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at<00:10:00.799><c> that</c><00:10:01.080><c> time,</c><00:10:02.139><c> and</c><00:10:02.299><c> not</c><00:10:02.539><c> so</c><00:10:03.000><c> perhaps</c><00:10:03.259><c> to</c><00:10:03.559><c> condemn</c><00:10:03.779><c> them?</c>

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Well,<00:10:05.500><c> the</c><00:10:05.659><c> message</c><00:10:05.860><c> gets</c><00:10:06.200><c> through</c><00:10:06.679><c> to</c><00:10:07.019><c> David.</c>

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And<00:10:08.080><c> David,</c><00:10:08.360><c> having</c><00:10:08.600><c> heard</c><00:10:08.820><c> the</c><00:10:09.039><c> counsel</c><00:10:09.299><c> of</c><00:10:09.460><c> Hushai</c>

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and<00:10:10.019><c> the</c><00:10:10.139><c> counsel</c><00:10:10.399><c> of</c><00:10:10.539><c> Ahithophel,</c>

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still<00:10:11.600><c> feels</c><00:10:11.879><c> uncertain</c><00:10:12.519><c> about</c><00:10:13.059><c> Absalom</c>

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knowing<00:10:13.799><c> the</c><00:10:13.980><c> kind</c><00:10:14.200><c> of</c><00:10:14.379><c> child</c><00:10:14.679><c> that</c><00:10:14.860><c> he</c><00:10:15.059><c> was</c>

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and<00:10:16.039><c> the</c><00:10:16.120><c> young</c><00:10:16.360><c> man</c><00:10:16.600><c> into</c><00:10:16.820><c> which</c><00:10:16.940><c> he</c><00:10:17.080><c> has</c><00:10:17.259><c> grown.</c>

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And<00:10:18.480><c> he</c><00:10:18.639><c> determines</c><00:10:18.960><c> to</c><00:10:19.179><c> march</c><00:10:19.480><c> north,</c>

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and<00:10:20.000><c> so</c><00:10:20.100><c> he</c><00:10:20.279><c> does</c><00:10:20.559><c> go</c><00:10:20.940><c> north</c><00:10:21.200><c> and</c><00:10:21.399><c> make</c><00:10:21.559><c> a</c><00:10:21.659><c> name.</c>

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And<00:10:22.559><c> when</c><00:10:22.700><c> he</c><00:10:22.879><c> is</c><00:10:23.080><c> there,</c>

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he<00:10:23.559><c> does</c><00:10:23.840><c> receive</c><00:10:24.259><c> comfort</c><00:10:24.639><c> of</c><00:10:25.100><c> considerable</c><00:10:25.580><c> kind,</c>

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receives<00:10:26.779><c> it</c><00:10:26.980><c> from</c><00:10:27.179><c> some</c><00:10:27.320><c> of</c><00:10:27.419><c> his</c><00:10:27.580><c> former</c><00:10:27.980><c> enemies.</c>

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One<00:10:29.620><c> of</c><00:10:29.779><c> the</c><00:10:29.899><c> children</c><00:10:30.139><c> of</c><00:10:30.340><c> Ammon</c><00:10:30.539><c> comes</c>

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and<00:10:31.860><c> succors</c><00:10:32.419><c> David</c><00:10:32.840><c> and</c><00:10:33.059><c> his</c><00:10:33.240><c> men.</c>

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So<00:10:34.200><c> does</c><00:10:34.519><c> Barzilai</c><00:10:35.460><c> the</c><00:10:35.639><c> Gileadite,</c>

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a<00:10:36.700><c> man</c><00:10:36.860><c> of</c><00:10:37.039><c> 80</c><00:10:37.259><c> years</c><00:10:37.600><c> of</c><00:10:37.799><c> age,</c>

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who,<00:10:39.320><c> with</c><00:10:39.519><c> considerable</c><00:10:39.980><c> estate,</c>

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is<00:10:41.100><c> able</c><00:10:41.480><c> to</c><00:10:41.820><c> succor</c><00:10:42.340><c> David</c><00:10:42.799><c> and</c><00:10:43.100><c> his</c><00:10:43.320><c> forces,</c>

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even<00:10:43.960><c> providing</c><00:10:44.399><c> them,</c><00:10:44.919><c> it</c><00:10:45.139><c> would</c><00:10:45.379><c> appear,</c>

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beds<00:10:46.039><c> to</c><00:10:46.320><c> lie</c><00:10:46.519><c> upon,</c><00:10:47.240><c> as</c><00:10:47.379><c> well</c><00:10:47.559><c> as</c><00:10:47.799><c> food</c><00:10:47.919><c> to</c><00:10:48.159><c> sustain</c><00:10:48.559><c> them.</c>

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And<00:10:49.720><c> so</c><00:10:49.879><c> Absalom</c><00:10:50.320><c> now</c><00:10:50.840><c> begins</c><00:10:51.200><c> to</c><00:10:51.519><c> secure</c><00:10:51.779><c> his</c><00:10:52.139><c> great</c><00:10:52.500><c> forces</c>

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and<00:10:53.179><c> bring</c><00:10:53.299><c> them</c><00:10:53.500><c> together.</c>

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And<00:10:54.639><c> finally,</c><00:10:55.700><c> David</c><00:10:56.039><c> too,</c><00:10:56.919><c> having</c><00:10:57.059><c> no</c><00:10:57.279><c> doubt</c><00:10:57.480><c> trained</c><00:10:57.860><c> his</c><00:10:58.100><c> men</c>

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and<00:10:58.740><c> learned</c><00:10:58.960><c> again</c><00:10:59.240><c> what</c><00:10:59.399><c> it</c><00:10:59.559><c> is</c><00:10:59.679><c> to</c><00:10:59.779><c> be</c><00:10:59.879><c> in</c><00:10:59.980><c> the</c><00:11:00.159><c> field</c><00:11:00.360><c> of</c><00:11:00.620><c> battle,</c>

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was<00:11:01.740><c> ready</c><00:11:02.159><c> for</c><00:11:02.600><c> the</c><00:11:02.779><c> war.</c>

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He<00:11:03.639><c> appoints</c><00:11:04.200><c> three</c><00:11:04.419><c> men,</c><00:11:06.220><c> Joab,</c><00:11:07.679><c> Abishai,</c><00:11:08.700><c> and</c><00:11:09.240><c> Itai</c><00:11:09.580><c> the</c><00:11:09.740><c> Gitai.</c>

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So<00:11:11.000><c> Itai</c><00:11:11.259><c> has</c><00:11:11.419><c> now</c><00:11:11.659><c> got</c><00:11:11.820><c> his</c><00:11:12.000><c> reward.</c>

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These<00:11:12.539><c> three</c><00:11:12.879><c> men</c><00:11:13.279><c> are</c><00:11:13.659><c> to</c><00:11:13.860><c> take</c><00:11:14.279><c> a</c><00:11:14.500><c> third</c><00:11:14.740><c> each</c><00:11:15.200><c> of</c><00:11:15.419><c> the</c><00:11:15.600><c> forces</c>

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and<00:11:16.799><c> so</c><00:11:16.960><c> to</c><00:11:17.220><c> face</c><00:11:17.600><c> the</c><00:11:17.980><c> enemy.</c>

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Now,<00:11:19.840><c> it</c><00:11:20.039><c> was</c><00:11:20.259><c> quite</c><00:11:20.600><c> a</c><00:11:20.919><c> considerable</c><00:11:21.360><c> march</c>

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for<00:11:22.620><c> Absalom</c><00:11:23.100><c> to</c><00:11:23.320><c> come</c><00:11:23.519><c> up</c><00:11:24.259><c> from</c><00:11:24.600><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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across<00:11:25.980><c> Tidron,</c><00:11:26.639><c> and</c><00:11:26.860><c> up</c><00:11:27.019><c> the</c><00:11:27.200><c> other</c><00:11:27.440><c> side,</c>

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Georgian,<00:11:28.200><c> toward</c><00:11:28.460><c> Mahanean.</c>

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It<00:11:29.500><c> took</c><00:11:29.620><c> some</c><00:11:29.779><c> little</c><00:11:29.980><c> time</c><00:11:30.259><c> in</c><00:11:30.379><c> which</c><00:11:30.500><c> to</c><00:11:30.639><c> do</c><00:11:30.779><c> it.</c>

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And<00:11:32.759><c> that</c><00:11:33.059><c> would</c><00:11:33.259><c> give</c><00:11:33.399><c> warning</c><00:11:33.700><c> to</c><00:11:33.960><c> David</c><00:11:34.320><c> and</c><00:11:34.879><c> to</c><00:11:35.000><c> his</c><00:11:35.179><c> men.</c>

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But<00:11:36.820><c> finally,</c><00:11:37.899><c> it's</c><00:11:38.120><c> the</c><00:11:38.220><c> day</c><00:11:38.320><c> of</c><00:11:38.559><c> battle.</c>

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I'd<00:11:39.980><c> like</c><00:11:40.059><c> us</c><00:11:40.220><c> to</c><00:11:40.320><c> look</c><00:11:40.419><c> at</c><00:11:40.519><c> it</c><00:11:40.620><c> from</c><00:11:40.759><c> the</c><00:11:40.919><c> two</c><00:11:41.480><c> sides,</c>

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Absalom's<00:11:43.519><c> inner</c><00:11:43.759><c> feelings.</c>

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What<00:11:46.080><c> would</c><00:11:46.240><c> your</c><00:11:46.419><c> feelings</c><00:11:46.779><c> be</c><00:11:47.159><c> as</c><00:11:47.379><c> a</c><00:11:47.539><c> traitor</c><00:11:48.419><c> to</c><00:11:49.820><c> your</c><00:11:49.980><c> father,</c>

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the<00:11:52.799><c> anointed</c><00:11:53.139><c> king,</c>

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especially<00:11:55.860><c> when</c><00:11:56.080><c> you</c><00:11:56.259><c> had</c><00:11:56.340><c> in</c><00:11:56.460><c> your</c><00:11:56.679><c> mind</c><00:11:56.879><c> too</c>

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the<00:11:57.379><c> history</c><00:11:57.919><c> of</c><00:11:58.299><c> Saul</c><00:11:58.679><c> and</c><00:11:58.919><c> of</c><00:11:59.240><c> David,</c>

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how<00:12:00.799><c> that</c><00:12:01.000><c> no</c><00:12:01.220><c> man</c><00:12:01.399><c> had</c><00:12:01.700><c> prospered</c><00:12:02.059><c> against</c><00:12:02.360><c> David</c><00:12:02.820><c> yet</c>

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when<00:12:04.139><c> David</c><00:12:04.519><c> trusted</c><00:12:04.879><c> in</c><00:12:05.100><c> his</c><00:12:05.259><c> God.</c>

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And<00:12:06.960><c> the</c><00:12:07.059><c> beauty</c><00:12:07.299><c> of</c><00:12:07.460><c> that</c><00:12:07.600><c> is</c><00:12:07.779><c> that</c><00:12:07.960><c> no</c><00:12:08.100><c> man</c><00:12:08.320><c> can</c><00:12:08.659><c> prosper</c>

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against<00:12:10.059><c> a</c><00:12:10.320><c> man</c><00:12:10.539><c> who</c><00:12:10.799><c> truly</c><00:12:11.179><c> trusts</c><00:12:11.519><c> in</c><00:12:11.840><c> God.</c>

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And<00:12:13.320><c> so</c><00:12:13.399><c> it</c><00:12:13.500><c> was</c><00:12:13.679><c> here</c><00:12:13.899><c> that</c><00:12:14.120><c> David</c>

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had<00:12:14.980><c> the</c><00:12:15.179><c> angels</c><00:12:15.360><c> of</c><00:12:15.539><c> the</c><00:12:15.659><c> Lord</c><00:12:15.919><c> about</c><00:12:16.200><c> him</c>

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and<00:12:17.059><c> felt</c><00:12:17.360><c> strengthened</c><00:12:17.740><c> in</c><00:12:19.200><c> his</c><00:12:19.460><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:12:21.100><c> with</c><00:12:21.299><c> Joab</c><00:12:21.519><c> at</c><00:12:21.720><c> his</c><00:12:21.940><c> side</c><00:12:22.220><c> still</c><00:12:22.720><c> valorous</c><00:12:23.179><c> for</c><00:12:23.379><c> him,</c>

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and<00:12:24.519><c> Abishai</c><00:12:24.960><c> a</c><00:12:25.120><c> man</c><00:12:25.440><c> who</c><00:12:25.600><c> was</c><00:12:25.799><c> unflinching</c><00:12:26.460><c> in</c><00:12:26.679><c> fight,</c>

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and<00:12:27.659><c> Itai</c><00:12:28.259><c> whose</c><00:12:28.759><c> allegiance</c><00:12:29.159><c> to</c><00:12:29.440><c> David</c>

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is<00:12:30.220><c> touching</c><00:12:30.500><c> beyond</c><00:12:30.899><c> words,</c>

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David<00:12:32.519><c> himself</c><00:12:33.000><c> feels</c><00:12:33.600><c> that</c><00:12:34.000><c> this</c><00:12:34.299><c> moment</c><00:12:34.580><c> of</c><00:12:34.799><c> decision</c>

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is<00:12:35.700><c> one</c><00:12:35.899><c> in</c><00:12:36.080><c> which</c><00:12:37.159><c> the</c><00:12:37.940><c> Lord</c><00:12:38.279><c> will</c><00:12:38.500><c> be</c><00:12:38.620><c> victorious.</c>

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He<00:12:40.980><c> speaks</c><00:12:41.220><c> for</c><00:12:41.419><c> a</c><00:12:41.539><c> moment</c><00:12:41.700><c> of</c><00:12:41.840><c> going</c><00:12:42.019><c> out</c><00:12:42.259><c> to</c><00:12:42.399><c> battle</c><00:12:42.559><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:12:45.080><c> Joab</c><00:12:45.480><c> and</c><00:12:45.740><c> Abishai</c><00:12:46.200><c> and</c><00:12:46.340><c> the</c><00:12:46.539><c> people</c><00:12:46.720><c> in</c><00:12:46.840><c> their</c><00:12:47.059><c> wisdom</c><00:12:47.299><c> say,</c>

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if<00:12:48.179><c> you</c><00:12:48.519><c> go</c><00:12:48.720><c> out</c><00:12:48.980><c> to</c><00:12:49.159><c> battle,</c><00:12:49.460><c> they'll</c><00:12:49.740><c> look</c><00:12:49.860><c> only</c><00:12:50.139><c> for</c><00:12:50.379><c> you.</c>

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They<00:12:50.779><c> won't</c><00:12:51.039><c> care</c><00:12:51.320><c> if</c><00:12:51.440><c> all</c><00:12:51.639><c> of</c><00:12:51.779><c> us</c><00:12:51.919><c> die</c><00:12:52.279><c> if</c><00:12:52.659><c> they</c><00:12:52.820><c> can</c><00:12:52.960><c> take</c><00:12:53.159><c> you.</c>

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And<00:12:54.320><c> that</c><00:12:54.419><c> was</c><00:12:54.639><c> true.</c><00:12:55.019><c> It</c><00:12:55.080><c> was</c><00:12:55.080><c> only</c><00:12:55.259><c> the</c><00:12:55.460><c> king</c><00:12:55.620><c> they</c><00:12:55.820><c> wanted.</c>

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Once<00:12:56.360><c> he</c><00:12:56.580><c> was</c><00:12:56.860><c> disposed</c><00:12:57.220><c> of,</c>

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the<00:12:58.080><c> kingdom</c><00:12:58.340><c> would</c><00:12:58.580><c> fall</c><00:12:58.899><c> into</c><00:12:59.120><c> the</c><00:12:59.279><c> hands</c><00:12:59.539><c> of</c><00:12:59.860><c> Absalom.</c>

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And<00:13:01.279><c> so</c><00:13:01.700><c> David</c><00:13:02.019><c> has</c><00:13:02.299><c> to</c><00:13:02.500><c> sit</c><00:13:02.899><c> in</c><00:13:03.460><c> the</c><00:13:03.659><c> gates</c><00:13:04.240><c> of</c><00:13:04.659><c> Mahanean,</c>

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and<00:13:06.220><c> the</c><00:13:06.399><c> forces</c><00:13:06.659><c> come</c><00:13:06.919><c> marching</c><00:13:07.320><c> by</c><00:13:07.620><c> him,</c>

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the<00:13:09.379><c> captains,</c><00:13:10.179><c> the</c><00:13:10.360><c> three</c><00:13:10.500><c> of</c><00:13:10.659><c> them,</c>

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and<00:13:12.159><c> each</c><00:13:12.360><c> with</c><00:13:12.539><c> his</c><00:13:12.720><c> respective</c><00:13:13.240><c> force.</c>

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As<00:13:15.320><c> Joab</c><00:13:15.500><c> goes</c><00:13:15.940><c> by,</c>

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so<00:13:17.120><c> all</c><00:13:17.419><c> the</c><00:13:17.580><c> people</c><00:13:17.740><c> who</c><00:13:17.960><c> march</c><00:13:18.200><c> with</c><00:13:18.399><c> him</c><00:13:19.279><c> hear</c><00:13:19.779><c> the</c><00:13:20.019><c> words,</c>

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deal<00:13:21.960><c> gently</c><00:13:22.879><c> with</c><00:13:24.480><c> the</c><00:13:24.620><c> young</c><00:13:24.840><c> man,</c>

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Absalom,<00:13:27.840><c> for</c><00:13:27.879><c> my</c><00:13:28.240><c> sake.</c>

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And<00:13:30.659><c> people</c><00:13:30.879><c> hear</c><00:13:31.120><c> the</c><00:13:31.279><c> words</c><00:13:31.519><c> as</c><00:13:31.779><c> Joab</c><00:13:31.980><c> marches</c><00:13:32.419><c> out.</c>

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And<00:13:33.200><c> so</c><00:13:33.320><c> comes</c><00:13:33.580><c> Abishai</c><00:13:34.539><c> with</c><00:13:36.059><c> his</c><00:13:36.320><c> soldiers.</c>

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Deal<00:13:38.659><c> gently,</c><00:13:39.320><c> for</c><00:13:39.700><c> my</c><00:13:40.000><c> sake,</c>

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with<00:13:41.860><c> the</c><00:13:42.019><c> young</c><00:13:42.240><c> man,</c><00:13:42.759><c> Absalom.</c>

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And<00:13:45.000><c> finally</c><00:13:45.259><c> Itai,</c><00:13:45.679><c> the</c><00:13:45.799><c> Gitai,</c>

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with<00:13:47.200><c> his</c><00:13:47.440><c> company</c><00:13:47.779><c> of</c><00:13:48.039><c> six</c><00:13:48.220><c> hundred</c><00:13:48.559><c> and</c><00:13:48.720><c> others.</c>

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Deal<00:13:50.159><c> gently</c><00:13:50.940><c> with</c><00:13:52.440><c> the</c><00:13:52.620><c> young</c><00:13:52.820><c> man,</c><00:13:53.399><c> Absalom,</c>

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for<00:13:55.200><c> my</c><00:13:55.539><c> sake.</c>

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And<00:13:57.240><c> so</c><00:13:57.320><c> they</c><00:13:57.480><c> march</c><00:13:57.720><c> out</c><00:13:57.960><c> to</c><00:13:58.139><c> battle.</c>

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And<00:13:59.399><c> the</c><00:13:59.539><c> battle</c><00:13:59.639><c> is</c><00:13:59.799><c> not</c><00:13:59.940><c> upon</c><00:14:00.139><c> a</c><00:14:00.379><c> plain</c><00:14:00.840><c> or</c><00:14:01.240><c> in</c><00:14:01.419><c> a</c><00:14:01.519><c> valley,</c>

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but<00:14:03.039><c> a</c><00:14:03.399><c> strange,</c><00:14:04.159><c> confused</c><00:14:04.840><c> battle,</c>

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almost<00:14:06.740><c> throughout</c><00:14:07.159><c> in</c><00:14:07.559><c> disarray,</c>

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a<00:14:08.299><c> battle</c><00:14:08.639><c> in</c><00:14:09.039><c> the</c><00:14:09.139><c> great</c><00:14:09.460><c> forest</c><00:14:09.779><c> of</c><00:14:10.000><c> Ephraim.</c>

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Now<00:14:10.659><c> Ephraim</c><00:14:10.940><c> was</c><00:14:11.139><c> really</c><00:14:11.379><c> on</c><00:14:11.539><c> the</c><00:14:11.639><c> other</c><00:14:11.840><c> side</c><00:14:11.960><c> of</c><00:14:12.100><c> the</c><00:14:12.220><c> river,</c>

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and<00:14:13.019><c> this</c><00:14:13.259><c> appears</c><00:14:13.580><c> perhaps</c><00:14:13.899><c> to</c><00:14:14.059><c> be</c><00:14:14.200><c> a</c><00:14:15.039><c> name</c>

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that<00:14:15.639><c> was</c><00:14:15.820><c> given</c><00:14:16.059><c> after</c><00:14:16.399><c> the</c><00:14:16.639><c> battle,</c>

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and<00:14:18.440><c> not</c><00:14:18.580><c> a</c><00:14:18.679><c> name</c><00:14:18.799><c> that</c><00:14:18.899><c> was</c><00:14:19.240><c> given</c><00:14:19.399><c> to</c><00:14:19.559><c> it</c><00:14:19.720><c> before.</c>

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But<00:14:20.759><c> as</c><00:14:20.879><c> they</c><00:14:21.080><c> join</c><00:14:21.299><c> battle,</c><00:14:21.700><c> so</c><00:14:21.899><c> it</c><00:14:22.059><c> is</c><00:14:22.159><c> within</c><00:14:22.340><c> this</c><00:14:22.620><c> forest.</c>

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No<00:14:23.419><c> doubt</c><00:14:23.679><c> Joab,</c><00:14:24.559><c> Abishai,</c><00:14:25.139><c> and</c><00:14:25.299><c> Itai</c><00:14:25.539><c> had</c><00:14:26.679><c> gained</c><00:14:27.620><c> experience</c>

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in<00:14:28.500><c> this</c><00:14:28.659><c> very</c><00:14:28.820><c> place</c><00:14:29.179><c> by</c><00:14:29.419><c> marching</c><00:14:29.840><c> their</c><00:14:30.059><c> men</c><00:14:30.259><c> through</c><00:14:30.500><c> it</c>

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and<00:14:31.139><c> learning</c><00:14:31.720><c> of</c><00:14:32.320><c> the</c><00:14:32.500><c> paths</c><00:14:32.759><c> in</c><00:14:32.940><c> this</c><00:14:33.139><c> great</c><00:14:33.419><c> depth</c><00:14:33.740><c> of</c><00:14:34.019><c> darkness</c>

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that<00:14:34.500><c> was</c><00:14:34.580><c> in</c><00:14:34.740><c> the</c><00:14:34.899><c> forest.</c>

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So<00:14:35.600><c> that</c><00:14:35.700><c> on</c><00:14:35.899><c> this</c><00:14:36.059><c> occasion,</c><00:14:36.539><c> when</c><00:14:36.679><c> Absalom</c><00:14:36.899><c> and</c><00:14:37.059><c> his</c><00:14:37.240><c> forces</c><00:14:37.500><c> come,</c>

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they<00:14:38.399><c> are</c><00:14:38.480><c> able</c><00:14:38.799><c> to</c><00:14:39.019><c> maneuver</c><00:14:39.320><c> themselves</c>

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and<00:14:39.940><c> go</c><00:14:40.120><c> through</c><00:14:40.360><c> the</c><00:14:40.600><c> forest,</c><00:14:41.220><c> destroying</c><00:14:41.720><c> Absalom's</c><00:14:42.399><c> forces.</c>

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And<00:14:43.539><c> such</c><00:14:43.720><c> is</c><00:14:43.940><c> the</c><00:14:44.259><c> tremendous</c><00:14:44.740><c> disarray</c>

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that<00:14:45.399><c> Absalom</c><00:14:46.279><c> is</c><00:14:46.659><c> for</c><00:14:46.840><c> a</c><00:14:47.000><c> time</c><00:14:47.139><c> himself</c><00:14:47.580><c> separated</c>

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from<00:14:48.220><c> his</c><00:14:48.419><c> own</c><00:14:48.679><c> forces,</c>

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riding<00:14:49.840><c> upon</c><00:14:50.080><c> his</c><00:14:50.299><c> mule</c><00:14:50.539><c> in</c><00:14:50.700><c> the</c><00:14:50.879><c> forest.</c>

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And<00:14:51.820><c> a</c><00:14:51.899><c> young</c><00:14:52.080><c> man</c><00:14:52.320><c> sees</c><00:14:52.559><c> him</c><00:14:52.740><c> going</c><00:14:52.960><c> hither</c><00:14:53.240><c> and</c><00:14:53.399><c> thither,</c>

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and<00:14:54.279><c> the</c><00:14:54.340><c> young</c><00:14:54.559><c> man</c><00:14:54.840><c> belongs</c><00:14:55.159><c> to</c><00:14:55.779><c> the</c><00:14:55.980><c> forces</c><00:14:56.200><c> of</c><00:14:56.399><c> David,</c>

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and<00:14:57.220><c> several</c><00:14:57.460><c> others</c><00:14:57.659><c> are</c><00:14:57.840><c> with</c><00:14:57.960><c> him,</c>

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and<00:14:59.519><c> in</c><00:14:59.899><c> fear</c><00:15:00.120><c> Absalom</c><00:15:01.440><c> on</c><00:15:01.899><c> his</c><00:15:02.120><c> mule</c><00:15:02.840><c> starts</c><00:15:03.240><c> away,</c>

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and<00:15:04.659><c> he</c><00:15:04.759><c> goes</c><00:15:05.059><c> through</c><00:15:05.399><c> the</c><00:15:05.600><c> trees,</c>

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so<00:15:06.299><c> the</c><00:15:06.519><c> great</c><00:15:06.759><c> fork</c><00:15:07.019><c> of</c><00:15:07.159><c> a</c><00:15:07.320><c> tree</c><00:15:07.460><c> takes</c><00:15:07.779><c> him.</c>

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Perhaps<00:15:09.799><c> by</c><00:15:10.100><c> his</c><00:15:10.460><c> pride</c><00:15:10.659><c> of</c><00:15:10.879><c> hair</c><00:15:11.080><c> it</c><00:15:11.320><c> took</c><00:15:11.399><c> him,</c>

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or<00:15:12.419><c> perhaps</c><00:15:12.980><c> held</c><00:15:13.299><c> him</c><00:15:13.460><c> by</c><00:15:13.639><c> his</c><00:15:13.899><c> chin</c><00:15:14.080><c> unexpectedly,</c>

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and<00:15:15.500><c> he</c><00:15:15.559><c> was</c><00:15:15.759><c> locked</c><00:15:16.200><c> in</c><00:15:16.460><c> it,</c>

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and<00:15:16.700><c> the</c><00:15:16.840><c> mule</c><00:15:17.019><c> went</c><00:15:17.240><c> on</c><00:15:17.500><c> and</c><00:15:17.620><c> left</c><00:15:17.720><c> him</c><00:15:17.960><c> hanging.</c>

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And<00:15:19.019><c> the</c><00:15:19.059><c> young</c><00:15:19.240><c> man</c><00:15:19.399><c> runs,</c>

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and<00:15:20.419><c> he</c><00:15:20.440><c> comes</c><00:15:20.600><c> through</c><00:15:21.059><c> Joab</c><00:15:21.360><c> and</c><00:15:21.519><c> says,</c>

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look,<00:15:21.940><c> I've</c><00:15:22.139><c> seen</c><00:15:22.580><c> Absalom</c><00:15:22.980><c> in</c><00:15:23.159><c> a</c><00:15:23.399><c> tree,</c>

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and<00:15:24.779><c> didn't</c><00:15:25.019><c> kill</c><00:15:25.220><c> him,</c><00:15:25.480><c> said</c><00:15:25.539><c> David.</c>

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Didn't<00:15:26.820><c> kill</c><00:15:27.059><c> him.</c>

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Of<00:15:27.820><c> course</c><00:15:27.919><c> I</c><00:15:28.059><c> couldn't</c><00:15:28.320><c> touch</c><00:15:28.600><c> him.</c>

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Did<00:15:29.100><c> not</c><00:15:29.279><c> I</c><00:15:29.379><c> hear</c><00:15:29.740><c> that</c><00:15:29.960><c> David</c><00:15:30.340><c> said,</c>

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deal<00:15:30.820><c> gently</c><00:15:31.179><c> with</c><00:15:31.379><c> the</c><00:15:31.500><c> young</c><00:15:31.700><c> man</c><00:15:31.840><c> Absalom</c><00:15:32.159><c> for</c><00:15:32.340><c> my</c><00:15:32.639><c> sake,</c>

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and<00:15:33.159><c> what</c><00:15:33.259><c> is</c><00:15:33.440><c> more,</c><00:15:33.620><c> if</c><00:15:33.720><c> I'd</c><00:15:33.879><c> done</c><00:15:34.039><c> it,</c>

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you<00:15:35.240><c> would</c><00:15:35.419><c> have</c><00:15:35.539><c> disowned</c><00:15:35.860><c> me.</c>

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There's<00:15:37.519><c> an</c><00:15:37.659><c> interesting</c><00:15:37.940><c> touch</c><00:15:38.279><c> there,</c>

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an<00:15:40.139><c> interesting</c><00:15:40.480><c> touch</c><00:15:40.899><c> about</c><00:15:41.220><c> the</c><00:15:41.460><c> character</c><00:15:41.740><c> of</c><00:15:42.059><c> Joab</c>

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in<00:15:42.659><c> which</c><00:15:43.039><c> this</c><00:15:43.340><c> young</c><00:15:43.539><c> man</c><00:15:43.740><c> had</c><00:15:44.000><c> learned</c>

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that<00:15:44.919><c> Joab</c><00:15:45.500><c> was</c><00:15:45.799><c> a</c><00:15:46.000><c> man</c><00:15:46.120><c> for</c><00:15:46.299><c> himself</c>

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and<00:15:48.179><c> would</c><00:15:48.399><c> not</c><00:15:48.600><c> necessarily</c><00:15:49.379><c> show</c><00:15:50.139><c> allegiance</c>

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to<00:15:50.860><c> his</c><00:15:50.980><c> own</c><00:15:51.379><c> men,</c><00:15:51.799><c> his</c><00:15:51.940><c> own</c><00:15:52.200><c> forces.</c>

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And<00:15:53.659><c> I</c><00:15:53.759><c> think</c><00:15:53.899><c> that</c><00:15:54.279><c> little</c><00:15:54.519><c> touch</c><00:15:54.860><c> gives</c><00:15:55.139><c> us</c><00:15:55.360><c> another</c><00:15:55.580><c> hint</c>

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about<00:15:56.259><c> the</c><00:15:56.480><c> character</c><00:15:56.740><c> of</c><00:15:57.139><c> Joab.</c>

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It's<00:15:57.419><c> an</c><00:15:57.580><c> independent</c><00:15:58.039><c> witness,</c>

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a<00:15:59.320><c> witness</c><00:15:59.519><c> in</c><00:15:59.720><c> a</c><00:15:59.820><c> time</c><00:15:59.960><c> of</c><00:16:00.340><c> stress.</c>

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You<00:16:01.299><c> know,</c><00:16:01.419><c> the</c><00:16:01.539><c> kind</c><00:16:01.879><c> of</c><00:16:02.360><c> word</c>

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that<00:16:03.000><c> springs</c><00:16:03.179><c> out</c><00:16:03.419><c> of</c><00:16:03.559><c> the</c><00:16:03.659><c> mouth</c><00:16:03.899><c> unexpectedly,</c>

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not<00:16:05.659><c> a</c><00:16:06.179><c> calculated</c><00:16:06.759><c> word,</c>

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and<00:16:07.240><c> I</c><00:16:07.360><c> think</c><00:16:07.460><c> it's</c><00:16:07.659><c> a</c><00:16:07.759><c> true</c><00:16:07.879><c> witness</c><00:16:08.500><c> about</c><00:16:09.200><c> Joab.</c>

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Joab,<00:16:11.059><c> they</c><00:16:11.059><c> haven't</c><00:16:11.179><c> got</c><00:16:11.399><c> time</c><00:16:11.539><c> to</c><00:16:11.740><c> speak</c><00:16:11.899><c> to</c><00:16:12.100><c> you.</c>

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He<00:16:12.899><c> takes</c><00:16:13.120><c> up</c><00:16:13.399><c> three</c><00:16:13.559><c> darts</c><00:16:13.860><c> and</c><00:16:14.059><c> dashes</c><00:16:14.419><c> away</c>

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and<00:16:14.700><c> finds</c><00:16:15.399><c> Absalom,</c>

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and<00:16:19.940><c> so</c><00:16:20.080><c> he</c><00:16:20.259><c> takes</c><00:16:20.919><c> revenge</c><00:16:21.840><c> for</c><00:16:22.700><c> the</c><00:16:22.899><c> barley</c><00:16:23.200><c> fields</c>

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and<00:16:29.580><c> wounds</c><00:16:30.059><c> the</c><00:16:30.279><c> king's</c><00:16:30.779><c> son.</c>

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Deal<00:16:33.440><c> gently</c><00:16:34.559><c> with</c><00:16:35.580><c> the</c><00:16:35.720><c> young</c><00:16:35.940><c> man</c><00:16:36.220><c> Absalom</c><00:16:37.259><c> for</c><00:16:38.220><c> my</c><00:16:38.559><c> sake.</c>

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And<00:16:40.039><c> the</c><00:16:40.139><c> ten</c><00:16:40.279><c> men</c><00:16:40.580><c> that</c><00:16:40.980><c> bore</c><00:16:41.419><c> Joab's</c><00:16:42.159><c> armor</c>

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are<00:16:42.419><c> now</c><00:16:42.679><c> closing</c><00:16:43.059><c> and</c><00:16:43.980><c> finish</c><00:16:44.279><c> off</c><00:16:44.539><c> the</c><00:16:44.740><c> foul</c><00:16:45.059><c> deal</c>

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until<00:16:45.960><c> all</c><00:16:46.259><c> the</c><00:16:46.419><c> people</c><00:16:46.639><c> in</c><00:16:46.799><c> the</c><00:16:46.980><c> forest</c>

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hear<00:16:48.799><c> the</c><00:16:49.019><c> sound</c><00:16:49.179><c> of</c><00:16:49.340><c> the</c><00:16:49.460><c> trumpet</c>

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and<00:16:50.259><c> the</c><00:16:50.399><c> battle</c><00:16:50.960><c> is</c><00:16:51.799><c> halted</c>

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and<00:16:53.139><c> they</c><00:16:53.440><c> throw</c><00:16:53.759><c> the</c><00:16:54.059><c> body</c><00:16:54.519><c> of</c><00:16:54.919><c> the</c><00:16:55.039><c> king's</c><00:16:55.539><c> son</c>

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once<00:16:56.840><c> oh</c><00:16:57.620><c> so</c><00:16:57.919><c> proud</c><00:16:58.440><c> and</c><00:16:59.200><c> so</c><00:16:59.379><c> beautiful</c>

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and<00:17:01.639><c> so</c><00:17:01.840><c> rebellious</c><00:17:02.860><c> into</c><00:17:03.840><c> a</c><00:17:04.119><c> pit</c>

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and<00:17:05.420><c> they</c><00:17:05.599><c> cover</c><00:17:05.720><c> it</c><00:17:05.940><c> with</c><00:17:06.099><c> stone.</c>

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But<00:17:09.660><c> Absalom</c><00:17:10.180><c> had</c><00:17:10.380><c> had</c><00:17:10.559><c> three</c><00:17:10.759><c> sons</c>

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and<00:17:13.900><c> they</c><00:17:14.019><c> were</c><00:17:14.200><c> all</c><00:17:14.400><c> dead.</c>

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We<00:17:17.619><c> don't</c><00:17:17.779><c> know</c><00:17:18.019><c> how</c><00:17:18.279><c> they</c><00:17:18.500><c> died</c><00:17:19.259><c> or</c><00:17:19.819><c> when</c><00:17:20.019><c> they</c><00:17:20.259><c> died,</c>

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but<00:17:21.220><c> he</c><00:17:21.339><c> had</c><00:17:21.500><c> no</c><00:17:21.759><c> man</c><00:17:22.380><c> that</c><00:17:22.920><c> would</c><00:17:23.099><c> be</c><00:17:23.339><c> heir</c><00:17:23.619><c> to</c><00:17:23.880><c> his</c><00:17:24.059><c> estate.</c>

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But<00:17:26.200><c> in</c><00:17:26.460><c> the</c><00:17:26.559><c> fourteenth</c><00:17:26.920><c> chapter</c><00:17:27.240><c> of</c><00:17:27.420><c> Genesis</c>

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there's<00:17:27.920><c> a</c><00:17:28.019><c> little</c><00:17:28.240><c> comment.</c>

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This<00:17:38.660><c> is</c><00:17:38.940><c> the</c><00:17:39.339><c> day</c><00:17:39.799><c> of</c><00:17:40.019><c> another</c><00:17:40.220><c> battle,</c>

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the<00:17:42.660><c> day</c><00:17:42.779><c> when</c><00:17:42.940><c> a</c><00:17:43.099><c> righteous</c><00:17:43.440><c> man</c><00:17:44.460><c> went</c><00:17:44.819><c> out,</c>

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Abraham<00:17:46.099><c> to</c><00:17:46.299><c> battle</c><00:17:46.579><c> with</c><00:17:46.759><c> his</c><00:17:47.000><c> servant</c>

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and<00:17:48.619><c> was</c><00:17:48.759><c> victorious.</c>

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And<00:17:50.460><c> in</c><00:17:50.579><c> verse</c><00:17:50.720><c> seventeen</c><00:17:51.160><c> we</c><00:17:51.380><c> read</c><00:17:51.599><c> this.</c>

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And<00:17:55.480><c> the</c><00:17:55.599><c> king</c><00:17:55.819><c> of</c><00:17:56.019><c> Sodom</c><00:17:56.259><c> went</c><00:17:56.519><c> out</c><00:17:56.920><c> to</c><00:17:57.119><c> meet</c><00:17:57.299><c> him,</c>

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that<00:17:58.720><c> is</c><00:17:58.880><c> Abraham,</c>

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after<00:17:59.740><c> his</c><00:17:59.980><c> return</c><00:18:00.299><c> from</c><00:18:00.519><c> the</c><00:18:00.720><c> slaughter</c><00:18:01.220><c> of</c><00:18:01.619><c> Kedolioma</c>

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and<00:18:03.380><c> of</c><00:18:03.539><c> the</c><00:18:03.680><c> kings</c><00:18:03.900><c> that</c><00:18:04.079><c> were</c><00:18:04.220><c> with</c><00:18:04.359><c> him</c>

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at<00:18:05.140><c> the</c><00:18:05.299><c> valley</c><00:18:05.579><c> of</c><00:18:05.839><c> Sheva</c><00:18:06.200><c> which</c><00:18:06.500><c> is</c><00:18:07.099><c> the</c><00:18:07.359><c> king's</c><00:18:07.900><c> dale</c>

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and<00:18:09.019><c> Melchizedek</c><00:18:09.640><c> king</c><00:18:09.859><c> of</c><00:18:10.119><c> Salem</c>

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brought<00:18:10.759><c> forth</c><00:18:11.140><c> bread</c><00:18:11.339><c> and</c><00:18:11.599><c> wine</c>

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and<00:18:12.380><c> he</c><00:18:12.519><c> was</c><00:18:12.799><c> priest</c><00:18:13.140><c> of</c><00:18:13.359><c> the</c><00:18:13.460><c> most</c><00:18:13.779><c> high</c><00:18:14.059><c> god.</c>

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What<00:18:15.859><c> a</c><00:18:16.019><c> meeting,</c><00:18:16.599><c> brethren</c><00:18:16.819><c> and</c><00:18:17.000><c> sisters,</c>

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was<00:18:17.700><c> this</c><00:18:18.099><c> in</c><00:18:18.359><c> Genesis.</c>

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The<00:18:19.799><c> king</c><00:18:20.039><c> of</c><00:18:20.279><c> Sodom,</c>

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a<00:18:22.160><c> city</c><00:18:22.380><c> finally</c><00:18:22.839><c> to</c><00:18:23.039><c> be</c><00:18:23.980><c> destroyed</c><00:18:24.819><c> of</c><00:18:25.079><c> God,</c>

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Abraham<00:18:27.440><c> who</c><00:18:28.000><c> was</c><00:18:28.160><c> a</c><00:18:28.339><c> prince</c><00:18:28.640><c> with</c><00:18:28.920><c> God</c>

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and<00:18:30.400><c> as</c><00:18:30.579><c> Paul</c><00:18:30.839><c> says</c><00:18:30.980><c> in</c><00:18:31.200><c> Romans,</c>

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he<00:18:31.539><c> was</c><00:18:31.640><c> heir</c><00:18:31.980><c> of</c><00:18:32.140><c> the</c><00:18:32.339><c> world</c><00:18:33.359><c> and</c><00:18:34.119><c> Melchizedek,</c>

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the<00:18:36.319><c> visible</c><00:18:36.660><c> sign</c><00:18:37.319><c> of</c><00:18:37.660><c> a</c><00:18:37.839><c> priesthood</c><00:18:38.160><c> of</c><00:18:38.339><c> that</c><00:18:38.519><c> day</c>

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and<00:18:39.420><c> of</c><00:18:39.599><c> a</c><00:18:39.740><c> great</c><00:18:40.079><c> priesthood</c><00:18:40.579><c> to</c><00:18:40.839><c> come,</c>

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first<00:18:41.759><c> king</c><00:18:42.039><c> of</c><00:18:42.579><c> righteousness</c>

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and<00:18:43.480><c> then</c><00:18:43.720><c> king</c><00:18:43.980><c> of</c><00:18:44.299><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:18:45.380><c> the</c><00:18:45.539><c> meeting</c><00:18:45.700><c> was</c><00:18:45.880><c> in</c><00:18:46.059><c> the</c><00:18:46.259><c> king's</c><00:18:46.720><c> dale.</c>

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Well,<00:18:48.420><c> of</c><00:18:48.579><c> course,</c><00:18:48.740><c> it</c><00:18:48.799><c> couldn't</c><00:18:49.019><c> be</c><00:18:49.220><c> at</c><00:18:49.359><c> any</c><00:18:49.519><c> other</c><00:18:49.700><c> place,</c>

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could<00:18:50.140><c> it?</c>

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This<00:18:51.000><c> righteousness</c><00:18:51.420><c> and</c><00:18:51.740><c> peace</c><00:18:52.039><c> must</c><00:18:52.339><c> be</c>

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at<00:18:52.779><c> the</c><00:18:52.920><c> meeting</c><00:18:53.119><c> of</c><00:18:53.299><c> the</c><00:18:53.440><c> king's</c><00:18:53.819><c> dale</c>

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and<00:18:55.660><c> the</c><00:18:55.839><c> bread</c><00:18:56.079><c> and</c><00:18:56.259><c> the</c><00:18:56.440><c> wine</c><00:18:56.740><c> and</c><00:18:56.940><c> the</c><00:18:57.140><c> priesthood,</c>

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all<00:18:58.259><c> here</c><00:18:58.700><c> interlocked</c><00:18:59.420><c> in</c><00:18:59.480><c> this</c><00:18:59.759><c> very</c><00:19:00.420><c> simple</c><00:19:01.000><c> incident,</c>

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an<00:19:01.779><c> incident</c><00:19:02.059><c> which,</c><00:19:02.319><c> by</c><00:19:02.539><c> the</c><00:19:02.700><c> way,</c>

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proves<00:19:03.119><c> the</c><00:19:03.359><c> inspiration</c><00:19:03.700><c> of</c><00:19:03.920><c> scripture</c>

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for<00:19:04.660><c> it's</c><00:19:04.859><c> not</c><00:19:05.059><c> mentioned</c><00:19:05.319><c> again</c><00:19:05.619><c> until</c><00:19:05.839><c> we</c><00:19:06.140><c> skip</c><00:19:06.339><c> a</c><00:19:06.480><c> thousand</c><00:19:06.740><c> years</c>

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and<00:19:07.579><c> David</c><00:19:07.920><c> brings</c><00:19:08.140><c> it</c><00:19:08.460><c> forth</c><00:19:08.680><c> in</c><00:19:08.839><c> the</c><00:19:08.980><c> 110th</c><00:19:09.779><c> Psalm</c>

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and<00:19:10.660><c> never</c><00:19:10.880><c> mentioned</c><00:19:11.099><c> again</c><00:19:11.339><c> for</c><00:19:11.539><c> another</c><00:19:11.740><c> thousand</c><00:19:12.160><c> years</c>

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until<00:19:12.740><c> Paul</c><00:19:13.799><c> or</c><00:19:14.480><c> the</c><00:19:14.619><c> writer</c><00:19:14.839><c> of</c><00:19:15.000><c> the</c><00:19:15.019><c> letter</c><00:19:15.160><c> to</c><00:19:15.319><c> the</c><00:19:15.500><c> Hebrews</c>

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brings<00:19:17.380><c> it</c><00:19:17.680><c> forth</c><00:19:18.119><c> in</c><00:19:18.400><c> his</c><00:19:18.619><c> exposition</c>

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of<00:19:20.200><c> the</c><00:19:20.539><c> worthiness</c><00:19:20.880><c> of</c><00:19:21.119><c> Christ,</c>

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of<00:19:22.079><c> his</c><00:19:22.299><c> greatness</c><00:19:22.700><c> as</c><00:19:23.160><c> prophet</c><00:19:23.539><c> and</c><00:19:23.880><c> priest</c>

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and<00:19:24.599><c> king</c><00:19:24.940><c> and</c><00:19:25.200><c> son</c><00:19:25.380><c> of</c><00:19:25.619><c> God.</c>

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Why<00:19:26.960><c> do</c><00:19:27.119><c> we</c><00:19:27.240><c> mention</c><00:19:27.519><c> here</c><00:19:27.779><c> the</c><00:19:27.980><c> king's</c><00:19:28.299><c> dale?</c>

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Only<00:19:29.940><c> because</c><00:19:30.299><c> Absalom,</c><00:19:31.480><c> in</c><00:19:31.759><c> his</c><00:19:32.019><c> conceit,</c>

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had<00:19:33.599><c> erected</c><00:19:33.960><c> for</c><00:19:34.119><c> himself</c><00:19:34.779><c> a</c><00:19:35.140><c> memorial</c><00:19:35.779><c> in</c><00:19:36.460><c> the</c><00:19:36.660><c> king's</c><00:19:37.019><c> dale.</c>

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How<00:19:39.119><c> inappropriate.</c>

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He<00:19:40.980><c> was</c><00:19:41.140><c> neither</c><00:19:41.339><c> like</c><00:19:41.619><c> Abraham</c><00:19:42.200><c> nor</c><00:19:42.700><c> like</c><00:19:42.980><c> Melchizedek.</c>

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I<00:19:44.920><c> don't</c><00:19:45.160><c> think</c><00:19:45.319><c> really</c><00:19:45.640><c> he</c><00:19:45.720><c> was</c><00:19:45.880><c> like</c><00:19:46.079><c> the</c><00:19:46.200><c> king</c><00:19:46.339><c> of</c><00:19:46.599><c> Sodom,</c>

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but<00:19:47.720><c> he</c><00:19:47.779><c> was</c><00:19:48.000><c> rebellious</c><00:19:48.519><c> against</c><00:19:48.880><c> the</c><00:19:49.099><c> king.</c>

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He<00:19:49.519><c> had</c><00:19:49.680><c> no</c><00:19:49.920><c> righteousness</c><00:19:50.380><c> and</c><00:19:51.039><c> there</c><00:19:51.220><c> was</c><00:19:51.339><c> no</c><00:19:51.519><c> peace</c><00:19:51.759><c> for</c><00:19:51.980><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:53.640><c> his</c><00:19:53.859><c> memorial</c><00:19:54.460><c> will</c><00:19:54.880><c> not</c><00:19:55.099><c> last</c>

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until<00:19:55.680><c> the</c><00:19:55.940><c> king</c><00:19:56.160><c> comes</c><00:19:56.440><c> again</c><00:19:56.839><c> into</c><00:19:57.079><c> the</c><00:19:57.279><c> king's</c><00:19:57.599><c> dale</c>

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and<00:19:59.160><c> when</c><00:19:59.240><c> he</c><00:19:59.400><c> shall</c><00:19:59.519><c> bring</c><00:19:59.799><c> forth</c><00:20:00.099><c> bread</c><00:20:00.460><c> and</c><00:20:00.700><c> wine</c>

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and<00:20:02.279><c> his</c><00:20:02.480><c> own</c><00:20:02.680><c> people</c><00:20:03.000><c> shall</c><00:20:03.200><c> sit</c><00:20:03.400><c> down</c><00:20:03.700><c> with</c><00:20:03.859><c> him</c><00:20:04.099><c> in</c><00:20:04.259><c> his</c><00:20:04.460><c> kingdom,</c>

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there'll<00:20:06.220><c> be</c><00:20:06.319><c> a</c><00:20:06.460><c> place</c><00:20:06.799><c> that</c><00:20:07.059><c> Absalom</c><00:20:07.900><c> will</c><00:20:08.440><c> not</c><00:20:08.579><c> be</c><00:20:08.759><c> able</c><00:20:08.859><c> to</c><00:20:09.079><c> occupy,</c>

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but<00:20:11.759><c> David</c><00:20:12.079><c> will</c><00:20:12.220><c> be</c><00:20:12.440><c> there</c>

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with<00:20:14.839><c> a</c><00:20:15.019><c> memorial</c><00:20:15.400><c> that</c><00:20:15.619><c> God</c><00:20:15.819><c> has</c><00:20:16.039><c> erected</c><00:20:16.380><c> for</c><00:20:16.599><c> him.</c>

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Behold<00:20:19.259><c> my</c><00:20:19.779><c> servant,</c><00:20:21.400><c> David.</c>

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As<00:20:23.440><c> soon</c><00:20:23.539><c> as</c><00:20:23.619><c> the</c><00:20:23.740><c> battle</c><00:20:23.880><c> is</c><00:20:24.140><c> over,</c>

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two<00:20:24.880><c> messengers</c><00:20:25.539><c> wish</c><00:20:25.980><c> to</c><00:20:26.220><c> carry</c><00:20:26.339><c> the</c><00:20:26.519><c> message</c><00:20:26.759><c> back.</c>

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Ahimeas,<00:20:29.559><c> the</c><00:20:29.619><c> son</c><00:20:29.779><c> of</c><00:20:29.920><c> Zadok</c><00:20:30.200><c> the</c><00:20:30.359><c> priest,</c>

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wishes<00:20:31.039><c> to</c><00:20:31.279><c> take</c><00:20:31.420><c> a</c><00:20:31.599><c> message</c>

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and<00:20:34.500><c> Joab</c><00:20:35.019><c> feels</c><00:20:35.559><c> that</c><00:20:35.900><c> somehow</c><00:20:36.180><c> it's</c><00:20:36.539><c> incongruous</c>

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that<00:20:37.440><c> the</c><00:20:37.539><c> son</c><00:20:37.700><c> of</c><00:20:37.880><c> the</c><00:20:38.019><c> priest</c><00:20:38.400><c> should</c><00:20:38.759><c> carry</c><00:20:39.039><c> back</c><00:20:39.279><c> the</c><00:20:39.440><c> message.</c>

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He<00:20:39.720><c> has</c><00:20:39.880><c> no</c><00:20:40.160><c> tidings</c><00:20:40.599><c> to</c><00:20:40.900><c> bear.</c>

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It<00:20:42.839><c> seemed</c><00:20:43.039><c> as</c><00:20:43.200><c> though</c><00:20:43.339><c> Joab</c><00:20:43.599><c> felt</c><00:20:43.920><c> that</c><00:20:44.220><c> this</c><00:20:44.460><c> man</c>

00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:46.799
was<00:20:44.799><c> only</c><00:20:45.279><c> worthy</c><00:20:45.720><c> of</c><00:20:45.980><c> good</c><00:20:46.259><c> tidings.</c>

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Now,<00:20:46.980><c> I</c><00:20:47.079><c> think</c><00:20:47.299><c> so</c><00:20:47.500><c> he</c><00:20:47.779><c> was.</c>

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He<00:20:48.519><c> was</c><00:20:48.759><c> a</c><00:20:48.920><c> good</c><00:20:49.099><c> man</c>

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and<00:20:51.240><c> Joab</c><00:20:51.420><c> was</c><00:20:51.680><c> afraid,</c><00:20:52.079><c> unsure</c><00:20:52.519><c> of</c><00:20:52.720><c> him,</c>

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but<00:20:54.119><c> there's</c><00:20:54.299><c> another</c><00:20:54.480><c> man</c><00:20:54.700><c> of</c><00:20:54.859><c> a</c><00:20:55.000><c> foreign</c><00:20:55.140><c> nation</c><00:20:55.700><c> there</c>

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and<00:20:59.920><c> perhaps</c><00:21:00.539><c> he</c><00:21:01.220><c> looked</c><00:21:01.740><c> different,</c><00:21:02.720><c> too,</c>

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from<00:21:04.259><c> the</c><00:21:04.420><c> other</c><00:21:04.779><c> in</c><00:21:05.680><c> outward</c><00:21:05.980><c> appearance</c>

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and<00:21:09.259><c> he</c><00:21:09.880><c> carries</c><00:21:10.200><c> the</c><00:21:10.500><c> message.</c>

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Or<00:21:13.339><c> perhaps</c><00:21:13.859><c> more</c><00:21:14.160><c> appropriately,</c><00:21:14.799><c> I</c><00:21:14.799><c> think,</c>

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the<00:21:15.640><c> Kushite,</c><00:21:17.019><c> a</c><00:21:17.079><c> man</c><00:21:17.960><c> perhaps</c><00:21:18.660><c> from</c><00:21:19.200><c> northern</c><00:21:19.440><c> Africa.</c>

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And<00:21:21.039><c> he</c><00:21:21.240><c> it</c><00:21:21.380><c> is</c><00:21:21.559><c> who</c><00:21:21.720><c> carries</c><00:21:21.940><c> the</c><00:21:22.180><c> message</c>

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:24.779
and<00:21:22.680><c> sets</c><00:21:22.900><c> out</c><00:21:23.359><c> running</c><00:21:23.819><c> through</c><00:21:24.240><c> the</c><00:21:24.440><c> forest</c>

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:29.920
on<00:21:25.720><c> the</c><00:21:26.859><c> hilly</c><00:21:27.460><c> route</c><00:21:28.000><c> that</c><00:21:28.299><c> leads</c><00:21:28.480><c> up</c><00:21:28.660><c> to</c><00:21:28.819><c> Mahanean.</c>

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But<00:21:30.579><c> Ahimeas</c><00:21:31.380><c> pleads</c><00:21:31.960><c> with</c><00:21:32.279><c> Joab,</c>

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let<00:21:32.839><c> me</c><00:21:33.180><c> go,</c><00:21:33.579><c> and</c><00:21:33.740><c> finally</c><00:21:34.299><c> Joab</c><00:21:34.819><c> says,</c>

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well,<00:21:35.220><c> why</c><00:21:35.380><c> won't</c><00:21:35.519><c> thou</c><00:21:35.779><c> run</c><00:21:36.039><c> seeing</c>

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thou<00:21:36.660><c> would</c><00:21:36.819><c> have</c><00:21:37.000><c> no</c><00:21:37.200><c> reward</c><00:21:37.559><c> for</c><00:21:37.819><c> carrying</c><00:21:38.039><c> the</c><00:21:38.279><c> message?</c>

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There's<00:21:39.079><c> already</c><00:21:39.319><c> one</c><00:21:39.599><c> appointed</c><00:21:40.000><c> runner.</c>

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It<00:21:41.180><c> is</c><00:21:41.460><c> nevertheless,</c><00:21:41.980><c> let</c><00:21:42.119><c> me</c><00:21:42.359><c> go.</c>

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And<00:21:43.819><c> so</c><00:21:43.960><c> it</c><00:21:44.119><c> is</c><00:21:44.599><c> that</c><00:21:44.819><c> he</c><00:21:44.980><c> sets</c><00:21:45.140><c> out</c>

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and<00:21:47.700><c> he</c><00:21:48.180><c> runs</c><00:21:48.660><c> the</c><00:21:49.339><c> quicker</c><00:21:49.579><c> route</c>

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and<00:21:50.500><c> perhaps</c><00:21:50.799><c> he's</c><00:21:51.180><c> fleeter</c><00:21:51.420><c> of</c><00:21:51.619><c> foot</c><00:21:51.740><c> as</c><00:21:52.000><c> well.</c>

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:54.099
He<00:21:52.680><c> takes</c><00:21:52.880><c> the</c><00:21:53.099><c> route</c><00:21:53.259><c> by</c><00:21:53.500><c> the</c><00:21:53.779><c> plain,</c>

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:56.180
the<00:21:54.779><c> lower</c><00:21:55.039><c> route,</c><00:21:55.460><c> probably</c><00:21:55.619><c> the</c><00:21:55.839><c> route</c>

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:57.819
that<00:21:56.380><c> is</c><00:21:56.720><c> by</c><00:21:56.940><c> the</c><00:21:57.079><c> River</c><00:21:57.259><c> Jordan</c>

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until<00:21:58.519><c> finally,</c><00:21:59.859><c> as</c><00:22:00.240><c> David</c><00:22:00.660><c> fits,</c>

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and<00:22:01.319><c> oh,</c><00:22:01.500><c> how</c><00:22:01.819><c> long</c><00:22:02.160><c> a</c><00:22:02.319><c> day</c><00:22:02.500><c> it</c><00:22:02.680><c> must</c><00:22:02.839><c> have</c><00:22:03.039><c> been</c><00:22:03.880><c> for</c><00:22:04.319><c> the</c><00:22:04.500><c> king</c>

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and<00:22:06.220><c> how</c><00:22:06.420><c> he</c><00:22:06.599><c> must</c><00:22:06.740><c> have</c><00:22:06.960><c> thought</c><00:22:07.140><c> of</c><00:22:07.359><c> another</c><00:22:07.559><c> battle</c>

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when<00:22:08.119><c> he</c><00:22:08.319><c> should</c><00:22:08.500><c> have</c><00:22:08.640><c> been</c><00:22:08.819><c> there</c><00:22:09.160><c> and</c><00:22:09.299><c> wasn't,</c>

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and<00:22:12.079><c> of</c><00:22:12.180><c> this</c><00:22:12.420><c> battle</c><00:22:13.039><c> when</c><00:22:13.559><c> he</c><00:22:13.759><c> could</c><00:22:13.900><c> have</c><00:22:14.119><c> been</c><00:22:14.259><c> there</c>

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and<00:22:14.980><c> mustn't.</c>

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And<00:22:17.619><c> sees</c><00:22:17.920><c> finally,</c><00:22:19.420><c> no,</c><00:22:19.859><c> hears</c><00:22:20.160><c> a</c><00:22:20.380><c> voice</c>

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from<00:22:21.660><c> the</c><00:22:21.859><c> watchman</c><00:22:22.619><c> over</c><00:22:23.240><c> the</c><00:22:23.460><c> gate</c>

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that<00:22:25.000><c> there's</c><00:22:25.299><c> a</c><00:22:25.420><c> runner</c><00:22:25.720><c> coming</c><00:22:26.140><c> and</c><00:22:26.920><c> he's</c><00:22:27.220><c> alone.</c>

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If<00:22:27.720><c> he's</c><00:22:27.920><c> alone,</c><00:22:28.160><c> he</c><00:22:28.279><c> brings</c><00:22:28.519><c> tidings,</c><00:22:29.160><c> said</c><00:22:29.220><c> David.</c>

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He<00:22:30.759><c> interprets</c><00:22:31.099><c> immediately</c><00:22:31.599><c> the</c><00:22:32.019><c> method</c><00:22:32.240><c> of</c><00:22:32.500><c> intelligence</c>

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of<00:22:33.019><c> his</c><00:22:33.240><c> day.</c>

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And<00:22:34.819><c> so</c><00:22:34.900><c> he</c><00:22:35.039><c> looks.</c>

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And<00:22:37.200><c> finally,</c><00:22:37.579><c> they</c><00:22:37.859><c> hear</c><00:22:38.180><c> another</c><00:22:38.720><c> cry</c>

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from<00:22:39.240><c> the</c><00:22:39.420><c> door</c><00:22:39.640><c> above,</c><00:22:40.380><c> from</c><00:22:40.579><c> the</c><00:22:40.740><c> wall</c><00:22:40.940><c> above.</c>

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There's<00:22:41.880><c> another</c><00:22:42.059><c> man</c><00:22:42.279><c> running</c><00:22:42.559><c> and</c><00:22:42.779><c> he</c><00:22:42.980><c> also</c><00:22:43.259><c> is</c><00:22:43.480><c> alone.</c>

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He<00:22:44.099><c> too</c><00:22:44.359><c> brings</c><00:22:44.680><c> tidings,</c><00:22:45.359><c> says</c><00:22:45.440><c> David.</c>

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And<00:22:46.380><c> so</c><00:22:46.480><c> the</c><00:22:46.599><c> two</c><00:22:46.819><c> men,</c><00:22:47.559><c> separated</c><00:22:48.019><c> no</c><00:22:48.400><c> doubt</c>

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:52.440
by<00:22:48.839><c> some</c><00:22:49.299><c> little</c><00:22:49.539><c> distance,</c><00:22:50.160><c> are</c><00:22:50.279><c> seen</c><00:22:50.460><c> as</c><00:22:50.720><c> David</c><00:22:51.900><c> waits</c>

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with<00:22:53.380><c> sobbing,</c><00:22:54.619><c> anxious,</c><00:22:56.400><c> searching</c><00:22:56.819><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:22:59.319><c> the</c><00:22:59.759><c> first</c><00:23:00.019><c> man</c><00:23:00.220><c> to</c><00:23:00.420><c> come</c><00:23:00.559><c> is</c><00:23:00.740><c> the</c><00:23:00.920><c> priest's</c><00:23:01.420><c> son.</c>

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:05.880
He<00:23:03.539><c> gives</c><00:23:03.700><c> the</c><00:23:03.880><c> message</c><00:23:04.039><c> that</c><00:23:04.259><c> all</c><00:23:04.460><c> is</c><00:23:04.700><c> well</c>

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:12.440
and<00:23:07.619><c> that</c><00:23:07.859><c> the</c><00:23:08.079><c> battle</c><00:23:08.319><c> has</c><00:23:08.640><c> fallen</c><00:23:09.180><c> to</c><00:23:09.720><c> David</c><00:23:10.160><c> and</c><00:23:11.400><c> Absalom.</c>

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How<00:23:12.880><c> is</c><00:23:13.180><c> Absalom?</c>

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He<00:23:15.140><c> said,</c><00:23:15.240><c> there</c><00:23:15.240><c> was</c><00:23:15.380><c> a</c><00:23:15.500><c> great</c><00:23:15.700><c> confusion</c>

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:17.279
at<00:23:16.259><c> the</c><00:23:16.339><c> time</c><00:23:16.500><c> that</c><00:23:16.660><c> I</c><00:23:16.880><c> was</c><00:23:17.079><c> there,</c>

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.900
but<00:23:17.500><c> I</c><00:23:17.759><c> don't</c><00:23:18.079><c> know</c><00:23:18.339><c> what</c><00:23:18.660><c> happened.</c>

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In<00:23:19.119><c> fact,</c><00:23:19.240><c> he</c><00:23:19.359><c> did</c><00:23:19.579><c> know</c><00:23:19.720><c> what</c><00:23:20.059><c> happened.</c>

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:22.799
I<00:23:20.779><c> think</c><00:23:20.819><c> the</c><00:23:21.019><c> record</c><00:23:21.180><c> is</c><00:23:21.400><c> quite</c><00:23:21.640><c> clear</c><00:23:21.819><c> about</c><00:23:22.079><c> that.</c>

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:25.880
He<00:23:23.400><c> felt</c><00:23:23.619><c> unable</c><00:23:24.079><c> because</c><00:23:24.660><c> he</c><00:23:24.839><c> was</c><00:23:25.039><c> a</c><00:23:25.180><c> good</c><00:23:25.319><c> man</c>

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:28.180
to<00:23:26.779><c> pass</c><00:23:27.000><c> on</c><00:23:27.500><c> the</c><00:23:27.819><c> message,</c>

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:30.119
and<00:23:28.400><c> David</c><00:23:28.619><c> said,</c><00:23:29.059><c> stand</c><00:23:29.160><c> here</c><00:23:29.359><c> at</c><00:23:29.519><c> my</c><00:23:29.720><c> side.</c>

00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:33.180
And<00:23:30.559><c> so</c><00:23:30.799><c> the</c><00:23:30.839><c> other</c><00:23:31.059><c> man,</c><00:23:31.339><c> Cushi,</c><00:23:31.740><c> comes</c><00:23:31.940><c> running</c><00:23:32.240><c> along,</c>

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sharing<00:23:33.579><c> his</c><00:23:33.859><c> message,</c><00:23:34.920><c> fearless,</c>

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with<00:23:36.339><c> no</c><00:23:36.920><c> sense</c><00:23:37.220><c> of</c><00:23:37.480><c> conscience</c><00:23:37.920><c> that</c><00:23:38.119><c> David</c><00:23:38.480><c> has</c>

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or<00:23:39.059><c> the</c><00:23:39.259><c> people</c><00:23:39.619><c> who</c><00:23:39.940><c> belong</c><00:23:40.160><c> to</c><00:23:40.380><c> the</c><00:23:40.519><c> Lord.</c>

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:45.039
He<00:23:41.599><c> too</c><00:23:42.220><c> brings</c><00:23:42.559><c> the</c><00:23:42.799><c> message</c><00:23:43.420><c> that</c><00:23:44.299><c> David</c><00:23:44.480><c> asks</c><00:23:44.799><c> him,</c>

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how<00:23:45.259><c> went</c><00:23:45.480><c> the</c><00:23:45.680><c> battle?</c>

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He<00:23:48.039><c> gives</c><00:23:48.200><c> the</c><00:23:48.380><c> message</c><00:23:48.519><c> that</c><00:23:48.660><c> the</c><00:23:48.799><c> battle</c><00:23:48.920><c> has</c><00:23:49.119><c> been</c><00:23:49.279><c> won</c>

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:53.980
and<00:23:49.960><c> Absalom,</c><00:23:51.539><c> let</c><00:23:51.740><c> all</c><00:23:52.339><c> the</c><00:23:53.039><c> Lord,</c><00:23:53.119><c> the</c><00:23:53.359><c> King's</c><00:23:53.779><c> enemies</c>

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:55.920
be<00:23:54.240><c> as</c><00:23:54.460><c> Absalom,</c><00:23:54.960><c> he</c><00:23:55.099><c> said.</c>

00:23:56.319 --> 00:24:00.460
And<00:23:57.079><c> so</c><00:23:57.279><c> David</c><00:23:57.640><c> was</c><00:23:58.019><c> smitten</c><00:23:58.680><c> with</c><00:23:59.279><c> the</c><00:23:59.519><c> great</c><00:23:59.940><c> stroke</c>

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:05.779
as<00:24:01.380><c> a</c><00:24:01.619><c> great</c><00:24:01.940><c> blow</c><00:24:02.240><c> falls</c><00:24:02.579><c> upon</c><00:24:02.900><c> him</c><00:24:03.059><c> of</c><00:24:03.339><c> the</c><00:24:03.740><c> fourfold</c><00:24:04.480><c> repayment.</c>

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:08.420
And<00:24:06.319><c> I</c><00:24:06.500><c> think</c><00:24:06.680><c> the</c><00:24:07.000><c> cry</c><00:24:07.339><c> of</c><00:24:07.880><c> Absalom,</c>

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:12.200
Absalom's<00:24:09.559><c> death,</c><00:24:10.740><c> as</c><00:24:10.920><c> David</c><00:24:11.180><c> leaves</c><00:24:11.480><c> the</c><00:24:11.740><c> gate</c>

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:16.619
and<00:24:13.099><c> goes</c><00:24:13.319><c> to</c><00:24:13.539><c> his</c><00:24:13.740><c> chamber</c><00:24:14.119><c> has</c><00:24:14.440><c> rung</c><00:24:14.700><c> down</c><00:24:15.059><c> all</c><00:24:15.460><c> history.</c>

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:21.920
His<00:24:18.019><c> heart</c><00:24:18.460><c> rents,</c><00:24:19.119><c> oh,</c><00:24:19.920><c> my</c><00:24:20.359><c> son</c><00:24:20.819><c> Absalom,</c>

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:26.099
my<00:24:23.259><c> son,</c><00:24:24.480><c> my</c><00:24:25.079><c> son</c><00:24:25.559><c> Absalom,</c>

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:28.640
would<00:24:26.599><c> God</c><00:24:27.039><c> I</c><00:24:27.240><c> had</c><00:24:27.500><c> died</c><00:24:27.839><c> for</c><00:24:28.099><c> thee,</c>

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:33.180
oh,<00:24:29.839><c> Absalom,</c><00:24:30.500><c> my</c><00:24:30.960><c> son,</c><00:24:31.559><c> my</c><00:24:31.920><c> son.</c>

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:37.759
And<00:24:35.180><c> all</c><00:24:35.579><c> the</c><00:24:35.799><c> people</c><00:24:36.460><c> returned</c><00:24:37.119><c> from</c><00:24:37.440><c> battle</c>

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:40.359
and<00:24:38.279><c> creeped</c><00:24:38.720><c> into</c><00:24:38.960><c> their</c><00:24:39.319><c> tents.</c>

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:44.359
I<00:24:41.319><c> don't</c><00:24:41.539><c> suppose</c><00:24:41.859><c> there</c><00:24:42.000><c> was</c><00:24:42.099><c> ever</c><00:24:42.359><c> a</c><00:24:42.519><c> victory</c><00:24:42.819><c> like</c><00:24:43.160><c> this,</c>

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:49.039
as<00:24:44.759><c> the</c><00:24:44.940><c> King</c><00:24:45.180><c> wept</c><00:24:45.740><c> and</c><00:24:45.900><c> was</c><00:24:46.200><c> unconsolable</c><00:24:47.500><c> in</c><00:24:47.819><c> his</c><00:24:48.039><c> chamber.</c>

00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:51.039
And<00:24:49.380><c> there</c><00:24:49.500><c> was</c><00:24:49.619><c> no</c><00:24:49.839><c> rejoicing</c><00:24:50.319><c> or</c><00:24:50.579><c> feasting</c>

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:52.980
that<00:24:51.180><c> Absalom</c><00:24:51.559><c> was</c><00:24:51.799><c> dead</c><00:24:52.059><c> and</c><00:24:52.220><c> the</c><00:24:52.339><c> battle</c><00:24:52.559><c> had</c><00:24:52.819><c> fallen</c>

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to<00:24:53.200><c> the</c><00:24:53.339><c> Lord's</c><00:24:53.720><c> anointed.</c>

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:58.099
But<00:24:55.640><c> the</c><00:24:55.799><c> cry</c><00:24:56.079><c> coming</c><00:24:56.440><c> constantly</c><00:24:57.059><c> from</c><00:24:57.299><c> the</c><00:24:57.460><c> King's</c><00:24:57.819><c> chamber,</c>

00:24:58.160 --> 00:25:01.700
my<00:24:58.599><c> son,</c><00:24:59.480><c> my</c><00:24:59.859><c> son</c><00:25:00.339><c> Absalom,</c>

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:03.720
would<00:25:02.079><c> God</c><00:25:02.460><c> I</c><00:25:02.640><c> had</c><00:25:02.920><c> died</c><00:25:03.220><c> for</c><00:25:03.519><c> thee,</c>

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:06.559
oh,<00:25:04.380><c> Absalom,</c><00:25:05.240><c> my</c><00:25:05.559><c> son.</c>

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What<00:25:09.019><c> love</c><00:25:09.240><c> this</c><00:25:09.400><c> man</c><00:25:09.619><c> had</c><00:25:09.859><c> for</c><00:25:10.099><c> his</c><00:25:10.339><c> children.</c>

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:17.000
And<00:25:12.740><c> perhaps</c><00:25:12.980><c> those</c><00:25:13.220><c> of</c><00:25:13.359><c> us</c><00:25:14.240><c> who</c><00:25:14.660><c> haven't</c><00:25:14.880><c> got</c><00:25:15.180><c> rebellious</c><00:25:15.700><c> children</c>

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:22.259
should<00:25:18.279><c> perhaps</c><00:25:18.720><c> at</c><00:25:18.880><c> times</c><00:25:19.799><c> show</c><00:25:20.259><c> a</c><00:25:20.319><c> little</c><00:25:20.559><c> more</c><00:25:20.920><c> understanding</c>

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:25.180
of<00:25:23.420><c> those</c><00:25:23.680><c> who</c><00:25:23.940><c> have.</c>

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:30.160
As<00:25:27.759><c> though</c><00:25:28.180><c> when</c><00:25:28.519><c> a</c><00:25:28.640><c> child</c><00:25:29.200><c> is</c><00:25:29.660><c> rebellious</c>

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:33.000
and<00:25:30.299><c> doesn't</c><00:25:30.660><c> respond</c><00:25:31.339><c> to</c><00:25:31.539><c> the</c><00:25:31.779><c> truth,</c>

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:37.359
there<00:25:33.599><c> is</c><00:25:33.819><c> any</c><00:25:34.140><c> less</c><00:25:35.099><c> natural</c><00:25:36.240><c> love.</c>

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:41.119
Of<00:25:37.900><c> course,</c><00:25:38.799><c> the</c><00:25:38.900><c> love</c><00:25:39.039><c> remained</c><00:25:39.579><c> in</c><00:25:39.839><c> this</c><00:25:40.099><c> kind</c><00:25:40.380><c> of</c><00:25:40.680><c> cry</c>

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:44.000
rises<00:25:41.940><c> from</c><00:25:42.200><c> the</c><00:25:42.339><c> hearts</c><00:25:42.579><c> of</c><00:25:42.779><c> those</c>

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:47.480
whose<00:25:44.460><c> children</c><00:25:44.900><c> perhaps</c><00:25:45.420><c> do</c><00:25:45.559><c> not</c><00:25:45.700><c> respond</c><00:25:46.279><c> to</c><00:25:46.460><c> the</c><00:25:46.579><c> gospel.</c>

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:50.160
And<00:25:48.460><c> the</c><00:25:48.559><c> rest</c><00:25:48.700><c> of</c><00:25:48.799><c> us</c><00:25:48.920><c> should</c><00:25:49.160><c> show</c><00:25:49.400><c> an</c><00:25:49.619><c> understanding</c>

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:53.380
and<00:25:50.380><c> a</c><00:25:50.619><c> compassion</c><00:25:51.099><c> that</c><00:25:52.420><c> we</c><00:25:52.539><c> might</c><00:25:52.720><c> be</c><00:25:52.920><c> of</c><00:25:53.000><c> help</c>

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:55.279
and<00:25:53.819><c> of</c><00:25:54.039><c> strength</c><00:25:54.279><c> to</c><00:25:54.440><c> them.</c>

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:57.559
But<00:25:55.920><c> Joab</c><00:25:56.160><c> is</c><00:25:56.380><c> quite</c><00:25:56.640><c> fearless.</c>

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.779
He<00:25:57.940><c> walks</c><00:25:58.180><c> into</c><00:25:58.420><c> the</c><00:25:58.579><c> King's</c><00:25:58.759><c> room,</c>

00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:00.559
what's<00:25:59.019><c> all</c><00:25:59.160><c> this</c><00:25:59.279><c> trouble</c><00:25:59.559><c> about?</c>

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Come<00:26:02.680><c> back</c><00:26:03.059><c> having</c><00:26:03.400><c> won</c><00:26:03.599><c> a</c><00:26:03.759><c> battle,</c>

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:06.559
and<00:26:04.680><c> I'm</c><00:26:04.799><c> quite</c><00:26:05.200><c> certain,</c><00:26:05.440><c> he</c><00:26:05.640><c> says</c><00:26:05.819><c> in</c><00:26:05.980><c> my</c><00:26:06.200><c> own</c><00:26:06.400><c> mind,</c>

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:08.779
I'm<00:26:06.779><c> quite</c><00:26:07.099><c> certain</c><00:26:07.400><c> that</c><00:26:07.640><c> if</c><00:26:07.799><c> the</c><00:26:07.960><c> rest</c><00:26:08.140><c> of</c><00:26:08.259><c> us</c><00:26:08.380><c> had</c><00:26:08.579><c> died</c>

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:10.380
and<00:26:09.000><c> Absalom</c><00:26:09.339><c> had</c><00:26:09.779><c> been</c><00:26:09.980><c> alive,</c>

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:12.460
you'd<00:26:10.859><c> have</c><00:26:10.940><c> been</c><00:26:11.079><c> pleased</c><00:26:11.319><c> about</c><00:26:11.579><c> it.</c>

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.960
And<00:26:12.960><c> so</c><00:26:13.180><c> he</c><00:26:13.359><c> addresses</c><00:26:13.599><c> the</c><00:26:13.819><c> King</c>

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.920
as<00:26:14.099><c> though</c><00:26:14.200><c> he</c><00:26:14.299><c> were</c><00:26:14.420><c> one</c><00:26:14.539><c> of</c><00:26:14.619><c> his</c><00:26:14.740><c> own</c><00:26:14.960><c> men.</c>

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:20.660
But<00:26:16.180><c> there</c><00:26:16.319><c> was</c><00:26:16.440><c> a</c><00:26:16.579><c> certain</c><00:26:16.759><c> truth</c><00:26:17.119><c> in</c><00:26:17.339><c> what</c><00:26:18.359><c> Joab</c><00:26:18.740><c> had</c><00:26:19.460><c> to</c><00:26:19.740><c> say,</c>

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:22.500
if<00:26:20.940><c> we</c><00:26:21.099><c> don't</c><00:26:21.259><c> like</c><00:26:21.400><c> the</c><00:26:21.539><c> manner</c><00:26:21.680><c> in</c><00:26:21.819><c> which</c><00:26:21.920><c> he</c><00:26:22.079><c> said</c><00:26:22.180><c> it.</c>

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:24.299
There<00:26:22.839><c> was</c><00:26:23.000><c> a</c><00:26:23.160><c> certain</c><00:26:23.359><c> truth.</c>

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:26.400
The<00:26:24.559><c> whole</c><00:26:24.700><c> of</c><00:26:24.839><c> the</c><00:26:24.980><c> people</c><00:26:25.200><c> felt</c><00:26:25.480><c> dispirited</c>

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:29.859
and<00:26:27.119><c> had</c><00:26:27.299><c> no</c><00:26:27.460><c> idea</c><00:26:28.180><c> now</c><00:26:28.640><c> what</c><00:26:28.740><c> the</c><00:26:28.920><c> next</c><00:26:29.079><c> move</c><00:26:29.279><c> would</c><00:26:29.480><c> be</c>

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:32.079
until,<00:26:30.859><c> because</c><00:26:31.099><c> Joab</c><00:26:31.460><c> prevails</c>

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:33.539
and<00:26:32.259><c> there</c><00:26:32.380><c> is</c><00:26:32.500><c> wisdom</c><00:26:32.759><c> in</c><00:26:32.859><c> his</c><00:26:33.119><c> counsel,</c>

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:36.759
and<00:26:34.160><c> David</c><00:26:34.380><c> realizes</c><00:26:34.900><c> that</c><00:26:35.160><c> his</c><00:26:35.400><c> own</c><00:26:35.779><c> personal</c><00:26:36.240><c> sorrow</c>

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:40.000
must<00:26:37.160><c> not</c><00:26:37.480><c> override</c><00:26:38.200><c> the</c><00:26:38.599><c> feelings</c><00:26:38.819><c> of</c><00:26:39.000><c> the</c><00:26:39.180><c> people.</c>

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:43.319
And<00:26:41.059><c> in</c><00:26:41.220><c> that,</c><00:26:41.579><c> too,</c><00:26:41.660><c> there</c><00:26:41.759><c> is</c><00:26:41.900><c> a</c><00:26:42.019><c> lesson,</c><00:26:42.279><c> isn't</c><00:26:42.460><c> there?</c>

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:48.480
Our<00:26:44.140><c> own</c><00:26:44.440><c> personal</c><00:26:44.799><c> sorrows</c><00:26:45.960><c> must</c><00:26:46.220><c> not</c><00:26:46.500><c> override</c><00:26:46.980><c> at</c><00:26:47.299><c> times</c>

00:26:48.470 --> 00:26:51.539
the<00:26:48.740><c> feelings</c><00:26:49.059><c> of</c><00:26:49.299><c> our</c><00:26:49.500><c> euclid</c><00:26:49.779><c> or</c><00:26:50.180><c> our</c><00:26:50.519><c> family.</c>

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:54.680
And<00:26:52.839><c> so</c><00:26:53.000><c> he</c><00:26:53.119><c> comes</c><00:26:53.299><c> out</c><00:26:53.559><c> and</c><00:26:53.759><c> sits</c><00:26:53.940><c> in</c><00:26:54.119><c> the</c><00:26:54.279><c> gate,</c>

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.799
and<00:26:55.240><c> the</c><00:26:55.400><c> people</c><00:26:55.660><c> finally</c><00:26:56.140><c> realize</c>

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that<00:26:57.119><c> David</c><00:26:57.380><c> has</c><00:26:57.680><c> received</c><00:26:58.039><c> them,</c>

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and<00:26:59.099><c> they</c><00:26:59.460><c> acclaim</c><00:26:59.720><c> that</c><00:26:59.880><c> the</c><00:27:00.000><c> battle</c><00:27:00.339><c> has</c><00:27:00.660><c> been</c><00:27:00.940><c> won.</c>

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:04.359
Of<00:27:02.440><c> course,</c><00:27:02.779><c> Joab</c><00:27:02.880><c> had</c><00:27:03.019><c> said</c><00:27:03.180><c> a</c><00:27:03.339><c> word</c><00:27:03.500><c> beside</c><00:27:03.900><c> that.</c>

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:07.079
He<00:27:04.759><c> had</c><00:27:05.039><c> said,</c><00:27:05.920><c> if</c><00:27:06.000><c> you</c><00:27:06.180><c> don't</c><00:27:06.380><c> do</c><00:27:06.640><c> this,</c>

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:10.740
they<00:27:07.740><c> will</c><00:27:07.960><c> not</c><00:27:08.259><c> carry</c><00:27:08.519><c> one</c><00:27:08.859><c> man</c><00:27:09.119><c> with</c><00:27:09.380><c> thee</c><00:27:09.519><c> this</c><00:27:09.799><c> night,</c>

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.940
and<00:27:10.900><c> that</c><00:27:11.079><c> will</c><00:27:11.240><c> be</c><00:27:11.380><c> worse</c><00:27:11.559><c> unto</c><00:27:11.740><c> thee</c>

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than<00:27:12.059><c> all</c><00:27:12.279><c> the</c><00:27:12.500><c> evil</c><00:27:12.680><c> that</c><00:27:12.880><c> befell</c><00:27:13.160><c> thee</c><00:27:13.339><c> from</c><00:27:13.519><c> thy</c><00:27:13.740><c> youth</c>

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.759
until<00:27:14.319><c> now.</c>

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:17.599
How<00:27:15.420><c> cold</c><00:27:15.900><c> a</c><00:27:16.039><c> man</c><00:27:16.220><c> is</c><00:27:16.460><c> Joab!</c>

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:24.640
And<00:27:18.299><c> he</c><00:27:18.500><c> threw</c><00:27:18.640><c> the</c><00:27:18.859><c> dart</c><00:27:19.660><c> at</c><00:27:22.180><c> the</c><00:27:22.339><c> son</c><00:27:23.180><c> of</c><00:27:23.519><c> David</c>

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:27.720
and<00:27:25.740><c> at</c><00:27:25.900><c> Absalom's</c><00:27:26.319><c> father.</c>

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:30.880
With<00:27:29.279><c> equal</c><00:27:29.599><c> relentlessness,</c>

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:34.299
he<00:27:32.059><c> throws</c><00:27:32.319><c> his</c><00:27:32.619><c> dart</c><00:27:32.900><c> into</c><00:27:33.140><c> the</c><00:27:33.359><c> heart</c><00:27:33.519><c> of</c><00:27:33.640><c> David,</c>

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:36.720
reminding<00:27:35.220><c> him</c><00:27:35.500><c> of</c><00:27:35.640><c> his</c><00:27:35.900><c> sin,</c>

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:38.480
the<00:27:37.119><c> power</c><00:27:37.380><c> that's</c><00:27:37.660><c> in</c><00:27:37.779><c> Joab's</c><00:27:38.119><c> hand</c>

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:41.539
to<00:27:39.200><c> take</c><00:27:39.480><c> all</c><00:27:39.720><c> the</c><00:27:39.859><c> nation</c><00:27:40.160><c> from</c><00:27:40.380><c> him</c><00:27:40.599><c> should</c><00:27:40.740><c> he</c><00:27:41.000><c> desire</c><00:27:41.299><c> so</c>

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:41.900
to<00:27:41.740><c> do.</c>

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:43.880
At<00:27:41.980><c> least,</c><00:27:42.660><c> that's</c><00:27:42.839><c> what</c><00:27:42.839><c> he</c><00:27:43.099><c> thought.</c>

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.519
And<00:27:44.380><c> so</c><00:27:44.539><c> David</c><00:27:44.819><c> goes</c><00:27:45.079><c> out,</c>

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:48.859
and<00:27:45.740><c> the</c><00:27:45.839><c> bewildered</c><00:27:46.240><c> nation</c><00:27:47.019><c> rallies</c><00:27:47.700><c> around</c><00:27:48.319><c> David,</c>

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:51.859
and<00:27:49.339><c> they</c><00:27:49.460><c> begin</c><00:27:49.700><c> the</c><00:27:49.880><c> journey</c><00:27:50.160><c> southward</c><00:27:50.900><c> from</c><00:27:51.099><c> Mahaneim,</c>

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:54.680
messages<00:27:52.539><c> coming</c><00:27:52.859><c> to</c><00:27:53.039><c> him</c><00:27:53.220><c> of</c><00:27:53.420><c> the</c><00:27:53.660><c> faithfulness</c><00:27:54.160><c> of</c><00:27:54.339><c> Judah</c>

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:58.059
and<00:27:55.440><c> a</c><00:27:55.539><c> hope</c><00:27:55.700><c> of</c><00:27:55.880><c> the</c><00:27:56.000><c> faithfulness</c><00:27:56.839><c> of</c><00:27:57.000><c> the</c><00:27:57.119><c> men</c><00:27:57.500><c> of</c><00:27:57.740><c> Ephraim,</c>

00:27:58.079 --> 00:28:00.380
the<00:27:58.240><c> ten</c><00:27:58.440><c> tribes</c><00:27:58.960><c> in</c><00:27:59.359><c> the</c><00:27:59.519><c> north.</c>

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.839
And<00:28:01.759><c> this</c><00:28:02.099><c> journey</c><00:28:02.380><c> southward</c>

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:04.619
is<00:28:02.940><c> something,</c><00:28:03.960><c> brethren</c><00:28:04.140><c> and</c><00:28:04.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:07.279
I<00:28:04.920><c> think</c><00:28:05.319><c> that</c><00:28:05.579><c> you</c><00:28:05.640><c> might</c><00:28:05.839><c> take</c><00:28:06.059><c> to</c><00:28:06.259><c> our</c><00:28:06.480><c> hearts</c><00:28:06.720><c> as</c><00:28:06.940><c> being</c>

00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:10.019
the<00:28:07.779><c> moment</c><00:28:08.099><c> when</c><00:28:08.380><c> David</c><00:28:08.619><c> has</c><00:28:08.839><c> to</c><00:28:09.000><c> come</c><00:28:09.119><c> with</c><00:28:09.440><c> thankfulness</c>

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:11.480
up<00:28:10.220><c> to</c><00:28:10.420><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:14.180
They<00:28:11.759><c> have</c><00:28:11.920><c> to</c><00:28:12.099><c> pass</c><00:28:12.299><c> through</c><00:28:12.539><c> the</c><00:28:12.680><c> forest</c><00:28:12.940><c> of</c><00:28:13.119><c> Ephraim,</c>

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:17.660
the<00:28:15.220><c> forest</c><00:28:15.500><c> of</c><00:28:15.740><c> slaughter</c><00:28:16.099><c> where</c><00:28:16.420><c> thousands</c>

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:20.380
of<00:28:18.099><c> the</c><00:28:18.259><c> brave</c><00:28:18.440><c> of</c><00:28:18.579><c> Israel</c><00:28:18.900><c> are</c><00:28:19.160><c> lying</c><00:28:19.380><c> dead,</c>

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:24.819
and<00:28:21.099><c> pass</c><00:28:21.319><c> southward</c><00:28:22.680><c> in</c><00:28:23.079><c> company</c><00:28:23.359><c> with</c><00:28:23.599><c> various</c><00:28:24.019><c> people</c>

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:27.519
acclaiming<00:28:25.519><c> David,</c><00:28:26.400><c> supporting</c><00:28:26.900><c> him,</c>

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:30.460
or<00:28:28.079><c> trying</c><00:28:28.400><c> to</c><00:28:28.759><c> retrieve</c><00:28:29.140><c> their</c><00:28:29.380><c> position</c><00:28:29.700><c> before</c><00:28:30.079><c> him.</c>

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:33.799
Oh,<00:28:30.920><c> how</c><00:28:31.039><c> the</c><00:28:31.240><c> allegiance</c><00:28:31.579><c> of</c><00:28:31.720><c> men</c><00:28:31.960><c> switches</c><00:28:32.400><c> from</c><00:28:32.680><c> time</c><00:28:33.019><c> to</c><00:28:33.259><c> time.</c>

00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:37.420
Men<00:28:34.319><c> of</c><00:28:34.559><c> uncertain</c><00:28:35.160><c> mind</c><00:28:36.039><c> or</c><00:28:36.420><c> uncertain</c><00:28:36.880><c> motives,</c>

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:40.519
how<00:28:37.859><c> their</c><00:28:38.039><c> allegiance</c><00:28:38.480><c> switches</c><00:28:38.920><c> from</c><00:28:39.180><c> one</c><00:28:39.380><c> to</c><00:28:39.599><c> another,</c>

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:42.299
as<00:28:41.059><c> did</c><00:28:41.259><c> Shumiah.</c>

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:45.720
Oh,<00:28:43.240><c> he's</c><00:28:43.539><c> there,</c><00:28:45.099><c> not</c><00:28:45.339><c> alone.</c>

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:49.759
He's<00:28:46.059><c> come</c><00:28:46.279><c> out</c><00:28:46.460><c> with</c><00:28:46.619><c> a</c><00:28:46.700><c> thousand</c><00:28:47.039><c> men</c><00:28:47.579><c> to</c><00:28:48.500><c> apologize</c><00:28:49.099><c> to</c><00:28:49.380><c> David.</c>

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:52.099
He<00:28:50.319><c> said</c><00:28:50.319><c> he</c><00:28:50.460><c> didn't</c><00:28:50.740><c> mean</c><00:28:50.880><c> what</c><00:28:51.019><c> he'd</c><00:28:51.319><c> said</c><00:28:51.380><c> to</c><00:28:51.599><c> him</c>

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:56.039
when<00:28:52.920><c> he</c><00:28:53.140><c> called</c><00:28:53.259><c> him</c><00:28:53.480><c> a</c><00:28:53.519><c> man</c><00:28:53.680><c> of</c><00:28:54.000><c> blood</c><00:28:54.180><c> and</c><00:28:54.500><c> cursed</c><00:28:54.839><c> of</c><00:28:55.019><c> the</c><00:28:55.160><c> law.</c>

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:57.819
And<00:28:56.380><c> Abishai</c><00:28:56.680><c> said,</c><00:28:56.900><c> now</c><00:28:57.180><c> let</c><00:28:57.380><c> me</c><00:28:57.539><c> do</c><00:28:57.680><c> it.</c>

00:28:57.819 --> 00:29:00.460
Let<00:28:58.019><c> me</c><00:28:58.500><c> now</c><00:28:58.859><c> put</c><00:28:59.059><c> him</c><00:28:59.240><c> to</c><00:28:59.420><c> death.</c>

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:04.519
And<00:29:03.079><c> Abishai</c><00:29:03.400><c> said,</c><00:29:03.619><c> now</c><00:29:03.880><c> let</c><00:29:04.119><c> me</c><00:29:04.279><c> do</c><00:29:04.400><c> it.</c>

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:06.559
Let<00:29:04.920><c> me</c><00:29:05.299><c> now</c><00:29:05.599><c> put</c><00:29:05.779><c> him</c><00:29:05.960><c> to</c><00:29:06.119><c> death.</c>

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:08.539
Surely<00:29:07.099><c> on</c><00:29:07.259><c> the</c><00:29:07.359><c> way</c><00:29:07.539><c> back</c><00:29:07.740><c> we</c><00:29:07.859><c> can</c><00:29:08.019><c> do</c><00:29:08.180><c> it,</c>

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:12.440
having<00:29:08.759><c> been</c><00:29:09.000><c> victorious,</c><00:29:11.220><c> and</c><00:29:11.539><c> David</c><00:29:11.779><c> will</c><00:29:11.980><c> not</c><00:29:12.119><c> allow</c><00:29:12.339><c> it.</c>

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:17.380
There<00:29:12.579><c> shall</c><00:29:12.799><c> not</c><00:29:13.279><c> any</c><00:29:13.559><c> blood</c><00:29:13.759><c> be</c><00:29:14.019><c> shed</c><00:29:14.440><c> this</c><00:29:15.140><c> day</c><00:29:15.579><c> on</c><00:29:16.220><c> my</c><00:29:16.460><c> account.</c>

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:19.880
And<00:29:17.980><c> indeed</c><00:29:18.140><c> he</c><00:29:18.400><c> swears</c><00:29:18.900><c> unto</c><00:29:19.420><c> Shumiah</c>

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:22.160
that<00:29:20.059><c> Shumiah</c><00:29:20.619><c> shall</c><00:29:20.900><c> not</c><00:29:21.180><c> die.</c>

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:25.559
And<00:29:23.079><c> so</c><00:29:23.160><c> he</c><00:29:23.259><c> was</c><00:29:23.420><c> not</c><00:29:23.579><c> going</c><00:29:23.700><c> to</c><00:29:23.900><c> execute</c><00:29:24.480><c> that</c><00:29:25.200><c> sentence</c>

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:29.039
upon<00:29:25.759><c> this</c><00:29:26.019><c> man</c><00:29:26.240><c> who</c><00:29:26.660><c> certainly</c><00:29:27.079><c> deserved</c><00:29:27.440><c> it.</c>

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:32.519
And<00:29:29.700><c> the</c><00:29:29.839><c> old</c><00:29:30.000><c> man,</c><00:29:30.539><c> Barzilai,</c><00:29:31.339><c> what</c><00:29:31.519><c> of</c><00:29:31.660><c> him?</c>

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:35.240
Oh,<00:29:33.259><c> he's</c><00:29:33.400><c> come</c><00:29:33.599><c> south</c><00:29:33.900><c> with</c><00:29:34.059><c> David,</c>

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:38.059
walking<00:29:36.119><c> with</c><00:29:36.359><c> him,</c><00:29:36.940><c> comforting</c><00:29:37.240><c> him,</c>

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:41.539
and<00:29:38.559><c> David</c><00:29:39.119><c> has</c><00:29:39.440><c> treated</c><00:29:39.900><c> him</c><00:29:40.119><c> as</c><00:29:40.299><c> a</c><00:29:40.480><c> father</c><00:29:40.740><c> in</c><00:29:40.940><c> Israel.</c>

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:43.880
And<00:29:42.240><c> he's</c><00:29:42.359><c> come</c><00:29:42.519><c> with</c><00:29:42.680><c> his</c><00:29:42.940><c> son.</c>

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:46.880
And<00:29:44.339><c> as</c><00:29:44.440><c> they</c><00:29:44.640><c> come</c><00:29:44.779><c> to</c><00:29:45.000><c> the</c><00:29:45.640><c> banks</c><00:29:45.940><c> of</c><00:29:46.140><c> the</c><00:29:46.160><c> River</c><00:29:46.400><c> Jordan</c>

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:48.339
where<00:29:47.220><c> they</c><00:29:47.339><c> had</c><00:29:47.400><c> to</c><00:29:47.579><c> cross</c><00:29:47.779><c> over,</c>

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:51.799
and<00:29:48.900><c> as</c><00:29:49.000><c> we</c><00:29:49.140><c> had</c><00:29:49.240><c> in</c><00:29:49.500><c> our</c><00:29:50.519><c> Bible</c><00:29:50.779><c> quiz</c><00:29:51.079><c> the</c><00:29:51.259><c> other</c><00:29:51.460><c> day,</c>

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:53.619
there<00:29:52.059><c> was</c><00:29:52.240><c> a</c><00:29:52.460><c> ferry</c><00:29:52.700><c> boat</c><00:29:52.980><c> there,</c>

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:55.900
a<00:29:54.180><c> means</c><00:29:54.380><c> of</c><00:29:54.619><c> taking</c><00:29:54.839><c> the</c><00:29:55.079><c> people</c><00:29:55.319><c> over,</c>

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:58.960
whether<00:29:56.200><c> it</c><00:29:56.259><c> was</c><00:29:56.440><c> actually</c><00:29:56.799><c> a</c><00:29:56.980><c> boat</c><00:29:57.200><c> is</c><00:29:57.980><c> a</c><00:29:58.099><c> matter</c><00:29:58.299><c> of</c><00:29:58.539><c> discussion.</c>

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:01.579
But<00:29:59.420><c> at</c><00:29:59.579><c> least</c><00:30:00.019><c> if</c><00:30:00.539><c> this</c><00:30:00.720><c> was</c><00:30:00.920><c> harvest</c><00:30:01.180><c> time,</c>

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:04.480
Jordan<00:30:02.200><c> overflows</c><00:30:02.640><c> its</c><00:30:02.920><c> banks</c><00:30:03.440><c> at</c><00:30:03.759><c> harvest</c><00:30:04.119><c> time</c>

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:06.920
and<00:30:04.640><c> is</c><00:30:04.759><c> a</c><00:30:04.859><c> river</c><00:30:04.980><c> of</c><00:30:05.160><c> some</c><00:30:05.339><c> considerable</c><00:30:05.779><c> strength</c><00:30:06.119><c> at</c><00:30:06.299><c> that</c><00:30:06.500><c> time.</c>

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:09.500
And<00:30:07.660><c> it</c><00:30:07.759><c> would</c><00:30:07.940><c> require</c><00:30:08.380><c> a</c><00:30:08.599><c> means</c><00:30:08.779><c> of</c><00:30:09.019><c> crossing</c><00:30:09.180><c> over</c>

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:14.279
when<00:30:09.640><c> the</c><00:30:09.920><c> Fords</c><00:30:10.480><c> were</c><00:30:11.960><c> not</c><00:30:12.180><c> passable</c><00:30:12.839><c> by</c><00:30:13.299><c> walking.</c>

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:16.319
And<00:30:14.819><c> so</c><00:30:14.940><c> they</c><00:30:15.140><c> go</c><00:30:15.299><c> from</c><00:30:15.519><c> one</c><00:30:15.779><c> side</c><00:30:15.960><c> to</c><00:30:16.059><c> the</c><00:30:16.180><c> other,</c>

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:18.740
carrying<00:30:16.740><c> all</c><00:30:17.000><c> the</c><00:30:17.140><c> king's</c><00:30:17.559><c> goods</c><00:30:17.740><c> and</c><00:30:17.940><c> all</c><00:30:18.099><c> the</c><00:30:18.240><c> king's</c><00:30:18.539><c> people</c>

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:20.859
across<00:30:19.039><c> the</c><00:30:19.259><c> river</c><00:30:19.680><c> toward</c><00:30:20.140><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:22.779
and<00:30:21.420><c> high</c><00:30:21.559><c> up</c><00:30:21.940><c> in</c><00:30:22.099><c> the</c><00:30:22.200><c> hills,</c>

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:26.500
1<00:30:23.319><c>,800</c><00:30:23.779><c> feet</c><00:30:24.200><c> up</c><00:30:24.619><c> in</c><00:30:24.980><c> the</c><00:30:25.059><c> hills</c><00:30:25.400><c> of</c><00:30:25.640><c> Judah.</c>

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:30.140
And<00:30:27.980><c> as</c><00:30:28.279><c> they</c><00:30:28.480><c> come</c><00:30:28.640><c> to</c><00:30:28.839><c> the</c><00:30:29.000><c> banks</c><00:30:29.220><c> of</c><00:30:29.400><c> this</c><00:30:29.559><c> river,</c>

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:32.839
so<00:30:30.640><c> David</c><00:30:30.920><c> now</c><00:30:31.240><c> turns</c><00:30:31.480><c> to</c><00:30:31.720><c> Barzilai</c>

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:38.420
and<00:30:33.119><c> asks</c><00:30:33.359><c> him</c><00:30:33.539><c> to</c><00:30:33.720><c> come</c><00:30:33.880><c> and</c><00:30:34.140><c> sit</c><00:30:34.319><c> at</c><00:30:34.480><c> my</c><00:30:34.740><c> table</c><00:30:35.220><c> in</c><00:30:35.920><c> my</c><00:30:36.160><c> kingdom</c><00:30:36.680><c> with</c><00:30:37.400><c> me.</c>

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:41.220
And<00:30:39.279><c> Barzilai</c><00:30:39.859><c> said,</c><00:30:40.240><c> I'm</c><00:30:40.319><c> 80.</c>

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:44.579
I<00:30:42.460><c> can't</c><00:30:42.700><c> even</c><00:30:43.059><c> taste</c><00:30:43.339><c> the</c><00:30:43.539><c> food</c><00:30:43.720><c> that</c><00:30:43.940><c> I</c><00:30:44.099><c> eat,</c>

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:47.240
and<00:30:45.400><c> I</c><00:30:45.559><c> have</c><00:30:45.680><c> no</c><00:30:45.880><c> responses</c><00:30:46.440><c> to</c><00:30:46.660><c> the</c><00:30:46.859><c> delights</c>

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:50.079
of<00:30:47.420><c> this</c><00:30:47.720><c> natural</c><00:30:48.140><c> life</c><00:30:48.660><c> left</c><00:30:49.079><c> now.</c>

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:52.779
And<00:30:50.660><c> he</c><00:30:50.839><c> preferred</c><00:30:51.099><c> to</c><00:30:51.299><c> return</c><00:30:51.640><c> to</c><00:30:51.819><c> his</c><00:30:52.019><c> own</c><00:30:52.299><c> estate,</c>

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:56.400
where<00:30:53.460><c> things</c><00:30:53.859><c> about</c><00:30:54.119><c> him</c><00:30:54.859><c> were</c><00:30:55.420><c> known</c><00:30:55.799><c> of</c><00:30:56.039><c> him,</c>

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:58.480
and<00:30:56.660><c> he</c><00:30:56.759><c> was</c><00:30:56.920><c> accustomed</c><00:30:57.339><c> to</c><00:30:57.519><c> them.</c>

00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:02.019
And<00:30:59.240><c> those</c><00:30:59.380><c> of</c><00:30:59.460><c> us</c><00:30:59.599><c> perhaps</c><00:30:59.980><c> who</c><00:31:00.220><c> have</c><00:31:00.680><c> the</c><00:31:00.920><c> times</c>

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:06.559
to<00:31:04.059><c> live</c><00:31:04.259><c> with</c><00:31:05.480><c> older</c><00:31:05.940><c> people</c>

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:08.920
might<00:31:07.099><c> take</c><00:31:07.279><c> a</c><00:31:07.420><c> little</c><00:31:07.579><c> lesson</c><00:31:08.019><c> from</c><00:31:08.319><c> this.</c>

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:12.819
This<00:31:09.660><c> mixing</c><00:31:09.940><c> of</c><00:31:10.099><c> the</c><00:31:10.279><c> generations</c><00:31:10.660><c> is</c><00:31:10.920><c> so</c><00:31:11.119><c> difficult</c><00:31:11.619><c> at</c><00:31:11.900><c> times,</c><00:31:12.160><c> isn't</c><00:31:12.359><c> it,</c>

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:15.480
when<00:31:13.160><c> there</c><00:31:13.299><c> are</c><00:31:13.440><c> three</c><00:31:14.000><c> generations</c><00:31:14.619><c> in</c><00:31:14.940><c> a</c><00:31:15.079><c> house,</c>

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:19.519
the<00:31:15.980><c> children,</c><00:31:16.960><c> the</c><00:31:17.119><c> parents,</c><00:31:18.099><c> the</c><00:31:18.299><c> grandparents,</c>

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:23.299
the<00:31:19.920><c> affection</c><00:31:20.140><c> of</c><00:31:20.339><c> the</c><00:31:20.519><c> grandparents</c><00:31:21.119><c> for</c><00:31:21.920><c> their</c><00:31:22.200><c> grandchildren,</c>

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:26.920
and<00:31:23.720><c> sometimes</c><00:31:24.400><c> the</c><00:31:25.059><c> apparent</c><00:31:25.579><c> carelessness</c><00:31:26.119><c> of</c><00:31:26.339><c> the</c><00:31:26.500><c> grandchildren</c>

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:29.779
who<00:31:27.740><c> scamper</c><00:31:28.200><c> off</c><00:31:28.579><c> or</c><00:31:28.819><c> refuse</c><00:31:29.180><c> to</c><00:31:29.420><c> hear,</c>

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:32.079
won't<00:31:30.420><c> stand</c><00:31:30.839><c> still,</c>

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:35.839
don't<00:31:32.940><c> show</c><00:31:33.140><c> their</c><00:31:33.380><c> love</c><00:31:33.740><c> just</c><00:31:34.079><c> at</c><00:31:34.220><c> the</c><00:31:34.339><c> moment</c><00:31:34.519><c> when</c><00:31:34.640><c> we</c><00:31:34.799><c> might</c><00:31:34.980><c> expect</c><00:31:35.460><c> it,</c>

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:37.960
and<00:31:36.279><c> the</c><00:31:36.480><c> in</c><00:31:36.680><c>-betweens,</c><00:31:37.180><c> the</c><00:31:37.359><c> parents,</c>

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:40.339
torn<00:31:38.440><c> by</c><00:31:38.660><c> their</c><00:31:38.920><c> children</c><00:31:39.240><c> and</c><00:31:39.420><c> by</c><00:31:39.599><c> their</c><00:31:39.819><c> affection</c>

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:43.079
for<00:31:41.140><c> their</c><00:31:41.359><c> own</c><00:31:41.660><c> parents,</c>

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:46.220
are<00:31:43.940><c> trying</c><00:31:44.140><c> to</c><00:31:44.359><c> keep</c><00:31:44.920><c> poise</c><00:31:45.400><c> in</c><00:31:45.579><c> the</c><00:31:45.720><c> family</c>

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:48.119
and<00:31:46.500><c> not</c><00:31:46.660><c> always</c><00:31:46.940><c> succeeding.</c>

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:50.400
And<00:31:48.519><c> the</c><00:31:48.680><c> older</c><00:31:48.980><c> generation,</c>

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:52.359
knowing<00:31:50.720><c> where</c><00:31:50.880><c> it</c><00:31:51.160><c> stands,</c>

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:56.480
many<00:31:52.619><c> things</c><00:31:52.859><c> being</c><00:31:53.140><c> behind</c><00:31:53.920><c> and</c><00:31:54.799><c> the</c><00:31:54.940><c> kingdom</c><00:31:55.180><c> before,</c>

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:59.940
feeling<00:31:57.380><c> that</c><00:31:58.059><c> wonderful</c><00:31:58.619><c> sense</c><00:31:58.900><c> of</c><00:31:59.059><c> irresponsibility</c>

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:02.079
that<00:32:00.160><c> comes</c><00:32:00.400><c> with</c><00:32:00.640><c> being</c><00:32:00.880><c> grandparents,</c>

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:05.279
of<00:32:02.319><c> having</c><00:32:02.539><c> children</c><00:32:03.160><c> and</c><00:32:03.900><c> not</c><00:32:04.079><c> having</c><00:32:04.319><c> the</c><00:32:04.500><c> responsibility</c>

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.519
of<00:32:05.559><c> them,</c>

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:10.799
and<00:32:07.039><c> yet</c><00:32:07.380><c> feeling</c><00:32:07.720><c> that</c><00:32:08.480><c> they</c><00:32:09.200><c> are</c><00:32:09.440><c> surrounded</c><00:32:09.819><c> by</c><00:32:10.079><c> the</c><00:32:10.279><c> things</c>

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:13.400
which<00:32:11.680><c> belong</c><00:32:12.200><c> to</c><00:32:12.380><c> them</c><00:32:12.519><c> in</c><00:32:12.720><c> some</c><00:32:12.960><c> way,</c>

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.519
and<00:32:13.640><c> that</c><00:32:13.779><c> that</c><00:32:13.920><c> is</c><00:32:14.099><c> their</c><00:32:14.299><c> life,</c>

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:17.559
not<00:32:14.700><c> looking</c><00:32:14.940><c> for</c><00:32:15.119><c> new</c><00:32:15.319><c> things</c><00:32:15.640><c> but</c><00:32:15.839><c> dwelling</c><00:32:16.059><c> upon</c><00:32:16.380><c> memories.</c>

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:20.319
Perhaps<00:32:18.119><c> we</c><00:32:18.500><c> should</c><00:32:18.680><c> try</c><00:32:18.960><c> in</c><00:32:19.180><c> some</c><00:32:19.400><c> way,</c>

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:23.359
as<00:32:21.259><c> brethren</c><00:32:21.539><c> and</c><00:32:21.799><c> sisters</c><00:32:21.960><c> of</c><00:32:22.160><c> the</c><00:32:22.279><c> Lord</c><00:32:22.480><c> Jesus</c><00:32:22.839><c> Christ,</c>

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:26.720
to<00:32:23.900><c> exercise</c><00:32:24.420><c> ourselves</c><00:32:24.940><c> in</c><00:32:25.319><c> understanding</c><00:32:25.900><c> one</c><00:32:26.220><c> of</c><00:32:26.420><c> another</c>

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:28.180
in<00:32:27.099><c> this</c><00:32:27.319><c> matter</c>

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:30.819
and<00:32:28.839><c> to</c><00:32:29.099><c> learn</c><00:32:29.299><c> that</c><00:32:29.779><c> it</c><00:32:30.039><c> is</c><00:32:30.259><c> possible</c>

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:33.039
if<00:32:31.539><c> we</c><00:32:31.720><c> serve</c><00:32:31.900><c> the</c><00:32:32.079><c> Lord</c><00:32:32.200><c> Jesus</c><00:32:32.619><c> Christ,</c>

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:37.279
so<00:32:33.400><c> to</c><00:32:34.160><c> serve</c><00:32:34.720><c> with</c><00:32:35.339><c> thankfulness</c><00:32:36.059><c> those</c><00:32:36.319><c> who've</c><00:32:36.599><c> gone</c><00:32:36.680><c> before,</c>

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:39.839
and<00:32:37.859><c> at</c><00:32:37.980><c> the</c><00:32:38.099><c> same</c><00:32:38.319><c> time</c><00:32:38.519><c> to</c><00:32:38.720><c> teach</c><00:32:39.099><c> respect</c>

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:42.099
to<00:32:40.339><c> those</c><00:32:40.599><c> who</c><00:32:40.759><c> are</c><00:32:40.839><c> to</c><00:32:40.900><c> come</c><00:32:41.079><c> after,</c>

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:43.539
and<00:32:42.400><c> together</c><00:32:42.700><c> as</c><00:32:42.900><c> a</c><00:32:43.059><c> family</c>

00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:46.920
to<00:32:44.079><c> grow</c><00:32:44.240><c> up</c><00:32:44.599><c> in</c><00:32:44.779><c> the</c><00:32:44.940><c> love</c><00:32:45.039><c> of</c><00:32:45.200><c> the</c><00:32:45.279><c> Lord</c><00:32:45.480><c> Jesus</c><00:32:45.839><c> Christ,</c>

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:50.759
that<00:32:47.220><c> should</c><00:32:47.359><c> he</c><00:32:47.480><c> come</c><00:32:47.619><c> now,</c><00:32:48.640><c> we</c><00:32:48.819><c> all</c>

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:53.299
might<00:32:51.900><c> have</c><00:32:52.099><c> some</c><00:32:52.279><c> blessing</c><00:32:52.599><c> of</c><00:32:52.819><c> him,</c>

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:55.660
some<00:32:53.779><c> to</c><00:32:54.039><c> enter</c><00:32:54.299><c> into</c><00:32:54.500><c> his</c><00:32:54.720><c> kingdom,</c>

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:58.500
and<00:32:55.799><c> some</c><00:32:55.980><c> perhaps</c><00:32:56.279><c> to</c><00:32:56.500><c> enter</c><00:32:56.660><c> later</c><00:32:57.160><c> therein.</c>

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.599
And<00:32:59.460><c> so</c><00:32:59.619><c> Basilio</c><00:32:59.980><c> I</c><00:33:00.079><c> will</c><00:33:00.240><c> not</c><00:33:00.480><c> go.</c>

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:02.000
But<00:33:00.740><c> he</c><00:33:00.759><c> says,</c><00:33:00.920><c> look,</c><00:33:01.119><c> my</c><00:33:01.319><c> son's</c><00:33:01.680><c> here,</c>

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:03.420
if<00:33:02.359><c> you</c><00:33:02.559><c> care</c><00:33:02.680><c> to</c><00:33:02.880><c> take</c><00:33:03.019><c> him,</c>

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:06.200
and<00:33:03.920><c> David</c><00:33:04.099><c> took</c><00:33:04.279><c> him</c><00:33:04.480><c> and</c><00:33:04.559><c> said</c><00:33:04.660><c> he</c><00:33:05.079><c> shall</c><00:33:05.259><c> sit</c><00:33:05.420><c> at</c><00:33:05.559><c> my</c><00:33:05.759><c> table,</c>

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:09.880
and<00:33:06.799><c> without</c><00:33:07.019><c> going</c><00:33:07.299><c> now</c><00:33:07.579><c> into</c><00:33:07.799><c> the</c><00:33:08.299><c> record</c><00:33:08.599><c> in</c><00:33:08.859><c> Jeremiah,</c>

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:12.700
it<00:33:10.460><c> seems</c><00:33:10.720><c> to</c><00:33:10.960><c> me</c><00:33:11.440><c> that</c>

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:14.599
David<00:33:13.480><c> gave</c><00:33:13.880><c> to</c><00:33:14.099><c> this</c><00:33:14.380><c> man,</c>

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.880
the<00:33:14.859><c> son</c><00:33:15.059><c> of</c><00:33:15.299><c> Barzilio,</c>

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:19.099
part<00:33:16.640><c> of</c><00:33:16.799><c> his</c><00:33:17.000><c> own</c><00:33:17.279><c> inheritance</c><00:33:17.700><c> nearer</c><00:33:18.200><c> to</c><00:33:18.259><c> Bethlehem.</c>

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:21.140
And<00:33:19.579><c> I</c><00:33:19.640><c> don't</c><00:33:19.859><c> think</c><00:33:20.000><c> a</c><00:33:20.180><c> man</c><00:33:20.299><c> could</c><00:33:20.480><c> have</c><00:33:20.579><c> given</c><00:33:20.740><c> anything</c>

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:22.839
nearer<00:33:21.539><c> to</c><00:33:21.559><c> his</c><00:33:21.779><c> own</c><00:33:21.980><c> heart</c><00:33:22.279><c> than</c><00:33:22.460><c> that.</c>

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:25.140
But<00:33:23.259><c> there</c><00:33:23.420><c> is</c><00:33:23.579><c> a</c><00:33:23.720><c> record</c><00:33:24.019><c> going</c><00:33:24.279><c> through</c><00:33:24.460><c> into</c><00:33:24.619><c> Jeremiah</c>

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:27.599
that<00:33:25.579><c> suggests</c><00:33:26.099><c> that</c><00:33:26.440><c> he</c><00:33:26.619><c> gave</c><00:33:26.819><c> to</c><00:33:27.019><c> this</c><00:33:27.299><c> man</c>

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:30.559
even<00:33:28.039><c> part</c><00:33:28.519><c> of</c><00:33:28.819><c> his</c><00:33:28.980><c> own</c><00:33:29.180><c> inheritance</c><00:33:29.579><c> in</c><00:33:29.799><c> Bethlehem.</c>

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:32.750
He<00:33:30.940><c> didn't</c><00:33:31.079><c> give</c><00:33:31.259><c> something</c><00:33:31.680><c> that</c><00:33:32.000><c> was</c>

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:34.319
on<00:33:33.240><c> the</c><00:33:33.380><c> outside</c><00:33:33.720><c> of</c><00:33:33.900><c> the</c><00:33:34.039><c> kingdom.</c>

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:35.539
He<00:33:34.640><c> didn't</c><00:33:34.819><c> say</c><00:33:35.000><c> to</c><00:33:35.079><c> him,</c><00:33:35.220><c> well,</c><00:33:35.259><c> you</c><00:33:35.319><c> can</c><00:33:35.420><c> go</c>

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:37.740
and<00:33:35.619><c> have</c><00:33:35.700><c> a</c><00:33:35.799><c> couple</c><00:33:35.940><c> of</c><00:33:36.119><c> fields</c><00:33:36.299><c> up</c><00:33:36.500><c> near</c><00:33:36.680><c> Dan.</c>

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:39.359
He'd<00:33:38.440><c> have</c><00:33:38.500><c> been</c><00:33:38.579><c> nearer</c><00:33:38.859><c> to</c><00:33:38.859><c> his</c><00:33:39.079><c> father</c>

00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:40.420
than<00:33:39.500><c> he</c><00:33:39.599><c> would</c><00:33:39.759><c> have</c><00:33:39.859><c> been</c><00:33:39.940><c> to</c><00:33:40.180><c> David,</c>

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:41.660
if<00:33:40.619><c> that</c><00:33:40.779><c> had</c><00:33:40.880><c> been</c><00:33:40.980><c> the</c><00:33:41.160><c> case,</c>

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:43.539
or<00:33:42.400><c> go</c><00:33:42.579><c> and</c><00:33:42.700><c> recover</c><00:33:42.920><c> some</c><00:33:43.119><c> of</c><00:33:43.200><c> the</c><00:33:43.339><c> land</c>

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:45.960
down<00:33:43.779><c> by</c><00:33:44.039><c> Beersheba</c><00:33:44.480><c> where</c><00:33:44.640><c> it's</c><00:33:44.880><c> hot,</c>

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:48.140
and<00:33:46.140><c> dig</c><00:33:46.259><c> yourself</c><00:33:46.519><c> a</c><00:33:46.720><c> few</c><00:33:46.920><c> wells.</c>

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:51.259
He<00:33:49.400><c> gave</c><00:33:49.619><c> him</c><00:33:50.079><c> part</c><00:33:50.400><c> of</c><00:33:50.619><c> the</c><00:33:50.819><c> inheritance</c>

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:52.539
near<00:33:51.539><c> to</c><00:33:51.759><c> Bethlehem,</c>

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:55.660
part<00:33:53.079><c> of</c><00:33:53.319><c> David's</c><00:33:53.720><c> own</c><00:33:53.859><c> heart</c><00:33:54.160><c> he</c><00:33:54.359><c> gave</c><00:33:54.500><c> to</c><00:33:54.700><c> him.</c>

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:59.940
There<00:33:56.339><c> is</c><00:33:56.640><c> a</c><00:33:56.779><c> verse</c><00:33:56.920><c> of</c><00:33:57.140><c> Scripture</c><00:33:57.740><c> in</c><00:33:58.960><c> the</c><00:33:59.180><c> Psalms,</c>

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:02.660
if<00:34:00.599><c> I</c><00:34:00.680><c> can</c><00:34:00.839><c> quote</c><00:34:01.000><c> it</c><00:34:01.259><c> correctly</c><00:34:01.500><c> now,</c>

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:06.059
Pay<00:34:03.440><c> thy</c><00:34:03.920><c> vows</c><00:34:04.740><c> unto</c><00:34:05.240><c> the</c><00:34:05.500><c> Lord,</c>

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:08.059
which<00:34:06.700><c> thou</c><00:34:06.920><c> hast</c><00:34:07.220><c> sworn</c><00:34:07.579><c> to</c><00:34:07.779><c> him</c>

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:10.059
in<00:34:08.239><c> the</c><00:34:08.480><c> time</c><00:34:08.739><c> of</c><00:34:09.039><c> trouble.</c>

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:14.139
It's<00:34:11.780><c> easy</c><00:34:12.059><c> to</c><00:34:12.300><c> make</c><00:34:12.579><c> vows</c><00:34:12.940><c> when</c><00:34:13.079><c> we're</c><00:34:13.340><c> in</c><00:34:13.539><c> trouble,</c>

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:16.300
but<00:34:14.719><c> it's</c><00:34:14.880><c> not</c><00:34:15.039><c> always</c><00:34:15.260><c> easy</c><00:34:15.539><c> to</c><00:34:15.739><c> repay</c><00:34:16.059><c> them</c>

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:18.840
when<00:34:17.059><c> we</c><00:34:17.260><c> reach</c><00:34:17.400><c> the</c><00:34:17.579><c> time</c><00:34:17.760><c> of</c><00:34:17.980><c> blessing.</c>

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:20.900
It<00:34:19.340><c> was</c><00:34:19.480><c> easy</c><00:34:19.719><c> for</c><00:34:19.960><c> David</c><00:34:20.139><c> to</c><00:34:20.340><c> make</c><00:34:20.559><c> promises</c>

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:23.099
as<00:34:21.079><c> he</c><00:34:21.199><c> went</c><00:34:21.440><c> out</c><00:34:21.800><c> from</c><00:34:21.980><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:25.760
But<00:34:24.179><c> it</c><00:34:24.280><c> was</c><00:34:24.440><c> not</c><00:34:24.619><c> so</c><00:34:24.800><c> easy</c><00:34:25.000><c> to</c><00:34:25.239><c> fulfill</c><00:34:25.599><c> them.</c>

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:27.260
It<00:34:25.940><c> required</c><00:34:26.179><c> an</c><00:34:26.420><c> exercise</c><00:34:26.719><c> of</c><00:34:27.000><c> will</c>

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:29.960
to<00:34:27.719><c> fulfill</c><00:34:28.079><c> them</c><00:34:28.460><c> as</c><00:34:28.679><c> he</c><00:34:28.880><c> returned.</c>

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:31.800
And<00:34:30.159><c> so</c><00:34:30.280><c> with</c><00:34:30.440><c> us,</c><00:34:31.539><c> our</c><00:34:31.539><c> promises</c>

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:33.800
that<00:34:31.900><c> we</c><00:34:32.079><c> make</c><00:34:32.300><c> to</c><00:34:32.460><c> God</c><00:34:32.659><c> in</c><00:34:32.820><c> our</c><00:34:33.039><c> times</c><00:34:33.239><c> of</c><00:34:33.440><c> trouble,</c>

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:36.380
let<00:34:34.179><c> us</c><00:34:34.360><c> fulfill</c><00:34:34.719><c> them</c><00:34:35.159><c> in</c><00:34:35.500><c> the</c><00:34:35.659><c> times</c><00:34:35.900><c> of</c><00:34:36.119><c> blessing</c>

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:38.639
when<00:34:36.579><c> our</c><00:34:36.780><c> troubles</c><00:34:37.219><c> are</c><00:34:37.760><c> over.</c>

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:41.739
Well,<00:34:40.039><c> of</c><00:34:40.059><c> course,</c><00:34:40.400><c> Joab</c><00:34:40.559><c> has</c><00:34:40.760><c> now</c><00:34:40.940><c> lost</c><00:34:41.199><c> completely</c>

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.739
the<00:34:42.019><c> affection</c><00:34:42.300><c> of</c><00:34:42.539><c> David,</c>

00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:45.300
and<00:34:43.000><c> David</c><00:34:43.320><c> can't</c><00:34:43.840><c> put</c><00:34:44.000><c> him</c><00:34:44.179><c> to</c><00:34:44.320><c> death.</c>

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:47.039
Can't,<00:34:45.980><c> I</c><00:34:46.079><c> think,</c><00:34:46.260><c> because</c><00:34:46.519><c> he</c><00:34:46.619><c> hasn't</c><00:34:46.820><c> got</c>

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:48.739
the<00:34:47.320><c> moral</c><00:34:47.599><c> power</c><00:34:48.239><c> so</c><00:34:48.519><c> to</c><00:34:48.639><c> do</c>

00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:50.179
in<00:34:48.880><c> the</c><00:34:49.019><c> kingdom</c><00:34:49.219><c> at</c><00:34:49.400><c> this</c><00:34:49.619><c> time.</c>

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:55.059
But<00:34:50.840><c> he</c><00:34:50.920><c> tries</c><00:34:51.179><c> to</c><00:34:51.619><c> switch</c><00:34:52.099><c> the</c><00:34:53.219><c> leadership</c><00:34:53.659><c> of</c><00:34:53.940><c> the</c><00:34:54.139><c> host.</c>

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:57.300
Unbeknown<00:34:55.739><c> to</c><00:34:55.980><c> Joab,</c><00:34:56.380><c> he</c><00:34:56.559><c> tries</c><00:34:56.780><c> to</c><00:34:57.119><c> switch</c>

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:58.639
the<00:34:57.579><c> leadership</c><00:34:57.980><c> of</c><00:34:58.219><c> the</c><00:34:58.400><c> host</c>

00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:00.260
to<00:34:59.019><c> David's</c><00:34:59.579><c> own</c><00:34:59.820><c> nephew,</c>

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:02.300
to<00:35:00.800><c> Amasa.</c>

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.760
And<00:35:02.659><c> Amasa,</c><00:35:03.320><c> strangely</c><00:35:03.500><c> enough,</c>

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:05.960
had<00:35:03.900><c> been</c><00:35:04.059><c> with</c><00:35:04.260><c> the</c><00:35:04.440><c> forces</c><00:35:04.719><c> of</c><00:35:04.920><c> Absalom.</c>

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:10.260
And<00:35:06.880><c> David,</c><00:35:07.039><c> in</c><00:35:07.179><c> this</c><00:35:07.360><c> way,</c><00:35:07.539><c> I</c><00:35:07.659><c> suppose,</c><00:35:08.980><c> by,</c><00:35:09.099><c> as</c><00:35:09.260><c> it</c><00:35:09.420><c> were,</c>

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:12.539
this<00:35:10.619><c> council</c><00:35:11.119><c> hoped</c><00:35:11.440><c> to</c><00:35:11.659><c> bring</c><00:35:11.840><c> over</c>

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:14.380
the<00:35:12.900><c> forces</c><00:35:13.280><c> that</c><00:35:13.460><c> had</c><00:35:13.539><c> been</c><00:35:13.679><c> with</c><00:35:13.900><c> Absalom.</c>

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:17.380
And<00:35:14.780><c> by</c><00:35:14.960><c> seeing</c><00:35:15.219><c> their</c><00:35:15.519><c> leader</c><00:35:15.980><c> brought</c><00:35:16.360><c> onto</c><00:35:16.559><c> David's</c><00:35:17.179><c> side</c>

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:19.519
and<00:35:17.659><c> appointed</c><00:35:18.059><c> to</c><00:35:18.460><c> a</c><00:35:18.599><c> position</c><00:35:18.840><c> of</c><00:35:19.099><c> office</c>

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:22.519
and<00:35:20.239><c> authority</c><00:35:20.760><c> as</c><00:35:21.119><c> a</c><00:35:21.280><c> leader</c><00:35:21.440><c> in</c><00:35:21.579><c> the</c><00:35:21.760><c> army</c><00:35:21.920><c> of</c><00:35:22.139><c> David,</c>

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:24.659
David<00:35:23.019><c> had</c><00:35:23.260><c> hoped</c><00:35:23.539><c> that</c><00:35:23.960><c> they</c><00:35:24.260><c> all</c>

00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.659
would<00:35:24.880><c> be</c><00:35:25.039><c> united</c><00:35:25.280><c> together.</c>

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:27.059
And<00:35:25.940><c> so</c><00:35:26.019><c> he</c><00:35:26.179><c> sends</c><00:35:26.340><c> Amasa</c><00:35:26.739><c> out</c>

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:28.440
when<00:35:27.239><c> they</c><00:35:27.400><c> get</c><00:35:27.539><c> back</c><00:35:27.760><c> to</c><00:35:27.900><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:32.480
He<00:35:29.159><c> sends</c><00:35:29.400><c> Amasa</c><00:35:29.780><c> out</c><00:35:30.300><c> to</c><00:35:30.639><c> bring</c><00:35:30.900><c> all</c><00:35:31.199><c> Israel</c><00:35:31.599><c> together</c>

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:34.920
in<00:35:33.159><c> three</c><00:35:33.460><c> days.</c>

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:38.300
Well,<00:35:36.719><c> David</c><00:35:36.840><c> has</c><00:35:37.059><c> rallied</c><00:35:37.300><c> the</c><00:35:37.539><c> priesthood,</c>

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:40.320
Zadok,<00:35:39.519><c> and</c><00:35:39.699><c> Abiotha.</c>

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:42.719
He<00:35:40.880><c> sends</c><00:35:41.079><c> out</c><00:35:41.300><c> Amasa,</c><00:35:41.739><c> but</c><00:35:41.840><c> Amasa</c>

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:44.179
is<00:35:43.019><c> no</c><00:35:43.219><c> match</c><00:35:43.460><c> for</c><00:35:43.820><c> Joab.</c>

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:46.320
He<00:35:44.780><c> neither</c><00:35:45.000><c> has</c><00:35:45.159><c> the</c><00:35:45.440><c> authority</c><00:35:45.760><c> in</c><00:35:45.940><c> the</c><00:35:46.079><c> kingdom</c>

00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:48.500
nor<00:35:47.039><c> apparently</c><00:35:47.460><c> the</c><00:35:47.800><c> ability</c><00:35:48.179><c> to</c><00:35:48.360><c> do</c>

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:50.099
the<00:35:48.659><c> kind</c><00:35:48.840><c> of</c><00:35:48.960><c> things</c><00:35:49.139><c> that</c><00:35:49.360><c> Joab</c><00:35:49.639><c> does.</c>

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:52.559
There<00:35:50.639><c> is</c><00:35:50.739><c> no</c><00:35:50.900><c> doubt</c><00:35:51.059><c> about</c><00:35:51.360><c> it</c><00:35:51.599><c> that</c><00:35:51.760><c> though</c><00:35:52.099><c> Joab</c>

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:54.260
is<00:35:52.920><c> dark</c><00:35:53.300><c>-hearted,</c>

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:56.659
yet<00:35:54.739><c> he's</c><00:35:54.940><c> a</c><00:35:55.079><c> man</c><00:35:55.260><c> who</c><00:35:55.400><c> is</c><00:35:55.500><c> able</c><00:35:55.639><c> to</c><00:35:56.000><c> carry</c><00:35:56.139><c> out</c><00:35:56.340><c> his</c><00:35:56.559><c> will</c>

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:59.019
when<00:35:56.800><c> he</c><00:35:56.920><c> wants</c><00:35:57.280><c> to,</c><00:35:58.199><c> either</c><00:35:58.500><c> for</c><00:35:58.719><c> the</c><00:35:58.880><c> king</c>

00:35:59.019 --> 00:36:00.780
or<00:35:59.239><c> against</c><00:35:59.599><c> the</c><00:35:59.820><c> king.</c>

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.820
He's<00:36:01.099><c> a</c><00:36:01.179><c> man</c><00:36:01.239><c> that</c><00:36:01.420><c> I</c><00:36:01.460><c> don't</c><00:36:01.679><c> think</c>

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:03.820
I'd<00:36:02.039><c> like</c><00:36:02.119><c> to</c><00:36:02.280><c> have</c><00:36:02.440><c> lived</c><00:36:02.639><c> with.</c>

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:06.800
His<00:36:04.900><c> authority</c><00:36:05.300><c> was</c><00:36:05.599><c> such</c><00:36:05.840><c> that</c>

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:08.699
he's<00:36:07.460><c> got</c><00:36:07.639><c> mingled</c><00:36:08.059><c> feelings,</c>

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.699
as<00:36:08.940><c> we</c><00:36:09.099><c> can</c><00:36:09.320><c> see.</c>

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.940
I<00:36:10.179><c> think</c><00:36:10.320><c> he</c><00:36:10.480><c> could</c><00:36:10.619><c> have</c><00:36:10.780><c> perhaps</c>

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:12.900
have<00:36:11.159><c> been</c><00:36:11.300><c> a</c><00:36:11.480><c> good</c><00:36:11.619><c> man,</c>

00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:14.820
for<00:36:13.340><c> you</c><00:36:13.519><c> remember</c><00:36:13.739><c> his</c><00:36:13.960><c> last</c><00:36:14.400><c> words,</c>

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:16.500
and<00:36:15.079><c> it's</c><00:36:15.239><c> because</c><00:36:15.500><c> they</c><00:36:15.659><c> were</c><00:36:15.820><c> the</c><00:36:16.000><c> last</c><00:36:16.260><c> words</c>

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:18.079
that<00:36:16.659><c> he</c><00:36:16.780><c> had</c><00:36:16.880><c> things</c><00:36:17.139><c> upside</c><00:36:17.619><c> down</c>

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:19.639
when<00:36:18.400><c> he</c><00:36:18.559><c> went</c><00:36:18.659><c> into</c><00:36:18.900><c> battle</c><00:36:19.199><c> that</c><00:36:19.440><c> day</c>

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:21.719
against<00:36:19.880><c> the</c><00:36:20.079><c> Ammonites</c><00:36:20.500><c> and</c><00:36:20.739><c> Syrians.</c>

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.219
He<00:36:22.019><c> said,</c>

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:24.880
And<00:36:22.480><c> the</c><00:36:22.659><c> Lord</c><00:36:22.900><c> do</c><00:36:23.139><c> that</c><00:36:23.480><c> which</c><00:36:23.739><c> seemeth</c><00:36:24.079><c> good</c><00:36:24.300><c> to</c><00:36:24.480><c> him.</c>

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:28.679
He<00:36:25.519><c> had</c><00:36:25.699><c> that</c><00:36:26.340><c> form</c><00:36:26.900><c> of</c><00:36:27.079><c> worship</c><00:36:27.380><c> in</c><00:36:27.539><c> his</c><00:36:27.800><c> heart,</c>

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:30.159
but<00:36:29.019><c> he</c><00:36:29.119><c> hadn't</c><00:36:29.280><c> got</c><00:36:29.480><c> the</c><00:36:29.699><c> godliness</c>

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:32.860
that<00:36:30.760><c> put</c><00:36:31.099><c> that</c><00:36:31.719><c> first</c><00:36:32.039><c> in</c><00:36:32.239><c> his</c><00:36:32.519><c> prayer</c>

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:35.860
and<00:36:33.340><c> allowed</c><00:36:33.519><c> the</c><00:36:33.739><c> rest</c><00:36:34.039><c> to</c><00:36:34.460><c> work</c><00:36:34.659><c> out.</c>

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:38.340
Do<00:36:36.739><c> we</c><00:36:36.940><c> in</c><00:36:37.059><c> our</c><00:36:37.300><c> prayers</c>

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:41.639
or<00:36:39.480><c> do</c><00:36:39.599><c> we</c><00:36:39.679><c> put</c><00:36:39.820><c> other</c><00:36:40.000><c> things</c><00:36:40.300><c> first?</c>

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:44.219
Is<00:36:42.519><c> God's</c><00:36:42.980><c> first</c><00:36:43.300><c> and</c><00:36:43.440><c> his</c><00:36:43.699><c> will</c>

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:46.760
or<00:36:44.760><c> our</c><00:36:45.159><c> will</c><00:36:45.500><c> and</c><00:36:45.780><c> then</c><00:36:46.039><c> God's?</c>

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:49.280
Do<00:36:47.119><c> we</c><00:36:47.260><c> seek</c><00:36:47.360><c> the</c><00:36:47.539><c> things</c><00:36:47.659><c> that</c><00:36:47.860><c> we</c><00:36:48.260><c> want</c>

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:50.619
in<00:36:49.860><c> our</c><00:36:50.119><c> prayers</c>

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:52.500
and<00:36:51.260><c> not</c><00:36:51.460><c> the</c><00:36:51.639><c> things</c><00:36:51.860><c> that</c><00:36:52.059><c> God</c><00:36:52.239><c> knows</c>

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:55.079
or<00:36:52.599><c> the</c><00:36:52.599><c> things</c><00:36:52.599><c> that</c><00:36:52.599><c> we</c><00:36:52.780><c> need</c><00:36:53.440><c> in</c><00:36:54.000><c> them?</c>

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:56.420
Well,<00:36:55.400><c> that's</c><00:36:55.619><c> a</c><00:36:55.679><c> question</c><00:36:55.920><c> for</c><00:36:56.079><c> each</c><00:36:56.219><c> of</c><00:36:56.320><c> us</c>

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:58.280
to<00:36:56.559><c> ask</c><00:36:56.820><c> himself</c><00:36:57.380><c> and</c><00:36:57.619><c> to</c><00:36:57.800><c> answer,</c>

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:59.539
and<00:36:58.719><c> I</c><00:36:58.860><c> suppose</c><00:36:59.099><c> our</c><00:36:59.320><c> answer</c>

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:01.940
is<00:36:59.739><c> yes</c><00:36:59.960><c> and</c><00:37:00.159><c> no</c><00:37:00.820><c> to</c><00:37:01.039><c> it.</c>

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:04.079
Sometimes<00:37:02.460><c> we</c><00:37:02.659><c> do</c><00:37:03.000><c> submit</c><00:37:03.320><c> to</c><00:37:03.480><c> the</c><00:37:03.599><c> will</c><00:37:03.679><c> of</c><00:37:03.940><c> God.</c>

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:05.019
No,<00:37:04.360><c> not</c><00:37:04.559><c> submit.</c>

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:07.500
We<00:37:05.260><c> take</c><00:37:05.460><c> it</c><00:37:05.639><c> up</c><00:37:06.039><c> as</c><00:37:06.519><c> being</c><00:37:06.699><c> our</c><00:37:07.000><c> own</c><00:37:07.280><c> will</c>

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.820
and<00:37:07.739><c> delight</c><00:37:08.199><c> to</c><00:37:08.519><c> do</c><00:37:08.679><c> it.</c>

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:11.420
I<00:37:09.099><c> delight</c><00:37:09.559><c> to</c><00:37:09.800><c> do</c><00:37:09.900><c> thy</c><00:37:10.099><c> will,</c><00:37:10.360><c> O</c><00:37:10.559><c> God.</c>

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:14.420
And<00:37:12.519><c> sometimes</c><00:37:13.099><c> we</c><00:37:13.440><c> speak</c><00:37:13.639><c> of</c><00:37:13.840><c> ourselves</c>

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:16.900
first<00:37:15.079><c> and</c><00:37:15.480><c> our</c><00:37:15.639><c> own</c><00:37:15.860><c> ways.</c>

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:20.400
But<00:37:19.199><c> Amasa</c><00:37:19.719><c> doesn't</c><00:37:19.980><c> return</c>

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:22.159
after<00:37:20.699><c> the</c><00:37:20.920><c> three</c><00:37:21.079><c> days</c>

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:25.179
and<00:37:23.099><c> Joab</c><00:37:23.519><c> sets</c><00:37:23.800><c> out.</c>

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.860
Meanwhile,<00:37:25.840><c> Israel</c><00:37:26.099><c> has</c><00:37:26.239><c> been</c><00:37:26.579><c> rallied</c>

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:30.300
by<00:37:27.340><c> a</c><00:37:27.699><c> false</c><00:37:27.980><c> man,</c><00:37:28.460><c> Shimei,</c><00:37:29.380><c> a</c><00:37:29.599><c> Benjamite,</c>

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:32.159
in<00:37:30.739><c> an</c><00:37:30.980><c> effort</c><00:37:31.219><c> to</c><00:37:31.619><c> reestablish,</c>

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:33.980
no<00:37:32.320><c> doubt,</c><00:37:32.760><c> Saul's</c><00:37:33.019><c> kingdom.</c>

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:35.539
Have<00:37:34.179><c> you</c><00:37:34.280><c> noticed</c><00:37:34.480><c> how</c><00:37:34.679><c> these</c><00:37:34.980><c> Benjamites</c>

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.800
spring<00:37:35.880><c> up</c><00:37:36.079><c> from</c><00:37:36.300><c> time</c><00:37:36.500><c> to</c><00:37:36.659><c> time?</c>

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.960
They'd<00:37:37.000><c> had</c><00:37:37.059><c> a</c><00:37:37.099><c> very</c><00:37:37.360><c> rough</c><00:37:37.599><c> time,</c>

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.719
the<00:37:38.159><c> Benjamites,</c>

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:40.239
right<00:37:39.199><c> from</c><00:37:39.380><c> those</c><00:37:39.599><c> early</c><00:37:39.920><c> days,</c>

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:40.940
you<00:37:40.420><c> remember,</c>

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:43.840
when<00:37:41.380><c> they</c><00:37:41.539><c> had</c><00:37:41.639><c> become</c><00:37:42.320><c> a</c><00:37:42.840><c> nation</c>

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:45.119
with<00:37:44.460><c> iniquity</c><00:37:44.860><c> in</c><00:37:45.000><c> them</c>

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.179
and<00:37:45.260><c> the</c><00:37:45.460><c> children</c><00:37:45.719><c> of</c><00:37:45.860><c> Israel,</c>

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:47.139
the<00:37:46.420><c> remainder</c><00:37:46.679><c> of</c><00:37:46.920><c> them,</c>

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:48.320
had<00:37:47.460><c> attacked</c><00:37:47.659><c> the</c><00:37:47.860><c> Benjamites</c>

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:49.320
and<00:37:48.519><c> reduced</c><00:37:48.840><c> their</c><00:37:49.039><c> numbers</c>

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:50.679
almost<00:37:49.639><c> to</c><00:37:49.820><c> nothing.</c>

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:52.440
And<00:37:51.260><c> they</c><00:37:51.300><c> had</c><00:37:51.420><c> to</c><00:37:51.619><c> provide</c><00:37:51.860><c> wives</c><00:37:52.159><c> to</c><00:37:52.320><c> them</c>

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:54.219
to<00:37:52.599><c> allow</c><00:37:52.860><c> them</c><00:37:53.340><c> again</c><00:37:53.659><c> to</c><00:37:53.940><c> grow</c>

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:55.780
and<00:37:54.360><c> they</c><00:37:54.519><c> never</c><00:37:54.739><c> seemed</c><00:37:55.000><c> to</c><00:37:55.219><c> grow</c><00:37:55.300><c> in</c><00:37:55.500><c> Israel</c>

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:58.059
to<00:37:55.980><c> any</c><00:37:56.139><c> great</c><00:37:56.360><c> size</c><00:37:56.739><c> after</c><00:37:57.059><c> that.</c>

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:59.300
But<00:37:58.599><c> the</c><00:37:58.780><c> men</c><00:37:58.960><c> were</c><00:37:59.119><c> men</c>

00:37:59.300 --> 00:38:02.119
of<00:37:59.539><c> considerable</c><00:38:00.980><c> valor</c><00:38:01.559><c> in</c><00:38:01.820><c> battle</c>

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:04.480
and<00:38:02.320><c> they'd</c><00:38:03.059><c> seen</c><00:38:03.179><c> to</c><00:38:03.380><c> achieve</c><00:38:03.739><c> some</c><00:38:04.079><c> standing</c>

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:07.980
and<00:38:04.679><c> this</c><00:38:04.960><c> man,</c><00:38:06.280><c> Sheba,</c><00:38:07.019><c> the</c><00:38:07.139><c> son</c><00:38:07.280><c> of</c><00:38:07.460><c> Bichri,</c>

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:10.960
tries<00:38:08.500><c> to</c><00:38:08.760><c> rally</c><00:38:09.139><c> the</c><00:38:09.639><c> children</c><00:38:09.940><c> of</c><00:38:10.139><c> Benjamin.</c>

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:15.099
And<00:38:11.659><c> Amasa,</c><00:38:13.559><c> coming</c><00:38:13.659><c> back</c><00:38:13.900><c> to</c><00:38:14.059><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.920
after<00:38:15.900><c> his</c><00:38:16.159><c> three</c><00:38:16.340><c> days,</c>

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:19.579
not<00:38:17.539><c> having</c><00:38:17.820><c> accompanied</c><00:38:18.239><c> the</c><00:38:18.480><c> purpose,</c>

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:25.840
is<00:38:20.719><c> met</c><00:38:20.920><c> by</c><00:38:21.280><c> Joab</c><00:38:21.780><c> and</c><00:38:24.159><c> by</c><00:38:24.980><c> Abishai</c>

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:28.380
as<00:38:26.780><c> they</c><00:38:27.019><c> set</c><00:38:27.219><c> out.</c>

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:31.519
And<00:38:29.139><c> Joab's</c><00:38:29.659><c> sword</c><00:38:29.820><c> was</c><00:38:30.039><c> at</c><00:38:30.139><c> his</c><00:38:30.440><c> thigh</c>

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.880
and<00:38:33.119><c> by</c><00:38:33.340><c> some</c><00:38:33.619><c> move,</c>

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.940
as<00:38:34.039><c> though</c><00:38:34.139><c> he</c><00:38:34.179><c> was</c><00:38:34.340><c> going</c><00:38:34.480><c> to</c><00:38:34.619><c> pick</c><00:38:34.760><c> up</c>

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:36.760
something<00:38:35.280><c> from</c><00:38:35.480><c> the</c><00:38:35.699><c> ground,</c>

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:38.699
he<00:38:37.360><c> leaned</c><00:38:37.559><c> forward</c>

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:40.719
and<00:38:39.420><c> having</c><00:38:39.679><c> left</c><00:38:39.920><c> his</c><00:38:40.239><c> sword</c><00:38:40.420><c> loose,</c>

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:42.760
it<00:38:40.940><c> fell</c><00:38:41.119><c> to</c><00:38:41.320><c> the</c><00:38:41.480><c> ground</c>

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:45.539
just<00:38:43.820><c> in</c><00:38:44.059><c> front</c><00:38:44.219><c> of</c><00:38:44.380><c> Amasa.</c>

00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:48.099
And<00:38:46.360><c> so</c><00:38:46.460><c> he</c><00:38:46.559><c> was</c><00:38:46.780><c> unarmed</c>

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:50.599
and<00:38:49.000><c> he</c><00:38:49.159><c> takes</c><00:38:49.500><c> Amasa</c><00:38:49.900><c> by</c><00:38:50.139><c> the</c><00:38:50.340><c> beard</c>

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.800
to<00:38:50.800><c> kiss</c><00:38:51.000><c> him</c>

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:53.559
and<00:38:52.719><c> picks</c><00:38:52.900><c> up</c><00:38:53.059><c> his</c><00:38:53.360><c> sword</c>

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.659
at<00:38:53.760><c> the</c><00:38:53.880><c> same</c><00:38:54.059><c> moment</c>

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:56.559
and<00:38:55.260><c> runs</c><00:38:55.500><c> him</c><00:38:55.840><c> straight</c><00:38:56.199><c> through</c>

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:58.920
and<00:38:56.820><c> kills</c><00:38:57.079><c> him</c><00:38:57.300><c> on</c><00:38:57.480><c> the</c><00:38:57.820><c> spot.</c>

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:01.539
Treachery,<00:39:00.800><c> oh</c><00:39:01.019><c> yes,</c>

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:03.940
and<00:39:02.239><c> the</c><00:39:02.440><c> ingenuity</c><00:39:02.920><c> of</c><00:39:03.119><c> this</c><00:39:03.400><c> man</c><00:39:03.639><c> Joab</c>

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:05.440
are<00:39:04.099><c> something</c><00:39:04.340><c> to</c><00:39:04.500><c> be</c><00:39:04.719><c> marveled</c><00:39:05.139><c> at</c>

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:07.639
and<00:39:06.000><c> the</c><00:39:06.480><c> description</c><00:39:06.880><c> given</c><00:39:07.119><c> in</c><00:39:07.260><c> the</c><00:39:07.420><c> record,</c>

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:09.320
although<00:39:07.980><c> in</c><00:39:08.320><c> only</c><00:39:08.559><c> a</c><00:39:08.760><c> few</c><00:39:08.900><c> words,</c>

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:11.460
is<00:39:09.440><c> something</c><00:39:09.699><c> we</c><00:39:09.860><c> could</c><00:39:10.039><c> never</c><00:39:10.219><c> forget.</c>

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:14.039
He<00:39:12.480><c> kissed</c><00:39:12.719><c> him</c><00:39:12.980><c> much.</c>

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:16.760
Joab,<00:39:15.840><c> Judas,</c>

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:19.820
was<00:39:18.480><c> it</c><00:39:18.619><c> not</c><00:39:18.860><c> exactly</c><00:39:19.380><c> the</c><00:39:19.639><c> same?</c>

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:22.320
Was<00:39:20.059><c> not</c><00:39:20.320><c> that</c><00:39:20.579><c> the</c><00:39:20.900><c> very</c><00:39:21.219><c> movement</c><00:39:21.639><c> of</c><00:39:21.900><c> Judas</c>

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:25.019
as<00:39:23.159><c> he</c><00:39:23.340><c> kissed</c><00:39:23.579><c> him</c><00:39:23.860><c> much?</c>

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:29.880
He<00:39:25.940><c> who</c><00:39:26.119><c> I</c><00:39:26.559><c> kiss,</c><00:39:27.300><c> that</c><00:39:27.480><c> is</c><00:39:27.679><c> he,</c><00:39:28.440><c> take</c><00:39:28.699><c> him.</c>

00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:32.019
And<00:39:30.960><c> so</c><00:39:31.139><c> Joab</c><00:39:31.400><c> and</c><00:39:31.559><c> Judas</c>

00:39:32.019 --> 00:39:34.440
were<00:39:32.780><c> so</c><00:39:33.039><c> very</c><00:39:33.239><c> much</c><00:39:33.440><c> alike.</c>

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:37.400
But<00:39:35.780><c> all</c><00:39:35.980><c> the</c><00:39:36.139><c> people,</c><00:39:36.420><c> as</c><00:39:36.440><c> they</c><00:39:36.659><c> marched</c><00:39:37.000><c> by,</c>

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:38.420
they<00:39:37.480><c> look</c><00:39:37.719><c> upon</c><00:39:38.019><c> Amasa</c>

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:41.579
lying<00:39:38.880><c> in</c><00:39:39.019><c> his</c><00:39:39.300><c> blood</c><00:39:39.480><c> on</c><00:39:39.739><c> the</c><00:39:39.860><c> ground,</c><00:39:40.199><c> it</c><00:39:40.400><c> says.</c>

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:43.280
And<00:39:42.159><c> they</c><00:39:42.599><c> are</c><00:39:42.599><c> astonished</c>

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:45.380
as<00:39:43.420><c> they</c><00:39:43.519><c> look</c><00:39:43.719><c> upon</c><00:39:43.960><c> him.</c>

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:47.800
Joab<00:39:46.139><c> is</c><00:39:46.260><c> once</c><00:39:46.460><c> again</c><00:39:46.739><c> captain</c><00:39:47.059><c> of</c><00:39:47.239><c> the</c><00:39:47.380><c> host.</c>

00:39:48.159 --> 00:39:51.000
He<00:39:48.260><c> who</c><00:39:48.559><c> broke</c><00:39:48.800><c> no</c><00:39:49.159><c> opposition,</c><00:39:49.800><c> this</c><00:39:49.900><c> man,</c>

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:53.019
he<00:39:51.599><c> now</c><00:39:51.860><c> stands</c><00:39:52.139><c> as</c><00:39:52.320><c> a</c><00:39:52.400><c> great</c>

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:56.139
dominating<00:39:54.119><c> personality</c><00:39:54.900><c> in</c><00:39:55.079><c> Israel,</c>

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:58.480
in<00:39:56.860><c> Judah</c><00:39:57.139><c> at</c><00:39:57.380><c> the</c><00:39:57.519><c> moment,</c>

00:39:58.619 --> 00:40:01.219
but<00:39:58.780><c> later</c><00:39:59.000><c> again</c><00:39:59.260><c> in</c><00:39:59.360><c> Israel</c><00:39:59.860><c> as</c><00:40:00.159><c> a</c><00:40:00.340><c> whole,</c>

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:05.019
until<00:40:01.599><c> somebody</c><00:40:01.980><c> finally</c><00:40:02.480><c> casts</c><00:40:03.679><c> a</c><00:40:04.059><c> garment</c>

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:06.239
upon<00:40:05.699><c> Amasa</c>

00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:07.900
and<00:40:06.539><c> the</c><00:40:06.599><c> people</c><00:40:06.860><c> march</c><00:40:07.199><c> northward,</c>

00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:08.760
right<00:40:08.360><c> northward,</c>

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:10.579
pursuing<00:40:09.219><c> the</c><00:40:09.900><c> men</c><00:40:10.059><c> of</c><00:40:10.239><c> Benjamin</c>

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:11.780
and<00:40:10.780><c> all</c><00:40:11.139><c> the</c><00:40:11.380><c> Israelites</c>

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:13.579
who<00:40:12.239><c> have</c><00:40:12.380><c> given</c><00:40:12.500><c> allegiance</c><00:40:12.900><c> to</c><00:40:13.119><c> this</c><00:40:13.380><c> man,</c>

00:40:13.639 --> 00:40:14.500
the<00:40:13.719><c> son</c><00:40:13.900><c> of</c><00:40:14.099><c> Bicri,</c>

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:16.559
until<00:40:15.059><c> they</c><00:40:15.199><c> go</c><00:40:15.400><c> right</c><00:40:15.760><c> northward,</c>

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:19.000
up<00:40:16.980><c> to</c><00:40:17.199><c> Dan,</c><00:40:17.500><c> right</c><00:40:17.780><c> up</c><00:40:17.940><c> into</c><00:40:18.119><c> that</c><00:40:18.400><c> part</c><00:40:18.559><c> of</c><00:40:18.699><c> the</c><00:40:18.840><c> kingdom</c>

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:20.380
in<00:40:19.199><c> pursuit</c><00:40:19.579><c> of</c><00:40:19.780><c> these</c><00:40:20.000><c> people.</c>

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:22.099
It<00:40:20.719><c> wasn't</c><00:40:20.900><c> just</c><00:40:21.219><c> a</c><00:40:21.440><c> short</c><00:40:21.739><c> pursuit,</c>

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:23.559
it<00:40:22.199><c> was</c><00:40:22.420><c> a</c><00:40:22.539><c> great</c><00:40:22.719><c> pursuit</c><00:40:23.099><c> of</c><00:40:23.280><c> men</c>

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:25.559
and<00:40:24.139><c> slaughter</c><00:40:24.500><c> all</c><00:40:24.780><c> the</c><00:40:24.940><c> way,</c>

00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:27.360
until<00:40:25.820><c> finally</c><00:40:26.320><c> this</c><00:40:26.980><c> man,</c>

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:28.739
this<00:40:27.739><c> rebel</c><00:40:27.980><c> from</c><00:40:28.219><c> Benjamin,</c>

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:31.440
stands<00:40:29.360><c> in</c><00:40:29.539><c> the</c><00:40:29.659><c> city</c><00:40:29.880><c> of</c><00:40:30.059><c> Abel</c><00:40:30.460><c> Bethmiachah</c>

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:32.900
with<00:40:31.699><c> his</c><00:40:31.920><c> men</c><00:40:32.179><c> round</c><00:40:32.460><c> about</c><00:40:32.739><c> him</c>

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.420
and<00:40:33.000><c> the</c><00:40:33.159><c> walls</c><00:40:33.420><c> and</c><00:40:33.619><c> gates</c><00:40:33.840><c> of</c><00:40:34.019><c> the</c><00:40:34.119><c> city,</c>

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:37.000
and<00:40:34.880><c> Joab</c><00:40:35.179><c> prepares</c><00:40:35.619><c> for</c><00:40:35.900><c> a</c><00:40:36.059><c> siege.</c>

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:39.639
And<00:40:37.599><c> he</c><00:40:37.659><c> was</c><00:40:37.820><c> a</c><00:40:37.940><c> man</c><00:40:38.059><c> who</c><00:40:38.199><c> knew</c><00:40:38.300><c> how</c><00:40:38.440><c> to</c><00:40:38.619><c> carry</c><00:40:38.760><c> out</c><00:40:39.000><c> a</c><00:40:39.179><c> siege,</c>

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:43.519
either<00:40:40.199><c> by</c><00:40:40.500><c> time</c><00:40:40.920><c> or</c><00:40:41.199><c> by</c><00:40:41.500><c> stratagem</c><00:40:41.880><c> to</c><00:40:42.320><c> take</c><00:40:42.500><c> a</c><00:40:42.639><c> city.</c>

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:47.420
And<00:40:44.280><c> it</c><00:40:44.460><c> was</c><00:40:44.739><c> so</c><00:40:45.280><c> that</c><00:40:45.559><c> as</c><00:40:45.719><c> Joab</c><00:40:45.960><c> was</c><00:40:46.199><c> preparing</c><00:40:46.619><c> for</c><00:40:46.920><c> this</c>

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:51.500
that<00:40:48.159><c> a</c><00:40:48.300><c> woman's</c><00:40:48.639><c> head</c><00:40:49.599><c> looked</c><00:40:49.960><c> over</c><00:40:50.260><c> the</c><00:40:50.420><c> wall</c>

00:40:53.179 --> 00:40:55.639
and<00:40:53.780><c> shouted</c><00:40:54.139><c> down</c><00:40:54.440><c> to</c><00:40:54.559><c> him</c>

00:40:55.639 --> 00:41:01.699
concerning<00:40:56.500><c> the</c><00:40:56.860><c> slaughter</c><00:40:57.219><c> about</c><00:40:57.500><c> which</c><00:40:59.000><c> he</c><00:40:59.519><c> was</c><00:41:00.019><c> to</c><00:41:00.500><c> engage.</c>

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:05.599
Are<00:41:03.000><c> you</c><00:41:03.440><c> going</c><00:41:03.559><c> to</c><00:41:03.780><c> kill</c><00:41:03.880><c> all</c><00:41:04.139><c> these</c><00:41:04.360><c> people?</c>

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:07.900
Are<00:41:05.960><c> you</c><00:41:06.000><c> going</c><00:41:06.159><c> to</c><00:41:06.199><c> kill</c><00:41:06.380><c> me</c><00:41:06.659><c> also,</c><00:41:07.019><c> a</c><00:41:07.199><c> mother</c><00:41:07.340><c> in</c><00:41:07.480><c> Israel?</c>

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:11.119
And<00:41:08.179><c> far</c><00:41:08.340><c> be</c><00:41:08.559><c> that</c><00:41:08.679><c> from</c><00:41:08.920><c> me,</c><00:41:09.119><c> said</c><00:41:09.320><c> Joab,</c><00:41:09.559><c> that</c><00:41:09.699><c> I</c><00:41:09.860><c> should</c><00:41:10.039><c> kill.</c>

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:15.300
He<00:41:13.300><c> had</c><00:41:13.539><c> a</c><00:41:13.699><c> conscience</c><00:41:14.019><c> of</c><00:41:14.219><c> a</c><00:41:14.380><c> kind.</c>

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:18.300
I<00:41:15.800><c> don't</c><00:41:16.019><c> think</c><00:41:16.199><c> really</c><00:41:16.579><c> he</c><00:41:16.840><c> enjoyed</c><00:41:17.420><c> great</c><00:41:17.840><c> slaughter.</c>

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:20.900
He<00:41:18.579><c> enjoyed</c><00:41:18.800><c> the</c><00:41:19.019><c> authority</c><00:41:19.500><c> that</c><00:41:20.000><c> came</c><00:41:20.159><c> with</c><00:41:20.300><c> his</c><00:41:20.460><c> position.</c>

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:23.460
He<00:41:21.519><c> enjoyed</c><00:41:21.739><c> the</c><00:41:21.940><c> stability</c><00:41:22.320><c> of</c><00:41:22.460><c> a</c><00:41:22.599><c> kingdom</c>

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:26.179
which<00:41:24.440><c> secured</c><00:41:24.820><c> his</c><00:41:25.059><c> authority.</c>

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:28.940
And<00:41:27.000><c> so</c><00:41:27.079><c> it</c><00:41:27.239><c> was</c><00:41:27.360><c> that</c><00:41:27.500><c> as</c><00:41:27.599><c> this</c><00:41:27.699><c> woman</c><00:41:27.880><c> looked</c><00:41:28.119><c> over</c><00:41:28.400><c> the</c><00:41:28.599><c> wall,</c>

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:30.760
she<00:41:29.840><c> asked</c><00:41:30.019><c> what</c><00:41:30.159><c> he</c><00:41:30.340><c> wanted.</c>

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:33.300
And<00:41:31.340><c> he</c><00:41:31.440><c> said,</c><00:41:31.699><c> we're</c><00:41:31.739><c> looking</c><00:41:31.960><c> for</c><00:41:32.260><c> Sheba,</c>

00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:35.559
the<00:41:33.980><c> son</c><00:41:34.139><c> of</c><00:41:34.300><c> Bichri,</c><00:41:34.719><c> a</c><00:41:34.860><c> Benjamite.</c>

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:39.679
And<00:41:36.219><c> this</c><00:41:36.519><c> wise</c><00:41:36.900><c> woman</c><00:41:37.280><c> said,</c><00:41:38.820><c> wait</c><00:41:38.960><c> a</c><00:41:39.039><c> little</c><00:41:39.260><c> while.</c>

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:42.820
And<00:41:40.340><c> her</c><00:41:40.400><c> head</c><00:41:40.500><c> disappears</c><00:41:41.019><c> from</c><00:41:41.219><c> the</c><00:41:41.360><c> wall</c><00:41:41.460><c> of</c><00:41:41.639><c> the</c><00:41:41.719><c> city.</c>

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:45.199
And<00:41:43.579><c> then</c><00:41:43.679><c> a</c><00:41:43.780><c> few</c><00:41:43.880><c> minutes</c><00:41:44.179><c> after</c><00:41:44.519><c> her</c><00:41:44.760><c> counsel,</c>

00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:50.579
another<00:41:45.679><c> head</c><00:41:45.880><c> appears</c><00:41:46.420><c> without</c><00:41:47.260><c> a</c><00:41:47.460><c> body</c><00:41:48.119><c> and</c><00:41:49.179><c> is</c><00:41:49.340><c> dropped</c><00:41:49.539><c> over.</c>

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:53.440
And<00:41:51.739><c> the</c><00:41:51.860><c> rebellion</c><00:41:52.119><c> is</c><00:41:52.400><c> over.</c>

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:54.599
Sheba<00:41:53.860><c> is</c><00:41:54.119><c> dead.</c>

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:58.900
And<00:41:55.380><c> the</c><00:41:55.599><c> return</c><00:41:55.900><c> from</c><00:41:56.159><c> Abel</c><00:41:56.420><c> Bethmiarcha</c><00:41:57.280><c> down</c><00:41:57.559><c> to</c><00:41:57.719><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:01.940
the<00:41:59.400><c> army</c><00:41:59.679><c> of</c><00:42:00.119><c> David</c><00:42:00.599><c> and</c><00:42:01.380><c> the</c><00:42:01.559><c> kingdom,</c>

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:05.059
once<00:42:02.300><c> again</c><00:42:02.880><c> established</c><00:42:03.659><c> in</c><00:42:03.800><c> his</c><00:42:04.019><c> hands.</c>

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:08.780
Just<00:42:07.059><c> one</c><00:42:07.320><c> point</c><00:42:07.460><c> I'd</c><00:42:07.800><c> like</c><00:42:07.840><c> to</c><00:42:07.980><c> make</c><00:42:08.079><c> here</c><00:42:08.239><c> very</c><00:42:08.500><c> quickly.</c>

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:13.320
It's<00:42:09.159><c> a</c><00:42:09.260><c> point</c><00:42:09.360><c> that's</c><00:42:09.599><c> not</c><00:42:09.739><c> very</c><00:42:11.420><c> pleasant</c><00:42:12.260><c> to</c><00:42:12.440><c> get</c><00:42:12.599><c> over</c>

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:19.059
because<00:42:14.880><c> how</c><00:42:15.400><c> the</c><00:42:15.579><c> incident</c><00:42:15.800><c> is</c><00:42:16.039><c> concluded</c><00:42:16.599><c> is</c><00:42:17.260><c> rather</c><00:42:17.539><c> distasteful.</c>

00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:22.840
But<00:42:19.639><c> in</c><00:42:19.880><c> the</c><00:42:20.300><c> 21st</c><00:42:21.000><c> chapter</c><00:42:21.260><c> of</c><00:42:21.420><c> Samuel,</c><00:42:21.659><c> without</c><00:42:21.940><c> turning</c><00:42:22.199><c> it</c><00:42:22.440><c> up,</c>

00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:25.320
famine<00:42:23.460><c> comes</c><00:42:23.699><c> upon</c><00:42:23.940><c> Israel</c><00:42:24.199><c> for</c><00:42:24.380><c> three</c><00:42:24.659><c> years.</c>

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:28.800
And<00:42:25.860><c> when</c><00:42:26.099><c> David</c><00:42:26.400><c> inquires</c><00:42:26.860><c> as</c><00:42:27.000><c> to</c><00:42:27.119><c> the</c><00:42:27.260><c> reason</c><00:42:27.539><c> for</c><00:42:27.719><c> this</c><00:42:27.940><c> famine,</c>

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:30.920
they<00:42:29.679><c> say</c><00:42:29.780><c> it's</c><00:42:29.920><c> for</c><00:42:30.059><c> the</c><00:42:30.199><c> house</c><00:42:30.380><c> of</c><00:42:30.679><c> Saul</c>

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:33.300
and<00:42:31.099><c> for</c><00:42:31.219><c> what</c><00:42:31.300><c> he</c><00:42:31.440><c> had</c><00:42:31.619><c> done</c><00:42:31.699><c> to</c><00:42:31.900><c> the</c><00:42:32.000><c> Gibeonites.</c>

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:36.039
Now,<00:42:34.179><c> if</c><00:42:34.320><c> you</c><00:42:34.440><c> remember,</c><00:42:34.739><c> the</c><00:42:34.820><c> men</c><00:42:35.000><c> of</c><00:42:35.179><c> Gibeon</c><00:42:35.480><c> were</c><00:42:35.659><c> those</c>

00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:38.739
who<00:42:36.300><c> deceived</c><00:42:36.619><c> Joshua</c><00:42:37.139><c> in</c><00:42:37.360><c> those</c><00:42:37.599><c> very</c><00:42:38.000><c> early</c><00:42:38.239><c> days,</c>

00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:42.820
the<00:42:39.360><c> ones</c><00:42:39.460><c> who</c><00:42:39.659><c> came</c><00:42:39.800><c> to</c><00:42:39.880><c> him</c><00:42:40.000><c> with</c><00:42:40.239><c> moldy</c><00:42:40.800><c> bread</c><00:42:41.199><c> and</c><00:42:41.639><c> old</c><00:42:42.079><c> clothes</c>

00:42:42.820 --> 00:42:45.199
that<00:42:43.260><c> looked</c><00:42:43.440><c> as</c><00:42:43.599><c> though</c><00:42:43.699><c> they'd</c><00:42:43.980><c> traveled</c><00:42:44.179><c> a</c><00:42:44.400><c> great</c><00:42:44.599><c> journey.</c>

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:48.420
And<00:42:46.000><c> Joshua</c><00:42:46.340><c> made</c><00:42:46.659><c> covenant</c><00:42:46.980><c> with</c><00:42:47.219><c> them</c><00:42:47.340><c> before</c><00:42:47.619><c> he'd</c><00:42:47.960><c> realized</c>

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:50.420
that<00:42:48.760><c> they</c><00:42:48.880><c> were</c><00:42:49.019><c> just</c><00:42:49.280><c> neighbors</c><00:42:49.599><c> in</c><00:42:49.780><c> the</c><00:42:50.019><c> land.</c>

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:54.500
And<00:42:50.860><c> they'd</c><00:42:51.239><c> come</c><00:42:51.440><c> along</c><00:42:51.840><c> by</c><00:42:52.219><c> this</c><00:42:52.460><c> device</c><00:42:52.880><c> to</c><00:42:53.079><c> secure</c><00:42:53.800><c> their</c><00:42:54.260><c> people</c>

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:57.340
and<00:42:54.659><c> themselves</c><00:42:55.159><c> from</c><00:42:55.420><c> instant</c><00:42:55.719><c> death</c><00:42:56.179><c> by</c><00:42:56.860><c> Joshua</c>

00:42:57.340 --> 00:43:00.239
and<00:42:57.639><c> the</c><00:42:57.800><c> advancing</c><00:42:58.159><c> forces</c><00:42:58.579><c> of</c><00:42:58.760><c> the</c><00:42:58.880><c> children</c><00:42:59.119><c> of</c><00:42:59.360><c> Israel.</c>

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:03.360
And<00:43:00.400><c> these</c><00:43:00.599><c> Gibeonites</c><00:43:01.219><c> had</c><00:43:01.500><c> been</c><00:43:01.719><c> hearers</c><00:43:02.000><c> of</c><00:43:02.179><c> wood</c><00:43:02.300><c> and</c><00:43:02.539><c> drawers</c><00:43:02.820><c> of</c><00:43:03.039><c> water</c>

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:05.900
in<00:43:03.760><c> the</c><00:43:03.900><c> land</c><00:43:04.059><c> of</c><00:43:04.280><c> Israel</c><00:43:04.500><c> from</c><00:43:04.719><c> that</c><00:43:05.039><c> time</c><00:43:05.280><c> forward</c><00:43:05.659><c> until</c>

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:06.719
this<00:43:06.239><c> time.</c>

00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:10.960
And<00:43:07.400><c> although</c><00:43:07.639><c> that</c><00:43:08.239><c> would</c><00:43:08.559><c> be</c><00:43:08.820><c> some</c><00:43:09.059><c> hundreds</c><00:43:09.380><c> of</c><00:43:09.599><c> years</c><00:43:09.820><c> before,</c>

00:43:11.219 --> 00:43:13.880
yet<00:43:11.400><c> it</c><00:43:11.619><c> seems</c><00:43:11.860><c> that</c><00:43:12.260><c> Saul,</c><00:43:12.579><c> by</c><00:43:12.900><c> some</c><00:43:13.199><c> means</c><00:43:13.400><c> or</c><00:43:13.659><c> other,</c>

00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:16.239
had<00:43:14.420><c> abused</c><00:43:14.860><c> the</c><00:43:15.059><c> Gibeonites.</c>

00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:19.699
And<00:43:17.619><c> they</c><00:43:17.780><c> now</c><00:43:17.980><c> come</c><00:43:18.159><c> with</c><00:43:18.320><c> their</c><00:43:18.639><c> cause</c><00:43:18.880><c> before</c><00:43:19.239><c> David</c>

00:43:19.699 --> 00:43:22.760
because<00:43:20.199><c> it's</c><00:43:20.900><c> revealed</c><00:43:21.280><c> to</c><00:43:21.559><c> David</c><00:43:21.739><c> that</c><00:43:21.920><c> it's</c><00:43:22.179><c> because</c><00:43:22.460><c> of</c>

00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:23.420
Saul's<00:43:23.179><c> action</c>

00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:26.639
toward<00:43:23.739><c> the</c><00:43:23.940><c> Gibeonites</c><00:43:24.639><c> that</c><00:43:25.219><c> this</c><00:43:25.500><c> famine</c><00:43:25.760><c> has</c><00:43:26.079><c> come</c><00:43:26.239><c> upon</c><00:43:26.480><c> them</c>

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:28.559
for<00:43:26.860><c> so</c><00:43:27.079><c> long</c><00:43:27.340><c> a</c><00:43:27.519><c> time.</c>

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:32.139
And<00:43:29.639><c> he</c><00:43:29.800><c> asks</c><00:43:30.139><c> the</c><00:43:30.320><c> Gibeonites</c><00:43:30.760><c> what</c><00:43:30.900><c> they</c><00:43:31.179><c> want.</c>

00:43:33.340 --> 00:43:37.619
And<00:43:33.500><c> they</c><00:43:33.679><c> said,</c><00:43:34.320><c> oh,</c><00:43:34.340><c> very</c><00:43:34.480><c> much,</c><00:43:35.179><c> I</c><00:43:35.340><c> suppose,</c><00:43:36.500><c> like</c><00:43:37.019><c> Shylock</c>

00:43:37.619 --> 00:43:38.860
would<00:43:38.420><c> say,</c>

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:43.139
that<00:43:39.179><c> he</c><00:43:39.260><c> didn't</c><00:43:39.480><c> require</c><00:43:40.300><c> silver</c><00:43:40.820><c> or</c><00:43:41.039><c> gold,</c><00:43:41.340><c> perhaps,</c><00:43:42.539><c> from</c><00:43:42.739><c> them,</c>

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:48.300
but<00:43:43.599><c> they</c><00:43:44.079><c> would</c><00:43:44.400><c> have</c><00:43:45.460><c> seven</c><00:43:46.179><c> of</c><00:43:46.380><c> the</c><00:43:46.559><c> sons</c><00:43:46.840><c> of</c><00:43:47.139><c> Saul.</c>

00:43:48.900 --> 00:43:52.820
That<00:43:49.400><c> is,</c><00:43:50.179><c> descendants</c><00:43:50.380><c> of</c><00:43:51.380><c> Saul,</c><00:43:51.679><c> executed.</c>

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:55.860
And<00:43:54.019><c> David</c><00:43:54.239><c> does</c><00:43:54.460><c> it.</c>

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:59.800
He<00:43:57.139><c> spares</c><00:43:57.380><c> the</c><00:43:57.519><c> son</c><00:43:57.679><c> of</c><00:43:57.880><c> Jonathan</c><00:43:58.260><c> for</c><00:43:58.519><c> the</c><00:43:58.739><c> old</c><00:43:58.940><c> covenant's</c><00:43:59.539><c> sake.</c>

00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:03.340
He<00:44:00.300><c> takes</c><00:44:00.739><c> four</c><00:44:01.099><c> or</c><00:44:01.280><c> five</c><00:44:01.500><c> of</c><00:44:01.639><c> the</c><00:44:01.760><c> sons,</c><00:44:02.420><c> it</c><00:44:02.659><c> says,</c><00:44:02.960><c> of</c><00:44:03.059><c> Michael,</c>

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:08.179
and<00:44:03.500><c> the</c><00:44:03.659><c> margin</c><00:44:03.920><c> says</c><00:44:04.099><c> probably</c><00:44:04.460><c> of</c><00:44:04.699><c> Merab,</c><00:44:05.659><c> the</c><00:44:06.059><c> first</c><00:44:07.139><c> daughter</c><00:44:07.480><c> of</c><00:44:07.699><c> Saul,</c>

00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:12.800
and<00:44:08.940><c> two</c><00:44:09.139><c> others,</c><00:44:10.099><c> and</c><00:44:10.199><c> they're</c><00:44:10.400><c> hanged</c><00:44:10.659><c> up</c><00:44:10.780><c> over</c><00:44:11.000><c> a</c><00:44:11.239><c> pool</c><00:44:11.420><c> at</c><00:44:11.619><c> Hebron.</c>

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:15.500
And<00:44:13.199><c> the</c><00:44:13.400><c> wrath</c><00:44:13.539><c> of</c><00:44:13.780><c> God</c><00:44:13.980><c> is</c><00:44:14.300><c> assuaged.</c>

00:44:15.780 --> 00:44:20.579
But<00:44:16.380><c> there</c><00:44:16.519><c> is</c><00:44:16.679><c> a</c><00:44:16.820><c> woman</c><00:44:17.039><c> there</c><00:44:18.019><c> who</c><00:44:18.760><c> watches</c><00:44:19.159><c> day</c><00:44:19.679><c> and</c><00:44:19.940><c> night</c>

00:44:20.579 --> 00:44:24.099
and<00:44:21.639><c> allows</c><00:44:22.019><c> no</c><00:44:22.440><c> birds</c><00:44:22.760><c> to</c><00:44:22.980><c> light</c><00:44:23.239><c> upon</c><00:44:23.500><c> the</c><00:44:23.719><c> carcasses</c>

00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:26.500
as<00:44:24.260><c> they</c><00:44:24.480><c> hang</c><00:44:24.739><c> at</c><00:44:24.900><c> the</c><00:44:25.079><c> pool</c><00:44:25.340><c> of</c><00:44:25.519><c> Hebron,</c>

00:44:26.860 --> 00:44:31.260
a<00:44:26.960><c> woman</c><00:44:27.159><c> called</c><00:44:27.460><c> Rispa,</c><00:44:28.639><c> one</c><00:44:28.880><c> of</c><00:44:29.219><c> Saul's,</c><00:44:29.699><c> I</c><00:44:29.780><c> think,</c><00:44:30.380><c> concubines.</c>

00:44:31.659 --> 00:44:34.500
In<00:44:31.800><c> her</c><00:44:32.099><c> faithfulness,</c><00:44:32.639><c> she's</c><00:44:32.900><c> there</c><00:44:33.380><c> watching</c><00:44:33.739><c> day</c><00:44:34.119><c> and</c><00:44:34.300><c> night</c>

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:37.199
that<00:44:34.659><c> neither</c><00:44:34.940><c> beast</c><00:44:35.280><c> by</c><00:44:35.579><c> night</c><00:44:35.860><c> nor</c><00:44:36.119><c> bird</c><00:44:36.480><c> by</c><00:44:36.820><c> day</c>

00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:39.000
should<00:44:37.599><c> alight</c><00:44:38.000><c> upon</c><00:44:38.219><c> these</c><00:44:38.480><c> bodies.</c>

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:43.280
And<00:44:39.500><c> in</c><00:44:39.579><c> her</c><00:44:39.840><c> faithfulness</c><00:44:40.380><c> for</c><00:44:40.599><c> Saul</c><00:44:41.019><c> and</c><00:44:42.159><c> for</c><00:44:42.340><c> his</c><00:44:42.579><c> descendants,</c>

00:44:43.280 --> 00:44:46.340
she<00:44:44.199><c> reaches</c><00:44:44.500><c> the</c><00:44:44.760><c> hearts</c><00:44:45.139><c> of</c><00:44:45.300><c> some</c><00:44:45.460><c> of</c><00:44:45.599><c> the</c><00:44:45.699><c> people</c><00:44:45.900><c> of</c><00:44:46.039><c> David,</c>

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:49.039
and<00:44:46.480><c> they</c><00:44:46.679><c> pass</c><00:44:46.800><c> on</c><00:44:46.980><c> the</c><00:44:47.119><c> message</c><00:44:47.360><c> to</c><00:44:47.539><c> David</c><00:44:47.800><c> himself.</c>

00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:55.900
And<00:44:49.719><c> David</c><00:44:49.900><c> is</c><00:44:51.000><c> touched</c><00:44:51.420><c> by</c><00:44:51.739><c> her</c><00:44:52.000><c> affection</c><00:44:52.420><c> to</c><00:44:53.320><c> seven</c><00:44:54.119><c> dead</c><00:44:54.719><c> men</c>

00:44:56.420 --> 00:45:03.980
and<00:44:56.940><c> to</c><00:44:57.199><c> Saul,</c><00:45:00.500><c> with</c><00:45:00.599><c> whom</c><00:45:00.739><c> she</c><00:45:00.960><c> had,</c><00:45:01.599><c> for</c><00:45:02.139><c> a</c><00:45:02.320><c> time,</c><00:45:02.840><c> had</c><00:45:03.019><c> company.</c>

00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:06.360
And<00:45:04.920><c> he's</c><00:45:05.219><c> moved</c><00:45:05.400><c> to</c><00:45:05.599><c> such</c><00:45:05.719><c> an</c><00:45:05.980><c> extent</c>

00:45:06.360 --> 00:45:08.519
that<00:45:06.539><c> he</c><00:45:06.719><c> sends</c><00:45:06.860><c> a</c><00:45:07.039><c> message</c><00:45:07.239><c> right</c><00:45:07.519><c> over</c><00:45:07.739><c> to</c><00:45:07.960><c> Jabesh</c><00:45:08.239><c>-Gilead.</c>

00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:10.920
Do<00:45:08.659><c> you</c><00:45:08.679><c> remember</c><00:45:08.980><c> where</c><00:45:09.179><c> Jabesh</c><00:45:09.539><c>-Gilead</c><00:45:09.860><c> is?</c>

00:45:11.199 --> 00:45:14.159
On<00:45:11.679><c> this</c><00:45:11.980><c> side,</c><00:45:12.360><c> Jordan,</c><00:45:12.599><c> the</c><00:45:12.739><c> east</c><00:45:13.000><c> side,</c><00:45:13.559><c> Jordan,</c>

00:45:14.260 --> 00:45:16.800
well<00:45:14.380><c> up</c><00:45:14.820><c> towards</c><00:45:15.239><c> Mahaneum,</c><00:45:16.179><c> Jabesh</c><00:45:16.420><c>-Gilead,</c>

00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:20.860
where<00:45:17.280><c> they</c><00:45:17.719><c> buried</c><00:45:17.920><c> the</c><00:45:18.179><c> bones</c><00:45:18.539><c> of</c><00:45:18.860><c> Saul</c><00:45:19.079><c> and</c><00:45:19.239><c> his</c><00:45:20.000><c> sons</c><00:45:20.300><c> in</c><00:45:20.599><c> battle,</c>

00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:21.599
you<00:45:21.059><c> remember.</c>

00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:24.639
And<00:45:22.139><c> he</c><00:45:22.280><c> sends</c><00:45:22.460><c> for</c><00:45:22.639><c> these</c><00:45:22.860><c> very</c><00:45:23.139><c> bones,</c>

00:45:25.219 --> 00:45:27.440
and<00:45:25.440><c> they're</c><00:45:25.579><c> brought</c><00:45:25.800><c> down</c><00:45:26.119><c> from</c><00:45:26.320><c> Jabesh</c><00:45:26.719><c>-Gilead.</c>

00:45:27.760 --> 00:45:30.920
And<00:45:27.980><c> together</c><00:45:28.219><c> with</c><00:45:28.420><c> the</c><00:45:28.599><c> bones</c><00:45:28.780><c> of</c><00:45:28.960><c> these</c><00:45:29.119><c> men</c><00:45:29.300><c> who've</c><00:45:29.500><c> been</c><00:45:29.699><c> hanged,</c>

00:45:31.460 --> 00:45:34.260
they're<00:45:31.719><c> taken</c><00:45:32.119><c> and</c><00:45:32.559><c> they're</c><00:45:32.780><c> given</c><00:45:32.920><c> a</c><00:45:33.119><c> respectable</c><00:45:33.780><c> burial</c>

00:45:34.260 --> 00:45:35.920
by<00:45:34.920><c> the</c><00:45:35.119><c> authority</c><00:45:35.340><c> of</c><00:45:35.579><c> David.</c>

00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:39.800
And<00:45:36.579><c> thus</c><00:45:36.820><c> is</c><00:45:37.099><c> the</c><00:45:37.260><c> watchfulness</c><00:45:37.699><c> of</c><00:45:37.940><c> Rispa</c><00:45:38.619><c> rewarded.</c>

00:45:39.880 --> 00:45:43.920
I<00:45:40.440><c> think</c><00:45:40.639><c> the</c><00:45:40.840><c> one</c><00:45:41.059><c> thing</c><00:45:41.280><c> that</c><00:45:41.579><c> touches</c><00:45:42.059><c> David</c><00:45:42.599><c> all</c><00:45:43.139><c> his</c><00:45:43.440><c> life</c>

00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:49.539
is<00:45:45.039><c> allegiance,</c><00:45:46.760><c> the</c><00:45:47.039><c> love</c><00:45:47.320><c> of</c><00:45:47.619><c> one</c><00:45:47.900><c> person</c><00:45:48.260><c> for</c><00:45:48.519><c> another.</c>

00:45:50.400 --> 00:45:51.920
He'd<00:45:50.880><c> received</c><00:45:51.139><c> it</c><00:45:51.360><c> from</c><00:45:51.539><c> Jonathan,</c>

00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:54.440
and<00:45:52.159><c> he</c><00:45:52.300><c> would</c><00:45:52.519><c> show</c><00:45:52.739><c> it</c><00:45:52.980><c> throughout</c><00:45:53.239><c> his</c><00:45:53.519><c> life.</c>

00:45:55.400 --> 00:45:57.019
Loving<00:45:55.960><c> allegiance.</c>

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:59.619
And<00:45:57.679><c> of</c><00:45:57.820><c> course,</c><00:45:57.960><c> that's</c><00:45:58.219><c> what</c><00:45:58.340><c> our</c><00:45:58.500><c> Lord</c><00:45:58.659><c> Jesus</c><00:45:58.960><c> Christ,</c>

00:45:59.860 --> 00:46:03.280
brethren<00:46:00.000><c> and</c><00:46:00.159><c> sisters,</c><00:46:01.500><c> requires</c><00:46:01.739><c> of</c><00:46:01.880><c> us.</c>

00:46:04.619 --> 00:46:07.500
God<00:46:04.780><c> willing,</c><00:46:05.139><c> tonight,</c><00:46:06.860><c> for</c><00:46:07.019><c> a</c><00:46:07.139><c> few</c><00:46:07.219><c> moments,</c>

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:12.719
we<00:46:08.480><c> should</c><00:46:08.599><c> be</c><00:46:08.739><c> together</c><00:46:09.239><c> and</c><00:46:09.860><c> complete</c><00:46:10.619><c> these</c><00:46:11.420><c> thoughts</c><00:46:11.659><c> of</c><00:46:11.840><c> David,</c>

00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:14.920
and<00:46:13.340><c> I</c><00:46:13.460><c> think</c><00:46:13.880><c> come</c><00:46:14.139><c> with</c><00:46:14.340><c> David,</c>

00:46:15.280 --> 00:46:18.039
at<00:46:15.360><c> least</c><00:46:15.519><c> in</c><00:46:15.800><c> spirit,</c><00:46:16.659><c> to</c><00:46:16.719><c> the</c><00:46:16.840><c> temple</c><00:46:17.039><c> of</c><00:46:17.300><c> God.</c>

00:46:18.380 --> 00:46:20.260
Now,<00:46:18.699><c> shall</c><00:46:18.840><c> we</c><00:46:19.019><c> conclude</c><00:46:19.280><c> by</c><00:46:19.480><c> singing</c><00:46:19.739><c> something</c>

00:46:20.260 --> 00:46:22.239
which<00:46:20.559><c> would</c><00:46:20.760><c> comfort</c><00:46:20.940><c> David?</c>

00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:24.699
And<00:46:22.619><c> that's</c><00:46:23.039><c> Psalm</c><00:46:23.320><c> 49.</c>

00:46:25.219 --> 00:46:29.199
All<00:46:25.539><c> they</c><00:46:25.820><c> who</c><00:46:25.980><c> in</c><00:46:26.079><c> the</c><00:46:26.300><c> Lord</c><00:46:26.619><c> confide</c><00:46:27.260><c> shall</c><00:46:27.440><c> as</c><00:46:27.599><c> Mount</c><00:46:27.900><c> Zion</c><00:46:28.280><c> be.</c>

00:46:50.860 --> 00:46:58.440
In<00:46:52.260><c> the</c><00:46:53.659><c> name</c><00:46:53.760><c> of</c><00:46:57.559><c> the</c><00:46:57.559><c> Father,</c><00:46:58.440><c> the</c><00:46:58.440><c> Son,</c><00:46:58.440><c> and</c><00:46:58.440><c> the</c><00:46:58.440><c> Holy</c><00:46:58.440><c> Spirit.</c>

00:47:13.059 --> 00:47:24.940
All<00:47:14.460><c> they</c><00:47:15.860><c> who</c><00:47:16.719><c> in</c><00:47:17.400><c> the</c><00:47:18.039><c> Lord</c><00:47:18.639><c> confide</c><00:47:19.619><c> shall</c><00:47:20.360><c> as</c><00:47:21.219><c> Mount</c><00:47:21.900><c> Zion</c><00:47:22.840><c> be.</c>

00:47:26.199 --> 00:47:28.260
Shall<00:47:26.219><c> as</c><00:47:26.219><c> Mount</c><00:47:27.179><c> Zion</c><00:47:28.059><c> be.</c>

00:47:28.679 --> 00:47:36.239
of<00:47:29.739><c> life</c><00:47:31.340><c> to</c><00:47:32.340><c> the</c><00:47:32.460><c> whole</c><00:47:33.820><c> eternity.</c>

00:47:38.480 --> 00:47:42.980
And<00:47:38.860><c> now</c><00:47:39.559><c> the</c><00:47:39.940><c> time</c><00:47:40.719><c> has</c><00:47:41.340><c> come</c><00:47:41.820><c> for</c><00:47:41.820><c> us</c><00:47:42.159><c> to</c><00:47:42.619><c> rest.</c>

00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:47.840
Let's<00:47:44.360><c> go</c><00:47:44.360><c> to</c><00:47:45.000><c> find</c><00:47:45.480><c> our</c><00:47:46.119><c> dear</c><00:47:46.519><c> city.</c>

00:47:47.980 --> 00:47:52.380
Let's<00:47:48.980><c> go</c><00:47:49.099><c> to</c><00:47:49.579><c> find</c><00:47:50.000><c> our</c><00:47:51.739><c> dear</c><00:47:51.739><c> city.</c>

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:56.519
Let's<00:47:52.840><c> go</c><00:47:53.579><c> to</c><00:47:54.000><c> find</c><00:47:54.500><c> our</c><00:47:54.699><c> dear</c><00:47:54.760><c> city.</c>

00:47:56.659 --> 00:48:03.260
Go<00:47:57.360><c> down</c><00:47:58.380><c> the</c><00:47:59.059><c> long,</c><00:47:59.619><c> internal</c><00:48:01.340><c> path</c>

00:48:03.260 --> 00:48:10.639
and<00:48:04.900><c> hold</c><00:48:05.599><c> me</c><00:48:06.820><c> in</c><00:48:07.719><c> its</c><00:48:08.539><c> hand.</c>

00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:16.239
Through<00:48:12.300><c> love,</c><00:48:13.179><c> through</c><00:48:13.679><c> honor,</c><00:48:14.579><c> through</c><00:48:15.219><c> love,</c>

00:48:16.360 --> 00:48:21.719
through<00:48:17.440><c> love,</c><00:48:19.280><c> there</c><00:48:19.340><c> comes</c><00:48:19.900><c> his</c><00:48:20.619><c> name.</c>

00:48:21.719 --> 00:48:25.980
Through<00:48:22.780><c> love,</c><00:48:23.739><c> through</c><00:48:25.739><c> honor,</c><00:48:25.980><c> through</c><00:48:25.980><c> love,</c>

00:48:25.980 --> 00:48:28.420
through<00:48:25.980><c> love,</c><00:48:26.039><c> there</c><00:48:26.039><c> comes</c><00:48:26.840><c> his</c><00:48:27.039><c> name.</c>