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problem.<00:11:13.059><c> They'd</c><00:11:13.299><c> have</c>

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Absalom.<00:11:27.259><c> And</c><00:11:27.480><c> Absalom</c><00:11:27.679><c> would</c><00:11:27.879><c> say,</c><00:11:28.059><c> you</c>

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problem<00:11:38.259><c> according</c><00:11:39.600><c> to</c><00:11:39.860><c> Absalom</c><00:11:40.419><c> handled</c>

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just<00:11:41.759><c> the</c><00:11:41.960><c> way</c><00:11:42.340><c> they</c><00:11:42.980><c> wanted</c><00:11:43.279><c> it</c><00:11:44.139><c> solved.</c><00:11:45.440><c> Absalom</c><00:11:45.879><c> was</c><00:11:46.240><c> ingratiating</c><00:11:47.000><c> himself</c><00:11:47.679><c> unto</c>

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was<00:11:52.919><c> David</c><00:11:53.340><c> at</c><00:11:53.860><c> this</c><00:11:54.139><c> time?</c><00:11:56.419><c> How</c><00:11:56.679><c> is</c><00:11:56.879><c> it</c><00:11:57.000><c> that</c>

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Absalom<00:11:57.500><c> was</c><00:11:57.840><c> able</c><00:11:58.179><c> to</c><00:11:58.440><c> do</c><00:11:58.620><c> this?</c><00:12:00.220><c> Why</c><00:12:00.419><c> wasn't</c><00:12:00.779><c> David</c><00:12:01.259><c> at</c><00:12:01.460><c> the</c>

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in<00:12:04.220><c> the</c><00:12:04.419><c> position</c><00:12:04.659><c> he</c><00:12:04.860><c> should</c><00:12:05.059><c> have</c><00:12:05.220><c> been?</c><00:12:06.159><c> How</c><00:12:06.419><c> was</c><00:12:06.600><c> it</c><00:12:06.720><c> that</c>

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Absalom<00:12:07.200><c> was</c><00:12:07.440><c> able</c><00:12:07.659><c> to</c><00:12:07.919><c> come</c><00:12:08.080><c> in</c><00:12:08.320><c> and</c><00:12:08.460><c> make</c>

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have.<00:12:18.879><c> And</c><00:12:19.080><c> Absalom</c><00:12:19.440><c> saw</c><00:12:19.980><c> this</c><00:12:20.440><c> as</c><00:12:20.840><c> the</c>

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rendition?<00:13:14.980><c> It</c><00:13:14.980><c> says</c><00:13:15.299><c> the</c><00:13:15.600><c> weak</c><00:13:15.779><c> are</c><00:13:16.039><c> sick.</c><00:13:17.440><c> Blessed</c><00:13:17.740><c> is</c><00:13:18.039><c> he</c>

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was<00:13:21.220><c> sick</c><00:13:21.440><c> at</c><00:13:21.600><c> that</c><00:13:21.799><c> time.</c><00:13:24.179><c> With</c><00:13:24.299><c> verse</c><00:13:24.559><c> 2</c><00:13:24.820><c> we</c><00:13:25.000><c> read,</c><00:13:25.539><c> Yahweh</c>

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transparency,<00:14:00.240><c> the</c><00:14:00.399><c> word</c><00:14:00.720><c> make</c><00:14:01.039><c> all</c><00:14:01.279><c> his</c><00:14:01.519><c> bed</c><00:14:01.659><c> in</c><00:14:01.879><c> his</c><00:14:02.120><c> sicknesses</c><00:14:02.639><c> or</c><00:14:02.759><c> that</c><00:14:03.039><c> phrase</c><00:14:03.419><c> is</c><00:14:04.019><c> translated</c>

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me,<00:14:33.460><c> heal</c><00:14:33.580><c> my</c><00:14:34.039><c> soul</c><00:14:34.379><c> for</c><00:14:34.879><c> I</c><00:14:35.419><c> have</c><00:14:35.820><c> sinned</c><00:14:36.779><c> against</c>

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thee.<00:14:38.580><c> And</c><00:14:38.580><c> so</c><00:14:38.879><c> he</c><00:14:39.080><c> shows</c><00:14:39.419><c> that</c><00:14:39.600><c> his</c><00:14:39.879><c> troubles</c><00:14:40.440><c> are</c><00:14:40.980><c> because</c>

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with<00:14:44.779><c> Bathsheba.</c><00:14:45.940><c> He</c><00:14:46.039><c> saw</c><00:14:46.279><c> that</c><00:14:46.480><c> all</c><00:14:46.720><c> these</c><00:14:46.980><c> problems</c><00:14:47.399><c> that</c>

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had<00:14:47.740><c> come</c><00:14:47.940><c> upon</c><00:14:48.220><c> him,</c><00:14:48.779><c> the</c><00:14:48.980><c> death</c><00:14:49.179><c> of</c><00:14:49.460><c> Amnon,</c>

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the<00:14:50.360><c> death</c><00:14:50.580><c> of</c><00:14:50.840><c> the</c><00:14:51.500><c> baby</c><00:14:51.919><c> that</c><00:14:52.419><c> was</c><00:14:52.740><c> born</c><00:14:53.000><c> in</c><00:14:53.360><c> sin</c><00:14:53.580><c> of</c><00:14:53.940><c> Bathsheba</c><00:14:55.000><c> and</c><00:14:55.399><c> now</c>

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the<00:14:55.899><c> problems</c><00:14:56.399><c> with</c><00:14:56.820><c> Absalom,</c>

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they're<00:14:57.620><c> really</c><00:14:58.179><c> his</c><00:14:58.600><c> fault</c><00:14:58.860><c> because</c><00:14:59.500><c> he'd</c><00:14:59.980><c> sinned</c><00:15:00.259><c> against</c>

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his<00:15:00.860><c> God.</c><00:15:02.299><c> In</c><00:15:02.360><c> verse</c><00:15:02.659><c> 5</c><00:15:02.980><c> we</c><00:15:03.220><c> read</c><00:15:03.879><c> Absalom</c>

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and<00:15:04.679><c> his</c><00:15:05.080><c> associates</c><00:15:05.620><c> are</c><00:15:05.899><c> waiting</c><00:15:06.240><c> for</c><00:15:06.519><c> me</c><00:15:06.720><c> to</c><00:15:06.919><c> die.</c><00:15:07.980><c> Mine</c><00:15:07.980><c> enemies</c><00:15:08.600><c> speak</c><00:15:09.100><c> evil</c><00:15:09.500><c> of</c>

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me.<00:15:10.580><c> When</c><00:15:10.840><c> shall</c>

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he<00:15:11.360><c> die</c><00:15:11.580><c> they</c><00:15:11.960><c> said</c><00:15:12.240><c> and</c><00:15:12.860><c> his</c><00:15:13.159><c> name</c><00:15:13.440><c> perish.</c><00:15:13.879><c> And</c><00:15:13.980><c> here</c><00:15:14.120><c> we</c><00:15:14.299><c> have</c><00:15:14.460><c> Absalom</c><00:15:15.100><c> looking</c><00:15:15.559><c> upon</c><00:15:15.919><c> David</c><00:15:16.299><c> and</c>

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thinking<00:15:16.700><c> yes</c><00:15:17.059><c> he's</c><00:15:17.379><c> sick.</c><00:15:18.279><c> Dad's</c><00:15:18.559><c> not</c><00:15:18.740><c> going</c><00:15:18.899><c> to</c><00:15:19.039><c> last</c><00:15:19.259><c> much</c>

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longer.<00:15:20.139><c> He's</c><00:15:20.340><c> on</c><00:15:20.480><c> his</c><00:15:20.779><c> deathbed.</c><00:15:26.139><c> He'll</c>

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desire<00:15:27.240><c> that</c><00:15:27.480><c> I</c><00:15:27.820><c> have,</c><00:15:28.259><c> my</c><00:15:28.480><c> great</c><00:15:28.700><c> objective</c><00:15:29.419><c> will</c><00:15:29.840><c> be</c><00:15:30.159><c> achieved.</c><00:15:30.759><c> I</c><00:15:30.960><c> will</c>

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be<00:15:31.399><c> king.</c><00:15:33.139><c> And</c><00:15:33.279><c> in</c><00:15:34.480><c> verse</c>

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6<00:15:34.980><c> we</c><00:15:35.200><c> read</c><00:15:35.720><c> and</c><00:15:36.539><c> if</c><00:15:37.419><c> he</c><00:15:37.720><c> come</c><00:15:37.879><c> to</c><00:15:38.159><c> see</c><00:15:38.440><c> me</c><00:15:39.059><c> he</c><00:15:39.580><c> speaketh</c><00:15:40.019><c> vanity.</c><00:15:41.059><c> His</c><00:15:41.320><c> heart</c><00:15:42.019><c> gathereth</c><00:15:42.600><c> iniquity</c><00:15:43.220><c> to</c><00:15:43.639><c> itself.</c>

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When<00:15:44.899><c> he</c><00:15:45.220><c> goeth</c><00:15:45.500><c> abroad</c><00:15:45.960><c> he</c><00:15:46.659><c> telleth</c><00:15:47.039><c> it.</c><00:15:47.799><c> And</c><00:15:48.000><c> you</c><00:15:48.039><c> know</c><00:15:48.299><c> here's</c><00:15:48.659><c> a</c><00:15:48.820><c> picture</c><00:15:49.100><c> of</c>

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Absalom<00:15:49.919><c> coming</c><00:15:50.419><c> and</c>

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seeing<00:15:50.960><c> David</c><00:15:51.639><c> and</c><00:15:52.500><c> he</c><00:15:53.220><c> speaks</c><00:15:53.720><c> vanity.</c><00:15:55.059><c> He</c><00:15:55.240><c> says</c><00:15:55.559><c> oh</c><00:15:55.860><c> it's</c><00:15:56.000><c> very</c><00:15:56.320><c> nice</c><00:15:56.580><c> to</c>

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see<00:15:57.059><c> you</c><00:15:57.240><c> dad</c><00:15:57.360><c> I</c><00:15:57.519><c> hope</c><00:15:57.799><c> you</c>

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get<00:15:58.279><c> better</c><00:15:58.580><c> soon.</c><00:15:59.179><c> But</c><00:15:59.340><c> he</c><00:15:59.440><c> goes</c><00:15:59.779><c> away</c><00:16:00.240><c> and</c><00:16:01.000><c> he</c><00:16:01.360><c> spreadeth</c><00:16:01.700><c> abroad</c><00:16:02.159><c> the</c><00:16:02.600><c> fact</c><00:16:02.759><c> that</c><00:16:03.000><c> his</c><00:16:03.220><c> father</c><00:16:03.519><c> is</c>

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sick<00:16:04.120><c> and</c>

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he<00:16:04.639><c> is</c><00:16:04.840><c> soon</c><00:16:05.019><c> to</c><00:16:05.299><c> die.</c><00:16:05.919><c> So</c><00:16:06.200><c> he</c><00:16:06.419><c> is</c><00:16:06.679><c> not</c><00:16:06.980><c> genuine.</c><00:16:08.419><c> In</c><00:16:08.519><c> verse</c><00:16:08.740><c> 7</c><00:16:09.039><c> they'd</c><00:16:09.600><c> commenced</c><00:16:10.019><c> a</c>

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whisper<00:16:10.559><c> campaign.</c>

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talking<00:16:14.799><c> about</c><00:16:15.139><c> the</c><00:16:15.379><c> city</c><00:16:15.720><c> that</c><00:16:16.100><c> David</c>

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is<00:16:16.559><c> going</c><00:16:16.840><c> to</c><00:16:17.120><c> die.</c><00:16:17.980><c> Against</c><00:16:18.320><c> me</c><00:16:18.700><c> do</c><00:16:19.039><c> they</c><00:16:19.379><c> devise</c><00:16:20.080><c> my</c><00:16:20.519><c> hurt.</c>

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An<00:16:21.519><c> evil</c><00:16:21.840><c> disease</c><00:16:22.320><c> they</c><00:16:22.980><c> cleaveth</c><00:16:23.980><c> fast</c>

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under<00:16:24.659><c> him.</c><00:16:25.379><c> And</c><00:16:25.500><c> now</c><00:16:25.779><c> that</c><00:16:25.980><c> he</c><00:16:26.220><c> lieth</c><00:16:26.600><c> he</c><00:16:26.940><c> shall</c><00:16:27.340><c> rise</c><00:16:27.860><c> up</c><00:16:28.159><c> no</c>

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more.<00:16:30.000><c> And</c><00:16:30.240><c> in</c><00:16:30.440><c> verse</c><00:16:30.720><c> 9</c><00:16:31.100><c> we</c><00:16:31.259><c> have</c><00:16:31.440><c> a</c>

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very<00:16:31.860><c> sad</c><00:16:32.139><c> verse</c><00:16:32.419><c> because</c><00:16:32.779><c> there</c><00:16:33.059><c> it</c><00:16:33.259><c> says</c><00:16:33.419><c> yay</c><00:16:33.840><c> my</c><00:16:34.159><c> own</c><00:16:34.659><c> familiar</c><00:16:35.179><c> friend</c><00:16:35.419><c> and</c>

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we're<00:16:35.759><c> going</c><00:16:35.899><c> to</c><00:16:36.019><c> look</c>

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at<00:16:36.379><c> him</c><00:16:36.580><c> later</c><00:16:36.860><c> on</c><00:16:37.279><c> in</c><00:16:37.580><c> our</c><00:16:37.820><c> studies</c><00:16:38.080><c> this</c><00:16:38.360><c> morning.</c><00:16:39.080><c> This</c><00:16:39.299><c> is</c>

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against<00:16:42.399><c> David.</c><00:16:43.580><c> My</c><00:16:43.700><c> own</c><00:16:44.200><c> familiar</c><00:16:44.620><c> friend</c><00:16:45.080><c> in</c><00:16:45.360><c> whom</c><00:16:45.600><c> I</c><00:16:45.860><c> trusted</c><00:16:46.299><c> which</c>

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lifted<00:16:49.299><c> up</c><00:16:49.580><c> his</c><00:16:49.820><c> hill</c><00:16:50.100><c> against</c><00:16:50.539><c> me.</c><00:16:52.120><c> And</c><00:16:52.340><c> in</c><00:16:52.539><c> the</c><00:16:52.580><c> next</c><00:16:52.899><c> verse</c>

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we<00:16:53.240><c> see</c><00:16:53.480><c> that</c><00:16:53.720><c> word</c><00:16:54.019><c> but</c><00:16:54.399><c> and</c><00:16:54.600><c> we've</c>

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drawn<00:16:54.960><c> attention</c><00:16:55.440><c> to</c><00:16:55.580><c> that</c><00:16:55.759><c> before</c><00:16:56.139><c> haven't</c><00:16:56.480><c> we.</c><00:16:57.340><c> But</c><00:16:57.639><c> thou</c>

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oh<00:16:58.620><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:58.960><c> be</c><00:16:59.259><c> merciful</c><00:16:59.720><c> unto</c><00:17:00.000><c> me</c><00:17:00.320><c> and</c>

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raise<00:17:00.860><c> me</c><00:17:01.139><c> up</c><00:17:01.580><c> that</c><00:17:01.919><c> I</c><00:17:02.259><c> might</c><00:17:02.639><c> requite</c><00:17:03.340><c> them.</c><00:17:04.019><c> And</c><00:17:04.160><c> he</c><00:17:04.359><c> says</c><00:17:04.559><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:05.119><c> really</c><00:17:05.519><c> is</c>

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on<00:17:05.920><c> my</c><00:17:06.240><c> side.</c><00:17:07.059><c> Verse</c>

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11<00:17:07.440><c> I</c><00:17:08.240><c> have</c><00:17:08.720><c> sinned</c><00:17:09.140><c> but</c><00:17:09.700><c> my</c><00:17:10.019><c> heart</c><00:17:10.460><c> is</c><00:17:11.039><c> still</c><00:17:11.319><c> like</c><00:17:11.599><c> thine</c><00:17:11.900><c> Yahweh.</c><00:17:13.279><c> I</c>

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will<00:17:13.680><c> be</c><00:17:14.039><c> with</c><00:17:14.400><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:14.859><c> forever.</c>

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Verses<00:17:16.180><c> 12</c><00:17:16.759><c> and</c><00:17:17.059><c> 13.</c><00:17:18.200><c> We</c><00:17:18.380><c> have</c><00:17:18.519><c> that</c><00:17:18.740><c> final</c><00:17:19.160><c> statement</c><00:17:19.579><c> from</c><00:17:19.880><c> Psalm</c><00:17:20.099><c> 17</c><00:17:20.599><c> verse</c><00:17:20.880><c> 15.</c><00:17:22.019><c> I</c>

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shall<00:17:22.279><c> be</c><00:17:22.599><c> satisfied</c>

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when<00:17:23.900><c> I</c><00:17:24.160><c> awake</c><00:17:24.460><c> with</c><00:17:25.440><c> thy</c><00:17:25.799><c> likeness</c><00:17:26.839><c> Yahweh.</c><00:17:28.240><c> And</c><00:17:28.339><c> so</c><00:17:28.579><c> David</c>

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composed<00:17:29.559><c> this</c><00:17:29.839><c> Psalm</c><00:17:29.960><c> at</c><00:17:30.140><c> this</c><00:17:30.359><c> time</c>

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to<00:17:30.900><c> show</c><00:17:30.960><c> that</c><00:17:31.579><c> in</c><00:17:31.799><c> his</c><00:17:32.079><c> sickness</c><00:17:32.599><c> Absalom</c><00:17:33.460><c> was</c><00:17:33.700><c> developing</c>

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his<00:17:35.059><c> rebellion.</c><00:17:37.000><c> And</c><00:17:37.119><c> so</c><00:17:37.279><c> as</c><00:17:37.440><c> we</c><00:17:37.539><c> come</c>

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back<00:17:38.079><c> to</c><00:17:38.359><c> 2</c><00:17:38.940><c> Samuel</c><00:17:39.480><c> chapter</c><00:17:40.119><c> 16</c><00:17:40.880><c> we</c><00:17:41.380><c> see</c><00:17:41.720><c> the</c><00:17:42.099><c> rebellion</c><00:17:42.720><c> of</c><00:17:43.160><c> David</c><00:17:43.480><c> developing</c><00:17:44.019><c> in</c><00:17:44.740><c> chapter</c><00:17:45.119><c> 15</c><00:17:45.900><c> of</c><00:17:46.299><c> 2</c><00:17:46.519><c> Samuel.</c>

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obviously<00:18:04.019><c> the</c><00:18:04.279><c> 40</c><00:18:04.500><c> is</c><00:18:04.900><c> incorrect</c>

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the<00:18:06.480><c> new</c><00:18:06.819><c> international</c><00:18:07.319><c> version</c><00:18:07.740><c> puts</c><00:18:08.019><c> it</c><00:18:08.240><c> as</c><00:18:08.640><c> 4</c><00:18:08.960><c> years</c><00:18:09.440><c> and</c>

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that<00:18:09.880><c> would</c><00:18:10.140><c> appear</c><00:18:10.500><c> more</c><00:18:10.920><c> correct.</c>

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It<00:18:12.119><c> came</c><00:18:12.400><c> after</c><00:18:13.059><c> 4</c><00:18:13.579><c> years</c><00:18:13.859><c> came</c><00:18:14.099><c> to</c><00:18:14.380><c> pass</c><00:18:14.619><c> after</c><00:18:15.099><c> 4</c><00:18:15.400><c> years</c><00:18:16.140><c> that</c>

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Absalom<00:18:17.380><c> determines</c><00:18:18.140><c> now</c><00:18:18.700><c> to</c><00:18:19.160><c> try</c><00:18:19.440><c> and</c>

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usurp<00:18:20.039><c> his</c><00:18:20.339><c> authority</c><00:18:20.920><c> and</c><00:18:21.460><c> become</c><00:18:21.859><c> king.</c><00:18:23.079><c> And</c><00:18:23.220><c> so</c><00:18:23.339><c> he</c><00:18:23.480><c> goes</c><00:18:23.839><c> down</c><00:18:24.220><c> to</c><00:18:24.559><c> Hebron</c><00:18:25.380><c> a</c>

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word<00:18:25.900><c> that</c><00:18:26.180><c> means</c><00:18:26.839><c> fellowship</c>

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Hebron<00:18:27.960><c> means</c><00:18:28.380><c> fellowship.</c><00:18:29.599><c> It's</c><00:18:29.819><c> a</c><00:18:29.940><c> place</c><00:18:30.079><c> that</c><00:18:30.400><c> David</c><00:18:30.700><c> came</c>

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originally<00:18:31.579><c> to</c><00:18:32.000><c> establish</c><00:18:32.420><c> his</c><00:18:32.779><c> kingdom</c>

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after<00:18:34.240><c> the</c><00:18:34.579><c> death</c><00:18:34.740><c> of</c><00:18:35.059><c> Saul.</c><00:18:35.259><c> He</c><00:18:35.500><c> came</c><00:18:35.779><c> up</c><00:18:36.039><c> to</c><00:18:36.579><c> Hebron</c><00:18:37.220><c> and</c><00:18:37.480><c> he</c>

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became<00:18:37.960><c> king</c><00:18:38.279><c> originally</c><00:18:38.819><c> in</c><00:18:39.119><c> Hebron</c><00:18:39.420><c> as</c>

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we<00:18:39.740><c> recall</c><00:18:40.259><c> in</c><00:18:40.900><c> fellowship.</c><00:18:41.559><c> And</c><00:18:41.640><c> at</c><00:18:41.839><c> that</c><00:18:42.140><c> time</c><00:18:42.460><c> Abner</c><00:18:43.119><c> Anish</c>

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-Boshath<00:18:44.140><c> who</c><00:18:44.759><c> tried</c><00:18:45.039><c> to</c><00:18:45.480><c> continue</c>

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on<00:18:46.299><c> the</c><00:18:46.779><c> throne</c><00:18:47.039><c> of</c><00:18:47.420><c> Saul</c><00:18:47.759><c> they</c><00:18:48.539><c> went</c><00:18:48.720><c> up</c><00:18:48.960><c> to</c><00:18:49.240><c> Mayonaim</c><00:18:49.920><c> which</c>

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is<00:18:50.940><c> the</c><00:18:51.180><c> area</c><00:18:51.460><c> of</c><00:18:51.680><c> the</c><00:18:51.900><c> Golan</c><00:18:52.160><c> Heights</c><00:18:52.579><c> today.</c>

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So<00:18:54.220><c> David</c><00:18:54.539><c> when</c><00:18:54.799><c> he</c><00:18:55.279><c> became</c><00:18:55.660><c> king</c><00:18:55.980><c> first</c><00:18:56.359><c> of</c><00:18:56.559><c> all</c><00:18:57.019><c> in</c><00:18:57.400><c> the</c><00:18:57.720><c> southern</c><00:18:57.960><c> tribes</c><00:18:58.380><c> he</c>

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was<00:18:59.180><c> established</c>

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at<00:19:00.000><c> Hebron</c><00:19:00.420><c> at</c><00:19:00.680><c> fellowship</c><00:19:01.240><c> but</c><00:19:02.519><c> Abner</c><00:19:02.920><c> Anish</c><00:19:03.259><c>-Boshath</c><00:19:03.759><c> tried</c>

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to<00:19:04.380><c> break</c><00:19:04.460><c> that</c><00:19:04.740><c> fellowship</c><00:19:05.099><c> and</c><00:19:05.279><c> they</c><00:19:05.500><c> tried</c>

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to<00:19:06.180><c> develop</c><00:19:06.180><c> two</c><00:19:06.640><c> camps</c><00:19:07.279><c> at</c><00:19:08.579><c> Mayonaim.</c><00:19:09.599><c> Of</c><00:19:09.819><c> course</c><00:19:09.980><c> it</c><00:19:10.079><c> didn't</c>

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work<00:19:11.059><c> and</c><00:19:11.660><c> eventually</c><00:19:12.380><c> Abner</c><00:19:13.000><c> threw</c>

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in<00:19:13.579><c> his</c><00:19:13.859><c> lot</c><00:19:14.160><c> with</c><00:19:14.720><c> David.</c><00:19:16.299><c> But</c><00:19:16.500><c> now</c><00:19:16.720><c> the</c><00:19:16.920><c> tables</c><00:19:17.259><c> have</c><00:19:17.680><c> turned.</c><00:19:19.200><c> David's</c><00:19:19.619><c> going</c>

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to<00:19:19.880><c> go</c><00:19:20.059><c> up</c><00:19:20.220><c> to</c><00:19:20.400><c> Mayonaim</c>

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and<00:19:22.819><c> Absalom</c><00:19:23.279><c> is</c><00:19:23.480><c> going</c><00:19:23.660><c> to</c><00:19:23.759><c> go</c><00:19:23.960><c> down</c><00:19:24.299><c> to</c><00:19:24.819><c> Hebron.</c><00:19:25.779><c> There's</c><00:19:26.059><c> going</c><00:19:26.200><c> to</c>

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be<00:19:26.480><c> two</c><00:19:26.920><c> camps</c><00:19:27.319><c> once</c><00:19:27.700><c> again</c><00:19:27.940><c> why?</c>

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Because<00:19:29.460><c> David</c><00:19:30.160><c> had</c><00:19:30.720><c> sinned.</c><00:19:32.880><c> And</c><00:19:32.880><c> so</c><00:19:33.059><c> Absalom</c><00:19:33.460><c> gets,</c><00:19:33.920><c> we</c><00:19:34.039><c> read</c><00:19:34.240><c> in</c>

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verse<00:19:34.660><c> 10,</c><00:19:35.380><c> two</c><00:19:35.539><c> hundred</c><00:19:35.880><c> men</c><00:19:36.140><c> together</c>

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but<00:19:36.980><c> it</c><00:19:37.220><c> says</c><00:19:37.380><c> that</c><00:19:37.579><c> they</c><00:19:37.799><c> went</c><00:19:38.019><c> in</c><00:19:38.220><c> their</c><00:19:38.519><c> simplicity</c><00:19:39.279><c> or</c><00:19:40.440><c> as</c>

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the<00:19:41.279><c> NIV</c><00:19:41.660><c> the</c><00:19:42.000><c> New</c><00:19:42.220><c> International</c><00:19:42.700><c> Version</c>

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has<00:19:43.500><c> they</c><00:19:44.160><c> went</c><00:19:44.480><c> quite</c><00:19:45.039><c> innocently.</c><00:19:46.240><c> They</c><00:19:46.480><c> didn't</c><00:19:46.859><c> really</c>

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understand<00:19:47.819><c> what</c><00:19:48.000><c> was</c><00:19:48.279><c> happening.</c><00:19:49.299><c> Absalom</c>

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had<00:19:50.059><c> put</c><00:19:50.220><c> one</c><00:19:50.339><c> over</c><00:19:50.700><c> them.</c><00:19:51.500><c> He'd</c><00:19:51.880><c> suggested</c><00:19:52.220><c> to</c><00:19:52.599><c> them</c><00:19:52.839><c> that</c><00:19:53.019><c> he</c>

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was<00:19:53.339><c> going</c><00:19:53.640><c> down</c><00:19:53.980><c> to</c><00:19:54.220><c> Hebron</c><00:19:54.619><c> and</c><00:19:54.839><c> there</c>

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he<00:19:55.359><c> was</c><00:19:55.579><c> going</c><00:19:55.720><c> to</c><00:19:55.880><c> make</c><00:19:56.000><c> this</c><00:19:56.359><c> vow</c><00:19:56.519><c> and</c><00:19:56.700><c> he</c><00:19:56.779><c> would</c><00:19:57.019><c> light</c><00:19:57.140><c> them</c>

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down<00:19:57.640><c> there</c><00:19:57.880><c> with</c><00:19:58.099><c> him.</c><00:19:58.819><c> But</c><00:19:59.059><c> they</c><00:19:59.279><c> really</c>

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didn't<00:20:00.039><c> understand</c><00:20:00.559><c> what</c><00:20:00.740><c> was</c><00:20:01.039><c> going</c><00:20:01.259><c> on</c><00:20:01.599><c> so</c><00:20:01.900><c> they'd</c><00:20:02.200><c> gone</c><00:20:02.460><c> down</c><00:20:02.819><c> there</c><00:20:03.099><c> in</c>

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their<00:20:03.599><c> simplicity</c><00:20:04.140><c> or</c><00:20:04.440><c> in</c>

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their<00:20:04.940><c> innocency.</c><00:20:05.960><c> They</c><00:20:06.119><c> really</c><00:20:06.480><c> were</c><00:20:06.660><c> a</c><00:20:06.940><c> support</c><00:20:07.160><c> with</c><00:20:07.440><c> David</c><00:20:07.819><c> but</c>

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Absalom<00:20:09.160><c> had</c><00:20:09.380><c> put</c><00:20:09.559><c> this</c><00:20:10.039><c> over</c><00:20:10.359><c> them.</c>

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And<00:20:11.480><c> with</c><00:20:11.660><c> him</c><00:20:11.819><c> down</c><00:20:12.059><c> at</c><00:20:12.400><c> Hebron</c><00:20:13.019><c> was</c><00:20:13.319><c> this</c><00:20:13.880><c> Ahithophel.</c><00:20:15.460><c> Absalom</c><00:20:15.920><c> sent</c>

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for<00:20:16.619><c> Ahithophel,</c><00:20:17.240><c> verse</c><00:20:17.579><c> 12,</c><00:20:18.099><c> the</c>

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night,<00:20:19.519><c> David's</c><00:20:20.140><c> counsellor</c><00:20:20.519><c> from</c><00:20:20.779><c> his</c><00:20:21.000><c> city,</c><00:20:21.359><c> even</c><00:20:21.640><c> from</c><00:20:22.299><c> Guilo,</c><00:20:23.380><c> while</c><00:20:23.500><c> he</c>

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offered<00:20:24.079><c> sacrifice.</c><00:20:25.559><c> And</c>

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the<00:20:25.880><c> conspiracy</c><00:20:26.599><c> was</c><00:20:27.099><c> strong</c><00:20:27.619><c> and</c><00:20:28.279><c> the</c><00:20:28.359><c> people</c><00:20:29.259><c> increased</c>

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continually<00:20:30.839><c> with</c><00:20:32.000><c> Absalom.</c><00:20:33.779><c> You</c><00:20:33.779><c> know</c><00:20:34.740><c> this</c><00:20:35.180><c> Ahithophel</c>

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really<00:20:36.000><c> had</c><00:20:36.240><c> no</c><00:20:36.519><c> love</c><00:20:36.720><c> for</c><00:20:36.920><c> Absalom.</c><00:20:38.500><c> Absalom</c><00:20:39.000><c> for</c><00:20:39.240><c> that</c><00:20:39.420><c> matter</c><00:20:39.579><c> had</c>

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little<00:20:40.119><c> love</c><00:20:40.319><c> for</c><00:20:40.539><c> Ahithophel.</c>

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They<00:20:42.400><c> really</c><00:20:42.819><c> had</c><00:20:43.319><c> not</c><00:20:43.619><c> love</c><00:20:43.839><c> for</c><00:20:44.019><c> each</c><00:20:44.259><c> other.</c><00:20:45.480><c> But</c><00:20:45.759><c> here</c><00:20:46.000><c> they</c><00:20:46.160><c> had</c>

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a<00:20:46.779><c> common</c><00:20:46.960><c> cause,</c><00:20:47.500><c> a</c><00:20:47.640><c> hatred</c><00:20:47.900><c> of</c>

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David.<00:20:49.319><c> And</c><00:20:49.579><c> so</c><00:20:49.680><c> they</c><00:20:49.940><c> joined</c><00:20:50.279><c> forces</c><00:20:50.940><c> for</c><00:20:51.420><c> a</c><00:20:51.660><c> common</c><00:20:51.859><c> cause.</c>

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You<00:20:53.000><c> know</c><00:20:53.200><c> sometimes</c><00:20:53.680><c> we</c><00:20:53.920><c> see</c><00:20:54.140><c> that</c><00:20:54.400><c> happens,</c>

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don't<00:20:55.319><c> we?</c><00:20:56.500><c> Some</c><00:20:56.819><c> who</c><00:20:57.160><c> are</c><00:20:57.339><c> not</c><00:20:58.059><c> united</c><00:20:59.259><c> together</c><00:20:59.900><c> join</c><00:21:00.500><c> themselves</c><00:21:01.039><c> together</c><00:21:01.599><c> for</c><00:21:02.039><c> a</c>

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common<00:21:02.519><c> cause.</c>

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See<00:21:04.099><c> Absalom</c><00:21:04.519><c> wanted</c><00:21:04.799><c> to</c><00:21:05.000><c> be</c><00:21:05.180><c> king</c><00:21:05.440><c> so</c><00:21:05.680><c> he</c><00:21:05.880><c> needed</c><00:21:06.140><c> David</c><00:21:06.720><c> destroyed.</c><00:21:08.440><c> And</c>

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Ahithophel<00:21:09.220><c> wanted</c><00:21:09.559><c> David</c>

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destroyed<00:21:10.720><c> because</c><00:21:11.420><c> of</c><00:21:11.720><c> revenge</c><00:21:12.359><c> and</c><00:21:13.420><c> bitterness.</c><00:21:14.960><c> See</c><00:21:15.259><c> Ahithophel</c><00:21:16.299><c> was</c>

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Bathsheba's<00:21:18.059><c> grandfather</c>

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and<00:21:20.140><c> that</c><00:21:20.299><c> being</c><00:21:20.720><c> her</c><00:21:21.019><c> grandfather</c><00:21:21.640><c> he</c><00:21:22.099><c> could</c><00:21:22.519><c> never</c><00:21:22.900><c> forgive</c>

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David<00:21:24.019><c> for</c><00:21:24.660><c> what</c><00:21:24.900><c> he</c><00:21:25.099><c> had</c><00:21:25.160><c> done.</c><00:21:26.799><c> And</c><00:21:26.799><c> Ahithophel</c>

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was<00:21:27.759><c> eaten</c><00:21:28.180><c> out</c><00:21:28.480><c> with</c><00:21:28.779><c> bitterness.</c><00:21:29.859><c> He</c><00:21:29.920><c> was</c><00:21:30.160><c> eaten</c><00:21:30.339><c> out</c><00:21:30.619><c> with</c>

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revenge.<00:21:31.900><c> He</c><00:21:31.980><c> could</c><00:21:32.319><c> never</c><00:21:32.720><c> forgive</c><00:21:33.180><c> David</c>

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for<00:21:34.119><c> what</c><00:21:34.359><c> had</c><00:21:34.619><c> happened.</c><00:21:35.799><c> And</c><00:21:35.980><c> Ahithophel</c><00:21:36.619><c> whilst</c><00:21:36.940><c> he</c><00:21:37.119><c> used</c>

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to<00:21:37.539><c> be</c><00:21:38.079><c> David's</c><00:21:38.779><c> familiar</c><00:21:39.119><c> friend,</c><00:21:40.339><c> whilst</c>

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they<00:21:40.819><c> talked</c><00:21:41.140><c> together</c><00:21:41.579><c> of</c><00:21:41.740><c> the</c><00:21:41.819><c> wonderful</c><00:21:42.259><c> things</c><00:21:42.579><c> of</c><00:21:42.819><c> God,</c>

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whilst<00:21:43.980><c> they</c><00:21:44.140><c> would</c><00:21:44.480><c> walk</c><00:21:44.740><c> together</c><00:21:45.180><c> to</c>

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the<00:21:45.799><c> house</c><00:21:45.799><c> of</c><00:21:46.079><c> God,</c><00:21:47.819><c> Ahithophel</c><00:21:48.380><c> now</c><00:21:48.799><c> had</c><00:21:49.019><c> been</c><00:21:49.339><c> eaten</c><00:21:49.599><c> out</c>

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with<00:21:50.500><c> this</c><00:21:50.799><c> bitterness</c><00:21:51.240><c> against</c><00:21:52.299><c> David</c>

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and<00:21:53.299><c> he</c><00:21:53.460><c> just</c><00:21:53.759><c> could</c><00:21:54.059><c> not</c><00:21:54.619><c> forgive</c><00:21:55.079><c> him.</c><00:21:56.200><c> And</c><00:21:56.359><c> you</c><00:21:56.480><c> know</c><00:21:56.599><c> you</c>

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can<00:21:57.099><c> read</c><00:21:57.859><c> at</c><00:21:58.119><c> some</c><00:21:58.660><c> time</c><00:21:58.900><c> Psalm</c><00:21:59.180><c> 55,</c><00:21:59.839><c> we</c>

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won't<00:22:00.200><c> turn</c><00:22:00.440><c> it</c><00:22:00.559><c> up</c><00:22:00.700><c> at</c><00:22:00.839><c> this</c><00:22:01.059><c> time,</c><00:22:01.859><c> but</c><00:22:01.980><c> it's</c><00:22:02.259><c> a</c><00:22:02.420><c> Psalm</c><00:22:02.599><c> that</c>

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is<00:22:03.079><c> written</c><00:22:03.359><c> about</c><00:22:03.779><c> this</c><00:22:04.039><c> occasion</c>

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and<00:22:05.019><c> it</c><00:22:05.240><c> shows</c><00:22:05.500><c> the</c><00:22:06.000><c> feelings</c><00:22:06.539><c> between</c><00:22:07.339><c> Ahithophel</c><00:22:08.339><c> and</c><00:22:08.859><c> David.</c><00:22:10.539><c> God</c>

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was<00:22:11.200><c> prepared</c><00:22:11.599><c> to</c><00:22:11.839><c> forgive</c><00:22:12.099><c> David</c>

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Ahithophel<00:22:21.440><c> and</c><00:22:22.079><c> of</c><00:22:22.299><c> course</c><00:22:22.440><c> you</c><00:22:22.640><c> have</c><00:22:22.819><c> that</c><00:22:23.059><c> also</c><00:22:23.440><c> on</c><00:22:23.660><c> the</c><00:22:24.279><c> handout</c><00:22:24.599><c> that</c><00:22:24.779><c> you</c><00:22:25.079><c> have</c><00:22:25.160><c> been</c><00:22:25.480><c> given.</c><00:22:27.279><c> He</c>

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was<00:22:27.579><c> David's</c><00:22:28.140><c> own</c><00:22:28.319><c> familiar</c><00:22:28.779><c> friend.</c><00:22:29.279><c> We</c><00:22:29.279><c> saw</c><00:22:29.519><c> that</c><00:22:29.779><c> in</c><00:22:30.000><c> Psalm</c>

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41<00:22:30.839><c> verse</c><00:22:31.500><c> 9.</c><00:22:33.039><c> He</c><00:22:33.039><c> was</c><00:22:33.279><c> David's</c><00:22:34.079><c> counsellor.</c>

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David's<00:22:41.779><c> equal,</c><00:22:42.039><c> his</c>

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acquaintance<00:22:44.000><c> in</c><00:22:44.400><c> Psalm</c><00:22:44.680><c> 51.</c><00:22:46.980><c> In</c><00:22:47.400><c> 2</c><00:22:47.740><c> Samuel</c><00:22:48.160><c> 16,</c><00:22:48.720><c> 23</c><00:22:49.259><c> a</c><00:22:49.420><c> quotation</c><00:22:49.819><c> we'll</c>

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look<00:22:50.339><c> to</c><00:22:50.519><c> in</c><00:22:50.700><c> a</c><00:22:50.880><c> moment,</c>

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it's<00:22:52.299><c> as</c><00:22:52.420><c> though</c><00:22:52.680><c> they</c><00:22:53.039><c> inquired</c><00:22:53.599><c> at</c><00:22:53.779><c> the</c><00:22:53.900><c> word</c><00:22:54.039><c> of</c><00:22:54.319><c> God.</c><00:22:54.539><c> That</c>

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was<00:22:54.960><c> this</c><00:22:55.180><c> Ahithophel.</c><00:22:57.619><c> Yet</c><00:22:57.799><c> he</c><00:22:58.140><c> cursed</c>

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Yahweh's<00:22:59.480><c> anointed</c><00:22:59.819><c> and</c><00:23:00.819><c> in</c><00:23:01.099><c> doing</c><00:23:01.279><c> that,</c><00:23:02.160><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:23:02.660><c> tells</c><00:23:02.980><c> us</c>

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he<00:23:03.779><c> broke</c><00:23:04.079><c> the</c><00:23:04.319><c> law</c><00:23:04.680><c> because</c><00:23:05.579><c> of</c><00:23:05.779><c> his</c><00:23:05.960><c> attitude</c>

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toward<00:23:06.700><c> David.</c><00:23:07.900><c> He</c><00:23:08.019><c> was</c><00:23:08.420><c> bitter</c><00:23:08.980><c> and</c><00:23:10.000><c> unforgiving.</c><00:23:12.319><c> He</c><00:23:12.380><c> was</c><00:23:12.619><c> a</c>

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grandfather<00:23:13.279><c> to</c><00:23:13.539><c> Bathsheba</c><00:23:14.319><c> and</c><00:23:14.920><c> we've</c>

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got<00:23:15.339><c> this</c><00:23:15.640><c> comment</c><00:23:16.000><c> that</c><00:23:16.200><c> he</c><00:23:16.380><c> nursed</c><00:23:16.720><c> a</c><00:23:16.960><c> sullen</c><00:23:17.579><c> revengeful</c><00:23:18.519><c> spirit,</c><00:23:19.680><c> a</c>

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brooding<00:23:20.119><c> which</c><00:23:20.380><c> eventually</c><00:23:20.940><c> led</c><00:23:21.240><c> to</c>

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anguish<00:23:22.019><c> of</c><00:23:22.359><c> soul</c><00:23:22.640><c> and</c><00:23:23.220><c> in</c><00:23:23.339><c> which</c><00:23:23.500><c> he</c><00:23:23.740><c> saw</c><00:23:24.180><c> no</c><00:23:24.759><c> way</c><00:23:25.000><c> but</c><00:23:25.220><c> suicide.</c><00:23:26.440><c> And</c><00:23:26.539><c> it's</c><00:23:26.880><c> a</c>

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tragedy<00:23:27.559><c> really</c><00:23:28.000><c> isn't</c>

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it<00:23:28.400><c> when</c><00:23:28.559><c> we</c><00:23:28.759><c> see</c><00:23:28.940><c> this</c><00:23:29.440><c> of</c><00:23:29.599><c> Ahithophel.</c><00:23:30.700><c> His</c><00:23:31.019><c> name</c><00:23:31.359><c> means</c><00:23:31.859><c> brother</c><00:23:32.359><c> of</c>

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folly<00:23:33.039><c> and</c><00:23:33.859><c> for</c><00:23:34.099><c> all</c><00:23:34.440><c> his</c><00:23:34.680><c> wisdom,</c>

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he<00:23:35.700><c> really</c><00:23:36.240><c> was</c><00:23:36.519><c> a</c><00:23:36.700><c> man</c><00:23:36.880><c> of</c><00:23:37.079><c> folly.</c><00:23:37.940><c> And</c><00:23:38.019><c> it's</c><00:23:38.319><c> a</c><00:23:38.599><c> tragedy</c><00:23:38.960><c> really</c><00:23:39.420><c> that</c>

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here<00:23:39.900><c> a</c><00:23:40.099><c> man</c><00:23:40.359><c> who</c><00:23:40.579><c> had</c><00:23:40.799><c> such</c><00:23:41.200><c> brilliance</c>

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in<00:23:41.839><c> the</c><00:23:42.000><c> things</c><00:23:42.160><c> of</c><00:23:42.400><c> God,</c><00:23:43.500><c> a</c><00:23:43.619><c> man</c><00:23:43.839><c> who</c><00:23:44.160><c> was</c><00:23:44.440><c> as</c><00:23:44.599><c> if</c><00:23:44.759><c> they</c><00:23:45.000><c> inquired</c><00:23:45.480><c> at</c><00:23:45.640><c> the</c>

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word<00:23:45.920><c> of</c><00:23:46.200><c> God,</c><00:23:47.240><c> a</c><00:23:47.420><c> man</c><00:23:47.680><c> like</c>

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that<00:23:48.500><c> could</c><00:23:48.859><c> come</c><00:23:49.339><c> down</c><00:23:49.740><c> and</c><00:23:50.200><c> see</c><00:23:50.420><c> no</c><00:23:50.859><c> hope</c><00:23:51.119><c> but</c><00:23:51.339><c> suicide.</c><00:23:52.680><c> And</c>

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yet<00:23:52.980><c> it</c><00:23:53.220><c> shows</c><00:23:53.440><c> brethren</c><00:23:53.779><c> and</c><00:23:54.059><c> sisters</c><00:23:54.359><c> doesn't</c>

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it,<00:23:55.160><c> that</c><00:23:55.319><c> it's</c><00:23:55.599><c> not</c><00:23:56.019><c> really</c><00:23:56.700><c> only</c><00:23:57.279><c> what</c><00:23:57.599><c> we</c><00:23:57.880><c> know.</c><00:23:58.880><c> It's</c><00:23:59.180><c> how</c>

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that<00:23:59.859><c> applies</c><00:24:00.339><c> in</c><00:24:00.599><c> our</c><00:24:00.859><c> heart.</c><00:24:01.680><c> How</c><00:24:01.920><c> it</c>

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is<00:24:02.660><c> out</c><00:24:02.680><c> working</c><00:24:03.019><c> in</c><00:24:03.220><c> our</c><00:24:03.460><c> life.</c><00:24:03.819><c> We</c><00:24:03.900><c> can</c><00:24:04.119><c> be</c><00:24:04.420><c> filled</c><00:24:04.599><c> with</c><00:24:04.960><c> all</c>

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the<00:24:05.640><c> knowledge.</c><00:24:06.380><c> We</c><00:24:06.519><c> can</c><00:24:06.680><c> be</c><00:24:06.859><c> very</c><00:24:07.359><c> brilliant</c>

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in<00:24:07.839><c> the</c><00:24:07.980><c> things</c><00:24:08.119><c> of</c><00:24:08.299><c> God.</c><00:24:08.980><c> Ahithophel</c><00:24:09.420><c> would</c><00:24:09.599><c> have</c><00:24:09.759><c> been</c><00:24:09.859><c> one</c>

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that's<00:24:12.240><c> where</c><00:24:12.460><c> he</c><00:24:12.660><c> went</c><00:24:12.779><c> because</c><00:24:13.119><c> really</c><00:24:13.660><c> that</c><00:24:13.920><c> knowledge</c><00:24:14.559><c> was</c><00:24:15.599><c> not</c><00:24:16.019><c> applying</c><00:24:16.339><c> in</c>

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his<00:24:16.779><c> heart</c><00:24:17.079><c> and</c><00:24:17.359><c> it</c><00:24:17.500><c> had</c><00:24:17.700><c> not</c>

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changed<00:24:18.299><c> his</c><00:24:18.619><c> life.</c><00:24:18.980><c> There</c><00:24:19.119><c> was</c><00:24:19.359><c> no</c><00:24:19.640><c> out</c><00:24:19.920><c> working</c><00:24:20.180><c> in</c><00:24:20.420><c> him.</c><00:24:21.539><c> You</c><00:24:21.660><c> know</c><00:24:21.740><c> that's</c><00:24:21.960><c> what</c><00:24:22.099><c> we</c>

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can<00:24:22.480><c> learn</c>

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I<00:24:22.880><c> believe</c><00:24:23.099><c> from</c><00:24:23.539><c> Ahithophel's</c><00:24:24.480><c> life.</c><00:24:25.059><c> That</c><00:24:25.259><c> what</c><00:24:25.460><c> we</c><00:24:25.660><c> are</c>

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doing<00:24:26.140><c> here,</c><00:24:26.440><c> what</c><00:24:26.700><c> we're</c><00:24:26.940><c> learning,</c><00:24:27.400><c> what</c>

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in<00:24:28.539><c> the</c><00:24:28.579><c> word</c><00:24:29.059><c> of</c><00:24:29.259><c> God</c><00:24:29.500><c> has</c><00:24:29.859><c> to</c><00:24:30.019><c> have</c><00:24:30.160><c> an</c><00:24:30.500><c> out</c><00:24:30.740><c> working</c><00:24:31.099><c> in</c><00:24:31.619><c> us.</c>

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And<00:24:34.759><c> it's</c><00:24:35.059><c> not</c><00:24:35.259><c> just</c><00:24:35.519><c> a</c><00:24:35.680><c> matter</c><00:24:36.019><c> of</c><00:24:36.700><c> having</c><00:24:36.940><c> that</c><00:24:37.259><c> knowledge</c><00:24:37.660><c> as</c><00:24:38.180><c> if</c><00:24:38.339><c> a</c>

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man<00:24:39.119><c> inquired</c><00:24:39.859><c> at</c><00:24:40.019><c> the</c><00:24:40.180><c> word</c>

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of<00:24:40.579><c> God.</c><00:24:41.299><c> And</c><00:24:41.500><c> this</c><00:24:41.839><c> was</c><00:24:42.500><c> Ahithophel.</c><00:24:43.720><c> It</c><00:24:44.000><c> would</c><00:24:44.200><c> have</c><00:24:44.319><c> been</c><00:24:44.460><c> a</c>

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very<00:24:44.980><c> sad</c><00:24:45.259><c> day</c><00:24:45.680><c> indeed</c><00:24:46.400><c> when</c><00:24:46.960><c> David</c>

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realised<00:24:48.420><c> that</c><00:24:49.059><c> Ahithophel</c><00:24:49.980><c> had</c><00:24:50.319><c> deserted</c><00:24:50.720><c> him.</c><00:24:52.619><c> So</c><00:24:52.819><c> we</c><00:24:52.960><c> see</c>

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all<00:24:53.339><c> the</c><00:24:53.539><c> people</c><00:24:53.819><c> increased</c><00:24:54.400><c> with</c><00:24:54.980><c> Absalom</c>

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in<00:24:55.900><c> verse</c><00:24:56.200><c> 12.</c><00:24:57.460><c> And</c><00:24:57.519><c> in</c><00:24:57.759><c> verse</c><00:24:58.000><c> 14,</c><00:24:58.759><c> David</c><00:24:59.400><c> said</c><00:24:59.640><c> unto</c><00:24:59.920><c> his</c><00:25:00.180><c> servants,</c><00:25:00.799><c> let</c>

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us<00:25:01.180><c> arise</c><00:25:01.740><c> and</c><00:25:02.579><c> let</c><00:25:02.859><c> us</c><00:25:03.160><c> flee.</c>

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You<00:25:04.859><c> know</c><00:25:05.079><c> and</c><00:25:05.220><c> we</c><00:25:05.339><c> say</c><00:25:05.519><c> to</c><00:25:05.640><c> ourselves,</c><00:25:06.099><c> well</c><00:25:06.200><c> why</c><00:25:06.380><c> should</c><00:25:06.579><c> David</c><00:25:06.920><c> leave</c><00:25:07.220><c> Jerusalem?</c><00:25:09.599><c> Why</c>

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should<00:25:10.200><c> he</c>

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leave<00:25:10.779><c> it?</c><00:25:11.240><c> Why</c><00:25:11.460><c> should</c><00:25:11.700><c> he</c><00:25:11.980><c> desert</c><00:25:12.480><c> what</c><00:25:12.900><c> we</c><00:25:13.119><c> might</c><00:25:13.339><c> call</c><00:25:13.720><c> a</c>

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sinking<00:25:14.400><c> ship</c><00:25:14.720><c> at</c><00:25:14.920><c> this</c><00:25:15.180><c> stage?</c><00:25:16.119><c> Why</c><00:25:16.400><c> does</c>

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he<00:25:16.839><c> remain</c><00:25:17.240><c> and</c><00:25:17.559><c> fight?</c><00:25:18.200><c> Well</c><00:25:18.339><c> he</c><00:25:18.400><c> was</c><00:25:18.640><c> there</c><00:25:18.859><c> with</c><00:25:19.180><c> Goliath</c><00:25:19.559><c> wasn't</c><00:25:19.839><c> he?</c><00:25:20.039><c> He</c><00:25:20.220><c> went</c><00:25:20.400><c> out</c><00:25:20.619><c> with</c><00:25:20.859><c> a</c><00:25:21.059><c> sling</c>

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on<00:25:21.700><c> him</c><00:25:21.700><c> and</c><00:25:21.700><c> he</c><00:25:21.700><c> killed</c><00:25:22.099><c> Goliath.</c><00:25:23.000><c> He</c><00:25:23.059><c> killed</c><00:25:23.480><c> the</c><00:25:23.660><c> enemy</c><00:25:23.920><c> then.</c><00:25:25.240><c> He</c>

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was,<00:25:26.119><c> although</c><00:25:26.420><c> he</c><00:25:26.700><c> fled</c><00:25:26.920><c> from</c>

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Saul,<00:25:27.539><c> he</c><00:25:27.559><c> was</c><00:25:27.859><c> maintaining</c><00:25:28.460><c> a</c><00:25:28.700><c> stand.</c><00:25:29.200><c> Why</c><00:25:29.640><c> now</c><00:25:30.099><c> desert</c><00:25:30.559><c> this</c>

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situation?<00:25:33.059><c> Well</c><00:25:33.240><c> I</c><00:25:33.339><c> believe</c><00:25:33.599><c> there</c>

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are<00:25:33.940><c> two</c><00:25:34.160><c> reasons.</c><00:25:35.380><c> First</c><00:25:35.660><c> of</c><00:25:35.900><c> all,</c><00:25:36.779><c> Absalom</c><00:25:37.039><c> was</c><00:25:37.339><c> David's</c><00:25:37.960><c> son.</c><00:25:38.599><c> And</c><00:25:39.160><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:25:39.500><c> want</c><00:25:39.700><c> to</c><00:25:39.940><c> fight.</c>

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He<00:25:41.099><c> didn't</c><00:25:41.339><c> want</c><00:25:41.539><c> to</c><00:25:41.720><c> fight</c><00:25:41.880><c> his</c><00:25:42.059><c> own</c><00:25:42.400><c> son</c><00:25:42.740><c> and</c><00:25:43.380><c> his</c><00:25:43.559><c> own</c><00:25:43.799><c> people.</c><00:25:45.220><c> And</c>

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secondly,<00:25:46.680><c> David</c><00:25:47.079><c> knew</c><00:25:47.359><c> God</c><00:25:47.619><c> was</c>

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in<00:25:48.140><c> control.</c><00:25:49.240><c> God</c><00:25:49.480><c> had</c><00:25:49.759><c> brought</c><00:25:49.900><c> this</c><00:25:50.339><c> on</c><00:25:50.740><c> him</c><00:25:51.079><c> and</c><00:25:51.640><c> why</c><00:25:51.960><c> should</c><00:25:52.180><c> he</c><00:25:52.380><c> fight</c><00:25:52.720><c> that?</c><00:25:53.740><c> Leave</c><00:25:54.000><c> it</c>

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in<00:25:54.420><c> God.</c>

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He<00:25:55.140><c> will</c><00:25:55.460><c> handle</c><00:25:55.819><c> it.</c><00:25:56.859><c> He</c><00:25:56.920><c> will</c><00:25:57.200><c> bring,</c><00:25:58.539><c> David</c><00:25:58.920><c> didn't</c><00:25:59.200><c> want</c>

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:02.200
to<00:25:59.460><c> bring</c><00:25:59.640><c> judgment</c><00:26:00.039><c> upon</c><00:26:00.380><c> his</c><00:26:00.700><c> city</c><00:26:01.099><c> or</c><00:26:01.779><c> he</c>

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or<00:26:02.420><c> the</c><00:26:02.640><c> people.</c><00:26:03.579><c> He</c><00:26:03.799><c> had</c><00:26:04.119><c> done</c><00:26:04.339><c> this</c><00:26:04.880><c> and</c><00:26:05.460><c> he</c><00:26:05.740><c> was</c><00:26:05.960><c> the</c><00:26:06.119><c> one</c><00:26:06.579><c> prepared</c><00:26:07.140><c> to</c>

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suffer.<00:26:08.279><c> And</c><00:26:08.420><c> he</c><00:26:08.539><c> was</c><00:26:08.759><c> prepared</c>

00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:14.819
to<00:26:09.440><c> say</c><00:26:09.700><c> that</c><00:26:10.079><c> it's</c><00:26:10.400><c> in</c><00:26:10.579><c> God's</c><00:26:11.220><c> hands</c><00:26:11.640><c> and</c><00:26:12.319><c> God</c><00:26:12.819><c> will</c><00:26:13.339><c> do</c><00:26:13.740><c> as</c><00:26:14.519><c> he</c>

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sees<00:26:15.119><c> fit.</c><00:26:16.400><c> You</c><00:26:16.539><c> know</c><00:26:16.880><c> there</c><00:26:17.079><c> were</c>

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words<00:26:17.599><c> in</c><00:26:17.859><c> Psalm</c><00:26:18.140><c> 55</c><00:26:18.779><c> that</c><00:26:19.039><c> David</c><00:26:19.400><c> uttered</c><00:26:20.380><c> and</c><00:26:20.519><c> I</c><00:26:20.640><c> can</c><00:26:20.859><c> well</c>

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imagine<00:26:21.579><c> him</c><00:26:21.900><c> feeling</c><00:26:22.220><c> it</c><00:26:22.480><c> at</c><00:26:22.619><c> this</c><00:26:22.880><c> time.</c>

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Oh<00:26:24.140><c> that</c><00:26:24.339><c> I</c><00:26:24.559><c> had</c><00:26:24.799><c> wings</c><00:26:25.339><c> like</c><00:26:26.019><c> a</c><00:26:26.220><c> dove,</c><00:26:27.240><c> for</c><00:26:27.380><c> then</c><00:26:27.660><c> would</c><00:26:27.880><c> I</c><00:26:28.119><c> fly</c>

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away<00:26:28.859><c> and</c><00:26:29.039><c> be</c><00:26:29.200><c> at</c><00:26:29.400><c> rest.</c><00:26:30.039><c> I</c><00:26:30.559><c> would</c><00:26:30.880><c> wander</c>

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:35.799
far<00:26:32.220><c> off</c><00:26:32.700><c> and</c><00:26:33.220><c> remain</c><00:26:33.579><c> in</c><00:26:33.759><c> the</c><00:26:33.900><c> wilderness.</c><00:26:35.180><c> And</c><00:26:35.380><c> I</c><00:26:35.519><c> suppose</c>

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:37.720
David<00:26:36.240><c> at</c><00:26:36.440><c> this</c><00:26:36.720><c> time</c><00:26:37.019><c> could</c><00:26:37.240><c> have</c><00:26:37.420><c> felt</c>

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:42.039
that<00:26:37.980><c> he</c><00:26:38.079><c> would</c><00:26:38.279><c> have</c><00:26:38.500><c> loved</c><00:26:38.700><c> to</c><00:26:39.059><c> have</c><00:26:39.180><c> been</c><00:26:39.279><c> back</c><00:26:39.799><c> in</c><00:26:40.200><c> the</c><00:26:40.440><c> early</c><00:26:40.779><c> days,</c><00:26:41.880><c> out</c>

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with<00:26:42.259><c> the</c><00:26:42.480><c> sheep,</c><00:26:43.200><c> out</c>

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:48.319
in<00:26:43.660><c> the</c><00:26:43.759><c> field.</c><00:26:44.920><c> But</c><00:26:45.119><c> it</c><00:26:45.220><c> wasn't</c><00:26:45.539><c> the</c><00:26:45.720><c> case.</c><00:26:47.019><c> David</c><00:26:47.319><c> had</c><00:26:47.579><c> brought</c><00:26:47.700><c> himself</c><00:26:48.160><c> to</c>

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:49.759
this<00:26:48.519><c> situation</c><00:26:49.180><c> and</c>

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:53.940
he<00:26:49.980><c> now</c><00:26:50.220><c> had</c><00:26:50.420><c> to</c><00:26:50.579><c> face</c><00:26:50.799><c> up</c><00:26:51.039><c> to</c><00:26:51.140><c> it.</c><00:26:51.980><c> And</c><00:26:52.099><c> so</c><00:26:52.359><c> he</c><00:26:52.559><c> says,</c><00:26:53.460><c> let</c><00:26:53.619><c> us</c>

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:59.099
arise<00:26:54.480><c> and</c><00:26:55.220><c> let</c><00:26:55.460><c> us</c><00:26:56.099><c> flee.</c><00:26:58.079><c> We</c><00:26:58.160><c> read</c><00:26:58.440><c> in</c><00:26:58.859><c> verse</c>

00:26:59.099 --> 00:27:02.680
sixteen<00:26:59.599><c> that</c><00:26:59.859><c> the</c><00:27:00.099><c> king</c><00:27:00.500><c> went</c><00:27:00.779><c> forth</c><00:27:01.099><c> and</c><00:27:01.299><c> all</c><00:27:01.440><c> his</c><00:27:01.720><c> household</c><00:27:02.180><c> after</c>

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:06.599
him<00:27:03.140><c> and</c><00:27:05.400><c> the</c><00:27:05.599><c> king</c><00:27:05.900><c> left</c><00:27:06.259><c> ten</c>

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:13.819
women<00:27:07.140><c> which</c><00:27:07.559><c> were</c><00:27:07.940><c> concubines</c><00:27:08.779><c> to</c><00:27:08.980><c> keep</c><00:27:09.200><c> the</c><00:27:09.359><c> house.</c><00:27:10.940><c> You</c><00:27:11.059><c> know</c><00:27:11.240><c> that's</c><00:27:11.599><c> interesting</c><00:27:12.140><c> because</c><00:27:13.319><c> this</c><00:27:13.579><c> is</c>

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:18.539
going<00:27:13.940><c> to</c><00:27:14.039><c> be</c><00:27:14.279><c> used</c><00:27:14.559><c> to</c><00:27:14.799><c> fulfil</c><00:27:15.259><c> the</c><00:27:15.819><c> punishment</c><00:27:16.339><c> of</c><00:27:16.619><c> God</c><00:27:16.839><c> against</c><00:27:17.220><c> David.</c><00:27:18.440><c> He</c>

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left<00:27:18.839><c> these</c><00:27:19.559><c> concubines</c>

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there<00:27:20.460><c> and</c><00:27:20.839><c> we're</c><00:27:21.039><c> going</c><00:27:21.140><c> to</c><00:27:21.319><c> see</c><00:27:21.720><c> what</c><00:27:22.119><c> happens</c><00:27:22.519><c> as</c><00:27:22.779><c> far</c><00:27:22.980><c> as</c><00:27:23.079><c> they</c><00:27:23.319><c> are</c><00:27:23.519><c> concerned</c><00:27:24.000><c> a</c>

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little<00:27:24.480><c> later.</c>

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And<00:27:26.420><c> all</c><00:27:26.619><c> his</c><00:27:26.859><c> servants</c><00:27:27.180><c> passed</c><00:27:27.579><c> on</c><00:27:27.799><c> verse</c><00:27:28.099><c> eighteen,</c><00:27:28.859><c> the</c>

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kerathites<00:27:29.740><c> and</c><00:27:29.960><c> the</c><00:27:30.079><c> pelathites.</c><00:27:30.980><c> And</c><00:27:31.240><c> these</c>

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:35.660
were<00:27:31.859><c> Philistines.</c><00:27:32.779><c> They</c><00:27:32.900><c> were</c><00:27:33.160><c> Philistines</c><00:27:33.819><c> that</c><00:27:34.000><c> had</c><00:27:34.240><c> joined</c><00:27:34.500><c> David.</c><00:27:35.579><c> They</c>

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were<00:27:36.299><c> Gittites</c><00:27:36.940><c> and</c><00:27:37.960><c> they</c>

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:42.359
all<00:27:38.500><c> came</c><00:27:38.799><c> with</c><00:27:39.019><c> David</c><00:27:39.519><c> as</c><00:27:39.980><c> he</c><00:27:40.279><c> fled</c><00:27:40.460><c> from</c><00:27:40.720><c> the</c><00:27:40.819><c> city</c><00:27:41.039><c> of</c><00:27:41.279><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:27:42.200><c> And</c>

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:43.960
the<00:27:42.660><c> six</c><00:27:42.799><c> hundred</c><00:27:43.279><c> men</c><00:27:43.680><c> which</c>

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were<00:27:44.180><c> with</c><00:27:44.400><c> him,</c><00:27:44.859><c> his</c><00:27:45.160><c> supporters,</c><00:27:45.759><c> those</c><00:27:46.019><c> who</c><00:27:46.200><c> had</c><00:27:46.319><c> been</c><00:27:46.539><c> with</c><00:27:46.759><c> him</c>

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:48.940
in<00:27:47.319><c> early</c><00:27:47.619><c> days</c><00:27:47.980><c> when</c><00:27:48.400><c> he</c><00:27:48.579><c> had</c><00:27:48.799><c> fled</c>

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:55.180
from<00:27:49.279><c> Saul.</c><00:27:50.700><c> And</c><00:27:50.740><c> the</c><00:27:50.940><c> king</c><00:27:51.119><c> we</c><00:27:51.380><c> read</c><00:27:51.579><c> in</c><00:27:51.859><c> verse</c><00:27:52.180><c> nineteen</c><00:27:53.259><c> said</c><00:27:54.400><c> to</c>

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:59.000
Ataei<00:27:55.940><c> the</c><00:27:56.480><c> Gittite,</c><00:27:58.259><c> here</c><00:27:58.420><c> was</c><00:27:58.660><c> another</c>

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:04.480
Philistine.<00:28:00.519><c> He'd</c><00:28:01.119><c> come</c><00:28:01.279><c> from</c><00:28:01.559><c> Gath.</c><00:28:02.480><c> He</c><00:28:02.619><c> was</c><00:28:02.839><c> a</c><00:28:03.019><c> Gittite.</c><00:28:04.220><c> And</c><00:28:04.359><c> he</c>

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says<00:28:04.819><c> to</c><00:28:05.279><c> Ataei,</c><00:28:06.000><c> he</c><00:28:06.099><c> says,</c><00:28:06.859><c> return</c>

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to<00:28:07.440><c> thy</c><00:28:07.599><c> place</c><00:28:08.000><c> and</c><00:28:08.240><c> abide</c><00:28:08.619><c> with</c><00:28:09.259><c> the</c><00:28:09.579><c> king,</c><00:28:10.660><c> for</c><00:28:10.799><c> thou</c><00:28:11.099><c> art</c><00:28:11.420><c> a</c>

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:15.119
stranger<00:28:12.119><c> and</c><00:28:12.900><c> also</c><00:28:13.240><c> an</c><00:28:13.480><c> exile.</c><00:28:14.920><c> Where</c>

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:18.160
is<00:28:15.279><c> Thou</c><00:28:15.460><c> camest</c><00:28:16.000><c> but</c><00:28:16.440><c> yesterday?</c><00:28:17.059><c> Should</c><00:28:17.259><c> I</c><00:28:17.500><c> this</c><00:28:17.700><c> day</c><00:28:17.980><c> make</c>

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:20.099
thee<00:28:18.339><c> go</c><00:28:18.539><c> up</c><00:28:18.759><c> and</c><00:28:18.920><c> down</c><00:28:19.059><c> with</c><00:28:19.279><c> us,</c><00:28:19.960><c> seeing</c>

00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:26.259
I<00:28:20.359><c> go</c><00:28:20.599><c> whither</c><00:28:20.960><c> I</c><00:28:21.380><c> may,</c><00:28:22.279><c> return</c><00:28:22.740><c> thou</c><00:28:23.000><c> and</c><00:28:23.200><c> take</c><00:28:23.519><c> back</c><00:28:23.759><c> thy</c><00:28:24.000><c> brethren.</c><00:28:25.039><c> Mercy</c><00:28:25.519><c> and</c>

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.559
truth<00:28:26.660><c> be</c><00:28:27.019><c> with</c><00:28:27.279><c> thee.</c>

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:33.200
You<00:28:28.240><c> know,</c><00:28:28.680><c> I'll</c><00:28:28.839><c> just</c><00:28:29.119><c> read</c><00:28:29.339><c> these</c><00:28:29.619><c> from</c><00:28:29.799><c> another</c><00:28:30.220><c> translation,</c><00:28:30.920><c> verse</c><00:28:31.200><c> twenty.</c><00:28:33.160><c> And</c>

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that<00:28:33.440><c> says</c><00:28:33.700><c> yesterday</c>

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:38.480
was<00:28:35.059><c> thy</c><00:28:35.319><c> coming</c><00:28:35.839><c> and</c><00:28:36.720><c> shall</c><00:28:36.880><c> I</c><00:28:37.079><c> today</c><00:28:37.380><c> make</c><00:28:37.619><c> thee</c><00:28:37.940><c> wander</c><00:28:38.279><c> to</c>

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:41.700
go<00:28:38.740><c> with</c><00:28:38.940><c> us,</c><00:28:40.059><c> seeing</c><00:28:40.319><c> I</c><00:28:40.920><c> go</c><00:28:41.180><c> whither</c>

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:46.039
I<00:28:42.140><c> go.</c><00:28:43.299><c> See</c><00:28:43.480><c> he</c><00:28:43.599><c> was</c><00:28:43.819><c> a</c><00:28:43.960><c> Philistine</c><00:28:44.440><c> proselyte.</c><00:28:45.539><c> And</c><00:28:45.680><c> it</c><00:28:45.839><c> seems</c>

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:48.519
that<00:28:46.240><c> he'd</c><00:28:46.359><c> only</c><00:28:46.640><c> just</c><00:28:46.980><c> recently</c><00:28:47.759><c> come</c>

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:52.319
to<00:28:48.720><c> be</c><00:28:48.859><c> with</c><00:28:49.180><c> David.</c><00:28:50.420><c> And</c><00:28:50.579><c> having</c><00:28:50.779><c> to</c><00:28:51.039><c> just</c><00:28:51.420><c> recently</c><00:28:51.960><c> come,</c>

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:54.380
David<00:28:52.920><c> didn't</c><00:28:53.220><c> feel</c><00:28:53.500><c> that</c><00:28:53.700><c> he</c><00:28:53.859><c> should</c><00:28:54.019><c> drag</c>

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him<00:28:54.579><c> now</c><00:28:55.079><c> out</c><00:28:55.880><c> across</c><00:28:56.420><c> the</c><00:28:56.660><c> Jordan</c><00:28:57.019><c> to</c><00:28:57.539><c> Mani</c><00:28:57.880><c> and</c><00:28:57.980><c> with</c><00:28:58.160><c> him.</c><00:28:59.359><c> So</c><00:28:59.420><c> he</c><00:28:59.559><c> says</c><00:28:59.779><c> to</c><00:29:00.019><c> Ataei,</c><00:29:00.579><c> look</c><00:29:00.759><c> I</c><00:29:00.920><c> think</c>

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:03.799
you<00:29:01.380><c> and</c><00:29:01.519><c> your</c><00:29:01.779><c> group,</c><00:29:02.140><c> your</c><00:29:02.400><c> family,</c><00:29:02.920><c> and</c><00:29:03.059><c> it</c><00:29:03.180><c> seems</c><00:29:03.359><c> as</c><00:29:03.500><c> though</c><00:29:03.579><c> he</c>

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probably<00:29:04.099><c> had</c><00:29:04.380><c> others</c><00:29:04.680><c> in</c><00:29:04.839><c> his</c><00:29:05.079><c> family,</c>

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a<00:29:05.940><c> whole</c><00:29:06.279><c> clan</c><00:29:06.799><c> was</c><00:29:07.240><c> with</c><00:29:07.480><c> him,</c><00:29:08.039><c> a</c><00:29:08.220><c> whole</c><00:29:08.500><c> group.</c><00:29:09.160><c> He</c><00:29:09.299><c> says,</c><00:29:09.599><c> look</c><00:29:09.740><c> you</c><00:29:10.059><c> all</c><00:29:10.380><c> remain</c><00:29:10.779><c> back</c><00:29:11.099><c> in</c><00:29:11.319><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:14.440
Don't<00:29:12.299><c> you</c><00:29:12.539><c> come</c><00:29:12.720><c> out</c><00:29:12.900><c> with</c><00:29:13.099><c> me.</c><00:29:13.220><c> You've</c><00:29:13.380><c> only</c><00:29:13.640><c> just</c><00:29:13.980><c> come</c><00:29:14.220><c> to</c>

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Jerusalem.<00:29:15.019><c> Now</c><00:29:15.259><c> you've</c><00:29:15.500><c> got</c><00:29:15.579><c> to</c><00:29:15.700><c> be</c><00:29:15.859><c> uprooted</c>

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:20.039
and<00:29:16.500><c> come</c><00:29:16.660><c> with</c><00:29:16.859><c> me.</c><00:29:17.079><c> You</c><00:29:17.359><c> stop</c><00:29:17.640><c> there.</c><00:29:19.119><c> But</c><00:29:19.299><c> look</c><00:29:19.420><c> what</c><00:29:19.640><c> Ataei</c>

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:22.039
says.<00:29:20.940><c> And</c><00:29:21.140><c> these</c><00:29:21.279><c> are</c><00:29:21.420><c> quite</c><00:29:21.579><c> wonderful</c>

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words,<00:29:22.380><c> aren't</c><00:29:22.579><c> they,</c><00:29:23.160><c> from</c><00:29:23.420><c> a</c><00:29:23.579><c> Gentile.</c><00:29:24.920><c> Ataei</c><00:29:25.359><c> answered</c>

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:27.819
the<00:29:26.079><c> king</c><00:29:26.279><c> and</c><00:29:26.539><c> said,</c><00:29:26.859><c> verse</c><00:29:27.059><c> twenty</c><00:29:27.440><c>-one,</c>

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as<00:29:28.500><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:29.200><c> liveth</c><00:29:29.539><c> and</c><00:29:29.680><c> as</c><00:29:29.920><c> my</c><00:29:30.200><c> lord</c><00:29:30.500><c> the</c><00:29:30.700><c> king</c><00:29:31.000><c> liveth,</c><00:29:31.819><c> surely</c><00:29:32.119><c> in</c>

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what<00:29:32.559><c> place</c><00:29:32.839><c> my</c><00:29:33.180><c> lord</c><00:29:33.460><c> the</c><00:29:33.700><c> king</c><00:29:33.940><c> shall</c>

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be,<00:29:34.920><c> whether</c><00:29:35.200><c> in</c><00:29:35.519><c> death</c><00:29:35.720><c> or</c><00:29:36.000><c> life,</c><00:29:36.660><c> even</c><00:29:37.079><c> there</c><00:29:37.440><c> also</c><00:29:37.980><c> will</c><00:29:38.359><c> be</c>

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:42.759
thy<00:29:38.920><c> servant.</c><00:29:40.660><c> See,</c><00:29:41.740><c> David</c><00:29:42.119><c> had</c><00:29:42.400><c> said</c><00:29:42.519><c> to</c>

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him,<00:29:43.480><c> you</c><00:29:43.759><c> go</c><00:29:44.059><c> and</c><00:29:44.299><c> abide</c><00:29:44.700><c> with</c><00:29:45.319><c> the</c><00:29:45.599><c> king.</c><00:29:46.259><c> Return</c><00:29:46.759><c> to</c><00:29:46.980><c> thy</c>

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place<00:29:47.599><c> and</c><00:29:48.079><c> abide</c><00:29:48.380><c> with</c><00:29:48.599><c> the</c><00:29:48.740><c> king,</c><00:29:49.099><c> verse</c>

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nineteen.<00:29:50.759><c> David's</c><00:29:51.319><c> saying,</c><00:29:52.140><c> Absalom's</c><00:29:52.680><c> king.</c><00:29:53.920><c> I'm</c><00:29:54.099><c> now</c><00:29:54.400><c> off</c>

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:57.579
the<00:29:54.980><c> throne.</c><00:29:55.720><c> My</c><00:29:55.920><c> son's</c><00:29:56.400><c> taken</c><00:29:56.599><c> over.</c>

00:29:58.000 --> 00:30:05.740
Ataei,<00:29:58.519><c> you</c><00:29:58.779><c> go</c><00:29:59.039><c> back</c><00:29:59.259><c> with</c><00:29:59.460><c> the</c><00:29:59.640><c> king.</c><00:30:00.359><c> But</c><00:30:00.579><c> Ataei's</c><00:30:01.119><c> reply</c><00:30:01.579><c> is,</c><00:30:02.539><c> my</c><00:30:02.579><c> lord</c><00:30:03.180><c> the</c><00:30:03.559><c> king</c><00:30:04.359><c> liveth.</c><00:30:05.180><c> I</c><00:30:05.500><c> don't</c>

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care<00:30:05.960><c> what</c><00:30:06.180><c> has</c><00:30:06.440><c> happened.</c><00:30:06.819><c> Just</c><00:30:07.079><c> because</c><00:30:07.359><c> I've</c><00:30:07.640><c> recently</c><00:30:08.039><c> come</c><00:30:08.299><c> to</c>

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.700
you,<00:30:08.839><c> I'm</c><00:30:09.140><c> going</c><00:30:09.279><c> to</c><00:30:09.440><c> remain</c>

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:12.740
with<00:30:09.920><c> you</c><00:30:10.220><c> because</c><00:30:10.599><c> you're</c><00:30:10.960><c> king.</c><00:30:11.720><c> Look</c><00:30:11.940><c> at</c><00:30:12.099><c> the</c><00:30:12.319><c> love</c><00:30:12.500><c> that</c>

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:19.200
Ataei<00:30:13.460><c> had</c><00:30:13.839><c> for</c><00:30:14.180><c> David.</c><00:30:14.980><c> Look</c><00:30:15.240><c> at</c><00:30:15.400><c> the</c>

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love<00:30:19.880><c> that</c><00:30:19.880><c> David</c><00:30:19.880><c> had</c><00:30:19.880><c> for</c><00:30:19.880><c> David.</c><00:30:19.880><c> We</c><00:30:20.099><c> read</c><00:30:20.299><c> later</c><00:30:20.819><c> that</c><00:30:21.380><c> he</c>

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was<00:30:21.680><c> put</c><00:30:21.900><c> over</c><00:30:22.140><c> a</c><00:30:22.299><c> third</c><00:30:22.500><c> of</c><00:30:22.680><c> David's</c><00:30:23.259><c> army.</c>

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:30.140
We<00:30:25.039><c> draw</c><00:30:25.259><c> to</c><00:30:25.420><c> mind</c><00:30:25.640><c> the</c><00:30:25.799><c> words</c><00:30:26.079><c> of</c><00:30:26.599><c> Ruth,</c><00:30:26.940><c> don't</c><00:30:27.160><c> we,</c><00:30:27.380><c> to</c><00:30:27.559><c> Naomi.</c><00:30:28.940><c> Entreat</c><00:30:29.400><c> me</c><00:30:29.680><c> not</c><00:30:29.900><c> to</c>

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leave<00:30:30.440><c> thee</c><00:30:30.640><c> or</c>

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to<00:30:31.019><c> return</c><00:30:31.339><c> from</c><00:30:31.619><c> following</c><00:30:31.960><c> after</c><00:30:32.440><c> thee.</c><00:30:33.200><c> For</c><00:30:33.359><c> whither</c><00:30:33.599><c> thou</c>

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:37.079
goest,<00:30:34.740><c> I</c><00:30:34.980><c> will</c><00:30:35.220><c> go.</c><00:30:35.900><c> Where</c><00:30:36.180><c> thou</c><00:30:36.539><c> lodgest,</c>

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:41.579
I<00:30:37.619><c> will</c><00:30:37.920><c> lodge.</c><00:30:38.740><c> Thy</c><00:30:39.079><c> people</c><00:30:39.440><c> shall</c><00:30:39.720><c> be</c><00:30:39.900><c> my</c><00:30:40.200><c> people</c><00:30:40.740><c> and</c><00:30:41.200><c> thy</c>

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:45.440
God<00:30:42.039><c> my</c><00:30:42.500><c> God.</c><00:30:43.339><c> And</c><00:30:43.700><c> there</c><00:30:43.859><c> we</c><00:30:44.099><c> have</c><00:30:44.720><c> Ataei,</c>

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a<00:30:45.900><c> Gentile,</c><00:30:46.819><c> and</c><00:30:47.000><c> Ruth,</c><00:30:47.819><c> a</c><00:30:47.920><c> Gentile,</c><00:30:48.920><c> presenting</c><00:30:49.380><c> a</c><00:30:49.839><c> trust</c><00:30:50.160><c> in</c>

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their<00:30:50.779><c> God,</c><00:30:51.539><c> sometimes</c><00:30:52.059><c> greater</c><00:30:52.619><c> than</c>

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:57.380
the<00:30:53.480><c> people</c><00:30:53.940><c> of</c><00:30:54.420><c> the</c><00:30:54.579><c> land,</c><00:30:55.119><c> the</c><00:30:55.299><c> Jews</c><00:30:55.519><c> themselves.</c><00:30:57.019><c> And</c><00:30:57.140><c> so</c>

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:59.500
Ataei<00:30:57.839><c> goes</c><00:30:58.180><c> with</c><00:30:58.519><c> David</c><00:30:58.880><c> and</c><00:30:59.079><c> all</c><00:30:59.240><c> his</c>

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:02.940
group<00:30:59.759><c> as</c><00:31:00.180><c> they</c><00:31:00.460><c> move</c><00:31:00.660><c> out</c><00:31:00.980><c> towards</c><00:31:01.539><c> the</c><00:31:01.839><c> River</c><00:31:02.039><c> Jordan</c><00:31:02.480><c> and</c>

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eventually<00:31:03.380><c> to</c><00:31:03.660><c> Maynaim.</c><00:31:05.119><c> And</c><00:31:05.259><c> we</c><00:31:05.440><c> read</c><00:31:05.619><c> in</c>

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:09.819
verse<00:31:06.000><c> twenty</c><00:31:06.279><c>-four</c><00:31:06.420><c> that</c><00:31:06.640><c> the</c><00:31:07.559><c> Levites</c><00:31:08.180><c> were</c><00:31:08.599><c> with</c><00:31:08.880><c> David.</c>

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And<00:31:10.299><c> he</c><00:31:10.460><c> says</c><00:31:10.720><c> to</c><00:31:11.079><c> Zadok</c><00:31:11.480><c> also</c><00:31:11.839><c> and</c><00:31:12.000><c> all</c><00:31:12.160><c> the</c>

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:19.700
God,<00:31:16.099><c> he</c><00:31:16.240><c> says</c><00:31:16.539><c> to</c><00:31:16.680><c> them</c><00:31:16.940><c> in</c><00:31:17.099><c> verse</c><00:31:17.460><c> twenty</c><00:31:17.900><c>-five,</c><00:31:19.119><c> the</c><00:31:19.119><c> king</c>

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:22.039
said<00:31:19.960><c> unto</c><00:31:20.299><c> Zadok,</c><00:31:21.059><c> carry</c><00:31:21.539><c> back</c><00:31:21.880><c> the</c>

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:27.900
ark<00:31:22.220><c> of</c><00:31:22.420><c> God</c><00:31:22.599><c> into</c><00:31:22.880><c> the</c><00:31:23.059><c> city.</c><00:31:24.559><c> He</c><00:31:24.720><c> said,</c><00:31:24.900><c> why</c><00:31:25.160><c> have</c><00:31:25.299><c> you</c><00:31:25.500><c> brought</c><00:31:25.680><c> it</c><00:31:25.819><c> out</c><00:31:26.119><c> here?</c><00:31:27.180><c> You</c><00:31:27.259><c> know,</c><00:31:27.500><c> in</c><00:31:27.640><c> verse</c>

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:31.839
twenty<00:31:28.299><c>-seven</c><00:31:28.460><c> he</c><00:31:28.640><c> says</c><00:31:28.920><c> to</c><00:31:29.099><c> Zadok,</c><00:31:30.220><c> art</c><00:31:30.299><c> not</c><00:31:30.539><c> thou</c><00:31:30.799><c> a</c><00:31:31.000><c> seer?</c>

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:34.400
You<00:31:32.599><c> know,</c><00:31:32.839><c> Zadok,</c><00:31:33.220><c> really,</c><00:31:34.000><c> can't</c><00:31:34.259><c> you</c>

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:38.240
see<00:31:34.619><c> further</c><00:31:35.019><c> than</c><00:31:35.599><c> just</c><00:31:36.079><c> the</c><00:31:36.339><c> present?</c><00:31:37.240><c> What</c><00:31:37.440><c> have</c><00:31:37.539><c> you</c><00:31:37.700><c> brought</c><00:31:37.960><c> the</c>

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:40.299
ark<00:31:38.460><c> out</c><00:31:38.700><c> here</c><00:31:39.039><c> for?</c><00:31:39.880><c> That</c><00:31:40.099><c> ought</c>

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:43.940
to<00:31:40.640><c> stop</c><00:31:40.640><c> back</c><00:31:40.940><c> in</c><00:31:41.119><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:31:42.500><c> That's</c><00:31:42.759><c> where</c><00:31:42.980><c> I</c><00:31:43.259><c> built</c><00:31:43.500><c> that</c>

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:45.819
tabernacle<00:31:44.400><c> for</c><00:31:44.680><c> it.</c><00:31:45.299><c> That's</c><00:31:45.599><c> where</c>

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:51.000
it<00:31:45.900><c> belongs,</c><00:31:47.019><c> Zadok.</c><00:31:47.579><c> It</c><00:31:47.799><c> doesn't</c><00:31:48.220><c> belong</c><00:31:48.480><c> out</c><00:31:48.779><c> here.</c><00:31:49.539><c> I'm</c><00:31:49.960><c> fleeing</c><00:31:50.319><c> from</c><00:31:50.660><c> God</c><00:31:50.799><c> at</c>

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:52.579
this<00:31:51.259><c> time.</c><00:31:52.039><c> That</c><00:31:52.359><c> ark</c>

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:56.119
should<00:31:52.839><c> be</c><00:31:53.279><c> back</c><00:31:53.599><c> there</c><00:31:53.980><c> in</c><00:31:54.279><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:31:55.099><c> It</c><00:31:55.299><c> should</c><00:31:55.539><c> remain</c>

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:57.720
there.<00:31:56.400><c> That's</c><00:31:56.720><c> where</c><00:31:56.940><c> God</c><00:31:57.160><c> has</c><00:31:57.359><c> appointed</c>

00:31:57.720 --> 00:32:02.740
it<00:31:58.160><c> to</c><00:31:58.420><c> be.</c><00:31:59.720><c> Zadok,</c><00:32:00.500><c> can't</c><00:32:00.779><c> you</c><00:32:00.920><c> work</c><00:32:01.079><c> that</c><00:32:01.319><c> out?</c><00:32:02.279><c> And</c><00:32:02.420><c> really</c>

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:04.420
he's<00:32:03.059><c> speaking</c><00:32:03.359><c> very</c><00:32:03.799><c> firmly</c><00:32:04.119><c> here</c>

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:07.740
to<00:32:04.599><c> Zadok</c><00:32:05.279><c> and</c><00:32:05.539><c> he's</c><00:32:05.859><c> telling</c><00:32:06.119><c> Zadok,</c><00:32:06.940><c> you</c><00:32:07.019><c> know,</c><00:32:07.299><c> you</c><00:32:07.500><c> should</c>

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:09.519
never<00:32:08.019><c> have</c><00:32:08.299><c> brought</c><00:32:08.420><c> it</c><00:32:08.599><c> out.</c><00:32:09.299><c> See</c>

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:14.160
in<00:32:09.960><c> verse</c><00:32:09.960><c> twenty</c><00:32:10.819><c>-five</c><00:32:11.079><c> he</c><00:32:11.240><c> says,</c><00:32:11.640><c> in</c><00:32:11.720><c> the</c><00:32:11.900><c> end</c><00:32:12.099><c> of</c><00:32:12.240><c> verse</c><00:32:12.480><c> twenty</c><00:32:12.880><c>-five,</c><00:32:14.039><c> if</c>

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I<00:32:14.460><c> shall</c><00:32:14.660><c> find</c><00:32:14.980><c> favour</c>

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:19.539
in<00:32:15.539><c> the</c><00:32:15.680><c> eyes</c><00:32:15.900><c> of</c><00:32:16.200><c> Yahweh,</c><00:32:17.019><c> he</c><00:32:17.140><c> will</c><00:32:17.420><c> bring</c><00:32:17.680><c> me</c><00:32:17.980><c> again</c><00:32:18.500><c> and</c><00:32:18.980><c> show</c><00:32:19.259><c> me</c>

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:24.440
both<00:32:19.960><c> it,</c><00:32:21.180><c> the</c><00:32:21.400><c> ark,</c><00:32:22.420><c> the</c><00:32:22.559><c> city,</c><00:32:23.920><c> and</c>

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:31.079
his<00:32:25.279><c> habitation.</c><00:32:26.799><c> And</c><00:32:27.140><c> what's</c><00:32:27.740><c> his</c><00:32:28.119><c> habitation?</c><00:32:29.539><c> Well,</c><00:32:29.819><c> God's</c><00:32:30.240><c> habitation,</c><00:32:30.799><c> of</c>

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:33.369
course,<00:32:32.299><c> was</c><00:32:32.519><c> the</c>

00:32:33.769 --> 00:32:42.150
Jerusalem<00:32:34.410><c> in</c><00:32:34.670><c> all</c><00:32:34.950><c> its</c><00:32:35.269><c> glory.</c><00:32:36.910><c> And</c><00:32:37.069><c> David</c><00:32:37.289><c> is</c><00:32:37.529><c> saying,</c><00:32:38.690><c> if</c><00:32:38.910><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:39.549><c> favour</c><00:32:39.990><c> me,</c><00:32:41.069><c> if</c><00:32:41.490><c> I</c>

00:32:42.150 --> 00:32:43.730
find<00:32:42.470><c> favour</c><00:32:42.910><c> in</c><00:32:43.269><c> his</c>

00:32:43.730 --> 00:32:47.029
eyes,<00:32:44.589><c> he</c><00:32:44.789><c> will</c><00:32:45.049><c> not</c><00:32:45.210><c> only</c><00:32:45.490><c> bring</c><00:32:45.670><c> me</c><00:32:45.890><c> back</c><00:32:46.130><c> to</c><00:32:46.309><c> the</c><00:32:46.529><c> city</c><00:32:46.789><c> at</c>

00:32:47.029 --> 00:32:49.890
this<00:32:47.309><c> time,</c><00:32:48.210><c> but</c><00:32:48.329><c> he</c><00:32:48.410><c> will</c><00:32:48.690><c> take</c><00:32:48.990><c> me</c><00:32:49.309><c> into</c>

00:32:49.890 --> 00:32:54.829
his<00:32:50.410><c> habitation.</c><00:32:51.990><c> See,</c><00:32:52.230><c> David's</c><00:32:52.710><c> mind</c><00:32:53.210><c> is</c><00:32:53.630><c> on</c><00:32:53.789><c> the</c><00:32:53.930><c> future.</c>

00:32:55.269 --> 00:32:58.269
It's<00:32:55.710><c> past</c><00:32:56.089><c> the</c><00:32:56.289><c> present.</c><00:32:57.109><c> It's</c><00:32:57.349><c> on</c><00:32:57.549><c> the</c>

00:32:58.410 --> 00:33:03.269
of<00:32:58.710><c> the</c><00:32:59.009><c> future</c><00:32:59.349><c> time.</c><00:33:01.109><c> And</c><00:33:01.250><c> so</c><00:33:01.410><c> they</c><00:33:01.670><c> move</c><00:33:02.230><c> further</c><00:33:02.730><c> towards</c>

00:33:03.269 --> 00:33:07.450
the<00:33:03.609><c> area</c><00:33:04.089><c> of</c><00:33:04.390><c> Jordan.</c><00:33:06.589><c> And</c><00:33:06.710><c> in</c><00:33:06.910><c> verse</c><00:33:07.130><c> thirty</c>

00:33:07.450 --> 00:33:10.650
we<00:33:07.630><c> read</c><00:33:07.890><c> that</c><00:33:08.130><c> David</c><00:33:08.509><c> went</c><00:33:08.789><c> over</c><00:33:09.349><c> with</c><00:33:09.710><c> his</c><00:33:09.950><c> head</c><00:33:10.210><c> covered</c>

00:33:10.650 --> 00:33:15.529
and<00:33:11.430><c> his</c><00:33:11.650><c> feet</c><00:33:12.410><c> unshod,</c><00:33:13.869><c> barefooted.</c><00:33:15.369><c> The</c>

00:33:15.529 --> 00:33:18.750
others,<00:33:15.849><c> we</c><00:33:16.009><c> read,</c><00:33:16.230><c> just</c><00:33:16.410><c> went</c><00:33:16.630><c> with</c><00:33:16.849><c> their</c><00:33:17.329><c> heads</c><00:33:17.690><c> covered.</c>

00:33:18.890 --> 00:33:21.490
It<00:33:19.009><c> was</c><00:33:19.289><c> a</c><00:33:19.410><c> sign</c><00:33:19.630><c> of</c><00:33:19.950><c> humility.</c><00:33:20.849><c> It</c><00:33:20.970><c> was</c>

00:33:21.490 --> 00:33:25.069
demonstrating<00:33:22.609><c> their</c><00:33:23.230><c> humble</c><00:33:23.710><c> attitude.</c><00:33:24.329><c> But</c><00:33:24.490><c> David</c><00:33:24.769><c> showed</c>

00:33:25.069 --> 00:33:28.250
it<00:33:25.630><c> extremely</c><00:33:26.329><c> so</c><00:33:26.690><c> by</c><00:33:27.009><c> going</c><00:33:27.309><c> out</c><00:33:27.549><c> with</c><00:33:27.750><c> his</c>

00:33:28.250 --> 00:33:35.529
head<00:33:28.589><c> uncovered</c><00:33:29.670><c> and</c><00:33:30.390><c> his</c><00:33:30.890><c> feet</c><00:33:31.470><c> unshod,</c><00:33:32.589><c> barefooted,</c><00:33:33.569><c> an</c><00:33:33.970><c> additional</c><00:33:34.849><c> show</c><00:33:35.210><c> of</c>

00:33:35.529 --> 00:33:38.329
humility.<00:33:37.849><c> We</c><00:33:37.990><c> read</c><00:33:38.210><c> in</c>

00:33:38.329 --> 00:33:40.950
verse<00:33:38.549><c> thirty</c><00:33:38.930><c>-two</c><00:33:39.049><c> that</c><00:33:39.210><c> it</c><00:33:39.390><c> came</c><00:33:39.589><c> to</c><00:33:39.829><c> pass</c><00:33:40.049><c> when</c><00:33:40.269><c> David</c><00:33:40.650><c> was</c>

00:33:40.950 --> 00:33:43.569
come<00:33:41.089><c> to</c><00:33:41.289><c> the</c><00:33:41.410><c> top</c><00:33:41.549><c> of</c><00:33:41.750><c> the</c><00:33:41.869><c> mount</c><00:33:42.069><c> where</c><00:33:42.849><c> he</c><00:33:43.210><c> worshipped</c>

00:33:43.569 --> 00:33:47.450
God,<00:33:44.410><c> behold,</c><00:33:44.950><c> Husho</c><00:33:45.329><c> the</c><00:33:45.710><c> archite</c><00:33:46.130><c> came</c><00:33:46.410><c> out</c><00:33:46.630><c> to</c><00:33:46.809><c> meet</c><00:33:46.970><c> him</c>

00:33:47.450 --> 00:33:50.990
with<00:33:47.809><c> his</c><00:33:48.109><c> coat</c><00:33:48.390><c> rent</c><00:33:48.789><c> and</c><00:33:49.410><c> earth</c><00:33:49.589><c> upon</c><00:33:49.930><c> his</c><00:33:50.250><c> head.</c>

00:33:51.690 --> 00:33:54.990
And<00:33:52.170><c> to</c><00:33:52.289><c> whom</c><00:33:52.569><c> David</c><00:33:52.970><c> said,</c><00:33:53.430><c> if</c><00:33:53.490><c> they'll</c><00:33:53.849><c> pass</c><00:33:54.130><c> this</c><00:33:54.349><c> over</c><00:33:54.509><c> with</c><00:33:54.750><c> me,</c>

00:33:55.309 --> 00:33:58.170
then<00:33:55.509><c> they</c><00:33:55.650><c> shall</c><00:33:55.869><c> be</c><00:33:56.109><c> a</c><00:33:56.349><c> burden</c><00:33:56.710><c> unto</c><00:33:57.210><c> me.</c>

00:33:58.329 --> 00:34:01.890
And<00:33:58.569><c> so</c><00:33:58.750><c> this</c><00:33:59.150><c> Husho</c><00:33:59.349><c> comes</c><00:33:59.730><c> out.</c><00:34:01.089><c> And</c><00:34:01.230><c> David</c><00:34:01.410><c> said,</c><00:34:01.710><c> look,</c>

00:34:01.890 --> 00:34:04.390
Husho,<00:34:02.490><c> don't</c><00:34:02.849><c> you</c><00:34:03.089><c> come</c><00:34:03.250><c> with</c><00:34:03.490><c> me.</c><00:34:03.809><c> You're</c><00:34:04.089><c> really</c>

00:34:04.390 --> 00:34:07.589
going<00:34:04.529><c> to</c><00:34:04.650><c> be</c><00:34:04.829><c> a</c><00:34:04.950><c> burden</c><00:34:05.190><c> to</c><00:34:05.410><c> me.</c><00:34:05.690><c> In</c><00:34:05.930><c> fact,</c><00:34:06.190><c> Husho,</c><00:34:06.750><c> you</c><00:34:06.950><c> can</c><00:34:07.190><c> be</c><00:34:07.329><c> a</c>

00:34:07.589 --> 00:34:09.230
greater<00:34:07.910><c> advantage</c><00:34:08.429><c> to</c><00:34:08.650><c> me</c><00:34:08.809><c> to</c><00:34:08.929><c> go</c>

00:34:09.230 --> 00:34:14.670
back<00:34:09.489><c> into</c><00:34:09.690><c> that</c><00:34:09.969><c> city</c><00:34:10.510><c> than</c><00:34:11.710><c> you</c><00:34:12.010><c> can</c><00:34:12.590><c> coming</c><00:34:13.130><c> out</c><00:34:13.409><c> with</c><00:34:13.610><c> me.</c>

00:34:14.989 --> 00:34:17.530
Because,<00:34:15.449><c> see,</c><00:34:15.630><c> Husho,</c><00:34:16.349><c> you</c><00:34:16.650><c> may</c><00:34:16.889><c> be</c><00:34:17.030><c> able</c><00:34:17.210><c> to</c>

00:34:17.530 --> 00:34:21.989
defeat<00:34:17.809><c> the</c><00:34:18.090><c> council</c><00:34:18.849><c> of</c><00:34:19.309><c> Ahithophel.</c><00:34:20.949><c> And</c><00:34:21.230><c> if</c><00:34:21.349><c> you</c><00:34:21.510><c> go</c><00:34:21.730><c> back</c>

00:34:21.989 --> 00:34:24.309
into<00:34:22.230><c> the</c><00:34:22.409><c> city,</c><00:34:22.929><c> you</c><00:34:23.030><c> can</c><00:34:23.250><c> be</c><00:34:23.389><c> of</c><00:34:23.590><c> more</c><00:34:23.929><c> benefit</c>

00:34:24.309 --> 00:34:29.590
to<00:34:24.550><c> me</c><00:34:25.349><c> there</c><00:34:25.969><c> than</c><00:34:26.170><c> you</c><00:34:26.489><c> can</c><00:34:26.829><c> by</c><00:34:27.269><c> coming</c><00:34:27.510><c> out</c><00:34:27.750><c> to</c><00:34:27.889><c> me.</c><00:34:29.150><c> But</c><00:34:29.389><c> how</c>

00:34:29.590 --> 00:34:31.730
was<00:34:29.750><c> he</c><00:34:29.949><c> going</c><00:34:30.090><c> to</c><00:34:30.610><c> defeat</c><00:34:30.949><c> the</c><00:34:31.250><c> council</c><00:34:31.530><c> of</c>

00:34:31.730 --> 00:34:34.769
Ahithophel?<00:34:32.849><c> You</c><00:34:33.010><c> know,</c><00:34:33.250><c> let's</c><00:34:33.670><c> look</c><00:34:33.929><c> at</c><00:34:34.050><c> what</c><00:34:34.269><c> the</c><00:34:34.510><c> council</c>

00:34:34.769 --> 00:34:36.989
of<00:34:34.989><c> Ahithophel</c><00:34:35.530><c> is.</c><00:34:36.150><c> And</c><00:34:36.329><c> we</c><00:34:36.489><c> have</c><00:34:36.590><c> that</c><00:34:36.849><c> in</c>

00:34:36.989 --> 00:34:47.130
verse<00:34:37.250><c> 23</c><00:34:38.150><c> of</c><00:34:38.809><c> 2</c><00:34:39.110><c> Samuel</c><00:34:39.610><c> 16.</c><00:34:44.670><c> We</c><00:34:44.690><c> saw</c><00:34:44.889><c> it</c><00:34:45.030><c> on</c><00:34:45.210><c> the</c><00:34:45.449><c> transparency</c><00:34:46.070><c> there.</c>

00:34:48.889 --> 00:34:51.969
The<00:34:48.989><c> council</c><00:34:49.449><c> of</c><00:34:49.650><c> Ahithophel,</c><00:34:50.210><c> which</c><00:34:50.389><c> he</c><00:34:50.670><c> counselled</c><00:34:51.010><c> in</c><00:34:51.170><c> those</c><00:34:51.510><c> days,</c><00:34:51.929><c> was</c>

00:34:51.969 --> 00:34:53.769
if<00:34:52.170><c> a</c><00:34:52.369><c> man</c><00:34:52.630><c> had</c><00:34:52.889><c> inquired</c>

00:34:53.769 --> 00:35:00.809
at<00:34:54.349><c> the</c><00:34:54.670><c> oracle</c><00:34:55.170><c> of</c><00:34:55.650><c> God.</c><00:34:56.889><c> How</c><00:34:57.110><c> is</c><00:34:57.369><c> Husho</c><00:34:57.849><c> going</c><00:34:58.530><c> to</c><00:34:59.090><c> defeat</c><00:34:59.530><c> that</c><00:35:00.010><c> type</c><00:35:00.329><c> of</c>

00:35:00.809 --> 00:35:03.230
judgment?<00:35:01.989><c> How</c><00:35:02.210><c> has</c><00:35:02.570><c> Husho</c>

00:35:03.230 --> 00:35:08.650
going<00:35:03.550><c> to</c><00:35:03.829><c> defeat</c><00:35:04.110><c> Ahithophel</c><00:35:04.909><c> when</c><00:35:05.309><c> he</c><00:35:05.570><c> is</c><00:35:05.809><c> like</c><00:35:06.010><c> the</c><00:35:06.349><c> oracle,</c><00:35:06.849><c> the</c><00:35:07.070><c> word</c><00:35:07.369><c> of</c><00:35:07.670><c> God?</c>

00:35:09.409 --> 00:35:13.849
But<00:35:09.630><c> Husho</c><00:35:10.030><c> was</c><00:35:10.530><c> going</c><00:35:10.809><c> to</c><00:35:10.909><c> be</c><00:35:11.090><c> able</c><00:35:11.289><c> to</c><00:35:11.489><c> do</c><00:35:11.610><c> it.</c><00:35:12.610><c> Because</c><00:35:12.969><c> Husho</c><00:35:13.610><c> is</c>

00:35:13.849 --> 00:35:16.690
going<00:35:14.070><c> to</c><00:35:14.210><c> have</c><00:35:14.409><c> the</c><00:35:15.190><c> word</c><00:35:15.550><c> of</c><00:35:15.789><c> God.</c>

00:35:16.849 --> 00:35:21.230
Not<00:35:17.150><c> speak</c><00:35:17.610><c> as</c><00:35:18.190><c> the</c><00:35:18.449><c> oracle</c><00:35:18.750><c> of</c><00:35:19.030><c> God.</c><00:35:20.010><c> Husho</c><00:35:20.469><c> was</c><00:35:20.650><c> really</c><00:35:20.989><c> going</c><00:35:21.110><c> to</c>

00:35:21.230 --> 00:35:23.670
be<00:35:21.429><c> directed</c><00:35:21.829><c> by</c><00:35:22.369><c> God.</c><00:35:23.050><c> And</c><00:35:23.230><c> that</c><00:35:23.369><c> was</c><00:35:23.550><c> going</c>

00:35:23.670 --> 00:35:28.590
to<00:35:23.789><c> be</c><00:35:23.909><c> the</c><00:35:24.130><c> difference.</c><00:35:24.670><c> The</c><00:35:24.869><c> difference</c><00:35:25.269><c> between</c><00:35:25.889><c> Husho</c><00:35:26.590><c> and</c><00:35:26.969><c> Ahithophel.</c><00:35:28.309><c> And</c><00:35:28.449><c> so</c>

00:35:28.590 --> 00:35:29.489
we<00:35:28.769><c> see</c><00:35:28.929><c> some</c><00:35:29.170><c> of</c><00:35:29.269><c> these</c>

00:35:29.489 --> 00:35:32.869
lovely<00:35:30.110><c> people</c><00:35:30.650><c> that</c><00:35:30.949><c> were</c><00:35:31.210><c> built</c><00:35:31.510><c> around</c><00:35:31.849><c> David</c><00:35:32.230><c> as</c><00:35:32.429><c> he</c><00:35:32.590><c> fled</c>

00:35:32.869 --> 00:35:35.989
from<00:35:33.130><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:35:34.550><c> Those</c><00:35:34.829><c> kerathites</c><00:35:35.489><c> and</c><00:35:35.650><c> those</c>

00:35:35.989 --> 00:35:41.369
palathites.<00:35:37.429><c> Etai,</c><00:35:38.590><c> Hushai.</c><00:35:40.409><c> But</c><00:35:40.449><c> there's</c><00:35:40.710><c> another</c><00:35:41.030><c> one</c><00:35:41.210><c> in</c>

00:35:41.369 --> 00:35:44.809
verse<00:35:41.769><c> 1</c><00:35:42.090><c> of</c><00:35:42.250><c> chapter</c><00:35:42.530><c> 16</c><00:35:43.010><c> at</c><00:35:43.269><c> Zeba,</c><00:35:43.829><c> the</c><00:35:43.949><c> servant</c><00:35:44.289><c> of</c>

00:35:44.809 --> 00:35:49.090
Meshibosheth.<00:35:46.469><c> And</c><00:35:46.750><c> Zeba</c><00:35:47.150><c> was</c><00:35:47.429><c> there</c><00:35:47.909><c> as</c><00:35:48.230><c> well</c><00:35:48.429><c> and</c><00:35:48.550><c> he</c><00:35:48.809><c> came</c>

00:35:49.090 --> 00:35:50.409
out<00:35:49.349><c> to</c><00:35:49.550><c> David</c><00:35:49.789><c> and</c><00:35:49.929><c> he</c><00:35:50.170><c> said,</c>

00:35:50.829 --> 00:35:54.570
I've<00:35:51.210><c> come</c><00:35:51.409><c> with</c><00:35:51.710><c> you</c><00:35:51.929><c> David.</c><00:35:52.949><c> And</c><00:35:53.170><c> David</c><00:35:53.489><c> says,</c><00:35:54.110><c> well</c><00:35:54.250><c> where</c>

00:35:54.570 --> 00:35:59.170
is<00:35:55.409><c> your</c><00:35:55.829><c> Meshibosheth?</c><00:35:57.630><c> He</c><00:35:57.949><c> was</c><00:35:58.489><c> the</c><00:35:58.869><c> servant</c>

00:35:59.170 --> 00:36:02.550
of<00:35:59.369><c> Meshibosheth.</c><00:36:00.130><c> And</c><00:36:00.269><c> David</c><00:36:00.510><c> says,</c><00:36:00.889><c> where</c><00:36:00.949><c> is</c><00:36:01.150><c> he?</c><00:36:01.789><c> And</c><00:36:02.030><c> Zeba</c><00:36:02.130><c> said,</c><00:36:02.329><c> oh</c>

00:36:02.550 --> 00:36:04.090
he<00:36:02.750><c> stopped</c><00:36:03.050><c> back</c><00:36:03.469><c> in</c><00:36:03.710><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:36:04.090 --> 00:36:07.190
because<00:36:04.510><c> he</c><00:36:04.809><c> thought</c><00:36:05.050><c> that</c><00:36:05.369><c> Absalom</c><00:36:05.630><c> might</c><00:36:05.929><c> become</c><00:36:06.389><c> king</c><00:36:06.750><c> and</c>

00:36:07.190 --> 00:36:08.949
he<00:36:07.489><c> thought</c><00:36:07.670><c> that</c><00:36:07.909><c> the</c><00:36:08.090><c> kingdom</c><00:36:08.349><c> might</c><00:36:08.670><c> go</c>

00:36:08.949 --> 00:36:13.050
back<00:36:09.130><c> to</c><00:36:09.289><c> the</c><00:36:09.469><c> house</c><00:36:09.690><c> of</c><00:36:09.969><c> Saul.</c><00:36:10.369><c> But</c><00:36:10.510><c> I've</c><00:36:10.949><c> come</c><00:36:11.550><c> David.</c><00:36:12.789><c> I've</c>

00:36:13.050 --> 00:36:15.769
come<00:36:13.230><c> to</c><00:36:13.409><c> you.</c><00:36:14.429><c> You</c><00:36:14.429><c> know</c><00:36:14.690><c> Zeba</c><00:36:15.150><c> is</c><00:36:15.289><c> one</c><00:36:15.469><c> of</c><00:36:15.590><c> those</c>

00:36:15.769 --> 00:36:21.130
that<00:36:16.090><c> sits</c><00:36:16.309><c> on</c><00:36:16.590><c> the</c><00:36:16.750><c> fence.</c><00:36:18.349><c> He's</c><00:36:18.630><c> got</c><00:36:18.789><c> a,</c><00:36:19.369><c> in</c><00:36:19.710><c> both</c><00:36:20.110><c> courts.</c>

00:36:22.170 --> 00:36:24.769
He's<00:36:22.550><c> going</c><00:36:22.670><c> to</c><00:36:22.869><c> be</c><00:36:23.050><c> with</c><00:36:23.550><c> Absalom</c><00:36:24.110><c> because</c>

00:36:25.269 --> 00:36:28.630
Meshibosheth<00:36:25.750><c> is</c><00:36:25.869><c> back</c><00:36:26.130><c> there.</c><00:36:27.210><c> But</c><00:36:27.349><c> he's</c><00:36:27.530><c> also</c><00:36:27.909><c> saying,</c><00:36:28.389><c> well</c><00:36:28.389><c> I'm</c>

00:36:28.630 --> 00:36:31.710
with<00:36:28.849><c> you</c><00:36:29.409><c> David.</c><00:36:30.909><c> Whoever</c><00:36:31.170><c> wins,</c>

00:36:32.110 --> 00:36:34.730
Zeba<00:36:32.289><c> thought</c><00:36:32.570><c> he</c><00:36:32.710><c> was</c><00:36:32.949><c> going</c><00:36:33.090><c> to</c><00:36:33.230><c> win.</c><00:36:33.969><c> But</c><00:36:34.150><c> he</c><00:36:34.250><c> wasn't</c><00:36:34.530><c> going</c>

00:36:34.730 --> 00:36:37.389
to<00:36:34.869><c> win</c><00:36:35.170><c> because</c><00:36:35.670><c> he</c><00:36:35.909><c> sat</c><00:36:36.050><c> on</c><00:36:36.250><c> the</c><00:36:36.409><c> fence.</c><00:36:37.289><c> And</c>

00:36:37.389 --> 00:36:40.570
you<00:36:37.510><c> know</c><00:36:37.670><c> Zeba</c><00:36:38.309><c> is</c><00:36:38.750><c> to</c><00:36:38.949><c> us</c><00:36:39.110><c> one</c><00:36:39.369><c> of</c><00:36:39.489><c> those</c><00:36:39.690><c> who</c><00:36:39.929><c> tends</c><00:36:40.170><c> to</c><00:36:40.409><c> sit</c>

00:36:40.570 --> 00:36:43.050
on<00:36:40.769><c> the</c><00:36:40.969><c> fence.</c><00:36:41.469><c> They're</c><00:36:41.710><c> not</c><00:36:42.010><c> prepared</c><00:36:42.349><c> to</c><00:36:42.610><c> make</c><00:36:42.789><c> a</c>

00:36:43.050 --> 00:36:46.210
stand.<00:36:43.610><c> They're</c><00:36:43.849><c> not</c><00:36:44.329><c> going</c><00:36:44.630><c> to</c><00:36:44.829><c> be</c><00:36:45.070><c> different.</c><00:36:45.789><c> They've</c><00:36:46.110><c> got</c>

00:36:46.210 --> 00:36:49.130
to<00:36:46.449><c> learn</c><00:36:46.710><c> to</c><00:36:47.090><c> dare</c><00:36:47.269><c> to</c><00:36:47.469><c> be</c><00:36:47.590><c> different.</c><00:36:48.530><c> But</c><00:36:48.789><c> Zeba</c>

00:36:49.130 --> 00:36:52.050
was<00:36:49.389><c> one</c><00:36:49.570><c> who</c><00:36:49.789><c> said,</c><00:36:50.289><c> well</c><00:36:50.449><c> whoever</c><00:36:50.849><c> wins,</c><00:36:51.389><c> whatever</c><00:36:51.610><c> way</c><00:36:51.849><c> it</c>

00:36:52.050 --> 00:36:54.449
goes,<00:36:52.630><c> I'm</c><00:36:52.949><c> going</c><00:36:53.070><c> to</c><00:36:53.230><c> be</c><00:36:53.429><c> there.</c><00:36:53.750><c> I'm</c><00:36:54.050><c> going</c><00:36:54.170><c> to</c><00:36:54.289><c> be</c>

00:36:54.449 --> 00:37:00.730
with<00:36:54.610><c> them.</c><00:36:56.530><c> So</c><00:36:56.849><c> we</c><00:36:57.090><c> come</c><00:36:57.389><c> then</c><00:36:57.829><c> to</c><00:36:58.170><c> the</c><00:36:58.289><c> next</c><00:36:58.630><c> chapter,</c><00:36:59.250><c> chapter</c><00:36:59.630><c> 17.</c>

00:37:01.070 --> 00:37:02.710
And<00:37:01.269><c> here</c><00:37:01.429><c> they</c><00:37:01.710><c> are</c><00:37:02.010><c> fleeing</c><00:37:02.349><c> from</c><00:37:02.650><c> the</c>

00:37:02.710 --> 00:37:06.929
city<00:37:03.010><c> of</c><00:37:03.230><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:37:04.929><c> And</c><00:37:05.090><c> in</c><00:37:05.210><c> verse</c><00:37:05.449><c> eight,</c><00:37:06.190><c> in</c><00:37:06.349><c> verse</c><00:37:06.570><c> five</c>

00:37:06.929 --> 00:37:11.110
of<00:37:07.130><c> chapter</c><00:37:07.389><c> 17,</c><00:37:08.449><c> we</c><00:37:08.610><c> read,</c><00:37:09.110><c> then</c><00:37:09.110><c> said,</c><00:37:10.309><c> Absalom,</c>

00:37:11.789 --> 00:37:15.289
call<00:37:12.070><c> now</c><00:37:12.769><c> Hushayot.</c><00:37:13.949><c> Actually</c><00:37:14.289><c> we've</c><00:37:14.610><c> gone</c><00:37:14.750><c> ahead,</c><00:37:15.190><c> haven't</c>

00:37:15.289 --> 00:37:17.550
we?<00:37:15.449><c> Too</c><00:37:15.750><c> far.</c><00:37:16.369><c> We</c><00:37:16.550><c> should</c><00:37:16.710><c> be</c><00:37:16.889><c> over</c><00:37:17.130><c> in</c><00:37:17.309><c> chapter</c>

00:37:17.550 --> 00:37:21.530
16<00:37:18.289><c> and</c><00:37:18.550><c> at</c><00:37:18.769><c> verse</c><00:37:19.030><c> five</c><00:37:19.610><c> of</c><00:37:19.829><c> chapter</c><00:37:20.110><c> 16.</c><00:37:20.949><c> Because</c><00:37:21.150><c> here</c><00:37:21.389><c> we</c>

00:37:21.530 --> 00:37:24.010
have<00:37:21.750><c> David</c><00:37:22.190><c> fleeing</c><00:37:22.670><c> from</c><00:37:22.969><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:37:24.329 --> 00:37:27.590
And<00:37:24.369><c> as</c><00:37:24.590><c> they</c><00:37:24.889><c> flee</c><00:37:25.030><c> out</c><00:37:25.289><c> of</c><00:37:25.449><c> the</c><00:37:25.510><c> city</c><00:37:25.769><c> of</c><00:37:26.070><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:37:27.170><c> there's</c><00:37:27.369><c> this</c>

00:37:27.590 --> 00:37:30.829
man<00:37:27.869><c> Shimei</c><00:37:28.570><c> comes</c><00:37:29.190><c> out.</c><00:37:30.369><c> We</c><00:37:30.489><c> read</c><00:37:30.670><c> it</c>

00:37:30.829 --> 00:37:35.130
in<00:37:30.969><c> verse</c><00:37:31.269><c> five.</c><00:37:31.690><c> And</c><00:37:31.750><c> when</c><00:37:32.010><c> King</c><00:37:32.949><c> David</c><00:37:33.329><c> came</c><00:37:33.670><c> to</c><00:37:33.929><c> Bar</c><00:37:34.170><c>-Reyem,</c>

00:37:35.409 --> 00:37:37.269
behold<00:37:35.750><c> thence</c><00:37:36.130><c> came</c><00:37:36.329><c> out</c><00:37:36.610><c> a</c><00:37:36.710><c> man</c><00:37:36.909><c> of</c><00:37:37.070><c> the</c>

00:37:37.269 --> 00:37:40.909
family<00:37:37.550><c> of</c><00:37:37.690><c> the</c><00:37:37.869><c> house</c><00:37:38.130><c> of</c><00:37:38.369><c> Saul</c><00:37:38.530><c> whose</c><00:37:38.769><c> name</c><00:37:39.050><c> was</c><00:37:39.289><c> Shimei,</c><00:37:40.329><c> the</c><00:37:40.469><c> son</c><00:37:40.670><c> of</c>

00:37:40.909 --> 00:37:42.809
Girah.<00:37:41.630><c> And</c><00:37:41.829><c> he</c><00:37:42.030><c> came</c><00:37:42.349><c> forth,</c>

00:37:42.809 --> 00:37:46.590
and<00:37:43.230><c> he</c><00:37:43.469><c> cursed</c><00:37:43.849><c> still</c><00:37:44.170><c> as</c><00:37:44.389><c> he</c><00:37:44.570><c> came.</c><00:37:45.349><c> And</c><00:37:45.489><c> he</c><00:37:45.710><c> cast</c><00:37:45.969><c> stones</c><00:37:46.369><c> at</c>

00:37:46.590 --> 00:37:49.989
David<00:37:47.010><c> and</c><00:37:47.250><c> at</c><00:37:47.449><c> all</c><00:37:47.650><c> the</c><00:37:48.010><c> servants</c><00:37:48.449><c> of</c><00:37:48.989><c> the</c><00:37:49.210><c> king.</c>

00:37:50.030 --> 00:37:54.550
So<00:37:50.250><c> here</c><00:37:50.510><c> we</c><00:37:50.690><c> have</c><00:37:50.849><c> this</c><00:37:51.150><c> man</c><00:37:51.469><c> Shimei</c><00:37:52.030><c> cursing</c><00:37:52.650><c> David.</c><00:37:54.050><c> I</c><00:37:54.210><c> don't</c><00:37:54.389><c> know</c>

00:37:54.550 --> 00:37:56.710
that<00:37:54.690><c> he</c><00:37:54.869><c> necessarily</c><00:37:55.409><c> was</c><00:37:55.789><c> throwing</c><00:37:56.070><c> stones</c>

00:37:56.710 --> 00:38:00.849
with<00:37:57.269><c> a</c><00:37:57.510><c> desire</c><00:37:57.710><c> to</c><00:37:57.909><c> kill</c><00:37:58.170><c> David.</c><00:37:59.449><c> It</c><00:37:59.590><c> was</c><00:37:59.829><c> more</c><00:38:00.110><c> to</c><00:38:00.289><c> give</c><00:38:00.489><c> the</c>

00:38:00.849 --> 00:38:03.849
curse<00:38:01.090><c> on</c><00:38:01.349><c> David.</c><00:38:02.269><c> He</c><00:38:02.409><c> was</c><00:38:02.769><c> throwing</c><00:38:03.070><c> up</c><00:38:03.309><c> the</c><00:38:03.530><c> dust</c>

00:38:03.849 --> 00:38:09.090
and<00:38:04.710><c> saying</c><00:38:04.929><c> that</c><00:38:05.269><c> David</c><00:38:05.690><c> you're</c><00:38:05.969><c> a</c><00:38:06.150><c> man</c><00:38:06.309><c> of</c><00:38:06.630><c> blood.</c><00:38:08.030><c> And</c><00:38:08.389><c> Shimei</c><00:38:08.829><c> was</c>

00:38:09.090 --> 00:38:11.530
trying<00:38:09.369><c> to</c><00:38:09.969><c> curse</c><00:38:10.329><c> David.</c><00:38:10.809><c> He</c><00:38:10.929><c> was</c><00:38:11.170><c> really</c>

00:38:11.530 --> 00:38:15.170
saying<00:38:11.849><c> what</c><00:38:12.010><c> it</c><00:38:12.090><c> was</c><00:38:12.269><c> all</c><00:38:12.530><c> about,</c><00:38:12.889><c> wasn't</c><00:38:13.110><c> it?</c><00:38:14.130><c> He</c><00:38:14.210><c> was</c><00:38:14.389><c> telling</c><00:38:14.710><c> David</c>

00:38:15.170 --> 00:38:17.570
you're<00:38:15.670><c> a</c><00:38:15.869><c> man</c><00:38:16.030><c> of</c><00:38:16.369><c> blood.</c><00:38:17.210><c> And</c><00:38:17.349><c> David</c>

00:38:17.570 --> 00:38:22.730
really<00:38:17.949><c> was.</c><00:38:19.170><c> He'd</c><00:38:19.650><c> brought</c><00:38:19.829><c> to</c><00:38:20.030><c> death</c><00:38:20.489><c> Uriah.</c><00:38:21.969><c> And</c><00:38:22.150><c> so</c><00:38:22.329><c> David</c>

00:38:22.730 --> 00:38:25.829
really,<00:38:23.590><c> in</c><00:38:23.750><c> a</c><00:38:23.889><c> sense,</c><00:38:24.230><c> could</c><00:38:24.369><c> see</c><00:38:24.610><c> that</c><00:38:24.809><c> he</c><00:38:25.030><c> deserved</c>

00:38:26.309 --> 00:38:30.550
this<00:38:26.789><c> curse</c><00:38:27.130><c> of</c><00:38:27.409><c> Shimei.</c><00:38:29.309><c> But</c><00:38:29.489><c> we</c><00:38:29.630><c> read</c><00:38:29.809><c> in</c><00:38:29.929><c> verse</c><00:38:30.130><c> nine</c><00:38:30.369><c> that</c>

00:38:30.550 --> 00:38:32.949
Abishayot<00:38:31.110><c> the</c><00:38:31.210><c> son</c><00:38:31.429><c> of</c><00:38:31.590><c> Zeruiah</c><00:38:32.050><c> came</c><00:38:32.429><c> unto</c><00:38:32.730><c> the</c>

00:38:32.949 --> 00:38:35.949
king<00:38:33.190><c> and</c><00:38:33.590><c> he</c><00:38:33.750><c> said</c><00:38:33.849><c> why</c><00:38:34.130><c> should</c><00:38:34.369><c> this</c><00:38:34.769><c> dead</c><00:38:35.070><c> dog</c><00:38:35.349><c> curse</c><00:38:35.690><c> the</c>

00:38:35.949 --> 00:38:39.090
king?<00:38:36.590><c> But</c><00:38:37.070><c> David's</c><00:38:37.769><c> answer</c><00:38:37.989><c> again</c><00:38:38.409><c> is</c><00:38:38.630><c> the</c><00:38:38.789><c> same</c>

00:38:39.090 --> 00:38:43.170
that<00:38:39.829><c> he</c><00:38:40.010><c> gave</c><00:38:40.329><c> when</c><00:38:40.590><c> these</c><00:38:40.949><c> men</c><00:38:41.190><c> wanted</c><00:38:41.550><c> to</c><00:38:41.809><c> destroy</c><00:38:42.230><c> Saul.</c>

00:38:43.590 --> 00:38:46.929
He<00:38:43.690><c> said</c><00:38:44.110><c> so</c><00:38:44.869><c> let</c><00:38:45.190><c> him</c><00:38:45.530><c> curse</c><00:38:45.889><c> because</c><00:38:46.369><c> Yahweh</c>

00:38:46.929 --> 00:38:50.650
had<00:38:47.170><c> said</c><00:38:47.309><c> unto</c><00:38:47.550><c> him</c><00:38:48.070><c> curse</c><00:38:48.570><c> David,</c><00:38:48.949><c> verse</c><00:38:49.269><c> 10,</c><00:38:50.030><c> who</c><00:38:50.329><c> shall</c>

00:38:50.650 --> 00:38:53.489
say<00:38:51.230><c> wherefore</c><00:38:51.909><c> hast</c><00:38:52.170><c> thou</c><00:38:52.349><c> done</c><00:38:52.610><c> this?</c>

00:38:53.630 --> 00:38:57.389
And<00:38:53.929><c> there</c><00:38:54.130><c> is</c><00:38:54.369><c> David</c><00:38:54.650><c> again</c><00:38:55.269><c> submitting</c><00:38:56.050><c> to</c><00:38:56.449><c> that</c><00:38:56.750><c> which</c><00:38:57.070><c> God</c>

00:38:57.389 --> 00:39:00.289
had<00:38:57.610><c> brought</c><00:38:57.750><c> upon</c><00:38:58.110><c> him.</c><00:38:58.889><c> He</c><00:38:59.090><c> sees</c><00:38:59.349><c> the</c><00:38:59.630><c> cursing</c><00:39:00.010><c> of</c>

00:39:00.289 --> 00:39:05.889
Shimei<00:39:00.769><c> as</c><00:39:01.429><c> that</c><00:39:01.849><c> which</c><00:39:02.289><c> God</c><00:39:02.630><c> had</c><00:39:03.030><c> caused.</c><00:39:03.510><c> And</c><00:39:03.730><c> he's</c><00:39:03.989><c> prepared</c><00:39:04.429><c> to</c><00:39:04.690><c> submit</c><00:39:04.909><c> under</c><00:39:05.210><c> it.</c>

00:39:06.110 --> 00:39:06.670
You<00:39:06.269><c> know</c><00:39:06.369><c> it's</c><00:39:06.550><c> a</c>

00:39:06.670 --> 00:39:10.190
wonderful<00:39:07.010><c> example</c><00:39:07.530><c> of</c><00:39:07.809><c> David</c><00:39:08.130><c> we</c><00:39:08.329><c> have</c><00:39:08.590><c> of</c><00:39:08.730><c> David</c><00:39:09.070><c> here,</c><00:39:09.610><c> haven't</c><00:39:09.869><c> we?</c>

00:39:10.570 --> 00:39:13.329
An<00:39:10.809><c> example</c><00:39:11.170><c> of</c><00:39:11.570><c> patience,</c><00:39:12.369><c> an</c><00:39:12.570><c> example</c><00:39:12.989><c> of</c>

00:39:13.329 --> 00:39:17.929
faith.<00:39:14.730><c> And</c><00:39:14.909><c> in</c><00:39:15.050><c> all</c><00:39:15.409><c> his</c><00:39:15.690><c> adversity,</c><00:39:16.929><c> David</c><00:39:17.130><c> really</c><00:39:17.610><c> shows</c>

00:39:17.929 --> 00:39:22.210
himself<00:39:18.409><c> great.</c><00:39:19.730><c> He</c><00:39:19.909><c> shows</c><00:39:20.110><c> that</c><00:39:20.309><c> he's</c><00:39:20.670><c> courageous</c>

00:39:22.190 --> 00:39:28.349
and<00:39:22.550><c> yet</c><00:39:22.690><c> he's</c><00:39:22.949><c> humble.</c><00:39:24.389><c> He's</c><00:39:24.789><c> faithful</c><00:39:25.389><c> and</c><00:39:26.070><c> yet</c><00:39:26.269><c> he's</c><00:39:26.630><c> patient.</c><00:39:28.010><c> He's</c>

00:39:28.349 --> 00:39:30.090
prepared<00:39:28.750><c> to</c><00:39:29.030><c> submit</c><00:39:29.349><c> under</c><00:39:29.670><c> this</c>

00:39:30.090 --> 00:39:35.409
brought<00:39:30.630><c> upon</c><00:39:31.090><c> him,</c><00:39:31.869><c> realising</c><00:39:32.389><c> that</c><00:39:32.690><c> God</c><00:39:33.050><c> is</c><00:39:33.250><c> in</c><00:39:33.530><c> control,</c><00:39:34.750><c> that</c><00:39:34.949><c> it's</c><00:39:35.230><c> a</c>

00:39:35.409 --> 00:39:36.849
divine<00:39:35.789><c> affliction</c><00:39:36.289><c> on</c><00:39:36.530><c> him.</c>

00:39:37.329 --> 00:39:41.550
And<00:39:37.590><c> really</c><00:39:37.969><c> that's</c><00:39:38.429><c> a</c><00:39:38.570><c> greatness</c><00:39:38.869><c> of</c><00:39:39.170><c> David.</c><00:39:39.469><c> He</c><00:39:39.590><c> never</c><00:39:39.929><c> fought</c><00:39:40.250><c> against</c><00:39:40.710><c> God.</c>

00:39:41.630 --> 00:39:43.630
He<00:39:41.889><c> accepted</c><00:39:42.349><c> this</c><00:39:42.809><c> realising</c>

00:39:43.630 --> 00:39:47.869
there<00:39:43.809><c> is</c><00:39:44.090><c> a</c><00:39:44.309><c> greater</c><00:39:44.570><c> time</c><00:39:44.889><c> to</c><00:39:45.429><c> come,</c><00:39:45.969><c> a</c><00:39:46.309><c> time</c><00:39:46.590><c> of</c><00:39:46.989><c> glory,</c><00:39:47.650><c> a</c>

00:39:47.869 --> 00:39:50.809
time<00:39:48.050><c> when</c><00:39:48.230><c> he</c><00:39:48.449><c> shall</c><00:39:48.730><c> see</c><00:39:49.070><c> past</c><00:39:49.449><c> all</c><00:39:50.050><c> these</c><00:39:50.329><c> problems.</c>

00:39:51.130 --> 00:39:53.989
They'll<00:39:51.409><c> be</c><00:39:51.650><c> in</c><00:39:51.829><c> the</c><00:39:52.010><c> past</c><00:39:52.329><c> and</c><00:39:52.650><c> he</c><00:39:52.789><c> will</c><00:39:52.969><c> be</c><00:39:53.210><c> in</c><00:39:53.329><c> the</c><00:39:53.610><c> kingdom</c>

00:39:53.989 --> 00:39:58.869
with<00:39:54.809><c> his</c><00:39:55.550><c> Lord.</c><00:39:57.510><c> And</c><00:39:57.670><c> so</c><00:39:57.789><c> in</c><00:39:57.969><c> verse</c><00:39:58.190><c> 15,</c>

00:39:58.869 --> 00:40:02.369
Absalom<00:39:59.630><c> and</c><00:39:59.789><c> all</c><00:40:00.030><c> the</c><00:40:00.230><c> people,</c><00:40:01.050><c> the</c><00:40:01.090><c> men</c><00:40:01.329><c> of</c><00:40:01.489><c> Israel</c><00:40:01.829><c> came</c><00:40:02.190><c> to</c>

00:40:02.369 --> 00:40:06.329
Jerusalem<00:40:02.869><c> and</c><00:40:03.469><c> Ahithophel</c><00:40:04.449><c> was</c><00:40:05.010><c> with</c><00:40:05.309><c> them.</c>

00:40:07.710 --> 00:40:10.929
And<00:40:07.849><c> it</c><00:40:08.070><c> came</c><00:40:08.329><c> to</c><00:40:08.610><c> pass</c><00:40:08.849><c> when</c><00:40:09.150><c> Hushai</c><00:40:09.530><c> the</c><00:40:09.769><c> Archite,</c><00:40:10.230><c> David's</c>

00:40:10.929 --> 00:40:12.389
friend<00:40:10.989><c> was</c><00:40:11.269><c> come</c><00:40:11.469><c> unto</c><00:40:11.710><c> Absalom,</c>

00:40:12.610 --> 00:40:17.269
that<00:40:12.889><c> Hushai</c><00:40:13.389><c> said</c><00:40:13.630><c> unto</c><00:40:13.909><c> Absalom,</c><00:40:15.010><c> God</c><00:40:15.210><c> save</c><00:40:15.809><c> the</c><00:40:16.269><c> king,</c><00:40:16.969><c> God</c>

00:40:17.269 --> 00:40:20.989
save<00:40:17.650><c> the</c><00:40:17.869><c> king.</c><00:40:19.369><c> You</c><00:40:19.510><c> know</c><00:40:19.769><c> really</c><00:40:20.190><c> what</c><00:40:20.489><c> we</c><00:40:20.829><c> have</c>

00:40:20.989 --> 00:40:25.070
there<00:40:21.369><c> in</c><00:40:21.630><c> this</c><00:40:22.230><c> statement</c><00:40:22.809><c> when</c><00:40:23.869><c> Hushai</c><00:40:24.289><c> comes</c><00:40:24.630><c> into</c><00:40:24.909><c> the</c>

00:40:25.070 --> 00:40:28.750
city,<00:40:26.070><c> it's</c><00:40:26.269><c> really</c><00:40:26.610><c> showing</c><00:40:26.909><c> that</c><00:40:27.570><c> Hushai</c><00:40:28.349><c> and</c>

00:40:28.750 --> 00:40:33.349
Absalom<00:40:29.130><c> seem</c><00:40:29.469><c> to</c><00:40:29.670><c> come</c><00:40:29.829><c> to</c><00:40:30.010><c> the</c><00:40:30.150><c> city</c><00:40:30.349><c> at</c><00:40:30.530><c> the</c><00:40:30.710><c> same</c><00:40:30.989><c> time.</c><00:40:32.489><c> They</c><00:40:32.550><c> both</c><00:40:32.909><c> sort</c><00:40:33.150><c> of</c>

00:40:33.349 --> 00:40:34.670
come<00:40:33.590><c> to</c><00:40:33.809><c> the</c><00:40:33.849><c> gate</c><00:40:34.050><c> of</c><00:40:34.210><c> the</c><00:40:34.309><c> city</c><00:40:34.489><c> at</c>

00:40:34.670 --> 00:40:38.230
the<00:40:34.809><c> same</c><00:40:35.050><c> time.</c><00:40:35.650><c> Absalom's</c><00:40:36.210><c> coming</c><00:40:36.369><c> in</c><00:40:36.849><c> and</c><00:40:37.050><c> Hushai</c><00:40:37.590><c> is</c><00:40:37.710><c> there</c><00:40:37.989><c> as</c>

00:40:38.230 --> 00:40:41.670
well<00:40:38.630><c> and</c><00:40:39.409><c> Absalom</c><00:40:39.889><c> gives</c><00:40:40.130><c> him</c><00:40:40.389><c> this</c><00:40:40.690><c> greeting.</c>

00:40:42.429 --> 00:40:46.869
Hushai<00:40:42.989><c> gives</c><00:40:43.369><c> Absalom</c><00:40:43.909><c> this</c><00:40:44.269><c> greeting,</c><00:40:44.989><c> God</c><00:40:45.309><c> save</c><00:40:45.650><c> the</c><00:40:45.869><c> king.</c><00:40:46.769><c> But</c>

00:40:46.869 --> 00:40:48.170
you<00:40:46.969><c> see</c><00:40:47.130><c> in</c><00:40:47.230><c> the</c><00:40:47.409><c> margin</c><00:40:47.690><c> it</c><00:40:47.889><c> says,</c>

00:40:48.170 --> 00:40:52.929
let<00:40:48.769><c> the</c><00:40:49.010><c> king</c><00:40:49.289><c> live.</c><00:40:50.690><c> So</c><00:40:50.869><c> he</c><00:40:51.250><c> really</c><00:40:51.710><c> is</c><00:40:51.969><c> saying,</c><00:40:52.650><c> let</c><00:40:52.690><c> the</c>

00:40:52.929 --> 00:40:55.909
king<00:40:53.110><c> live.</c><00:40:54.530><c> Who's</c><00:40:54.829><c> the</c><00:40:55.010><c> king?</c>

00:40:56.530 --> 00:41:00.010
Who's<00:40:57.130><c> Hushai</c><00:40:57.250><c> speaking</c><00:40:57.690><c> of?</c><00:40:58.570><c> He</c><00:40:58.750><c> speaks</c><00:40:59.050><c> to</c><00:40:59.369><c> Absalom</c><00:40:59.670><c> and</c><00:40:59.849><c> he</c>

00:41:00.010 --> 00:41:04.130
says,<00:41:00.510><c> let</c><00:41:00.789><c> the</c><00:41:01.090><c> king</c><00:41:01.269><c> live.</c><00:41:02.289><c> And</c><00:41:02.469><c> he</c><00:41:02.650><c> deserted</c><00:41:03.090><c> David?</c>

00:41:04.469 --> 00:41:08.590
No<00:41:04.750><c> really,</c><00:41:05.730><c> Hushai</c><00:41:06.130><c> was</c><00:41:06.309><c> saying,</c><00:41:06.849><c> let</c><00:41:07.110><c> the</c><00:41:07.409><c> king</c><00:41:07.590><c> live.</c><00:41:08.250><c> And</c>

00:41:08.590 --> 00:41:11.389
he<00:41:08.730><c> was</c><00:41:08.989><c> thinking</c><00:41:09.250><c> of</c><00:41:09.570><c> David.</c><00:41:10.590><c> He</c><00:41:10.750><c> was</c><00:41:10.989><c> speaking</c>

00:41:11.389 --> 00:41:15.469
of<00:41:11.750><c> the</c><00:41:11.829><c> king.</c><00:41:12.769><c> He's</c><00:41:12.909><c> almost</c><00:41:13.369><c> saying</c><00:41:13.650><c> to</c><00:41:13.949><c> Absalom,</c><00:41:14.849><c> let</c><00:41:15.190><c> the</c>

00:41:15.469 --> 00:41:18.610
king<00:41:15.829><c> live.</c><00:41:16.849><c> Absalom</c><00:41:17.449><c> you</c><00:41:17.650><c> should</c><00:41:17.969><c> learn</c>

00:41:18.610 --> 00:41:23.510
that<00:41:19.230><c> David,</c><00:41:20.030><c> your</c><00:41:20.409><c> father,</c><00:41:21.230><c> really</c><00:41:21.570><c> is</c><00:41:21.829><c> king.</c><00:41:23.030><c> And</c><00:41:23.050><c> so</c><00:41:23.309><c> they</c>

00:41:23.510 --> 00:41:28.230
come<00:41:23.809><c> in</c><00:41:24.409><c> together.</c><00:41:26.130><c> We</c><00:41:26.269><c> read</c><00:41:26.489><c> in</c><00:41:26.650><c> verse</c><00:41:26.889><c> 19</c>

00:41:28.489 --> 00:41:32.150
that<00:41:29.110><c> Hushai</c><00:41:29.610><c> said,</c><00:41:30.190><c> should</c><00:41:30.449><c> I</c><00:41:30.690><c> not</c><00:41:30.989><c> serve</c><00:41:31.349><c> in</c><00:41:31.570><c> the</c><00:41:31.849><c> presence</c>

00:41:32.150 --> 00:41:35.030
of<00:41:32.369><c> his</c><00:41:32.590><c> son,</c><00:41:33.550><c> as</c><00:41:33.829><c> I</c><00:41:34.070><c> have</c><00:41:34.250><c> served</c><00:41:34.489><c> in</c><00:41:34.710><c> thy</c>

00:41:35.030 --> 00:41:40.550
presence,<00:41:36.590><c> so</c><00:41:36.690><c> will</c><00:41:36.969><c> I</c><00:41:37.150><c> be</c><00:41:37.630><c> in</c><00:41:37.969><c> thy</c><00:41:38.369><c> presence</c><00:41:38.969><c> also.</c><00:41:40.070><c> He</c><00:41:40.269><c> says</c>

00:41:40.550 --> 00:41:43.670
also<00:41:40.909><c> in</c><00:41:41.070><c> verse</c><00:41:41.349><c> 18</c><00:41:41.750><c> there,</c><00:41:42.550><c> whom</c><00:41:42.750><c> Yahweh</c><00:41:43.230><c> and</c><00:41:43.429><c> this</c>

00:41:43.670 --> 00:41:49.650
people<00:41:44.030><c> and</c><00:41:44.190><c> all</c><00:41:44.409><c> the</c><00:41:44.489><c> men</c><00:41:44.630><c> of</c><00:41:44.750><c> Israel</c><00:41:45.130><c> choose,</c><00:41:46.289><c> his</c><00:41:46.469><c> will</c><00:41:46.769><c> I</c><00:41:47.050><c> be</c><00:41:47.530><c> and</c><00:41:48.010><c> with</c><00:41:48.389><c> him</c><00:41:48.929><c> with</c><00:41:49.190><c> that</c><00:41:49.409><c> I</c>

00:41:49.650 --> 00:41:51.670
abide.<00:41:51.130><c> You</c><00:41:51.309><c> know</c><00:41:51.530><c> I</c>

00:41:51.670 --> 00:41:54.210
believe<00:41:51.929><c> that</c><00:41:52.170><c> Hushai</c><00:41:52.590><c> is</c><00:41:52.769><c> seeing</c><00:41:52.929><c> past</c><00:41:53.329><c> the</c><00:41:53.570><c> present</c><00:41:53.769><c> also</c>

00:41:54.210 --> 00:41:57.449
here.<00:41:55.230><c> Because</c><00:41:55.610><c> he</c><00:41:55.849><c> knows</c><00:41:56.130><c> who</c><00:41:56.409><c> Yahweh</c><00:41:56.829><c> was</c><00:41:57.050><c> going</c><00:41:57.210><c> to</c>

00:41:57.449 --> 00:42:00.789
choose.<00:41:58.250><c> And</c><00:41:58.409><c> I</c><00:41:58.630><c> think</c><00:41:58.730><c> he</c><00:41:58.949><c> knew</c><00:41:59.130><c> who</c><00:41:59.409><c> all</c><00:41:59.550><c> the</c><00:41:59.789><c> people</c><00:42:00.050><c> eventually</c><00:42:00.550><c> were</c>

00:42:00.789 --> 00:42:02.449
going<00:42:00.949><c> to</c><00:42:01.150><c> choose.</c><00:42:01.789><c> And</c><00:42:02.010><c> he</c><00:42:02.190><c> wasn't</c>

00:42:02.449 --> 00:42:08.050
thinking<00:42:02.789><c> of</c><00:42:03.010><c> Absalom</c><00:42:03.309><c> in</c><00:42:03.489><c> any</c><00:42:03.829><c> sense</c><00:42:04.110><c> or</c><00:42:04.369><c> form.</c><00:42:04.949><c> He</c><00:42:05.050><c> was</c><00:42:05.349><c> thinking</c><00:42:05.710><c> of</c><00:42:05.889><c> David.</c><00:42:06.889><c> So</c><00:42:07.110><c> it</c><00:42:07.250><c> really</c><00:42:07.510><c> wasn't</c><00:42:07.849><c> a</c>

00:42:08.050 --> 00:42:08.829
lie<00:42:08.269><c> that</c>

00:42:08.829 --> 00:42:15.650
Hushai<00:42:09.150><c> was</c><00:42:09.730><c> expressing.</c><00:42:10.829><c> What</c><00:42:11.010><c> he</c><00:42:11.190><c> was</c><00:42:11.409><c> expressing</c><00:42:11.889><c> was</c><00:42:12.530><c> that</c><00:42:13.269><c> really</c><00:42:14.289><c> Absalom,</c><00:42:15.469><c> you</c>

00:42:15.650 --> 00:42:17.969
should<00:42:15.969><c> be</c><00:42:16.630><c> with</c><00:42:17.070><c> David.</c>

00:42:18.769 --> 00:42:23.130
And<00:42:18.969><c> so</c><00:42:19.110><c> we</c><00:42:19.329><c> see</c><00:42:19.530><c> the</c><00:42:19.849><c> advice</c><00:42:20.349><c> of</c><00:42:20.750><c> Ahithophel</c><00:42:21.449><c> in</c><00:42:21.769><c> verse</c><00:42:22.030><c> 21.</c>

00:42:23.949 --> 00:42:25.489
Ahithophel<00:42:24.469><c> said</c><00:42:24.650><c> unto</c><00:42:24.949><c> Absalom,</c>

00:42:25.929 --> 00:42:29.070
go<00:42:26.090><c> in</c><00:42:26.329><c> unto</c><00:42:26.590><c> thy</c><00:42:27.110><c> father's</c><00:42:27.849><c> concubines.</c><00:42:28.349><c> So</c><00:42:28.550><c> you</c><00:42:28.710><c> remember</c>

00:42:29.070 --> 00:42:31.650
that<00:42:29.289><c> David</c><00:42:29.630><c> left</c><00:42:29.889><c> those</c><00:42:30.210><c> ten</c><00:42:30.690><c> concubines</c><00:42:31.210><c> there.</c>

00:42:31.650 --> 00:42:35.929
And<00:42:32.429><c> Ahithophel</c><00:42:33.489><c> now</c><00:42:33.809><c> says</c><00:42:34.070><c> to</c><00:42:34.469><c> Absalom,</c><00:42:35.110><c> go</c><00:42:35.269><c> in</c><00:42:35.469><c> unto</c><00:42:35.650><c> thy</c>

00:42:35.929 --> 00:42:39.670
father's<00:42:36.550><c> concubines</c><00:42:37.349><c> and</c><00:42:38.130><c> lie</c><00:42:38.389><c> with</c><00:42:38.730><c> them.</c>

00:42:40.570 --> 00:42:43.530
And<00:42:40.590><c> they</c><00:42:40.989><c> which</c><00:42:41.429><c> he</c><00:42:41.769><c> hath</c><00:42:41.969><c> left</c><00:42:42.210><c> to</c><00:42:42.429><c> keep</c><00:42:42.650><c> the</c><00:42:42.829><c> house</c><00:42:43.090><c> and</c><00:42:43.309><c> all</c>

00:42:43.530 --> 00:42:46.110
Israel<00:42:43.829><c> shall</c><00:42:44.110><c> hear,</c><00:42:44.530><c> and</c><00:42:44.670><c> thou</c><00:42:45.150><c> art</c><00:42:45.469><c> abhorred</c><00:42:45.949><c> of</c>

00:42:46.110 --> 00:42:49.750
thy<00:42:46.289><c> father,</c><00:42:47.130><c> then</c><00:42:47.329><c> shall</c><00:42:47.590><c> the</c><00:42:47.849><c> hands</c><00:42:48.110><c> of</c><00:42:48.369><c> all</c><00:42:48.909><c> that</c><00:42:49.210><c> are</c><00:42:49.449><c> with</c>

00:42:49.750 --> 00:42:53.989
thee<00:42:50.110><c> be</c><00:42:50.610><c> strong.</c><00:42:51.309><c> So</c><00:42:51.710><c> they</c><00:42:52.130><c> spread</c><00:42:52.449><c> Absalom's</c><00:42:53.550><c> tent</c>

00:42:53.989 --> 00:42:59.230
upon<00:42:54.610><c> the</c><00:42:54.929><c> top</c><00:42:55.269><c> of</c><00:42:55.869><c> the</c><00:42:56.090><c> house.</c><00:42:57.429><c> That's</c><00:42:58.110><c> where</c><00:42:58.409><c> David's</c><00:42:59.190><c> sin</c>

00:42:59.230 --> 00:43:01.929
was<00:42:59.570><c> commenced,</c><00:43:00.030><c> wasn't</c><00:43:00.289><c> it?</c><00:43:00.989><c> On</c><00:43:01.230><c> the</c><00:43:01.409><c> top</c><00:43:01.570><c> of</c><00:43:01.750><c> the</c>

00:43:01.929 --> 00:43:06.710
house.<00:43:02.969><c> And</c><00:43:03.269><c> here</c><00:43:03.510><c> was</c><00:43:04.289><c> Absalom's</c><00:43:05.090><c> sin</c><00:43:05.409><c> commencing</c><00:43:06.050><c> as</c><00:43:06.329><c> well,</c>

00:43:06.969 --> 00:43:10.489
on<00:43:07.190><c> the</c><00:43:07.429><c> top</c><00:43:07.929><c> of</c><00:43:08.369><c> the</c><00:43:08.570><c> house.</c><00:43:09.449><c> The</c><00:43:09.670><c> very</c><00:43:10.010><c> place</c>

00:43:10.489 --> 00:43:14.010
where<00:43:10.849><c> Absalom's</c><00:43:11.530><c> sin</c><00:43:11.610><c> is</c><00:43:11.869><c> committed</c><00:43:12.269><c> here</c><00:43:12.829><c> was</c><00:43:13.429><c> the</c><00:43:13.710><c> place</c>

00:43:14.010 --> 00:43:17.829
where<00:43:14.409><c> David's</c><00:43:15.230><c> sin</c><00:43:15.510><c> was</c><00:43:16.150><c> born.</c><00:43:17.309><c> And</c><00:43:17.469><c> Ahithophel</c>

00:43:17.829 --> 00:43:23.449
takes<00:43:18.230><c> this</c><00:43:18.489><c> up</c><00:43:18.650><c> and</c><00:43:18.809><c> he</c><00:43:18.969><c> says,</c><00:43:20.150><c> there</c><00:43:20.210><c> you</c><00:43:20.510><c> are,</c><00:43:21.710><c> Absalom.</c><00:43:22.829><c> You</c><00:43:23.150><c> do</c>

00:43:23.449 --> 00:43:25.809
that,<00:43:24.230><c> and</c><00:43:24.469><c> what</c><00:43:24.670><c> will</c><00:43:24.849><c> it</c><00:43:25.030><c> be?</c>

00:43:25.829 --> 00:43:30.030
It<00:43:25.949><c> will</c><00:43:26.190><c> be</c><00:43:26.369><c> an</c><00:43:26.610><c> insult</c><00:43:26.969><c> to</c><00:43:27.269><c> your</c><00:43:27.590><c> father.</c><00:43:29.030><c> It</c><00:43:29.110><c> will</c><00:43:29.389><c> indicate</c>

00:43:30.030 --> 00:43:32.070
that<00:43:30.550><c> you</c><00:43:30.730><c> have</c><00:43:30.929><c> taken</c><00:43:31.190><c> your</c><00:43:31.489><c> father's</c>

00:43:32.070 --> 00:43:36.409
position<00:43:32.389><c> as</c><00:43:32.670><c> king.</c><00:43:33.989><c> And</c><00:43:34.130><c> it</c><00:43:34.250><c> will</c><00:43:34.510><c> indicate</c><00:43:35.110><c> that</c><00:43:35.670><c> you're</c><00:43:36.050><c> in</c>

00:43:36.409 --> 00:43:39.010
possession<00:43:37.090><c> of</c><00:43:37.710><c> that</c><00:43:37.969><c> which</c><00:43:38.349><c> previously</c>

00:43:39.010 --> 00:43:44.530
was<00:43:39.670><c> your</c><00:43:39.949><c> father's.</c><00:43:40.949><c> So</c><00:43:41.230><c> you</c><00:43:41.510><c> do</c><00:43:41.809><c> this,</c><00:43:42.369><c> Absalom,</c><00:43:43.190><c> and</c><00:43:43.469><c> it</c><00:43:43.570><c> will</c><00:43:43.769><c> demonstrate</c><00:43:44.250><c> to</c>

00:43:44.530 --> 00:43:46.449
all<00:43:44.809><c> that</c><00:43:45.010><c> are</c><00:43:45.210><c> left</c><00:43:45.510><c> that</c><00:43:45.949><c> really</c>

00:43:46.449 --> 00:43:51.869
you<00:43:46.710><c> are</c><00:43:46.929><c> in</c><00:43:47.190><c> control.</c><00:43:49.769><c> And</c><00:43:49.929><c> Ahithophel</c><00:43:50.449><c> then</c><00:43:50.710><c> go</c><00:43:50.929><c> further</c><00:43:51.309><c> advice</c><00:43:51.690><c> in</c>

00:43:51.869 --> 00:43:53.349
verse<00:43:52.130><c> one</c><00:43:52.289><c> of</c><00:43:52.469><c> chapter</c><00:43:52.750><c> 17,</c>

00:43:53.710 --> 00:43:56.489
and<00:43:53.809><c> he</c><00:43:53.929><c> said</c><00:43:54.150><c> unto</c><00:43:54.769><c> Absalom,</c><00:43:55.469><c> he</c><00:43:55.469><c> said,</c><00:43:55.869><c> now</c><00:43:55.869><c> what</c><00:43:56.090><c> we</c><00:43:56.289><c> must</c>

00:43:56.489 --> 00:43:59.510
do<00:43:56.789><c> now,</c><00:43:57.090><c> Absalom,</c><00:43:57.909><c> is</c><00:43:58.110><c> get</c><00:43:58.349><c> after</c><00:43:58.670><c> David</c><00:43:59.050><c> quickly.</c>

00:43:59.809 --> 00:44:03.349
He's<00:44:00.130><c> on</c><00:44:00.369><c> the</c><00:44:00.530><c> run,</c><00:44:01.010><c> keep</c><00:44:01.289><c> him</c><00:44:01.610><c> going.</c><00:44:02.409><c> That's</c><00:44:02.829><c> the</c><00:44:02.909><c> way</c><00:44:03.070><c> we'll</c>

00:44:03.349 --> 00:44:05.630
defeat<00:44:03.670><c> him.</c><00:44:04.150><c> If</c><00:44:04.289><c> we</c><00:44:04.510><c> let</c><00:44:04.690><c> him</c><00:44:05.030><c> get</c><00:44:05.269><c> together</c>

00:44:05.630 --> 00:44:08.849
his<00:44:05.989><c> forces,</c><00:44:06.630><c> we'll</c><00:44:06.949><c> never</c><00:44:07.250><c> defeat</c><00:44:07.630><c> him,</c><00:44:08.030><c> Absalom.</c><00:44:08.590><c> But</c><00:44:08.710><c> if</c>

00:44:08.849 --> 00:44:11.289
we<00:44:09.110><c> keep</c><00:44:09.269><c> him</c><00:44:09.469><c> on</c><00:44:09.590><c> the</c><00:44:09.750><c> run</c><00:44:09.889><c> now,</c><00:44:10.469><c> keep</c><00:44:10.769><c> him</c><00:44:11.070><c> going,</c>

00:44:11.289 --> 00:44:15.969
we'll<00:44:11.730><c> defeat</c><00:44:12.010><c> him.</c><00:44:13.489><c> But</c><00:44:13.690><c> then</c><00:44:13.889><c> they</c><00:44:14.190><c> call</c><00:44:14.349><c> in</c><00:44:14.610><c> Hushai.</c><00:44:15.690><c> After</c>

00:44:15.969 --> 00:44:18.929
they'd<00:44:16.409><c> heard</c><00:44:17.070><c> Ahithophel's</c><00:44:17.929><c> advice,</c>

00:44:19.050 --> 00:44:22.130
the<00:44:19.130><c> man</c><00:44:19.429><c> who</c><00:44:19.690><c> had</c><00:44:19.909><c> a</c><00:44:20.190><c> council</c><00:44:20.530><c> as</c><00:44:20.769><c> though</c><00:44:20.949><c> he</c><00:44:21.070><c> was</c><00:44:21.349><c> the</c><00:44:21.789><c> oracle</c>

00:44:22.130 --> 00:44:25.750
of<00:44:22.369><c> God,</c><00:44:23.489><c> then</c><00:44:23.730><c> they</c><00:44:24.090><c> call</c><00:44:24.289><c> in</c><00:44:24.590><c> Hushai.</c>

00:44:26.190 --> 00:44:30.769
And<00:44:26.369><c> Hushai</c><00:44:26.829><c> speaks</c><00:44:27.250><c> in</c><00:44:27.510><c> verse</c><00:44:27.769><c> eight.</c><00:44:28.789><c> And</c><00:44:28.889><c> he</c><00:44:29.150><c> says,</c><00:44:30.030><c> Absalom,</c><00:44:30.429><c> now</c>

00:44:30.769 --> 00:44:33.289
think.<00:44:32.210><c> You</c><00:44:32.250><c> know,</c><00:44:32.510><c> Ahithophel</c><00:44:33.050><c> would</c>

00:44:33.289 --> 00:44:39.230
go<00:44:33.650><c> straight</c><00:44:34.070><c> out</c><00:44:34.329><c> after</c><00:44:34.949><c> David.</c><00:44:36.869><c> But</c><00:44:37.050><c> you</c><00:44:37.309><c> think,</c><00:44:38.409><c> Absalom,</c>

00:44:39.789 --> 00:44:42.230
just<00:44:40.090><c> be</c><00:44:40.329><c> careful.</c><00:44:41.369><c> It's</c><00:44:41.510><c> all</c><00:44:41.730><c> very</c><00:44:42.090><c> well</c>

00:44:42.230 --> 00:44:44.909
to<00:44:42.409><c> listen</c><00:44:42.650><c> to</c><00:44:42.869><c> Ahithophel's</c><00:44:43.550><c> advice</c><00:44:43.849><c> to</c><00:44:43.989><c> keep</c><00:44:44.250><c> David</c><00:44:44.570><c> on</c><00:44:44.789><c> the</c>

00:44:44.909 --> 00:44:47.590
run.<00:44:45.469><c> But</c><00:44:45.570><c> you</c><00:44:45.869><c> know</c><00:44:46.050><c> what</c><00:44:46.269><c> your</c><00:44:46.530><c> father</c><00:44:46.869><c> is</c><00:44:47.210><c> and</c><00:44:47.309><c> his</c>

00:44:47.590 --> 00:44:50.550
men.<00:44:48.469><c> And</c><00:44:48.630><c> you</c><00:44:48.710><c> know</c><00:44:48.949><c> that</c><00:44:49.150><c> they're</c><00:44:49.510><c> mighty</c><00:44:49.710><c> men</c><00:44:49.989><c> and</c><00:44:50.170><c> they</c><00:44:50.289><c> be</c>

00:44:50.550 --> 00:44:53.630
chafed<00:44:50.929><c> in</c><00:44:51.170><c> their</c><00:44:51.510><c> minds</c><00:44:51.849><c> as</c><00:44:52.329><c> a</c><00:44:52.630><c> bear</c><00:44:52.869><c> robbed</c><00:44:53.130><c> of</c><00:44:53.409><c> her</c>

00:44:53.630 --> 00:44:57.349
whelps<00:44:54.150><c> in</c><00:44:54.489><c> the</c><00:44:54.690><c> field.</c><00:44:55.869><c> You</c><00:44:56.090><c> know,</c><00:44:56.329><c> he's</c><00:44:56.530><c> really</c><00:44:56.909><c> saying</c><00:44:57.130><c> to</c>

00:44:57.349 --> 00:45:01.110
Absalom,<00:44:58.369><c> think</c><00:44:58.630><c> of</c><00:44:58.809><c> your</c><00:44:58.969><c> father.</c><00:45:00.289><c> Remember</c><00:45:00.769><c> the</c>

00:45:01.110 --> 00:45:03.489
stories<00:45:01.469><c> they</c><00:45:01.630><c> used</c><00:45:01.909><c> to</c><00:45:02.090><c> tell</c><00:45:02.250><c> Absalom</c><00:45:02.630><c> of</c><00:45:02.849><c> when</c><00:45:03.010><c> your</c><00:45:03.230><c> father</c>

00:45:03.489 --> 00:45:06.989
went<00:45:03.710><c> out</c><00:45:04.050><c> and</c><00:45:04.550><c> defeated</c><00:45:04.889><c> Goliath?</c><00:45:06.690><c> Remember</c>

00:45:06.989 --> 00:45:09.750
the<00:45:07.250><c> stories</c><00:45:07.510><c> they</c><00:45:07.750><c> used</c><00:45:08.050><c> to</c><00:45:08.190><c> tell</c><00:45:08.389><c> Absalom</c><00:45:08.909><c> of</c><00:45:09.329><c> how</c><00:45:09.489><c> he</c><00:45:09.590><c> went</c>

00:45:09.750 --> 00:45:13.889
out<00:45:09.969><c> and</c><00:45:10.050><c> got</c><00:45:10.269><c> 204</c><00:45:11.369><c> skins</c><00:45:12.090><c> of</c><00:45:12.590><c> the</c><00:45:12.809><c> Philistines?</c>

00:45:13.929 --> 00:45:17.429
Remember<00:45:14.369><c> how</c><00:45:14.550><c> they</c><00:45:14.690><c> used</c><00:45:14.969><c> to</c><00:45:15.170><c> tell</c><00:45:15.369><c> how</c><00:45:15.690><c> he</c><00:45:16.449><c> slew</c><00:45:16.730><c> a</c><00:45:17.050><c> lion</c><00:45:17.210><c> and</c>

00:45:17.429 --> 00:45:22.130
a<00:45:17.650><c> bear?</c><00:45:19.750><c> Absalom,</c><00:45:20.769><c> think</c><00:45:20.929><c> of</c><00:45:21.190><c> Joab.</c>

00:45:22.349 --> 00:45:27.130
Think<00:45:22.650><c> of</c><00:45:22.989><c> Abishai.</c><00:45:24.309><c> Absalom,</c><00:45:25.230><c> I</c><00:45:25.469><c> think</c><00:45:25.670><c> you</c><00:45:25.929><c> should</c><00:45:26.190><c> just</c><00:45:26.610><c> take</c><00:45:26.929><c> it</c>

00:45:27.130 --> 00:45:29.070
easy.<00:45:27.630><c> Just</c><00:45:28.030><c> back</c><00:45:28.329><c> off</c><00:45:28.469><c> for</c><00:45:28.710><c> a</c><00:45:28.849><c> moment.</c>

00:45:29.070 --> 00:45:32.929
Get<00:45:29.570><c> together</c><00:45:30.010><c> all</c><00:45:30.269><c> your</c><00:45:30.429><c> forces</c><00:45:30.769><c> and</c><00:45:31.210><c> then</c><00:45:31.510><c> go</c><00:45:31.750><c> after</c><00:45:32.030><c> David.</c>

00:45:33.389 --> 00:45:36.210
You<00:45:33.409><c> know,</c><00:45:33.769><c> that's</c><00:45:33.909><c> just</c><00:45:34.309><c> what</c><00:45:34.829><c> David</c><00:45:35.250><c> needed.</c>

00:45:36.650 --> 00:45:41.789
That's<00:45:36.789><c> what</c><00:45:37.170><c> Ahithophel</c><00:45:37.809><c> said</c><00:45:38.190><c> couldn't</c><00:45:38.650><c> be</c><00:45:38.969><c> done.</c><00:45:39.889><c> Ahithophel</c><00:45:40.429><c> had</c><00:45:40.690><c> the</c>

00:45:41.789 --> 00:45:43.250
foresight<00:45:42.309><c> to</c><00:45:42.610><c> see</c><00:45:42.789><c> that</c><00:45:43.010><c> what</c>

00:45:43.250 --> 00:45:47.610
had<00:45:43.550><c> to</c><00:45:43.829><c> happen</c><00:45:44.110><c> was</c><00:45:44.750><c> that</c><00:45:44.909><c> they</c><00:45:45.170><c> had</c><00:45:45.429><c> to</c><00:45:45.630><c> go</c><00:45:45.769><c> after</c><00:45:46.010><c> David</c><00:45:46.469><c> quick</c><00:45:46.909><c> whilst</c><00:45:47.449><c> he</c>

00:45:47.610 --> 00:45:49.849
was<00:45:47.769><c> on</c><00:45:47.969><c> the</c><00:45:48.130><c> run.</c><00:45:49.110><c> And</c><00:45:49.230><c> Hushai</c><00:45:49.610><c> is</c>

00:45:49.849 --> 00:45:53.489
saying,<00:45:50.269><c> you</c><00:45:50.630><c> know,</c><00:45:50.909><c> no,</c><00:45:51.349><c> back</c><00:45:51.349><c> off.</c><00:45:52.090><c> And</c><00:45:52.250><c> he's</c><00:45:52.429><c> doing</c><00:45:52.650><c> it</c><00:45:52.889><c> by</c>

00:45:53.489 --> 00:45:56.309
scaring<00:45:54.050><c> Absalom.</c><00:45:54.909><c> And</c><00:45:55.050><c> see,</c><00:45:55.210><c> we</c><00:45:55.349><c> saw</c><00:45:55.610><c> Absalom</c><00:45:56.030><c> was</c>

00:45:56.309 --> 00:46:01.329
cowed,<00:45:56.829><c> wasn't</c><00:45:57.010><c> he?</c><00:45:57.989><c> And</c><00:45:58.230><c> he</c><00:45:58.369><c> now</c><00:45:58.690><c> became</c><00:45:59.389><c> as</c><00:45:59.909><c> soft</c><00:46:00.190><c> as</c><00:46:00.550><c> jelly.</c>

00:46:01.750 --> 00:46:04.389
He'd<00:46:01.929><c> be</c><00:46:02.210><c> played</c><00:46:02.429><c> on</c><00:46:02.809><c> Absalom's</c><00:46:03.489><c> feelings,</c>

00:46:04.409 --> 00:46:09.369
his<00:46:04.710><c> handsome</c><00:46:05.269><c> face,</c><00:46:06.150><c> his</c><00:46:06.530><c> flowing</c><00:46:06.869><c> hair,</c><00:46:07.610><c> the</c><00:46:08.050><c> characteristics</c><00:46:08.730><c> of</c><00:46:08.969><c> Absalom</c>

00:46:09.369 --> 00:46:10.010
as<00:46:09.510><c> you've</c><00:46:09.769><c> got</c><00:46:09.909><c> on</c>

00:46:10.010 --> 00:46:14.989
that<00:46:10.289><c> handout</c><00:46:10.650><c> we</c><00:46:10.929><c> gave</c><00:46:11.170><c> you.</c><00:46:12.570><c> But</c><00:46:12.929><c> he</c><00:46:13.250><c> had</c><00:46:13.650><c> no</c><00:46:13.989><c> stomach.</c><00:46:14.769><c> He</c>

00:46:14.989 --> 00:46:18.449
had<00:46:15.289><c> no</c><00:46:15.670><c> courage.</c><00:46:16.610><c> And</c><00:46:16.809><c> he</c><00:46:16.969><c> now</c><00:46:17.190><c> needed</c><00:46:17.590><c> crutches</c><00:46:18.130><c> to</c>

00:46:18.449 --> 00:46:22.289
hold<00:46:18.630><c> him</c><00:46:18.829><c> up.</c><00:46:19.309><c> And</c><00:46:19.570><c> this</c><00:46:19.750><c> was</c><00:46:20.389><c> Absalom.</c><00:46:21.429><c> And</c><00:46:21.630><c> it's</c><00:46:21.769><c> just</c><00:46:22.050><c> what</c>

00:46:22.289 --> 00:46:25.150
David<00:46:22.670><c> needed.</c><00:46:23.449><c> He</c><00:46:23.670><c> needed</c><00:46:24.090><c> the</c><00:46:24.389><c> opportunity</c>

00:46:25.150 --> 00:46:29.929
to<00:46:25.710><c> get</c><00:46:26.369><c> together</c><00:46:27.070><c> his</c><00:46:27.469><c> forces.</c><00:46:28.550><c> And</c><00:46:28.829><c> really,</c><00:46:29.230><c> it's</c><00:46:29.510><c> Yahweh</c>

00:46:29.929 --> 00:46:32.030
working<00:46:30.449><c> behind</c><00:46:31.130><c> Hushai</c><00:46:31.630><c> here.</c>

00:46:32.530 --> 00:46:39.050
Yahweh<00:46:33.110><c> is</c><00:46:33.409><c> directing</c><00:46:33.769><c> him.</c><00:46:34.449><c> And</c><00:46:34.670><c> the</c><00:46:35.050><c> advice</c><00:46:35.389><c> he</c><00:46:35.630><c> gave</c><00:46:35.889><c> to</c><00:46:36.530><c> Absalom</c><00:46:36.969><c> may</c><00:46:37.409><c> have</c><00:46:37.610><c> been</c><00:46:37.869><c> foolish</c><00:46:38.289><c> advice</c><00:46:38.809><c> as</c>

00:46:39.050 --> 00:46:39.389
far<00:46:39.269><c> as</c>

00:46:39.389 --> 00:46:43.349
the<00:46:39.550><c> battle</c><00:46:39.730><c> was</c><00:46:39.969><c> concerned,</c><00:46:41.010><c> but</c><00:46:41.190><c> it</c><00:46:41.429><c> gave</c><00:46:41.690><c> David</c><00:46:42.230><c> a</c><00:46:42.849><c> time</c><00:46:43.090><c> to</c>

00:46:43.349 --> 00:46:47.730
get<00:46:43.590><c> together</c><00:46:44.030><c> his</c><00:46:44.610><c> forces.</c><00:46:46.750><c> So</c><00:46:47.030><c> Ahithophel,</c>

00:46:47.730 --> 00:46:52.130
we<00:46:48.090><c> read</c><00:46:48.369><c> in</c><00:46:48.570><c> verse</c><00:46:48.809><c> 23,</c><00:46:49.849><c> having</c><00:46:50.170><c> seen</c><00:46:50.630><c> that</c><00:46:51.130><c> Hushai's</c><00:46:51.809><c> advice</c>

00:46:52.130 --> 00:46:55.750
was<00:46:52.829><c> accepted,</c><00:46:54.329><c> saw</c><00:46:54.510><c> that</c><00:46:54.750><c> the</c><00:46:55.090><c> cause</c><00:46:55.329><c> was</c>

00:46:55.750 --> 00:47:02.610
absolutely<00:46:56.489><c> lost.</c><00:46:57.610><c> It</c><00:46:57.809><c> was</c><00:46:58.050><c> all</c><00:46:58.389><c> lost.</c><00:47:00.090><c> You</c><00:47:00.210><c> know,</c><00:47:00.949><c> he</c><00:47:01.090><c> was</c><00:47:01.369><c> heartbroken.</c><00:47:02.469><c> He</c>

00:47:02.610 --> 00:47:05.309
was<00:47:02.929><c> bitter.</c><00:47:03.750><c> He</c><00:47:03.869><c> was</c><00:47:04.170><c> frustrated.</c>

00:47:05.909 --> 00:47:11.030
Ahithophel<00:47:06.449><c> knew</c><00:47:06.750><c> that</c><00:47:07.170><c> David</c><00:47:07.449><c> was</c><00:47:07.789><c> right.</c><00:47:08.690><c> He</c><00:47:08.909><c> knew</c><00:47:09.250><c> that</c><00:47:09.989><c> Absalom</c><00:47:10.309><c> was</c><00:47:10.849><c> a</c>

00:47:11.030 --> 00:47:14.170
coward.<00:47:12.849><c> He</c><00:47:13.030><c> knew</c><00:47:13.329><c> that</c><00:47:13.750><c> what</c><00:47:13.929><c> had</c>

00:47:14.170 --> 00:47:18.690
happened,<00:47:14.590><c> that</c><00:47:14.829><c> the</c><00:47:15.030><c> whole</c><00:47:15.469><c> cause</c><00:47:15.769><c> that</c><00:47:15.929><c> they</c><00:47:16.150><c> were</c><00:47:16.369><c> fighting</c><00:47:16.849><c> was</c><00:47:17.550><c> lost.</c><00:47:18.469><c> And</c>

00:47:18.690 --> 00:47:20.130
what<00:47:18.829><c> could</c><00:47:18.989><c> he</c><00:47:19.130><c> do?</c>

00:47:21.130 --> 00:47:24.469
What<00:47:21.429><c> could</c><00:47:21.769><c> Ahithophel</c><00:47:22.329><c> do?</c><00:47:23.510><c> Well,</c><00:47:23.630><c> there's</c><00:47:23.829><c> two</c><00:47:24.070><c> things</c><00:47:24.309><c> he</c>

00:47:24.469 --> 00:47:27.170
could<00:47:24.690><c> do.</c><00:47:24.929><c> He</c><00:47:25.070><c> could</c><00:47:25.269><c> go</c><00:47:25.570><c> and</c><00:47:25.809><c> pour</c><00:47:25.969><c> out</c><00:47:26.210><c> his</c><00:47:26.489><c> heart</c>

00:47:27.170 --> 00:47:31.050
unto<00:47:27.550><c> his</c><00:47:27.849><c> God.</c><00:47:29.130><c> He</c><00:47:29.289><c> could</c><00:47:29.469><c> go</c><00:47:29.730><c> to</c><00:47:30.110><c> David</c><00:47:30.269><c> and</c><00:47:30.449><c> say</c><00:47:30.650><c> to</c><00:47:30.869><c> David,</c>

00:47:31.150 --> 00:47:34.050
look,<00:47:31.329><c> in</c><00:47:31.510><c> all</c><00:47:31.949><c> my</c><00:47:32.329><c> wisdom,</c><00:47:33.329><c> I</c><00:47:33.489><c> really</c><00:47:33.730><c> acted</c>

00:47:34.050 --> 00:47:38.469
part<00:47:34.409><c> of</c><00:47:34.610><c> a</c><00:47:34.809><c> fool.</c><00:47:35.889><c> Or</c><00:47:36.130><c> he</c><00:47:36.250><c> could</c><00:47:36.469><c> do</c><00:47:36.690><c> what</c><00:47:36.869><c> he</c><00:47:37.070><c> did.</c><00:47:37.829><c> And</c><00:47:38.010><c> we</c><00:47:38.150><c> see</c><00:47:38.329><c> in</c>

00:47:38.469 --> 00:47:41.130
verse<00:47:38.730><c> 23,</c><00:47:39.769><c> and</c><00:47:40.030><c> these</c><00:47:40.289><c> deliberate</c><00:47:40.750><c> acts</c>

00:47:41.130 --> 00:47:46.349
that<00:47:41.510><c> we</c><00:47:41.750><c> can</c><00:47:42.030><c> highlight</c><00:47:42.449><c> in</c><00:47:42.670><c> verse</c><00:47:42.869><c> 23,</c><00:47:44.929><c> when</c><00:47:45.590><c> Ahithophel</c>

00:47:46.349 --> 00:47:48.849
saw<00:47:46.610><c> that</c><00:47:46.889><c> his</c><00:47:47.090><c> counsel</c><00:47:47.449><c> was</c><00:47:47.750><c> not</c><00:47:48.070><c> followed,</c>

00:47:48.949 --> 00:47:54.849
he<00:47:49.050><c> saddled</c><00:47:49.510><c> his</c><00:47:49.949><c> ass.</c><00:47:51.670><c> He</c><00:47:51.789><c> arose</c><00:47:52.250><c> and</c><00:47:52.610><c> get</c><00:47:52.789><c> him</c><00:47:54.090><c> home</c><00:47:54.389><c> to</c><00:47:54.630><c> his</c>

00:47:54.849 --> 00:47:58.969
house,<00:47:56.050><c> to</c><00:47:56.369><c> his</c><00:47:56.650><c> city,</c><00:47:57.630><c> and</c><00:47:57.829><c> put</c><00:47:58.090><c> his</c><00:47:58.469><c> household</c>

00:47:58.969 --> 00:48:07.389
in<00:47:59.510><c> order.</c><00:48:00.550><c> He</c><00:48:00.710><c> saddled</c><00:48:01.170><c> his</c><00:48:03.650><c> ass.</c><00:48:04.570><c> He</c><00:48:04.769><c> arose.</c><00:48:05.630><c> He</c><00:48:05.909><c> get</c><00:48:06.130><c> him</c><00:48:06.409><c> home.</c><00:48:07.170><c> He</c>

00:48:07.389 --> 00:48:09.630
went<00:48:07.610><c> to</c><00:48:07.809><c> his</c><00:48:08.050><c> house</c><00:48:08.489><c> in</c><00:48:09.090><c> the</c><00:48:09.289><c> city,</c>

00:48:09.630 --> 00:48:13.809
put<00:48:10.329><c> his</c><00:48:10.610><c> household</c><00:48:11.070><c> in</c><00:48:11.329><c> order,</c><00:48:11.989><c> and</c><00:48:12.090><c> he</c><00:48:12.269><c> hanged</c><00:48:12.570><c> himself,</c><00:48:13.329><c> and</c><00:48:13.590><c> he</c>

00:48:13.809 --> 00:48:16.289
died.<00:48:15.010><c> And</c><00:48:15.170><c> you</c><00:48:15.309><c> know,</c><00:48:15.489><c> that's</c><00:48:15.789><c> the</c><00:48:15.889><c> end</c>

00:48:16.289 --> 00:48:19.989
of<00:48:16.650><c> a</c><00:48:16.829><c> great</c><00:48:17.030><c> man.</c><00:48:18.010><c> He</c><00:48:18.210><c> could</c><00:48:18.449><c> have</c><00:48:18.590><c> been</c><00:48:18.710><c> a</c><00:48:18.869><c> great</c><00:48:19.050><c> man,</c><00:48:19.849><c> but</c>

00:48:19.989 --> 00:48:23.030
he<00:48:20.190><c> wasn't</c><00:48:20.730><c> the</c><00:48:21.110><c> man</c><00:48:21.349><c> to</c><00:48:21.550><c> be</c><00:48:21.750><c> able</c><00:48:22.010><c> to</c><00:48:22.250><c> humble</c><00:48:22.489><c> himself,</c>

00:48:23.389 --> 00:48:28.489
to<00:48:23.650><c> say</c><00:48:23.969><c> he</c><00:48:24.389><c> was</c><00:48:24.670><c> sorry.</c><00:48:26.110><c> And</c><00:48:26.269><c> so</c><00:48:26.449><c> we</c><00:48:26.630><c> have</c><00:48:26.809><c> in</c><00:48:27.050><c> chapter</c><00:48:27.389><c> 18,</c><00:48:27.829><c> and</c><00:48:27.989><c> we've</c><00:48:28.210><c> got</c><00:48:28.309><c> to</c>

00:48:28.489 --> 00:48:29.889
quickly<00:48:28.710><c> just</c><00:48:29.030><c> go</c><00:48:29.210><c> through</c><00:48:29.489><c> that,</c>

00:48:30.090 --> 00:48:33.269
the<00:48:30.250><c> battle</c><00:48:30.530><c> is</c><00:48:30.869><c> fought.</c><00:48:31.690><c> And</c><00:48:31.869><c> we</c><00:48:32.010><c> know</c><00:48:32.210><c> the</c><00:48:32.449><c> story,</c><00:48:32.789><c> how</c><00:48:32.989><c> that</c>

00:48:33.269 --> 00:48:36.769
Absalom<00:48:33.610><c> went</c><00:48:33.829><c> out.</c><00:48:34.789><c> He</c><00:48:34.849><c> got</c><00:48:35.070><c> his</c><00:48:36.070><c> army</c><00:48:36.349><c> together.</c>

00:48:36.769 --> 00:48:41.670
He<00:48:36.989><c> went</c><00:48:37.210><c> out,</c><00:48:37.650><c> but</c><00:48:37.670><c> David</c><00:48:37.989><c> in</c><00:48:38.190><c> the</c><00:48:38.329><c> meantime</c><00:48:38.690><c> had</c><00:48:38.929><c> got</c><00:48:39.130><c> his</c><00:48:39.389><c> army</c><00:48:39.630><c> together.</c><00:48:41.010><c> And</c><00:48:41.150><c> really</c><00:48:41.369><c> now</c><00:48:41.590><c> it</c>

00:48:41.670 --> 00:48:42.510
was<00:48:41.909><c> a</c><00:48:42.050><c> foregone</c>

00:48:42.510 --> 00:48:45.630
conclusion,<00:48:43.849><c> because</c><00:48:44.210><c> Absalom</c><00:48:44.590><c> wasn't</c><00:48:44.949><c> going</c><00:48:45.170><c> to</c><00:48:45.250><c> be</c><00:48:45.409><c> able</c>

00:48:45.630 --> 00:48:49.530
to<00:48:45.849><c> defeat</c><00:48:46.210><c> David</c><00:48:47.050><c> and</c><00:48:47.349><c> Joab</c><00:48:48.010><c> once</c><00:48:48.510><c> they'd</c><00:48:48.849><c> had</c><00:48:49.010><c> the</c>

00:48:49.530 --> 00:48:53.949
time<00:48:49.989><c> to</c><00:48:50.510><c> unite</c><00:48:50.969><c> their</c><00:48:51.289><c> army</c><00:48:51.630><c> and</c><00:48:52.010><c> get</c><00:48:52.250><c> things</c><00:48:52.550><c> together.</c><00:48:53.730><c> And</c>

00:48:53.949 --> 00:48:56.650
so<00:48:54.090><c> they</c><00:48:54.469><c> fought</c><00:48:54.690><c> in</c><00:48:54.949><c> the</c><00:48:55.130><c> woods,</c><00:48:55.710><c> a</c><00:48:55.809><c> very</c><00:48:56.170><c> terrible</c>

00:48:56.650 --> 00:49:01.010
woods,<00:48:57.329><c> the</c><00:48:57.550><c> records</c><00:48:57.869><c> tell</c><00:48:58.190><c> us.</c><00:48:59.250><c> And</c><00:48:59.429><c> during</c><00:48:59.710><c> that</c><00:49:00.170><c> battle</c><00:49:00.809><c> in</c>

00:49:01.010 --> 00:49:04.130
the<00:49:01.170><c> woods,</c><00:49:01.889><c> Absalom</c><00:49:02.349><c> got</c><00:49:02.670><c> caught</c><00:49:02.929><c> in</c><00:49:03.090><c> a</c><00:49:03.329><c> tree.</c><00:49:03.809><c> His</c>

00:49:04.130 --> 00:49:09.050
flowing<00:49:04.809><c> hair</c><00:49:05.309><c> got</c><00:49:05.630><c> caught</c><00:49:05.929><c> in</c><00:49:06.090><c> a</c><00:49:06.329><c> tree.</c><00:49:07.550><c> And</c><00:49:07.690><c> one</c><00:49:07.889><c> of</c><00:49:08.630><c> Joab's</c>

00:49:09.050 --> 00:49:11.889
men<00:49:09.550><c> saw</c><00:49:09.949><c> him</c><00:49:10.170><c> there.</c><00:49:11.110><c> And</c><00:49:11.269><c> he</c><00:49:11.329><c> went</c><00:49:11.550><c> and</c><00:49:11.690><c> said</c>

00:49:11.889 --> 00:49:15.730
to<00:49:12.130><c> Joab,</c><00:49:12.550><c> look,</c><00:49:12.630><c> I've</c><00:49:12.929><c> seen</c><00:49:13.190><c> the</c><00:49:13.389><c> young</c><00:49:13.610><c> man,</c><00:49:14.449><c> Absalom.</c><00:49:15.389><c> And</c>

00:49:15.730 --> 00:49:17.489
Joab<00:49:15.949><c> said,</c><00:49:16.170><c> well,</c><00:49:16.329><c> why</c><00:49:16.550><c> didn't</c><00:49:16.710><c> you</c><00:49:16.969><c> kill</c><00:49:17.110><c> him?</c>

00:49:17.909 --> 00:49:20.570
And<00:49:18.130><c> the</c><00:49:18.289><c> young</c><00:49:18.550><c> man</c><00:49:18.869><c> said,</c><00:49:19.090><c> well,</c><00:49:19.309><c> I</c><00:49:19.409><c> couldn't</c><00:49:19.710><c> kill</c><00:49:19.949><c> him</c><00:49:20.090><c> because</c><00:49:20.349><c> you</c>

00:49:20.570 --> 00:49:22.070
remember<00:49:20.969><c> that's</c><00:49:21.250><c> what</c><00:49:21.429><c> David</c><00:49:21.730><c> told</c>

00:49:22.070 --> 00:49:26.969
us<00:49:22.309><c> not</c><00:49:22.530><c> to</c><00:49:22.710><c> do.</c><00:49:23.130><c> He</c><00:49:23.369><c> told</c><00:49:23.590><c> us</c><00:49:23.789><c> to</c><00:49:23.949><c> be</c><00:49:24.230><c> kindly</c><00:49:24.710><c> to</c><00:49:25.190><c> the</c><00:49:25.389><c> boy.</c><00:49:26.750><c> But</c>

00:49:26.969 --> 00:49:29.010
Joab<00:49:27.230><c> wasn't</c><00:49:27.489><c> interested</c><00:49:27.989><c> in</c><00:49:28.190><c> any</c><00:49:28.429><c> of</c><00:49:28.650><c> that.</c>

00:49:29.010 --> 00:49:36.070
And<00:49:29.650><c> he</c><00:49:29.849><c> immediately</c><00:49:30.429><c> goes</c><00:49:30.769><c> out</c><00:49:31.510><c> and</c><00:49:31.730><c> he</c><00:49:31.969><c> puts</c><00:49:32.670><c> Absalom</c><00:49:33.289><c> to</c><00:49:33.929><c> death.</c><00:49:35.690><c> You</c><00:49:35.750><c> know,</c><00:49:35.969><c> we</c>

00:49:36.070 --> 00:49:37.469
wonder<00:49:36.389><c> sometimes,</c><00:49:37.030><c> don't</c><00:49:37.309><c> we,</c>

00:49:37.530 --> 00:49:40.829
why<00:49:37.829><c> it</c><00:49:37.929><c> is</c><00:49:38.090><c> that</c><00:49:38.329><c> David</c><00:49:38.650><c> had</c><00:49:38.949><c> such</c><00:49:39.230><c> feelings</c><00:49:39.650><c> for</c><00:49:39.889><c> Absalom.</c>

00:49:41.250 --> 00:49:43.949
He<00:49:41.389><c> would</c><00:49:41.610><c> have</c><00:49:41.710><c> known</c><00:49:41.949><c> in</c><00:49:42.150><c> this</c><00:49:42.510><c> battle</c><00:49:42.909><c> that</c><00:49:43.389><c> the</c><00:49:43.710><c> battle</c>

00:49:43.949 --> 00:49:49.630
was<00:49:44.230><c> a</c><00:49:44.409><c> foregone</c><00:49:44.849><c> conclusion</c><00:49:45.530><c> one</c><00:49:45.989><c> way</c><00:49:46.210><c> or</c><00:49:46.369><c> the</c><00:49:46.570><c> other.</c><00:49:47.670><c> If</c><00:49:47.829><c> Absalom</c><00:49:48.289><c> wins,</c><00:49:49.369><c> I</c>

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lose,<00:49:49.969><c> David</c><00:49:50.289><c> would</c><00:49:50.530><c> have</c><00:49:50.750><c> known.</c>

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If<00:49:51.670><c> I</c><00:49:51.949><c> win,</c><00:49:53.369><c> Absalom</c><00:49:53.489><c> loses.</c><00:49:55.070><c> If</c><00:49:55.230><c> I</c><00:49:55.510><c> get</c><00:49:55.789><c> killed,</c><00:49:56.530><c> it's</c><00:49:56.690><c> Absalom's</c><00:49:57.269><c> victory.</c><00:49:58.389><c> If</c>

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Absalom<00:49:59.070><c> gets</c><00:49:59.469><c> killed,</c>

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it's<00:50:00.210><c> my</c><00:50:00.530><c> victory.</c><00:50:01.429><c> Why</c><00:50:01.730><c> didn't</c><00:50:02.050><c> David</c><00:50:02.429><c> see</c><00:50:02.630><c> it</c><00:50:02.789><c> like</c><00:50:03.090><c> that?</c>

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Why<00:50:03.949><c> did</c><00:50:04.190><c> David</c><00:50:04.670><c> say</c><00:50:05.050><c> to</c><00:50:05.809><c> Joab</c><00:50:06.190><c> and</c><00:50:06.469><c> the</c><00:50:06.789><c> others</c><00:50:07.030><c> in</c><00:50:07.170><c> that</c>

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army,<00:50:08.230><c> do</c><00:50:08.550><c> kindly</c><00:50:09.170><c> with</c><00:50:09.650><c> Absalom?</c><00:50:11.269><c> You</c><00:50:11.409><c> know,</c><00:50:11.610><c> I</c><00:50:11.909><c> believe</c><00:50:12.409><c> David</c><00:50:12.989><c> also</c><00:50:13.489><c> always</c><00:50:13.929><c> felt</c><00:50:14.269><c> for</c>

00:50:14.769 --> 00:50:16.750
him<00:50:14.949><c> as</c><00:50:15.190><c> a</c><00:50:15.329><c> son.</c><00:50:16.150><c> He</c><00:50:16.369><c> was</c>

00:50:16.750 --> 00:50:21.769
his<00:50:16.949><c> son.</c><00:50:17.909><c> And</c><00:50:18.070><c> David</c><00:50:18.269><c> had</c><00:50:18.489><c> tremendous</c><00:50:19.210><c> feelings</c><00:50:19.710><c> for</c><00:50:20.010><c> Absalom.</c><00:50:21.130><c> And</c><00:50:21.289><c> for</c><00:50:21.409><c> all</c><00:50:21.630><c> he</c>

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had<00:50:21.969><c> done,</c><00:50:22.250><c> he</c><00:50:22.349><c> could</c><00:50:22.650><c> never</c>

00:50:22.989 --> 00:50:28.409
get<00:50:23.269><c> over</c><00:50:23.630><c> those</c><00:50:23.949><c> tremendous</c><00:50:24.590><c> feelings</c><00:50:24.949><c> that</c><00:50:25.190><c> he</c><00:50:25.489><c> was</c><00:50:25.750><c> his</c><00:50:25.989><c> son.</c><00:50:26.570><c> And</c><00:50:26.750><c> whilst</c><00:50:26.929><c> there</c><00:50:27.110><c> was</c><00:50:27.429><c> life</c><00:50:27.750><c> in</c><00:50:27.929><c> Absalom,</c>

00:50:28.869 --> 00:50:32.190
he<00:50:29.050><c> thought</c><00:50:29.250><c> there</c><00:50:29.469><c> was</c><00:50:29.690><c> opportunity</c><00:50:30.309><c> to</c><00:50:30.909><c> bring</c><00:50:31.070><c> him</c><00:50:31.329><c> back.</c>

00:50:32.570 --> 00:50:36.210
And<00:50:32.769><c> so</c><00:50:32.889><c> he</c><00:50:32.989><c> said</c><00:50:33.269><c> to</c><00:50:33.389><c> them,</c><00:50:34.110><c> do</c><00:50:34.230><c> kindly</c><00:50:34.889><c> with</c><00:50:35.309><c> Absalom.</c>

00:50:36.510 --> 00:50:41.349
And<00:50:36.730><c> even</c><00:50:37.010><c> when</c><00:50:37.230><c> Absalom</c><00:50:37.650><c> was</c><00:50:38.050><c> dead,</c><00:50:39.130><c> he</c><00:50:39.309><c> said,</c><00:50:40.329><c> oh,</c><00:50:40.730><c> Absalom,</c>

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Absalom,<00:50:42.369><c> my</c><00:50:42.590><c> son.</c><00:50:43.349><c> And</c><00:50:43.590><c> there's</c><00:50:43.809><c> tremendous</c>

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feeling<00:50:44.750><c> there.</c><00:50:46.170><c> You</c><00:50:46.289><c> know,</c><00:50:47.050><c> I</c><00:50:47.210><c> see</c><00:50:47.409><c> in</c><00:50:47.550><c> that</c><00:50:47.949><c> the</c><00:50:48.269><c> attitude</c>

00:50:48.710 --> 00:50:52.269
of<00:50:48.909><c> our</c><00:50:49.190><c> God</c><00:50:49.389><c> to</c><00:50:49.670><c> ourselves.</c><00:50:51.610><c> We</c><00:50:51.789><c> act</c><00:50:52.050><c> very</c>

00:50:52.269 --> 00:50:56.829
often<00:50:52.510><c> like</c><00:50:52.829><c> Absalom,</c><00:50:53.309><c> don't</c><00:50:53.510><c> we?</c><00:50:54.969><c> We</c><00:50:55.289><c> cause</c><00:50:55.590><c> rebellion</c><00:50:56.150><c> against</c><00:50:56.570><c> our</c>

00:50:56.829 --> 00:50:59.929
God.<00:50:58.269><c> But</c><00:50:58.389><c> you</c><00:50:58.469><c> know,</c><00:50:58.690><c> our</c><00:50:58.829><c> God</c><00:50:58.989><c> is</c><00:50:59.289><c> always</c>

00:50:59.929 --> 00:51:05.449
there.<00:51:01.590><c> Whilst</c><00:51:01.869><c> there's</c><00:51:02.349><c> life,</c><00:51:03.090><c> there's</c><00:51:03.489><c> hope.</c><00:51:04.570><c> The</c><00:51:04.829><c> hand</c><00:51:05.210><c> of</c>

00:51:05.449 --> 00:51:08.289
Yahweh<00:51:05.769><c> is</c><00:51:06.110><c> ever</c><00:51:06.329><c> outstretched</c><00:51:07.289><c> toward</c><00:51:07.869><c> us.</c>

00:51:08.630 --> 00:51:12.469
And<00:51:08.809><c> He's</c><00:51:09.030><c> holding</c><00:51:09.329><c> that</c><00:51:09.650><c> hand</c><00:51:09.949><c> out,</c><00:51:10.750><c> desire</c><00:51:11.030><c> us</c><00:51:11.190><c> that</c><00:51:11.369><c> we</c><00:51:11.610><c> will</c><00:51:11.869><c> grab</c><00:51:12.090><c> hold</c><00:51:12.329><c> of</c>

00:51:12.469 --> 00:51:13.849
it<00:51:12.570><c> and</c><00:51:12.730><c> come</c><00:51:13.030><c> back</c><00:51:13.250><c> to</c><00:51:13.429><c> Him</c>

00:51:13.849 --> 00:51:19.730
just<00:51:14.530><c> like</c><00:51:14.829><c> David</c><00:51:15.329><c> with</c><00:51:15.730><c> Absalom.</c><00:51:16.969><c> And</c><00:51:17.130><c> it's</c><00:51:17.369><c> our</c><00:51:17.590><c> wisdom,</c><00:51:18.170><c> brethren</c><00:51:18.309><c> and</c><00:51:18.590><c> sisters,</c><00:51:19.309><c> that</c><00:51:19.489><c> we</c>

00:51:19.730 --> 00:51:20.590
come<00:51:19.969><c> back</c><00:51:20.190><c> to</c><00:51:20.309><c> Him,</c>

00:51:20.989 --> 00:51:24.269
that<00:51:21.150><c> we</c><00:51:21.409><c> learn</c><00:51:21.690><c> from</c><00:51:21.949><c> a</c><00:51:22.130><c> man</c><00:51:22.289><c> like</c><00:51:22.630><c> Absalom,</c><00:51:23.730><c> that</c><00:51:23.829><c> we</c><00:51:24.030><c> learn</c>

00:51:24.269 --> 00:51:25.769
from<00:51:24.510><c> a</c><00:51:24.690><c> man</c><00:51:24.829><c> like</c><00:51:25.170><c> Ahithophel,</c>

00:51:26.130 --> 00:51:30.369
that<00:51:26.329><c> we</c><00:51:26.570><c> see</c><00:51:26.809><c> these</c><00:51:27.130><c> characters</c><00:51:27.590><c> like</c><00:51:27.949><c> Ataei</c><00:51:28.829><c> and</c><00:51:29.769><c> Hushai,</c>

00:51:30.730 --> 00:51:32.670
that<00:51:31.010><c> we</c><00:51:31.309><c> learn</c><00:51:31.630><c> from</c><00:51:31.849><c> those</c><00:51:32.190><c> characters</c>

00:51:32.670 --> 00:51:37.650
and<00:51:33.010><c> we</c><00:51:33.269><c> try</c><00:51:33.530><c> and</c><00:51:33.710><c> put</c><00:51:33.869><c> into</c><00:51:34.110><c> our</c><00:51:34.510><c> life</c><00:51:34.949><c> those</c><00:51:35.489><c> things</c><00:51:36.030><c> that</c><00:51:36.690><c> they</c><00:51:37.150><c> show</c><00:51:37.389><c> to</c>

00:51:37.650 --> 00:51:39.710
us.<00:51:38.409><c> Learn</c><00:51:38.710><c> from</c><00:51:38.909><c> their</c><00:51:39.130><c> mistakes,</c>

00:51:39.710 --> 00:51:46.190
learn<00:51:40.409><c> from</c><00:51:40.610><c> their</c><00:51:41.210><c> greatnesses.</c><00:51:43.769><c> We</c><00:51:44.010><c> come</c><00:51:44.369><c> to</c><00:51:44.869><c> the</c><00:51:45.170><c> end</c><00:51:45.469><c> almost</c><00:51:45.889><c> of</c>

00:51:46.190 --> 00:51:46.889
David's<00:51:46.630><c> life.</c>

00:51:47.309 --> 00:51:49.949
We,<00:51:47.550><c> in</c><00:51:47.570><c> fact,</c><00:51:47.929><c> want</c><00:51:48.010><c> to</c><00:51:48.150><c> take</c><00:51:48.409><c> up</c><00:51:48.570><c> our</c><00:51:48.869><c> exhortation</c><00:51:49.510><c> tomorrow</c>

00:51:49.949 --> 00:51:52.510
morning<00:51:50.389><c> and</c><00:51:50.849><c> see</c><00:51:51.110><c> the</c><00:51:51.329><c> end</c><00:51:51.590><c> of</c><00:51:51.789><c> David's</c><00:51:52.269><c> life</c>

00:51:52.510 --> 00:51:56.250
as<00:51:52.889><c> he</c><00:51:53.190><c> hands</c><00:51:53.510><c> over</c><00:51:53.889><c> the</c><00:51:54.150><c> kingdom</c><00:51:54.469><c> to</c><00:51:54.730><c> Solomon,</c><00:51:55.570><c> as</c><00:51:55.750><c> he</c><00:51:56.010><c> sees</c>

00:51:56.250 --> 00:51:59.510
before<00:51:56.730><c> him</c><00:51:57.050><c> the</c><00:51:57.510><c> glory</c><00:51:58.010><c> of</c><00:51:58.469><c> that</c><00:51:58.730><c> time.</c>

00:51:59.570 --> 00:52:02.570
We've<00:51:59.769><c> only</c><00:51:59.989><c> very</c><00:52:00.329><c> briefly</c><00:52:00.670><c> been</c><00:52:00.909><c> able</c><00:52:01.150><c> to</c><00:52:01.530><c> consider</c><00:52:01.909><c> it,</c><00:52:02.409><c> but</c>

00:52:02.570 --> 00:52:04.690
we<00:52:02.789><c> hope</c><00:52:02.929><c> it</c><00:52:03.150><c> may</c><00:52:03.349><c> have</c><00:52:03.550><c> wet</c><00:52:03.690><c> your</c><00:52:04.329><c> interest</c>

00:52:04.690 --> 00:52:07.829
in<00:52:04.849><c> the</c><00:52:04.969><c> life</c><00:52:05.170><c> of</c><00:52:05.510><c> David,</c><00:52:06.150><c> that</c><00:52:06.190><c> you</c><00:52:06.389><c> might</c><00:52:06.630><c> take</c><00:52:06.929><c> it</c><00:52:07.090><c> up</c><00:52:07.570><c> and</c>

00:52:07.829 --> 00:52:11.329
go<00:52:08.090><c> further</c><00:52:08.489><c> and</c><00:52:09.130><c> study</c><00:52:09.349><c> more</c><00:52:09.829><c> of</c><00:52:10.130><c> this</c><00:52:10.309><c> great</c><00:52:10.530><c> man.</c>