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Now<00:10:41.779><c> the</c><00:10:41.940><c> weight</c><00:10:42.200><c> of</c><00:10:42.480><c> gold</c><00:10:42.720><c> that</c><00:10:42.960><c> came</c><00:10:43.240><c> to</c><00:10:43.559><c> Solomon</c><00:10:43.879><c> in</c><00:10:44.120><c> one</c><00:10:44.360><c> year</c><00:10:44.539><c> was</c><00:10:44.940><c> 660</c><00:10:47.279><c> and</c><00:10:47.559><c> 6.</c>

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So<00:10:48.299><c> 660</c><00:10:50.899><c> and</c><00:10:51.559><c> 6</c><00:10:52.100><c> talents</c><00:10:52.620><c> of</c><00:10:52.980><c> gold,</c><00:10:53.340><c> 666.</c>

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So<00:11:45.399><c> right</c><00:11:45.639><c> before</c><00:11:46.100><c> World</c><00:11:46.480><c> War</c><00:11:46.720><c> I,</c><00:11:48.000><c> all</c><00:11:48.480><c> of</c><00:11:48.779><c> the</c><00:11:49.080><c> royalty</c><00:11:49.580><c> in</c><00:11:50.440><c> Europe</c><00:11:50.879><c> were</c><00:11:51.220><c> related</c><00:11:51.620><c> to</c>

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short,<00:12:50.299><c> withered</c><00:12:50.480><c> arm.</c>

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Money<00:13:22.460><c> is</c><00:13:22.820><c> coming</c><00:13:23.080><c> in.</c>

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So<00:14:04.440><c> every</c><00:14:04.860><c> year</c><00:14:05.000><c> they're</c><00:14:05.200><c> bringing</c><00:14:05.620><c> tribute</c><00:14:06.100><c> to</c><00:14:06.419><c> Solomon.</c>

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greatest<00:14:10.860><c> king.</c>

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you<00:14:16.740><c> know,</c><00:14:16.919><c> the</c><00:14:17.080><c> list</c><00:14:17.340><c> of</c><00:14:17.620><c> things</c><00:14:17.820><c> that</c><00:14:17.980><c> he</c><00:14:18.120><c> did.</c>

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He<00:14:19.620><c> was</c><00:14:19.820><c> really</c><00:14:20.240><c> interested</c><00:14:20.779><c> in</c><00:14:20.960><c> the</c><00:14:21.179><c> natural</c><00:14:21.700><c> world.</c>

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He<00:14:22.799><c> was</c><00:14:23.100><c> interested</c><00:14:23.659><c> in</c><00:14:23.919><c> philosophy.</c>

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He<00:14:25.120><c> would</c><00:14:25.299><c> have</c><00:14:25.500><c> people</c><00:14:25.879><c> come.</c>

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It<00:14:26.659><c> was</c><00:14:26.840><c> almost</c><00:14:27.059><c> like</c><00:14:27.299><c> a</c><00:14:27.519><c> philosophy</c><00:14:28.159><c> school</c><00:14:28.600><c> in</c><00:14:28.799><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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It<00:14:29.940><c> was</c><00:14:30.179><c> the</c><00:14:30.399><c> go</c><00:14:30.679><c>-to</c><00:14:30.840><c> place</c><00:14:31.500><c> if</c><00:14:32.500><c> you</c><00:14:32.700><c> wanted</c><00:14:32.919><c> to</c><00:14:33.179><c> kind</c><00:14:33.320><c> of</c><00:14:33.519><c> talk</c>

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about<00:14:34.039><c> things.</c>

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So<00:14:36.279><c> this</c><00:14:36.860><c> was</c><00:14:37.100><c> like</c><00:14:37.379><c> the</c><00:14:37.700><c> pinnacle</c><00:14:38.200><c> of</c><00:14:38.580><c> Israel's</c><00:14:39.240><c> history.</c>

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And<00:14:40.620><c> it</c><00:14:40.879><c> happens</c><00:14:41.320><c> pretty,</c><00:14:42.419><c> pretty</c><00:14:42.919><c> quickly,</c><00:14:43.399><c> doesn't</c><00:14:43.639><c> it?</c>

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You<00:14:44.100><c> know,</c><00:14:44.240><c> you</c><00:14:44.240><c> have</c><00:14:44.460><c> Saul</c><00:14:44.820><c> kind</c><00:14:45.059><c> of</c><00:14:46.200><c> fighting</c><00:14:46.200><c> for</c><00:14:46.620><c> control.</c>

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He<00:14:50.399><c> does</c><00:14:50.740><c> amazing,</c><00:14:51.840><c> expands</c><00:14:52.039><c> all</c><00:14:52.360><c> the</c><00:14:52.440><c> way</c><00:14:52.600><c> up</c><00:14:52.759><c> into</c><00:14:53.240><c> Damascus,</c><00:14:54.120><c> all</c><00:14:54.320><c> the</c>

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Solomon<00:15:00.879><c> comes</c><00:15:01.279><c> along.</c>

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It's<00:15:02.259><c> a</c><00:15:02.460><c> time</c><00:15:02.679><c> of</c><00:15:03.039><c> peace</c><00:15:03.460><c> and</c><00:15:03.799><c> prosperity.</c>

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You<00:15:05.179><c> know,</c><00:15:05.299><c> I</c><00:15:05.360><c> think</c><00:15:05.539><c> he</c><00:15:05.840><c> said</c><00:15:06.080><c> that</c><00:15:07.320><c> Solomon</c><00:15:08.320><c> made</c><00:15:09.000><c> silver</c><00:15:09.759><c> as</c>

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And<00:15:13.279><c> obviously</c><00:15:13.720><c> it's</c><00:15:14.019><c> a</c><00:15:14.139><c> euphemism</c><00:15:15.080><c> to</c><00:15:15.460><c> tell</c><00:15:15.639><c> us</c><00:15:15.919><c> about</c><00:15:16.240><c> how</c>

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wealthy<00:15:17.600><c> Israel</c><00:15:18.580><c> was</c><00:15:18.899><c> at</c><00:15:19.120><c> this</c><00:15:19.320><c> time.</c>

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Things<00:15:19.759><c> were</c><00:15:20.019><c> going</c><00:15:20.279><c> great.</c>

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He<00:15:24.600><c> made,</c><00:15:25.620><c> him</c><00:15:25.840><c> and</c><00:15:26.120><c> Hiram,</c><00:15:26.539><c> the</c><00:15:26.679><c> Phoenicians,</c><00:15:27.820><c> right?</c>

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They're<00:15:29.679><c> going</c><00:15:30.059><c> on</c><00:15:30.340><c> different</c><00:15:31.100><c> excursions</c><00:15:31.659><c> throughout</c><00:15:31.980><c> the</c><00:15:32.240><c> Mediterranean,</c>

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exotic<00:15:42.019><c> spices,</c><00:15:42.899><c> big,</c><00:15:43.299><c> big</c><00:15:43.539><c> money</c><00:15:43.919><c> items.</c>

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extremely<00:15:48.620><c> wealthy.</c>

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his<00:15:53.220><c> court,</c>

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So<00:15:56.860><c> Israel</c><00:15:57.200><c> is</c><00:15:57.419><c> doing</c><00:15:57.659><c> fantastic.</c>

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God<00:15:59.740><c> is</c><00:16:00.039><c> with</c><00:16:00.320><c> them.</c>

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guiding<00:16:06.399><c> him.</c>

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What<00:16:08.460><c> could</c><00:16:08.740><c> possibly</c><00:16:09.320><c> go</c><00:16:09.700><c> wrong?</c>

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Could<00:16:11.480><c> it</c><00:16:11.659><c> all</c><00:16:11.899><c> set</c><00:16:12.159><c> up?</c>

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But<00:16:14.980><c> King</c><00:16:15.779><c> Solomon</c><00:16:16.500><c> loved</c><00:16:17.139><c> many</c><00:16:18.059><c> strange</c><00:16:19.440><c> women.</c>

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You<00:16:23.019><c> know,</c><00:16:23.279><c> it's</c><00:16:23.559><c> interesting.</c>

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You<00:16:24.200><c> look</c><00:16:24.440><c> at,</c><00:16:24.620><c> you</c><00:16:24.720><c> know,</c><00:16:25.519><c> all</c><00:16:25.700><c> of</c><00:16:25.899><c> the</c><00:16:26.259><c> accomplishments</c><00:16:27.440><c> of</c>

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Solomon,<00:16:29.779><c> and</c><00:16:29.980><c> it's</c><00:16:30.240><c> almost</c>

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like<00:16:31.000><c> wiped</c><00:16:31.259><c> out</c><00:16:31.620><c> by</c><00:16:31.820><c> this</c><00:16:32.120><c> one</c><00:16:32.379><c> statement,</c><00:16:33.299><c> but</c><00:16:33.580><c> Solomon</c>

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loved<00:16:34.759><c> many</c><00:16:35.240><c> strange</c><00:16:35.860><c> women.</c>

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It<00:16:36.840><c> reminds</c><00:16:37.159><c> me</c><00:16:37.399><c> of</c><00:16:37.440><c> his</c><00:16:37.639><c> father.</c>

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When<00:16:39.100><c> David</c><00:16:39.799><c> had</c><00:16:40.480><c> subdued</c><00:16:41.080><c> all</c><00:16:41.440><c> of</c><00:16:41.639><c> the</c><00:16:41.799><c> lands</c><00:16:42.100><c> around</c><00:16:42.620><c> him,</c>

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he<00:16:44.080><c> looked</c><00:16:44.379><c> up,</c><00:16:44.799><c> right?</c>

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And<00:16:45.919><c> he</c><00:16:46.080><c> saw</c><00:16:46.500><c> the</c><00:16:46.759><c> city</c><00:16:47.080><c> of</c><00:16:47.320><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:47.620><c> and</c><00:16:47.899><c> he</c><00:16:47.940><c> saw</c><00:16:48.240><c> Bathsheba.</c>

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It's<00:16:50.120><c> the</c><00:16:50.279><c> same</c><00:16:50.500><c> thing,</c><00:16:50.879><c> drew</c><00:16:51.059><c> away</c><00:16:51.340><c> his</c><00:16:51.600><c> heart,</c><00:16:52.000><c> causing</c><00:16:52.320><c> him</c>

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to<00:16:52.620><c> commit</c><00:16:52.740><c> adultery.</c>

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Think<00:16:53.440><c> about</c><00:16:53.659><c> the</c><00:16:53.919><c> terrible</c><00:16:54.259><c> things</c><00:16:54.539><c> that</c><00:16:54.820><c> happened</c><00:16:55.179><c> because</c>

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of<00:16:55.899><c> this</c><00:16:56.120><c> one</c><00:16:56.340><c> act.</c>

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Think<00:16:57.539><c> about</c><00:16:57.799><c> the</c><00:16:58.000><c> terrible</c><00:16:58.340><c> things</c><00:16:58.600><c> that</c><00:16:58.740><c> are</c><00:16:58.940><c> going</c><00:16:59.179><c> to</c><00:16:59.440><c> happen</c>

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He<00:17:04.720><c> didn't</c><00:17:05.240><c> let</c><00:17:05.460><c> the</c><00:17:05.660><c> wisdom</c><00:17:06.019><c> of</c><00:17:06.299><c> God</c><00:17:06.619><c> guide</c><00:17:07.039><c> him.</c>

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He<00:17:07.880><c> let</c><00:17:08.180><c> his</c><00:17:08.680><c> lusts,</c><00:17:09.339><c> his</c><00:17:09.339><c> fleshly</c><00:17:09.759><c> lusts</c><00:17:10.140><c> and</c><00:17:10.240><c> desires</c><00:17:10.740><c> guide</c>

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him,<00:17:11.700><c> and</c><00:17:11.920><c> so</c><00:17:12.079><c> here</c><00:17:12.240><c> he</c><00:17:12.400><c> was.</c>

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And<00:17:12.920><c> in</c><00:17:13.180><c> fact,</c><00:17:13.460><c> this</c><00:17:13.619><c> is</c><00:17:13.880><c> going</c><00:17:14.079><c> to</c><00:17:14.339><c> be</c><00:17:14.880><c> a</c><00:17:15.180><c> metaphor</c><00:17:15.680><c> for</c><00:17:16.039><c> the</c>

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Jews<00:17:16.480><c> because</c><00:17:17.500><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:18.319><c> is</c><00:17:18.539><c> going</c><00:17:18.700><c> to</c><00:17:18.880><c> bring</c><00:17:18.980><c> it</c>

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up<00:17:19.900><c> when</c><00:17:20.259><c> they</c><00:17:20.859><c> come</c><00:17:21.160><c> back</c><00:17:21.400><c> right</c><00:17:21.640><c> after</c><00:17:22.220><c> the</c><00:17:22.500><c> exile,</c><00:17:23.220><c> and</c><00:17:23.480><c> they</c><00:17:23.740><c> were</c><00:17:23.940><c> marrying</c><00:17:24.380><c> all</c><00:17:24.640><c> kinds</c>

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of<00:17:25.119><c> different</c><00:17:25.359><c> women</c><00:17:25.640><c> during</c><00:17:26.019><c> this</c><00:17:26.319><c> time.</c>

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And<00:17:26.960><c> he</c><00:17:27.119><c> said,</c><00:17:27.700><c> you're</c><00:17:27.859><c> doing</c><00:17:28.200><c> the</c><00:17:28.440><c> same</c><00:17:28.680><c> thing</c><00:17:28.880><c> that</c><00:17:29.180><c> caused</c>

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Solomon<00:17:30.220><c> to</c><00:17:30.619><c> sin.</c>

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You're<00:17:31.920><c> loving</c><00:17:32.200><c> many</c><00:17:32.579><c> strange</c><00:17:33.000><c> women.</c>

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And<00:17:33.799><c> so</c><00:17:34.000><c> we're</c><00:17:34.299><c> talking</c><00:17:34.720><c> about,</c><00:17:36.140><c> now</c><00:17:36.359><c> Solomon</c><00:17:37.259><c> is</c><00:17:37.440><c> going</c><00:17:37.599><c> to</c><00:17:37.720><c> have</c><00:17:37.920><c> a</c>

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harem,<00:17:38.599><c> okay?</c>

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And<00:17:40.039><c> it's</c><00:17:40.819><c> really</c><00:17:42.160><c> just</c><00:17:42.819><c> a</c><00:17:43.059><c> collection</c><00:17:43.460><c> of</c><00:17:43.759><c> women</c><00:17:44.039><c> that,</c><00:17:45.299><c> you</c>

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know,<00:17:46.140><c> and</c><00:17:46.140><c> I</c><00:17:47.039><c> specifically</c><00:17:47.519><c> say</c>

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that,<00:17:48.140><c> a</c><00:17:48.259><c> collection</c><00:17:48.640><c> of</c><00:17:48.920><c> women,</c><00:17:49.440><c> because</c><00:17:49.680><c> really</c><00:17:50.059><c> that's</c><00:17:50.299><c> what</c><00:17:50.460><c> it</c><00:17:50.660><c> was.</c>

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Solomon<00:17:51.480><c> didn't</c><00:17:51.720><c> have</c><00:17:51.920><c> a</c><00:17:52.160><c> close</c><00:17:52.440><c> personal</c><00:17:52.880><c> relationship</c><00:17:53.460><c> with</c><00:17:53.680><c> a</c>

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lot<00:17:53.920><c> of</c><00:17:54.059><c> these</c><00:17:54.240><c> women.</c>

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It<00:17:54.819><c> may</c><00:17:55.059><c> have</c><00:17:55.220><c> been,</c><00:17:55.539><c> Solomon</c><00:17:55.740><c> might</c><00:17:55.960><c> not</c><00:17:56.140><c> have</c><00:17:56.319><c> even</c><00:17:56.579><c> known</c>

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the<00:17:57.180><c> names</c><00:17:57.539><c> of</c><00:17:57.759><c> some</c><00:17:58.019><c> of</c><00:17:58.180><c> these</c><00:17:58.380><c> women,</c>

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but<00:17:59.279><c> it</c><00:17:59.380><c> was</c><00:17:59.640><c> a</c><00:17:59.900><c> status</c><00:18:00.240><c> symbol.</c>

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Nine<00:18:01.380><c> hundred</c><00:18:02.220><c> women</c><00:18:02.779><c> are</c><00:18:03.079><c> in</c><00:18:03.160><c> your</c><00:18:04.079><c> harem,</c><00:18:04.740><c> incredible,</c><00:18:05.440><c> Solomon,</c><00:18:06.559><c> but</c>

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they<00:18:08.440><c> missed</c><00:18:08.640><c> their</c><00:18:08.920><c> homeland.</c>

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They<00:18:10.579><c> missed</c><00:18:10.740><c> the</c><00:18:11.039><c> culture</c><00:18:11.380><c> of</c><00:18:11.599><c> their</c><00:18:11.839><c> homeland.</c>

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They<00:18:13.140><c> missed</c><00:18:13.420><c> the</c><00:18:13.859><c> religion</c><00:18:14.359><c> of</c><00:18:14.599><c> their</c><00:18:14.880><c> homeland.</c>

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And<00:18:16.579><c> so</c><00:18:16.859><c> Solomon</c><00:18:17.359><c> being</c><00:18:17.819><c> the,</c><00:18:18.099><c> you</c><00:18:18.240><c> know,</c><00:18:18.619><c> sympathetic,</c><00:18:19.200><c> loving</c><00:18:19.539><c> husband,</c><00:18:21.440><c> sure,</c><00:18:22.460><c> go</c><00:18:22.599><c> ahead.</c>

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What<00:18:23.380><c> harm,</c><00:18:24.180><c> what</c><00:18:24.440><c> harm</c><00:18:24.640><c> could</c><00:18:24.900><c> do</c><00:18:25.059><c> it?</c>

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But<00:18:25.759><c> the</c><00:18:25.960><c> problem</c><00:18:26.359><c> was,</c><00:18:26.660><c> he</c><00:18:26.799><c> has</c><00:18:27.039><c> all</c><00:18:27.319><c> of</c><00:18:27.480><c> these</c><00:18:27.660><c> women</c><00:18:28.160><c> bringing</c><00:18:28.799><c> in</c>

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their<00:18:29.559><c> religious</c><00:18:30.059><c> ideas.</c>

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They<00:18:31.660><c> were</c><00:18:32.019><c> from</c><00:18:32.740><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:18:33.960><c> women</c><00:18:34.279><c> of</c><00:18:34.519><c> the</c><00:18:34.759><c> Moabites,</c><00:18:35.640><c> Amorites,</c><00:18:38.740><c> Zidonians,</c><00:18:39.859><c> and</c><00:18:39.960><c> Hittites.</c>

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And<00:18:43.220><c> he</c><00:18:43.480><c> had</c><00:18:43.839><c> 700</c><00:18:44.599><c> wives,</c><00:18:45.500><c> princesses,</c><00:18:46.079><c> and</c><00:18:46.319><c> 300</c><00:18:46.799><c> concubines,</c>

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and<00:18:48.460><c> his</c><00:18:48.940><c> wives</c><00:18:50.039><c> turned</c><00:18:51.099><c> away</c><00:18:52.099><c> his</c><00:18:53.019><c> harem.</c>

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It's<00:18:54.480><c> the</c><00:18:54.619><c> beginning,</c><00:18:55.160><c> his</c><00:18:55.279><c> heart</c><00:18:55.440><c> was</c><00:18:55.740><c> set</c><00:18:56.019><c> to</c><00:18:56.279><c> God.</c>

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Remember,<00:18:57.079><c> remember</c><00:18:57.319><c> when</c><00:18:57.440><c> he</c><00:18:57.579><c> was</c><00:18:57.819><c> young,</c><00:18:58.240><c> Solomon</c><00:18:58.619><c> was</c><00:18:58.920><c> young,</c><00:19:00.039><c> and</c>

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he's<00:19:00.420><c> like,</c><00:19:00.920><c> I</c><00:19:01.359><c> am,</c><00:19:01.700><c> like</c><00:19:01.960><c> he</c><00:19:02.059><c> was</c><00:19:02.240><c> probably</c><00:19:02.500><c> 18,</c>

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19<00:19:03.339><c> years</c><00:19:03.680><c> old,</c><00:19:03.900><c> something</c><00:19:04.119><c> like</c><00:19:04.440><c> that,</c><00:19:04.980><c> and</c><00:19:05.099><c> he's</c><00:19:05.180><c> like,</c><00:19:05.420><c> I'm</c>

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just<00:19:05.700><c> a</c><00:19:05.920><c> child,</c><00:19:06.319><c> how</c><00:19:06.500><c> can</c><00:19:06.680><c> I</c><00:19:06.799><c> go</c><00:19:07.019><c> in</c><00:19:07.200><c> and</c><00:19:07.299><c> come</c>

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out<00:19:07.940><c> with</c><00:19:08.180><c> such</c><00:19:08.420><c> a</c><00:19:08.599><c> great</c><00:19:08.759><c> people,</c><00:19:09.220><c> give</c><00:19:09.339><c> me</c><00:19:09.539><c> wisdom.</c>

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He's<00:19:11.720><c> not</c><00:19:11.940><c> asking</c><00:19:12.299><c> God</c><00:19:12.660><c> in</c><00:19:12.839><c> this</c><00:19:12.980><c> situation,</c><00:19:13.640><c> he's</c><00:19:14.559><c> just</c><00:19:14.799><c> letting</c><00:19:15.079><c> it</c><00:19:15.380><c> happen.</c>

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He's<00:19:16.920><c> allowing</c><00:19:17.400><c> the</c><00:19:17.839><c> things</c><00:19:18.160><c> of</c><00:19:18.480><c> society</c><00:19:19.299><c> to</c><00:19:19.859><c> get</c><00:19:20.000><c> the</c><00:19:20.220><c> better</c>

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of<00:19:20.640><c> him.</c>

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This<00:19:21.160><c> was</c><00:19:21.420><c> very</c><00:19:21.859><c> common</c><00:19:22.160><c> in</c><00:19:22.359><c> the</c><00:19:22.519><c> ancient</c><00:19:22.819><c> world,</c><00:19:23.539><c> but</c><00:19:23.680><c> it</c><00:19:23.920><c> took</c><00:19:24.119><c> his</c>

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heart<00:19:24.500><c> away,</c><00:19:24.920><c> drove</c><00:19:25.160><c> his</c><00:19:25.359><c> heart</c><00:19:25.859><c> away</c><00:19:26.240><c> from</c><00:19:27.460><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:28.400><c> he</c><00:19:28.720><c> allows</c><00:19:29.559><c> his</c><00:19:30.380><c> wives</c><00:19:31.140><c> to</c><00:19:31.880><c> build</c><00:19:32.359><c> temples</c><00:19:33.220><c> and</c><00:19:34.519><c> shrines</c>

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all<00:19:36.460><c> around</c><00:19:37.039><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Let's<00:19:37.920><c> take</c><00:19:38.180><c> a</c><00:19:38.240><c> look</c><00:19:38.440><c> at</c><00:19:38.680><c> it.</c>

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Yeah,<00:19:41.660><c> for</c><00:19:41.819><c> Solomon</c><00:19:42.380><c> went</c><00:19:42.759><c> after</c><00:19:43.420><c> Ashtaroth,</c><00:19:44.740><c> the</c><00:19:44.980><c> goddess</c>

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of<00:19:45.660><c> the</c><00:19:45.859><c> Zidonians,</c><00:19:47.359><c> and</c><00:19:47.700><c> after</c><00:19:48.059><c> Melchum,</c>

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the<00:19:49.640><c> abomination</c><00:19:50.519><c> of</c><00:19:51.099><c> the</c><00:19:51.519><c> Amorites.</c>

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And<00:19:53.319><c> Solomon</c><00:19:53.759><c> did</c><00:19:54.160><c> evil</c><00:19:54.640><c> in</c><00:19:54.880><c> the</c><00:19:55.099><c> sight</c><00:19:55.259><c> of</c><00:19:55.500><c> the</c><00:19:55.660><c> Lord,</c><00:19:56.400><c> and</c><00:19:56.700><c> went</c><00:19:56.980><c> not</c><00:19:57.519><c> fully</c><00:19:57.960><c> after</c><00:19:58.680><c> the</c><00:19:58.960><c> Lord</c><00:19:59.180><c> as</c>

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did<00:19:59.640><c> his</c><00:19:59.940><c> father.</c>

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Then<00:20:01.299><c> did</c><00:20:01.640><c> Solomon</c><00:20:02.099><c> build</c><00:20:02.460><c> in</c><00:20:02.819><c> high</c><00:20:03.200><c> place</c><00:20:03.700><c> for</c><00:20:04.059><c> Chimosh,</c><00:20:05.619><c> the</c>

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abomination<00:20:06.440><c> of</c><00:20:06.819><c> Moab,</c>

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in<00:20:07.460><c> the</c><00:20:07.740><c> hill</c><00:20:08.359><c> that</c><00:20:08.900><c> is</c><00:20:09.160><c> before</c><00:20:09.599><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:20:10.880><c> and</c><00:20:11.319><c> for</c><00:20:11.680><c> Molech,</c>

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the<00:20:13.140><c> abomination</c><00:20:14.059><c> of</c><00:20:14.880><c> the</c><00:20:15.099><c> children</c><00:20:15.480><c> of</c><00:20:15.759><c> Ammon.</c>

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And<00:20:16.200><c> likewise</c><00:20:16.700><c> did</c><00:20:17.000><c> he</c><00:20:17.200><c> for</c><00:20:17.559><c> all</c><00:20:18.099><c> his</c><00:20:18.440><c> strange</c><00:20:18.880><c> wives,</c><00:20:20.019><c> which</c>

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burnt<00:20:20.660><c> incense</c><00:20:21.380><c> and</c><00:20:21.759><c> sacrificed</c><00:20:22.500><c> unto</c><00:20:22.779><c> their</c><00:20:23.039><c> gods.</c>

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There's<00:20:24.279><c> something</c><00:20:24.599><c> interesting</c><00:20:25.200><c> here.</c>

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They<00:20:26.559><c> set</c><00:20:26.799><c> up</c><00:20:27.119><c> these</c><00:20:27.500><c> shrines</c><00:20:28.119><c> on</c><00:20:28.480><c> the</c><00:20:28.940><c> hill</c><00:20:29.599><c> before</c><00:20:30.619><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:20:32.259><c> it</c><00:20:32.259><c> was</c><00:20:32.579><c> Mount</c><00:20:32.880><c> Zion</c><00:20:33.359><c> that</c><00:20:33.619><c> they're</c><00:20:33.900><c> building</c><00:20:34.299><c> these</c><00:20:34.720><c> things</c><00:20:35.000><c> on,</c>

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these<00:20:35.640><c> shrines.</c>

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And<00:20:38.940><c> these</c><00:20:39.279><c> shrines</c><00:20:39.980><c> would</c><00:20:40.480><c> overlook</c><00:20:41.299><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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In<00:20:43.059><c> other</c><00:20:43.279><c> words,</c><00:20:43.480><c> here's</c><00:20:43.839><c> the</c><00:20:44.039><c> shrine</c><00:20:44.440><c> to</c><00:20:44.819><c> Molech</c><00:20:45.240><c> or</c><00:20:45.460><c> to</c><00:20:45.700><c> Chimosh,</c><00:20:46.319><c> right</c><00:20:46.440><c> up</c><00:20:46.779><c> here.</c>

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Yahweh's<00:20:48.660><c> temple</c><00:20:49.000><c> is</c><00:20:49.299><c> down</c><00:20:49.660><c> here.</c>

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What's<00:20:51.160><c> the</c><00:20:51.359><c> message?</c>

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What's<00:20:52.299><c> the</c><00:20:52.500><c> visual?</c>

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What's<00:20:53.339><c> the</c><00:20:53.539><c> optics?</c>

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We're<00:20:55.740><c> greater</c><00:20:56.220><c> than</c><00:20:56.559><c> Yahweh.</c>

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We're<00:20:58.220><c> up</c><00:20:58.420><c> on</c><00:20:58.599><c> the</c><00:20:58.779><c> hill</c><00:20:59.119><c> looking</c><00:20:59.579><c> down</c><00:21:00.059><c> on</c><00:21:00.380><c> Yahweh.</c>

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We're<00:21:01.660><c> still</c><00:21:01.960><c> the</c><00:21:02.220><c> top</c><00:21:02.440><c> dog.</c>

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Molech,<00:21:04.380><c> tougher</c><00:21:04.579><c> than</c><00:21:04.819><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Baal,<00:21:07.420><c> tougher</c><00:21:07.660><c> than</c><00:21:07.980><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Look<00:21:08.980><c> at</c><00:21:09.119><c> where</c><00:21:09.279><c> we</c><00:21:09.460><c> are.</c>

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We're<00:21:10.980><c> taking</c><00:21:11.319><c> over</c><00:21:11.839><c> land</c><00:21:12.599><c> in</c><00:21:13.380><c> the</c><00:21:13.480><c> land</c><00:21:13.740><c> of</c><00:21:13.980><c> Israel,</c><00:21:14.460><c> in</c>

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Yahweh's<00:21:15.220><c> land.</c>

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We're<00:21:15.799><c> taking</c><00:21:15.920><c> over,</c><00:21:16.759><c> baby.</c>

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This<00:21:17.720><c> is</c><00:21:17.880><c> how</c><00:21:18.039><c> they</c><00:21:18.240><c> looked</c><00:21:18.440><c> at</c><00:21:18.619><c> it.</c>

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In<00:21:19.259><c> fact,</c><00:21:21.400><c> remember</c><00:21:21.920><c> when</c><00:21:22.299><c> Naaman</c><00:21:22.900><c> was</c><00:21:23.839><c> cleansed</c><00:21:24.759><c> of</c><00:21:25.039><c> his</c><00:21:25.339><c> leprosy?</c>

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What<00:21:27.279><c> was</c><00:21:28.160><c> something</c><00:21:28.539><c> that</c><00:21:28.819><c> he</c><00:21:29.160><c> brought</c><00:21:29.420><c> with</c><00:21:29.759><c> him</c><00:21:30.339><c> back</c><00:21:30.839><c> to</c><00:21:31.460><c> Syria?</c>

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Anyone<00:21:32.039><c> remember?</c>

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Dirt,<00:21:35.059><c> yeah,</c><00:21:35.440><c> dirt</c><00:21:35.759><c> from</c><00:21:36.099><c> the</c><00:21:36.240><c> land</c><00:21:36.440><c> of</c><00:21:36.660><c> Israel.</c>

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He<00:21:37.160><c> bought</c><00:21:37.420><c> a</c><00:21:38.180><c> couple</c><00:21:38.519><c> sacks</c><00:21:39.019><c> full,</c><00:21:39.279><c> if</c><00:21:39.440><c> I</c><00:21:39.599><c> remember</c><00:21:39.960><c> correctly.</c>

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And<00:21:41.920><c> he</c><00:21:42.119><c> did</c><00:21:42.420><c> that</c><00:21:43.180><c> because</c><00:21:44.339><c> the</c><00:21:45.079><c> land</c><00:21:45.579><c> of</c><00:21:46.019><c> Israel</c><00:21:46.799><c> was</c><00:21:47.640><c> Yahweh's</c><00:21:48.480><c> land.</c>

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So<00:21:49.380><c> he</c><00:21:49.559><c> was</c><00:21:49.920><c> bringing</c><00:21:50.460><c> a</c><00:21:51.460><c> tangible</c><00:21:52.680><c> aspect</c><00:21:53.660><c> of</c><00:21:54.099><c> Israel's</c><00:21:54.839><c> land</c>

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with<00:21:55.460><c> him</c><00:21:55.880><c> to</c><00:21:56.599><c> lay</c><00:21:57.160><c> before</c><00:21:57.839><c> the</c><00:21:58.279><c> threshold</c><00:21:59.039><c> of</c><00:21:59.880><c> his</c><00:22:00.259><c> God.</c>

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Remember,<00:22:01.559><c> he</c><00:22:01.799><c> says,</c><00:22:02.000><c> when</c><00:22:02.079><c> I</c><00:22:02.299><c> go</c><00:22:02.480><c> in</c><00:22:02.579><c> with</c><00:22:02.839><c> the</c><00:22:03.019><c> king,</c><00:22:03.980><c> right,</c>

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forgive<00:22:04.900><c> me</c><00:22:05.160><c> when</c><00:22:05.319><c> I</c><00:22:05.400><c> go</c><00:22:05.660><c> down.</c>

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When<00:22:06.539><c> I</c><00:22:07.099><c> bow</c><00:22:07.380><c> down</c><00:22:07.720><c> to</c><00:22:07.819><c> him.</c>

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But<00:22:08.460><c> he</c><00:22:08.640><c> took</c><00:22:08.900><c> Yahweh's</c><00:22:09.680><c> dirt</c><00:22:09.920><c> from</c><00:22:10.180><c> Israel</c><00:22:10.740><c> and</c><00:22:11.380><c> put</c><00:22:11.539><c> it</c><00:22:11.640><c> on</c>

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the<00:22:12.099><c> threshold.</c>

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They<00:22:13.119><c> did</c><00:22:13.339><c> the</c><00:22:13.599><c> same</c><00:22:13.779><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:22:15.119><c> remember,</c><00:22:16.079><c> when</c><00:22:16.279><c> Dagon</c><00:22:16.720><c> fell</c><00:22:17.059><c> down,</c><00:22:17.319><c> they</c><00:22:17.460><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:17.779><c> step</c><00:22:18.079><c> on</c>

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the<00:22:19.180><c> threshold.</c>

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So<00:22:20.119><c> it's</c><00:22:20.359><c> the</c><00:22:20.559><c> same</c><00:22:20.799><c> type</c><00:22:21.099><c> of</c><00:22:21.420><c> reasoning</c><00:22:21.720><c> in</c><00:22:21.960><c> the</c><00:22:22.140><c> ancient</c><00:22:22.420><c> world.</c>

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If<00:22:23.460><c> you</c><00:22:23.819><c> have</c><00:22:24.019><c> a</c><00:22:24.420><c> portion</c><00:22:24.980><c> of</c><00:22:25.819><c> a</c><00:22:26.140><c> God's</c><00:22:26.799><c> land,</c><00:22:27.940><c> you</c><00:22:28.319><c> have</c><00:22:28.700><c> access</c><00:22:29.200><c> to</c><00:22:29.460><c> that</c><00:22:29.720><c> God</c><00:22:30.039><c> at</c>

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all<00:22:30.599><c> times.</c>

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And<00:22:31.519><c> so</c><00:22:31.740><c> he's</c><00:22:32.079><c> bringing</c><00:22:32.420><c> with</c><00:22:32.799><c> him</c><00:22:33.539><c> actual</c><00:22:34.519><c> land</c><00:22:35.220><c> that</c><00:22:35.539><c> had</c><00:22:35.819><c> power</c><00:22:36.480><c> in</c><00:22:36.740><c> it.</c>

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Yahweh's<00:22:38.079><c> land</c><00:22:38.380><c> with</c><00:22:38.660><c> him</c><00:22:39.000><c> in</c><00:22:39.299><c> order</c><00:22:39.460><c> to</c><00:22:39.599><c> have</c><00:22:39.759><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:40.200><c> with</c>

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him<00:22:40.599><c> at</c><00:22:40.759><c> all</c><00:22:41.000><c> times.</c>

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Gods<00:22:42.359><c> and</c><00:22:42.660><c> land</c><00:22:42.940><c> were</c><00:22:43.200><c> connected</c><00:22:43.680><c> like</c><00:22:44.019><c> crazy</c><00:22:44.440><c> in</c><00:22:44.640><c> the</c><00:22:44.799><c> ancient</c><00:22:45.099><c> world.</c>

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There's<00:22:46.259><c> a</c><00:22:46.400><c> little</c><00:22:46.579><c> thing</c><00:22:46.779><c> in</c><00:22:46.980><c> there</c><00:22:47.200><c> too</c><00:22:47.440><c> about,</c><00:22:47.920><c> we</c><00:22:48.180><c> might</c><00:22:48.359><c> get</c><00:22:48.579><c> to</c><00:22:48.740><c> this,</c><00:22:49.559><c> but</c><00:22:49.559><c> I</c>

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can't<00:22:50.319><c> remember.</c>

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It<00:22:50.599><c> might</c><00:22:50.759><c> have</c><00:22:50.960><c> been</c><00:22:51.079><c> what</c><00:22:51.220><c> they</c><00:22:51.420><c> have.</c>

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But<00:22:52.400><c> he</c><00:22:52.619><c> said,</c><00:22:52.759><c> remember</c><00:22:53.019><c> the</c><00:22:53.279><c> Israelites</c><00:22:53.720><c> beat</c><00:22:54.019><c> them</c><00:22:54.319><c> in</c><00:22:54.519><c> the</c><00:22:54.720><c> mountains?</c>

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And<00:22:55.759><c> he</c><00:22:55.819><c> says,</c><00:22:56.079><c> Yahweh's</c><00:22:56.519><c> a</c><00:22:56.680><c> God</c><00:22:56.799><c> of</c><00:22:56.960><c> the</c><00:22:57.140><c> mountains.</c>

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Let's<00:22:58.240><c> fight</c><00:22:58.480><c> them</c><00:22:58.619><c> in</c><00:22:58.799><c> the</c><00:22:59.019><c> plains.</c>

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That's<00:22:59.660><c> where</c><00:22:59.859><c> our</c><00:23:00.079><c> God</c><00:23:00.259><c> is</c><00:23:00.500><c> tough.</c>

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No,<00:23:02.099><c> God,</c><00:23:02.420><c> you</c><00:23:02.420><c> know,</c><00:23:02.799><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:03.039><c> is</c><00:23:03.220><c> God</c><00:23:03.400><c> of</c><00:23:03.660><c> everything.</c>

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So<00:23:04.339><c> this</c><00:23:04.680><c> is</c><00:23:04.920><c> the</c><00:23:05.079><c> mentality,</c><00:23:05.640><c> obviously.</c>

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And<00:23:06.839><c> so</c><00:23:07.220><c> not</c><00:23:07.599><c> only</c><00:23:07.960><c> was</c><00:23:08.259><c> it</c><00:23:08.720><c> spiritually</c><00:23:09.339><c> defiling,</c><00:23:10.920><c> the</c>

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physical<00:23:12.059><c> optics</c>

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of<00:23:12.980><c> it</c><00:23:13.519><c> were</c><00:23:13.859><c> sending</c><00:23:14.279><c> a</c><00:23:14.539><c> message</c><00:23:15.059><c> to</c><00:23:15.359><c> the</c><00:23:15.579><c> ancient</c><00:23:15.839><c> Israelites</c><00:23:16.319><c> as</c><00:23:16.619><c> well.</c>

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Solomon<00:23:17.960><c> was</c><00:23:18.160><c> sending</c><00:23:18.420><c> a</c><00:23:18.700><c> message.</c>

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Yahweh<00:23:20.119><c> isn't</c><00:23:20.380><c> that</c><00:23:20.759><c> important.</c>

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Yeah,<00:23:21.680><c> Yahweh's</c><00:23:22.240><c> our</c><00:23:22.420><c> God.</c>

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But<00:23:22.819><c> hey,</c><00:23:23.839><c> everyone</c><00:23:24.099><c> can</c><00:23:24.319><c> have</c><00:23:24.460><c> a</c><00:23:24.640><c> God.</c>

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You<00:23:26.000><c> got</c><00:23:26.259><c> a</c><00:23:26.460><c> God.</c>

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You<00:23:26.880><c> got</c><00:23:27.140><c> a</c><00:23:27.299><c> God.</c>

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You<00:23:27.660><c> got</c><00:23:27.900><c> a</c><00:23:28.079><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:28.720><c> they</c><00:23:28.940><c> built</c><00:23:29.200><c> them</c><00:23:29.480><c> all</c><00:23:29.779><c> along</c><00:23:30.539><c> on</c><00:23:32.119><c> Mount</c><00:23:32.400><c> Zion.</c>

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All<00:23:35.200><c> right.</c>

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Yeah,<00:23:37.900><c> in</c><00:23:38.140><c> verse</c><00:23:38.319><c> nine,</c><00:23:38.759><c> and</c><00:23:38.839><c> the</c><00:23:38.980><c> Lord</c><00:23:39.259><c> was</c><00:23:39.619><c> angry</c><00:23:40.039><c> with</c><00:23:40.319><c> Solomon</c><00:23:40.700><c> because</c><00:23:41.099><c> his</c>

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heart<00:23:41.619><c> was</c><00:23:42.079><c> turned</c>

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from<00:23:42.759><c> the</c><00:23:42.940><c> Lord</c><00:23:43.180><c> God</c><00:23:43.339><c> of</c><00:23:43.519><c> Israel,</c><00:23:44.339><c> which</c><00:23:44.559><c> had</c><00:23:44.839><c> appeared</c><00:23:45.279><c> unto</c>

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him<00:23:45.859><c> twice</c>

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and<00:23:48.160><c> had</c><00:23:48.460><c> commanded</c><00:23:48.859><c> him</c><00:23:49.200><c> concerning</c><00:23:49.700><c> this</c><00:23:50.059><c> thing</c><00:23:50.220><c> that</c><00:23:50.359><c> he</c>

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should<00:23:50.920><c> not</c><00:23:51.240><c> go</c><00:23:51.539><c> after</c><00:23:51.920><c> other</c><00:23:52.200><c> gods.</c>

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But<00:23:53.140><c> he</c><00:23:53.380><c> kept</c><00:23:53.579><c> not</c><00:23:53.900><c> that</c><00:23:54.200><c> which</c><00:23:54.420><c> the</c><00:23:54.700><c> Lord</c><00:23:55.480><c> commanded.</c>

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God<00:23:57.440><c> appeared</c><00:23:57.799><c> to</c><00:23:58.000><c> him</c><00:23:58.200><c> twice,</c><00:23:59.180><c> and</c><00:23:59.480><c> it</c><00:23:59.799><c> still</c><00:24:00.079><c> wasn't</c><00:24:00.420><c> enough</c>

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for<00:24:01.180><c> Solomon</c><00:24:01.480><c> to</c><00:24:02.099><c> keep</c><00:24:02.380><c> himself</c>

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on<00:24:03.160><c> that</c><00:24:03.460><c> straight</c><00:24:03.799><c> and</c><00:24:04.019><c> narrow</c><00:24:04.220><c> way.</c>

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You<00:24:06.019><c> know,</c><00:24:06.359><c> the</c><00:24:06.940><c> world</c><00:24:07.160><c> was</c><00:24:07.460><c> very</c><00:24:07.799><c> tempting</c><00:24:08.140><c> to</c><00:24:08.519><c> Solomon.</c>

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But,<00:24:09.779><c> you</c><00:24:10.140><c> know,</c><00:24:10.140><c> when</c><00:24:10.240><c> you</c><00:24:10.319><c> look</c><00:24:10.519><c> at</c><00:24:10.759><c> Ecclesiastes,</c><00:24:13.039><c> and</c><00:24:13.039><c> it's,</c><00:24:14.579><c> and</c>

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most<00:24:14.940><c> people</c><00:24:15.140><c> say</c>

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that<00:24:15.480><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:24:16.079><c> was</c><00:24:16.339><c> written</c><00:24:16.559><c> by</c><00:24:16.839><c> Solomon</c><00:24:17.200><c> towards</c><00:24:17.559><c> the</c>

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end<00:24:17.859><c> of</c><00:24:18.000><c> his</c><00:24:18.180><c> life.</c>

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He<00:24:18.480><c> was</c><00:24:18.660><c> kind</c><00:24:18.900><c> of</c><00:24:19.359><c> looking</c><00:24:19.619><c> back</c><00:24:20.099><c> on</c><00:24:20.359><c> everything.</c>

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And<00:24:21.539><c> what</c><00:24:21.700><c> does</c><00:24:21.819><c> he</c><00:24:22.000><c> say?</c>

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Vanity<00:24:23.059><c> of</c><00:24:23.599><c> vanity,</c><00:24:25.700><c> saith</c><00:24:25.900><c> the</c><00:24:26.180><c> preacher.</c>

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All<00:24:27.460><c> is</c><00:24:27.880><c> vanity.</c>

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It's<00:24:29.119><c> emptiness.</c>

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And<00:24:30.079><c> he</c><00:24:30.180><c> goes</c><00:24:30.420><c> through</c><00:24:30.640><c> things.</c>

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I<00:24:31.099><c> tried</c><00:24:31.359><c> to</c><00:24:31.619><c> build</c><00:24:31.819><c> vineyards.</c>

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I<00:24:32.720><c> tried</c><00:24:32.980><c> to</c><00:24:33.279><c> build</c><00:24:33.440><c> houses.</c>

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I<00:24:34.359><c> built</c><00:24:34.619><c> these</c><00:24:35.039><c> luscious,</c><00:24:35.619><c> you</c><00:24:36.240><c> know,</c><00:24:36.359><c> gardens,</c><00:24:36.700><c> these</c>

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lovely<00:24:37.500><c> ponds.</c>

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It's<00:24:39.339><c> all</c><00:24:39.519><c> emptiness</c><00:24:39.960><c> to</c><00:24:40.240><c> him.</c>

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But<00:24:41.240><c> when</c><00:24:41.380><c> he</c><00:24:41.539><c> was</c><00:24:41.779><c> younger,</c><00:24:42.359><c> when</c><00:24:42.539><c> he</c><00:24:42.640><c> was</c><00:24:42.880><c> in</c><00:24:43.019><c> the</c><00:24:43.259><c> mix,</c><00:24:44.559><c> right,</c><00:24:45.880><c> when</c>

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he<00:24:46.279><c> was</c><00:24:46.480><c> dealing</c>

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with<00:24:47.059><c> the</c><00:24:47.339><c> day</c><00:24:47.519><c>-to</c><00:24:47.640><c>-day</c><00:24:47.859><c> stuff</c><00:24:48.220><c> of</c><00:24:48.440><c> Israel,</c><00:24:49.160><c> how</c><00:24:49.400><c> to</c><00:24:49.599><c> make</c>

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Israel<00:24:50.319><c> strong,</c>

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how<00:24:51.440><c> to</c><00:24:51.559><c> make</c><00:24:51.759><c> these</c><00:24:52.180><c> alliances</c><00:24:53.000><c> strong.</c>

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How<00:24:54.759><c> do</c><00:24:55.000><c> we,</c><00:24:55.799><c> you</c><00:24:56.220><c> know,</c><00:24:56.559><c> how</c><00:24:56.660><c> do</c><00:24:56.920><c> we</c><00:24:57.319><c> keep</c><00:24:57.660><c> the</c><00:24:57.940><c> house</c><00:24:58.220><c> of</c><00:24:58.460><c> David</c><00:24:58.720><c> from</c><00:24:59.059><c> falling?</c>

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Well,<00:25:00.759><c> this</c><00:25:00.960><c> is</c><00:25:01.099><c> what</c><00:25:01.259><c> he</c><00:25:01.380><c> did.</c>

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He<00:25:01.660><c> made</c><00:25:01.880><c> all</c><00:25:02.180><c> of</c><00:25:02.279><c> these</c><00:25:02.460><c> political</c><00:25:02.960><c> deals.</c>

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And<00:25:04.220><c> in</c><00:25:04.400><c> the</c><00:25:04.660><c> end,</c><00:25:06.220><c> it</c><00:25:06.400><c> caused</c><00:25:06.700><c> him</c><00:25:06.900><c> his</c><00:25:07.079><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:25:08.160><c> it's</c><00:25:08.339><c> going</c><00:25:08.579><c> to</c><00:25:08.920><c> cause</c><00:25:09.299><c> Israel</c><00:25:09.859><c> to</c><00:25:10.140><c> sin</c><00:25:10.460><c> greatly</c><00:25:11.059><c> as</c><00:25:11.940><c> we</c>

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go<00:25:12.359><c> on.</c>

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All<00:25:12.960><c> right,</c><00:25:13.079><c> so</c><00:25:13.480><c> we'll</c><00:25:13.700><c> say</c><00:25:13.859><c> goodbye</c><00:25:14.180><c> to</c><00:25:14.480><c> Solomon</c><00:25:14.740><c> here</c><00:25:15.059><c> and</c>

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all<00:25:15.339><c> his</c><00:25:15.599><c> wives.</c>

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See<00:25:16.339><c> you</c><00:25:16.519><c> later.</c>

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All<00:25:17.599><c> right,</c><00:25:17.880><c> this</c><00:25:18.440><c> is</c><00:25:18.660><c> some,</c><00:25:18.859><c> just</c><00:25:19.220><c> some</c><00:25:19.500><c> archaeological</c><00:25:20.119><c> stuff.</c>

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But<00:25:20.579><c> on</c><00:25:20.980><c> the</c><00:25:21.180><c> left</c><00:25:21.380><c>-hand</c><00:25:21.619><c> side</c><00:25:21.920><c> there,</c><00:25:22.480><c> this</c><00:25:22.660><c> is</c><00:25:22.920><c> an</c><00:25:23.160><c> artist's</c>

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rendition<00:25:24.019><c> of</c><00:25:24.500><c> Molech.</c>

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And<00:25:26.900><c> they</c><00:25:27.140><c> would</c><00:25:27.519><c> offer</c><00:25:27.819><c> child,</c><00:25:28.579><c> children</c><00:25:29.079><c> to</c><00:25:29.339><c> Molech.</c>

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They<00:25:30.640><c> would</c><00:25:30.900><c> also</c><00:25:31.480><c> offer,</c><00:25:32.160><c> the</c><00:25:32.299><c> worshippers</c><00:25:32.779><c> of</c><00:25:33.819><c> Baal</c><00:25:34.180><c> would</c>

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also<00:25:35.180><c> offer</c><00:25:35.859><c> children</c><00:25:36.440><c> as</c><00:25:36.799><c> well.</c>

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Baal<00:25:38.480><c> was</c><00:25:38.799><c> associated,</c><00:25:39.420><c> obviously,</c><00:25:39.940><c> in</c><00:25:40.140><c> Canaan</c><00:25:40.400><c> and</c><00:25:40.599><c> also</c><00:25:40.839><c> up</c>

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in<00:25:41.240><c> Phoenicia.</c>

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But<00:25:42.240><c> Molech</c><00:25:42.660><c> was</c><00:25:42.920><c> also</c><00:25:43.220><c> an</c><00:25:43.400><c> important</c><00:25:43.839><c> god</c><00:25:44.160><c> as</c><00:25:44.460><c> well.</c>

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All<00:25:45.779><c> of</c><00:25:46.000><c> these</c><00:25:46.299><c> gods,</c><00:25:47.119><c> in</c><00:25:47.259><c> order</c><00:25:47.500><c> to</c><00:25:47.779><c> appease</c><00:25:48.380><c> them,</c><00:25:49.500><c> required</c>

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child<00:25:51.180><c> sacrifice.</c>

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An<00:25:53.319><c> abomination</c><00:25:54.099><c> to</c><00:25:54.420><c> God,</c><00:25:55.500><c> a</c><00:25:55.700><c> complete</c><00:25:55.880><c> abomination.</c>

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And<00:25:56.819><c> he</c><00:25:56.859><c> uses</c><00:25:57.240><c> that</c><00:25:57.559><c> word.</c>

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He<00:25:58.440><c> doesn't</c><00:25:58.759><c> say,</c><00:25:59.279><c> hey,</c><00:26:00.039><c> I</c><00:26:00.200><c> don't</c><00:26:00.599><c> like</c><00:26:00.940><c> it.</c>

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He<00:26:01.859><c> says,</c><00:26:02.480><c> it's</c><00:26:02.619><c> an</c><00:26:02.859><c> abomination</c><00:26:03.859><c> to</c><00:26:04.119><c> him.</c>

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And<00:26:05.819><c> so,</c><00:26:06.339><c> you</c><00:26:06.420><c> know,</c><00:26:06.559><c> he</c><00:26:06.720><c> didn't</c><00:26:07.000><c> want</c><00:26:07.480><c> child</c><00:26:08.039><c> sacrifices</c><00:26:08.799><c> in</c>

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his<00:26:09.440><c> land.</c>

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He<00:26:10.480><c> didn't</c><00:26:10.700><c> want</c><00:26:10.960><c> this</c><00:26:11.220><c> type</c><00:26:11.519><c> of</c><00:26:11.839><c> worship</c><00:26:12.240><c> at</c><00:26:12.559><c> all.</c>

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Because,<00:26:14.960><c> you</c><00:26:15.039><c> know,</c><00:26:15.119><c> you</c><00:26:15.339><c> think</c><00:26:15.559><c> of</c><00:26:15.799><c> religion,</c><00:26:16.720><c> you</c><00:26:16.880><c> think</c>

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of<00:26:17.400><c> culture</c><00:26:17.900><c> as</c><00:26:18.180><c> well.</c>

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They're<00:26:18.900><c> tied</c><00:26:19.240><c> together.</c>

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And<00:26:20.660><c> so,</c><00:26:20.980><c> if</c><00:26:21.140><c> your</c><00:26:21.539><c> culture</c><00:26:22.480><c> requires</c><00:26:23.839><c> you</c><00:26:24.359><c> to</c><00:26:24.680><c> kill</c><00:26:25.019><c> your</c><00:26:25.339><c> own</c><00:26:25.640><c> children,</c>

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that's<00:26:28.079><c> going</c><00:26:28.240><c> to</c><00:26:28.440><c> have</c><00:26:28.819><c> major</c><00:26:29.400><c> ramifications</c><00:26:30.420><c> in</c><00:26:31.779><c> your</c><00:26:32.059><c> culture.</c>

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It's<00:26:32.839><c> going</c><00:26:32.960><c> to</c><00:26:33.140><c> change</c><00:26:33.440><c> your</c><00:26:33.680><c> culture.</c>

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On<00:26:35.859><c> the</c><00:26:36.099><c> right</c><00:26:36.299><c>-hand</c><00:26:36.559><c> side,</c><00:26:36.940><c> you</c><00:26:37.019><c> have</c><00:26:37.240><c> a</c><00:26:37.380><c> picture</c><00:26:37.640><c> of</c><00:26:38.099><c> Ashtaroth.</c>

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Ashtaroth,<00:26:42.339><c> Ishtar,</c><00:26:44.140><c> all</c><00:26:44.460><c> of</c><00:26:44.660><c> the</c><00:26:44.880><c> kind</c><00:26:45.000><c> of</c><00:26:45.339><c> the</c><00:26:45.579><c> feminine</c>

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gods,<00:26:46.980><c> the</c><00:26:47.180><c> goddesses,</c>

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very<00:26:48.660><c> powerful</c><00:26:49.380><c> in</c><00:26:49.640><c> the</c><00:26:49.759><c> ancient</c><00:26:50.119><c> Near</c><00:26:50.460><c> East.</c>

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They<00:26:51.920><c> would,</c><00:26:52.200><c> you</c><00:26:52.440><c> know,</c><00:26:52.579><c> they</c><00:26:52.700><c> would</c><00:26:52.920><c> have,</c><00:26:53.619><c> they</c><00:26:53.960><c> were</c>

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fertility<00:26:54.740><c> goddesses.</c>

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You<00:26:55.900><c> had</c><00:26:56.200><c> the</c><00:26:56.920><c> Ashtara</c><00:26:57.519><c> pole</c><00:26:57.960><c> where</c><00:26:58.460><c> you</c><00:26:58.619><c> would</c><00:26:58.839><c> kind</c><00:26:59.000><c> of</c>

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dance<00:26:59.460><c> around.</c>

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There<00:27:00.140><c> was</c><00:27:00.359><c> different</c><00:27:00.680><c> types</c><00:27:01.079><c> of</c><00:27:02.779><c> groves</c><00:27:03.400><c> that</c><00:27:03.599><c> they</c><00:27:03.779><c> would</c>

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make,<00:27:05.099><c> that</c><00:27:05.420><c> type</c><00:27:05.660><c> of</c><00:27:05.859><c> thing.</c>

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So,<00:27:06.259><c> again,</c><00:27:06.680><c> two</c><00:27:06.920><c> major</c><00:27:07.240><c> gods,</c><00:27:07.819><c> Molech,</c><00:27:08.960><c> Baal,</c><00:27:09.319><c> and</c><00:27:09.779><c> also</c><00:27:10.480><c> Ashtaroth</c><00:27:11.039><c> as</c><00:27:11.319><c> well.</c>

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I<00:27:11.539><c> got</c><00:27:11.740><c> you,</c><00:27:12.119><c> I</c><00:27:12.200><c> got</c><00:27:12.420><c> you,</c><00:27:12.660><c> Chris.</c>

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One<00:27:13.920><c> of</c><00:27:14.039><c> the</c><00:27:14.200><c> things</c><00:27:14.380><c> too</c><00:27:14.640><c> is</c><00:27:15.180><c> Baal</c><00:27:16.180><c> and</c><00:27:16.700><c> Ashtaroth</c><00:27:17.759><c> were</c><00:27:18.099><c> married</c><00:27:18.740><c> in</c>

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some<00:27:19.700><c> Canaanite</c><00:27:20.380><c> text,</c><00:27:21.339><c> okay,</c>

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just<00:27:22.079><c> FYI,</c><00:27:23.359><c> Ashtaroth</c><00:27:24.220><c> was</c><00:27:24.559><c> Baal's</c><00:27:25.960><c> consort.</c>

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Chris.<00:27:30.220><c> Yeah?</c>

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This<00:27:32.220><c> may</c><00:27:32.440><c> be</c><00:27:32.579><c> a</c><00:27:32.680><c> little</c><00:27:32.819><c> bit</c><00:27:32.980><c> of</c><00:27:33.140><c> a</c><00:27:33.220><c> stretch,</c><00:27:33.700><c> but</c><00:27:33.700><c> oftentimes</c>

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these<00:27:34.740><c> themes</c><00:27:34.980><c> come</c><00:27:35.539><c> back</c><00:27:35.940><c> around</c><00:27:36.180><c> to</c><00:27:36.480><c> connect.</c>

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And<00:27:37.380><c> so</c><00:27:37.619><c> going</c><00:27:37.839><c> back</c><00:27:38.119><c> to</c><00:27:38.299><c> the</c><00:27:38.599><c> rabbit</c><00:27:38.839><c> hole</c><00:27:38.960><c> that</c><00:27:39.140><c> you</c><00:27:39.240><c> went</c><00:27:39.339><c> down</c><00:27:39.539><c> a</c>

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little<00:27:39.779><c> bit</c><00:27:39.940><c> about</c><00:27:40.339><c> the</c><00:27:41.380><c> lead</c>

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up<00:27:41.700><c> to</c><00:27:41.940><c> World</c><00:27:42.119><c> War</c><00:27:42.359><c> I</c><00:27:42.519><c> and</c><00:27:42.740><c> the</c><00:27:43.140><c> relation</c><00:27:43.519><c> of</c><00:27:43.740><c> the</c><00:27:43.900><c> kings.</c>

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But,<00:27:45.460><c> you</c><00:27:45.779><c> know,</c><00:27:45.960><c> many</c><00:27:46.200><c> people</c><00:27:46.619><c> saw</c><00:27:46.940><c> that</c><00:27:47.299><c> war,</c><00:27:47.759><c> World</c><00:27:47.980><c> War</c><00:27:48.200><c> I,</c>

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as<00:27:49.220><c> kind</c><00:27:49.420><c> of</c><00:27:49.720><c> a,</c><00:27:50.160><c> excuse</c><00:27:50.440><c> my</c><00:27:50.640><c> language,</c>

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a<00:27:51.200><c> pissing</c><00:27:51.519><c> match</c><00:27:51.740><c> between</c><00:27:52.059><c> the</c><00:27:52.319><c> kings</c><00:27:52.500><c> who</c><00:27:52.700><c> could</c><00:27:52.900><c> get</c><00:27:53.059><c> most</c>

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of<00:27:53.460><c> their</c><00:27:53.680><c> subjects</c><00:27:53.960><c> to</c><00:27:54.240><c> die</c>

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for<00:27:54.640><c> them</c><00:27:55.140><c> before</c><00:27:55.680><c> the</c><00:27:56.039><c> people</c><00:27:56.220><c> would</c><00:27:56.440><c> rise</c><00:27:56.720><c> up.</c>

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And<00:27:57.220><c> it</c><00:27:57.339><c> became</c><00:27:57.579><c> really</c><00:27:57.900><c> a</c><00:27:58.059><c> war</c><00:27:58.200><c> of</c><00:27:58.440><c> attrition.</c>

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What<00:27:59.960><c> kings</c><00:28:00.359><c> had</c><00:28:00.619><c> sufficient</c><00:28:01.079><c> power</c><00:28:01.619><c> that</c><00:28:02.440><c> hundreds</c><00:28:02.920><c> of</c><00:28:03.180><c> thousands</c><00:28:03.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:03.779><c> people</c><00:28:03.960><c> would</c><00:28:04.200><c> die</c>

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for<00:28:04.619><c> them</c><00:28:05.059><c> until</c><00:28:05.700><c> finally</c><00:28:06.079><c> we</c><00:28:06.420><c> had</c><00:28:06.579><c> the</c><00:28:06.720><c> Russian</c><00:28:07.019><c> Revolution.</c>

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So,<00:28:08.819><c> you</c><00:28:08.819><c> know,</c><00:28:09.559><c> this</c><00:28:09.740><c> same</c><00:28:09.980><c> idea</c><00:28:10.339><c> of</c><00:28:10.519><c> offering</c><00:28:11.099><c> your</c><00:28:11.359><c> children</c><00:28:11.579><c> to</c><00:28:11.839><c> Molech,</c>

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the<00:28:13.400><c> kings</c><00:28:13.619><c> were</c><00:28:14.160><c> somewhat,</c><00:28:14.579><c> okay,</c><00:28:15.640><c> exhibiting</c><00:28:15.880><c> that</c><00:28:16.119><c> same</c>

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thing,<00:28:16.619><c> just</c><00:28:16.819><c> sacrificing</c><00:28:17.339><c> their</c><00:28:17.640><c> people</c>

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to<00:28:19.559><c> their</c><00:28:19.839><c> glory</c><00:28:20.380><c> to</c><00:28:20.960><c> say</c><00:28:21.140><c> that</c><00:28:21.440><c> these</c><00:28:21.960><c> people</c><00:28:22.279><c> will</c><00:28:22.519><c> die</c><00:28:22.680><c> for</c><00:28:22.920><c> me.</c>

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Right.<00:28:23.819><c> And</c><00:28:24.039><c> how</c><00:28:24.160><c> many</c><00:28:24.859><c> did</c><00:28:25.180><c> die.</c>

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Yeah.<00:28:25.720><c> And</c><00:28:25.900><c> how</c><00:28:26.019><c> that</c><00:28:26.200><c> shaped</c><00:28:26.440><c> the</c><00:28:26.680><c> world</c><00:28:26.880><c> today.</c>

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I<00:28:27.579><c> think</c><00:28:27.579><c> that,</c><00:28:27.720><c> you</c><00:28:28.500><c> know,</c><00:28:29.259><c> the</c><00:28:29.299><c> idea</c><00:28:29.619><c> of</c><00:28:29.880><c> monarchies</c><00:28:30.339><c> is</c><00:28:30.559><c> so</c>

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much<00:28:31.220><c> pushed</c><00:28:31.460><c> against.</c>

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Yeah.<00:28:32.900><c> 100%.</c>

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You<00:28:33.480><c> know,</c><00:28:33.740><c> millions</c><00:28:34.000><c> of</c><00:28:34.220><c> people</c><00:28:34.539><c> died</c><00:28:35.019><c> on</c><00:28:35.740><c> both</c><00:28:36.059><c> sides,</c><00:28:36.519><c> you</c><00:28:36.720><c> know.</c>

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And,<00:28:37.960><c> you</c><00:28:38.240><c> know,</c><00:28:38.759><c> the</c><00:28:38.900><c> Russian</c><00:28:39.200><c> Revolution,</c><00:28:40.059><c> tens</c><00:28:40.240><c> of</c><00:28:40.460><c> millions</c><00:28:40.740><c> of</c><00:28:40.920><c> people.</c>

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So,<00:28:41.460><c> yes,</c><00:28:42.559><c> do</c><00:28:42.759><c> we</c><00:28:42.920><c> still</c><00:28:43.240><c> offer</c><00:28:43.500><c> up</c><00:28:43.740><c> our</c><00:28:43.960><c> children</c><00:28:44.460><c> in</c><00:28:45.400><c> this</c><00:28:45.619><c> society?</c>

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I<00:28:46.839><c> would</c><00:28:47.059><c> say</c><00:28:47.220><c> we</c><00:28:47.480><c> do.</c>

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I<00:28:48.900><c> say,</c><00:28:49.119><c> you</c><00:28:49.299><c> know,</c><00:28:49.640><c> we</c><00:28:49.980><c> do.</c>

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In<00:28:52.339><c> a</c><00:28:52.500><c> lot</c><00:28:52.660><c> of</c><00:28:52.880><c> different</c><00:28:53.099><c> ways.</c>

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In<00:28:53.940><c> a</c><00:28:54.019><c> lot</c><00:28:54.180><c> of</c><00:28:54.339><c> different</c><00:28:54.519><c> ways.</c>

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But<00:28:55.799><c> anyway,</c><00:28:56.180><c> so</c><00:28:56.400><c> this</c><00:28:56.559><c> was</c><00:28:57.220><c> important,</c><00:28:57.720><c> obviously,</c><00:28:58.259><c> to</c><00:28:58.460><c> the</c>

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ancient<00:28:58.940><c> Canaanites.</c>

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It<00:29:00.160><c> was</c><00:29:00.460><c> important</c><00:29:00.799><c> to</c><00:29:01.039><c> the</c><00:29:01.200><c> ancient</c><00:29:01.599><c> Israelites</c><00:29:02.180><c> as</c><00:29:02.559><c> well.</c>

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But,<00:29:03.680><c> you</c><00:29:03.759><c> know,</c><00:29:03.940><c> the</c><00:29:04.220><c> Israelites</c><00:29:04.500><c> were</c><00:29:04.839><c> always</c><00:29:05.480><c> bombarded</c>

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by<00:29:07.519><c> the</c><00:29:07.900><c> culture</c><00:29:08.339><c> and</c><00:29:08.579><c> the</c><00:29:08.920><c> religion</c>

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of<00:29:09.640><c> all</c><00:29:10.640><c> the</c><00:29:10.839><c> people</c><00:29:11.039><c> around</c><00:29:11.420><c> them.</c>

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Constant.<00:29:12.339><c> Even</c><00:29:12.599><c> from</c><00:29:12.819><c> the</c><00:29:12.980><c> time</c><00:29:13.099><c> of</c><00:29:13.259><c> the</c><00:29:13.420><c> judges.</c>

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Right.<00:29:14.619><c> They</c><00:29:14.880><c> were</c><00:29:15.220><c> warned</c><00:29:15.559><c> about</c><00:29:15.980><c> it.</c>

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No,<00:29:17.440><c> no,</c><00:29:17.559><c> no,</c><00:29:17.759><c> no,</c><00:29:17.880><c> no.</c>

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We're<00:29:18.299><c> going</c><00:29:18.400><c> to</c><00:29:18.640><c> follow</c><00:29:18.900><c> Yahweh.</c>

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100%.<00:29:20.640><c> Joshua,</c><00:29:21.160><c> definitely.</c>

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We're<00:29:21.900><c> going</c><00:29:21.900><c> to</c><00:29:22.099><c> follow</c><00:29:22.339><c> you.</c>

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We're<00:29:22.799><c> going</c><00:29:22.799><c> to</c><00:29:22.960><c> follow.</c>

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Don't<00:29:23.299><c> worry</c><00:29:23.579><c> about</c><00:29:23.759><c> it.</c>

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What's<00:29:24.460><c> the</c><00:29:24.579><c> problem?</c>

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Well,<00:29:25.680><c> we</c><00:29:25.859><c> know</c><00:29:26.599><c> immediately</c><00:29:28.099><c> when</c><00:29:29.279><c> Joshua</c><00:29:29.740><c> and</c><00:29:29.960><c> the</c><00:29:30.160><c> elders</c>

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that<00:29:30.599><c> outlived</c><00:29:30.880><c> Joshua</c><00:29:31.400><c> died.</c>

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Problem.<00:29:33.119><c> Straight</c><00:29:33.519><c> away.</c>

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Straight<00:29:34.440><c> away.</c>

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Okay.<00:29:36.880><c> Now,</c><00:29:37.619><c> let's,</c><00:29:38.579><c> we're</c><00:29:39.140><c> not</c><00:29:39.400><c> going</c><00:29:39.579><c> to</c><00:29:39.680><c> do</c><00:29:39.859><c> like</c><00:29:40.140><c> a</c><00:29:40.740><c> deep</c>

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dive<00:29:41.420><c> into</c><00:29:41.660><c> this,</c>

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but<00:29:42.019><c> this</c><00:29:42.259><c> is</c><00:29:42.420><c> pretty</c><00:29:42.700><c> interesting</c><00:29:43.319><c> to</c><00:29:43.519><c> me</c><00:29:43.640><c> from</c><00:29:43.859><c> a</c><00:29:44.279><c> political</c>

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point<00:29:45.039><c> of</c><00:29:45.279><c> view.</c>

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So,<00:29:47.400><c> Jeroboam</c><00:29:48.099><c> was</c><00:29:48.819><c> from</c><00:29:49.079><c> the</c><00:29:49.319><c> tribe</c><00:29:49.559><c> of</c><00:29:49.900><c> Ephraim.</c>

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Was<00:29:52.039><c> Ephraim</c><00:29:52.680><c> like</c><00:29:53.359><c> an</c><00:29:54.559><c> important</c><00:29:55.740><c> tribe</c><00:29:56.440><c> or</c><00:29:56.920><c> like</c><00:29:57.240><c> a</c><00:29:57.539><c> backwater?</c>

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Definitely<00:30:01.740><c> an</c><00:30:01.940><c> important</c><00:30:02.460><c> tribe,</c><00:30:03.319><c> Rich.</c>

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Yes.<00:30:05.140><c> Correct.</c>

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Butch,<00:30:06.700><c> exactly.</c>

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So,<00:30:08.140><c> it</c><00:30:08.380><c> was</c><00:30:08.599><c> an</c><00:30:08.839><c> important</c><00:30:09.079><c> tribe.</c>

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It<00:30:09.380><c> was</c><00:30:09.539><c> probably</c><00:30:09.779><c> the</c><00:30:09.920><c> most</c><00:30:10.240><c> important</c><00:30:10.619><c> tribe,</c><00:30:10.920><c> most</c><00:30:11.299><c> populous,</c><00:30:12.200><c> the</c><00:30:12.579><c> strongest,</c>

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and<00:30:13.119><c> this</c><00:30:13.299><c> goes</c><00:30:13.640><c> back</c><00:30:14.019><c> all</c><00:30:14.240><c> the</c><00:30:14.339><c> way</c><00:30:14.539><c> to</c><00:30:15.099><c> the</c><00:30:15.359><c> time</c><00:30:15.599><c> of</c><00:30:15.859><c> Joshua.</c>

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Joshua<00:30:17.359><c> was</c><00:30:17.579><c> from</c><00:30:17.839><c> Ephraim,</c><00:30:18.599><c> and</c><00:30:18.859><c> he</c><00:30:19.059><c> led</c><00:30:19.279><c> the</c><00:30:19.539><c> people</c><00:30:19.799><c> into</c>

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the<00:30:20.339><c> land.</c>

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So,<00:30:20.960><c> that's</c><00:30:21.279><c> power.</c>

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You<00:30:22.380><c> have</c><00:30:22.519><c> one</c><00:30:22.720><c> of</c><00:30:22.819><c> the</c><00:30:23.019><c> great</c><00:30:23.240><c> leaders</c><00:30:23.779><c> of</c><00:30:24.640><c> Israel</c><00:30:25.180><c> coming</c><00:30:25.519><c> out</c><00:30:25.799><c> of</c><00:30:25.960><c> Ephraim.</c>

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Gideon<00:30:28.099><c> was</c><00:30:28.480><c> in</c><00:30:28.700><c> this</c><00:30:28.980><c> area.</c>

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Remember<00:30:29.799><c> they</c><00:30:29.900><c> had</c><00:30:30.079><c> the</c><00:30:30.259><c> big</c><00:30:30.500><c> fight</c><00:30:30.740><c> with</c><00:30:30.960><c> the</c><00:30:31.079><c> Bimelech?</c>

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Bimelech<00:30:32.180><c> is</c><00:30:32.400><c> in</c><00:30:32.519><c> this</c><00:30:32.740><c> area.</c>

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They<00:30:33.380><c> wanted</c><00:30:33.599><c> to</c><00:30:33.819><c> make</c><00:30:33.940><c> him</c><00:30:34.220><c> king.</c>

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The<00:30:35.180><c> son</c><00:30:35.400><c> of</c><00:30:35.619><c> Gideon.</c>

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Remember<00:30:36.480><c> they</c><00:30:36.640><c> had</c><00:30:36.819><c> the</c><00:30:36.980><c> big</c><00:30:37.420><c> civil</c><00:30:37.920><c> war.</c>

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If<00:30:39.059><c> you</c><00:30:39.180><c> could</c><00:30:39.400><c> say</c><00:30:40.480><c> Shibboleth,</c><00:30:42.019><c> Thiboleth,</c><00:30:43.299><c> right?</c>

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One<00:30:44.240><c> person</c><00:30:44.680><c> said</c><00:30:44.900><c> it</c><00:30:45.160><c> wrong,</c><00:30:45.660><c> gone.</c>

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And<00:30:47.599><c> so,</c><00:30:47.880><c> this</c><00:30:48.059><c> is</c><00:30:48.220><c> where</c><00:30:48.440><c> all</c><00:30:48.680><c> of</c><00:30:48.819><c> this</c><00:30:49.059><c> stuff</c><00:30:49.240><c> is</c><00:30:49.500><c> happening.</c>

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There's<00:30:50.700><c> a</c><00:30:50.839><c> lot</c><00:30:50.980><c> of</c><00:30:51.200><c> history</c><00:30:51.660><c> in</c><00:30:51.960><c> Ephraim,</c><00:30:52.279><c> particularly</c><00:30:52.619><c> during</c><00:30:52.940><c> the</c>

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time<00:30:53.339><c> of</c><00:30:53.519><c> the</c><00:30:53.700><c> judges.</c>

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Sheikam<00:30:57.139><c> is</c><00:30:57.619><c> in</c><00:30:57.920><c> Ephraim</c><00:30:58.500><c> as</c><00:30:58.740><c> well.</c>

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I'm<00:30:59.000><c> going</c><00:30:59.079><c> to</c><00:30:59.200><c> find</c><00:30:59.380><c> out.</c>

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That's<00:30:59.819><c> extremely</c><00:31:00.240><c> important.</c>

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So,<00:31:02.259><c> Ephraim</c><00:31:02.640><c> is</c><00:31:02.880><c> in</c><00:31:03.059><c> some</c><00:31:03.279><c> backwater.</c>

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You<00:31:04.680><c> needed</c><00:31:04.920><c> Ephraim.</c>

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I'll<00:31:06.400><c> give</c><00:31:06.519><c> you</c><00:31:06.640><c> an</c><00:31:06.819><c> example.</c>

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In<00:31:08.319><c> order</c><00:31:08.660><c> for,</c><00:31:08.960><c> let's</c><00:31:09.119><c> say,</c><00:31:09.519><c> like</c><00:31:09.759><c> a</c><00:31:10.380><c> democratic</c><00:31:11.140><c> candidate</c>

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to<00:31:14.579><c> win</c><00:31:15.279><c> the</c><00:31:16.700><c> presidency,</c>

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they<00:31:19.319><c> need</c><00:31:19.599><c> California,</c><00:31:20.799><c> right?</c>

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They<00:31:21.240><c> need</c><00:31:21.440><c> those</c><00:31:21.859><c> 54</c><00:31:22.640><c> votes,</c><00:31:23.339><c> and</c><00:31:23.400><c> they've</c><00:31:23.619><c> traditionally</c>

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voted<00:31:24.680><c> for</c><00:31:25.539><c> the</c><00:31:25.839><c> democrats,</c><00:31:26.619><c> okay?</c>

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That's<00:31:27.500><c> 54</c><00:31:28.039><c> electoral</c><00:31:28.759><c> votes.</c>

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They<00:31:29.400><c> need</c><00:31:29.660><c> it.</c>

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If<00:31:30.200><c> they</c><00:31:30.519><c> don't</c><00:31:30.759><c> get</c><00:31:30.940><c> the</c><00:31:31.180><c> 54,</c><00:31:31.819><c> it's</c><00:31:32.099><c> over.</c>

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And<00:31:33.599><c> so,</c><00:31:34.380><c> Rehoboam</c><00:31:35.000><c> was</c><00:31:35.240><c> in</c><00:31:35.359><c> a</c><00:31:35.559><c> similar</c><00:31:35.859><c> position,</c><00:31:36.339><c> as</c><00:31:36.539><c> we're</c>

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going<00:31:37.039><c> to</c><00:31:37.279><c> see.</c>

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He<00:31:38.140><c> needed</c><00:31:38.720><c> Ephraim</c><00:31:39.619><c> in</c><00:31:40.099><c> order</c><00:31:40.539><c> to</c><00:31:40.980><c> be</c><00:31:41.359><c> king.</c>

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He's<00:31:42.519><c> down</c><00:31:42.900><c> in</c><00:31:43.119><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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He's<00:31:45.140><c> got</c><00:31:45.299><c> an</c><00:31:45.660><c> uprising</c><00:31:46.180><c> on</c><00:31:46.519><c> his</c><00:31:46.799><c> hands</c><00:31:47.059><c> up</c><00:31:47.299><c> in</c><00:31:47.460><c> the</c><00:31:47.640><c> north.</c>

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Jeroboam<00:31:49.660><c> has</c><00:31:49.920><c> been</c><00:31:50.259><c> a</c><00:31:50.519><c> rabble</c><00:31:50.900><c> rouser.</c>

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He<00:31:51.859><c> started</c><00:31:52.180><c> out</c><00:31:52.500><c> as</c><00:31:52.700><c> a</c><00:31:52.920><c> servant</c><00:31:53.160><c> of</c><00:31:53.440><c> Solomon.</c>

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He<00:31:54.440><c> was</c><00:31:54.819><c> over</c><00:31:55.259><c> Ephraim.</c>

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He<00:31:55.880><c> was</c><00:31:56.180><c> like</c><00:31:56.420><c> the</c><00:31:56.660><c> governor</c><00:31:57.200><c> of</c><00:31:58.299><c> Ephraim.</c>

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He<00:31:58.900><c> was</c><00:31:59.099><c> the</c><00:31:59.299><c> head</c><00:31:59.480><c> guy</c><00:31:59.779><c> of</c><00:31:59.980><c> Ephraim.</c>

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He<00:32:00.940><c> oversaw</c><00:32:01.980><c> the,</c><00:32:02.480><c> you</c><00:32:03.380><c> know,</c><00:32:03.599><c> all</c><00:32:03.779><c> of</c><00:32:03.940><c> the</c><00:32:04.140><c> tribute,</c><00:32:04.960><c> all</c><00:32:05.279><c> of</c>

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the<00:32:05.640><c> workers.</c>

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He<00:32:06.440><c> oversaw</c><00:32:06.960><c> all</c><00:32:07.160><c> this.</c>

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He<00:32:07.579><c> was</c><00:32:07.839><c> a</c><00:32:08.000><c> really</c><00:32:08.339><c> smart</c><00:32:08.680><c> guy.</c>

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He<00:32:09.200><c> was</c><00:32:09.480><c> a</c><00:32:09.740><c> great</c><00:32:09.960><c> manager.</c>

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Perhaps<00:32:12.720><c> some</c><00:32:13.039><c> would</c><00:32:13.279><c> say</c><00:32:13.619><c> even</c><00:32:14.339><c> kingly,</c><00:32:16.599><c> but</c>

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foreshadowing,<00:32:18.500><c> foreshadowing.</c>

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He<00:32:21.079><c> rebels</c><00:32:21.460><c> against</c><00:32:21.859><c> Solomon.</c>

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He<00:32:22.579><c> rebels</c><00:32:22.980><c> against</c><00:32:23.940><c> the</c><00:32:24.440><c> high</c><00:32:24.680><c> taxes.</c>

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:27.059
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Solomon<00:32:25.460><c> wants</c><00:32:25.740><c> to</c><00:32:25.980><c> kill</c><00:32:26.099><c> him.</c>

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Jeroboam<00:32:27.920><c> high</c><00:32:28.339><c> tails</c><00:32:28.619><c> it</c><00:32:28.920><c> down</c><00:32:29.180><c> to</c><00:32:29.420><c> Egypt.</c>

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Okay,<00:32:31.180><c> which</c><00:32:31.440><c> is</c><00:32:31.720><c> interesting.</c>

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There<00:32:33.000><c> was</c><00:32:33.339><c> another,</c><00:32:34.819><c> let</c><00:32:35.059><c> me</c><00:32:35.220><c> see</c><00:32:35.519><c> here.</c>

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Yeah,<00:32:36.980><c> 1</c><00:32:37.220><c> Kings</c><00:32:37.640><c> 11,</c><00:32:38.200><c> where</c><00:32:38.440><c> was</c><00:32:38.599><c> this?</c>

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Oh,<00:32:39.200><c> yeah.</c><00:32:41.099><c> Also,</c><00:32:42.380><c> Hadad</c><00:32:43.359><c> the</c><00:32:43.740><c> Edomite.</c>

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:50.079
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The<00:32:45.240><c> Lord</c><00:32:45.599><c> stirred</c><00:32:46.039><c> up</c><00:32:46.420><c> an</c><00:32:46.900><c> adversary</c><00:32:47.519><c> unto</c><00:32:47.839><c> Solomon,</c><00:32:49.460><c> Hadad</c>

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the<00:32:50.259><c> Edomite.</c>

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Guess<00:32:52.119><c> where</c><00:32:52.359><c> he</c><00:32:53.339><c> fled</c><00:32:53.700><c> to?</c>

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Egypt<00:32:56.079><c> as</c><00:32:56.440><c> well.</c>

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Very<00:32:57.180><c> good,</c><00:32:57.420><c> Christian.</c>

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He<00:32:59.619><c> went</c><00:32:59.839><c> down</c><00:33:00.140><c> to</c><00:33:00.339><c> Egypt.</c>

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It<00:33:01.660><c> seems</c><00:33:02.079><c> that</c><00:33:02.559><c> Egypt</c><00:33:03.119><c> was</c><00:33:04.019><c> a</c><00:33:04.940><c> political</c><00:33:05.740><c> breeding</c><00:33:06.319><c> ground</c>

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for<00:33:07.960><c> enemies</c><00:33:08.539><c> of</c><00:33:08.980><c> Israel</c><00:33:09.700><c> or</c><00:33:10.700><c> enemies</c><00:33:11.079><c> of</c><00:33:11.440><c> Solomon.</c>

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Jeroboam's<00:33:13.380><c> down</c><00:33:13.720><c> there.</c>

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Hadad<00:33:15.619><c> the</c><00:33:15.880><c> Edomite</c><00:33:16.440><c> is</c><00:33:16.579><c> down</c><00:33:16.920><c> there</c><00:33:17.160><c> as</c><00:33:17.460><c> well.</c>

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:22.700
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There<00:33:18.519><c> was</c><00:33:18.759><c> political</c><00:33:19.359><c> shenanigans</c><00:33:20.119><c> going</c><00:33:20.460><c> on,</c><00:33:21.299><c> and</c><00:33:21.539><c> the</c><00:33:21.779><c> Egyptians</c><00:33:22.160><c> were</c><00:33:22.519><c> in</c>

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the<00:33:22.900><c> mix.</c>

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Egypt<00:33:25.420><c> wanted</c><00:33:25.980><c> Canaan</c><00:33:26.539><c> as</c><00:33:26.940><c> a</c><00:33:27.140><c> buffer</c><00:33:27.500><c> zone.</c>

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:35.200
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They<00:33:29.200><c> wanted</c><00:33:29.839><c> areas</c><00:33:30.539><c> that</c><00:33:31.359><c> could</c><00:33:32.140><c> supply</c><00:33:33.720><c> them</c><00:33:34.000><c> with</c><00:33:34.400><c> an</c><00:33:34.859><c> area</c>

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that<00:33:35.400><c> was</c><00:33:35.660><c> peaceful</c><00:33:36.359><c> and</c><00:33:37.440><c> strong,</c>

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but<00:33:37.940><c> would</c><00:33:38.220><c> keep</c><00:33:38.460><c> out</c><00:33:38.700><c> the</c><00:33:38.920><c> northern</c><00:33:39.279><c> invaders</c><00:33:39.880><c> like</c><00:33:40.500><c> the</c><00:33:40.779><c> Assyrians,</c><00:33:41.480><c> the</c>

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Babylonians,<00:33:42.519><c> those</c><00:33:42.519><c> type</c><00:33:42.740><c> of,</c>

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the<00:33:43.299><c> Assyrians</c><00:33:43.680><c> themselves,</c><00:33:44.059><c> keep</c><00:33:44.279><c> them</c><00:33:44.500><c> out</c><00:33:44.700><c> of</c><00:33:44.799><c> here.</c>

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We<00:33:44.980><c> don't</c><00:33:45.220><c> want</c><00:33:45.380><c> them.</c>

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Yeah,<00:33:47.039><c> so</c><00:33:47.220><c> they</c><00:33:47.880><c> go</c><00:33:48.039><c> down</c><00:33:48.299><c> to</c><00:33:48.559><c> Egypt.</c>

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Remember,<00:33:50.420><c> once</c><00:33:50.660><c> Solomon</c><00:33:51.180><c> died</c><00:33:51.799><c> and</c><00:33:52.220><c> Rehoboam</c><00:33:52.819><c> established</c>

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himself<00:33:54.119><c> in</c><00:33:54.339><c> the</c><00:33:54.579><c> south,</c><00:33:55.599><c> what</c><00:33:55.779><c> did</c><00:33:56.000><c> Egypt</c><00:33:56.339><c> do?</c>

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Shishak,<00:33:59.400><c> remember</c><00:33:59.680><c> him?</c>

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He<00:34:01.940><c> attacks</c><00:34:02.279><c> Rehoboam.</c>

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:07.140
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He<00:34:03.980><c> actually</c><00:34:04.200><c> took</c><00:34:04.460><c> stuff,</c><00:34:05.200><c> he</c><00:34:05.380><c> took</c><00:34:05.500><c> all</c><00:34:05.859><c> valuables</c><00:34:06.299><c> out</c><00:34:06.519><c> of</c><00:34:06.720><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:10.880
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Remember<00:34:07.700><c> the</c><00:34:07.980><c> gold</c><00:34:08.440><c> shields</c><00:34:09.000><c> that</c><00:34:09.400><c> Solomon</c><00:34:09.760><c> had</c><00:34:10.059><c> made?</c>

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Egypt<00:34:12.519><c> took</c><00:34:12.780><c> all</c><00:34:13.059><c> of</c><00:34:13.139><c> them.</c>

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Pharaoh<00:34:13.579><c> took</c><00:34:13.840><c> all</c><00:34:14.099><c> of</c><00:34:14.199><c> them,</c><00:34:14.780><c> and</c><00:34:15.420><c> Rehoboam</c><00:34:15.840><c> was</c><00:34:16.019><c> going</c><00:34:16.119><c> to</c>

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:18.639
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make<00:34:16.460><c> bronze</c><00:34:18.099><c> instead.</c>

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:24.239
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Cheaper.<00:34:20.519><c> So</c><00:34:20.940><c> Egypt</c><00:34:21.480><c> is</c><00:34:21.800><c> involved</c><00:34:22.219><c> in</c><00:34:22.420><c> this,</c><00:34:22.980><c> and</c><00:34:22.980><c> it</c><00:34:23.780><c> seems</c>

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:29.280
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to<00:34:24.739><c> be</c><00:34:25.360><c> that</c><00:34:26.099><c> Egypt</c><00:34:26.539><c> was</c><00:34:27.119><c> anti</c><00:34:28.079><c>-Jerusalem</c>

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:34.159
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or<00:34:29.679><c> anti</c><00:34:30.199><c>-southern</c><00:34:30.539><c> tribes</c><00:34:31.199><c> and</c><00:34:31.880><c> pro</c><00:34:32.420><c>-northern</c><00:34:32.860><c> tribes.</c>

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.960
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Jeroboam<00:34:35.039><c> was</c><00:34:35.280><c> down</c><00:34:35.539><c> in</c><00:34:35.739><c> Egypt.</c>

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:40.559
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He<00:34:36.559><c> lived</c><00:34:37.119><c> with</c><00:34:37.440><c> the</c><00:34:37.639><c> household,</c><00:34:39.420><c> in</c><00:34:39.699><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:34:40.059><c> household,</c>

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.659
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Jeroboam<00:34:41.420><c> did.</c>

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Hadad<00:34:42.559><c> the</c><00:34:42.719><c> Edomite</c><00:34:43.420><c> also</c><00:34:44.239><c> lived</c><00:34:44.940><c> with</c><00:34:46.139><c> Pharaoh</c><00:34:46.539><c> in</c><00:34:46.719><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:34:47.219><c> house.</c>

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:49.420
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They<00:34:47.880><c> raised</c><00:34:48.159><c> him</c><00:34:48.280><c> like</c><00:34:48.480><c> a</c><00:34:48.679><c> son.</c>

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:52.719
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So<00:34:50.000><c> there's</c><00:34:50.460><c> intrigue</c><00:34:51.000><c> here,</c><00:34:51.400><c> brothers</c><00:34:51.579><c> and</c><00:34:51.820><c> sisters,</c><00:34:52.199><c> okay?</c>

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:55.320
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And<00:34:53.159><c> so,</c><00:34:53.440><c> you</c><00:34:53.599><c> know,</c><00:34:53.679><c> sometimes</c><00:34:54.079><c> when</c><00:34:54.300><c> we</c><00:34:54.480><c> read</c><00:34:54.619><c> the</c><00:34:54.920><c> accounts</c>

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:57.039
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in<00:34:56.079><c> scripture,</c><00:34:56.440><c> we</c><00:34:56.679><c> read</c><00:34:56.940><c> it,</c>

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and<00:34:57.139><c> like,</c><00:34:57.320><c> okay,</c><00:34:57.739><c> yeah,</c><00:34:58.219><c> but</c><00:34:58.539><c> there's</c><00:34:59.019><c> a</c><00:34:59.199><c> lot</c><00:34:59.340><c> of</c><00:34:59.639><c> stuff</c><00:34:59.940><c> that</c>

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.559
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the<00:35:00.679><c> Bible</c><00:35:00.940><c> tells</c><00:35:01.360><c> us.</c>

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:04.420
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You<00:35:01.800><c> just</c><00:35:02.019><c> got</c><00:35:02.099><c> to</c><00:35:02.219><c> kind</c><00:35:02.380><c> of</c><00:35:02.579><c> slow</c><00:35:02.840><c> down</c><00:35:03.340><c> and</c><00:35:03.519><c> maybe</c><00:35:03.820><c> do</c><00:35:04.280><c> a</c>

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.099
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little<00:35:04.599><c> research</c>

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:07.380
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on<00:35:05.260><c> the</c><00:35:05.599><c> historical</c><00:35:05.940><c> and</c><00:35:06.219><c> cultural</c><00:35:06.579><c> aspects</c><00:35:06.980><c> of</c><00:35:07.179><c> it.</c>

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:11.579
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But<00:35:07.860><c> this</c><00:35:08.159><c> was</c><00:35:08.420><c> a</c><00:35:08.539><c> major</c><00:35:08.860><c> political</c><00:35:09.500><c> upheaval</c><00:35:10.099><c> during</c><00:35:10.500><c> this</c><00:35:10.780><c> time.</c>

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:15.280
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Solomon's<00:35:12.659><c> building</c><00:35:13.099><c> projects,</c><00:35:13.780><c> his</c><00:35:14.039><c> house,</c><00:35:14.780><c> the</c><00:35:14.980><c> temple,</c>

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:17.960
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all<00:35:15.800><c> of</c><00:35:15.940><c> the</c><00:35:16.179><c> different</c><00:35:16.860><c> stable</c><00:35:17.460><c> areas</c>

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:22.059
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that<00:35:18.199><c> he</c><00:35:18.420><c> built,</c><00:35:18.760><c> all</c><00:35:18.880><c> of</c><00:35:19.079><c> these</c><00:35:19.500><c> fortresses</c><00:35:20.639><c> that</c><00:35:20.840><c> he</c><00:35:21.099><c> built,</c>

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:25.719
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it's<00:35:23.599><c> going</c><00:35:23.760><c> to</c><00:35:23.840><c> add</c><00:35:24.079><c> to</c><00:35:24.219><c> his</c><00:35:24.559><c> power,</c>

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:29.840
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but<00:35:26.360><c> it's</c><00:35:26.619><c> also</c><00:35:27.079><c> going</c><00:35:27.460><c> to</c><00:35:27.920><c> undermine</c><00:35:28.500><c> his</c><00:35:28.900><c> power</c><00:35:29.280><c> as</c><00:35:29.559><c> well</c>

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.579
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because<00:35:30.199><c> there's</c><00:35:30.420><c> going</c>

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:34.280
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to<00:35:30.679><c> be</c><00:35:30.860><c> a</c><00:35:31.000><c> lot</c><00:35:31.179><c> of</c><00:35:31.460><c> resentment</c><00:35:32.099><c> towards</c><00:35:32.820><c> the</c><00:35:33.099><c> house</c><00:35:33.380><c> of</c><00:35:33.739><c> David</c>

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:38.679
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for<00:35:34.980><c> their</c><00:35:35.500><c> greed</c><00:35:36.179><c> and</c><00:35:37.239><c> their</c><00:35:37.599><c> pride.</c>

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:42.380
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You<00:35:39.960><c> don't</c><00:35:40.159><c> think</c><00:35:40.380><c> about</c><00:35:40.659><c> that,</c><00:35:41.380><c> but</c><00:35:41.380><c> when</c><00:35:41.760><c> we</c><00:35:41.880><c> think</c><00:35:42.039><c> about,</c>

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:43.420
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you<00:35:42.539><c> know,</c><00:35:42.699><c> the</c><00:35:42.920><c> interactions</c>

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:46.679
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with<00:35:43.820><c> Rehoboam</c><00:35:44.460><c> and</c><00:35:44.619><c> the</c><00:35:44.820><c> people,</c><00:35:45.500><c> right,</c><00:35:45.880><c> there's</c><00:35:46.440><c> some</c>

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.320
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pride<00:35:47.019><c> there.</c>

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:49.699
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There's<00:35:47.880><c> a</c><00:35:48.039><c> lot</c><00:35:48.179><c> of</c><00:35:48.420><c> pride</c><00:35:48.659><c> there.</c>

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And<00:35:50.619><c> so</c><00:35:50.900><c> Solomon</c><00:35:51.099><c> wants</c><00:35:51.380><c> to</c><00:35:51.579><c> kill</c><00:35:52.119><c> Jeroboam,</c><00:35:53.079><c> but</c><00:35:53.260><c> once</c><00:35:53.579><c> Solomon</c><00:35:54.000><c> dies,</c>

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.679
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free<00:35:56.179><c> for</c><00:35:56.480><c> all.</c>

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x
I'll<00:35:57.179><c> give</c><00:35:57.280><c> you</c><00:35:57.420><c> another</c><00:35:57.739><c> example.</c>

00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:01.460
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It's<00:35:58.539><c> kind</c><00:35:58.780><c> of</c><00:35:58.960><c> like</c><00:35:59.239><c> when,</c><00:36:00.219><c> and</c><00:36:00.480><c> this</c><00:36:00.679><c> is</c><00:36:00.840><c> going</c><00:36:00.960><c> to</c><00:36:01.159><c> happen</c>

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in<00:36:02.340><c> 2028,</c><00:36:04.199><c> okay?</c>

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:06.800
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Trump<00:36:05.400><c> can't</c><00:36:05.719><c> run</c><00:36:05.940><c> again.</c>

00:36:07.299 --> 00:36:08.199
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Yes,<00:36:07.719><c> I</c><00:36:07.880><c> can.</c>

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:12.340
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Trump,<00:36:10.159><c> right,</c><00:36:10.659><c> Trump</c><00:36:10.900><c> can't</c><00:36:11.239><c> run</c><00:36:11.440><c> again.</c>

00:36:12.439 --> 00:36:15.099
x
So<00:36:12.839><c> there's</c><00:36:13.239><c> going</c><00:36:13.360><c> to</c><00:36:13.500><c> be</c><00:36:13.820><c> a</c><00:36:14.099><c> massive,</c><00:36:14.719><c> you</c><00:36:14.780><c> know,</c><00:36:15.000><c> there's</c>

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:16.179
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probably<00:36:15.360><c> going</c><00:36:15.500><c> to</c><00:36:15.599><c> be</c><00:36:15.780><c> 12</c>

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:19.420
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to<00:36:16.360><c> 15</c><00:36:16.880><c> Republicans</c><00:36:17.559><c> that</c><00:36:17.960><c> want</c><00:36:18.179><c> to</c><00:36:18.340><c> go</c><00:36:18.500><c> into</c><00:36:18.699><c> the</c><00:36:18.980><c> primary.</c>

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:21.219
x
It's<00:36:19.940><c> going</c><00:36:20.019><c> to</c><00:36:20.139><c> be</c><00:36:20.260><c> a</c><00:36:20.360><c> big</c><00:36:20.579><c> Donny</c><00:36:21.000><c> Brook.</c>

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:23.420
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They're<00:36:21.460><c> going</c><00:36:21.519><c> to</c><00:36:21.539><c> be</c><00:36:21.820><c> calling</c><00:36:22.039><c> in,</c><00:36:22.380><c> you</c><00:36:22.380><c> know,</c><00:36:23.019><c> this,</c><00:36:23.280><c> that,</c>

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.739
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and<00:36:23.559><c> the</c><00:36:23.599><c> other.</c>

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:25.920
x
And<00:36:24.059><c> then</c><00:36:24.219><c> on</c><00:36:24.380><c> the</c><00:36:24.579><c> Democrat</c><00:36:24.920><c> side</c><00:36:25.239><c> too,</c><00:36:25.519><c> it's</c><00:36:25.619><c> going</c><00:36:25.699><c> to</c><00:36:25.800><c> be</c>

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.519
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the<00:36:26.099><c> same</c><00:36:26.300><c> thing.</c>

00:36:26.739 --> 00:36:29.719
x
You're<00:36:26.960><c> going</c><00:36:26.960><c> to</c><00:36:26.960><c> have</c><00:36:27.139><c> 10</c><00:36:27.380><c> to</c><00:36:27.500><c> 15</c><00:36:27.940><c> people</c><00:36:28.599><c> running</c><00:36:29.059><c> for</c><00:36:29.380><c> president.</c>

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:31.699
x
And<00:36:30.219><c> so</c><00:36:30.360><c> this</c><00:36:30.539><c> is</c><00:36:30.760><c> actually</c><00:36:31.039><c> what</c><00:36:31.199><c> was</c><00:36:31.400><c> happening.</c>

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:35.719
x
Once<00:36:32.440><c> Solomon</c><00:36:32.960><c> dies,</c><00:36:34.659><c> it</c><00:36:34.840><c> is</c><00:36:35.059><c> a</c><00:36:35.300><c> free</c><00:36:35.500><c> for</c><00:36:35.639><c> all.</c>

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:37.300
x
Who's<00:36:36.039><c> going</c><00:36:36.159><c> to</c><00:36:36.340><c> control</c><00:36:36.699><c> these</c><00:36:37.019><c> areas?</c>

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:38.579
x
Who's<00:36:37.739><c> controlling</c><00:36:38.079><c> the</c><00:36:38.360><c> north?</c>

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:42.019
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Is<00:36:39.280><c> Rehoboam</c><00:36:39.679><c> going</c><00:36:39.860><c> to</c><00:36:39.960><c> be</c><00:36:40.099><c> king</c><00:36:40.300><c> of</c><00:36:40.480><c> the</c><00:36:40.659><c> north</c><00:36:40.900><c> and</c><00:36:41.159><c> south?</c>

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:43.659
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Oh,<00:36:42.519><c> we'll</c><00:36:42.760><c> see</c><00:36:42.900><c> about</c><00:36:43.179><c> that.</c>

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:47.639
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Jeroboam<00:36:44.539><c> leaves</c><00:36:45.019><c> Egypt</c><00:36:45.539><c> right</c><00:36:45.840><c> at</c><00:36:46.059><c> this</c><00:36:46.340><c> time,</c><00:36:47.059><c> and</c><00:36:47.159><c> he</c><00:36:47.360><c> goes</c>

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.960
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up<00:36:47.880><c> into</c><00:36:48.139><c> Ephraim,</c>

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:51.360
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and<00:36:49.420><c> he</c><00:36:49.800><c> starts</c><00:36:50.119><c> the</c><00:36:50.440><c> rebellion.</c>

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:53.760
x
And<00:36:52.119><c> so</c><00:36:52.320><c> Rehoboam</c><00:36:52.820><c> isn't</c><00:36:53.280><c> stupid.</c>

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:56.840
x
You<00:36:54.179><c> know,</c><00:36:54.659><c> he's</c><00:36:55.039><c> got</c><00:36:55.219><c> some,</c><00:36:55.639><c> he's</c><00:36:55.940><c> got</c><00:36:56.099><c> some</c><00:36:56.480><c> counselors.</c>

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:58.860
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Solomon's<00:36:57.760><c> counselors</c><00:36:58.159><c> was</c><00:36:58.500><c> there.</c>

00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:03.360
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So<00:36:59.579><c> Rehoboam</c><00:37:00.199><c> goes</c><00:37:00.579><c> up</c><00:37:00.920><c> to</c><00:37:01.280><c> Shechem,</c><00:37:02.559><c> the</c><00:37:02.880><c> king.</c>

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:08.949
x
He's<00:37:04.139><c> leaving</c><00:37:04.739><c> Jerusalem</c><00:37:05.900><c> to</c><00:37:06.940><c> go</c><00:37:07.239><c> up</c><00:37:07.639><c> to</c><00:37:08.139><c> Ephraim.</c>

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:11.579
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Well,<00:37:10.300><c> that's,</c><00:37:10.659><c> that's</c><00:37:11.059><c> interesting.</c>

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:13.079
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That's,<00:37:12.219><c> that's</c><00:37:12.639><c> interesting.</c>

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We'll,<00:37:13.440><c> we'll</c><00:37:13.599><c> look</c><00:37:13.800><c> at</c><00:37:13.960><c> that.</c>

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:18.800
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Jeroboam<00:37:16.639><c> is</c><00:37:16.840><c> the</c><00:37:17.019><c> leader</c><00:37:17.239><c> of</c><00:37:17.460><c> this</c><00:37:17.719><c> rebellion,</c><00:37:18.420><c> okay?</c>

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:22.719
x
And<00:37:18.980><c> he</c><00:37:19.099><c> says,</c><00:37:19.480><c> look,</c><00:37:20.920><c> you've</c><00:37:21.300><c> got</c><00:37:21.340><c> to</c><00:37:21.539><c> lighten</c><00:37:21.860><c> the</c><00:37:22.099><c> tax</c><00:37:22.460><c> burden.</c>

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:24.139
x
We're<00:37:23.300><c> getting</c><00:37:23.440><c> killed</c><00:37:23.920><c> here.</c>

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:25.440
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We<00:37:24.320><c> can't</c><00:37:24.619><c> feed</c><00:37:24.880><c> our</c><00:37:25.119><c> families.</c>

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:30.000
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We're<00:37:25.940><c> gone</c><00:37:26.300><c> half</c><00:37:26.639><c> the</c><00:37:26.960><c> year</c><00:37:27.559><c> building</c><00:37:28.079><c> all</c><00:37:28.539><c> of</c><00:37:28.760><c> your</c><00:37:28.920><c> buildings.</c>

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:32.679
x
We're<00:37:30.780><c> a</c><00:37:30.920><c> little</c><00:37:31.119><c> tired</c><00:37:31.500><c> of</c><00:37:31.760><c> it.</c>

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:35.159
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And<00:37:33.719><c> so</c><00:37:34.000><c> Rehoboam</c><00:37:34.460><c> hears</c><00:37:34.780><c> them.</c>

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:37.400
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Okay,<00:37:35.699><c> I</c><00:37:36.119><c> hear</c><00:37:36.280><c> what</c><00:37:36.440><c> you're</c><00:37:36.599><c> saying.</c>

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:41.300
x
And<00:37:37.880><c> so</c><00:37:38.119><c> he</c><00:37:38.460><c> asks</c><00:37:38.860><c> his</c><00:37:39.260><c> advisors,</c><00:37:39.920><c> the</c><00:37:40.059><c> elders,</c><00:37:41.019><c> the,</c><00:37:41.019><c> you</c>

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:43.199
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know,<00:37:41.699><c> Solomon's</c><00:37:42.199><c> counsel,</c><00:37:43.000><c> yeah,</c>

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it<00:37:43.320><c> might</c><00:37:43.460><c> be</c><00:37:43.659><c> a</c><00:37:43.760><c> good</c><00:37:43.900><c> idea</c><00:37:44.239><c> to</c><00:37:44.480><c> lower</c><00:37:44.639><c> their</c><00:37:44.900><c> burden.</c>

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:46.320
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Speak<00:37:45.440><c> comfortably</c><00:37:45.940><c> to</c><00:37:46.199><c> them.</c>

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:47.579
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Speak<00:37:46.579><c> kindly</c><00:37:47.059><c> to</c><00:37:47.300><c> them.</c>

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.920
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I<00:37:48.099><c> hear</c><00:37:48.260><c> what</c><00:37:48.420><c> you're</c><00:37:48.719><c> saying.</c>

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.579
x
Absolutely.

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:51.579
x
We're<00:37:49.820><c> going</c><00:37:49.900><c> to,</c><00:37:50.320><c> we'll</c><00:37:50.559><c> work</c><00:37:50.800><c> together</c><00:37:51.239><c> on</c><00:37:51.440><c> this.</c>

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:53.380
x
We'll<00:37:51.840><c> knock</c><00:37:52.019><c> it</c><00:37:52.239><c> down,</c><00:37:52.619><c> sure.</c>

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:56.679
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But<00:37:54.639><c> the</c><00:37:54.860><c> younger</c><00:37:55.159><c> ones,</c><00:37:55.480><c> they</c><00:37:55.659><c> were</c><00:37:55.860><c> looking</c><00:37:56.159><c> for</c><00:37:56.480><c> what?</c>

00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:59.639
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They<00:37:56.980><c> were</c><00:37:57.199><c> looking</c><00:37:57.380><c> to</c><00:37:57.699><c> establish</c><00:37:58.260><c> themselves</c><00:37:58.880><c> as</c><00:37:59.159><c> the</c><00:37:59.400><c> power.</c>

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:01.840
x
We're<00:38:00.420><c> the</c><00:38:00.559><c> guys</c><00:38:00.880><c> now.</c>

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:03.360
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I'm<00:38:02.179><c> the</c><00:38:02.380><c> guy.</c>

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:06.519
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And<00:38:04.460><c> they</c><00:38:04.719><c> weren't,</c><00:38:05.019><c> you</c><00:38:05.179><c> know,</c><00:38:05.400><c> they</c><00:38:05.579><c> were</c><00:38:05.719><c> full</c><00:38:05.960><c> of</c><00:38:06.179><c> pride.</c>

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:08.300
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They<00:38:07.179><c> wanted</c><00:38:07.500><c> that</c><00:38:07.860><c> power.</c>

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:11.079
x
They're<00:38:08.820><c> like,</c><00:38:09.960><c> you</c><00:38:10.079><c> want</c><00:38:10.340><c> to</c><00:38:10.500><c> see</c><00:38:10.719><c> taxes?</c>

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:13.460
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I'll<00:38:11.780><c> show</c><00:38:12.079><c> you</c><00:38:12.360><c> taxes.</c>

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:17.000
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And<00:38:13.940><c> so</c><00:38:14.119><c> they're</c><00:38:14.280><c> saying,</c><00:38:14.699><c> look,</c><00:38:15.400><c> we're</c><00:38:15.659><c> not</c><00:38:15.880><c> lowering</c><00:38:16.280><c> your</c><00:38:16.619><c> taxes.</c>

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:18.400
x
We're<00:38:17.519><c> upping</c><00:38:17.719><c> your</c><00:38:18.059><c> taxes.</c>

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:22.320
x
And<00:38:19.219><c> so</c><00:38:19.579><c> not</c><00:38:20.300><c> the</c><00:38:20.639><c> best</c><00:38:20.900><c> thing</c><00:38:21.099><c> to</c><00:38:21.340><c> say</c><00:38:21.500><c> to</c><00:38:21.659><c> people</c><00:38:21.940><c> that</c><00:38:22.139><c> are</c>

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:24.079
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upset<00:38:22.579><c> about</c><00:38:22.840><c> their</c><00:38:23.039><c> taxes.</c>

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:26.219
x
And<00:38:24.559><c> so</c><00:38:24.739><c> there's</c><00:38:24.960><c> going</c><00:38:25.119><c> to</c><00:38:25.280><c> be</c><00:38:25.699><c> a</c><00:38:25.880><c> revolt.</c>

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.920
x
There's<00:38:26.579><c> going</c><00:38:26.659><c> to</c><00:38:26.760><c> be</c><00:38:26.900><c> a</c><00:38:27.039><c> rebellion.</c>

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:30.840
x
And<00:38:28.639><c> Rehoboam</c><00:38:29.059><c> is</c><00:38:29.239><c> going</c><00:38:29.360><c> to</c><00:38:29.559><c> lose</c><00:38:29.980><c> the</c><00:38:30.239><c> northern</c><00:38:30.519><c> tribes.</c>

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:34.360
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In<00:38:31.059><c> fact,</c><00:38:31.820><c> he</c><00:38:32.360><c> barely</c><00:38:32.760><c> escapes</c><00:38:33.440><c> with</c><00:38:33.760><c> his</c><00:38:34.039><c> life.</c>

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:41.179
x
He's<00:38:35.139><c> up</c><00:38:35.340><c> there</c><00:38:35.500><c> because</c><00:38:37.340><c> Adoram,</c><00:38:39.519><c> he</c><00:38:39.800><c> was</c><00:38:40.219><c> over</c><00:38:40.599><c> the</c><00:38:40.880><c> tribute.</c>

00:38:41.239 --> 00:38:42.860
x
He<00:38:41.380><c> was</c><00:38:41.639><c> over</c><00:38:41.960><c> the</c><00:38:42.239><c> taskmaster.</c>

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:48.159
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He<00:38:43.380><c> was</c><00:38:43.679><c> the</c><00:38:43.920><c> head</c><00:38:44.179><c> guy</c><00:38:44.800><c> that</c><00:38:45.340><c> collected</c><00:38:45.699><c> the</c><00:38:46.059><c> taxes</c><00:38:46.500><c> and</c><00:38:47.199><c> oversaw</c><00:38:47.780><c> all</c>

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:49.599
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of<00:38:48.320><c> the</c><00:38:48.559><c> workers.</c>

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:51.260
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So<00:38:50.340><c> he</c><00:38:50.539><c> was</c><00:38:50.940><c> hated.</c>

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:56.280
x
He<00:38:51.719><c> represented</c><00:38:52.400><c> everything</c><00:38:53.179><c> that</c><00:38:53.679><c> was</c><00:38:54.019><c> wrong</c><00:38:54.380><c> with</c><00:38:54.619><c> this</c><00:38:54.940><c> tribute</c><00:38:55.320><c> system</c><00:38:55.820><c> in</c>

00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:56.840
x
the<00:38:56.519><c> eyes</c>

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:59.320
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of<00:38:57.119><c> Ephraim</c><00:38:57.780><c> and</c><00:38:58.119><c> of</c><00:38:58.260><c> the</c><00:38:58.440><c> northern</c><00:38:58.719><c> tribes.</c>

00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:00.500
x
All<00:39:00.179><c> to</c><00:39:00.400><c> what?</c>

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:02.559
x
To<00:39:00.840><c> enrich</c><00:39:01.500><c> Rehoboam</c><00:39:02.179><c> now?</c>

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:05.340
x
To<00:39:03.139><c> enrich</c><00:39:03.559><c> the</c><00:39:03.900><c> house</c><00:39:04.179><c> of</c><00:39:04.519><c> David?</c>

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What<00:39:06.579><c> portion</c><00:39:07.199><c> do</c><00:39:07.480><c> we</c><00:39:07.860><c> have</c><00:39:08.260><c> in</c><00:39:08.480><c> David,</c><00:39:08.860><c> they</c><00:39:09.219><c> said.</c>

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What<00:39:10.099><c> are</c><00:39:10.239><c> we</c><00:39:10.400><c> doing?</c>

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They<00:39:11.340><c> don't</c><00:39:11.539><c> care</c><00:39:11.860><c> for</c><00:39:12.119><c> us.</c>

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They're<00:39:13.260><c> in</c><00:39:13.340><c> it</c><00:39:13.480><c> for</c><00:39:13.579><c> themselves.</c>

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There's<00:39:15.460><c> one</c><00:39:15.780><c> family</c><00:39:16.320><c> down</c><00:39:16.739><c> there</c><00:39:16.960><c> of</c><00:39:17.119><c> the</c><00:39:17.280><c> house</c><00:39:17.519><c> of</c><00:39:17.719><c> David.</c>

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And<00:39:18.659><c> they're</c><00:39:18.900><c> just</c><00:39:19.320><c> putting</c><00:39:19.539><c> us</c><00:39:19.860><c> to</c><00:39:20.179><c> work.</c>

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We're<00:39:20.880><c> going</c><00:39:20.940><c> to</c><00:39:21.019><c> do</c><00:39:21.199><c> all</c><00:39:21.519><c> of</c><00:39:21.659><c> this</c><00:39:21.860><c> stuff.</c>

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They're<00:39:22.699><c> taxing</c><00:39:23.199><c> us</c><00:39:23.480><c> to</c><00:39:23.719><c> death.</c>

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What<00:39:25.639><c> are</c><00:39:25.739><c> we</c><00:39:25.860><c> doing?</c>

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We<00:39:26.539><c> don't</c><00:39:26.659><c> have</c><00:39:26.820><c> any</c><00:39:27.099><c> portion</c><00:39:27.400><c> with</c><00:39:27.619><c> David</c><00:39:27.980><c> anymore.</c>

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Okay?<00:39:30.300><c> And</c><00:39:30.599><c> Rehoboam</c><00:39:31.039><c> has</c><00:39:31.260><c> to</c><00:39:31.519><c> high</c><00:39:31.840><c> tail</c><00:39:32.039><c> it</c><00:39:32.239><c> out</c><00:39:32.380><c> of</c><00:39:33.679><c> Shechem</c>

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or<00:39:34.619><c> he</c><00:39:34.780><c> would</c><00:39:35.940><c> die</c><00:39:36.219><c> too.</c>

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Adoram<00:39:37.780><c> got</c><00:39:38.059><c> stoned</c><00:39:38.440><c> to</c><00:39:38.639><c> death</c><00:39:39.179><c> and</c><00:39:39.960><c> Rehoboam</c><00:39:40.500><c> almost</c><00:39:40.900><c> did</c><00:39:41.099><c> too.</c>

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And<00:39:41.440><c> he</c><00:39:41.519><c> took</c><00:39:41.739><c> off</c><00:39:42.159><c> and</c><00:39:42.380><c> he</c><00:39:42.599><c> luckily</c><00:39:42.920><c> made</c><00:39:43.179><c> it</c><00:39:43.360><c> back</c><00:39:43.539><c> to</c><00:39:43.739><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:39:45.480><c> that's</c><00:39:45.780><c> it.</c>

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Okay?<00:39:47.719><c> Ten</c><00:39:48.000><c> tribes</c><00:39:48.400><c> split.</c>

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Jeroboam<00:39:50.179><c> was</c><00:39:50.480><c> crowned</c><00:39:51.019><c> king</c><00:39:51.179><c> in</c><00:39:51.380><c> Ephraim</c><00:39:51.860><c> and</c><00:39:52.079><c> Shechem.</c>

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There's<00:39:53.639><c> going</c><00:39:53.780><c> to</c><00:39:53.860><c> be</c><00:39:53.980><c> some</c><00:39:54.300><c> battles,</c><00:39:55.400><c> yeah.</c>

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But<00:39:56.099><c> God</c><00:39:56.440><c> is</c><00:39:56.679><c> actually</c><00:39:57.039><c> going</c><00:39:57.400><c> to</c><00:39:58.000><c> stop</c><00:39:58.860><c> the</c><00:39:59.239><c> infighting.</c>

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He<00:39:59.860><c> said,</c><00:40:00.239><c> brothers</c><00:40:00.579><c> should</c><00:40:00.860><c> not</c><00:40:01.059><c> fight</c><00:40:01.300><c> against</c><00:40:01.679><c> brothers.</c>

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But<00:40:03.539><c> that</c><00:40:03.739><c> isn't</c><00:40:03.920><c> going</c><00:40:04.119><c> to</c><00:40:04.260><c> prevent,</c><00:40:04.559><c> you</c><00:40:04.739><c> know,</c><00:40:05.019><c> them</c><00:40:05.260><c> from</c>

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fighting<00:40:05.699><c> each</c><00:40:05.980><c> other.</c>

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And<00:40:07.219><c> the</c><00:40:07.420><c> kings</c><00:40:07.659><c> and</c><00:40:07.840><c> the</c><00:40:08.019><c> chronicles</c><00:40:08.300><c> talk</c><00:40:08.619><c> about</c><00:40:08.860><c> that.</c>

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But<00:40:10.099><c> Israel</c><00:40:10.539><c> is</c><00:40:10.780><c> always</c><00:40:11.159><c> going</c><00:40:11.559><c> to</c><00:40:11.840><c> outlast</c><00:40:12.420><c> the</c><00:40:12.739><c> south</c><00:40:13.000><c> just</c>

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because<00:40:13.760><c> they're</c><00:40:14.219><c> going</c><00:40:14.500><c> to</c><00:40:14.699><c> be</c><00:40:14.880><c> bigger.</c>

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All<00:40:15.639><c> right?</c>

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So<00:40:16.679><c> the</c><00:40:16.860><c> house</c><00:40:17.139><c> of</c><00:40:17.380><c> David</c><00:40:17.599><c> is</c><00:40:17.820><c> left</c><00:40:17.980><c> with</c><00:40:18.179><c> two</c><00:40:18.420><c> tribes,</c><00:40:19.000><c> Judah</c>

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of<00:40:19.480><c> course</c><00:40:19.760><c> and</c><00:40:19.920><c> also</c><00:40:20.300><c> Benjamin.</c>

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And<00:40:21.679><c> we</c><00:40:21.840><c> know</c><00:40:22.039><c> that</c><00:40:22.280><c> because,</c><00:40:22.719><c> you</c><00:40:22.940><c> know,</c>

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Benjamin<00:40:23.559><c> and</c><00:40:23.800><c> Judah</c><00:40:23.960><c> actually</c><00:40:24.460><c> were</c><00:40:24.659><c> pretty</c><00:40:25.039><c> tight.</c>

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They<00:40:25.480><c> were</c><00:40:25.639><c> right</c><00:40:25.880><c> next</c><00:40:26.159><c> to</c><00:40:26.320><c> each</c><00:40:26.519><c> other</c><00:40:26.719><c> as</c><00:40:26.920><c> far</c><00:40:27.139><c> as</c><00:40:27.699><c> inheritance</c><00:40:28.219><c> is</c><00:40:28.539><c> concerned.</c>

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And<00:40:29.519><c> we</c><00:40:29.639><c> know</c><00:40:29.800><c> that</c><00:40:29.980><c> the</c><00:40:30.119><c> house</c><00:40:30.340><c> of</c><00:40:30.559><c> David</c><00:40:30.760><c> and</c><00:40:30.920><c> the</c><00:40:31.019><c> house</c><00:40:31.300><c> of</c>

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Saul,<00:40:32.719><c> you</c><00:40:32.840><c> know,</c>

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through<00:40:33.260><c> marriage</c><00:40:33.739><c> actually,</c><00:40:34.239><c> you</c><00:40:34.380><c> know,</c><00:40:35.719><c> they</c><00:40:36.139><c> were</c><00:40:36.579><c> close</c>

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as<00:40:37.579><c> well.</c>

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Even<00:40:38.019><c> though</c><00:40:38.260><c> at,</c><00:40:38.380><c> you</c><00:40:38.519><c> know,</c><00:40:38.760><c> at</c><00:40:38.800><c> the</c><00:40:38.900><c> end</c><00:40:39.019><c> of</c><00:40:39.219><c> the</c><00:40:39.360><c> day</c><00:40:39.619><c> there</c>

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was<00:40:40.059><c> tremendous</c><00:40:40.480><c> amounts</c>

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of<00:40:41.039><c> friction</c><00:40:41.280><c> and</c><00:40:41.579><c> death,</c><00:40:41.800><c> they</c><00:40:41.980><c> were</c><00:40:42.219><c> close</c><00:40:42.519><c> at</c><00:40:42.739><c> one</c><00:40:42.980><c> time.</c>

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Okay.<00:40:46.659><c> So</c><00:40:47.019><c> why</c><00:40:47.380><c> Shechem?</c>

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It<00:40:49.460><c> was</c><00:40:49.619><c> the</c><00:40:49.880><c> power</c><00:40:50.179><c> base</c><00:40:50.460><c> of</c><00:40:50.699><c> Ephraim.</c>

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We<00:40:51.719><c> talked</c><00:40:52.019><c> about</c><00:40:52.280><c> this,</c><00:40:52.719><c> Abimelech.</c>

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It's,<00:40:54.900><c> you</c><00:40:55.219><c> know,</c><00:40:55.400><c> it's</c><00:40:55.599><c> not</c><00:40:55.920><c> way</c><00:40:56.239><c> up</c><00:40:56.539><c> north,</c><00:40:57.300><c> but</c><00:40:57.460><c> it's</c><00:40:57.719><c> also</c><00:40:58.059><c> not,</c>

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it's<00:40:59.480><c> far</c><00:40:59.980><c> away</c><00:41:00.400><c> from</c><00:41:00.639><c> Jerusalem</c><00:41:01.219><c> as</c><00:41:01.559><c> well.</c>

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Jerusalem<00:41:03.099><c> is</c><00:41:03.360><c> down</c><00:41:03.619><c> south.</c>

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Shechem<00:41:04.239><c> is</c><00:41:04.420><c> kind</c><00:41:04.679><c> of</c><00:41:04.920><c> in</c><00:41:05.099><c> the</c><00:41:05.320><c> middle</c><00:41:05.579><c> of</c><00:41:05.820><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:41:09.760><c> so</c><00:41:10.159><c> historic</c><00:41:10.739><c> place</c><00:41:11.059><c> of</c><00:41:11.340><c> gathering.</c>

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If<00:41:13.340><c> you</c><00:41:13.440><c> want</c><00:41:13.559><c> to</c><00:41:13.659><c> look</c><00:41:13.800><c> up</c><00:41:14.460><c> Joshua</c><00:41:15.019><c> 24,</c><00:41:15.659><c> this</c><00:41:15.860><c> is</c><00:41:16.039><c> where</c><00:41:16.139><c> they</c>

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went<00:41:16.619><c> to</c><00:41:16.940><c> divide</c><00:41:17.159><c> up</c><00:41:17.380><c> the</c><00:41:17.539><c> land.</c>

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They<00:41:17.880><c> went</c><00:41:18.000><c> to</c><00:41:18.239><c> Shechem.</c>

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It's<00:41:19.320><c> important.</c>

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And<00:41:21.659><c> of</c><00:41:21.900><c> course</c><00:41:22.260><c> the</c><00:41:22.559><c> need</c><00:41:22.980><c> for</c><00:41:23.420><c> Rehoboam</c><00:41:23.940><c> to</c><00:41:24.219><c> secure</c><00:41:24.639><c> the</c><00:41:24.920><c> north,</c><00:41:25.840><c> which</c><00:41:26.079><c> had</c>

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been<00:41:26.460><c> upset</c>

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about<00:41:27.179><c> Solomon's</c><00:41:27.760><c> heavy</c><00:41:28.139><c> tribute</c><00:41:28.500><c> burning.</c>

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You<00:41:29.639><c> know,</c><00:41:29.900><c> in</c><00:41:30.239><c> a</c><00:41:30.460><c> certain</c><00:41:30.699><c> way,</c><00:41:31.019><c> and</c><00:41:31.159><c> this</c><00:41:31.340><c> was</c><00:41:31.579><c> smart</c><00:41:31.900><c> on</c><00:41:32.099><c> Rehoboam's</c><00:41:32.840><c> part,</c><00:41:33.280><c> he</c>

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was<00:41:33.880><c> paying</c><00:41:34.199><c> homage.</c>

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He<00:41:36.099><c> was</c><00:41:36.400><c> going</c><00:41:36.880><c> to</c><00:41:37.280><c> the</c><00:41:37.500><c> power</c><00:41:37.760><c> base</c><00:41:38.039><c> of</c><00:41:38.300><c> Ephraim.</c>

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You<00:41:39.159><c> know,</c><00:41:39.460><c> whether</c><00:41:39.659><c> or</c><00:41:39.840><c> not</c><00:41:40.099><c> that,</c><00:41:40.320><c> you</c><00:41:40.440><c> know,</c><00:41:40.519><c> he</c><00:41:40.739><c> wanted</c><00:41:41.019><c> to</c>

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show<00:41:41.579><c> that</c><00:41:41.840><c> the</c><00:41:42.480><c> power</c>

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of<00:41:43.320><c> Jerusalem</c><00:41:43.800><c> extends</c><00:41:44.340><c> up</c><00:41:44.599><c> to</c><00:41:44.760><c> the</c><00:41:44.920><c> north,</c><00:41:45.920><c> right?</c>

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The<00:41:46.480><c> king</c><00:41:46.699><c> is</c><00:41:46.900><c> coming</c><00:41:47.159><c> up</c><00:41:47.440><c> north,</c><00:41:48.139><c> but</c><00:41:48.260><c> he</c><00:41:48.360><c> was</c><00:41:48.539><c> paying</c><00:41:48.800><c> homage</c>

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to<00:41:49.420><c> them</c><00:41:49.619><c> as</c><00:41:49.920><c> well.</c>

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All<00:41:52.739><c> right.</c>

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So<00:41:53.820><c> this</c><00:41:54.099><c> is</c><00:41:54.820><c> just</c><00:41:55.199><c> very</c><00:41:55.699><c> quickly.</c>

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We've<00:41:56.199><c> got</c><00:41:56.420><c> a</c><00:41:56.599><c> couple</c><00:41:56.800><c> more</c><00:41:57.059><c> slides</c><00:41:57.420><c> to</c><00:41:57.659><c> go.</c>

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In<00:41:58.559><c> order</c><00:41:58.840><c> to</c><00:41:59.219><c> prevent</c><00:42:00.260><c> the</c><00:42:01.739><c> Israelites</c><00:42:02.119><c> from</c><00:42:02.420><c> coming</c><00:42:02.719><c> down</c>

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to<00:42:03.139><c> Jerusalem</c>

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to<00:42:04.179><c> worship</c><00:42:04.599><c> every</c><00:42:05.000><c> year</c><00:42:05.199><c> three</c><00:42:05.420><c> times,</c><00:42:05.880><c> remember</c><00:42:06.219><c> three</c><00:42:06.500><c> times</c><00:42:06.860><c> a</c><00:42:07.099><c> year,</c>

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they<00:42:07.739><c> would</c><00:42:07.860><c> go</c><00:42:08.079><c> to</c><00:42:08.280><c> the</c><00:42:08.460><c> temple.</c>

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They<00:42:09.239><c> had</c><00:42:09.460><c> been</c><00:42:09.800><c> doing</c><00:42:10.019><c> this</c><00:42:11.119><c> through,</c><00:42:11.980><c> with</c><00:42:12.940><c> David,</c><00:42:13.559><c> right?</c>

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They<00:42:13.860><c> went</c><00:42:13.980><c> up</c><00:42:14.139><c> to</c><00:42:14.280><c> Jerusalem</c><00:42:14.659><c> to</c><00:42:14.860><c> the</c><00:42:15.119><c> tabernacle.</c>

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That's<00:42:15.840><c> where</c><00:42:15.980><c> the</c><00:42:16.179><c> tabernacle</c><00:42:16.539><c> was,</c><00:42:16.760><c> it</c><00:42:16.860><c> was</c><00:42:17.280><c> in</c><00:42:17.500><c> that</c><00:42:17.679><c> area,</c>

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excuse<00:42:19.679><c> me,</c><00:42:19.900><c> excuse</c><00:42:20.219><c> me.</c>

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And<00:42:21.460><c> they</c><00:42:21.539><c> were</c><00:42:21.659><c> doing</c><00:42:21.820><c> it</c><00:42:22.019><c> during</c><00:42:22.159><c> the</c><00:42:22.340><c> 40</c><00:42:22.579><c> years</c><00:42:22.920><c> during</c>

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Solomon's<00:42:24.480><c> reign.</c>

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So,<00:42:25.199><c> you</c><00:42:25.360><c> know,</c><00:42:25.360><c> you're</c><00:42:25.559><c> talking</c><00:42:25.820><c> about,</c><00:42:26.059><c> let's</c><00:42:26.219><c> just</c><00:42:26.440><c> say</c><00:42:26.719><c> 60</c>

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years,<00:42:29.500><c> conservatively,</c>

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60<00:42:30.699><c> years</c><00:42:31.139><c> of</c><00:42:31.480><c> Israelites,</c><00:42:32.280><c> north</c><00:42:32.519><c> and</c><00:42:32.960><c> south,</c><00:42:33.960><c> going</c><00:42:34.280><c> to</c><00:42:34.559><c> worship</c><00:42:34.900><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem<00:42:35.679><c> in</c><00:42:35.880><c> the</c><00:42:36.039><c> temple.</c>

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Okay,<00:42:37.059><c> so</c><00:42:37.840><c> that's</c><00:42:38.360><c> a,</c><00:42:38.659><c> that</c><00:42:38.940><c> is</c><00:42:39.139><c> an</c><00:42:39.360><c> established</c><00:42:40.239><c> routine.</c>

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This<00:42:42.539><c> is</c><00:42:42.719><c> going</c><00:42:42.840><c> to</c><00:42:43.039><c> change</c><00:42:43.260><c> with</c><00:42:43.559><c> Jeroboam.</c>

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Jeroboam<00:42:44.579><c> saw</c><00:42:45.980><c> the</c><00:42:47.179><c> danger</c><00:42:47.900><c> in</c><00:42:48.599><c> allowing</c><00:42:49.039><c> the</c><00:42:49.360><c> northern</c><00:42:49.639><c> people</c><00:42:49.980><c> to</c><00:42:50.300><c> come</c>

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under<00:42:50.860><c> the</c><00:42:51.320><c> influence</c><00:42:51.739><c> still</c><00:42:52.079><c> of</c><00:42:52.420><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:42:53.780><c> he</c><00:42:53.920><c> said,</c><00:42:54.059><c> no,</c><00:42:54.340><c> no,</c><00:42:54.480><c> no,</c><00:42:54.639><c> no,</c><00:42:54.780><c> no.</c>

00:42:55.699 --> 00:42:57.880
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Up<00:42:55.880><c> in</c><00:42:56.039><c> the</c><00:42:56.199><c> north,</c><00:42:56.460><c> we're</c><00:42:56.639><c> going</c><00:42:56.699><c> to</c><00:42:56.840><c> put</c><00:42:56.940><c> a</c><00:42:57.099><c> little</c><00:42:57.300><c> shrine.</c>

00:42:58.340 --> 00:43:01.599
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Down<00:42:58.760><c> in</c><00:42:59.059><c> the</c><00:42:59.219><c> south,</c><00:42:59.559><c> we'll</c><00:42:59.679><c> put</c><00:42:59.820><c> a</c><00:42:59.980><c> little</c><00:43:00.199><c> shrine</c><00:43:00.460><c> right</c><00:43:00.719><c> in</c><00:43:00.940><c> Bethel,</c>

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about<00:43:02.039><c> 10,</c><00:43:02.340><c> 15</c><00:43:02.780><c> miles</c><00:43:03.179><c> from</c><00:43:03.440><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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You<00:43:04.539><c> don't</c><00:43:04.679><c> have</c><00:43:04.800><c> to</c><00:43:04.940><c> go</c><00:43:05.099><c> down</c><00:43:05.460><c> south</c><00:43:05.960><c> to</c><00:43:06.139><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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These<00:43:07.980><c> be</c><00:43:08.239><c> your</c><00:43:08.500><c> gods,</c><00:43:09.139><c> oh</c><00:43:09.260><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:43:10.219><c> they're</c><00:43:10.380><c> going</c><00:43:10.480><c> to</c><00:43:10.639><c> set</c><00:43:10.760><c> up</c><00:43:10.980><c> a</c><00:43:11.480><c> shrine</c><00:43:11.840><c> or</c><00:43:12.139><c> a</c><00:43:12.320><c> small</c><00:43:12.519><c> little</c><00:43:12.820><c> temple</c><00:43:13.300><c> in</c><00:43:13.579><c> Bethel.</c>

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There<00:43:14.300><c> was</c><00:43:14.519><c> a</c><00:43:14.699><c> temple</c><00:43:14.940><c> in</c><00:43:15.119><c> Bethel.</c>

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There<00:43:16.039><c> was</c><00:43:16.300><c> also</c><00:43:16.619><c> a</c><00:43:16.860><c> temple</c><00:43:17.159><c> up</c><00:43:17.400><c> in</c><00:43:17.719><c> Dan.</c>

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And<00:43:19.019><c> they</c><00:43:19.320><c> made</c><00:43:19.599><c> the</c><00:43:19.880><c> golden</c><00:43:20.239><c> calf.</c>

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The<00:43:20.880><c> golden</c><00:43:21.260><c> calf</c><00:43:21.739><c> reappears.</c>

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These<00:43:23.860><c> are</c><00:43:24.159><c> your</c><00:43:24.340><c> gods.</c>

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And<00:43:25.519><c> so,</c><00:43:25.820><c> again,</c><00:43:26.260><c> I</c><00:43:26.440><c> want</c><00:43:26.659><c> to</c><00:43:26.900><c> reiterate,</c><00:43:28.019><c> this</c><00:43:28.320><c> wasn't</c><00:43:28.659><c> a</c><00:43:28.780><c> new</c><00:43:29.099><c> god.</c>

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This<00:43:32.000><c> was</c><00:43:32.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:32.940><c> they</c><00:43:33.159><c> were</c><00:43:33.440><c> worshiping</c><00:43:34.480><c> in</c><00:43:34.880><c> their</c><00:43:35.260><c> own</c><00:43:35.739><c> way,</c><00:43:37.059><c> their</c><00:43:37.300><c> own</c><00:43:37.539><c> way.</c>

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They're<00:43:37.920><c> doing</c><00:43:38.119><c> it</c><00:43:38.260><c> their</c><00:43:38.440><c> own</c><00:43:38.719><c> way.</c>

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Levites<00:43:39.940><c> don't,</c><00:43:40.119><c> no,</c><00:43:40.420><c> no,</c><00:43:40.480><c> no.</c>

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Levites<00:43:41.000><c> don't</c><00:43:41.219><c> have</c><00:43:41.420><c> to</c><00:43:41.559><c> be</c><00:43:41.719><c> a</c><00:43:41.800><c> priest.</c>

00:43:42.819 --> 00:43:44.440
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No,<00:43:43.259><c> anyone</c><00:43:43.699><c> can</c><00:43:43.920><c> be</c><00:43:44.099><c> a</c><00:43:44.260><c> priest.</c>

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Anyone<00:43:45.219><c> can</c><00:43:45.420><c> be</c><00:43:45.760><c> a</c><00:43:46.079><c> priest</c><00:43:46.420><c> now.</c>

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And<00:43:48.480><c> so,</c><00:43:49.340><c> instituting</c><00:43:49.659><c> new</c><00:43:49.960><c> festivals</c><00:43:50.500><c> as</c><00:43:50.860><c> well.</c>

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You<00:43:51.440><c> know,</c><00:43:51.579><c> think</c><00:43:51.820><c> about</c><00:43:52.039><c> the</c><00:43:52.239><c> law,</c><00:43:52.480><c> all</c><00:43:52.639><c> the</c><00:43:52.920><c> festivals</c><00:43:53.239><c> in</c>

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the<00:43:53.599><c> law.</c>

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And<00:43:53.840><c> so,</c><00:43:53.920><c> what</c><00:43:54.039><c> they're</c><00:43:54.239><c> doing</c><00:43:54.440><c> is</c><00:43:54.739><c> they're</c><00:43:54.900><c> saying,</c><00:43:55.219><c> no,</c><00:43:55.440><c> no,</c>

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no,<00:43:55.639><c> no,</c><00:43:55.760><c> no.</c>

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We've<00:43:56.420><c> got</c><00:43:56.500><c> our</c><00:43:56.739><c> own</c><00:43:56.940><c> rituals</c><00:43:57.360><c> and</c><00:43:57.619><c> routines.</c>

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God's<00:43:58.619><c> rituals</c><00:43:58.900><c> and</c><00:43:59.159><c> routines,</c><00:44:00.199><c> no,</c><00:44:00.380><c> no,</c><00:44:00.460><c> no.</c>

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:01.539
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His<00:44:00.840><c> festivals,</c><00:44:01.340><c> no,</c><00:44:01.480><c> no.</c>

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We've<00:44:01.719><c> got</c><00:44:01.780><c> a</c><00:44:01.900><c> new</c><00:44:02.039><c> one.</c>

00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:06.320
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And<00:44:03.659><c> so,</c><00:44:04.440><c> throughout</c><00:44:04.800><c> chronicles</c><00:44:05.440><c> and</c><00:44:05.659><c> throughout</c><00:44:05.980><c> kings,</c>

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this<00:44:06.840><c> was</c><00:44:07.159><c> the</c><00:44:07.440><c> sin</c>

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of<00:44:07.760><c> Jeroboam</c><00:44:08.300><c> that</c><00:44:08.500><c> made</c><00:44:08.739><c> Israel</c><00:44:09.179><c> to</c><00:44:09.440><c> sin.</c>

00:44:10.639 --> 00:44:14.780
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And<00:44:10.780><c> it</c><00:44:10.960><c> wasn't,</c><00:44:11.900><c> you</c><00:44:12.219><c> know,</c><00:44:12.320><c> you</c><00:44:12.360><c> could</c><00:44:12.619><c> call</c><00:44:13.000><c> it</c><00:44:13.280><c> idolatry,</c>

00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:19.260
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but<00:44:15.440><c> it</c><00:44:15.599><c> was</c><00:44:15.900><c> really</c><00:44:16.300><c> the</c><00:44:16.719><c> wrong</c><00:44:17.420><c> worship</c><00:44:18.199><c> of</c><00:44:18.960><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:44:19.340 --> 00:44:23.360
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They<00:44:19.559><c> were</c><00:44:19.960><c> worshiping</c><00:44:20.619><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:21.340><c> just</c><00:44:21.920><c> in</c><00:44:22.099><c> their</c><00:44:22.300><c> own</c><00:44:22.579><c> way.</c>

00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:27.340
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And<00:44:24.579><c> here,</c><00:44:24.920><c> you</c><00:44:24.920><c> can</c><00:44:25.079><c> go</c><00:44:25.340><c> to</c><00:44:25.500><c> these,</c><00:44:25.960><c> you</c><00:44:26.519><c> know,</c><00:44:26.760><c> up</c><00:44:26.880><c> in</c><00:44:27.139><c> Dan</c>

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right<00:44:27.579><c> here.</c>

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This<00:44:27.940><c> is</c><00:44:28.119><c> actually</c><00:44:28.440><c> the</c><00:44:29.500><c> temple</c><00:44:29.880><c> site</c><00:44:30.179><c> or</c><00:44:30.719><c> the</c><00:44:30.860><c> ritual</c><00:44:31.239><c> site</c>

00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:32.400
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up<00:44:31.820><c> in</c><00:44:32.099><c> Dan.</c>

00:44:32.699 --> 00:44:34.420
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And<00:44:32.900><c> you</c><00:44:32.980><c> can</c><00:44:33.199><c> see</c><00:44:33.340><c> it's</c><00:44:33.559><c> got,</c><00:44:33.719><c> you</c><00:44:33.840><c> know,</c><00:44:33.960><c> a</c><00:44:33.980><c> lot</c><00:44:34.139><c> of</c><00:44:34.320><c> time,</c>

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:35.639
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you<00:44:34.480><c> know,</c><00:44:34.780><c> nice</c><00:44:34.960><c> trees</c><00:44:35.400><c> there.</c>

00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:38.300
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It<00:44:35.639><c> looks</c><00:44:35.820><c> like</c><00:44:36.039><c> a</c><00:44:36.079><c> nice</c><00:44:36.639><c> kind</c><00:44:36.880><c> of</c><00:44:37.139><c> wooded</c><00:44:37.579><c> grassy</c><00:44:38.159><c> area.</c>

00:44:38.340 --> 00:44:39.199
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It's<00:44:38.500><c> a</c><00:44:38.599><c> nice</c><00:44:38.820><c> area.</c>

00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:41.599
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And<00:44:39.679><c> those</c><00:44:39.860><c> are</c><00:44:40.059><c> the</c><00:44:40.199><c> ruins</c><00:44:40.440><c> on</c><00:44:40.679><c> the</c><00:44:40.860><c> left</c><00:44:41.000><c>-hand</c><00:44:41.280><c> side.</c>

00:44:41.800 --> 00:44:46.960
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A<00:44:42.039><c> little</c><00:44:42.380><c> sketch</c><00:44:42.739><c> of</c><00:44:42.920><c> what</c><00:44:43.099><c> it</c><00:44:43.300><c> looked</c><00:44:43.500><c> like</c><00:44:43.800><c> as</c><00:44:44.079><c> well</c><00:44:44.559><c> as</c><00:44:45.840><c> it</c><00:44:46.119><c> stood.</c>

00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:49.159
x
And<00:44:47.719><c> there,</c><00:44:48.079><c> you</c><00:44:48.119><c> can</c><00:44:48.400><c> see</c><00:44:48.579><c> the</c><00:44:48.920><c> altar.</c>

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:52.619
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They<00:44:49.440><c> kind</c><00:44:49.659><c> of</c><00:44:49.840><c> made</c><00:44:50.039><c> an</c><00:44:50.780><c> altar</c><00:44:51.260><c> on</c><00:44:51.940><c> where,</c><00:44:52.219><c> you</c><00:44:52.320><c> know,</c><00:44:52.440><c> what</c>

00:44:52.619 --> 00:44:53.840
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the<00:44:52.900><c> altar</c><00:44:53.159><c> would</c><00:44:53.400><c> look</c><00:44:53.639><c> like.</c>

00:44:53.900 --> 00:44:57.119
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That's<00:44:54.380><c> inside</c><00:44:55.099><c> of</c><00:44:55.980><c> the</c><00:44:56.199><c> courtyard</c><00:44:56.619><c> itself.</c>

00:44:57.239 --> 00:45:02.860
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And<00:44:57.340><c> on</c><00:44:57.539><c> the</c><00:44:57.760><c> right</c><00:44:57.940><c>-hand</c><00:44:58.179><c> side,</c><00:44:58.539><c> you</c><00:44:58.719><c> have</c><00:44:59.260><c> some</c><00:44:59.659><c> of</c><00:44:59.880><c> the</c><00:45:02.079><c> tools</c><00:45:02.539><c> that</c>

00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:04.159
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they<00:45:03.199><c> used.</c>

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The<00:45:04.920><c> little</c><00:45:05.280><c> shovels</c><00:45:05.840><c> to</c><00:45:06.019><c> take</c><00:45:06.239><c> out</c><00:45:06.539><c> the</c><00:45:07.340><c> ashes</c><00:45:07.780><c> off</c><00:45:08.199><c> of,</c><00:45:08.739><c> from</c>

00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:11.179
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the<00:45:09.260><c> sacrifice,</c><00:45:09.820><c> that</c><00:45:10.039><c> type</c><00:45:10.280><c> of</c><00:45:10.420><c> thing.</c>

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:13.960
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They<00:45:11.800><c> mentioned</c><00:45:12.199><c> the</c><00:45:12.480><c> law</c><00:45:12.659><c> of</c><00:45:12.840><c> Moses,</c><00:45:13.420><c> by</c><00:45:13.659><c> the</c><00:45:13.820><c> way.</c>

00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:17.900
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And<00:45:14.179><c> so,</c><00:45:14.559><c> you</c><00:45:14.719><c> can</c><00:45:15.000><c> see</c><00:45:15.179><c> they're</c><00:45:15.480><c> using</c><00:45:16.019><c> a</c><00:45:16.260><c> lot</c><00:45:16.400><c> of</c><00:45:17.420><c> the</c><00:45:17.519><c> things</c>

00:45:17.900 --> 00:45:18.760
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found<00:45:18.260><c> in</c><00:45:18.460><c> the</c><00:45:18.599><c> law,</c>

00:45:18.780 --> 00:45:20.360
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but<00:45:18.920><c> they're</c><00:45:19.099><c> doing</c><00:45:19.360><c> it</c><00:45:19.579><c> their</c><00:45:19.800><c> own</c><00:45:20.059><c> way.</c>

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:22.159
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And<00:45:20.880><c> it's</c><00:45:21.179><c> not</c><00:45:21.400><c> in</c><00:45:21.619><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:25.679
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God<00:45:22.860><c> put</c><00:45:23.079><c> His</c><00:45:23.340><c> name</c><00:45:23.579><c> in</c><00:45:23.820><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:45:24.719><c> put</c><00:45:24.820><c> His</c><00:45:25.000><c> name</c><00:45:25.219><c> in</c><00:45:25.340><c> His</c><00:45:25.480><c> temple.</c>

00:45:25.739 --> 00:45:28.199
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That's<00:45:26.000><c> where</c><00:45:26.139><c> He</c><00:45:26.360><c> would</c><00:45:26.619><c> dwell,</c><00:45:27.119><c> He</c><00:45:27.380><c> says.</c>

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Jeroboam<00:45:28.679><c> says,</c><00:45:29.119><c> no,</c><00:45:29.480><c> for</c><00:45:29.739><c> political</c><00:45:30.400><c> reasons.</c>

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And<00:45:31.780><c> in</c><00:45:31.980><c> a</c><00:45:32.119><c> way,</c><00:45:32.400><c> you</c><00:45:32.619><c> can</c><00:45:32.880><c> understand</c><00:45:33.360><c> what</c><00:45:33.679><c> Jeroboam's</c><00:45:34.219><c> thinking.</c>

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I<00:45:35.139><c> don't</c><00:45:35.300><c> want</c><00:45:35.400><c> them</c><00:45:35.599><c> going</c><00:45:35.880><c> down</c><00:45:36.320><c> there.</c>

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Who<00:45:36.579><c> knows</c><00:45:36.860><c> what</c><00:45:37.019><c> they're</c><00:45:37.260><c> telling</c><00:45:37.480><c> them?</c>

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They<00:45:38.119><c> can</c><00:45:38.360><c> form</c><00:45:38.579><c> rebellion.</c>

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You<00:45:39.219><c> can</c><00:45:39.380><c> go</c><00:45:39.579><c> down</c><00:45:39.940><c> there,</c><00:45:40.460><c> you</c><00:45:40.519><c> can</c><00:45:40.780><c> form</c><00:45:41.039><c> a</c><00:45:41.179><c> rebellion,</c><00:45:41.860><c> send</c>

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them<00:45:42.179><c> back</c><00:45:42.519><c> up.</c>

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You've<00:45:43.480><c> got</c><00:45:43.559><c> a</c><00:45:43.739><c> problem</c><00:45:44.079><c> on</c><00:45:44.300><c> your</c><00:45:44.539><c> hands.</c>

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And<00:45:45.460><c> so,</c><00:45:45.659><c> we're</c><00:45:45.719><c> not</c><00:45:45.900><c> going</c><00:45:46.039><c> to</c><00:45:46.099><c> do</c><00:45:46.300><c> that,</c><00:45:46.519><c> Rieboam</c><00:45:46.960><c> says.</c>

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Rieboam<00:45:48.159><c> was</c><00:45:48.440><c> a</c><00:45:48.579><c> good</c><00:45:48.739><c> leader,</c><00:45:49.679><c> okay,</c><00:45:50.699><c> from</c><00:45:50.840><c> a,</c><00:45:50.840><c> from</c><00:45:50.980><c> a,</c><00:45:52.000><c> from</c>

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a,<00:45:52.719><c> from</c><00:45:52.739><c> a,</c><00:45:52.760><c> like</c><00:45:53.079><c> a</c><00:45:53.440><c> secular</c><00:45:53.820><c> point</c><00:45:54.199><c> of</c><00:45:54.360><c> view.</c>

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He<00:45:55.139><c> was</c><00:45:55.400><c> a</c><00:45:55.579><c> smart</c><00:45:55.760><c> guy.</c>

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He<00:45:56.780><c> led</c><00:45:57.119><c> Israel</c><00:45:57.539><c> for</c><00:45:57.739><c> like</c><00:45:57.900><c> 20</c><00:45:58.179><c> years</c><00:45:58.500><c> or</c><00:45:58.659><c> something</c><00:45:58.920><c> like</c><00:45:59.239><c> that.</c>

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But<00:46:01.039><c> he</c><00:46:01.119><c> was</c><00:46:01.320><c> doing</c><00:46:01.840><c> religion</c><00:46:02.619><c> his</c><00:46:03.820><c> own</c><00:46:04.179><c> way.</c>

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Isn't<00:46:06.679><c> that</c><00:46:06.840><c> what</c><00:46:06.980><c> the</c><00:46:07.159><c> world's</c><00:46:07.440><c> all</c><00:46:07.659><c> about</c><00:46:07.860><c> today,</c><00:46:08.320><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:46:08.820><c> sisters?</c>

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Doing<00:46:10.840><c> religion</c><00:46:11.360><c> their</c><00:46:12.440><c> own</c><00:46:12.780><c> way.</c>

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So,<00:46:14.760><c> we</c><00:46:14.780><c> just</c><00:46:15.099><c> have</c><00:46:15.219><c> to,</c><00:46:15.400><c> you</c><00:46:15.400><c> know,</c><00:46:15.800><c> a</c><00:46:15.800><c> lot</c><00:46:15.980><c> of</c><00:46:16.159><c> things</c>

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that<00:46:16.960><c> ancient</c><00:46:17.239><c> Israel</c><00:46:17.579><c> struggled</c><00:46:17.940><c> with,</c><00:46:18.280><c> we</c><00:46:18.420><c> struggle</c><00:46:18.699><c> with</c>

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as<00:46:19.179><c> well.</c>

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The<00:46:20.139><c> fight</c><00:46:20.280><c> is</c><00:46:20.559><c> the</c><00:46:20.719><c> same.</c>