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down<00:14:02.200><c> to</c><00:14:02.379><c> the</c><00:14:02.460><c> bottom</c><00:14:02.720><c> of</c><00:14:02.899><c> the</c><00:14:03.080><c> page,</c><00:14:03.779><c> those</c><00:14:04.000><c> are</c><00:14:04.240><c> dates</c><00:14:04.519><c> BC.</c>

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Then<00:14:06.460><c> we</c><00:14:06.679><c> have,</c><00:14:06.940><c> as</c><00:14:07.159><c> we've</c><00:14:07.440><c> said,</c><00:14:08.279><c> a</c><00:14:08.379><c> dark</c><00:14:08.840><c> line</c><00:14:09.179><c> dividing</c><00:14:09.639><c> the</c>

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reigns<00:14:10.320><c> of</c><00:14:10.440><c> Judah's</c><00:14:10.879><c> kings</c><00:14:11.100><c> and</c><00:14:11.379><c> Israel's</c><00:14:12.200><c> kings.</c>

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And<00:14:14.820><c> since</c><00:14:15.039><c> we've</c><00:14:15.340><c> referred</c><00:14:15.559><c> already</c><00:14:16.139><c> to</c><00:14:16.539><c> the</c><00:14:16.879><c> kings</c>

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which<00:14:18.320><c> Elijah</c><00:14:18.919><c> and</c><00:14:19.279><c> Elisha</c><00:14:19.820><c> are</c><00:14:20.179><c> contemporary</c><00:14:20.720><c> with,</c><00:14:21.460><c> it's</c>

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worth<00:14:22.179><c> careful</c><00:14:22.700><c> attention</c><00:14:23.240><c> under</c><00:14:23.639><c> Israel.</c>

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To<00:14:25.019><c> notice</c><00:14:25.379><c> where</c><00:14:25.740><c> Ahab</c><00:14:26.120><c> comes,</c><00:14:27.340><c> where</c><00:14:27.559><c> Ahaziah</c><00:14:28.159><c> begins.</c>

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As<00:14:29.500><c> you</c><00:14:29.580><c> go</c><00:14:29.720><c> down</c><00:14:29.980><c> under</c><00:14:30.240><c> Israel,</c><00:14:31.200><c> where</c><00:14:31.320><c> I'm</c><00:14:31.480><c> pointing</c><00:14:31.779><c> with</c>

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my<00:14:32.200><c> finger</c><00:14:32.440><c> on</c><00:14:32.600><c> the</c><00:14:32.799><c> overhead</c><00:14:33.100><c> over</c><00:14:33.460><c> here,</c>

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Jehoram,<00:14:35.919><c> and</c><00:14:36.059><c> then</c><00:14:36.240><c> of</c><00:14:36.379><c> course</c><00:14:36.659><c> Jehu,</c><00:14:37.940><c> with</c><00:14:38.120><c> whom</c><00:14:38.240><c> Elisha</c><00:14:38.879><c> spends</c><00:14:39.139><c> a</c>

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great<00:14:39.600><c> deal</c><00:14:39.840><c> of</c><00:14:40.100><c> time.</c>

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And<00:14:41.159><c> then</c><00:14:41.379><c> finally,</c><00:14:41.919><c> Jehoahaz</c><00:14:42.480><c> and</c><00:14:43.139><c> Johash.</c>

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You'll<00:14:46.460><c> notice</c><00:14:46.720><c> as</c><00:14:46.879><c> you</c><00:14:47.080><c> move</c><00:14:47.259><c> over</c><00:14:47.559><c> to</c><00:14:47.740><c> the</c><00:14:47.940><c> right</c><00:14:48.320><c> beyond</c>

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those<00:14:49.159><c> two</c><00:14:49.500><c> deep</c><00:14:49.840><c> black</c><00:14:50.179><c> lines</c>

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that<00:14:51.799><c> you</c><00:14:51.960><c> have</c><00:14:52.259><c> reference</c><00:14:52.679><c> to</c><00:14:52.960><c> Syria</c><00:14:53.399><c> and</c><00:14:54.340><c> to</c><00:14:54.500><c> a</c><00:14:54.580><c> number</c><00:14:54.759><c> of</c><00:14:55.080><c> wars</c>

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which<00:14:56.039><c> are</c><00:14:56.320><c> waged</c><00:14:56.779><c> between</c><00:14:57.200><c> Syria</c><00:14:57.879><c> and</c><00:14:58.799><c> Israel</c><00:14:59.220><c> especially.</c>

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You'll<00:15:01.100><c> notice</c><00:15:01.299><c> under</c><00:15:01.679><c> Syria</c><00:15:02.200><c> and</c><00:15:02.600><c> wars,</c><00:15:03.620><c> reference</c><00:15:03.779><c> to</c><00:15:03.980><c> a</c><00:15:04.120><c> number</c><00:15:04.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:04.700><c> Syrian</c><00:15:05.000><c> kings.</c>

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You'll<00:15:07.039><c> notice</c><00:15:07.220><c> also</c><00:15:07.919><c> reference</c><00:15:08.740><c> to</c><00:15:09.340><c> archaeological</c><00:15:10.080><c> discoveries</c><00:15:10.740><c> which</c>

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you<00:15:11.200><c> may</c><00:15:11.299><c> not</c><00:15:11.500><c> be</c><00:15:11.720><c> aware</c><00:15:11.980><c> of.</c>

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So<00:15:13.059><c> we'll</c><00:15:13.179><c> just</c><00:15:13.399><c> bring</c><00:15:13.500><c> them</c><00:15:13.659><c> to</c><00:15:13.759><c> your</c><00:15:14.000><c> attention.</c>

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The<00:15:15.419><c> Melchart</c><00:15:16.039><c> Stele.</c>

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That<00:15:17.139><c> is</c><00:15:17.320><c> an</c><00:15:17.559><c> archaeological</c><00:15:18.200><c> discovery</c><00:15:18.940><c> which</c><00:15:19.600><c> has</c><00:15:19.919><c> helped</c>

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historians<00:15:20.659><c> and</c><00:15:20.980><c> archaeologists</c>

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date<00:15:22.379><c> this</c><00:15:22.820><c> period</c><00:15:23.080><c> of</c><00:15:23.360><c> time.</c>

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And<00:15:24.320><c> which</c><00:15:24.600><c> Edmund</c><00:15:25.039><c> Green</c><00:15:25.259><c> himself</c><00:15:25.960><c> took</c><00:15:26.340><c> a</c><00:15:26.600><c> close</c><00:15:26.820><c> look</c><00:15:27.120><c> at</c>

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in<00:15:27.700><c> order</c><00:15:27.919><c> to</c><00:15:28.220><c> establish</c><00:15:28.580><c> his</c><00:15:28.919><c> suggested</c><00:15:29.320><c> dates.</c>

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Then<00:15:31.480><c> there's</c><00:15:31.759><c> reference</c><00:15:32.080><c> to</c><00:15:32.360><c> Ben</c><00:15:32.639><c> Hadad</c><00:15:33.080><c> II,</c><00:15:34.120><c> a</c><00:15:34.240><c> question</c><00:15:34.600><c> mark.</c>

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Some<00:15:35.500><c> uncertainty</c><00:15:36.139><c> as</c><00:15:36.399><c> to</c><00:15:36.679><c> exactly</c><00:15:37.039><c> when</c><00:15:37.720><c> that</c><00:15:38.179><c> Syrian</c><00:15:38.580><c> king</c><00:15:38.940><c> began.</c>

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So<00:15:41.740><c> as</c><00:15:42.000><c> you</c><00:15:42.100><c> go</c><00:15:42.259><c> down</c><00:15:42.460><c> through</c><00:15:42.639><c> that</c><00:15:42.899><c> section,</c><00:15:43.179><c> you'll</c><00:15:43.440><c> notice</c>

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there<00:15:43.860><c> is</c><00:15:44.179><c> a</c><00:15:44.279><c> lot</c><00:15:44.480><c> of</c><00:15:44.879><c> historical</c><00:15:45.279><c> material.</c>

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When<00:15:48.279><c> we</c><00:15:48.480><c> move</c><00:15:48.679><c> over</c><00:15:49.059><c> to</c><00:15:49.320><c> the</c><00:15:49.559><c> last</c><00:15:49.919><c> two</c><00:15:50.200><c> columns,</c><00:15:50.720><c> which</c><00:15:50.820><c> are</c>

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extremely<00:15:51.500><c> important</c><00:15:51.899><c> for</c><00:15:52.120><c> our</c><00:15:52.419><c> study</c><00:15:52.759><c> this</c><00:15:53.360><c> week,</c>

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Elijah<00:15:54.480><c> and</c><00:15:54.779><c> Elisha,</c><00:15:55.679><c> you'll</c><00:15:55.940><c> notice</c><00:15:56.159><c> the</c><00:15:56.360><c> following</c><00:15:56.759><c> features.</c>

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First,<00:15:58.179><c> there</c><00:15:58.379><c> are</c><00:15:58.720><c> two</c><00:15:59.000><c> lines</c><00:15:59.740><c> in</c><00:16:00.259><c> the</c><00:16:00.460><c> Elijah</c><00:16:00.879><c> and</c><00:16:01.080><c> Elisha</c><00:16:01.659><c> column.</c>

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I'll<00:16:02.580><c> point</c><00:16:02.740><c> those</c><00:16:03.000><c> out</c><00:16:03.159><c> on</c><00:16:03.279><c> the</c><00:16:03.519><c> overhead.</c>

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This<00:16:04.919><c> one</c><00:16:05.120><c> here,</c><00:16:06.139><c> which</c><00:16:06.399><c> deals</c><00:16:06.659><c> with</c><00:16:06.919><c> Elijah's</c><00:16:07.899><c> ministry,</c>

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and<00:16:09.519><c> this</c><00:16:09.799><c> one</c><00:16:10.000><c> here</c><00:16:10.299><c> that</c><00:16:10.500><c> deals</c><00:16:10.820><c> with,</c>

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when<00:16:11.700><c> I</c><00:16:11.759><c> go</c><00:16:11.879><c> down</c><00:16:12.059><c> to</c><00:16:12.200><c> the</c><00:16:12.279><c> end</c><00:16:12.399><c> of</c><00:16:12.519><c> my</c><00:16:12.720><c> overhead,</c><00:16:13.480><c> deals</c><00:16:13.720><c> with</c>

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the<00:16:14.120><c> ministry</c><00:16:14.399><c> of</c><00:16:14.580><c> Elisha.</c>

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Again,<00:16:16.379><c> you</c><00:16:16.500><c> might</c><00:16:16.720><c> find</c><00:16:16.919><c> it</c><00:16:17.139><c> helpful</c><00:16:17.399><c> to</c><00:16:17.620><c> just</c><00:16:17.860><c> highlight</c><00:16:18.220><c> those</c><00:16:18.559><c> two</c><00:16:18.720><c> so</c>

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they<00:16:19.080><c> stand</c><00:16:19.320><c> out</c><00:16:19.500><c> in</c><00:16:19.799><c> contrast.</c>

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But<00:16:21.419><c> as</c><00:16:21.759><c> you</c><00:16:21.940><c> look</c><00:16:22.080><c> at</c><00:16:22.200><c> those</c><00:16:22.419><c> two</c><00:16:22.659><c> lines,</c><00:16:24.080><c> one</c><00:16:24.299><c> dealing</c><00:16:24.620><c> with</c>

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the<00:16:25.039><c> length</c><00:16:25.259><c> of</c><00:16:25.519><c> Elijah's</c><00:16:26.059><c> ministry,</c>

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one<00:16:26.720><c> dealing</c><00:16:26.960><c> with</c><00:16:27.159><c> the</c><00:16:27.299><c> length</c><00:16:27.500><c> of</c><00:16:28.019><c> Elisha's</c><00:16:28.500><c> ministry,</c>

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you'll<00:16:29.779><c> automatically</c><00:16:30.279><c> see</c><00:16:30.740><c> what</c><00:16:30.879><c> we</c><00:16:31.059><c> have</c><00:16:31.320><c> established</c><00:16:31.659><c> by</c><00:16:31.980><c> statistics.</c>

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That<00:16:33.659><c> the</c><00:16:34.159><c> ministry</c><00:16:34.600><c> of</c><00:16:34.879><c> Elisha</c><00:16:35.480><c> is</c><00:16:35.720><c> much</c><00:16:36.059><c> longer</c><00:16:36.539><c> in</c><00:16:37.019><c> time,</c>

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and<00:16:38.159><c> thus</c><00:16:38.320><c> the</c><00:16:38.539><c> line</c><00:16:38.779><c> is</c><00:16:39.019><c> longer</c><00:16:39.539><c> than</c><00:16:40.259><c> Elijah.</c>

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48<00:16:42.379><c> years,</c><00:16:43.220><c> roughly,</c><00:16:43.759><c> as</c><00:16:43.919><c> opposed</c><00:16:44.299><c> to</c><00:16:44.620><c> Elijah's</c><00:16:45.759><c> ministry,</c>

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about<00:16:47.000><c> 24</c><00:16:47.559><c> years.</c>

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Another<00:16:49.720><c> feature</c><00:16:50.080><c> on</c><00:16:50.259><c> that</c><00:16:50.539><c> column</c><00:16:50.980><c> that</c><00:16:51.399><c> will</c><00:16:51.559><c> bring</c><00:16:51.720><c> to</c>

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your<00:16:52.100><c> attention.</c>

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Underneath<00:16:53.519><c> the</c><00:16:53.759><c> word</c><00:16:54.080><c> Elijah,</c><00:16:54.879><c> where</c><00:16:55.059><c> my</c><00:16:55.320><c> pen</c><00:16:55.500><c> is</c><00:16:55.720><c> now</c><00:16:55.960><c> pointing</c><00:16:56.200><c> on</c>

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the<00:16:56.580><c> overhead,</c>

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you'll<00:16:57.779><c> notice</c><00:16:58.000><c> a</c><00:16:58.320><c> square</c><00:16:58.559><c> box</c><00:16:58.960><c> that</c><00:16:59.159><c> has</c><00:16:59.440><c> hasher</c><00:16:59.759><c> lines.</c>

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That<00:17:01.720><c> is</c><00:17:02.519><c> checkered</c><00:17:02.940><c> off</c><00:17:03.799><c> as</c><00:17:04.940><c> indicating</c><00:17:05.519><c> the</c><00:17:05.940><c> period</c><00:17:06.420><c> of</c><00:17:06.900><c> drought</c><00:17:07.119><c> for</c>

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three<00:17:07.759><c> and</c><00:17:07.980><c> a</c><00:17:08.000><c> half</c><00:17:08.319><c> years</c>

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initiated<00:17:10.160><c> by</c><00:17:10.539><c> Elijah,</c><00:17:11.740><c> referred</c><00:17:12.140><c> to</c><00:17:12.500><c> in</c><00:17:12.700><c> 1</c><00:17:12.859><c> Kings</c><00:17:13.180><c> 17.</c>

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You<00:17:16.059><c> see</c><00:17:16.299><c> then</c><00:17:16.599><c> that</c><00:17:16.799><c> Elijah</c><00:17:17.319><c> begins</c><00:17:17.759><c> his</c><00:17:18.119><c> ministry</c>

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with<00:17:19.380><c> that</c><00:17:19.759><c> particular</c><00:17:20.339><c> three</c><00:17:20.640><c> and</c><00:17:20.799><c> a</c><00:17:20.819><c> half</c><00:17:21.059><c> year</c><00:17:21.299><c> period</c><00:17:21.759><c> of</c><00:17:22.339><c> drought.</c>

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If<00:17:24.180><c> you</c><00:17:24.359><c> follow</c><00:17:24.599><c> that</c><00:17:24.920><c> line</c><00:17:25.140><c> down</c><00:17:25.519><c> to</c><00:17:25.680><c> where</c><00:17:25.799><c> my</c><00:17:26.079><c> pen</c><00:17:26.220><c> is</c><00:17:26.440><c> now</c><00:17:26.720><c> moving,</c>

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you'll<00:17:29.039><c> notice</c><00:17:29.180><c> there's</c><00:17:29.460><c> a</c><00:17:29.599><c> reference</c><00:17:29.920><c> to</c><00:17:30.299><c> the</c><00:17:30.420><c> word</c><00:17:30.720><c> ascension.</c>

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That's<00:17:32.579><c> when</c><00:17:32.900><c> Elijah</c><00:17:33.539><c> departs</c><00:17:34.299><c> in</c><00:17:34.420><c> the</c><00:17:34.640><c> whirlwind</c><00:17:35.140><c> of</c><00:17:35.539><c> divine</c><00:17:35.940><c> activity,</c>

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where<00:17:37.579><c> he</c><00:17:37.799><c> is</c><00:17:38.059><c> described</c><00:17:38.720><c> by</c><00:17:39.160><c> Elisha</c><00:17:40.599><c> as</c><00:17:41.119><c> the</c><00:17:41.599><c> chariot</c><00:17:42.079><c> and</c><00:17:42.359><c> the</c><00:17:42.619><c> father</c><00:17:42.859><c> of</c><00:17:43.039><c> Israel.</c>

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Notice<00:17:45.240><c> the</c><00:17:45.420><c> word</c><00:17:45.680><c> letter</c><00:17:46.000><c> is</c><00:17:46.299><c> there.</c>

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It's<00:17:47.240><c> roughly</c><00:17:47.559><c> at</c><00:17:47.799><c> that</c><00:17:48.079><c> time</c><00:17:48.500><c> that</c><00:17:48.859><c> a</c><00:17:49.079><c> letter</c><00:17:49.480><c> is</c><00:17:50.319><c> sent</c><00:17:50.640><c> from</c><00:17:51.220><c> Elijah,</c>

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contemporary<00:17:52.940><c> with</c><00:17:53.119><c> one</c><00:17:53.259><c> of</c><00:17:53.359><c> the</c><00:17:53.460><c> kings</c><00:17:53.740><c> of</c><00:17:53.920><c> Israel.</c>

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Then<00:17:55.279><c> if</c><00:17:55.420><c> you</c><00:17:55.579><c> move</c><00:17:55.740><c> over</c><00:17:56.019><c> to</c><00:17:56.180><c> the</c><00:17:56.359><c> far</c><00:17:56.619><c> right</c><00:17:57.000><c> to</c><00:17:57.420><c> the</c><00:17:57.599><c> line</c><00:17:57.960><c> indicating</c><00:17:58.460><c> the</c><00:17:58.759><c> ministry</c><00:17:59.039><c> of</c><00:17:59.259><c> Elisha,</c>

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there<00:18:01.200><c> are</c><00:18:01.440><c> scriptural</c><00:18:01.920><c> references</c><00:18:02.359><c> provided.</c>

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And<00:18:03.660><c> you</c><00:18:03.819><c> come</c><00:18:04.059><c> down</c><00:18:04.319><c> to</c><00:18:04.539><c> another</c><00:18:04.759><c> one</c><00:18:04.900><c> of</c><00:18:05.000><c> those</c><00:18:05.200><c> boxed</c><00:18:06.019><c> sections,</c>

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which<00:18:06.720><c> I'll</c><00:18:06.980><c> point</c><00:18:07.200><c> to</c><00:18:07.420><c> here</c><00:18:07.579><c> on</c><00:18:07.700><c> the</c><00:18:07.900><c> overhead.</c>

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That<00:18:10.720><c> box</c><00:18:11.140><c> section</c><00:18:11.599><c> deals</c><00:18:12.039><c> with</c><00:18:12.680><c> an</c><00:18:13.240><c> episode</c><00:18:13.740><c> we'll</c><00:18:14.079><c> be</c><00:18:14.220><c> dealing</c><00:18:14.460><c> with</c>

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in<00:18:14.920><c> the</c><00:18:15.019><c> middle</c><00:18:15.180><c> of</c><00:18:15.359><c> the</c><00:18:15.480><c> week,</c>

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a<00:18:16.059><c> very</c><00:18:16.480><c> significant</c><00:18:17.099><c> episode,</c><00:18:18.700><c> Elisha</c><00:18:19.279><c> and</c><00:18:19.599><c> the</c><00:18:19.799><c> Shunammite</c><00:18:20.240><c> woman.</c>

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As<00:18:21.819><c> you</c><00:18:21.960><c> look</c><00:18:22.180><c> down</c><00:18:22.680><c> through</c><00:18:22.880><c> that</c><00:18:23.240><c> time</c><00:18:23.640><c> chart,</c>

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you'll<00:18:25.119><c> notice</c><00:18:25.480><c> that</c><00:18:26.640><c> Elisha's</c><00:18:27.480><c> dealing</c><00:18:27.720><c> with</c><00:18:27.940><c> the</c><00:18:28.140><c> Shunammite,</c>

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which<00:18:29.420><c> seems</c><00:18:29.740><c> perhaps</c><00:18:30.259><c> only</c><00:18:30.680><c> a</c><00:18:30.900><c> passing</c><00:18:31.220><c> event</c><00:18:31.740><c> when</c><00:18:31.980><c> you're</c>

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reading<00:18:32.359><c> it</c><00:18:32.819><c> in</c><00:18:33.240><c> Kings.</c>

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In<00:18:34.440><c> fact,</c><00:18:34.960><c> was</c><00:18:35.119><c> a</c><00:18:35.319><c> protracted</c><00:18:35.940><c> event.</c>

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Elisha's<00:18:38.339><c> dealing</c><00:18:38.519><c> with</c><00:18:38.740><c> the</c><00:18:38.920><c> Shunammite,</c><00:18:39.799><c> in</c><00:18:40.119><c> fact,</c><00:18:40.599><c> takes</c>

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us<00:18:41.400><c> well</c><00:18:41.819><c> over</c><00:18:43.140><c> 20</c><00:18:43.680><c> some</c><00:18:43.980><c> odd</c><00:18:44.140><c> years.</c>

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And<00:18:46.519><c> the</c><00:18:46.740><c> section</c><00:18:46.940><c> at</c><00:18:47.140><c> the</c><00:18:47.380><c> bottom,</c><00:18:47.660><c> which</c><00:18:47.819><c> I'm</c><00:18:48.000><c> pointing</c><00:18:48.279><c> to</c>

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on<00:18:48.599><c> the</c><00:18:48.839><c> overhead</c><00:18:49.140><c> with</c><00:18:49.339><c> those</c><00:18:49.599><c> hasher</c><00:18:50.000><c> lines,</c>

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indicates<00:18:51.960><c> a</c><00:18:52.519><c> seven</c><00:18:52.880><c>-year</c><00:18:53.599><c> period</c><00:18:54.140><c> of</c><00:18:54.519><c> drought</c><00:18:55.180><c> initiated</c><00:18:57.039><c> by</c>

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Yahweh,<00:18:59.700><c> not</c><00:18:59.920><c> by</c><00:19:00.220><c> Elisha,</c>

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referred<00:19:01.759><c> to</c><00:19:01.980><c> in</c><00:19:02.259><c> 2</c><00:19:02.460><c> Kings.</c>

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The<00:19:03.680><c> seven</c><00:19:04.099><c>-year</c><00:19:04.400><c> period</c><00:19:04.759><c> of</c><00:19:05.059><c> drought,</c><00:19:06.099><c> which</c><00:19:06.200><c> had</c><00:19:06.380><c> a</c><00:19:06.740><c> direct</c>

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effect<00:19:07.559><c> on</c><00:19:07.819><c> the</c><00:19:08.000><c> life</c><00:19:08.200><c> of</c><00:19:08.420><c> the</c><00:19:08.559><c> Shunammite</c><00:19:08.980><c> woman.</c>

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Now,<00:19:11.420><c> we've</c><00:19:11.880><c> spent</c><00:19:12.079><c> some</c><00:19:12.440><c> time</c><00:19:12.819><c> familiarizing</c><00:19:13.640><c> you</c><00:19:13.859><c> with</c><00:19:14.019><c> those</c><00:19:14.279><c> details</c><00:19:14.880><c> so</c>

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that<00:19:15.660><c> you</c><00:19:15.920><c> can</c><00:19:16.200><c> make</c><00:19:16.460><c> some</c>

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sense<00:19:17.019><c> of</c><00:19:17.180><c> the</c><00:19:17.400><c> chart,</c><00:19:17.759><c> because</c><00:19:17.880><c> there's</c><00:19:18.039><c> a</c><00:19:18.160><c> lot</c><00:19:18.279><c> of</c><00:19:18.519><c> detail</c>

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on<00:19:19.039><c> there.</c>

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We<00:19:20.240><c> hope</c><00:19:20.440><c> that</c><00:19:20.599><c> you'll</c><00:19:20.819><c> refer</c><00:19:21.099><c> to</c><00:19:21.299><c> that,</c><00:19:21.680><c> brothers</c><00:19:21.680><c> and</c><00:19:21.940><c> sisters,</c><00:19:22.200><c> from</c>

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time<00:19:22.720><c> to</c><00:19:22.920><c> time,</c>

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because<00:19:23.740><c> we</c><00:19:24.000><c> believe</c><00:19:24.160><c> the</c><00:19:24.400><c> information</c><00:19:24.819><c> on</c><00:19:25.039><c> there</c><00:19:25.559><c> helps</c><00:19:26.059><c> to</c>

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put<00:19:26.700><c> a</c><00:19:27.039><c> backdrop</c>

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against<00:19:28.460><c> many</c><00:19:28.839><c> of</c><00:19:28.980><c> the</c><00:19:29.160><c> events</c><00:19:29.420><c> in</c><00:19:29.660><c> both</c><00:19:29.920><c> Elijah</c><00:19:30.319><c> and</c>

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Elisha's<00:19:31.519><c> ministries.</c>

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Perhaps<00:19:34.740><c> we</c><00:19:34.920><c> could</c><00:19:35.059><c> now</c><00:19:35.279><c> focus</c><00:19:35.579><c> on</c><00:19:35.759><c> something</c><00:19:36.079><c> else.</c>

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At<00:19:37.680><c> the</c><00:19:37.900><c> top</c><00:19:38.259><c> of</c><00:19:38.519><c> my</c><00:19:38.819><c> overhead,</c><00:19:39.480><c> and</c><00:19:39.779><c> likewise</c><00:19:40.180><c> your</c><00:19:40.500><c> chart,</c>

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I'm<00:19:42.000><c> going</c><00:19:42.099><c> to</c><00:19:42.319><c> point</c><00:19:42.519><c> my</c><00:19:42.859><c> pen</c><00:19:43.420><c> to</c><00:19:44.160><c> the</c><00:19:44.319><c> word</c><00:19:44.519><c> Syria.</c>

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The<00:19:46.980><c> next</c><00:19:47.220><c> few</c><00:19:47.440><c> remarks</c><00:19:47.900><c> are</c><00:19:48.079><c> going</c><00:19:48.160><c> to</c><00:19:48.259><c> be</c><00:19:48.500><c> focused</c><00:19:48.960><c> on</c><00:19:49.299><c> the</c>

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significance<00:19:50.099><c> of</c><00:19:50.559><c> Syria</c>

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in<00:19:51.779><c> the</c><00:19:52.000><c> life</c><00:19:52.519><c> of</c><00:19:53.299><c> Elisha</c><00:19:53.819><c> in</c><00:19:54.200><c> particular.</c>

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Since<00:19:55.880><c> we're</c><00:19:56.059><c> dealing</c><00:19:56.319><c> with</c><00:19:56.559><c> background</c><00:19:57.140><c> and</c><00:19:57.279><c> we're</c><00:19:57.539><c> trying</c>

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to<00:19:58.039><c> set</c><00:19:58.220><c> the</c><00:19:58.519><c> stage</c>

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of<00:19:59.740><c> the</c><00:19:59.980><c> ministries</c><00:20:00.380><c> of</c><00:20:00.579><c> these</c><00:20:00.799><c> two</c><00:20:01.039><c> prophets,</c><00:20:01.740><c> especially</c><00:20:02.140><c> Elisha,</c>

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we<00:20:03.700><c> can't</c><00:20:04.519><c> miss</c><00:20:04.960><c> the</c><00:20:05.380><c> importance</c><00:20:05.799><c> of</c><00:20:06.279><c> Syria.</c>

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If<00:20:08.400><c> you</c><00:20:08.579><c> were</c><00:20:08.740><c> to</c><00:20:08.880><c> turn</c><00:20:09.039><c> to</c><00:20:09.220><c> the</c><00:20:09.460><c> history</c><00:20:09.700><c> books</c><00:20:10.180><c> or</c><00:20:10.619><c> the</c>

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archaeology<00:20:11.500><c> books,</c>

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you<00:20:12.640><c> would</c><00:20:12.940><c> not</c><00:20:13.299><c> usually</c><00:20:13.700><c> find</c><00:20:14.200><c> historians</c><00:20:15.039><c> dealing</c><00:20:15.880><c> with</c><00:20:16.240><c> Syria.</c>

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That<00:20:17.119><c> would</c><00:20:17.420><c> not</c><00:20:17.640><c> be</c><00:20:17.839><c> the</c><00:20:18.079><c> word</c><00:20:18.279><c> they</c><00:20:18.500><c> would</c><00:20:18.779><c> use.</c>

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And<00:20:19.920><c> this</c><00:20:20.119><c> can</c><00:20:20.339><c> be</c><00:20:20.559><c> confusing</c><00:20:21.220><c> if</c><00:20:21.920><c> you</c><00:20:22.140><c> pursue</c><00:20:22.500><c> this</c><00:20:22.779><c> area</c><00:20:23.099><c> of</c>

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study<00:20:23.500><c> on</c><00:20:23.740><c> your</c><00:20:23.940><c> own.</c>

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The<00:20:25.660><c> word</c><00:20:26.039><c> for</c><00:20:26.460><c> Syria,</c><00:20:27.339><c> properly</c><00:20:27.859><c> speaking,</c><00:20:29.059><c> is</c><00:20:29.339><c> Aram,</c><00:20:30.400><c> A</c><00:20:30.900><c>-R</c><00:20:31.700><c>-A</c><00:20:32.640><c>-M.</c>

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Whenever<00:20:34.299><c> you</c><00:20:34.599><c> meet</c><00:20:34.940><c> Aram</c><00:20:35.980><c> or</c><00:20:37.039><c> the</c><00:20:37.359><c> Arameans</c><00:20:38.140><c> or</c><00:20:38.420><c> the</c><00:20:38.680><c> Aramites,</c>

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you're<00:20:39.680><c> dealing</c><00:20:40.059><c> with</c><00:20:41.059><c> the</c><00:20:41.579><c> proper</c><00:20:41.980><c> historical</c><00:20:42.700><c> term</c><00:20:43.099><c> for</c>

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the<00:20:43.660><c> Syrians.</c>

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So<00:20:49.019><c> what</c><00:20:49.539><c> do</c><00:20:49.740><c> the</c><00:20:50.119><c> historians</c><00:20:50.559><c> have</c><00:20:50.819><c> to</c><00:20:51.099><c> say?</c>

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What<00:20:52.079><c> does</c><00:20:52.380><c> Scripture</c><00:20:52.720><c> have</c><00:20:53.019><c> to</c><00:20:53.279><c> say</c><00:20:53.440><c> about</c><00:20:53.700><c> the</c><00:20:53.920><c> significance</c><00:20:54.619><c> of</c><00:20:55.619><c> Syria</c><00:20:56.059><c> or</c>

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the<00:20:57.039><c> Arameans?</c>

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Well,<00:20:59.579><c> let's</c><00:20:59.779><c> start</c><00:21:00.000><c> with</c><00:21:00.220><c> Scripture.</c>

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From<00:21:03.259><c> the</c><00:21:03.539><c> scriptural</c><00:21:04.019><c> accounts</c><00:21:04.619><c> in</c><00:21:05.720><c> Kings,</c><00:21:07.440><c> we</c><00:21:07.819><c> move</c><00:21:08.400><c> in</c><00:21:08.680><c> the</c>

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ministry<00:21:09.380><c> of</c><00:21:09.819><c> Elijah</c>

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from<00:21:11.440><c> an</c><00:21:11.779><c> emphasis</c><00:21:12.299><c> and</c><00:21:12.740><c> an</c><00:21:13.000><c> attention</c><00:21:13.579><c> on</c><00:21:13.960><c> Tyre</c><00:21:15.059><c> during</c><00:21:15.460><c> the</c>

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ministry<00:21:15.940><c> of</c><00:21:16.180><c> Elijah</c>

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to<00:21:18.299><c> an</c><00:21:18.900><c> attention</c><00:21:19.779><c> to</c><00:21:20.880><c> Syria</c><00:21:21.400><c> or</c><00:21:21.980><c> Aram</c><00:21:22.680><c> during</c><00:21:23.180><c> the</c><00:21:23.539><c> ministry</c>

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of<00:21:24.420><c> Elisha.</c>

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Tyre<00:21:27.539><c> fades</c><00:21:28.099><c> into</c><00:21:28.460><c> the</c><00:21:28.660><c> background</c><00:21:29.200><c> as</c><00:21:30.180><c> you</c><00:21:30.460><c> move</c><00:21:30.819><c> between</c>

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these<00:21:31.480><c> two</c><00:21:31.740><c> ministries,</c>

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from<00:21:32.680><c> Elijah</c><00:21:33.279><c> over</c><00:21:33.900><c> to</c><00:21:34.140><c> Elisha.</c>

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As<00:21:37.000><c> close</c><00:21:37.359><c> as</c><00:21:37.539><c> their</c><00:21:37.799><c> ministries</c><00:21:38.240><c> are</c><00:21:38.980><c> and</c><00:21:39.519><c> as</c><00:21:39.740><c> much</c><00:21:39.960><c> as</c><00:21:40.119><c> the</c>

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two<00:21:40.559><c> prophets'</c><00:21:41.319><c> ministries</c><00:21:41.839><c> hinge</c><00:21:42.339><c> on</c><00:21:42.539><c> each</c><00:21:42.839><c> other,</c>

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there<00:21:44.309><c> are</c><00:21:44.710><c> some</c><00:21:44.970><c> differences</c><00:21:45.609><c> as</c><00:21:46.509><c> well</c><00:21:46.769><c> as</c><00:21:47.210><c> similarities.</c>

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Elijah<00:21:49.690><c> worked</c><00:21:50.349><c> primarily</c><00:21:51.450><c> with</c><00:21:52.529><c> an</c><00:21:52.930><c> enemy</c><00:21:53.190><c> always</c><00:21:53.890><c> in</c><00:21:54.089><c> the</c>

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background<00:21:54.950><c> by</c><00:21:55.630><c> the</c><00:21:55.789><c> name</c><00:21:55.990><c> of</c><00:21:56.369><c> Tyre</c><00:21:56.890><c> or</c><00:21:57.230><c> the</c><00:21:57.470><c> Phoenicians.</c>

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The<00:21:59.549><c> Tyrian</c><00:21:59.930><c> culture,</c><00:22:01.130><c> the</c><00:22:01.369><c> Tyrian</c><00:22:02.130><c> oppression</c><00:22:03.089><c> through</c><00:22:04.430><c> Jezebel</c><00:22:05.210><c> and</c>

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the<00:22:05.690><c> marriage</c><00:22:06.029><c> with</c><00:22:06.410><c> Ahab</c>

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was<00:22:07.589><c> the</c><00:22:07.930><c> prime</c><00:22:08.289><c> enemy</c><00:22:08.970><c> that</c><00:22:09.769><c> Elijah</c><00:22:10.829><c> had</c><00:22:11.269><c> to</c><00:22:11.490><c> deal</c><00:22:11.730><c> with.</c>

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But<00:22:13.579><c> in</c><00:22:14.240><c> the</c><00:22:14.480><c> ministry,</c><00:22:15.359><c> twice</c><00:22:15.720><c> as</c><00:22:16.059><c> long</c><00:22:16.599><c> as</c><00:22:17.220><c> that</c><00:22:17.519><c> of</c><00:22:17.799><c> Elisha,</c>

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Elisha<00:22:19.720><c> deals</c><00:22:20.200><c> primarily</c><00:22:21.119><c> with</c><00:22:21.599><c> the</c><00:22:22.000><c> Syrians.</c>

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They<00:22:23.319><c> are</c><00:22:23.619><c> the</c><00:22:23.819><c> great</c><00:22:24.079><c> political</c><00:22:24.579><c> power,</c><00:22:25.480><c> not</c><00:22:25.759><c> Tyre.</c>

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It<00:22:27.660><c> is</c><00:22:27.859><c> the</c><00:22:28.220><c> Syrians</c><00:22:28.720><c> that</c><00:22:28.960><c> Elisha</c><00:22:29.480><c> deals</c><00:22:29.839><c> with</c><00:22:30.180><c> as</c><00:22:30.599><c> a</c><00:22:30.779><c> gentile</c>

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enemy<00:22:31.700><c> in</c><00:22:31.980><c> force.</c>

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They<00:22:33.579><c> were</c><00:22:34.059><c> a</c><00:22:34.460><c> very</c><00:22:35.119><c> great</c><00:22:35.519><c> power</c><00:22:36.200><c> and</c><00:22:36.680><c> a</c><00:22:36.819><c> very</c><00:22:37.299><c> definite</c><00:22:37.799><c> threat</c><00:22:38.359><c> as</c>

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you<00:22:39.579><c> work</c><00:22:39.799><c> through</c><00:22:40.299><c> the</c><00:22:40.880><c> ministry</c><00:22:41.440><c> of</c><00:22:41.700><c> Elisha.</c>

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And<00:22:43.079><c> as</c><00:22:43.299><c> we'll</c><00:22:43.579><c> discover</c><00:22:43.900><c> this</c><00:22:44.180><c> week,</c><00:22:44.500><c> brothers</c><00:22:44.599><c> and</c><00:22:44.900><c> sisters,</c><00:22:45.640><c> you</c><00:22:45.980><c> cannot</c><00:22:46.420><c> ignore</c><00:22:47.259><c> the</c>

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important<00:22:48.680><c> role</c>

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of<00:22:49.619><c> Syria</c><00:22:50.099><c> when</c><00:22:51.019><c> you're</c><00:22:51.259><c> dealing</c><00:22:51.579><c> with</c><00:22:51.819><c> the</c><00:22:52.079><c> significance</c><00:22:52.839><c> of</c>

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Elisha's<00:22:54.680><c> ministry.</c>

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The<00:22:55.980><c> two</c><00:22:56.299><c> interact</c><00:22:57.119><c> closely.</c>

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So<00:22:58.599><c> Tyre</c><00:22:59.000><c> passes</c><00:22:59.480><c> from</c><00:22:59.759><c> the</c><00:23:00.000><c> scene</c><00:23:00.279><c> as</c><00:23:00.799><c> we</c><00:23:01.019><c> leave</c><00:23:01.319><c> Elijah's</c><00:23:02.579><c> ministry</c>

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and<00:23:04.619><c> Syria</c><00:23:05.420><c> comes</c><00:23:06.059><c> to</c><00:23:06.319><c> our</c><00:23:06.619><c> attention</c><00:23:07.140><c> as</c><00:23:07.599><c> we</c><00:23:07.859><c> work</c><00:23:08.140><c> with</c><00:23:08.420><c> Elisha.</c>

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Now,<00:23:12.660><c> by</c><00:23:12.720><c> way</c><00:23:12.900><c> of</c><00:23:13.140><c> background,</c><00:23:14.660><c> for</c><00:23:14.799><c> those</c><00:23:15.019><c> who</c><00:23:15.160><c> might</c><00:23:15.359><c> want</c><00:23:15.539><c> to</c><00:23:15.720><c> pursue</c><00:23:15.940><c> this</c><00:23:16.200><c> a</c>

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little<00:23:16.539><c> bit</c><00:23:16.700><c> more</c><00:23:16.880><c> on</c><00:23:17.039><c> their</c><00:23:17.259><c> own,</c>

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we<00:23:19.640><c> share</c><00:23:19.759><c> the</c><00:23:20.000><c> following.</c>

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Those<00:23:23.140><c> dates</c><00:23:23.660><c> and</c><00:23:24.420><c> the</c><00:23:24.660><c> basic</c><00:23:25.019><c> chronology</c><00:23:25.779><c> that</c><00:23:25.960><c> we</c><00:23:26.160><c> just</c><00:23:26.420><c> considered</c><00:23:26.799><c> very</c><00:23:27.160><c> briefly</c><00:23:27.460><c> on</c>

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that<00:23:27.920><c> chart</c>

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important<00:23:34.700><c> historical</c><00:23:35.700><c> archaeological</c><00:23:36.640><c> milestones</c>

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discovered<00:23:39.200><c> over</c><00:23:39.859><c> a</c><00:23:40.059><c> period</c><00:23:40.500><c> of</c><00:23:40.700><c> about</c><00:23:41.039><c> 80</c><00:23:41.339><c> years</c><00:23:42.019><c> from</c><00:23:42.740><c> the</c>

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late<00:23:43.079><c> 1800s</c><00:23:44.759><c> on</c><00:23:45.019><c> up</c><00:23:45.220><c> to</c><00:23:45.460><c> about</c><00:23:45.819><c> the</c><00:23:46.440><c> 1950s,</c>

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during<00:23:48.759><c> which</c><00:23:49.059><c> time</c><00:23:49.680><c> a</c><00:23:50.440><c> number</c><00:23:50.880><c> of</c><00:23:52.039><c> pieces</c><00:23:52.519><c> of</c><00:23:53.039><c> historical</c><00:23:53.740><c> archaeological</c><00:23:54.599><c> information</c><00:23:55.480><c> have</c><00:23:56.039><c> come</c><00:23:56.359><c> to</c><00:23:56.640><c> light</c>

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that<00:23:57.420><c> have</c><00:23:57.559><c> a</c><00:23:57.960><c> direct</c><00:23:58.220><c> bearing</c><00:23:58.640><c> on</c><00:23:59.220><c> the</c><00:23:59.500><c> ministries</c><00:24:00.359><c> of</c><00:24:00.759><c> Elijah</c><00:24:01.220><c> and</c>

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Elisha<00:24:02.660><c> and</c><00:24:02.920><c> have</c><00:24:03.220><c> helped</c><00:24:03.420><c> historians</c>

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and<00:24:04.640><c> therefore</c><00:24:05.019><c> Bible</c><00:24:05.460><c> dictionaries</c><00:24:06.460><c> and</c><00:24:07.000><c> therefore</c><00:24:07.299><c> Bible</c>

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commentaries<00:24:08.660><c> and</c><00:24:09.240><c> books</c>

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dealing<00:24:10.599><c> with</c><00:24:10.819><c> this</c><00:24:11.099><c> period</c><00:24:11.599><c> give</c><00:24:12.339><c> approximate</c><00:24:13.240><c> dates.</c>

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So<00:24:15.019><c> very</c><00:24:15.359><c> quickly,</c><00:24:16.019><c> here</c><00:24:16.220><c> are</c><00:24:16.420><c> some</c><00:24:16.640><c> of</c><00:24:16.740><c> the</c><00:24:16.859><c> significant</c>

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historical<00:24:18.240><c> markers.</c>

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Number<00:24:20.900><c> one,</c><00:24:21.900><c> if</c><00:24:22.099><c> you</c><00:24:22.339><c> turn</c><00:24:22.720><c> in</c><00:24:22.960><c> the</c><00:24:23.140><c> history</c><00:24:23.380><c> books</c><00:24:23.680><c> to</c><00:24:23.880><c> this</c>

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period<00:24:24.359><c> of</c><00:24:24.640><c> time,</c>

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there'll<00:24:26.180><c> be</c><00:24:26.440><c> reference</c><00:24:26.980><c> very,</c><00:24:27.640><c> very</c><00:24:27.839><c> early</c><00:24:28.180><c> on</c><00:24:28.440><c> in</c><00:24:28.579><c> any</c><00:24:28.859><c> commentary</c><00:24:29.380><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:29.779><c> Ben</c><00:24:29.940><c>-Hadad</c><00:24:30.380><c> Stele.</c>

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What<00:24:32.180><c> was</c><00:24:32.460><c> that?</c>

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It<00:24:34.160><c> was</c><00:24:34.740><c> a</c><00:24:35.259><c> list,</c><00:24:35.740><c> or</c><00:24:35.940><c> it</c><00:24:36.119><c> is</c><00:24:36.500><c> a</c><00:24:36.740><c> list,</c><00:24:37.859><c> of</c><00:24:38.039><c> the</c><00:24:38.400><c> Syrian</c><00:24:38.759><c> monarchs</c><00:24:40.059><c> or</c><00:24:40.220><c> the</c>

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monarchs<00:24:41.099><c> of</c><00:24:41.279><c> the</c><00:24:41.539><c> Arameans</c>

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from<00:24:44.220><c> a</c><00:24:44.519><c> time</c><00:24:44.779><c> that</c><00:24:45.119><c> began</c><00:24:45.579><c> not</c><00:24:46.099><c> long</c><00:24:46.400><c> before</c><00:24:46.900><c> Elisha</c><00:24:48.299><c> and</c><00:24:49.200><c> moving</c><00:24:49.740><c> on</c>

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right<00:24:50.619><c> up</c><00:24:50.880><c> to</c><00:24:51.059><c> the</c><00:24:51.259><c> time</c><00:24:51.619><c> of</c><00:24:51.960><c> Elisha.</c>

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This<00:24:53.759><c> is</c><00:24:54.259><c> a</c><00:24:54.720><c> large</c><00:24:55.279><c> stone</c><00:24:56.380><c> type</c><00:24:56.819><c> of</c><00:24:57.079><c> a</c><00:24:57.319><c> monument</c><00:24:57.720><c> inscribed</c><00:24:59.279><c> in</c>

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a<00:25:00.640><c> language</c><00:25:01.140><c> that</c><00:25:01.460><c> the</c><00:25:01.779><c> historians</c>

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have<00:25:02.279><c> been</c><00:25:02.500><c> able</c><00:25:02.720><c> to</c><00:25:03.039><c> decipher,</c><00:25:04.359><c> the</c><00:25:04.440><c> Assyrian</c><00:25:04.859><c> language,</c><00:25:06.500><c> that</c><00:25:06.660><c> in</c>

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fact<00:25:07.160><c> describes</c><00:25:07.859><c> the</c><00:25:08.220><c> early</c><00:25:08.500><c> monarchies</c>

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of<00:25:10.019><c> the</c><00:25:10.259><c> Syrian</c><00:25:10.539><c> rulers.</c><00:25:12.079><c> You</c><00:25:12.559><c> might</c><00:25:12.779><c> think,</c><00:25:13.119><c> well,</c><00:25:13.119><c> that's</c>

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interesting,<00:25:13.900><c> but</c><00:25:14.019><c> is</c><00:25:14.160><c> that</c><00:25:14.339><c> really</c><00:25:14.559><c> significant?</c>

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We<00:25:16.299><c> won't</c><00:25:16.539><c> turn</c><00:25:16.839><c> there</c><00:25:17.059><c> now,</c><00:25:17.920><c> but</c><00:25:18.420><c> you</c><00:25:18.539><c> might</c><00:25:18.680><c> want</c><00:25:18.839><c> to</c><00:25:18.960><c> make</c><00:25:19.079><c> a</c>

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note<00:25:19.319><c> of</c><00:25:19.480><c> this.</c><00:25:20.019><c> In</c><00:25:20.079><c> Kings,</c>

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1<00:25:21.839><c> Kings</c><00:25:22.299><c> 15</c><00:25:23.180><c> verse</c><00:25:23.740><c> 18,</c><00:25:26.339><c> there</c><00:25:26.400><c> are</c><00:25:26.700><c> a</c><00:25:26.799><c> list</c><00:25:27.079><c> of</c><00:25:27.420><c> Syrian</c><00:25:27.920><c> kings.</c><00:25:29.940><c> For</c>

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many<00:25:30.420><c> years,</c>

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skeptics<00:25:32.920><c> of</c><00:25:33.119><c> the</c><00:25:33.299><c> Bible</c><00:25:33.799><c> read</c><00:25:34.460><c> 1</c><00:25:34.819><c> Kings</c><00:25:35.180><c> 15</c><00:25:35.839><c> verse</c><00:25:36.140><c> 18</c><00:25:36.920><c> and</c><00:25:38.180><c> said,</c><00:25:38.619><c> where's</c><00:25:39.059><c> the</c><00:25:39.299><c> proof</c><00:25:39.460><c> of</c><00:25:39.700><c> this?</c>

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For<00:25:42.380><c> years,</c><00:25:43.000><c> there</c><00:25:43.220><c> was</c><00:25:43.500><c> no</c><00:25:43.839><c> outside</c><00:25:44.519><c> proof</c><00:25:45.079><c> that</c><00:25:45.940><c> the</c><00:25:46.220><c> Syrian</c>

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kings<00:25:47.039><c> listed</c><00:25:47.579><c> in</c><00:25:47.839><c> 1</c><00:25:48.099><c> Kings</c><00:25:48.420><c> 15</c><00:25:48.960><c> and</c><00:25:49.099><c> 18</c>

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even<00:25:50.539><c> existed</c><00:25:51.240><c> until</c><00:25:52.619><c> the</c><00:25:52.819><c> Ben</c><00:25:53.039><c>-Hadad</c><00:25:53.500><c> Stele</c><00:25:53.799><c> was</c><00:25:54.059><c> discovered.</c><00:25:55.680><c> And</c><00:25:55.880><c> lo</c><00:25:56.019><c> and</c>

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behold,<00:25:56.920><c> the</c><00:25:57.140><c> very</c><00:25:57.680><c> names</c>

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of<00:25:59.019><c> those</c><00:25:59.359><c> referred</c><00:25:59.880><c> to</c><00:26:00.319><c> in</c><00:26:00.599><c> 1</c><00:26:00.799><c> Kings</c><00:26:01.160><c> 15</c><00:26:01.759><c> and</c><00:26:01.900><c> 18</c><00:26:02.500><c> were</c><00:26:03.240><c> listed</c>

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on<00:26:04.160><c> the</c><00:26:04.339><c> Ben</c><00:26:04.579><c>-Hadad</c><00:26:05.019><c> Stele.</c>

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accurate<00:26:12.660><c> historical</c><00:26:14.119><c> source</c><00:26:14.779><c> for</c><00:26:15.160><c> dating</c>

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the<00:26:16.240><c> events</c><00:26:16.700><c> in</c><00:26:17.059><c> Elisha's</c><00:26:17.779><c> ministry.</c><00:26:19.519><c> Another</c><00:26:19.839><c> one,</c><00:26:20.539><c> the</c>

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monolithic<00:26:21.299><c> inscription,</c>

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the<00:26:34.720><c> Battle</c><00:26:35.099><c> of</c><00:26:35.460><c> Karkar.</c><00:26:37.539><c> Why</c><00:26:37.880><c> is</c><00:26:38.039><c> that</c><00:26:38.259><c> significant?</c><00:26:39.740><c> Because</c><00:26:40.279><c> on</c>

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that<00:26:40.980><c> very</c><00:26:41.339><c> monolithic</c><00:26:41.980><c> inscription</c>

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is<00:26:43.279><c> a</c><00:26:43.599><c> reference</c><00:26:44.099><c> to</c><00:26:44.700><c> Ahab</c><00:26:45.420><c> with</c><00:26:46.180><c> specific</c><00:26:46.900><c> dates,</c><00:26:48.680><c> specific</c>

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:52.380
dates<00:26:49.880><c> referred</c><00:26:50.380><c> to,</c><00:26:51.480><c> with</c><00:26:51.660><c> a</c><00:26:52.000><c> reference</c>

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:57.779
to<00:26:52.839><c> Ahab</c><00:26:53.440><c> and</c><00:26:53.779><c> his</c><00:26:54.019><c> participation</c><00:26:54.819><c> in</c><00:26:55.259><c> the</c><00:26:55.480><c> Battle</c><00:26:55.720><c> of</c><00:26:56.000><c> Karkar.</c><00:26:57.460><c> And</c>

00:26:57.779 --> 00:27:00.859
that<00:26:58.140><c> too</c><00:26:58.700><c> has</c><00:26:59.339><c> important</c><00:27:00.180><c> detail</c>

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:05.779
for<00:27:01.460><c> understanding</c><00:27:02.259><c> what's</c><00:27:02.799><c> happening</c><00:27:03.039><c> in</c><00:27:03.220><c> the</c><00:27:03.380><c> nations</c><00:27:03.920><c> surrounding</c><00:27:04.940><c> Elijah</c><00:27:05.500><c> and</c>

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Elisha's<00:27:06.319><c> ministry.</c>

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Next,<00:27:08.339><c> the</c><00:27:08.539><c> Moabite</c><00:27:08.980><c> Stone,</c><00:27:10.440><c> which</c><00:27:10.579><c> was</c><00:27:10.799><c> discovered</c><00:27:11.420><c> in</c><00:27:12.240><c> a</c>

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most<00:27:12.660><c> interesting</c><00:27:13.559><c> way,</c>

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which<00:27:14.019><c> we</c><00:27:14.220><c> can't</c><00:27:14.480><c> talk</c><00:27:14.720><c> about</c><00:27:14.940><c> right</c><00:27:15.259><c> now,</c><00:27:15.559><c> but</c><00:27:15.720><c> I'd</c><00:27:16.200><c> suggest</c>

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.900
you<00:27:16.579><c> look</c><00:27:16.779><c> at</c><00:27:16.940><c> it</c><00:27:17.039><c> if</c><00:27:17.079><c> you</c><00:27:17.240><c> like</c><00:27:17.380><c> history.</c>

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:24.059
The<00:27:18.480><c> Moabite</c><00:27:19.039><c> Stone</c><00:27:20.039><c> refers</c><00:27:20.720><c> to</c><00:27:21.119><c> events</c><00:27:21.740><c> somewhere</c><00:27:22.380><c> near</c><00:27:22.960><c> 855</c>

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:35.720
BC.<00:27:26.279><c> In</c><00:27:26.599><c> that</c><00:27:26.900><c> Moabite</c><00:27:27.420><c> Stone,</c><00:27:27.900><c> there</c><00:27:28.119><c> is</c><00:27:28.339><c> a</c>

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:41.779
to<00:27:36.160><c> Misha,</c><00:27:37.240><c> King</c><00:27:37.619><c> of</c><00:27:38.000><c> Moab,</c><00:27:38.960><c> who</c><00:27:39.039><c> is</c><00:27:39.359><c> referred</c><00:27:39.720><c> to</c><00:27:40.220><c> in</c><00:27:40.579><c> 2</c><00:27:41.079><c> Kings</c>

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chapter<00:27:42.500><c> 3,</c>

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contemporary<00:27:45.140><c> with</c><00:27:45.619><c> the</c><00:27:45.839><c> ministry</c><00:27:46.200><c> of</c><00:27:46.440><c> Elisha.</c><00:27:47.900><c> Here</c><00:27:48.299><c> is</c><00:27:48.740><c> the</c>

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:53.930
Misha<00:27:49.559><c> on</c><00:27:50.160><c> this</c><00:27:50.460><c> stone</c><00:27:51.039><c> referred</c><00:27:52.019><c> to</c><00:27:52.220><c> in</c><00:27:52.440><c> 2</c><00:27:52.720><c> Kings</c><00:27:53.019><c> 3,</c>

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:59.460
a<00:27:54.900><c> ruler</c><00:27:55.279><c> that</c><00:27:55.640><c> Elisha</c><00:27:56.279><c> would</c><00:27:56.579><c> know,</c><00:27:57.700><c> a</c><00:27:58.119><c> ruler</c><00:27:58.559><c> who</c><00:27:58.960><c> in</c><00:27:59.079><c> fact</c>

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:03.480
interacted<00:28:00.220><c> with</c><00:28:01.059><c> Israel</c><00:28:01.640><c> and</c><00:28:02.039><c> Judah</c><00:28:02.420><c> at</c><00:28:02.880><c> the</c><00:28:03.119><c> time</c>

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:08.160
of<00:28:03.720><c> Elisha.</c><00:28:05.180><c> That</c><00:28:05.500><c> too</c><00:28:05.779><c> provides</c><00:28:06.259><c> important</c><00:28:06.940><c> information.</c>

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:12.079
Finally,<00:28:10.339><c> the</c><00:28:10.500><c> Black</c><00:28:10.779><c> Obelisk</c>

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:19.359
done<00:28:13.160><c> by</c><00:28:13.599><c> the</c><00:28:13.920><c> Assyrians,</c><00:28:15.400><c> found</c><00:28:15.779><c> in</c><00:28:16.500><c> one</c><00:28:16.740><c> of</c><00:28:16.920><c> the</c><00:28:17.200><c> Assyrian</c><00:28:17.880><c> palaces.</c>

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:26.319
It<00:28:21.059><c> describes</c><00:28:21.720><c> the</c><00:28:22.059><c> campaign</c><00:28:22.779><c> of</c><00:28:23.119><c> Shalmaneser</c><00:28:23.880><c> III.</c><00:28:25.380><c> Is</c><00:28:26.119><c> that</c>

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:30.319
important?<00:28:27.220><c> It</c><00:28:27.460><c> is,</c><00:28:28.519><c> because</c><00:28:29.220><c> on</c><00:28:29.660><c> that</c><00:28:29.940><c> Black</c>

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:36.660
Obelisk<00:28:31.019><c> is</c><00:28:31.460><c> not</c><00:28:31.640><c> only</c><00:28:32.000><c> writing,</c><00:28:32.660><c> but</c><00:28:32.819><c> a</c><00:28:33.059><c> picture.</c><00:28:35.140><c> It</c><00:28:35.400><c> actually</c><00:28:35.900><c> is</c><00:28:36.259><c> the</c>

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:39.359
only<00:28:37.380><c> picture</c><00:28:38.039><c> anywhere</c><00:28:38.920><c> from</c>

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:45.000
historical<00:28:39.900><c> writings</c><00:28:40.339><c> or</c><00:28:40.700><c> historical</c><00:28:41.319><c> discoveries</c><00:28:41.920><c> that</c><00:28:42.680><c> actually</c><00:28:43.619><c> portrays</c><00:28:44.660><c> a</c>

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:47.900
picture<00:28:45.579><c> of</c><00:28:46.319><c> a</c><00:28:46.480><c> biblical</c><00:28:46.859><c> figure,</c>

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:55.500
namely<00:28:49.440><c> Jehu.</c><00:28:51.380><c> He</c><00:28:51.799><c> is</c><00:28:52.119><c> actually</c><00:28:52.700><c> inscribed</c><00:28:54.160><c> graphically</c><00:28:55.200><c> as</c>

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:59.200
an<00:28:55.740><c> individual</c><00:28:56.460><c> bowing</c><00:28:57.259><c> down</c><00:28:57.700><c> to</c><00:28:57.980><c> Shalmaneser.</c>

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The<00:28:59.920><c> date,</c><00:29:00.599><c> about</c><00:29:00.960><c> 841</c><00:29:01.720><c> BC,</c><00:29:03.160><c> and</c><00:29:04.680><c> the</c><00:29:04.900><c> information</c><00:29:05.500><c> is</c><00:29:05.980><c> full</c>

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:09.480
of<00:29:06.859><c> historical</c><00:29:07.480><c> insights</c><00:29:08.180><c> into</c><00:29:08.700><c> the</c><00:29:08.960><c> ministries</c>

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:14.859
of<00:29:09.759><c> Elijah</c><00:29:10.220><c> and</c><00:29:10.539><c> Elisha.</c><00:29:13.599><c> So</c><00:29:13.839><c> then,</c><00:29:14.160><c> brothers</c><00:29:14.279><c> and</c><00:29:14.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:17.180
as<00:29:15.180><c> difficult</c><00:29:15.700><c> as</c><00:29:15.900><c> it</c><00:29:16.059><c> is</c><00:29:16.380><c> sometimes</c>

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:21.740
to<00:29:18.079><c> patch</c><00:29:18.420><c> together</c><00:29:18.880><c> historical</c><00:29:19.519><c> information,</c><00:29:20.660><c> to</c><00:29:21.180><c> give</c><00:29:21.339><c> us</c>

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:25.140
backdrop<00:29:22.400><c> and</c><00:29:22.740><c> understanding</c><00:29:23.480><c> of</c><00:29:24.319><c> sections</c><00:29:24.720><c> like</c>

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:30.660
these<00:29:25.500><c> in</c><00:29:25.640><c> the</c><00:29:25.880><c> Kings,</c><00:29:26.640><c> first</c><00:29:26.920><c> and</c><00:29:27.160><c> second,</c><00:29:28.539><c> in</c><00:29:28.759><c> this</c><00:29:29.000><c> particular</c><00:29:29.440><c> respect,</c><00:29:30.319><c> we</c><00:29:30.440><c> are</c>

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.839
well<00:29:31.000><c> blessed</c><00:29:31.339><c> by</c><00:29:31.700><c> our</c>

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:35.940
Heavenly<00:29:32.160><c> Father.</c><00:29:33.039><c> We</c><00:29:33.240><c> have</c><00:29:33.440><c> a</c><00:29:33.579><c> number</c><00:29:33.839><c> of</c><00:29:34.220><c> important</c><00:29:34.680><c> insights</c><00:29:35.299><c> which</c>

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:37.700
have<00:29:36.160><c> been</c><00:29:36.359><c> drawn</c><00:29:36.539><c> upon</c><00:29:37.019><c> to</c><00:29:37.400><c> make</c><00:29:37.559><c> up</c>

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:45.900
that<00:29:38.000><c> chart</c><00:29:38.259><c> that</c><00:29:38.420><c> you</c><00:29:38.599><c> see</c><00:29:38.740><c> by</c><00:29:38.980><c> Brother</c><00:29:39.240><c> Edmund.</c><00:29:41.619><c> But</c><00:29:42.180><c> of</c><00:29:42.579><c> greater</c><00:29:42.759><c> significance,</c><00:29:45.039><c> when</c><00:29:45.180><c> dealing</c><00:29:45.460><c> with</c><00:29:45.700><c> the</c>

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:56.940
background<00:29:46.440><c> of</c><00:29:47.339><c> Elijah</c><00:29:47.839><c> and</c><00:29:48.119><c> Elisha.</c><00:29:52.940><c> History</c><00:29:53.799><c> and</c><00:29:54.079><c> archaeology</c><00:29:54.880><c> with</c><00:29:56.119><c> information</c><00:29:56.680><c> and</c>

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insights<00:29:57.400><c> that</c>

00:29:57.619 --> 00:30:01.700
are<00:29:57.799><c> provided</c><00:29:58.220><c> outside</c><00:29:58.779><c> of</c><00:29:58.980><c> the</c><00:29:59.119><c> scriptural</c><00:29:59.480><c> record.</c><00:30:01.319><c> But</c>

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:05.599
within<00:30:02.119><c> the</c><00:30:02.339><c> scriptural</c><00:30:02.799><c> record,</c><00:30:04.599><c> this</c><00:30:04.799><c> chart</c><00:30:05.079><c> now</c>

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:10.200
portrays<00:30:06.420><c> a</c><00:30:06.680><c> very</c><00:30:07.079><c> important</c><00:30:07.839><c> bit</c><00:30:08.119><c> of</c><00:30:08.299><c> information.</c><00:30:09.519><c> And</c><00:30:10.059><c> it</c>

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:14.190
will<00:30:10.420><c> have</c><00:30:10.640><c> a</c><00:30:10.819><c> bearing</c><00:30:11.259><c> on</c><00:30:12.180><c> how</c><00:30:12.400><c> we</c><00:30:12.660><c> understand</c><00:30:13.259><c> the</c>

00:30:14.289 --> 00:30:18.750
of<00:30:14.769><c> Elijah</c><00:30:15.250><c> and</c><00:30:15.690><c> Elisha.</c><00:30:16.390><c> I</c><00:30:16.569><c> know</c><00:30:16.789><c> for</c><00:30:16.970><c> many</c><00:30:17.230><c> of</c><00:30:17.450><c> you,</c><00:30:18.150><c> this</c><00:30:18.410><c> is</c>

00:30:18.750 --> 00:30:20.910
old<00:30:19.049><c> stuff.</c><00:30:19.369><c> So</c><00:30:19.549><c> we'll</c><00:30:19.730><c> go</c><00:30:19.970><c> over</c><00:30:20.150><c> this</c><00:30:20.609><c> fairly</c>

00:30:20.910 --> 00:30:24.089
quickly.<00:30:21.869><c> If</c><00:30:22.009><c> you're</c><00:30:22.210><c> not</c><00:30:22.430><c> familiar</c><00:30:22.789><c> with</c><00:30:22.990><c> this,</c><00:30:23.250><c> we</c><00:30:23.329><c> can</c><00:30:23.529><c> talk</c><00:30:23.769><c> about</c><00:30:23.910><c> it</c>

00:30:24.089 --> 00:30:25.950
later<00:30:24.269><c> in</c><00:30:24.569><c> private</c><00:30:24.789><c> if</c><00:30:24.910><c> you'd</c><00:30:25.190><c> like.</c>

00:30:26.549 --> 00:30:31.390
First,<00:30:27.650><c> during</c><00:30:27.950><c> the</c><00:30:28.170><c> days</c><00:30:28.410><c> of</c><00:30:28.670><c> Elijah,</c><00:30:29.869><c> there</c><00:30:30.029><c> was</c><00:30:30.230><c> a</c><00:30:30.410><c> marriage</c><00:30:30.710><c> alliance,</c><00:30:31.230><c> which</c>

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we've<00:30:31.730><c> called</c><00:30:32.150><c> the</c>

00:30:32.829 --> 00:30:37.369
Sinful<00:30:33.390><c> Alliance.</c><00:30:35.529><c> In</c><00:30:35.849><c> the</c><00:30:36.069><c> Kings</c><00:30:36.269><c> and</c><00:30:36.490><c> Chronicles</c><00:30:36.970><c> record,</c>

00:30:37.410 --> 00:30:40.150
what<00:30:37.569><c> we</c><00:30:37.869><c> discover</c><00:30:38.150><c> is</c><00:30:38.390><c> this.</c><00:30:39.490><c> The</c><00:30:39.710><c> coming</c><00:30:39.910><c> from</c>

00:30:40.150 --> 00:30:45.950
House<00:30:40.549><c> of</c><00:30:40.829><c> Omri,</c><00:30:42.410><c> among</c><00:30:42.630><c> the</c><00:30:42.849><c> Kings</c><00:30:43.130><c> of</c><00:30:43.289><c> Israel</c><00:30:43.730><c> to</c><00:30:43.930><c> the</c><00:30:44.069><c> north,</c><00:30:45.730><c> comes</c>

00:30:45.950 --> 00:30:48.710
Ahab,<00:30:47.589><c> who</c><00:30:47.829><c> effects</c><00:30:48.170><c> a</c><00:30:48.470><c> marriage</c>

00:30:48.710 --> 00:30:54.150
alliance<00:30:49.150><c> with</c><00:30:49.390><c> Jezebel,</c><00:30:51.130><c> daughter</c><00:30:51.490><c> of</c><00:30:51.769><c> Ethbael,</c><00:30:53.650><c> King</c><00:30:53.890><c> of</c>

00:30:54.150 --> 00:31:01.990
Tyre.<00:30:56.990><c> The</c><00:30:57.289><c> Gentiles</c><00:30:58.430><c> intermarry</c><00:30:59.789><c> with</c><00:31:00.670><c> God's</c><00:31:01.130><c> people,</c>

00:31:02.329 --> 00:31:07.690
and<00:31:02.630><c> that</c><00:31:03.269><c> among</c><00:31:04.089><c> the</c><00:31:04.549><c> monarchs</c><00:31:05.170><c> of</c><00:31:05.349><c> Israel.</c><00:31:06.829><c> And</c><00:31:07.130><c> from</c><00:31:07.329><c> that</c>

00:31:07.690 --> 00:31:11.250
marriage<00:31:08.009><c> alliance,</c><00:31:08.930><c> a</c><00:31:09.109><c> great</c><00:31:09.349><c> deal</c><00:31:09.869><c> of</c><00:31:10.210><c> wickedness</c>

00:31:11.410 --> 00:31:14.529
transpires,<00:31:12.109><c> as</c><00:31:12.390><c> you</c><00:31:12.529><c> can</c><00:31:12.769><c> see</c><00:31:12.930><c> as</c><00:31:13.109><c> you</c><00:31:13.289><c> read</c><00:31:13.609><c> the</c><00:31:13.910><c> ministry</c>

00:31:14.529 --> 00:31:16.789
of<00:31:14.930><c> Elijah</c><00:31:15.329><c> and</c><00:31:15.769><c> then</c><00:31:15.990><c> Elisha.</c>

00:31:17.529 --> 00:31:22.809
For<00:31:17.730><c> in</c><00:31:17.950><c> the</c><00:31:18.069><c> following</c><00:31:18.349><c> way,</c><00:31:18.630><c> we</c><00:31:18.690><c> have</c><00:31:18.910><c> a</c><00:31:19.130><c> connection.</c><00:31:21.670><c> Athaliah,</c><00:31:22.529><c> who</c>

00:31:22.809 --> 00:31:24.849
comes<00:31:23.150><c> from</c><00:31:23.410><c> Jezebel,</c><00:31:24.029><c> from</c><00:31:24.250><c> that</c><00:31:24.549><c> marriage</c>

00:31:24.849 --> 00:31:30.029
alliance,<00:31:26.309><c> is</c><00:31:26.430><c> brought</c><00:31:26.869><c> into</c><00:31:27.390><c> the</c><00:31:27.710><c> monarchy</c><00:31:28.329><c> of</c><00:31:28.809><c> the</c><00:31:29.049><c> south.</c>

00:31:30.769 --> 00:31:34.289
Athaliah<00:31:31.730><c> intermarries</c><00:31:32.670><c> with</c><00:31:33.029><c> Jehoram,</c>

00:31:34.990 --> 00:31:44.369
a<00:31:35.230><c> pagan</c><00:31:35.730><c> married</c><00:31:36.910><c> to</c><00:31:37.809><c> a</c><00:31:38.029><c> king</c><00:31:38.509><c> of</c><00:31:38.869><c> Judah.</c><00:31:40.509><c> Now,</c><00:31:41.529><c> the</c><00:31:41.750><c> influence</c><00:31:42.250><c> from</c><00:31:42.609><c> Tyre</c><00:31:43.509><c> affects</c><00:31:44.049><c> not</c>

00:31:44.369 --> 00:31:45.190
only<00:31:44.609><c> the</c><00:31:44.769><c> northern</c>

00:31:45.190 --> 00:31:48.970
kingdom<00:31:45.549><c> of</c><00:31:45.750><c> Israel,</c><00:31:46.569><c> but</c><00:31:46.710><c> it</c><00:31:46.950><c> also</c><00:31:47.289><c> affects</c><00:31:47.930><c> the</c><00:31:48.670><c> southern</c>

00:31:48.970 --> 00:31:54.430
monarch<00:31:49.549><c> of</c><00:31:50.609><c> Judah.</c><00:31:52.210><c> And</c><00:31:52.589><c> there,</c><00:31:53.430><c> in</c><00:31:53.589><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:31:54.690 --> 00:32:03.910
and<00:31:55.109><c> also</c><00:31:55.569><c> in</c><00:31:55.890><c> Samaria,</c><00:31:57.329><c> is</c><00:31:57.450><c> a</c><00:31:57.730><c> double</c><00:31:58.130><c> influence</c><00:31:58.970><c> of</c><00:32:00.450><c> paganism</c><00:32:01.470><c> on</c><00:32:02.130><c> godliness</c><00:32:02.869><c> and</c>

00:32:03.910 --> 00:32:05.369
apostasy<00:32:04.710><c> of</c><00:32:04.910><c> the</c><00:32:05.089><c> worst</c>

00:32:05.369 --> 00:32:11.029
sort.<00:32:06.930><c> We</c><00:32:07.329><c> have</c><00:32:07.750><c> to</c><00:32:08.009><c> understand</c><00:32:08.490><c> that</c><00:32:08.809><c> background</c><00:32:09.289><c> to</c><00:32:09.589><c> appreciate</c><00:32:10.250><c> what</c>

00:32:11.029 --> 00:32:13.329
is<00:32:11.450><c> happening</c><00:32:11.930><c> in</c><00:32:12.730><c> the</c><00:32:12.950><c> ministries</c>

00:32:13.329 --> 00:32:18.230
of<00:32:13.450><c> Elijah</c><00:32:14.029><c> and</c><00:32:14.410><c> Elisha.</c><00:32:15.970><c> The</c><00:32:16.170><c> events</c><00:32:16.710><c> in</c><00:32:17.190><c> Elisha's</c><00:32:17.809><c> ministry</c>

00:32:18.230 --> 00:32:21.789
and<00:32:18.430><c> Elijah's</c><00:32:19.170><c> ministry</c><00:32:19.710><c> interact</c><00:32:21.029><c> with</c>

00:32:21.789 --> 00:32:25.250
the<00:32:22.009><c> realities</c><00:32:22.609><c> of</c><00:32:23.309><c> that</c><00:32:23.569><c> marriage</c><00:32:23.890><c> alliance,</c><00:32:24.490><c> that</c><00:32:24.730><c> double</c>

00:32:25.250 --> 00:32:30.059
marriage<00:32:25.910><c> alliance.</c><00:32:28.009><c> The</c><00:32:28.250><c> influence</c><00:32:28.670><c> of</c><00:32:29.089><c> Tyre</c>

00:32:30.289 --> 00:32:36.049
provides<00:32:31.049><c> the</c><00:32:31.470><c> challenge</c><00:32:32.190><c> in</c><00:32:32.789><c> the</c><00:32:32.990><c> days</c><00:32:33.170><c> of</c><00:32:33.450><c> Elijah.</c><00:32:35.049><c> The</c><00:32:35.369><c> influence</c><00:32:35.769><c> of</c>

00:32:36.049 --> 00:32:38.170
Tyre<00:32:36.589><c> is</c><00:32:36.930><c> inherited</c>

00:32:38.089 --> 00:32:47.390
in<00:32:38.569><c> the</c><00:32:38.730><c> ministry</c><00:32:39.150><c> of</c><00:32:39.390><c> Elisha.</c><00:32:42.130><c> The</c><00:32:42.329><c> events,</c><00:32:43.529><c> the</c><00:32:43.829><c> challenges,</c><00:32:44.829><c> the</c><00:32:45.049><c> apostasy,</c><00:32:46.349><c> the</c><00:32:46.589><c> waywardness,</c>

00:32:47.730 --> 00:32:52.650
the<00:32:47.990><c> ungodliness</c><00:32:48.809><c> that</c><00:32:49.250><c> Elisha</c><00:32:50.390><c> works</c><00:32:50.829><c> with</c><00:32:51.309><c> and</c><00:32:51.970><c> challenges</c>

00:32:52.650 --> 00:32:55.150
by<00:32:53.250><c> his</c><00:32:53.470><c> sixteen</c><00:32:53.950><c> miracles</c>

00:32:55.269 --> 00:33:00.509
are<00:32:55.769><c> all</c><00:32:56.269><c> an</c><00:32:56.549><c> inheritance</c><00:32:57.150><c> of</c><00:32:58.170><c> what</c><00:32:58.410><c> was</c><00:32:58.789><c> sown</c><00:32:59.369><c> here</c><00:33:00.029><c> from</c><00:33:00.349><c> the</c>

00:33:00.509 --> 00:33:01.869
house<00:33:00.710><c> of</c><00:33:00.930><c> Omri.</c>

00:33:02.329 --> 00:33:05.769
What<00:33:02.970><c> happens</c><00:33:03.450><c> here</c><00:33:03.930><c> in</c><00:33:04.089><c> this</c><00:33:04.329><c> marriage</c><00:33:04.750><c> between</c><00:33:05.170><c> Jezebel</c>

00:33:05.769 --> 00:33:09.349
and<00:33:05.990><c> Ahab,</c><00:33:06.690><c> and</c><00:33:06.910><c> finally</c><00:33:07.190><c> between</c><00:33:07.609><c> Athaliah</c><00:33:08.289><c> and</c><00:33:08.490><c> Jehoram,</c>

00:33:09.670 --> 00:33:15.849
provide<00:33:10.569><c> the</c><00:33:11.450><c> backdrop</c><00:33:12.009><c> that's</c><00:33:12.490><c> most</c><00:33:12.789><c> significant</c><00:33:13.390><c> in</c><00:33:14.430><c> understanding</c><00:33:15.269><c> the</c>

00:33:15.849 --> 00:33:19.309
issues<00:33:16.430><c> of</c><00:33:16.869><c> the</c><00:33:17.049><c> day</c><00:33:17.549><c> for</c><00:33:18.089><c> both</c><00:33:18.390><c> Elijah</c>

00:33:19.369 --> 00:33:25.250
and<00:33:20.029><c> Elisha.</c><00:33:23.650><c> Now,</c><00:33:23.789><c> brothers</c><00:33:23.910><c> and</c><00:33:24.130><c> sisters,</c><00:33:24.490><c> it's</c><00:33:24.710><c> a</c><00:33:24.809><c> lot</c><00:33:24.950><c> to</c>

00:33:25.250 --> 00:33:27.289
perhaps<00:33:25.509><c> bear</c><00:33:25.769><c> in</c><00:33:25.990><c> mind</c><00:33:26.309><c> all</c><00:33:26.569><c> at</c><00:33:26.789><c> once,</c>

00:33:27.289 --> 00:33:34.670
but<00:33:27.769><c> that</c><00:33:28.049><c> background</c><00:33:28.609><c> is</c><00:33:29.190><c> extremely</c><00:33:29.789><c> important.</c><00:33:32.670><c> In</c><00:33:32.890><c> the</c><00:33:33.130><c> days</c><00:33:33.329><c> of</c><00:33:33.670><c> Elijah,</c>

00:33:36.289 --> 00:33:41.930
Baal<00:33:36.630><c> was</c><00:33:37.130><c> finally</c><00:33:37.509><c> challenged</c><00:33:38.170><c> and</c><00:33:38.730><c> disgraced.</c><00:33:40.690><c> In</c><00:33:41.190><c> the</c><00:33:41.430><c> days</c><00:33:41.630><c> of</c>

00:33:41.930 --> 00:33:45.730
Elijah,<00:33:43.589><c> Ahab</c><00:33:43.910><c> was</c><00:33:44.210><c> humiliated.</c>

00:33:46.210 --> 00:33:52.609
And<00:33:46.349><c> in</c><00:33:46.490><c> the</c><00:33:46.650><c> days</c><00:33:46.849><c> of</c><00:33:47.150><c> Elijah,</c><00:33:48.430><c> Jezebel</c><00:33:48.930><c> boiled</c><00:33:49.670><c> with</c><00:33:50.150><c> indignation.</c><00:33:52.190><c> As</c>

00:33:52.609 --> 00:33:53.789
Elijah<00:33:53.089><c> entered,</c>

00:33:53.789 --> 00:34:00.250
so<00:33:54.430><c> he</c><00:33:54.650><c> left</c><00:33:55.109><c> in</c><00:33:55.789><c> a</c><00:33:56.089><c> whirlwind</c><00:33:56.750><c> of</c><00:33:57.130><c> divine</c><00:33:57.490><c> activity.</c><00:33:59.390><c> No</c><00:33:59.490><c> wonder,</c><00:33:59.849><c> brothers</c><00:33:59.970><c> and</c>

00:34:00.250 --> 00:34:02.069
sisters,<00:34:01.289><c> Elijah</c><00:34:01.650><c> thought</c>

00:34:02.069 --> 00:34:07.190
that<00:34:02.230><c> he</c><00:34:02.329><c> was</c><00:34:02.589><c> alone.</c><00:34:04.009><c> No</c><00:34:04.289><c> wonder</c><00:34:04.730><c> it</c><00:34:05.390><c> was</c><00:34:05.609><c> said</c><00:34:05.849><c> that</c><00:34:06.150><c> only</c><00:34:06.769><c> 7</c>

00:34:07.190 --> 00:34:11.969
,000<00:34:08.289><c> had</c><00:34:08.690><c> remained</c><00:34:09.110><c> faithful,</c><00:34:10.889><c> larger</c><00:34:11.289><c> than</c><00:34:11.469><c> Elijah</c>

00:34:11.969 --> 00:34:17.429
thought,<00:34:12.909><c> but</c><00:34:13.309><c> nevertheless</c><00:34:14.070><c> a</c><00:34:14.710><c> remnant.</c><00:34:16.090><c> And</c><00:34:16.489><c> that's</c><00:34:17.130><c> what</c>

00:34:17.429 --> 00:34:21.650
Elisha<00:34:18.329><c> inherited,</c><00:34:19.929><c> a</c><00:34:20.269><c> small</c><00:34:20.650><c> remnant</c><00:34:21.050><c> of</c><00:34:21.289><c> faithful</c>

00:34:21.650 --> 00:34:27.530
people,<00:34:23.090><c> an</c><00:34:23.309><c> apostate</c><00:34:24.110><c> nation,</c><00:34:25.730><c> a</c><00:34:25.969><c> people</c><00:34:26.269><c> whose</c><00:34:26.570><c> heart</c><00:34:27.150><c> had</c>

00:34:27.530 --> 00:34:30.769
wandered<00:34:28.090><c> far</c><00:34:28.849><c> from</c><00:34:29.650><c> the</c><00:34:29.889><c> purity</c><00:34:30.130><c> of</c><00:34:30.389><c> worship</c>

00:34:31.150 --> 00:34:41.150
established<00:34:32.090><c> at</c><00:34:32.809><c> Sinai.</c><00:34:35.369><c> Now,</c><00:34:35.650><c> in</c><00:34:35.730><c> your</c><00:34:35.989><c> handout,</c><00:34:37.829><c> you've</c><00:34:38.030><c> also</c><00:34:38.409><c> got</c><00:34:39.230><c> some</c><00:34:39.590><c> maps</c><00:34:40.150><c> which</c><00:34:40.750><c> will</c><00:34:40.929><c> be</c>

00:34:41.150 --> 00:34:41.789
useful<00:34:41.369><c> not</c><00:34:41.570><c> only</c>

00:34:41.789 --> 00:34:46.250
for<00:34:42.070><c> today,</c><00:34:42.510><c> we</c><00:34:42.949><c> hope,</c><00:34:44.190><c> but</c><00:34:44.590><c> also</c><00:34:44.969><c> useful</c><00:34:45.389><c> for</c><00:34:45.670><c> the</c><00:34:45.789><c> next</c><00:34:46.050><c> few</c>

00:34:46.250 --> 00:34:49.210
days<00:34:46.710><c> as</c><00:34:46.949><c> we</c><00:34:47.130><c> take</c><00:34:47.329><c> a</c><00:34:47.409><c> look</c><00:34:47.889><c> at</c><00:34:48.130><c> the</c><00:34:48.329><c> ministry</c>

00:34:49.610 --> 00:34:54.730
of<00:34:49.949><c> Elijah</c><00:34:50.510><c> and</c><00:34:51.010><c> Elisha,</c><00:34:52.030><c> especially</c><00:34:52.369><c> Elisha.</c><00:34:54.170><c> The</c><00:34:54.489><c> first</c>

00:34:54.730 --> 00:34:56.570
map,<00:34:55.630><c> very</c><00:34:55.630><c> quickly,</c>

00:34:56.949 --> 00:35:02.789
which<00:34:57.050><c> we</c><00:34:57.250><c> duplicate</c><00:34:57.650><c> up</c><00:34:57.929><c> here,</c><00:34:59.389><c> simply</c><00:34:59.630><c> helps</c><00:34:59.909><c> you</c><00:35:00.130><c> to</c><00:35:00.469><c> orient</c><00:35:01.449><c> geographically</c><00:35:02.510><c> where</c>

00:35:02.789 --> 00:35:03.610
we<00:35:02.949><c> are</c><00:35:03.170><c> working</c>

00:35:03.610 --> 00:35:07.849
in<00:35:04.170><c> the</c><00:35:04.369><c> ministries</c><00:35:04.730><c> of</c><00:35:04.909><c> these</c><00:35:05.110><c> two</c><00:35:05.369><c> prophets.</c><00:35:06.829><c> We</c><00:35:07.389><c> won't</c><00:35:07.570><c> look</c><00:35:07.789><c> at</c>

00:35:07.849 --> 00:35:10.030
what's<00:35:08.090><c> in</c><00:35:08.269><c> the</c><00:35:08.409><c> boxes,</c><00:35:08.809><c> but</c><00:35:09.210><c> we</c><00:35:09.369><c> will</c><00:35:09.570><c> notice</c>

00:35:10.030 --> 00:35:17.250
that<00:35:10.349><c> circled</c><00:35:11.309><c> here</c><00:35:12.210><c> is</c><00:35:13.130><c> the</c><00:35:13.590><c> place</c><00:35:14.030><c> of</c><00:35:14.530><c> Elijah's</c><00:35:15.849><c> origin.</c><00:35:17.070><c> He</c>

00:35:17.250 --> 00:35:20.510
comes<00:35:17.630><c> from</c><00:35:18.030><c> Tishpi,</c><00:35:19.489><c> which,</c><00:35:19.670><c> as</c><00:35:19.869><c> you</c><00:35:19.949><c> can</c><00:35:20.210><c> see</c><00:35:20.309><c> on</c>

00:35:20.510 --> 00:35:27.809
your<00:35:20.710><c> map,</c><00:35:21.570><c> was</c><00:35:21.750><c> on</c><00:35:22.110><c> the</c><00:35:22.409><c> east</c><00:35:22.730><c> side</c><00:35:22.969><c> of</c><00:35:23.230><c> Jordan.</c><00:35:27.230><c> If</c><00:35:27.510><c> you</c><00:35:27.610><c> turn</c>

00:35:27.809 --> 00:35:33.889
to<00:35:27.989><c> the</c><00:35:28.110><c> other</c><00:35:28.309><c> map,</c><00:35:31.889><c> dealing</c><00:35:32.130><c> with</c><00:35:32.389><c> Elisha's</c><00:35:33.030><c> ministry,</c>

00:35:35.369 --> 00:35:46.030
we<00:35:36.210><c> have</c><00:35:36.610><c> in</c><00:35:36.849><c> heavy</c><00:35:37.130><c> black</c><00:35:38.610><c> noted</c><00:35:40.130><c> the</c><00:35:40.690><c> place</c><00:35:40.949><c> called</c><00:35:41.909><c> Abel</c><00:35:42.610><c> Mahola,</c><00:35:44.269><c> the</c><00:35:44.530><c> place</c><00:35:45.090><c> of</c>

00:35:46.030 --> 00:35:47.590
the<00:35:46.250><c> dance,</c><00:35:47.010><c> as</c><00:35:47.190><c> it</c><00:35:47.389><c> means</c>

00:35:47.590 --> 00:35:52.929
literally.<00:35:49.210><c> There</c><00:35:49.650><c> is</c><00:35:49.909><c> some</c><00:35:50.190><c> uncertainty</c><00:35:50.949><c> as</c><00:35:51.570><c> to</c><00:35:51.849><c> where</c><00:35:52.309><c> Abel</c>

00:35:52.929 --> 00:35:56.949
Mahola,<00:35:54.130><c> the</c><00:35:54.289><c> native</c><00:35:54.670><c> town</c><00:35:55.070><c> of</c><00:35:55.349><c> Elisha,</c><00:35:56.329><c> is</c><00:35:56.630><c> to</c><00:35:56.769><c> be</c>

00:35:56.949 --> 00:36:01.530
located.<00:35:58.670><c> Some</c><00:35:59.130><c> books</c><00:35:59.469><c> will</c><00:35:59.789><c> place</c><00:36:00.030><c> it</c><00:36:00.309><c> on</c><00:36:00.550><c> the</c><00:36:00.769><c> east</c><00:36:01.030><c> side</c><00:36:01.309><c> of</c>

00:36:01.530 --> 00:36:05.289
Jordan,<00:36:02.969><c> on</c><00:36:03.150><c> the</c><00:36:03.329><c> same</c><00:36:03.670><c> side</c><00:36:04.050><c> as</c><00:36:04.289><c> Tishpi.</c>

00:36:05.989 --> 00:36:10.610
But<00:36:06.289><c> by</c><00:36:06.610><c> far,</c><00:36:07.070><c> brothers</c><00:36:07.210><c> and</c><00:36:07.489><c> sisters,</c><00:36:08.289><c> the</c><00:36:08.449><c> majority</c><00:36:09.150><c> believe</c><00:36:10.110><c> that</c>

00:36:10.610 --> 00:36:12.849
Abel<00:36:10.949><c> Mahola</c><00:36:11.550><c> is</c><00:36:11.889><c> to</c><00:36:12.030><c> be</c><00:36:12.190><c> located</c><00:36:12.670><c> where</c>

00:36:12.849 --> 00:36:16.489
we<00:36:13.090><c> have</c><00:36:13.210><c> it</c><00:36:13.349><c> there</c><00:36:13.469><c> on</c><00:36:13.650><c> the</c><00:36:13.789><c> map.</c><00:36:15.190><c> And</c><00:36:15.409><c> perhaps,</c><00:36:15.969><c> if</c><00:36:16.150><c> that's</c>

00:36:16.489 --> 00:36:19.030
true,<00:36:17.429><c> we</c><00:36:17.570><c> have</c><00:36:17.750><c> another</c><00:36:18.469><c> one</c><00:36:18.650><c> of</c><00:36:18.750><c> those</c>

00:36:19.030 --> 00:36:23.070
complements,<00:36:20.889><c> another</c><00:36:21.130><c> one</c><00:36:21.329><c> of</c><00:36:21.429><c> those</c><00:36:21.769><c> complements</c><00:36:22.409><c> between</c>

00:36:23.070 --> 00:36:25.369
Elijah<00:36:23.570><c> and</c><00:36:23.929><c> Elisha's</c><00:36:24.510><c> ministries.</c>

00:36:26.190 --> 00:36:31.869
That<00:36:26.909><c> being</c><00:36:27.409><c> that</c><00:36:28.349><c> if</c><00:36:28.769><c> Abel</c><00:36:29.090><c> Mahola</c><00:36:29.510><c> is</c><00:36:29.809><c> to</c><00:36:29.929><c> be</c><00:36:30.110><c> located</c><00:36:30.510><c> there,</c><00:36:31.650><c> we</c>

00:36:31.869 --> 00:36:34.150
have<00:36:32.070><c> our</c><00:36:32.349><c> second</c><00:36:32.670><c> prophet</c><00:36:33.050><c> Elisha</c>

00:36:34.150 --> 00:36:39.550
coming<00:36:34.429><c> from</c><00:36:34.809><c> the</c><00:36:35.309><c> west</c><00:36:35.590><c> bank</c><00:36:35.949><c> of</c><00:36:36.469><c> the</c><00:36:36.650><c> Jordan,</c><00:36:38.469><c> the</c><00:36:38.670><c> other</c><00:36:38.969><c> prophet</c><00:36:39.329><c> in</c>

00:36:39.550 --> 00:36:41.030
a<00:36:39.849><c> complementary</c><00:36:40.309><c> way</c>

00:36:41.030 --> 00:36:45.170
coming<00:36:41.590><c> from</c><00:36:41.889><c> the</c><00:36:42.110><c> east</c><00:36:42.389><c> side</c><00:36:42.610><c> of</c><00:36:42.829><c> Jordan.</c><00:36:43.829><c> That</c><00:36:44.190><c> indeed</c><00:36:44.710><c> may</c>

00:36:45.170 --> 00:36:47.150
be<00:36:45.369><c> the</c><00:36:45.489><c> case,</c><00:36:45.750><c> but</c><00:36:45.869><c> we</c><00:36:46.090><c> can't</c><00:36:46.349><c> be</c><00:36:46.510><c> dogmatic.</c>

00:36:47.150 --> 00:36:52.150
But<00:36:47.869><c> those</c><00:36:48.170><c> two</c><00:36:48.369><c> maps</c><00:36:48.690><c> hopefully</c><00:36:49.130><c> will</c><00:36:49.389><c> help</c><00:36:49.650><c> you</c><00:36:50.170><c> put</c><00:36:50.349><c> into</c><00:36:50.610><c> a</c><00:36:50.909><c> context</c>

00:36:52.369 --> 00:36:56.150
geographically,<00:36:53.690><c> the</c><00:36:53.849><c> events</c><00:36:54.090><c> that</c><00:36:54.250><c> we're</c><00:36:54.409><c> going</c><00:36:54.550><c> to</c><00:36:54.889><c> consider</c><00:36:55.349><c> over</c>

00:36:56.150 --> 00:36:58.309
the<00:36:56.369><c> course</c><00:36:56.590><c> of</c><00:36:56.769><c> the</c><00:36:56.849><c> next</c><00:36:57.030><c> few</c><00:36:57.210><c> days.</c>

00:37:00.769 --> 00:37:09.570
Also<00:37:01.130><c> of</c><00:37:01.369><c> significance</c><00:37:02.010><c> is</c><00:37:03.449><c> the</c><00:37:03.670><c> fact</c><00:37:03.949><c> that</c><00:37:05.989><c> Elisha</c><00:37:06.750><c> and</c><00:37:07.289><c> Elijah</c><00:37:07.909><c> have</c>

00:37:09.570 --> 00:37:12.469
an<00:37:10.489><c> interesting</c><00:37:10.989><c> touchstone</c>

00:37:13.289 --> 00:37:18.829
in<00:37:13.849><c> terms</c><00:37:14.230><c> of</c><00:37:14.590><c> their</c><00:37:14.869><c> ministries.</c><00:37:16.530><c> You</c><00:37:16.710><c> remember</c><00:37:17.030><c> in</c><00:37:17.190><c> the</c><00:37:17.369><c> life</c><00:37:17.550><c> of</c><00:37:17.849><c> Elijah,</c>

00:37:19.670 --> 00:37:22.409
as<00:37:20.010><c> we're</c><00:37:20.250><c> going</c><00:37:20.409><c> to</c><00:37:20.630><c> just</c><00:37:20.969><c> highlight</c><00:37:21.369><c> here</c><00:37:21.710><c> by</c><00:37:21.889><c> moving</c><00:37:22.170><c> the</c>

00:37:22.409 --> 00:37:24.710
pen<00:37:22.570><c> down</c><00:37:22.849><c> this</c><00:37:23.090><c> way</c><00:37:23.230><c> on</c><00:37:23.369><c> the</c><00:37:23.550><c> black</c><00:37:23.789><c> arrow</c><00:37:24.130><c> that</c><00:37:24.369><c> faces</c>

00:37:24.710 --> 00:37:28.449
south<00:37:25.090><c> towards</c><00:37:25.449><c> Sinai,</c><00:37:26.710><c> you</c><00:37:27.010><c> remember</c><00:37:27.269><c> that</c><00:37:27.449><c> during</c><00:37:27.710><c> the</c><00:37:27.949><c> ministry</c><00:37:28.230><c> of</c>

00:37:28.449 --> 00:37:32.429
Elijah,<00:37:30.250><c> he</c><00:37:30.610><c> went</c><00:37:30.789><c> down</c><00:37:31.329><c> in</c><00:37:31.650><c> despair</c><00:37:32.130><c> to</c>

00:37:32.429 --> 00:37:36.210
Mount<00:37:32.690><c> Horeb,</c><00:37:33.329><c> or</c><00:37:33.449><c> to</c><00:37:33.590><c> the</c><00:37:33.730><c> area</c><00:37:33.889><c> of</c><00:37:34.210><c> Sinai.</c><00:37:35.809><c> You</c><00:37:36.010><c> remember</c>

00:37:36.210 --> 00:37:40.110
how<00:37:36.409><c> the</c><00:37:36.670><c> king's</c><00:37:37.130><c> record</c><00:37:37.869><c> describes</c><00:37:38.929><c> how</c><00:37:39.449><c> Elijah</c><00:37:39.909><c> went</c>

00:37:40.110 --> 00:37:48.469
down<00:37:40.190><c> there</c><00:37:40.670><c> in</c><00:37:40.929><c> despair</c><00:37:41.690><c> and</c><00:37:42.750><c> how</c><00:37:43.150><c> he</c><00:37:43.469><c> resided</c><00:37:43.889><c> there</c><00:37:44.630><c> for</c><00:37:45.030><c> some</c><00:37:45.309><c> time</c><00:37:45.889><c> and</c><00:37:46.750><c> was</c><00:37:46.989><c> given</c><00:37:47.190><c> the</c><00:37:47.610><c> experience</c><00:37:48.170><c> of</c>

00:37:48.469 --> 00:37:55.369
the<00:37:48.670><c> earthquake,</c><00:37:49.369><c> the</c><00:37:49.550><c> wind,</c><00:37:50.110><c> the</c><00:37:50.329><c> fire,</c><00:37:50.989><c> and</c><00:37:51.230><c> the</c><00:37:51.489><c> still</c><00:37:51.710><c> small</c><00:37:52.050><c> voice.</c><00:37:54.070><c> What</c><00:37:54.489><c> does</c><00:37:54.690><c> that</c><00:37:54.949><c> have</c><00:37:55.210><c> to</c>

00:37:55.369 --> 00:37:56.869
do<00:37:55.469><c> with</c><00:37:55.690><c> Elisha?</c>

00:37:58.369 --> 00:38:04.849
Have<00:37:58.489><c> you</c><00:37:58.610><c> ever</c><00:37:58.809><c> noticed</c><00:37:59.550><c> that</c><00:38:00.869><c> it</c><00:38:01.050><c> is</c><00:38:01.590><c> while</c><00:38:02.250><c> Elijah</c><00:38:03.190><c> is</c><00:38:04.349><c> on</c>

00:38:04.849 --> 00:38:07.809
Mount<00:38:05.250><c> Horeb</c><00:38:05.849><c> in</c><00:38:06.289><c> the</c><00:38:06.630><c> cave,</c>

00:38:08.050 --> 00:38:13.889
it<00:38:08.650><c> is</c><00:38:08.909><c> while</c><00:38:09.369><c> he</c><00:38:09.610><c> is</c><00:38:10.150><c> experiencing,</c><00:38:10.869><c> or</c><00:38:10.969><c> after</c><00:38:11.349><c> he</c><00:38:11.530><c> has</c><00:38:11.769><c> experienced,</c><00:38:13.789><c> the</c>

00:38:13.889 --> 00:38:15.469
earthquake,<00:38:14.550><c> the</c><00:38:14.690><c> wind,</c><00:38:15.070><c> the</c><00:38:15.210><c> fire,</c>

00:38:15.530 --> 00:38:19.210
and<00:38:15.650><c> the</c><00:38:15.869><c> still</c><00:38:16.090><c> small</c><00:38:16.409><c> voice,</c><00:38:17.150><c> it</c><00:38:17.369><c> is</c><00:38:17.690><c> there</c><00:38:18.230><c> at</c><00:38:18.670><c> that</c><00:38:18.949><c> very</c>

00:38:19.210 --> 00:38:24.030
occasion<00:38:20.050><c> on</c><00:38:20.730><c> Mount</c><00:38:21.030><c> Horeb</c><00:38:21.610><c> that</c><00:38:22.130><c> Elijah,</c><00:38:23.610><c> for</c><00:38:23.769><c> the</c>

00:38:24.030 --> 00:38:32.250
first<00:38:24.329><c> time,</c><00:38:26.090><c> is</c><00:38:26.369><c> introduced</c><00:38:27.230><c> by</c><00:38:28.090><c> name</c><00:38:28.829><c> to</c><00:38:29.269><c> Elisha.</c><00:38:30.889><c> It</c><00:38:30.989><c> is</c><00:38:31.170><c> while</c><00:38:31.469><c> Elijah</c><00:38:31.989><c> is</c>

00:38:32.250 --> 00:38:34.929
on<00:38:32.449><c> Mount</c><00:38:32.730><c> Horeb</c><00:38:33.789><c> that</c><00:38:34.070><c> Elisha</c>

00:38:34.929 --> 00:38:39.409
is<00:38:35.130><c> referred</c><00:38:35.610><c> to.</c><00:38:37.230><c> It</c><00:38:37.329><c> is</c><00:38:37.530><c> while</c><00:38:37.789><c> he's</c><00:38:37.989><c> there</c><00:38:38.269><c> on</c><00:38:38.469><c> Mount</c><00:38:38.710><c> Horeb</c>

00:38:39.409 --> 00:38:43.170
that<00:38:39.750><c> Elijah</c><00:38:40.230><c> is</c><00:38:40.610><c> told</c><00:38:41.050><c> he</c><00:38:41.590><c> must</c><00:38:42.130><c> anoint</c><00:38:42.829><c> three</c>

00:38:43.170 --> 00:38:48.070
people,<00:38:44.909><c> one</c><00:38:45.289><c> of</c><00:38:45.449><c> them</c><00:38:45.670><c> being</c><00:38:46.429><c> the</c><00:38:47.110><c> one</c><00:38:47.349><c> who</c><00:38:47.469><c> will</c><00:38:47.809><c> follow</c>

00:38:48.070 --> 00:38:53.590
him,<00:38:48.809><c> Elisha.</c><00:38:51.329><c> Whether</c><00:38:51.670><c> Elijah</c><00:38:52.110><c> knew</c><00:38:52.309><c> Elisha</c><00:38:52.869><c> beforehand</c>

00:38:53.590 --> 00:38:59.090
we<00:38:53.949><c> do</c><00:38:54.269><c> not</c><00:38:54.570><c> know,</c><00:38:55.650><c> but</c><00:38:55.809><c> we</c><00:38:55.989><c> do</c><00:38:56.269><c> know</c><00:38:56.510><c> from</c><00:38:56.710><c> the</c><00:38:56.929><c> king's</c><00:38:57.329><c> record,</c><00:38:58.150><c> now</c><00:38:58.309><c> indicated</c><00:38:58.809><c> by</c>

00:38:59.090 --> 00:39:00.590
the<00:38:59.369><c> second</c><00:38:59.630><c> arrow,</c>

00:39:00.809 --> 00:39:05.409
that<00:39:01.210><c> it</c><00:39:01.269><c> was</c><00:39:01.510><c> on</c><00:39:01.710><c> his</c><00:39:01.969><c> return,</c><00:39:03.489><c> on</c><00:39:03.889><c> his</c><00:39:04.230><c> return</c><00:39:04.710><c> from</c><00:39:05.010><c> Mount</c>

00:39:05.409 --> 00:39:10.110
Horeb,<00:39:07.130><c> that</c><00:39:07.409><c> Elijah</c><00:39:07.889><c> came</c><00:39:08.369><c> to</c><00:39:08.809><c> Abel</c><00:39:09.210><c> Mahola</c>

00:39:10.929 --> 00:39:17.769
and<00:39:11.730><c> passing</c><00:39:12.170><c> by</c><00:39:13.449><c> meets</c><00:39:14.349><c> Elisha.</c><00:39:16.469><c> It</c><00:39:16.590><c> is</c><00:39:16.829><c> there</c><00:39:17.070><c> that</c><00:39:17.250><c> Elisha</c>

00:39:17.769 --> 00:39:20.489
is<00:39:18.130><c> plowing</c><00:39:18.489><c> with</c><00:39:18.710><c> the</c><00:39:18.929><c> twelve</c><00:39:19.170><c> oxen.</c>

00:39:20.530 --> 00:39:27.710
It<00:39:20.909><c> is</c><00:39:21.170><c> there</c><00:39:21.449><c> that</c><00:39:21.650><c> he</c><00:39:22.750><c> invites</c><00:39:23.849><c> Elisha</c><00:39:25.309><c> to</c><00:39:25.670><c> join</c><00:39:25.949><c> him</c><00:39:26.309><c> in</c><00:39:26.670><c> ministry.</c>

00:39:29.010 --> 00:39:32.809
So<00:39:29.349><c> when</c><00:39:29.570><c> we</c><00:39:29.849><c> talk</c><00:39:30.050><c> about</c><00:39:30.429><c> the</c><00:39:30.849><c> background</c><00:39:31.429><c> of</c><00:39:31.670><c> these</c><00:39:31.909><c> two</c><00:39:32.210><c> prophets</c><00:39:32.590><c> and</c>

00:39:32.809 --> 00:39:34.530
how<00:39:33.090><c> they</c><00:39:33.409><c> interact,</c>

00:39:35.090 --> 00:39:41.969
here<00:39:35.210><c> is</c><00:39:35.530><c> another</c><00:39:36.150><c> source</c><00:39:36.929><c> of</c><00:39:37.469><c> proof</c><00:39:37.869><c> that</c><00:39:38.449><c> Elijah</c><00:39:39.030><c> and</c><00:39:39.369><c> Elisha</c><00:39:40.010><c> are</c><00:39:40.550><c> inseparable.</c>

00:39:42.349 --> 00:39:48.469
The<00:39:42.730><c> two</c><00:39:43.130><c> prophets</c><00:39:43.750><c> are</c><00:39:44.489><c> intertwined.</c><00:39:46.590><c> Elisha,</c><00:39:47.210><c> although</c><00:39:47.489><c> he's</c><00:39:47.650><c> not</c><00:39:48.050><c> there</c><00:39:48.269><c> on</c>

00:39:48.469 --> 00:39:49.230
Mount<00:39:48.769><c> Horeb,</c>

00:39:49.590 --> 00:39:55.829
is<00:39:49.829><c> introduced</c><00:39:50.630><c> by</c><00:39:51.210><c> reference</c><00:39:51.789><c> to</c><00:39:52.429><c> Elijah</c><00:39:52.909><c> while</c><00:39:53.730><c> he's</c><00:39:54.170><c> on</c><00:39:54.349><c> Mount</c><00:39:54.630><c> Horeb,</c><00:39:55.349><c> and</c><00:39:55.690><c> it</c>

00:39:55.829 --> 00:39:57.449
is<00:39:56.070><c> immediately</c><00:39:56.489><c> after</c>

00:39:57.449 --> 00:40:04.050
the<00:39:57.889><c> experience</c><00:39:58.429><c> of</c><00:39:58.630><c> the</c><00:39:58.750><c> earthquake,</c><00:39:59.849><c> the</c><00:39:59.989><c> wind</c><00:40:00.289><c> and</c><00:40:00.449><c> the</c><00:40:00.690><c> fire,</c><00:40:01.349><c> and</c><00:40:01.550><c> the</c><00:40:01.809><c> still</c><00:40:02.110><c> small</c><00:40:02.489><c> voice.</c><00:40:03.889><c> On</c>

00:40:04.050 --> 00:40:04.750
his<00:40:04.230><c> return</c>

00:40:04.750 --> 00:40:10.110
from<00:40:04.829><c> that</c><00:40:05.090><c> experience,</c><00:40:06.269><c> it's</c><00:40:06.570><c> then</c><00:40:07.369><c> that</c><00:40:08.110><c> Elijah</c><00:40:08.590><c> actually</c>

00:40:10.110 --> 00:40:13.989
is<00:40:10.590><c> introduced</c><00:40:11.230><c> to</c><00:40:11.630><c> Elisha</c><00:40:12.429><c> and</c><00:40:13.030><c> beckons</c><00:40:13.389><c> him</c>

00:40:13.989 --> 00:40:23.130
to<00:40:14.630><c> the</c><00:40:14.809><c> prophetic</c><00:40:15.150><c> ministry.</c><00:40:20.929><c> In</c><00:40:21.210><c> comparing</c><00:40:21.590><c> the</c><00:40:21.829><c> two</c><00:40:22.070><c> prophets,</c>

00:40:25.750 --> 00:40:28.869
another<00:40:26.030><c> point</c><00:40:26.409><c> that's</c><00:40:26.769><c> important</c><00:40:27.170><c> by</c><00:40:27.429><c> way</c><00:40:27.610><c> of</c><00:40:27.889><c> introduction,</c>

00:40:30.250 --> 00:40:34.489
very<00:40:30.789><c> important</c><00:40:31.250><c> to</c><00:40:31.510><c> bear</c><00:40:31.670><c> in</c><00:40:31.909><c> mind</c><00:40:32.210><c> the</c><00:40:32.449><c> meaning</c><00:40:32.670><c> of</c><00:40:32.929><c> the</c><00:40:33.090><c> prophets'</c><00:40:33.429><c> names.</c><00:40:34.449><c> And</c>

00:40:34.489 --> 00:40:35.650
I<00:40:34.530><c> know</c><00:40:34.750><c> again</c><00:40:35.030><c> for</c><00:40:35.210><c> many</c><00:40:35.449><c> of</c><00:40:35.550><c> us</c>

00:40:35.650 --> 00:40:38.610
this<00:40:35.829><c> will</c><00:40:36.010><c> be</c><00:40:36.269><c> familiar</c><00:40:36.610><c> ground,</c><00:40:37.670><c> but</c><00:40:37.670><c> some</c><00:40:38.030><c> of</c><00:40:38.150><c> us</c><00:40:38.269><c> perhaps</c>

00:40:38.610 --> 00:40:40.590
are<00:40:38.769><c> just</c><00:40:38.929><c> getting</c><00:40:39.150><c> started</c><00:40:39.550><c> in</c><00:40:39.750><c> our</c><00:40:39.889><c> Bible</c><00:40:40.190><c> study,</c>

00:40:40.829 --> 00:40:53.309
and<00:40:40.989><c> this</c><00:40:41.230><c> may</c><00:40:41.429><c> be</c><00:40:42.030><c> unknown.</c><00:40:45.050><c> Elijah,</c><00:40:48.010><c> his</c><00:40:48.349><c> name</c><00:40:48.630><c> means</c><00:40:49.210><c> Yahweh</c><00:40:50.210><c> is</c><00:40:50.849><c> God.</c><00:40:53.130><c> It</c>

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is<00:40:53.610><c> an</c><00:40:53.889><c> affirmation</c>

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in<00:40:55.949><c> contrast</c><00:40:56.670><c> to</c><00:40:56.989><c> Baal</c><00:40:57.329><c> worship</c><00:40:57.769><c> on</c><00:40:58.050><c> Mount</c><00:40:58.389><c> Carmel</c><00:40:59.150><c> especially.</c><00:41:00.989><c> We've</c><00:41:01.469><c> given</c><00:41:01.610><c> you</c>

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a<00:41:02.110><c> reference,</c>

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1<00:41:02.750><c> Kings</c><00:41:03.150><c> 18</c><00:41:03.730><c> and</c><00:41:03.889><c> 39,</c><00:41:05.429><c> where</c><00:41:05.590><c> the</c><00:41:05.750><c> meaning</c><00:41:06.010><c> of</c><00:41:06.349><c> Elijah's</c><00:41:06.869><c> name</c>

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becomes<00:41:08.050><c> part</c><00:41:08.530><c> of</c><00:41:08.849><c> the</c><00:41:09.150><c> drama</c><00:41:09.610><c> on</c><00:41:10.030><c> Mount</c><00:41:10.369><c> Carmel,</c>

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where<00:41:12.809><c> the</c><00:41:13.110><c> significance</c><00:41:13.710><c> of</c><00:41:14.110><c> Elijah's</c><00:41:14.690><c> name</c><00:41:15.010><c> is</c><00:41:15.510><c> actually</c>

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spelled<00:41:16.489><c> out</c><00:41:17.170><c> as</c><00:41:17.530><c> being</c><00:41:17.949><c> the</c><00:41:18.389><c> meaning</c>

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of<00:41:19.909><c> what</c><00:41:20.210><c> Elijah</c><00:41:20.590><c> does</c><00:41:21.110><c> on</c><00:41:21.469><c> Mount</c><00:41:21.809><c> Carmel</c><00:41:22.489><c> when</c><00:41:23.010><c> he</c><00:41:23.329><c> challenges</c><00:41:23.750><c> and</c><00:41:24.230><c> defeats</c><00:41:25.409><c> the</c>

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worshipers<00:41:26.309><c> of</c><00:41:26.550><c> Baal.</c>

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It<00:41:28.190><c> is,</c><00:41:28.730><c> brothers</c><00:41:28.750><c> and</c><00:41:29.050><c> sisters,</c><00:41:30.110><c> an</c><00:41:30.309><c> affirmation</c><00:41:31.110><c> of</c><00:41:31.329><c> the</c><00:41:31.570><c> reality</c><00:41:32.050><c> of</c>

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God,<00:41:33.369><c> the</c><00:41:33.550><c> God</c><00:41:33.769><c> of</c><00:41:33.949><c> Israel,</c><00:41:34.929><c> Yahweh.</c>

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By<00:41:37.289><c> way</c><00:41:37.510><c> of</c><00:41:37.889><c> compliment,</c><00:41:39.469><c> Elisha</c><00:41:39.889><c> means</c><00:41:40.670><c> God</c><00:41:41.469><c> is</c><00:41:41.730><c> salvation,</c>

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God<00:41:43.670><c> is</c><00:41:43.929><c> Savior,</c><00:41:45.630><c> or</c><00:41:45.789><c> God</c><00:41:46.170><c> saves.</c>

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Why<00:41:49.289><c> do</c><00:41:49.449><c> we</c><00:41:49.590><c> say</c><00:41:49.750><c> that's</c><00:41:50.130><c> a</c><00:41:50.309><c> compliment?</c>

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Consider<00:41:54.250><c> it,</c><00:41:54.449><c> if</c><00:41:54.570><c> you</c><00:41:54.750><c> will,</c><00:41:56.090><c> from</c><00:41:56.289><c> this</c><00:41:56.469><c> point</c><00:41:56.710><c> of</c><00:41:56.849><c> view.</c><00:41:58.170><c> If</c>

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you'd<00:41:58.489><c> like</c><00:41:58.590><c> to</c><00:41:58.849><c> take</c><00:41:58.929><c> a</c><00:41:58.989><c> look</c><00:41:59.110><c> at</c><00:41:59.210><c> some</c><00:41:59.369><c> of</c>

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these<00:41:59.630><c> overheads</c><00:42:00.170><c> afterwards,</c><00:42:00.530><c> if</c><00:42:00.570><c> they're</c><00:42:00.750><c> of</c><00:42:00.869><c> any</c><00:42:01.010><c> help</c><00:42:01.230><c> to</c>

00:42:01.269 --> 00:42:02.949
you,<00:42:01.449><c> we'd</c><00:42:01.570><c> be</c><00:42:01.630><c> glad</c><00:42:01.809><c> to</c><00:42:02.050><c> share</c><00:42:02.210><c> them.</c>

00:42:04.269 --> 00:42:10.389
A<00:42:04.630><c> compliment</c><00:42:04.969><c> in</c><00:42:05.210><c> the</c><00:42:05.349><c> following</c><00:42:05.670><c> way.</c><00:42:07.989><c> As</c><00:42:08.369><c> you</c><00:42:08.610><c> look</c><00:42:08.849><c> at</c><00:42:09.570><c> those</c><00:42:10.150><c> two</c>

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names,<00:42:11.030><c> Elijah</c><00:42:11.429><c> and</c><00:42:11.750><c> Elisha,</c>

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an<00:42:13.789><c> affirmation</c><00:42:14.329><c> that</c><00:42:14.530><c> God</c><00:42:14.769><c> is,</c><00:42:16.070><c> and</c><00:42:16.309><c> an</c><00:42:16.469><c> affirmation</c><00:42:16.969><c> that</c><00:42:17.150><c> God</c><00:42:17.389><c> is</c><00:42:17.590><c> a</c>

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Savior,<00:42:19.289><c> that</c><00:42:19.610><c> is</c><00:42:19.949><c> really</c><00:42:20.269><c> a</c><00:42:20.809><c> complete</c>

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scriptural<00:42:21.789><c> thought</c><00:42:22.190><c> when</c><00:42:22.369><c> you</c><00:42:22.610><c> bring</c><00:42:22.829><c> both</c><00:42:23.190><c> of</c><00:42:23.369><c> those</c><00:42:23.550><c> names</c>

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together.<00:42:24.849><c> And</c><00:42:25.130><c> you</c><00:42:25.230><c> can</c><00:42:25.369><c> go</c><00:42:25.590><c> elsewhere</c><00:42:26.070><c> in</c>

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Scripture,<00:42:26.809><c> just</c><00:42:27.030><c> two</c><00:42:27.230><c> examples,</c><00:42:28.550><c> to</c><00:42:28.849><c> see</c><00:42:29.090><c> how</c><00:42:29.449><c> Scripture</c><00:42:29.929><c> brings</c><00:42:30.510><c> the</c><00:42:30.789><c> meaning</c><00:42:31.010><c> of</c>

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those<00:42:31.489><c> two</c><00:42:31.730><c> names</c><00:42:32.110><c> to</c><00:42:33.050><c> bear</c><00:42:33.429><c> as</c>

00:42:34.050 --> 00:42:39.190
compliments,<00:42:35.530><c> furnishing</c><00:42:35.889><c> a</c><00:42:36.170><c> complete</c><00:42:36.730><c> scriptural</c><00:42:37.530><c> thought.</c><00:42:38.889><c> Hebrews</c>

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11<00:42:39.590><c> and</c><00:42:39.769><c> verse</c><00:42:40.010><c> 6</c><00:42:40.309><c> would</c><00:42:40.489><c> be</c><00:42:40.650><c> a</c><00:42:40.789><c> case</c>

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in<00:42:41.070><c> point.</c><00:42:42.829><c> He</c><00:42:43.190><c> that</c><00:42:43.510><c> cometh</c><00:42:43.889><c> to</c><00:42:44.230><c> God</c><00:42:44.789><c> must</c><00:42:45.329><c> believe</c><00:42:46.269><c> that</c><00:42:47.469><c> he</c>

00:42:47.710 --> 00:42:53.909
is.<00:42:49.170><c> The</c><00:42:49.650><c> meaning</c><00:42:49.809><c> of</c><00:42:50.070><c> Elijah,</c><00:42:51.429><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:51.969><c> is</c><00:42:52.730><c> God.</c>

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And,<00:42:55.530><c> secondarily,</c><00:42:57.190><c> that</c><00:42:57.309><c> he</c><00:42:57.510><c> is</c><00:42:58.110><c> a</c><00:42:58.650><c> rewarder</c><00:42:59.550><c> of</c><00:42:59.929><c> those</c><00:43:00.269><c> that</c>

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diligently<00:43:01.050><c> seek</c><00:43:01.469><c> him.</c><00:43:02.610><c> Elisha,</c><00:43:03.730><c> God</c><00:43:04.429><c> saves.</c>

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What<00:43:05.849><c> greater</c><00:43:06.250><c> reward</c><00:43:06.809><c> is</c><00:43:07.150><c> there</c><00:43:07.550><c> than</c><00:43:07.730><c> that?</c><00:43:08.570><c> Or,</c><00:43:09.329><c> another</c>

00:43:09.630 --> 00:43:12.050
case<00:43:09.949><c> in</c><00:43:10.210><c> point,</c><00:43:11.110><c> showing</c><00:43:11.269><c> the</c><00:43:11.590><c> compliment</c>

00:43:12.050 --> 00:43:21.210
of<00:43:12.329><c> these</c><00:43:12.570><c> two</c><00:43:12.829><c> ideas</c><00:43:13.349><c> or</c><00:43:13.710><c> thoughts,</c><00:43:14.869><c> we</c><00:43:14.969><c> go</c><00:43:15.090><c> to</c><00:43:15.250><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:15.750><c> chapter</c><00:43:16.210><c> 45,</c><00:43:19.429><c> that</c><00:43:19.670><c> God</c><00:43:20.010><c> is</c><00:43:20.730><c> a</c>

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just<00:43:21.650><c> God</c><00:43:22.469><c> and</c><00:43:24.150><c> a</c><00:43:24.409><c> Savior.</c>

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Elijah's<00:43:31.610><c> ministry</c><00:43:32.130><c> demonstrated</c><00:43:33.050><c> the</c><00:43:33.510><c> justice</c><00:43:34.110><c> and</c><00:43:34.769><c> the</c><00:43:35.050><c> judgment</c><00:43:35.510><c> and</c><00:43:36.849><c> the</c><00:43:37.050><c> reality</c><00:43:37.510><c> of</c><00:43:37.750><c> Yahweh</c>

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as<00:43:39.030><c> the</c><00:43:39.190><c> God</c><00:43:39.309><c> of</c><00:43:39.449><c> Israel.</c><00:43:41.010><c> And</c><00:43:41.309><c> Elisha</c><00:43:42.449><c> complimented</c><00:43:43.230><c> that</c><00:43:43.570><c> ministry,</c><00:43:44.369><c> as</c>

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we'll<00:43:44.809><c> see</c><00:43:45.070><c> in</c><00:43:45.210><c> the</c><00:43:45.329><c> next</c><00:43:45.530><c> few</c><00:43:45.750><c> classes,</c>

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by<00:43:47.610><c> demonstrating</c><00:43:48.210><c> truly</c><00:43:48.949><c> that</c><00:43:50.150><c> God</c><00:43:50.590><c> is</c><00:43:50.809><c> a</c><00:43:50.949><c> God</c><00:43:51.090><c> of</c><00:43:51.309><c> grace,</c><00:43:53.090><c> that</c><00:43:53.369><c> the</c><00:43:53.530><c> God</c><00:43:53.710><c> of</c>

00:43:53.969 --> 00:43:54.730
Israel<00:43:54.309><c> is</c><00:43:54.570><c> a</c><00:43:54.710><c> God</c><00:43:54.730><c> of</c><00:43:54.730><c> grace.</c>

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That<00:43:54.730><c> he</c><00:43:54.730><c> is</c><00:43:54.730><c> a</c><00:43:54.809><c> God</c><00:43:54.809><c> of</c><00:43:54.949><c> mercy</c><00:43:55.570><c> and</c><00:43:56.789><c> that,</c><00:43:57.030><c> as</c><00:43:57.130><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:57.570><c> affirms,</c><00:43:58.570><c> he</c><00:43:58.750><c> truly</c><00:43:59.170><c> is</c><00:44:00.289><c> a</c><00:44:00.630><c> Savior.</c>

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We<00:44:02.610><c> hope,</c><00:44:02.929><c> brothers</c><00:44:03.010><c> and</c><00:44:03.289><c> sisters,</c><00:44:03.570><c> with</c><00:44:03.789><c> that</c><00:44:03.969><c> background</c>

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information<00:44:05.170><c> that</c><00:44:05.610><c> we</c><00:44:05.710><c> can</c><00:44:05.929><c> build</c><00:44:06.190><c> on</c><00:44:06.429><c> that,</c>

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draw<00:44:07.369><c> upon</c><00:44:07.710><c> it,</c><00:44:08.429><c> and</c><00:44:08.670><c> hopefully</c><00:44:09.130><c> it</c><00:44:09.269><c> will</c><00:44:09.510><c> give</c><00:44:09.650><c> us</c><00:44:09.909><c> the</c><00:44:10.210><c> insights</c><00:44:10.730><c> that</c>

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we<00:44:11.289><c> need</c><00:44:11.869><c> to</c><00:44:12.710><c> understand</c><00:44:13.530><c> the</c><00:44:14.030><c> life,</c>

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the<00:44:15.170><c> times,</c><00:44:15.889><c> and</c><00:44:16.190><c> the</c><00:44:16.429><c> meaning</c><00:44:16.929><c> of</c><00:44:17.650><c> the</c><00:44:17.869><c> ministry</c><00:44:18.550><c> and</c><00:44:18.909><c> the</c><00:44:19.110><c> miracles</c><00:44:19.889><c> of</c>

00:44:20.309 --> 00:44:23.010
Elisha,<00:44:21.130><c> the</c><00:44:21.369><c> great</c><00:44:21.650><c> prophet</c><00:44:21.949><c> of</c><00:44:22.150><c> Yahweh.</c>