00:17:41.500><c> complementary.</c>

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Now,<00:17:43.519><c> you</c><00:17:43.599><c> know,</c><00:17:43.799><c> the</c><00:17:43.900><c> first</c><00:17:44.420><c> stone</c><00:17:44.779><c> killed</c><00:17:45.180><c> the</c><00:17:45.440><c> giant.</c>

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To<00:17:46.160><c> me,</c><00:17:46.660><c> that's</c><00:17:46.880><c> God's</c><00:17:47.339><c> answer</c><00:17:47.599><c> to</c><00:17:47.859><c> David's</c><00:17:48.319><c> faith.</c>

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The<00:17:48.680><c> very</c><00:17:49.140><c> first</c><00:17:49.660><c> stone</c><00:17:50.559><c> did</c><00:17:51.000><c> the</c><00:17:51.539><c> necessary.</c>

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Somebody<00:17:52.980><c> has</c><00:17:53.299><c> said</c><00:17:53.420><c> that</c><00:17:53.619><c> the</c><00:17:53.740><c> stone</c><00:17:53.920><c> must</c><00:17:54.160><c> have</c><00:17:54.279><c> been</c>

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traveling<00:17:54.700><c> at</c><00:17:54.980><c> 200</c><00:17:55.420><c> feet</c><00:17:55.799><c> a</c><00:17:55.980><c> second.</c>

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Now,<00:17:56.779><c> I</c><00:17:57.019><c> don't</c><00:17:57.200><c> know</c><00:17:57.720><c> whether</c><00:17:57.920><c> that's</c><00:17:58.220><c> right.</c>

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Some<00:17:58.680><c> of</c><00:17:58.819><c> you</c><00:17:58.940><c> perhaps,</c><00:17:59.960><c> some</c><00:18:00.240><c> of</c><00:18:00.400><c> you</c><00:18:00.519><c> will</c><00:18:00.660><c> know</c><00:18:00.779><c> whether</c><00:18:00.980><c> that's,</c>

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whether<00:18:02.180><c> that</c><00:18:02.420><c> compares</c><00:18:02.759><c> with</c><00:18:02.980><c> a</c><00:18:03.099><c> bullet</c><00:18:03.339><c> from</c><00:18:03.920><c> a</c><00:18:04.140><c> gun.</c>

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Perhaps<00:18:04.519><c> you'll</c><00:18:04.720><c> be</c><00:18:04.839><c> able</c><00:18:04.960><c> to</c><00:18:05.500><c> tell</c><00:18:05.660><c> us</c><00:18:06.180><c> eventually.</c>

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Anyway,<00:18:07.700><c> the</c><00:18:07.779><c> whole</c><00:18:08.119><c> thing</c><00:18:08.359><c> was</c><00:18:08.779><c> over</c><00:18:09.099><c> in</c><00:18:09.319><c> a</c><00:18:09.519><c> flash.</c>

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The<00:18:09.980><c> giant's</c><00:18:10.500><c> head</c><00:18:10.920><c> was</c><00:18:11.319><c> hacked</c><00:18:11.559><c> off,</c>

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and<00:18:12.359><c> the</c><00:18:12.500><c> enemies</c><00:18:12.740><c> of</c><00:18:12.960><c> the</c><00:18:13.079><c> Lord</c><00:18:13.259><c> were</c><00:18:13.559><c> devastated.</c>

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And<00:18:15.779><c> as</c><00:18:15.980><c> the</c><00:18:16.180><c> sun</c><00:18:16.259><c> went</c><00:18:16.500><c> down,</c><00:18:16.799><c> the</c><00:18:16.940><c> shepherd</c><00:18:17.140><c> boy</c>

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suddenly<00:18:18.400><c> was</c><00:18:19.039><c> the</c><00:18:19.319><c> hero</c><00:18:19.680><c> of</c><00:18:19.880><c> the</c><00:18:20.119><c> camp.</c>

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Brother<00:18:20.859><c> Harry</c><00:18:21.140><c> Tennant</c><00:18:21.440><c> makes</c><00:18:21.599><c> a</c><00:18:21.720><c> very</c><00:18:22.440><c> nice</c><00:18:22.720><c> point</c><00:18:22.960><c> in</c><00:18:23.079><c> his</c>

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book<00:18:23.440><c> about</c><00:18:23.640><c> this.</c>

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He<00:18:23.920><c> says,</c><00:18:24.799><c> if</c><00:18:24.799><c> the</c><00:18:25.160><c> giants</c><00:18:25.420><c> had</c><00:18:25.619><c> been</c><00:18:25.799><c> dealt</c><00:18:26.079><c> with</c><00:18:26.619><c> properly</c>

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when<00:18:27.220><c> the</c><00:18:27.559><c> Israelites</c><00:18:28.059><c> occupied</c><00:18:29.660><c> that</c><00:18:30.200><c> portion</c><00:18:30.579><c> of</c><00:18:30.819><c> Anak</c>

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in<00:18:31.279><c> the</c><00:18:31.420><c> days</c><00:18:31.660><c> of</c><00:18:32.319><c> Joshua,</c><00:18:33.140><c> there</c><00:18:33.259><c> would</c><00:18:33.440><c> have</c><00:18:33.559><c> been</c><00:18:33.680><c> no</c><00:18:34.000><c> giants</c>

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to<00:18:35.079><c> oppose</c><00:18:35.519><c> Israel</c><00:18:36.079><c> in</c><00:18:36.240><c> the</c><00:18:36.400><c> days</c><00:18:36.559><c> of</c><00:18:36.819><c> David.</c>

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But<00:18:37.880><c> in</c><00:18:38.420><c> Gath,</c><00:18:39.000><c> there</c><00:18:39.140><c> was</c><00:18:39.380><c> a</c><00:18:39.559><c> pocket</c><00:18:39.859><c> of</c><00:18:40.339><c> them</c><00:18:40.519><c> left.</c>

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I<00:18:41.900><c> don't</c><00:18:42.019><c> know</c><00:18:42.180><c> what</c><00:18:42.380><c> the</c><00:18:42.579><c> right</c><00:18:42.819><c> term</c><00:18:43.079><c> is</c><00:18:43.339><c> for</c><00:18:43.740><c> a</c><00:18:43.980><c> gaggle</c><00:18:44.359><c> of</c><00:18:44.619><c> giants,</c>

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but<00:18:47.119><c> Harry</c><00:18:47.640><c> called</c><00:18:47.900><c> them</c><00:18:48.119><c> a</c><00:18:48.319><c> pocket.</c>

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And<00:18:50.140><c> so</c><00:18:50.359><c> he</c><00:18:50.539><c> says,</c><00:18:50.799><c> makes</c><00:18:51.000><c> a</c><00:18:51.200><c> nice</c><00:18:51.400><c> point,</c>

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the<00:18:52.160><c> giants</c><00:18:52.539><c> of</c><00:18:52.759><c> their</c><00:18:52.960><c> past</c><00:18:53.440><c> often</c><00:18:53.980><c> make</c><00:18:54.240><c> havoc</c><00:18:54.599><c> of</c><00:18:54.799><c> the</c><00:18:55.000><c> present,</c>

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and<00:18:55.400><c> I</c><00:18:55.539><c> think</c><00:18:55.680><c> that's</c><00:18:56.039><c> true.</c>

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Psalm<00:18:59.279><c> 144</c><00:18:59.759><c> is</c><00:19:00.119><c> often</c><00:19:00.480><c> regarded</c><00:19:00.920><c> as</c><00:19:01.200><c> David's</c>

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song<00:19:02.619><c> of</c><00:19:02.920><c> thanks</c><00:19:03.180><c> to</c><00:19:03.400><c> God</c><00:19:03.519><c> for</c><00:19:03.700><c> his</c><00:19:03.900><c> victory</c><00:19:04.180><c> over</c><00:19:04.460><c> Goliath.</c>

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Blessed<00:19:06.279><c> be</c><00:19:06.640><c> the</c><00:19:06.819><c> Lord,</c><00:19:07.259><c> my</c><00:19:07.460><c> strength</c><00:19:07.880><c> which</c><00:19:08.519><c> teacheth,</c>

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my<00:19:09.660><c> hands</c><00:19:10.059><c> to</c><00:19:10.279><c> war</c><00:19:10.480><c> and</c><00:19:10.640><c> my</c><00:19:10.859><c> fingers</c><00:19:11.339><c> to</c><00:19:11.759><c> fight.</c>

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And<00:19:12.500><c> so</c><00:19:12.759><c> this</c><00:19:13.079><c> day,</c><00:19:13.519><c> brothers</c><00:19:13.680><c> and</c><00:19:13.859><c> sisters,</c><00:19:14.059><c> think</c><00:19:14.319><c> of</c><00:19:14.460><c> it,</c>

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this<00:19:14.819><c> day,</c><00:19:15.140><c> the</c><00:19:15.279><c> turning</c><00:19:15.539><c> point</c><00:19:15.839><c> in</c><00:19:15.980><c> the</c><00:19:16.140><c> life</c><00:19:16.299><c> of</c><00:19:16.619><c> David,</c>

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and<00:19:17.700><c> indeed</c><00:19:18.240><c> in</c><00:19:18.599><c> the</c><00:19:18.740><c> life</c><00:19:18.880><c> of</c><00:19:19.099><c> Israel.</c>

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The<00:19:19.660><c> shepherd</c><00:19:20.000><c> boy</c><00:19:20.619><c> has</c><00:19:20.920><c> suddenly</c><00:19:21.259><c> become</c><00:19:21.599><c> a</c><00:19:21.779><c> man</c><00:19:21.900><c> of</c><00:19:22.180><c> blood.</c>

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Suddenly<00:19:24.259><c> the</c><00:19:24.859><c> loner</c><00:19:25.519><c> is</c><00:19:26.079><c> in</c><00:19:26.380><c> the</c><00:19:26.779><c> throb</c><00:19:27.000><c> and</c><00:19:27.420><c> sub</c><00:19:27.700><c> of</c><00:19:28.680><c> national</c><00:19:29.119><c> life,</c>

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a<00:19:29.480><c> warrior,</c><00:19:30.240><c> a</c><00:19:30.420><c> hero,</c><00:19:31.119><c> acclaimed</c><00:19:31.579><c> and</c><00:19:31.779><c> marvelled</c><00:19:32.240><c> at.</c>

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The<00:19:32.900><c> youth</c><00:19:33.519><c> has</c><00:19:34.700><c> become</c><00:19:35.019><c> a</c><00:19:35.220><c> man,</c>

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secretly<00:19:37.019><c> anointed</c><00:19:37.380><c> to</c><00:19:37.559><c> be</c><00:19:37.720><c> king</c><00:19:37.880><c> in</c><00:19:38.039><c> Israel</c>

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while<00:19:39.059><c> the</c><00:19:39.339><c> first</c><00:19:39.640><c> king</c><00:19:40.019><c> is</c><00:19:40.660><c> still</c><00:19:40.980><c> alive.</c>

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That<00:19:41.680><c> was</c><00:19:41.880><c> a</c><00:19:41.960><c> very</c><00:19:42.240><c> dangerous</c><00:19:42.640><c> situation</c>

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when<00:19:43.960><c> that</c><00:19:44.319><c> king</c><00:19:44.579><c> happens</c><00:19:44.900><c> to</c><00:19:45.079><c> be</c><00:19:45.299><c> Saul</c><00:19:45.579><c> the</c><00:19:46.039><c> son</c><00:19:46.279><c> of</c><00:19:46.579><c> Kish.</c>

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Let<00:19:48.900><c> us</c><00:19:49.619><c> pass</c><00:19:49.960><c> on</c><00:19:50.220><c> now.</c>

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The<00:19:51.980><c> long</c><00:19:52.200><c> conflict</c><00:19:52.940><c> with</c><00:19:53.980><c> Saul</c><00:19:54.220><c> is</c><00:19:54.400><c> well</c><00:19:54.640><c> known</c><00:19:54.799><c> to</c><00:19:54.900><c> you</c><00:19:55.140><c> already.</c>

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I<00:19:56.960><c> don't</c><00:19:57.259><c> propose</c><00:19:57.740><c> to</c><00:19:58.299><c> go</c><00:19:58.500><c> through</c><00:19:58.680><c> it</c><00:19:58.880><c> in</c><00:19:59.019><c> detail.</c>

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For<00:20:00.960><c> reasons</c><00:20:01.299><c> of</c><00:20:01.519><c> jealousy</c><00:20:02.000><c> and</c><00:20:02.259><c> fear</c><00:20:02.619><c> and</c><00:20:02.920><c> folly</c><00:20:03.259><c> and</c><00:20:03.619><c> selfishness,</c>

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Saul<00:20:05.099><c> hated</c><00:20:05.779><c> David.</c>

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He<00:20:07.000><c> hounded</c><00:20:07.279><c> him</c><00:20:07.500><c> and</c><00:20:07.619><c> hunted</c><00:20:07.839><c> him</c><00:20:08.000><c> like</c><00:20:08.220><c> an</c><00:20:08.440><c> animal.</c>

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The<00:20:10.779><c> feeling</c><00:20:11.119><c> in</c><00:20:11.299><c> a</c><00:20:11.480><c> way</c><00:20:11.640><c> is</c><00:20:11.819><c> focused</c>

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in<00:20:12.460><c> what</c><00:20:12.660><c> might</c><00:20:13.000><c> appear</c><00:20:13.220><c> to</c><00:20:13.339><c> be</c><00:20:13.480><c> a</c><00:20:13.619><c> very</c><00:20:14.099><c> superficial</c><00:20:14.619><c> thing</c>

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which<00:20:15.039><c> we've</c><00:20:15.359><c> thought</c><00:20:15.480><c> on</c><00:20:15.700><c> already</c><00:20:16.099><c> in</c><00:20:16.299><c> this</c><00:20:16.500><c> series,</c>

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the<00:20:17.500><c> number</c><00:20:17.839><c> one</c><00:20:18.079><c> song</c><00:20:18.380><c> in</c><00:20:18.559><c> Israel.</c>

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A<00:20:20.099><c> very</c><00:20:20.559><c> superficial</c><00:20:21.259><c> thing</c><00:20:21.480><c> on</c><00:20:21.720><c> the</c><00:20:21.859><c> face</c><00:20:22.039><c> of</c><00:20:22.140><c> it,</c>

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but<00:20:23.180><c> in</c><00:20:24.000><c> a</c><00:20:24.200><c> way</c><00:20:24.700><c> it</c><00:20:25.819><c> focuses</c><00:20:26.440><c> fundamentally</c><00:20:27.500><c> on</c><00:20:27.759><c> the</c><00:20:28.039><c> issues.</c>

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You<00:20:28.799><c> know,</c><00:20:29.039><c> it</c><00:20:29.039><c> went</c><00:20:29.200><c> like</c><00:20:29.460><c> this,</c>

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Saul<00:20:29.940><c> the</c><00:20:30.180><c> slain</c><00:20:30.400><c> is</c><00:20:30.640><c> thousands</c><00:20:31.039><c> and</c><00:20:31.240><c> David</c><00:20:31.559><c> is</c><00:20:31.819><c> tens</c><00:20:32.039><c> of</c><00:20:32.339><c> thousands.</c>

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And<00:20:35.680><c> would</c><00:20:36.119><c> I</c><00:20:36.339><c> be</c><00:20:36.539><c> wrong</c><00:20:36.700><c> to</c><00:20:36.960><c> suggest</c><00:20:37.259><c> that</c><00:20:37.539><c> this</c><00:20:37.819><c> day,</c>

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remembering<00:20:38.440><c> what</c><00:20:38.660><c> we</c><00:20:38.839><c> said</c><00:20:39.039><c> he</c><00:20:39.140><c> was</c><00:20:39.420><c> like,</c>

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what<00:20:40.180><c> we</c><00:20:40.599><c> said</c><00:20:40.720><c> he's</c><00:20:41.019><c> like</c><00:20:41.200><c> and</c><00:20:41.299><c> he's</c><00:20:41.539><c> a</c><00:20:41.640><c> hero,</c>

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would<00:20:42.619><c> I</c><00:20:42.759><c> be</c><00:20:42.900><c> wrong</c><00:20:43.000><c> to</c><00:20:43.259><c> suggest</c><00:20:43.519><c> that</c><00:20:43.720><c> this</c><00:20:44.000><c> David</c>

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was<00:20:44.460><c> the</c><00:20:44.680><c> love</c><00:20:44.839><c> of</c><00:20:45.019><c> all</c><00:20:45.259><c> the</c><00:20:45.440><c> young</c><00:20:45.599><c> women</c><00:20:45.839><c> of</c><00:20:46.039><c> Israel?</c>

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Later<00:20:48.700><c> on</c><00:20:48.920><c> the</c><00:20:49.180><c> Philistines</c><00:20:49.900><c> are</c><00:20:50.299><c> going</c><00:20:50.460><c> to</c><00:20:50.799><c> refer</c><00:20:51.099><c> to</c><00:20:51.359><c> David</c>

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when<00:20:51.759><c> they</c><00:20:52.119><c> speak</c><00:20:52.279><c> to</c><00:20:52.579><c> Akish.</c>

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It's<00:20:53.599><c> in</c><00:20:53.720><c> 1</c><00:20:53.940><c> Samuel</c><00:20:54.500><c> 21</c><00:20:55.400><c> verse</c><00:20:55.920><c> 11</c><00:20:56.259><c> and</c><00:20:56.380><c> they</c><00:20:56.579><c> will</c><00:20:56.819><c> say,</c>

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Is<00:20:57.920><c> not</c><00:20:58.299><c> this</c><00:20:58.880><c> David</c><00:20:59.400><c> king</c><00:21:00.299><c> of</c><00:21:00.500><c> the</c><00:21:00.700><c> land?</c>

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And<00:21:01.839><c> did</c><00:21:02.000><c> they</c><00:21:02.240><c> not</c><00:21:02.579><c> sing</c><00:21:03.039><c> one</c><00:21:03.339><c> to</c><00:21:03.599><c> another</c><00:21:03.839><c> of</c><00:21:04.079><c> him</c><00:21:04.220><c> in</c><00:21:04.519><c> dances,</c>

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saying,<00:21:06.059><c> Saul</c><00:21:06.339><c> the</c><00:21:06.579><c> slain</c><00:21:06.759><c> is</c><00:21:07.079><c> thousands</c>

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and<00:21:08.140><c> David</c><00:21:08.500><c> is</c><00:21:08.779><c> tens</c><00:21:09.000><c> of</c><00:21:09.240><c> thousands.</c>

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You<00:21:09.720><c> see</c><00:21:10.119><c> how</c><00:21:10.480><c> remarkable</c><00:21:11.099><c> that</c><00:21:11.799><c> thing</c><00:21:12.059><c> had</c><00:21:12.299><c> become.</c>

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It<00:21:13.079><c> was</c><00:21:13.240><c> known</c><00:21:13.880><c> abroad</c><00:21:14.480><c> that</c><00:21:14.900><c> this</c><00:21:15.140><c> is</c><00:21:15.299><c> what</c><00:21:15.619><c> happened.</c>

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So<00:21:16.700><c> it</c><00:21:16.759><c> looks</c><00:21:16.960><c> as</c><00:21:17.200><c> though</c><00:21:17.380><c> it</c><00:21:17.680><c> focused</c><00:21:18.000><c> very</c><00:21:18.420><c> sharply</c>

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this<00:21:22.920><c> animosity</c><00:21:23.460><c> between</c><00:21:24.259><c> Saul</c><00:21:24.839><c> and</c><00:21:25.039><c> David.</c>

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And<00:21:26.579><c> his</c><00:21:26.740><c> name</c><00:21:26.940><c> became</c><00:21:27.299><c> a</c><00:21:27.519><c> legend</c><00:21:27.839><c> in</c><00:21:28.019><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:21:28.619><c> yet</c><00:21:28.839><c> he</c><00:21:29.380><c> lived</c><00:21:29.660><c> the</c><00:21:30.240><c> life</c><00:21:30.500><c> of</c><00:21:30.660><c> an</c><00:21:30.819><c> outcast</c><00:21:31.299><c> and</c><00:21:31.480><c> a</c><00:21:31.660><c> vagabond.</c>

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It's<00:21:32.140><c> a</c><00:21:32.259><c> very</c><00:21:32.519><c> strange</c><00:21:32.759><c> situation.</c>

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And<00:21:33.359><c> if</c><00:21:33.500><c> anybody</c><00:21:33.880><c> harbored</c><00:21:34.339><c> him,</c><00:21:34.539><c> for</c><00:21:34.720><c> example,</c>

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they<00:21:35.119><c> put</c><00:21:35.279><c> their</c><00:21:35.500><c> life</c><00:21:35.700><c> at</c><00:21:35.940><c> risk.</c>

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Anointed<00:21:38.420><c> by</c><00:21:38.740><c> God</c><00:21:39.019><c> to</c><00:21:39.180><c> be</c><00:21:39.980><c> king,</c>

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and<00:21:40.819><c> yet</c><00:21:40.940><c> he's</c><00:21:41.099><c> living</c><00:21:41.299><c> like</c><00:21:41.640><c> a</c><00:21:41.859><c> displaced</c><00:21:42.319><c> person.</c>

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It's<00:21:44.119><c> a</c><00:21:44.180><c> very</c><00:21:44.579><c> strange</c><00:21:45.119><c> situation,</c><00:21:45.819><c> isn't</c><00:21:45.980><c> it?</c>

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It<00:21:46.940><c> seems</c><00:21:47.200><c> that</c><00:21:47.480><c> the</c><00:21:47.579><c> very</c><00:21:48.299><c> grace</c><00:21:48.559><c> and</c><00:21:48.799><c> loyalty</c><00:21:49.099><c> of</c><00:21:49.299><c> David</c>

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awakened<00:21:50.619><c> in</c><00:21:51.000><c> Saul</c><00:21:51.039><c> the</c><00:21:51.380><c> rage</c><00:21:51.880><c> of</c><00:21:52.819><c> jealousy</c><00:21:53.359><c> more</c><00:21:53.940><c> and</c><00:21:54.200><c> more.</c>

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And<00:21:55.000><c> Saul</c><00:21:55.259><c> persistently</c><00:21:56.539><c> persecuted</c><00:21:57.259><c> David</c>

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and<00:21:57.839><c> David</c><00:21:58.640><c> reluctantly</c><00:21:59.339><c> defended</c><00:21:59.740><c> himself.</c>

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Now<00:22:01.400><c> there's</c><00:22:01.579><c> one</c><00:22:01.759><c> thing</c><00:22:01.900><c> I</c><00:22:02.000><c> want</c><00:22:02.200><c> to</c><00:22:02.619><c> recall</c>

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because<00:22:03.119><c> it</c><00:22:03.299><c> will</c><00:22:03.559><c> occur</c><00:22:03.779><c> in</c><00:22:03.940><c> a</c><00:22:04.140><c> different</c><00:22:04.400><c> context.</c>

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Saul<00:22:05.819><c> tried</c><00:22:06.220><c> to</c><00:22:06.420><c> bring</c><00:22:06.539><c> about</c><00:22:06.819><c> David's</c><00:22:07.359><c> death,</c><00:22:07.480><c> as</c><00:22:07.619><c> you</c><00:22:07.819><c> know,</c>

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by<00:22:09.180><c> asking</c><00:22:09.740><c> as</c><00:22:10.019><c> a</c><00:22:10.140><c> kind</c><00:22:10.359><c> of</c><00:22:10.599><c> dowry</c><00:22:10.900><c> for</c><00:22:11.579><c> his</c><00:22:11.859><c> daughter,</c><00:22:12.220><c> Michael,</c>

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the<00:22:13.259><c> slaying</c><00:22:13.559><c> of</c><00:22:14.700><c> a</c><00:22:14.740><c> hundred</c><00:22:15.059><c> Philistines,</c>

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hoping<00:22:16.900><c> that</c><00:22:17.420><c> in</c><00:22:17.640><c> the</c><00:22:17.720><c> carrying</c><00:22:17.980><c> out</c><00:22:18.160><c> of</c><00:22:18.319><c> this</c><00:22:18.539><c> task</c>

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David<00:22:19.200><c> would</c><00:22:19.420><c> be</c><00:22:19.680><c> killed</c><00:22:20.160><c> by</c><00:22:20.599><c> the</c><00:22:20.799><c> enemy.</c>

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Well,<00:22:22.099><c> the</c><00:22:22.240><c> plan</c><00:22:22.480><c> failed</c><00:22:22.920><c> and</c><00:22:23.079><c> David</c><00:22:23.420><c> killed</c><00:22:23.660><c> not</c><00:22:23.960><c> one</c>

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hundred<00:22:24.500><c> Philistines,</c>

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but<00:22:25.279><c> two</c><00:22:25.500><c> hundred,</c><00:22:26.380><c> and</c><00:22:26.660><c> got</c><00:22:26.940><c> Michael</c><00:22:27.460><c> for</c><00:22:27.779><c> his</c><00:22:27.980><c> wife</c>

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and<00:22:28.319><c> became</c><00:22:28.640><c> Saul's</c><00:22:29.039><c> son</c><00:22:29.319><c>-in</c><00:22:29.559><c>-law.</c>

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And<00:22:30.880><c> you'll</c><00:22:31.099><c> recall</c><00:22:31.359><c> how</c><00:22:31.619><c> David</c><00:22:32.480><c> gathered</c><00:22:32.819><c> about</c><00:22:33.059><c> him</c>

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four<00:22:35.140><c> hundred</c><00:22:35.940><c> disaffected</c><00:22:36.880><c> supporters</c>

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and<00:22:38.859><c> welded</c><00:22:39.220><c> them</c><00:22:39.740><c> into</c><00:22:40.380><c> a</c><00:22:40.660><c> fighting</c><00:22:41.019><c> force.</c>

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His<00:22:43.059><c> whole</c><00:22:43.420><c> family,</c><00:22:43.839><c> no</c><00:22:44.099><c> doubt,</c><00:22:44.960><c> joined</c><00:22:45.279><c> him</c><00:22:46.019><c> in</c><00:22:46.819><c> fear,</c>

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I<00:22:48.059><c> expect,</c><00:22:48.319><c> from</c><00:22:48.559><c> the</c><00:22:48.779><c> persecution</c><00:22:49.420><c> of</c><00:22:50.099><c> Saul.</c>

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There<00:22:53.079><c> were</c><00:22:53.819><c> the</c><00:22:54.119><c> now</c><00:22:54.380><c> two</c><00:22:54.660><c> famous</c><00:22:54.960><c> occasions</c>

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when<00:22:56.240><c> David</c><00:22:56.720><c> could</c><00:22:57.220><c> have</c><00:22:57.420><c> ended</c><00:22:57.880><c> the</c><00:22:58.180><c> feud</c><00:22:58.339><c> once</c><00:22:58.700><c> and</c><00:22:58.900><c> for</c><00:22:59.119><c> all,</c>

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the<00:23:00.420><c> two</c><00:23:00.619><c> occasions</c><00:23:01.019><c> when</c><00:23:01.220><c> he</c><00:23:01.339><c> could</c><00:23:01.519><c> have</c><00:23:02.000><c> killed</c><00:23:02.359><c> Saul</c><00:23:02.660><c> with</c>

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one<00:23:03.200><c> blow,</c>

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once<00:23:04.420><c> in</c><00:23:04.720><c> the</c><00:23:04.920><c> cave</c><00:23:05.140><c> at</c><00:23:05.359><c> Ngedi</c>

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and<00:23:07.099><c> the</c><00:23:07.359><c> other</c><00:23:07.640><c> on</c><00:23:08.019><c> the</c><00:23:08.119><c> hill</c><00:23:08.299><c> at</c><00:23:08.519><c> Hakilar.</c>

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And<00:23:11.980><c> herein</c><00:23:12.500><c> is</c><00:23:12.680><c> a</c><00:23:12.799><c> master</c><00:23:13.059><c> revelation</c><00:23:13.579><c> of</c><00:23:13.779><c> the</c><00:23:13.920><c> mind</c><00:23:14.140><c> of</c><00:23:14.299><c> David.</c>

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He<00:23:15.180><c> would</c><00:23:15.460><c> not</c><00:23:15.700><c> touch</c><00:23:16.000><c> the</c><00:23:16.240><c> Lord's</c><00:23:16.720><c> anointed.</c>

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Firstly,<00:23:18.640><c> no</c><00:23:18.819><c> doubt,</c><00:23:19.240><c> this</c><00:23:19.259><c> was</c><00:23:19.680><c> due</c><00:23:19.900><c> to</c><00:23:20.099><c> the</c><00:23:20.200><c> fact</c><00:23:20.339><c> that</c><00:23:20.519><c> it</c>

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was<00:23:20.799><c> utterly</c><00:23:21.160><c> wrong.</c>

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To<00:23:22.859><c> touch</c><00:23:23.319><c> the</c><00:23:23.539><c> Lord's</c><00:23:23.859><c> anointed</c><00:23:24.420><c> meant</c><00:23:24.900><c> challenging</c><00:23:25.519><c> God.</c>

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But<00:23:27.559><c> it</c><00:23:27.619><c> went</c><00:23:27.799><c> deeper</c><00:23:28.099><c> than</c><00:23:28.359><c> that,</c><00:23:28.599><c> no</c><00:23:28.720><c> doubt.</c>

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It<00:23:29.700><c> seems</c><00:23:30.059><c> as</c><00:23:30.259><c> though</c><00:23:30.440><c> David</c><00:23:30.920><c> recognized</c>

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that<00:23:32.140><c> since</c><00:23:32.480><c> God</c><00:23:32.720><c> had</c><00:23:33.019><c> anointed</c><00:23:33.319><c> him</c><00:23:33.559><c> to</c><00:23:33.720><c> be</c><00:23:33.960><c> king,</c>

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God<00:23:35.259><c> would</c><00:23:35.839><c> direct</c><00:23:36.119><c> the</c><00:23:36.339><c> way</c><00:23:36.440><c> in</c><00:23:36.579><c> which</c><00:23:36.680><c> it</c><00:23:36.819><c> was</c><00:23:37.000><c> to</c><00:23:37.119><c> be</c><00:23:37.359><c> achieved.</c>

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And<00:23:39.180><c> it's</c><00:23:39.400><c> a</c><00:23:39.500><c> mark</c><00:23:39.660><c> of</c><00:23:39.839><c> David's</c><00:23:40.460><c> patience,</c><00:23:40.819><c> I</c><00:23:41.039><c> think,</c>

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:45.359
a<00:23:42.200><c> mark</c><00:23:42.420><c> of</c><00:23:42.599><c> that</c><00:23:42.900><c> strange</c><00:23:43.240><c> capacity</c><00:23:43.740><c> to</c><00:23:44.039><c> wait</c><00:23:44.319><c> on</c><00:23:44.519><c> God's</c><00:23:45.099><c> will.</c>

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You<00:23:46.019><c> see,</c><00:23:46.940><c> think</c><00:23:47.220><c> what</c><00:23:47.619><c> strength</c><00:23:48.160><c> really</c><00:23:48.619><c> is.</c>

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I<00:23:49.059><c> mean,</c><00:23:49.819><c> a</c><00:23:50.099><c> really</c><00:23:50.460><c> strong</c><00:23:50.759><c> man</c><00:23:50.980><c> is</c><00:23:51.140><c> not</c><00:23:51.299><c> a</c><00:23:51.420><c> man</c><00:23:51.579><c> who</c><00:23:51.799><c> uses</c><00:23:52.119><c> his</c><00:23:52.420><c> strength</c>

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when<00:23:53.460><c> he</c><00:23:53.619><c> has</c><00:23:53.839><c> opportunity,</c>

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but<00:23:57.259><c> who</c><00:23:57.779><c> having</c><00:23:58.099><c> the</c><00:23:58.500><c> strength</c><00:23:58.779><c> and</c><00:23:59.200><c> the</c><00:23:59.400><c> opportunity</c>

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restrains<00:24:00.819><c> himself.</c>

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That's<00:24:01.579><c> a</c><00:24:01.700><c> really</c><00:24:01.980><c> strong</c><00:24:02.220><c> man.</c>

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And<00:24:03.779><c> the</c><00:24:03.920><c> capacity</c><00:24:04.380><c> to</c><00:24:04.680><c> wait</c><00:24:05.059><c> on</c><00:24:05.579><c> God</c><00:24:06.160><c> is</c><00:24:07.259><c> to</c><00:24:07.359><c> be</c><00:24:07.519><c> discovered</c>

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in<00:24:08.200><c> David.</c>

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This<00:24:09.380><c> is</c><00:24:09.839><c> seen,</c><00:24:10.380><c> of</c><00:24:10.480><c> course,</c><00:24:10.940><c> supremely</c><00:24:11.339><c> in</c><00:24:11.519><c> our</c><00:24:11.720><c> Lord</c><00:24:11.900><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:24:13.000><c> himself.</c>

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It's<00:24:14.019><c> written</c><00:24:14.220><c> of</c><00:24:14.400><c> him,</c><00:24:14.539><c> he</c><00:24:14.599><c> went</c><00:24:14.799><c> down</c><00:24:15.079><c> to</c><00:24:15.240><c> Nazareth</c>

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and<00:24:15.799><c> was</c><00:24:15.980><c> subject</c><00:24:16.500><c> to</c><00:24:17.160><c> them,</c><00:24:17.519><c> his</c><00:24:17.740><c> parents.</c>

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And<00:24:19.440><c> that</c><00:24:19.819><c> meant</c><00:24:20.160><c> 18</c><00:24:20.779><c> years</c><00:24:21.880><c> of</c><00:24:22.420><c> waiting</c>

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after<00:24:24.180><c> he</c><00:24:24.400><c> had</c><00:24:24.599><c> been</c><00:24:24.859><c> anointed</c><00:24:25.500><c> by</c><00:24:25.940><c> God,</c>

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recognized<00:24:26.900><c> in</c><00:24:27.240><c> the</c><00:24:27.400><c> words,</c>

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"'Wisht<00:24:28.200><c> ye</c><00:24:28.680><c> not</c><00:24:29.099><c> that</c><00:24:29.240><c> I</c><00:24:29.400><c> must</c><00:24:29.599><c> be</c><00:24:29.779><c> about</c><00:24:29.960><c> my</c><00:24:30.220><c> father's</c><00:24:30.660><c> business?'</c>

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18<00:24:31.640><c> years</c><00:24:32.079><c> of</c><00:24:32.359><c> dedicated</c><00:24:32.960><c> commonplace</c><00:24:33.700><c> life</c><00:24:33.960><c> at</c><00:24:34.240><c> Nazareth.</c>

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:38.480
18<00:24:35.480><c> years</c><00:24:35.819><c> of</c><00:24:36.059><c> submission</c><00:24:36.599><c> to</c><00:24:37.200><c> the</c><00:24:37.440><c> authority</c><00:24:37.779><c> of</c><00:24:37.960><c> his</c><00:24:38.140><c> parents</c>

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in<00:24:38.680><c> order</c><00:24:39.059><c> at</c><00:24:39.359><c> last</c><00:24:39.519><c> to</c><00:24:39.700><c> be</c><00:24:39.839><c> ready</c><00:24:40.259><c> to</c><00:24:40.700><c> wield</c><00:24:41.019><c> authority.</c>

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18<00:24:42.640><c> years</c><00:24:43.000><c> of</c><00:24:43.900><c> ordinary</c><00:24:44.400><c> life,</c><00:24:44.880><c> faithfully</c><00:24:45.400><c> lived,</c>

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waiting<00:24:46.420><c> for</c><00:24:46.759><c> the</c><00:24:46.980><c> moment</c><00:24:47.400><c> divinely</c><00:24:48.019><c> arranged."</c>

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And<00:24:50.039><c> so</c><00:24:50.319><c> it</c><00:24:50.660><c> was</c><00:24:50.900><c> with</c><00:24:51.220><c> David,</c>

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the<00:24:52.259><c> waiting</c><00:24:52.680><c> and</c><00:24:53.099><c> the</c><00:24:53.319><c> restraint</c><00:24:53.960><c> and</c><00:24:54.599><c> the</c><00:24:54.839><c> provocation</c>

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molding<00:24:57.440><c> the</c><00:24:57.680><c> character</c><00:24:58.039><c> of</c><00:24:58.299><c> David,</c>

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compressing<00:24:59.759><c> him</c><00:25:00.059><c> in</c><00:25:00.440><c> the</c><00:25:00.640><c> winepress</c><00:25:01.119><c> of</c><00:25:01.359><c> God.</c>

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And<00:25:02.740><c> so</c><00:25:02.839><c> he</c><00:25:03.039><c> poured</c><00:25:03.180><c> out</c><00:25:03.400><c> his</c><00:25:03.660><c> soul</c><00:25:03.859><c> in</c><00:25:04.220><c> psalm</c><00:25:04.440><c> after</c><00:25:04.799><c> psalm,</c>

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as<00:25:05.200><c> you</c><00:25:05.400><c> know,</c>

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and<00:25:06.420><c> his</c><00:25:06.640><c> dreams</c><00:25:07.019><c> and</c><00:25:07.240><c> his</c><00:25:07.480><c> hopes</c><00:25:07.759><c> and</c><00:25:08.000><c> his</c><00:25:08.319><c> fears</c>

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were<00:25:09.519><c> inscribed</c><00:25:10.000><c> for</c><00:25:10.319><c> everyone</c><00:25:10.839><c> to</c><00:25:11.319><c> ponder</c><00:25:11.579><c> down</c><00:25:11.839><c> the</c><00:25:12.039><c> ages.</c>

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There<00:25:13.079><c> are</c><00:25:13.119><c> one</c><00:25:13.240><c> or</c><00:25:13.359><c> two</c><00:25:13.460><c> things</c><00:25:13.799><c> to</c><00:25:14.059><c> note</c><00:25:14.200><c> at</c><00:25:14.400><c> this</c><00:25:14.640><c> stage.</c>

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Just<00:25:15.720><c> retracing</c><00:25:16.180><c> our</c><00:25:16.480><c> steps</c><00:25:16.700><c> for</c><00:25:16.880><c> a</c><00:25:17.019><c> moment,</c>

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:20.700
observe<00:25:18.099><c> David's</c><00:25:18.740><c> concern</c><00:25:19.019><c> for</c><00:25:19.220><c> his</c><00:25:19.420><c> own</c><00:25:19.759><c> parents.</c>

00:25:20.799 --> 00:25:25.839
Now,<00:25:21.220><c> the</c><00:25:21.400><c> record</c><00:25:21.640><c> if</c><00:25:21.779><c> you</c><00:25:21.900><c> want,</c><00:25:22.200><c> it's</c><00:25:22.319><c> 1</c><00:25:23.039><c> Samuel</c><00:25:23.259><c> 22,</c><00:25:24.740><c> verse</c><00:25:25.119><c> 3.</c>

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It<00:25:26.019><c> says,</c>

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:30.519
"'And<00:25:26.440><c> David</c><00:25:26.779><c> went</c><00:25:27.660><c> thence</c><00:25:28.160><c> to</c><00:25:28.259><c> Mispah</c><00:25:29.119><c> of</c><00:25:29.519><c> Moab,</c>

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:32.640
and<00:25:31.000><c> he</c><00:25:31.180><c> said</c><00:25:31.299><c> unto</c><00:25:31.480><c> the</c><00:25:31.680><c> king</c><00:25:31.940><c> of</c><00:25:32.200><c> Moab,</c>

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:34.859
Let<00:25:33.079><c> my</c><00:25:33.400><c> father</c><00:25:33.779><c> and</c><00:25:33.940><c> mother,</c><00:25:34.220><c> I</c><00:25:34.380><c> pray</c><00:25:34.680><c> thee,</c>

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:36.700
come<00:25:35.119><c> forth</c><00:25:35.539><c> and</c><00:25:35.640><c> be</c><00:25:35.880><c> with</c><00:25:36.180><c> you,</c>

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:40.420
till<00:25:36.920><c> I</c><00:25:37.019><c> know</c><00:25:37.220><c> what</c><00:25:37.440><c> God</c><00:25:37.599><c> will</c><00:25:37.799><c> do</c><00:25:38.000><c> for</c><00:25:38.180><c> me.'</c>

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Doubtless<00:25:41.039><c> he</c><00:25:42.400><c> sought</c><00:25:42.700><c> the</c><00:25:42.960><c> safety</c><00:25:43.240><c> of</c><00:25:43.680><c> Moab.</c>

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:47.700
He<00:25:44.339><c> felt</c><00:25:45.140><c> a</c><00:25:45.940><c> certain</c><00:25:46.099><c> sense</c><00:25:46.400><c> of</c><00:25:46.740><c> security</c><00:25:47.160><c> in</c><00:25:47.339><c> Moab</c>

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:51.980
because<00:25:48.000><c> of</c><00:25:48.180><c> his</c><00:25:48.900><c> own</c><00:25:49.160><c> descent</c><00:25:49.480><c> from</c><00:25:49.839><c> Ruth</c><00:25:50.220><c> to</c><00:25:50.359><c> the</c><00:25:50.539><c> Moabites.</c>

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:55.700
And<00:25:52.960><c> David</c><00:25:53.180><c> made</c><00:25:53.400><c> the</c><00:25:53.539><c> journey</c><00:25:53.819><c> of</c><00:25:53.960><c> some</c><00:25:54.160><c> fifty</c><00:25:54.519><c> miles</c>

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:58.039
to<00:25:56.200><c> beseech</c><00:25:56.519><c> the</c><00:25:56.640><c> king</c><00:25:56.859><c> of</c><00:25:57.039><c> Moab</c><00:25:57.240><c> for</c><00:25:57.460><c> refuge</c>

00:25:58.039 --> 00:26:00.319
for<00:25:58.500><c> his</c><00:25:58.680><c> old</c><00:25:58.960><c> father</c><00:25:59.299><c> and</c><00:25:59.539><c> mother.</c>

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And<00:26:00.960><c> the</c><00:26:01.099><c> command</c><00:26:01.380><c> of</c><00:26:01.559><c> God</c><00:26:01.779><c> was</c><00:26:02.019><c> reverence.</c>

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:06.259
In<00:26:03.380><c> the</c><00:26:03.539><c> midst</c><00:26:03.680><c> of</c><00:26:03.859><c> all</c><00:26:04.000><c> his</c><00:26:04.200><c> troubles</c><00:26:04.619><c> and</c><00:26:04.880><c> all</c><00:26:05.019><c> his</c><00:26:05.700><c> difficulties</c>

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:09.740
and<00:26:06.579><c> all</c><00:26:06.759><c> his</c><00:26:07.299><c> hardship</c><00:26:07.799><c> and</c><00:26:08.059><c> all</c><00:26:08.200><c> his</c><00:26:08.460><c> isolation,</c>

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his<00:26:10.640><c> reverence</c><00:26:11.000><c> for</c><00:26:11.200><c> the</c><00:26:11.279><c> law</c><00:26:11.420><c> of</c><00:26:11.640><c> God</c><00:26:11.779><c> is</c><00:26:11.980><c> to</c><00:26:12.099><c> be</c><00:26:12.319><c> seen.</c>

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:14.940
Honor<00:26:12.680><c> thy</c><00:26:12.940><c> father</c><00:26:13.299><c> and</c><00:26:13.500><c> mother</c><00:26:13.720><c> that</c><00:26:13.940><c> thy</c><00:26:14.140><c> days</c><00:26:14.440><c> may</c><00:26:14.660><c> be</c><00:26:14.839><c> long</c>

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upon<00:26:15.200><c> the</c><00:26:15.380><c> land</c>

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which<00:26:15.779><c> the</c><00:26:15.900><c> law</c><00:26:16.079><c> of</c><00:26:16.200><c> thy</c><00:26:16.319><c> God</c><00:26:16.559><c> giveth</c><00:26:16.940><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:26:18.359><c> let</c><00:26:18.519><c> it</c><00:26:18.660><c> be</c><00:26:18.799><c> said</c><00:26:18.960><c> to</c><00:26:19.119><c> the</c><00:26:19.299><c> credit</c><00:26:19.500><c> of</c><00:26:19.720><c> the</c><00:26:19.799><c> king</c><00:26:19.980><c> of</c><00:26:20.200><c> Moab</c>

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:23.660
that<00:26:21.160><c> he</c><00:26:21.819><c> received</c><00:26:22.319><c> and</c><00:26:22.619><c> suffered</c><00:26:22.819><c> David's</c><00:26:23.440><c> parents</c>

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:28.079
all<00:26:23.960><c> the</c><00:26:24.140><c> days</c><00:26:24.319><c> that</c><00:26:24.579><c> David</c><00:26:24.819><c> was</c><00:26:25.039><c> an</c><00:26:25.200><c> outcast."</c>

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:31.519
Now<00:26:28.559><c> think</c><00:26:29.079><c> of</c><00:26:30.660><c> something</c><00:26:31.039><c> else.</c>

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What<00:26:32.339><c> we</c><00:26:32.539><c> have</c><00:26:32.740><c> to</c><00:26:32.839><c> do,</c><00:26:33.019><c> you</c><00:26:33.180><c> see,</c><00:26:33.339><c> in</c><00:26:33.440><c> order</c><00:26:33.640><c> to</c><00:26:33.900><c> try</c><00:26:34.059><c> to</c>

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:36.480
form<00:26:34.839><c> an</c><00:26:35.119><c> assessment</c><00:26:35.460><c> of</c><00:26:35.720><c> David's</c><00:26:36.279><c> character,</c>

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:39.220
we<00:26:36.619><c> have</c><00:26:36.799><c> to</c><00:26:37.440><c> look</c><00:26:37.660><c> at</c><00:26:37.960><c> certain</c><00:26:38.200><c> things</c><00:26:38.539><c> that</c><00:26:38.819><c> happen</c><00:26:38.940><c> to</c><00:26:39.099><c> him</c>

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and<00:26:39.539><c> see</c><00:26:39.779><c> how</c><00:26:39.940><c> he</c><00:26:40.099><c> behaves.</c>

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:44.200
Now,<00:26:41.039><c> the</c><00:26:41.240><c> next</c><00:26:41.500><c> is</c><00:26:42.240><c> the</c><00:26:42.480><c> case</c><00:26:42.700><c> of</c><00:26:43.000><c> Nabal.</c>

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:48.839
The<00:26:46.420><c> record</c><00:26:46.579><c> is</c><00:26:46.720><c> in</c><00:26:46.839><c> 1</c><00:26:47.059><c> Samuel</c><00:26:47.299><c> 25.</c>

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:53.740
You<00:26:50.339><c> know</c><00:26:50.559><c> the</c><00:26:50.700><c> story</c><00:26:51.000><c> well.</c><00:26:51.480><c> Nabal</c><00:26:51.920><c> was</c><00:26:52.140><c> a</c><00:26:52.339><c> rich</c><00:26:52.640><c> farmer.</c>

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:58.579
David<00:26:55.599><c> had</c><00:26:55.819><c> given</c><00:26:55.980><c> him</c><00:26:57.160><c> protection,</c>

00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:02.700
and<00:26:59.480><c> David</c><00:26:59.700><c> and</c><00:26:59.880><c> his</c><00:27:00.099><c> men</c><00:27:01.019><c> felt</c><00:27:01.519><c> that</c><00:27:01.700><c> they</c><00:27:01.839><c> were</c><00:27:02.039><c> entitled</c><00:27:02.420><c> to</c>

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some<00:27:02.960><c> recompense.</c>

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:08.180
On<00:27:06.799><c> this</c><00:27:07.000><c> occasion</c><00:27:07.380><c> they</c><00:27:07.539><c> were</c><00:27:07.779><c> hungry</c>

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:11.980
and<00:27:08.359><c> were</c><00:27:08.539><c> looking</c><00:27:08.740><c> for</c><00:27:09.019><c> some</c><00:27:09.900><c> reward</c><00:27:10.400><c> for</c><00:27:10.619><c> their</c><00:27:10.799><c> services.</c>

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:16.480
And<00:27:12.880><c> David</c><00:27:13.119><c> approached</c><00:27:13.539><c> Nabal</c><00:27:13.940><c> asking</c><00:27:14.440><c> for</c><00:27:15.599><c> this</c><00:27:16.119><c> reward,</c>

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:18.079
this<00:27:16.839><c> recompense.</c>

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:19.519
Well,<00:27:18.279><c> you</c><00:27:18.380><c> know</c><00:27:18.539><c> the</c><00:27:18.740><c> story.</c>

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:24.180
Nabal,<00:27:20.920><c> mean</c><00:27:21.160><c> and</c><00:27:21.519><c> surly,</c><00:27:22.380><c> refused</c><00:27:23.200><c> point</c><00:27:23.839><c> blank</c>

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:28.400
and<00:27:24.640><c> not</c><00:27:24.859><c> only</c><00:27:25.220><c> refused</c><00:27:25.619><c> point</c><00:27:25.920><c> blank</c><00:27:26.119><c> but</c><00:27:26.359><c> insulted</c><00:27:26.819><c> the</c><00:27:27.059><c> messenger</c>

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:30.880
deriding<00:27:29.480><c> this</c><00:27:30.000><c> David.</c>

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:34.460
And<00:27:32.480><c> David</c><00:27:32.740><c> suddenly</c><00:27:33.259><c> mobilized</c><00:27:33.900><c> his</c><00:27:34.180><c> forces.</c>

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:39.299
His<00:27:34.720><c> heart</c><00:27:34.940><c> was</c><00:27:35.240><c> filled</c><00:27:35.500><c> with</c><00:27:36.279><c> cold,</c><00:27:37.480><c> bloodied</c><00:27:38.180><c> murder.</c>

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:43.839
He<00:27:40.980><c> would</c><00:27:41.220><c> show</c><00:27:41.480><c> Nabal</c><00:27:41.880><c> just</c><00:27:42.180><c> who</c><00:27:42.319><c> David</c><00:27:42.700><c> was.</c>

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:47.079
And<00:27:44.920><c> in</c><00:27:44.960><c> a</c><00:27:45.079><c> way</c><00:27:45.339><c> Nabal</c><00:27:45.819><c> had</c><00:27:46.039><c> signed</c><00:27:46.200><c> his</c><00:27:46.400><c> own</c><00:27:46.619><c> death</c><00:27:46.839><c> warrant</c>

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:51.660
when<00:27:47.299><c> he</c><00:27:47.960><c> rejected</c><00:27:48.579><c> David's</c><00:27:50.500><c> request.</c>

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:55.960
Pause<00:27:52.660><c> to</c><00:27:52.880><c> reflect</c><00:27:53.140><c> what</c><00:27:53.359><c> a</c><00:27:53.640><c> strange</c><00:27:53.960><c> thing</c><00:27:54.259><c> life</c><00:27:54.559><c> can</c><00:27:54.960><c> be.</c>

00:27:56.180 --> 00:28:00.480
I<00:27:56.180><c> mean</c><00:27:56.420><c> David</c><00:27:56.759><c> had</c><00:27:57.059><c> received</c><00:27:57.680><c> injury</c><00:27:58.339><c> after</c><00:27:58.859><c> injury</c><00:27:59.559><c> from</c><00:28:00.140><c> Saul</c>

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:03.900
and<00:28:00.700><c> his</c><00:28:00.859><c> only</c><00:28:01.200><c> reply</c><00:28:01.500><c> was</c><00:28:01.980><c> to</c><00:28:02.480><c> forgive</c><00:28:02.720><c> him.</c>

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:07.859
One<00:28:04.859><c> injury</c><00:28:05.240><c> from</c><00:28:05.539><c> Nabal</c><00:28:05.920><c> and</c><00:28:06.099><c> he's</c><00:28:06.299><c> out</c><00:28:06.460><c> with</c><00:28:06.759><c> cold</c><00:28:07.059><c> steel</c><00:28:07.339><c> ready</c><00:28:07.640><c> to</c>

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.900
do<00:28:08.039><c> murder.</c>

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:15.400
It<00:28:11.579><c> just</c><00:28:11.980><c> shows</c><00:28:12.279><c> you</c><00:28:12.640><c> how</c><00:28:13.079><c> complex</c><00:28:13.819><c> human</c><00:28:14.200><c> nature</c><00:28:14.579><c> is.</c>

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:19.759
Reverence<00:28:16.380><c> and</c><00:28:16.759><c> irreverence</c><00:28:18.099><c> in</c><00:28:18.819><c> the</c><00:28:19.099><c> same</c><00:28:19.380><c> life,</c>

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:22.079
mixed<00:28:20.319><c> up</c><00:28:20.519><c> together</c><00:28:20.940><c> in</c><00:28:21.140><c> the</c><00:28:21.359><c> same</c><00:28:21.619><c> heart.</c>

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:25.660
What<00:28:22.819><c> a</c><00:28:23.319><c> strange</c><00:28:23.759><c> thing</c><00:28:24.160><c> human</c><00:28:24.519><c> nature</c><00:28:24.859><c> is.</c>

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:31.000
What<00:28:26.660><c> an</c><00:28:27.299><c> accumulation</c><00:28:28.000><c> of</c><00:28:28.559><c> complexity</c><00:28:29.180><c> it</c><00:28:29.960><c> is.</c>

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:33.900
There<00:28:32.420><c> is</c><00:28:32.619><c> an</c><00:28:32.819><c> explanation</c><00:28:33.299><c> no</c><00:28:33.579><c> doubt</c>

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:39.259
and<00:28:34.359><c> you</c><00:28:34.539><c> may</c><00:28:34.740><c> like</c><00:28:34.940><c> to</c><00:28:35.220><c> discuss</c><00:28:35.519><c> this</c><00:28:36.119><c> when</c><00:28:36.599><c> we</c><00:28:36.859><c> come</c><00:28:37.259><c> to</c><00:28:37.960><c> that</c><00:28:38.259><c> time.</c>

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:44.880
But<00:28:40.420><c> think</c><00:28:40.619><c> next</c><00:28:41.039><c> of</c><00:28:41.299><c> Abigail,</c><00:28:43.119><c> Nabal's</c><00:28:43.579><c> young</c><00:28:43.779><c> and</c><00:28:44.059><c> beautiful</c><00:28:44.380><c> wife.</c>

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:52.720
She<00:28:46.000><c> met</c><00:28:46.480><c> David</c><00:28:47.400><c> deliberately</c><00:28:48.680><c> and</c><00:28:49.119><c> dissuaded</c><00:28:49.539><c> him</c><00:28:50.079><c> from</c><00:28:50.559><c> his</c><00:28:51.539><c> willfulness.</c>

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:55.960
It<00:28:53.660><c> was</c><00:28:53.839><c> a</c><00:28:53.900><c> very</c><00:28:54.259><c> timely</c><00:28:54.619><c> intervention.</c>

00:28:57.000 --> 00:29:00.180
Had<00:28:57.220><c> David</c><00:28:57.619><c> gone</c><00:28:57.920><c> ahead,</c><00:28:58.299><c> had</c><00:28:58.420><c> he</c><00:28:58.559><c> gone</c><00:28:58.740><c> on</c><00:28:58.940><c> with</c><00:28:59.119><c> his</c><00:28:59.660><c> bitter</c><00:28:59.980><c> plan,</c>

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:03.960
it<00:29:00.319><c> might</c><00:29:00.500><c> well</c><00:29:00.740><c> have</c><00:29:01.259><c> resulted</c><00:29:01.619><c> in</c><00:29:02.000><c> untold</c><00:29:02.619><c> consequences.</c>

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:08.500
Sometimes<00:29:05.160><c> you</c><00:29:05.240><c> see</c><00:29:05.519><c> bad</c><00:29:05.920><c> men</c><00:29:06.240><c> have</c><00:29:06.500><c> good</c><00:29:06.779><c> wives,</c><00:29:07.279><c> sometimes.</c>

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:11.700
And<00:29:09.920><c> so</c><00:29:10.059><c> it</c><00:29:10.180><c> was</c><00:29:10.319><c> with</c><00:29:10.660><c> Nabal.</c>

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:16.940
Abigail<00:29:12.940><c> knew</c><00:29:13.460><c> of</c><00:29:13.720><c> David</c><00:29:13.960><c> although</c><00:29:14.380><c> Nabal</c><00:29:14.799><c> seems</c><00:29:15.140><c> not</c><00:29:15.500><c> to.</c>

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:20.480
She<00:29:17.779><c> was</c><00:29:18.039><c> a</c><00:29:18.140><c> woman</c><00:29:18.380><c> of</c><00:29:18.859><c> grace</c><00:29:19.099><c> and</c><00:29:19.339><c> understanding.</c>

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:22.640
She<00:29:21.039><c> spoke</c><00:29:21.299><c> words</c><00:29:21.559><c> of</c><00:29:21.740><c> faith</c><00:29:22.019><c> to</c><00:29:22.279><c> David.</c>

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:24.700
I'd<00:29:23.200><c> like</c><00:29:23.279><c> you</c><00:29:23.460><c> to</c><00:29:23.559><c> have</c><00:29:23.680><c> a</c><00:29:23.759><c> look</c><00:29:23.900><c> at</c><00:29:23.940><c> them</c><00:29:24.099><c> with</c><00:29:24.299><c> me</c>

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:26.420
because<00:29:24.920><c> I</c><00:29:24.980><c> think</c><00:29:25.119><c> we</c><00:29:25.299><c> ought</c><00:29:25.460><c> to</c><00:29:25.640><c> mark</c><00:29:25.779><c> them</c><00:29:25.940><c> very</c><00:29:26.279><c> well.</c>

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:31.200
It's<00:29:26.740><c> in</c><00:29:27.140><c> 1</c><00:29:27.400><c> Samuel</c><00:29:27.720><c> 25</c><00:29:28.420><c> verses</c><00:29:28.819><c> 27</c><00:29:29.500><c> to</c><00:29:29.740><c> 31.</c>

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:37.759
The<00:29:32.599><c> words</c><00:29:32.880><c> of</c><00:29:33.220><c> Abigail</c><00:29:33.700><c> to</c><00:29:34.000><c> David,</c><00:29:34.480><c> a</c><00:29:34.680><c> very</c><00:29:36.319><c> enlightening</c><00:29:37.119><c> passage.</c>

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:42.140
She<00:29:38.740><c> said,</c><00:29:40.119><c> 1</c><00:29:40.339><c> Samuel</c><00:29:40.599><c> 25,</c><00:29:41.259><c> 27,</c>

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:47.480
And<00:29:42.619><c> now</c><00:29:43.380><c> this</c><00:29:43.859><c> blessing</c><00:29:44.460><c> which</c><00:29:45.319><c> thine</c><00:29:45.559><c> handmaid</c><00:29:46.119><c> hath</c><00:29:46.319><c> brought</c><00:29:46.960><c> unto</c>

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.779
my<00:29:47.779><c> Lord,</c>

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:52.640
let<00:29:49.039><c> it</c><00:29:50.180><c> even</c><00:29:50.480><c> be</c><00:29:50.759><c> given</c><00:29:50.960><c> unto</c><00:29:51.279><c> the</c><00:29:51.500><c> young</c><00:29:51.720><c> men</c><00:29:51.980><c> that</c><00:29:52.380><c> follow</c>

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.339
my<00:29:52.980><c> Lord.</c>

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:57.000
I<00:29:54.200><c> pray</c><00:29:54.420><c> thee</c><00:29:54.619><c> forgive</c><00:29:54.920><c> the</c><00:29:55.180><c> trespass</c><00:29:55.539><c> of</c><00:29:55.740><c> thine</c><00:29:55.859><c> handmaid,</c>

00:29:57.099 --> 00:30:01.000
for<00:29:57.259><c> the</c><00:29:57.500><c> Lord</c><00:29:57.700><c> will</c><00:29:58.180><c> certainly</c><00:29:58.700><c> make</c><00:29:59.000><c> my</c><00:29:59.339><c> Lord</c><00:29:59.900><c> a</c><00:30:00.400><c> sure</c><00:30:00.619><c> house,</c>

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:04.000
because<00:30:01.779><c> my</c><00:30:02.200><c> Lord</c><00:30:02.400><c> fighteth</c><00:30:02.799><c> the</c><00:30:03.000><c> battles</c><00:30:03.259><c> of</c><00:30:03.480><c> the</c><00:30:03.640><c> Lord,</c>

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:08.200
and<00:30:04.680><c> evil</c><00:30:05.099><c> hath</c><00:30:05.400><c> not</c><00:30:05.700><c> been</c><00:30:06.039><c> found</c><00:30:06.420><c> in</c><00:30:06.619><c> thee</c><00:30:06.779><c> all</c><00:30:06.960><c> thy</c><00:30:07.160><c> days.</c>

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:12.279
Yet<00:30:08.940><c> a</c><00:30:09.119><c> man</c><00:30:09.259><c> is</c><00:30:09.519><c> risen</c><00:30:09.700><c> to</c><00:30:09.880><c> pursue</c><00:30:10.240><c> thee</c><00:30:10.660><c> and</c><00:30:11.019><c> to</c><00:30:11.240><c> seek</c><00:30:11.480><c> thy</c><00:30:11.819><c> soul,</c>

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:15.019
but<00:30:12.759><c> the</c><00:30:13.099><c> soul</c><00:30:13.259><c> of</c><00:30:13.460><c> my</c><00:30:13.619><c> Lord</c><00:30:13.799><c> shall</c><00:30:14.000><c> be</c><00:30:14.299><c> bound</c><00:30:14.500><c> in</c><00:30:14.660><c> the</c><00:30:14.819><c> bundle</c>

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of<00:30:15.259><c> life</c>

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:19.700
with<00:30:16.599><c> the</c><00:30:16.799><c> Lord</c><00:30:17.039><c> thy</c><00:30:17.299><c> God,</c><00:30:18.160><c> and</c><00:30:18.339><c> the</c><00:30:18.480><c> souls</c><00:30:18.680><c> of</c><00:30:18.900><c> thine</c><00:30:19.059><c> enemies,</c>

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:23.480
them<00:30:20.119><c> shall</c><00:30:20.319><c> he</c><00:30:20.559><c> sling</c><00:30:20.799><c> out</c><00:30:21.400><c> at</c><00:30:21.599><c> out</c><00:30:21.759><c> of</c><00:30:21.940><c> the</c><00:30:22.019><c> middle</c><00:30:22.220><c> of</c><00:30:22.380><c> a</c><00:30:22.640><c> sling.</c>

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:26.539
And<00:30:23.900><c> it</c><00:30:24.039><c> shall</c><00:30:24.140><c> come</c><00:30:24.339><c> to</c><00:30:24.559><c> pass</c><00:30:24.740><c> when</c><00:30:24.920><c> the</c><00:30:25.140><c> Lord</c><00:30:25.359><c> shall</c><00:30:25.539><c> have</c><00:30:25.759><c> done</c><00:30:26.019><c> to</c>

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:26.980
my<00:30:26.779><c> Lord</c>

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:30.119
according<00:30:27.319><c> to</c><00:30:27.559><c> all</c><00:30:27.839><c> the</c><00:30:28.000><c> good</c><00:30:28.119><c> that</c><00:30:28.279><c> he</c><00:30:28.480><c> hath</c><00:30:28.700><c> spoken</c><00:30:29.099><c> concerning</c><00:30:29.680><c> thee,</c>

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:32.799
and<00:30:30.559><c> shall</c><00:30:30.740><c> have</c><00:30:30.920><c> appointed</c><00:30:31.279><c> thee</c><00:30:31.519><c> ruler</c><00:30:31.819><c> over</c><00:30:32.119><c> Israel,</c>

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:36.619
that<00:30:33.480><c> this</c><00:30:33.859><c> shall</c><00:30:34.119><c> be</c><00:30:34.559><c> no</c><00:30:34.880><c> grief</c><00:30:35.200><c> unto</c><00:30:35.440><c> thee,</c><00:30:35.680><c> nor</c><00:30:35.920><c> offence</c><00:30:36.380><c> of</c>

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.779
heart<00:30:36.880><c> unto</c><00:30:37.119><c> my</c><00:30:37.400><c> Lord,</c>

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:42.420
either<00:30:38.500><c> that</c><00:30:38.700><c> there</c><00:30:38.859><c> has</c><00:30:39.140><c> shed</c><00:30:39.400><c> blood</c><00:30:40.200><c> causeless</c><00:30:41.039><c> of</c><00:30:41.980><c> that</c><00:30:42.160><c> my</c>

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:44.299
Lord<00:30:42.640><c> hath</c><00:30:42.839><c> avenged</c><00:30:43.200><c> himself,</c>

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:47.720
but<00:30:45.200><c> when</c><00:30:45.599><c> the</c><00:30:45.779><c> Lord</c><00:30:46.000><c> shall</c><00:30:46.180><c> have</c><00:30:46.619><c> dealt</c><00:30:46.859><c> with</c><00:30:47.099><c> my</c><00:30:47.279><c> Lord,</c><00:30:47.599><c> then</c>

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:50.079
remember<00:30:48.500><c> thine</c><00:30:48.799><c> handmaid.</c>

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:53.640
A<00:30:51.119><c> very</c><00:30:51.359><c> remarkable</c><00:30:52.339><c> declaration</c><00:30:53.019><c> by</c><00:30:53.319><c> Abigail.</c>

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:57.059
Evidently<00:30:54.240><c> it's</c><00:30:54.960><c> very</c><00:30:55.279><c> strong</c><00:30:55.599><c> allusions</c><00:30:56.079><c> to</c><00:30:56.299><c> the</c><00:30:56.420><c> life</c><00:30:56.599><c> of</c><00:30:56.920><c> David,</c>

00:30:57.079 --> 00:31:00.640
and<00:30:57.279><c> at</c><00:30:57.440><c> times</c><00:30:57.720><c> seems</c><00:30:57.960><c> almost</c><00:30:58.339><c> to</c><00:30:58.480><c> be</c><00:30:59.400><c> divinely</c><00:30:59.859><c> prophetic</c><00:31:00.380><c> in</c>

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.920
its<00:31:00.880><c> spiritual</c><00:31:01.400><c> sense.</c>

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:09.079
And<00:31:02.359><c> so</c><00:31:02.660><c> David,</c><00:31:04.500><c> mad</c><00:31:04.579><c> with</c><00:31:04.859><c> anger,</c><00:31:06.079><c> consumed</c><00:31:06.460><c> with</c><00:31:07.319><c> the</c><00:31:07.539><c> desire</c><00:31:07.759><c> for</c><00:31:08.019><c> revenge,</c>

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:12.279
was<00:31:09.539><c> restrained</c><00:31:10.079><c> by</c><00:31:10.400><c> these</c><00:31:10.779><c> words</c><00:31:11.099><c> of</c><00:31:11.279><c> this</c><00:31:11.500><c> faithful</c><00:31:11.980><c> and</c>

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:13.940
prudent<00:31:12.519><c> woman,</c><00:31:13.480><c> Abigail.</c>

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:16.539
And<00:31:14.579><c> in</c><00:31:14.720><c> the</c><00:31:14.819><c> words</c><00:31:15.039><c> which</c><00:31:15.420><c> follow</c><00:31:15.579><c> in</c><00:31:15.740><c> the</c><00:31:15.900><c> narrative,</c><00:31:16.240><c> if</c><00:31:16.319><c> we</c>

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:18.440
went<00:31:16.700><c> on</c><00:31:17.819><c> in</c><00:31:17.980><c> the</c><00:31:18.160><c> narrative,</c>

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:22.059
David<00:31:18.859><c> recognizes</c><00:31:19.599><c> this</c><00:31:20.160><c> and</c><00:31:20.579><c> he</c><00:31:20.960><c> recognizes</c><00:31:21.380><c> that</c><00:31:21.619><c> she</c><00:31:21.819><c> was</c>

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.680
God<00:31:22.380><c> sent</c>

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:25.920
in<00:31:23.240><c> order</c><00:31:23.480><c> to</c><00:31:23.819><c> save</c><00:31:23.980><c> him</c><00:31:24.640><c> from</c><00:31:25.059><c> his</c><00:31:25.480><c> folly.</c>

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:30.539
Ten<00:31:26.599><c> days</c><00:31:27.019><c> after</c><00:31:27.579><c> this,</c><00:31:28.859><c> Nabal</c><00:31:29.079><c> was</c><00:31:29.480><c> dead.</c>

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:34.940
Vengeance<00:31:31.839><c> is</c><00:31:32.019><c> mine,</c><00:31:32.480><c> saith</c><00:31:32.619><c> the</c><00:31:32.799><c> Lord,</c><00:31:33.380><c> I</c><00:31:33.720><c> will</c><00:31:33.960><c> repay.</c>

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:39.680
Men<00:31:36.079><c> are</c><00:31:36.240><c> not</c><00:31:36.400><c> entitled</c><00:31:36.839><c> to</c><00:31:37.119><c> usurp</c><00:31:37.880><c> the</c><00:31:38.099><c> judgment</c><00:31:38.460><c> of</c><00:31:38.779><c> God,</c>

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:43.059
and<00:31:40.039><c> this</c><00:31:40.400><c> in</c><00:31:40.579><c> a</c><00:31:40.680><c> way</c><00:31:40.740><c> is</c><00:31:40.940><c> the</c><00:31:41.140><c> parable</c><00:31:41.359><c> of</c><00:31:41.579><c> the</c><00:31:41.759><c> rich</c><00:31:42.000><c> fool</c><00:31:42.579><c> all</c>

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:44.420
over<00:31:43.299><c> again.</c>

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:50.539
Now<00:31:45.339><c> after</c><00:31:45.559><c> Nabal's</c><00:31:46.180><c> death,</c><00:31:49.019><c> David</c><00:31:49.440><c> asked</c><00:31:49.859><c> for</c><00:31:50.000><c> the</c><00:31:50.099><c> hand</c><00:31:50.319><c> of</c>

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.519
Abigail<00:31:50.880><c> in</c><00:31:51.160><c> marriage,</c>

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:57.420
and<00:31:51.799><c> so</c><00:31:51.960><c> she</c><00:31:52.180><c> left</c><00:31:52.420><c> her</c><00:31:53.259><c> rich,</c><00:31:53.960><c> secure</c><00:31:54.480><c> home</c><00:31:55.019><c> to</c><00:31:56.079><c> become</c><00:31:56.539><c> the</c><00:31:56.759><c> wife</c><00:31:56.980><c> of</c><00:31:57.160><c> a</c><00:31:57.299><c> man</c>

00:31:57.420 --> 00:32:01.299
with<00:31:57.819><c> no</c><00:31:58.279><c> home</c><00:31:58.559><c> and</c><00:31:58.740><c> no</c><00:31:59.019><c> security</c><00:31:59.599><c> and</c><00:32:00.119><c> no</c><00:32:00.400><c> comfort.</c>

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:04.339
I<00:32:02.000><c> mean,</c><00:32:02.539><c> it's</c><00:32:02.740><c> a</c><00:32:02.859><c> love</c><00:32:03.039><c> story,</c><00:32:03.500><c> isn't</c><00:32:03.579><c> it?</c><00:32:03.700><c> Evidently</c><00:32:04.220><c> they</c>

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:05.160
were<00:32:04.559><c> in</c><00:32:04.779><c> love.</c>

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:07.299
It's<00:32:06.160><c> a</c><00:32:06.180><c> very</c><00:32:06.500><c> charming</c><00:32:06.859><c> story.</c>

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:11.720
As<00:32:07.559><c> Brother</c><00:32:07.740><c> Harry</c><00:32:08.400><c> Tennant</c><00:32:08.720><c> puts</c><00:32:08.960><c> it,</c><00:32:09.720><c> quoting</c><00:32:09.720><c> from</c><00:32:10.079><c> the</c><00:32:10.220><c> Prince</c><00:32:10.480><c> of</c><00:32:10.720><c> Poets,</c>

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:14.220
a<00:32:11.960><c> marriage</c><00:32:12.500><c> of</c><00:32:12.880><c> true</c><00:32:13.140><c> minds.</c>

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:18.299
Now<00:32:15.359><c> verse</c><00:32:15.599><c> 42</c><00:32:16.119><c> of</c><00:32:16.359><c> 1</c><00:32:16.579><c> Samuel</c><00:32:16.779><c> 25</c><00:32:17.359><c> says,</c>

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:21.859
And<00:32:18.460><c> Abigail</c><00:32:19.420><c> hasted</c><00:32:20.940><c> and</c><00:32:21.200><c> arose,</c>

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:27.359
and<00:32:22.500><c> went</c><00:32:22.720><c> after</c><00:32:23.059><c> the</c><00:32:23.339><c> messengers</c><00:32:23.680><c> of</c><00:32:23.940><c> David,</c><00:32:24.940><c> and</c><00:32:25.240><c> she</c><00:32:25.480><c> became</c><00:32:25.940><c> his</c><00:32:26.279><c> wife.</c>

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:34.259
I<00:32:29.900><c> want</c><00:32:30.099><c> you</c><00:32:30.279><c> to</c><00:32:30.859><c> have</c><00:32:31.099><c> a</c><00:32:31.140><c> look</c><00:32:31.279><c> at</c><00:32:31.420><c> verse</c><00:32:31.720><c> 43</c><00:32:32.519><c> of</c><00:32:32.799><c> the</c><00:32:32.940><c> same</c><00:32:33.160><c> chapter.</c>

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:36.539
It<00:32:34.680><c> goes</c><00:32:34.980><c> like</c><00:32:35.420><c> this.</c>

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:42.200
And<00:32:37.539><c> David</c><00:32:38.039><c> also</c><00:32:38.799><c> took</c><00:32:39.079><c> Ahinoam</c><00:32:39.880><c> of</c><00:32:40.720><c> Jezreel,</c>

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:46.460
and<00:32:42.519><c> they</c><00:32:42.660><c> were</c><00:32:42.920><c> also</c><00:32:43.380><c> both</c><00:32:43.799><c> of</c><00:32:44.000><c> them</c><00:32:44.980><c> his</c><00:32:45.380><c> wives.</c>

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:48.279
Now<00:32:47.200><c> that's</c><00:32:47.339><c> very</c><00:32:47.640><c> interesting.</c>

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:52.779
He's<00:32:48.680><c> just</c><00:32:48.940><c> married</c><00:32:49.339><c> a</c><00:32:49.940><c> beautiful</c><00:32:50.420><c> woman</c><00:32:50.740><c> with</c><00:32:50.940><c> whom</c><00:32:51.119><c> he's</c><00:32:51.400><c> in</c><00:32:51.599><c> love,</c>

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:57.799
and<00:32:53.599><c> within</c><00:32:53.960><c> five</c><00:32:54.299><c> minutes</c><00:32:54.940><c> he's</c><00:32:55.759><c> married</c><00:32:55.960><c> another</c><00:32:56.299><c> beautiful</c><00:32:56.799><c> woman.</c>

00:32:58.220 --> 00:33:00.059
David<00:32:58.480><c> so</c><00:32:58.900><c> quickly</c><00:32:59.220><c> took</c><00:32:59.420><c> another</c><00:32:59.779><c> wife</c>

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:03.740
after<00:33:00.380><c> marrying</c><00:33:00.779><c> this</c><00:33:01.180><c> faithful,</c><00:33:01.720><c> lovely,</c><00:33:02.660><c> loving</c><00:33:02.660><c> Abigail.</c>

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:07.079
No<00:33:04.619><c> word</c><00:33:04.900><c> of</c><00:33:05.119><c> reproof</c><00:33:05.500><c> comes</c><00:33:05.799><c> from</c><00:33:06.119><c> God,</c>

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:09.640
and<00:33:07.420><c> if</c><00:33:07.579><c> we're</c><00:33:07.799><c> seeking</c><00:33:08.079><c> to</c><00:33:08.400><c> understand</c><00:33:08.819><c> this</c><00:33:09.079><c> man</c><00:33:09.319><c> David,</c>

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:12.579
we<00:33:09.799><c> must</c><00:33:10.039><c> take</c><00:33:10.279><c> notice</c><00:33:11.099><c> of</c><00:33:11.299><c> this</c><00:33:11.519><c> and</c><00:33:11.680><c> leave</c><00:33:11.940><c> it</c><00:33:12.119><c> for</c><00:33:12.220><c> the</c><00:33:12.359><c> moment</c>

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:17.039
because<00:33:13.200><c> we</c><00:33:14.039><c> shall</c><00:33:14.200><c> have</c><00:33:14.400><c> to</c><00:33:14.519><c> return</c><00:33:14.839><c> to</c><00:33:15.000><c> it</c><00:33:15.140><c> after</c><00:33:15.279><c> this</c><00:33:15.579><c> series</c><00:33:15.920><c> is</c><00:33:16.779><c> over.</c>

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:19.079
Now<00:33:17.619><c> here</c><00:33:17.859><c> is</c><00:33:18.019><c> something</c><00:33:18.319><c> to</c><00:33:18.619><c> ponder,</c>

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:21.740
as<00:33:19.579><c> we</c><00:33:19.779><c> think</c><00:33:19.920><c> of</c><00:33:20.079><c> the</c><00:33:20.240><c> character</c><00:33:20.599><c> of</c><00:33:20.980><c> David.</c>

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:25.779
Remember<00:33:22.839><c> when</c><00:33:23.039><c> we</c><00:33:23.220><c> were</c><00:33:23.559><c> speaking</c><00:33:23.920><c> yesterday</c><00:33:24.640><c> of</c><00:33:24.960><c> King</c><00:33:25.359><c> Saul,</c>

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:31.660
and<00:33:26.480><c> we</c><00:33:26.680><c> recalled</c><00:33:26.960><c> that</c><00:33:27.299><c> awful</c><00:33:28.559><c> event,</c><00:33:30.160><c> episode</c><00:33:30.859><c> at</c><00:33:31.500><c> Nove,</c>

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:34.819
when<00:33:31.960><c> David</c><00:33:32.579><c> came</c><00:33:32.940><c> seeking</c><00:33:33.359><c> help</c><00:33:33.700><c> and</c><00:33:34.279><c> sustenance</c>

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:36.940
and<00:33:34.940><c> took</c><00:33:35.220><c> the</c><00:33:35.960><c> sacred</c><00:33:36.359><c> show</c><00:33:36.660><c> bread</c>

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:40.859
and<00:33:37.900><c> secured</c><00:33:38.420><c> the</c><00:33:38.640><c> sword</c><00:33:38.779><c> of</c><00:33:39.039><c> Goliath</c><00:33:39.319><c> for</c><00:33:39.599><c> his</c><00:33:39.819><c> warfare.</c>

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:43.859
Now<00:33:41.440><c> in</c><00:33:41.519><c> order</c><00:33:41.779><c> to</c><00:33:42.059><c> get</c><00:33:42.299><c> this</c><00:33:42.660><c> benefit,</c>

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:49.119
he<00:33:45.220><c> told</c><00:33:45.640><c> a</c><00:33:45.940><c> lie</c><00:33:46.299><c> to</c><00:33:46.779><c> the</c><00:33:46.900><c> priest</c><00:33:47.660><c> Ahimelech.</c>

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:52.460
He<00:33:49.539><c> said</c><00:33:49.900><c> he</c><00:33:50.039><c> was</c><00:33:50.279><c> on</c><00:33:50.480><c> some</c><00:33:50.759><c> urgent</c><00:33:51.180><c> and</c><00:33:51.440><c> secret</c><00:33:51.839><c> business</c><00:33:52.240><c> of</c>

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.279
the<00:33:52.660><c> king,</c>

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:56.680
and<00:33:53.880><c> he</c><00:33:54.059><c> urged</c><00:33:54.380><c> Ahimelech</c><00:33:55.059><c> to</c><00:33:55.299><c> give</c><00:33:55.779><c> way</c><00:33:56.119><c> to</c><00:33:56.339><c> him.</c>

00:33:57.119 --> 00:34:00.819
And<00:33:57.240><c> the</c><00:33:57.279><c> priest,</c><00:33:58.019><c> upon</c><00:33:58.299><c> that</c><00:33:58.680><c> understanding</c><00:33:59.259><c> of</c><00:33:59.500><c> the</c><00:33:59.640><c> situation,</c>

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:02.319
he<00:34:01.039><c> did</c><00:34:01.220><c> give</c><00:34:01.440><c> way.</c>

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:05.019
And<00:34:02.779><c> as</c><00:34:02.940><c> a</c><00:34:03.079><c> result</c><00:34:03.319><c> of</c><00:34:03.579><c> David's</c><00:34:03.920><c> action,</c><00:34:04.460><c> as</c><00:34:04.640><c> you</c><00:34:04.839><c> know,</c>

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:08.460
all<00:34:05.400><c> the</c><00:34:05.660><c> priests</c><00:34:06.799><c> save</c><00:34:07.500><c> one,</c>

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:11.440
and<00:34:08.980><c> all</c><00:34:09.280><c> the</c><00:34:09.420><c> women</c><00:34:09.719><c> and</c><00:34:09.960><c> children</c><00:34:10.340><c> and</c><00:34:10.599><c> babies</c><00:34:10.900><c> in</c><00:34:11.199><c> Nove,</c>

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:14.579
the<00:34:11.440><c> innocent</c><00:34:11.760><c> people</c><00:34:12.139><c> were</c><00:34:12.500><c> slain.</c>

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:20.360
And<00:34:16.280><c> when</c><00:34:16.920><c> the</c><00:34:17.079><c> one</c><00:34:17.420><c> priest,</c><00:34:18.320><c> Abiathar,</c><00:34:18.920><c> escaped</c><00:34:19.300><c> and</c><00:34:20.119><c> fled,</c>

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:22.500
he<00:34:20.519><c> came</c><00:34:20.800><c> and</c><00:34:20.960><c> told</c><00:34:21.260><c> David</c><00:34:21.619><c> what</c><00:34:21.880><c> had</c><00:34:22.099><c> occurred.</c>

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:26.820
And<00:34:22.760><c> this</c><00:34:22.900><c> is</c><00:34:23.119><c> David's</c><00:34:23.619><c> reply.</c><00:34:24.139><c> It's</c><00:34:24.159><c> in</c><00:34:24.300><c> 1</c><00:34:24.500><c> Samuel</c><00:34:24.820><c> 22,</c><00:34:25.500><c> 22.</c>

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:29.460
And<00:34:28.059><c> David</c><00:34:28.400><c> said</c><00:34:28.639><c> unto</c><00:34:28.860><c> Abiathar,</c>

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:33.739
I<00:34:29.679><c> knew</c><00:34:29.940><c> it</c><00:34:30.679><c> that</c><00:34:30.960><c> day</c><00:34:31.260><c> when</c><00:34:31.519><c> Doeg</c><00:34:32.159><c> the</c><00:34:32.500><c> Edomite</c><00:34:32.920><c> was</c><00:34:33.219><c> there</c>

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:36.119
that<00:34:34.019><c> he</c><00:34:34.199><c> would</c><00:34:34.500><c> surely</c><00:34:35.119><c> tell</c><00:34:35.639><c> Saul,</c>

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:39.059
I<00:34:37.019><c> have</c><00:34:37.500><c> occasioned</c><00:34:38.340><c> the</c><00:34:38.500><c> death</c>

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:42.699
of<00:34:39.579><c> all</c><00:34:40.139><c> the</c><00:34:40.400><c> persons</c><00:34:40.739><c> of</c><00:34:40.960><c> my</c><00:34:41.199><c> father's</c><00:34:41.780><c> house.</c>

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:44.659
Now<00:34:43.000><c> you</c><00:34:43.119><c> try</c><00:34:43.340><c> to</c><00:34:43.519><c> imagine,</c><00:34:44.019><c> brothers</c><00:34:44.179><c> and</c><00:34:44.340><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:47.159
the<00:34:45.000><c> burden</c><00:34:45.340><c> of</c><00:34:45.579><c> that</c><00:34:45.920><c> upon</c><00:34:46.179><c> this</c><00:34:46.500><c> man</c><00:34:46.739><c> David.</c>

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:50.179
He<00:34:47.619><c> is</c><00:34:47.840><c> a</c><00:34:48.079><c> sensitive</c><00:34:48.380><c> man.</c><00:34:48.639><c> Say</c><00:34:48.860><c> what</c><00:34:49.099><c> you</c><00:34:49.380><c> will.</c>

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:54.099
He<00:34:50.539><c> is</c><00:34:50.719><c> a</c><00:34:50.980><c> sensitive</c><00:34:51.340><c> man.</c><00:34:52.460><c> He</c><00:34:52.599><c> is</c><00:34:52.659><c> not</c><00:34:52.900><c> like</c><00:34:53.239><c> Saul.</c>

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:57.760
He<00:34:54.219><c> is</c><00:34:54.360><c> a</c><00:34:54.460><c> man</c><00:34:54.639><c> whose</c><00:34:54.820><c> soul</c><00:34:55.159><c> agonizes</c><00:34:56.539><c> over</c><00:34:57.179><c> things</c>

00:34:57.760 --> 00:35:00.159
that<00:34:58.139><c> other</c><00:34:58.340><c> men</c><00:34:58.579><c> would</c><00:34:59.039><c> dismiss.</c>

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:04.099
And<00:35:01.079><c> he</c><00:35:01.380><c> saved</c><00:35:01.679><c> himself</c><00:35:02.280><c> and</c><00:35:02.579><c> caused,</c><00:35:03.099><c> in</c><00:35:03.320><c> the</c><00:35:03.440><c> doing</c><00:35:03.619><c> of</c><00:35:03.800><c> it,</c>

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:08.239
caused<00:35:04.559><c> the</c><00:35:04.719><c> death</c><00:35:04.940><c> of</c><00:35:05.159><c> so</c><00:35:05.360><c> many</c><00:35:05.619><c> others</c><00:35:06.079><c> who</c><00:35:06.679><c> were</c><00:35:06.900><c> quite</c><00:35:07.239><c> innocent.</c>

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:11.760
Think<00:35:09.139><c> of</c><00:35:09.280><c> the</c><00:35:09.480><c> burden</c><00:35:09.760><c> of</c><00:35:09.920><c> that</c><00:35:10.059><c> upon</c><00:35:10.300><c> his</c><00:35:10.840><c> heart.</c>

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:13.239
And<00:35:12.360><c> think</c><00:35:12.519><c> of</c><00:35:12.619><c> this</c><00:35:12.800><c> again.</c>

00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:17.679
Twice<00:35:13.980><c> David</c><00:35:14.420><c> sought</c><00:35:14.860><c> refuge</c><00:35:15.260><c> in</c><00:35:15.480><c> the</c><00:35:15.659><c> presence</c><00:35:16.000><c> of</c><00:35:16.559><c> the</c><00:35:16.679><c> very</c><00:35:16.960><c> people</c>

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:22.159
who<00:35:18.400><c> were</c><00:35:18.900><c> the</c><00:35:19.139><c> sworn</c><00:35:19.320><c> enemies</c><00:35:19.679><c> of</c><00:35:19.880><c> his</c><00:35:20.059><c> own</c><00:35:20.300><c> people,</c><00:35:20.639><c> the</c><00:35:20.820><c> people</c><00:35:21.039><c> of</c><00:35:21.380><c> Gath.</c>

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:25.159
I'm<00:35:22.920><c> trying</c><00:35:23.099><c> to</c><00:35:23.360><c> draw</c><00:35:23.519><c> your</c><00:35:23.760><c> attention</c><00:35:24.059><c> to</c><00:35:24.239><c> the</c><00:35:24.599><c> complexity</c>

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:26.699
of<00:35:25.460><c> human</c><00:35:25.679><c> nature.</c>

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:31.380
You<00:35:27.539><c> will</c><00:35:27.920><c> recall</c><00:35:28.380><c> the</c><00:35:28.619><c> first</c><00:35:28.880><c> occasion</c><00:35:29.260><c> he</c><00:35:29.760><c> feigned</c><00:35:30.659><c> madness</c>

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:34.420
and<00:35:32.199><c> scrabbled</c><00:35:33.260><c> on</c><00:35:33.480><c> the</c><00:35:33.679><c> doors</c><00:35:33.860><c> of</c><00:35:34.079><c> the</c><00:35:34.260><c> gate.</c>

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:37.519
He<00:35:34.559><c> let</c><00:35:34.739><c> his</c><00:35:35.159><c> spittle</c><00:35:35.400><c> fall</c><00:35:35.659><c> down</c><00:35:35.940><c> upon</c><00:35:36.179><c> his</c><00:35:36.559><c> beard.</c>

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:40.300
He<00:35:38.099><c> was</c><00:35:38.340><c> a</c><00:35:38.579><c> resourceful</c><00:35:39.179><c> man.</c>

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:43.679
That<00:35:40.960><c> means</c><00:35:41.179><c> he</c><00:35:41.320><c> was</c><00:35:41.599><c> quick</c><00:35:41.760><c> to</c><00:35:42.019><c> respond</c><00:35:42.400><c> to</c><00:35:42.699><c> the</c><00:35:43.019><c> demand</c><00:35:43.300><c> of</c>

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.460
the<00:35:43.880><c> circumstances</c>

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.900
in<00:35:44.679><c> which</c><00:35:44.820><c> he</c><00:35:45.099><c> was.</c>

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:49.559
In<00:35:46.320><c> modern</c><00:35:46.500><c> language</c><00:35:46.900><c> they</c><00:35:47.039><c> would</c><00:35:47.219><c> say</c><00:35:47.380><c> he</c><00:35:47.539><c> was</c><00:35:47.780><c> a</c><00:35:48.019><c> pragmatist.</c>

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:54.480
So<00:35:51.079><c> he</c><00:35:51.340><c> feigned</c><00:35:51.679><c> madness,</c><00:35:52.179><c> but</c><00:35:52.360><c> it</c><00:35:52.460><c> was</c><00:35:52.659><c> not</c><00:35:53.579><c> very</c><00:35:54.000><c> successful.</c>

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.840
Either<00:35:54.719><c> he</c><00:35:54.820><c> wasn't</c><00:35:55.059><c> a</c><00:35:55.199><c> very</c><00:35:55.400><c> good</c><00:35:55.559><c> actor</c>

00:35:55.840 --> 00:36:01.059
or<00:35:56.119><c> they</c><00:35:56.539><c> were</c><00:35:56.760><c> very</c><00:35:58.480><c> quick</c><00:35:58.739><c> to</c><00:35:59.719><c> understand</c><00:36:00.179><c> the</c><00:36:00.360><c> situation.</c>

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:04.519
It<00:36:01.719><c> failed,</c><00:36:03.079><c> and</c><00:36:03.380><c> he</c><00:36:03.519><c> left.</c>

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:07.420
It's<00:36:05.099><c> the</c><00:36:05.239><c> second</c><00:36:05.559><c> time</c><00:36:05.980><c> that</c><00:36:06.199><c> he</c><00:36:06.400><c> sought</c><00:36:06.579><c> refuge</c><00:36:07.000><c> in</c><00:36:07.260><c> Gath</c>

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:10.239
to<00:36:07.460><c> which</c><00:36:07.619><c> I</c><00:36:07.780><c> want</c><00:36:08.019><c> to</c><00:36:08.219><c> direct</c><00:36:08.340><c> your</c><00:36:08.599><c> attention</c><00:36:09.039><c> now.</c>

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:12.980
It's<00:36:10.840><c> in</c><00:36:10.960><c> 1</c><00:36:11.199><c> Samuel</c><00:36:11.400><c> 27.</c>

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:17.340
You<00:36:14.760><c> just</c><00:36:15.000><c> notice</c><00:36:15.280><c> how</c><00:36:15.539><c> the</c><00:36:15.719><c> chapter</c><00:36:15.980><c> begins.</c>

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:19.579
And<00:36:18.019><c> David</c><00:36:18.380><c> said</c><00:36:18.639><c> in</c><00:36:18.840><c> his</c><00:36:19.119><c> heart,</c>

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:23.480
I<00:36:20.239><c> shall</c><00:36:20.500><c> now</c><00:36:20.719><c> perish</c><00:36:21.059><c> one</c><00:36:21.400><c> day</c><00:36:21.559><c> by</c><00:36:21.760><c> the</c><00:36:21.940><c> hand</c><00:36:22.139><c> of</c><00:36:22.440><c> Saul</c>

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:28.159
When<00:36:25.500><c> I</c><00:36:25.760><c> made</c><00:36:25.980><c> my</c><00:36:26.260><c> notes,</c><00:36:26.559><c> I</c><00:36:26.719><c> noticed</c><00:36:27.059><c> that</c><00:36:27.260><c> in</c><00:36:27.500><c> my</c><00:36:27.760><c> Bible</c>

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:30.699
at<00:36:28.719><c> the</c><00:36:28.820><c> head</c><00:36:28.960><c> of</c><00:36:29.139><c> the</c><00:36:29.280><c> chapter</c><00:36:29.579><c> it</c><00:36:29.739><c> says,</c>

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:35.679
David's<00:36:31.340><c> lapse</c><00:36:31.599><c> of</c><00:36:32.119><c> faith,</c><00:36:32.699><c> he</c><00:36:33.119><c> goes</c><00:36:33.619><c> to</c><00:36:34.199><c> the</c><00:36:34.400><c> Philistines.</c>

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:38.539
Now<00:36:36.380><c> there</c><00:36:36.480><c> were</c><00:36:36.699><c> six</c><00:36:36.860><c> hundred</c><00:36:37.139><c> men</c><00:36:37.420><c> with</c><00:36:37.699><c> him</c>

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:42.159
and<00:36:39.340><c> also</c><00:36:39.579><c> his</c><00:36:39.820><c> two</c><00:36:40.039><c> wives,</c><00:36:40.460><c> Ahinoam</c><00:36:40.920><c> and</c><00:36:41.059><c> Abigail.</c>

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:45.380
David<00:36:43.039><c> prevailed</c><00:36:43.639><c> upon</c><00:36:44.079><c> Achish</c><00:36:44.599><c> the</c><00:36:44.760><c> king</c><00:36:45.019><c> of</c><00:36:45.280><c> Gath</c>

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:48.800
to<00:36:45.559><c> give</c><00:36:45.719><c> him</c><00:36:46.000><c> a</c><00:36:46.500><c> town</c><00:36:46.659><c> to</c><00:36:47.000><c> occupy</c><00:36:47.400><c> and</c><00:36:47.619><c> live</c><00:36:47.800><c> in.</c>

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:53.519
And<00:36:49.679><c> the</c><00:36:49.880><c> town</c><00:36:49.920><c> he</c><00:36:50.079><c> got</c><00:36:50.420><c> was</c><00:36:50.719><c> called</c><00:36:51.219><c> Ziklag</c><00:36:51.760><c> on</c><00:36:52.460><c> the</c><00:36:52.699><c> border.</c>

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:55.440
Now<00:36:54.139><c> what</c><00:36:54.300><c> a</c><00:36:54.539><c> strange</c><00:36:54.800><c> thing</c><00:36:55.000><c> it</c><00:36:55.239><c> is.</c>

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:59.880
Here<00:36:55.760><c> is</c><00:36:56.059><c> David,</c><00:36:58.139><c> well</c><00:36:58.460><c> established</c><00:36:59.000><c> in</c><00:36:59.219><c> the</c><00:36:59.340><c> midst</c><00:36:59.559><c> of</c><00:36:59.760><c> the</c>

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.619
very<00:37:00.199><c> country</c>

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:03.800
he<00:37:00.800><c> had</c><00:37:00.820><c> been</c><00:37:01.360><c> kicked</c><00:37:01.619><c> out</c><00:37:01.860><c> of</c><00:37:01.960><c> when</c><00:37:02.159><c> he</c><00:37:02.360><c> feigned</c><00:37:02.519><c> madness,</c>

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:09.000
in<00:37:04.000><c> among</c><00:37:04.239><c> the</c><00:37:04.460><c> very</c><00:37:04.619><c> people</c><00:37:05.960><c> whose</c><00:37:06.719><c> champion</c><00:37:07.239><c> he</c><00:37:07.420><c> had</c><00:37:07.780><c> slain.</c>

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:13.219
And<00:37:11.099><c> what</c><00:37:11.300><c> did</c><00:37:11.440><c> he</c><00:37:11.539><c> do</c><00:37:11.699><c> when</c><00:37:11.880><c> he</c><00:37:12.039><c> was</c><00:37:12.239><c> living</c><00:37:12.500><c> at</c><00:37:12.780><c> Ziklag?</c>

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:18.159
Did<00:37:13.420><c> he</c><00:37:15.440><c> rest</c><00:37:16.000><c> and</c><00:37:16.260><c> take</c><00:37:16.519><c> stock</c><00:37:16.699><c> of</c><00:37:16.900><c> the</c><00:37:16.980><c> situation?</c>

00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:21.489
Not<00:37:18.940><c> a</c><00:37:19.079><c> bit,</c><00:37:20.340><c> because</c><00:37:20.480><c> it</c><00:37:20.619><c> says</c><00:37:20.780><c> every</c><00:37:21.199><c> day</c>

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:25.300
with<00:37:22.239><c> his</c><00:37:22.500><c> six</c><00:37:23.239><c> hundred</c><00:37:23.800><c> train</c><00:37:24.139><c> men</c><00:37:24.340><c> he</c><00:37:24.480><c> went</c><00:37:24.659><c> forth</c>

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:28.820
raiding<00:37:25.980><c> the</c><00:37:26.280><c> countryside,</c><00:37:27.679><c> ransacking</c><00:37:28.239><c> the</c><00:37:28.539><c> villages,</c>

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:30.429
attacking<00:37:29.300><c> the</c><00:37:29.539><c> people,</c><00:37:30.019><c> killing</c><00:37:30.139><c> everybody,</c>

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:32.119
man,<00:37:31.280><c> woman</c><00:37:31.579><c> and</c><00:37:31.800><c> child.</c>

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:37.059
Not<00:37:32.480><c> one</c><00:37:32.800><c> survivor</c><00:37:33.380><c> is</c><00:37:34.320><c> allowed</c><00:37:34.739><c> in</c><00:37:35.940><c> any</c><00:37:36.219><c> raid.</c>

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:38.880
Everybody's<00:37:37.940><c> throat</c><00:37:38.079><c> was</c><00:37:38.539><c> slit</c>

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:42.360
and<00:37:39.940><c> they</c><00:37:40.179><c> took</c><00:37:40.360><c> all</c><00:37:40.639><c> the</c><00:37:40.840><c> booty</c><00:37:41.139><c> and</c><00:37:41.599><c> the</c><00:37:41.800><c> livestock</c><00:37:42.099><c> they</c>

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:42.820
could<00:37:42.559><c> find</c>

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:44.840
and<00:37:42.940><c> brought</c><00:37:43.199><c> it</c><00:37:43.380><c> back</c><00:37:43.559><c> to</c><00:37:43.820><c> Ziklag.</c>

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:48.000
But<00:37:45.679><c> that's</c><00:37:45.840><c> not</c><00:37:46.719><c> all</c><00:37:46.980><c> of</c><00:37:47.119><c> it.</c>

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:52.780
When<00:37:49.300><c> Achish</c><00:37:49.820><c> came</c><00:37:50.360><c> to</c><00:37:50.940><c> see</c><00:37:51.179><c> him</c><00:37:51.699><c> from</c><00:37:52.119><c> time</c><00:37:52.360><c> to</c><00:37:52.519><c> time,</c>

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:58.420
he,<00:37:53.239><c> Achish,</c><00:37:54.980><c> almost</c><00:37:56.760><c> makes</c><00:37:57.059><c> you</c><00:37:57.280><c> smile</c><00:37:57.619><c> in</c><00:37:57.760><c> a</c><00:37:57.840><c> way,</c>

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:01.860
Achish<00:38:00.400><c> remarked</c><00:38:00.920><c> upon</c><00:38:01.159><c> all</c><00:38:01.440><c> the</c><00:38:01.619><c> booty</c>

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:03.699
that<00:38:02.179><c> David</c><00:38:02.400><c> had</c><00:38:02.659><c> accumulated</c><00:38:03.239><c> and</c><00:38:03.559><c> said,</c>

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:05.579
where<00:38:03.880><c> did</c><00:38:04.039><c> you</c><00:38:04.199><c> get</c><00:38:04.420><c> it?</c>

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:08.559
And<00:38:06.099><c> David</c><00:38:06.440><c> said,</c><00:38:07.059><c> well</c><00:38:07.159><c> you</c><00:38:07.239><c> ought</c><00:38:07.440><c> to</c><00:38:07.579><c> notice</c><00:38:07.860><c> David's</c><00:38:08.460><c> reply,</c>

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:10.360
and<00:38:08.639><c> he</c><00:38:08.659><c> said,</c><00:38:08.820><c> oh,</c><00:38:09.019><c> I</c><00:38:09.079><c> got</c><00:38:09.280><c> it</c><00:38:09.400><c> from</c><00:38:09.559><c> those</c><00:38:09.860><c> Israelites,</c>

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:12.179
I<00:38:10.599><c> hate</c><00:38:10.860><c> so</c><00:38:11.179><c> much.</c>

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:14.539
I<00:38:13.500><c> raid</c><00:38:13.760><c> Judah,</c><00:38:14.380><c> you</c><00:38:14.380><c> know,</c>

00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:18.440
and<00:38:15.619><c> the</c><00:38:16.480><c> Jeremiahites</c><00:38:17.219><c> and</c><00:38:17.539><c> the</c><00:38:17.840><c> Kenites,</c>

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:24.340
and<00:38:19.059><c> Achish,</c><00:38:20.699><c> he</c><00:38:21.059><c> comes</c><00:38:21.360><c> out</c><00:38:21.579><c> as</c><00:38:21.800><c> a</c><00:38:21.840><c> rather</c><00:38:22.079><c> simple</c><00:38:22.440><c>-minded</c><00:38:22.820><c> man</c><00:38:23.179><c> to</c><00:38:23.400><c> me.</c>

00:38:25.739 --> 00:38:29.079
Achish<00:38:26.340><c> believed</c><00:38:26.940><c> him</c><00:38:27.219><c> and</c><00:38:27.519><c> thought</c><00:38:27.820><c> how</c><00:38:28.119><c> good</c><00:38:28.280><c> it</c><00:38:28.559><c> was</c>

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:32.079
that<00:38:29.559><c> David</c><00:38:29.860><c> was</c><00:38:30.139><c> fighting</c><00:38:30.400><c> his</c><00:38:30.639><c> own</c><00:38:30.920><c> people.</c>

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:35.480
And<00:38:33.480><c> it</c><00:38:33.639><c> went</c><00:38:33.820><c> on</c><00:38:34.019><c> for</c><00:38:34.519><c> sixteen</c><00:38:35.019><c> months</c>

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:37.059
and<00:38:35.699><c> nobody</c><00:38:36.000><c> ever</c><00:38:36.320><c> found</c><00:38:36.599><c> out</c><00:38:36.760><c> because</c>

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:40.019
nobody<00:38:37.500><c> was</c><00:38:38.619><c> left</c><00:38:38.900><c> alive</c><00:38:39.260><c> to</c><00:38:39.500><c> testify.</c>

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:41.500
There<00:38:40.239><c> were</c><00:38:40.320><c> no</c><00:38:40.480><c> witnesses.</c>

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:43.460
The<00:38:42.019><c> witnesses</c><00:38:42.280><c> were</c><00:38:42.619><c> liquidated.</c>

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:45.659
Nobody<00:38:44.280><c> ever</c><00:38:44.639><c> split.</c>

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:50.400
Everybody<00:38:46.340><c> who</c><00:38:46.579><c> might</c><00:38:46.780><c> have</c><00:38:47.059><c> split,</c><00:38:48.760><c> their</c><00:38:48.860><c> voices</c><00:38:49.219><c> had</c><00:38:49.559><c> gone.</c>

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:54.940
And<00:38:52.280><c> then</c><00:38:52.460><c> when</c><00:38:52.679><c> the</c><00:38:52.860><c> Philistines</c><00:38:53.579><c> mobilized</c><00:38:54.340><c> their</c><00:38:54.579><c> forces</c>

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:56.480
to<00:38:55.219><c> fight</c><00:38:55.460><c> King</c><00:38:55.820><c> Saul,</c>

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:59.559
Achish,<00:38:57.340><c> king</c><00:38:57.500><c> of</c><00:38:57.820><c> Gath,</c><00:38:58.400><c> took</c><00:38:58.599><c> David</c><00:38:58.960><c> along</c><00:38:59.239><c> with</c><00:38:59.420><c> him</c>

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:01.059
as<00:38:59.719><c> his</c><00:39:00.000><c> personal</c><00:39:00.400><c> bodyguard.</c>

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.820
I<00:39:01.320><c> love</c><00:39:01.500><c> this,</c><00:39:01.780><c> don't</c><00:39:01.980><c> you?</c>

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:05.500
I<00:39:03.420><c> mean,</c><00:39:04.219><c> is</c><00:39:04.320><c> there</c><00:39:04.460><c> anything</c><00:39:04.619><c> more</c><00:39:04.920><c> ridiculous</c>

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:06.599
when<00:39:05.699><c> you</c><00:39:05.880><c> think</c><00:39:06.079><c> about</c><00:39:06.340><c> it?</c>

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:08.900
What<00:39:07.099><c> David</c><00:39:07.559><c> was</c><00:39:07.780><c> thinking</c><00:39:08.079><c> about,</c>

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:11.980
what<00:39:09.860><c> must</c><00:39:10.139><c> have</c><00:39:10.320><c> been</c><00:39:10.679><c> in</c><00:39:11.440><c> his</c><00:39:11.739><c> mind</c>

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:14.320
when<00:39:12.139><c> he</c><00:39:12.300><c> was</c><00:39:12.500><c> appointed</c><00:39:12.780><c> the</c><00:39:13.139><c> personal</c><00:39:13.480><c> bodyguard</c>

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:16.360
of<00:39:14.500><c> the</c><00:39:14.619><c> king</c><00:39:14.800><c> of</c><00:39:15.119><c> Gath</c>

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:18.780
to<00:39:16.800><c> fight</c><00:39:17.039><c> against</c><00:39:17.360><c> his</c><00:39:17.599><c> own</c><00:39:17.860><c> people?</c>

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:20.719
What<00:39:19.059><c> a</c><00:39:19.300><c> strange</c><00:39:19.480><c> situation.</c>

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:23.420
In<00:39:21.559><c> a</c><00:39:21.679><c> way,</c><00:39:22.000><c> this</c><00:39:22.079><c> story</c><00:39:22.280><c> could</c><00:39:22.480><c> well</c><00:39:22.679><c> have</c><00:39:22.880><c> been,</c>

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:24.559
well,<00:39:23.659><c> it's</c><00:39:23.840><c> so</c><00:39:24.099><c> fantastic,</c>

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:28.000
it<00:39:24.780><c> could</c><00:39:24.900><c> well</c><00:39:25.079><c> have</c><00:39:25.260><c> been</c><00:39:25.380><c> prepared</c><00:39:25.639><c> for</c><00:39:26.000><c> the</c><00:39:26.340><c> Arabian</c><00:39:26.840><c> Nights.</c>

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:32.940
When<00:39:30.639><c> David</c><00:39:31.059><c> returned</c><00:39:31.539><c> to</c><00:39:31.760><c> his</c><00:39:31.960><c> families</c><00:39:32.380><c> at</c><00:39:32.619><c> Ziklag,</c>

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:35.019
he<00:39:33.059><c> found,</c><00:39:33.659><c> this</c><00:39:33.900><c> is</c><00:39:34.139><c> a</c><00:39:34.239><c> nice</c><00:39:34.460><c> touch</c><00:39:34.780><c> too,</c>

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:37.900
when<00:39:35.199><c> he</c><00:39:35.380><c> returned</c><00:39:35.760><c> to</c><00:39:35.960><c> his</c><00:39:36.119><c> families</c><00:39:36.340><c> after</c><00:39:36.900><c> going</c><00:39:37.340><c> out</c><00:39:37.699><c> into</c>

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.300
the<00:39:38.099><c> battle,</c>

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:40.539
when<00:39:38.460><c> he</c><00:39:38.639><c> returned</c><00:39:38.920><c> to</c><00:39:39.059><c> his</c><00:39:39.260><c> families</c><00:39:39.699><c> at</c><00:39:40.219><c> Ziklag,</c>

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:44.599
he<00:39:40.699><c> found</c><00:39:41.019><c> that</c><00:39:41.539><c> they</c><00:39:41.800><c> had</c><00:39:42.000><c> been</c><00:39:42.400><c> raided</c><00:39:42.840><c> by</c><00:39:43.099><c> the</c><00:39:43.280><c> Amalekites.</c>

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:46.739
You<00:39:44.880><c> know,</c><00:39:44.960><c> it's</c><00:39:45.079><c> like</c><00:39:45.280><c> a</c><00:39:45.440><c> burglar</c><00:39:45.780><c> having</c><00:39:45.960><c> a</c><00:39:46.199><c> burglar</c><00:39:46.460><c> in</c><00:39:46.519><c> his</c>

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:47.980
own<00:39:46.900><c> house.</c>

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:51.650
And<00:39:49.340><c> the</c><00:39:49.579><c> Amalekites</c><00:39:50.460><c> had</c><00:39:50.579><c> come</c><00:39:50.739><c> and</c><00:39:50.920><c> raided</c>

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:53.460
David's<00:39:52.480><c> possessions</c><00:39:52.860><c> at</c><00:39:53.059><c> Ziklag.</c>

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:55.199
But<00:39:53.679><c> this</c><00:39:53.880><c> was</c><00:39:54.059><c> the</c><00:39:54.260><c> difference.</c>

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:57.340
Nobody's<00:39:55.980><c> throat</c><00:39:56.059><c> had</c><00:39:56.199><c> been</c><00:39:56.480><c> slit,</c>

00:39:57.559 --> 00:40:00.619
nobody<00:39:57.900><c> had</c><00:39:58.099><c> been</c><00:39:58.400><c> injured,</c><00:39:59.599><c> just</c><00:39:59.719><c> taken</c><00:40:00.079><c> prisoner.</c>

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:03.199
David<00:40:01.599><c> and</c><00:40:01.719><c> his</c><00:40:01.940><c> men</c><00:40:02.099><c> pursued</c><00:40:02.460><c> the</c><00:40:02.659><c> Amalekites,</c>

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:04.340
beat<00:40:03.539><c> them</c><00:40:03.679><c> in</c><00:40:03.860><c> the</c><00:40:04.019><c> desert,</c>

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:07.500
and<00:40:05.000><c> got</c><00:40:05.159><c> back</c><00:40:05.400><c> their</c><00:40:05.639><c> wives</c><00:40:05.960><c> and</c><00:40:06.159><c> their</c><00:40:06.440><c> children</c><00:40:06.739><c> safe</c><00:40:07.099><c> and</c><00:40:07.420><c> sound.</c>

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:10.659
Nobody<00:40:07.920><c> was</c><00:40:08.239><c> hurt,</c><00:40:09.099><c> nobody</c><00:40:09.460><c> was</c><00:40:09.760><c> lost.</c>

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:13.460
What<00:40:11.739><c> a</c><00:40:12.000><c> strange</c><00:40:12.219><c> story</c><00:40:12.579><c> it</c><00:40:12.820><c> is,</c><00:40:13.039><c> isn't</c><00:40:13.199><c> it?</c>

00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:17.780
It<00:40:14.079><c> reveals</c><00:40:14.360><c> another</c><00:40:15.099><c> aspect</c><00:40:15.840><c> of</c><00:40:16.019><c> the</c><00:40:16.300><c> character</c><00:40:16.659><c> of</c><00:40:17.019><c> David.</c>

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:19.079
One<00:40:18.460><c> writer</c><00:40:18.780><c> has</c><00:40:18.960><c> said,</c>

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:23.239
it's<00:40:19.360><c> a</c><00:40:19.480><c> story</c><00:40:19.860><c> of</c><00:40:20.199><c> murder</c><00:40:20.739><c> and</c><00:40:21.519><c> treachery</c><00:40:22.639><c> and</c><00:40:22.980><c> lying.</c>

00:40:23.739 --> 00:40:26.099
I<00:40:23.920><c> only</c><00:40:24.260><c> draw</c><00:40:24.460><c> your</c><00:40:24.659><c> attention</c><00:40:25.119><c> to</c><00:40:25.320><c> it,</c><00:40:25.480><c> my</c><00:40:25.739><c> comrades,</c>

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:31.159
to<00:40:26.719><c> impress</c><00:40:27.039><c> upon</c><00:40:27.340><c> you</c><00:40:27.619><c> how</c><00:40:28.179><c> complex</c><00:40:29.579><c> human</c><00:40:30.280><c> nature</c><00:40:30.719><c> can</c><00:40:31.019><c> be</c>

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:32.920
in<00:40:31.380><c> the</c><00:40:31.820><c> same</c><00:40:32.320><c> heart,</c>

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:36.420
in<00:40:33.719><c> the</c><00:40:34.019><c> heart</c><00:40:34.219><c> of</c><00:40:34.480><c> a</c><00:40:34.619><c> man</c><00:40:34.900><c> whose</c><00:40:35.219><c> heart</c><00:40:35.519><c> is</c><00:40:35.820><c> fashioned</c><00:40:36.059><c> after</c>

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:37.599
God's<00:40:37.039><c> heart,</c>

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:42.920
in<00:40:38.280><c> a</c><00:40:38.440><c> man</c><00:40:38.719><c> so</c><00:40:39.219><c> good,</c><00:40:40.599><c> such</c><00:40:40.960><c> a</c><00:40:41.380><c> strange</c><00:40:41.860><c> thing.</c>

00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:46.139
You<00:40:44.019><c> might</c><00:40:44.239><c> like</c><00:40:44.480><c> to</c><00:40:44.739><c> discuss</c><00:40:44.980><c> this</c><00:40:45.360><c> when</c><00:40:45.559><c> we</c><00:40:45.760><c> come</c><00:40:45.920><c> to</c><00:40:46.039><c> it</c>

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:48.559
to<00:40:46.239><c> see</c><00:40:46.400><c> how</c><00:40:46.559><c> you</c><00:40:46.780><c> are</c><00:40:46.960><c> able</c><00:40:47.139><c> to</c><00:40:47.380><c> approve</c><00:40:47.599><c> it</c><00:40:47.780><c> or</c><00:40:47.880><c> disapprove</c><00:40:48.380><c> it</c>

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:49.880
or<00:40:48.579><c> what</c><00:40:48.760><c> you</c><00:40:49.019><c> think.</c>

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:54.440
But<00:40:52.059><c> what</c><00:40:52.619><c> you</c><00:40:52.940><c> will</c><00:40:53.139><c> have</c><00:40:53.300><c> to</c><00:40:53.519><c> think</c><00:40:53.760><c> about</c><00:40:54.019><c> is</c><00:40:54.260><c> this.</c>

00:40:54.440 --> 00:40:59.219
Whether<00:40:54.659><c> it</c><00:40:54.800><c> was</c><00:40:55.000><c> right</c><00:40:55.280><c> or</c><00:40:55.579><c> wrong,</c><00:40:55.900><c> this</c><00:40:56.039><c> was</c><00:40:56.380><c> David</c><00:40:57.000><c> who</c><00:40:57.659><c> loved</c><00:40:57.960><c> his</c><00:40:58.860><c> sheep,</c>

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:01.119
who<00:40:59.900><c> cared</c><00:41:00.099><c> for</c><00:41:00.360><c> his</c><00:41:00.579><c> people,</c>

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:07.539
and<00:41:01.599><c> who</c><00:41:01.800><c> would</c><00:41:02.179><c> not</c><00:41:02.820><c> lift</c><00:41:03.000><c> his</c><00:41:03.300><c> hand</c><00:41:03.500><c> to</c><00:41:05.059><c> hurt</c><00:41:05.059><c> his</c><00:41:06.360><c> worst</c><00:41:06.599><c> enemy.</c>

00:41:07.900 --> 00:41:10.179
The<00:41:08.159><c> same</c><00:41:08.380><c> man,</c><00:41:09.820><c> essentially,</c>

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:12.440
this<00:41:10.420><c> is</c><00:41:10.579><c> the</c><00:41:10.719><c> fascination</c><00:41:11.219><c> of</c><00:41:11.460><c> seeing</c><00:41:11.659><c> human</c><00:41:12.000><c> nature</c>

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:14.960
from<00:41:13.079><c> different</c><00:41:13.800><c> directions.</c>

00:41:15.659 --> 00:41:22.199
We<00:41:15.900><c> must</c><00:41:16.139><c> now</c><00:41:18.800><c> come</c><00:41:20.440><c> to</c><00:41:20.659><c> the</c><00:41:20.800><c> last</c><00:41:21.139><c> days</c><00:41:21.460><c> of</c><00:41:21.820><c> Saul.</c>

00:41:22.199 --> 00:41:26.820
You<00:41:23.159><c> remember</c><00:41:23.480><c> we</c><00:41:24.360><c> thought</c><00:41:24.860><c> about</c><00:41:25.639><c> it</c><00:41:25.860><c> to</c><00:41:26.000><c> some</c><00:41:26.099><c> extent</c><00:41:26.400><c> yesterday.</c>

00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:30.440
The<00:41:27.500><c> situation</c><00:41:28.179><c> in</c><00:41:28.440><c> Israel</c><00:41:28.739><c> was</c><00:41:29.019><c> now</c><00:41:29.340><c> desperate.</c>

00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:33.699
There<00:41:30.739><c> were</c><00:41:30.940><c> no</c><00:41:31.199><c> priests</c><00:41:31.719><c> for</c><00:41:32.039><c> Saul</c><00:41:32.300><c> to</c><00:41:33.139><c> seek</c><00:41:33.440><c> to,</c>

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:36.820
for<00:41:34.420><c> they</c><00:41:34.860><c> had</c><00:41:35.019><c> been</c><00:41:35.260><c> slain</c><00:41:35.559><c> by</c><00:41:35.800><c> him.</c>

00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:40.880
As<00:41:37.400><c> we</c><00:41:37.679><c> remembered</c><00:41:38.079><c> yesterday,</c><00:41:39.559><c> in</c><00:41:39.820><c> defiance</c><00:41:40.179><c> of</c><00:41:40.320><c> his</c><00:41:40.460><c> own</c><00:41:40.679><c> edict,</c>

00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:43.619
he<00:41:41.139><c> sought</c><00:41:41.300><c> commerce</c><00:41:41.639><c> with</c><00:41:41.820><c> the</c><00:41:42.000><c> underworld</c><00:41:42.360><c> of</c><00:41:42.840><c> evil.</c>

00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:47.179
To<00:41:44.440><c> me</c><00:41:44.599><c> it</c><00:41:44.719><c> appears</c><00:41:44.980><c> that</c><00:41:45.179><c> God</c><00:41:45.480><c> used</c><00:41:45.880><c> Saul's</c><00:41:46.360><c> way</c><00:41:46.500><c> of</c><00:41:46.719><c> seeking</c>

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:47.940
an<00:41:47.800><c> answer</c>

00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:48.739
to<00:41:48.119><c> give</c><00:41:48.320><c> him</c><00:41:48.440><c> an</c><00:41:48.619><c> answer.</c>

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:50.260
Yesterday<00:41:49.159><c> we</c><00:41:49.360><c> made</c><00:41:49.559><c> that</c><00:41:49.880><c> point.</c>

00:41:50.260 --> 00:41:53.679
He<00:41:50.920><c> heard</c><00:41:51.159><c> his</c><00:41:51.420><c> own</c><00:41:51.659><c> doom</c><00:41:51.820><c> from</c><00:41:52.039><c> the</c><00:41:52.139><c> lips</c><00:41:52.320><c> of</c><00:41:52.639><c> Samuel.</c>

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:56.760
A<00:41:54.219><c> major</c><00:41:54.420><c> battle</c><00:41:54.719><c> with</c><00:41:54.900><c> the</c><00:41:55.079><c> Philistines</c><00:41:55.539><c> was</c><00:41:55.719><c> upon</c><00:41:56.019><c> him.</c>

00:41:57.300 --> 00:41:58.500
It<00:41:57.360><c> was</c><00:41:57.360><c> in</c><00:41:57.519><c> the</c><00:41:57.579><c> valley</c><00:41:57.820><c> of</c><00:41:58.039><c> Jezreel.</c>

00:41:58.599 --> 00:42:01.039
The<00:41:58.800><c> Israelites</c><00:41:59.039><c> were</c><00:41:59.300><c> driven</c><00:41:59.460><c> back</c><00:41:59.739><c> to</c><00:41:59.900><c> the</c><00:41:59.960><c> mountain</c><00:42:00.260><c> of</c><00:42:00.460><c> Gilboa.</c>

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:05.199
They<00:42:01.380><c> were</c><00:42:01.719><c> routed</c><00:42:02.239><c> and</c><00:42:02.480><c> Saul</c><00:42:02.739><c> and</c><00:42:02.920><c> his</c><00:42:03.059><c> son</c><00:42:03.260><c> Jonathan</c><00:42:03.659><c> were</c><00:42:04.039><c> slain.</c>

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:10.000
The<00:42:05.880><c> awful</c><00:42:06.480><c> news</c><00:42:06.960><c> of</c><00:42:07.179><c> this</c><00:42:07.480><c> came</c><00:42:07.739><c> to</c><00:42:08.019><c> David</c><00:42:08.239><c> when</c><00:42:08.440><c> he</c><00:42:08.539><c> was</c><00:42:08.739><c> in</c><00:42:08.920><c> Ziklag.</c>

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:13.760
David<00:42:10.780><c> and</c><00:42:10.920><c> his</c><00:42:11.119><c> men</c><00:42:11.400><c> wept</c><00:42:11.840><c> at</c><00:42:12.079><c> the</c><00:42:12.300><c> news</c><00:42:12.699><c> of</c><00:42:13.239><c> the</c><00:42:13.360><c> death</c><00:42:13.539><c> of</c>

00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:15.300
the<00:42:13.920><c> king</c><00:42:14.059><c> and</c><00:42:14.219><c> his</c><00:42:14.480><c> son.</c>

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:21.519
It<00:42:15.840><c> is</c><00:42:17.280><c> sometimes</c><00:42:17.760><c> in</c><00:42:18.000><c> the</c><00:42:18.179><c> presence</c><00:42:18.440><c> of</c><00:42:19.519><c> solemn</c><00:42:19.760><c> drama</c><00:42:20.360><c> and</c><00:42:21.099><c> tragedy</c>

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:24.480
that<00:42:21.739><c> men</c><00:42:21.980><c> are</c><00:42:22.539><c> seen</c><00:42:22.800><c> most</c><00:42:23.480><c> clearly.</c>

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:26.920
The<00:42:25.639><c> shams</c><00:42:26.000><c> then</c><00:42:26.420><c> are</c><00:42:26.780><c> shed.</c>

00:42:27.019 --> 00:42:28.019
The<00:42:27.179><c> masks</c><00:42:27.519><c> are</c><00:42:27.860><c> off.</c>

00:42:28.079 --> 00:42:31.360
Men<00:42:28.300><c> are</c><00:42:29.000><c> exposed</c><00:42:29.659><c> as</c><00:42:29.900><c> they</c><00:42:30.059><c> really</c><00:42:30.480><c> are.</c>

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:33.579
Window<00:42:31.820><c> dressing</c><00:42:32.239><c> is</c><00:42:32.539><c> finished.</c>

00:42:35.300 --> 00:42:40.380
And<00:42:35.980><c> when</c><00:42:36.659><c> you</c><00:42:36.860><c> have</c><00:42:37.059><c> time,</c><00:42:38.000><c> read</c><00:42:38.320><c> again</c><00:42:38.659><c> David's</c><00:42:39.659><c> Lamentation.</c>

00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:43.820
It's<00:42:40.719><c> in</c><00:42:41.219><c> 2</c><00:42:41.460><c> Samuel</c><00:42:41.800><c> 1,</c><00:42:42.199><c> verses</c><00:42:42.460><c> 17</c><00:42:42.960><c> to</c><00:42:43.199><c> 27.</c>

00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:45.900
There<00:42:44.300><c> isn't</c><00:42:44.460><c> time</c><00:42:44.739><c> now,</c><00:42:44.960><c> but</c><00:42:45.099><c> read</c><00:42:45.360><c> it</c><00:42:45.519><c> again.</c>

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:49.519
It's<00:42:46.539><c> one</c><00:42:46.719><c> of</c><00:42:46.820><c> the</c><00:42:46.960><c> most</c><00:42:47.219><c> gracious</c><00:42:47.639><c> things</c><00:42:48.099><c> in</c><00:42:48.320><c> the</c><00:42:48.559><c> whole</c><00:42:49.159><c> of</c>

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:49.940
the<00:42:49.679><c> Bible.</c>

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:52.079
Here<00:42:50.860><c> are</c><00:42:51.019><c> a</c><00:42:51.239><c> few</c><00:42:51.380><c> sentences.</c>

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:55.679
David,<00:42:52.900><c> when</c><00:42:53.179><c> he</c><00:42:53.619><c> heard</c><00:42:53.900><c> news</c><00:42:54.139><c> of</c><00:42:54.340><c> the</c><00:42:54.400><c> death</c><00:42:54.659><c> of</c><00:42:54.940><c> Saul</c><00:42:55.119><c> and</c><00:42:55.340><c> Jonathan,</c>

00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:56.539
he<00:42:56.340><c> said,</c>

00:42:56.900 --> 00:43:01.119
The<00:42:56.960><c> beauty</c><00:42:57.440><c> of</c><00:42:57.699><c> Israel</c><00:42:58.219><c> is</c><00:42:58.699><c> slain</c><00:42:59.079><c> upon</c><00:42:59.739><c> thy</c><00:43:00.059><c> places.</c>

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:03.159
How<00:43:01.579><c> are</c><00:43:02.079><c> the</c><00:43:02.360><c> mighty</c><00:43:02.800><c> fallen?</c>

00:43:03.500 --> 00:43:06.559
Saul<00:43:03.840><c> and</c><00:43:04.079><c> Jonathan</c><00:43:04.360><c> were</c><00:43:04.639><c> lovely</c><00:43:05.019><c> and</c><00:43:05.360><c> pleasant</c><00:43:05.619><c> in</c><00:43:05.800><c> their</c><00:43:06.039><c> lives,</c>

00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:09.519
and<00:43:07.119><c> in</c><00:43:07.280><c> their</c><00:43:07.500><c> death</c><00:43:07.820><c> they</c><00:43:08.460><c> were</c><00:43:08.719><c> not</c><00:43:08.980><c> divided.</c>

00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:12.800
Ye<00:43:10.039><c> daughters</c><00:43:10.440><c> of</c><00:43:10.659><c> Israel,</c><00:43:11.699><c> weep</c><00:43:12.079><c> over</c><00:43:12.360><c> Saul,</c>

00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:16.800
who<00:43:13.400><c> clothed</c><00:43:13.739><c> you</c><00:43:14.059><c> in</c><00:43:14.400><c> scarlet</c><00:43:15.300><c> with</c><00:43:15.820><c> other</c><00:43:16.139><c> delights.</c>

00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:21.320
How<00:43:17.440><c> are</c><00:43:17.619><c> the</c><00:43:17.840><c> mighty</c><00:43:18.219><c> fallen,</c><00:43:19.119><c> and</c><00:43:19.280><c> the</c><00:43:19.460><c> weapons</c><00:43:19.760><c> of</c><00:43:20.059><c> war</c><00:43:20.639><c> perished?</c>

00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:25.159
And<00:43:22.079><c> remembering</c><00:43:22.440><c> all</c><00:43:22.880><c> the</c><00:43:23.179><c> things</c><00:43:23.739><c> he</c><00:43:24.260><c> had</c><00:43:24.579><c> suffered</c><00:43:24.820><c> at</c><00:43:25.000><c> the</c>

00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:26.480
hands<00:43:25.360><c> of</c><00:43:25.780><c> Saul,</c>

00:43:26.579 --> 00:43:30.239
what<00:43:27.119><c> a</c><00:43:27.619><c> generous</c><00:43:28.000><c> man</c><00:43:28.440><c> this</c><00:43:28.820><c> David</c><00:43:29.119><c> is.</c>

00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:35.219
He<00:43:31.119><c> is</c><00:43:31.320><c> ready</c><00:43:31.619><c> to</c><00:43:32.260><c> leave</c><00:43:32.460><c> all</c><00:43:32.840><c> the</c><00:43:33.079><c> judgment</c><00:43:33.360><c> in</c><00:43:33.639><c> the</c><00:43:33.639><c> hands</c><00:43:33.960><c> of</c><00:43:34.300><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:43:38.780><c> as</c><00:43:39.099><c> a</c><00:43:39.199><c> result</c><00:43:39.639><c> of</c><00:43:39.860><c> the</c><00:43:40.000><c> death</c><00:43:40.179><c> of</c><00:43:40.579><c> Saul,</c>

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the<00:43:41.659><c> way</c><00:43:41.900><c> was</c><00:43:42.179><c> now</c><00:43:42.480><c> ready</c><00:43:42.940><c> for</c><00:43:43.579><c> David</c><00:43:43.920><c> to</c><00:43:44.239><c> become</c><00:43:44.420><c> the</c><00:43:44.619><c> King</c><00:43:44.760><c> of</c><00:43:45.079><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:43:46.519><c> that,</c><00:43:47.199><c> my</c><00:43:47.280><c> comrades,</c><00:43:48.320><c> is</c><00:43:48.480><c> the</c><00:43:48.599><c> business</c><00:43:49.139><c> of</c><00:43:49.760><c> the</c><00:43:49.900><c> next</c><00:43:50.199><c> address.</c>