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  Speaker 1: The story of David begins in tragedy and ends in glory.
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  Speaker 1: From the shepherd's field to the battlefield, from caves to palaces,
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  Speaker 1: this young shepherd became the greatest king Israel had ever known.
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  Speaker 1: The Second Book of Samuel tells us how David went
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  Speaker 1: from a fugitive to the monarch of a united and
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  Speaker 1: powerful nation. Let's follow the early steps of this incredible journey,
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  Speaker 1: which began in tears over the death of a king
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  Speaker 1: and ended with the establishment of a new capital that
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  Speaker 1: would be remembered forever in history. This is the story
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  Speaker 1: of a man after God's own heart, with his victories, trials,
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  Speaker 1: and the divine hand guiding each step along the path
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  Speaker 1: to the throne of Israel. Three days had passed since
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  Speaker 1: the battle on Mount Gilboa. David and his men had
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  Speaker 1: just returned to Ziklag after defeating the Amalekites who had
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  Speaker 1: raided the city. The camp was bustling when a man appeared.
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  Speaker 1: His clothes were torn and he had dirt on his head,
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  Speaker 1: signs of deep mourning. He ran to David and fell
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  Speaker 1: face down in respect. Where have you come from? David asked,
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  Speaker 1: curious and a bit uneasy about this unexpected arrival. The
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  Speaker 1: young man replied that he had escaped from the Israelite camp.
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  Speaker 1: David's heart raced. What happened? Tell me he urged. What
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  Speaker 1: came next hit David like a series of arrows. The
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  Speaker 1: people fled from the battle, and many fell and died.
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  Speaker 1: Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead. We see
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  Speaker 1: in Second Samuel one four how David responded to this news.
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  Speaker 1: Then David said to the young man who brought him
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  Speaker 1: the report, how do you know that Saul and his
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  Speaker 1: son Jonathan are dead? The messenger and a Malakite, told
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  Speaker 1: a story that seemed a little too convenient. He claimed
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  Speaker 1: to have found Saul wounded, leaning on his spear, and
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  Speaker 1: that the king had asked him to finish the job.
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  Speaker 1: In Second Samuel won ten, he says, so I stood
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  Speaker 1: over him and killed him because I knew that after
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  Speaker 1: he had fallen, he could not survive. And I took
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  Speaker 1: the crown that was on his head and the band
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  Speaker 1: on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.
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  Speaker 1: The young man was probably expecting a reward for eliminating
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  Speaker 1: David's enemy, but David's reaction was nothing like the Amalekite expected.
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  Speaker 1: Instead of celebrating, David tore his clothes in deep mourning.
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  Speaker 1: All his men did the same. The entire camp was
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  Speaker 1: engulfed in sorrow. In Second Samuel one twelve we read
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  Speaker 1: they mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul
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  Speaker 1: and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen
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  Speaker 1: by the sword. And what about the messenger who proudly
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  Speaker 1: claimed to have delivered the final blow to Saul. David
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  Speaker 1: saw no heroism in his actions, only a terrible crime.
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  Speaker 1: In Second Samuel one fourteen, David asks with a stern voice,
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  Speaker 1: why weren't you afraid to lift your hand to destroy
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  Speaker 1: the Lord's anointed. He then ordered one of his young
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  Speaker 1: soldiers to strike the Amalekite down. In Second Samuel one sixteen,
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  Speaker 1: David declares, your blood be on your own head. Your
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  Speaker 1: own mouth testified against you when you said I killed
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  Speaker 1: the lords anointed. Amid his grief, David composed a beautiful
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  Speaker 1: lament for Saul and Jonathan. This poem, known as the
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  Speaker 1: Song of the Beau, was taught to the people of
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  Speaker 1: Judah and recorded in the Book of Jeshar In Second
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  Speaker 1: Samuel one nineteen, David begins his lament, A gazelle lies
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  Speaker 1: slain on your heights, Israel, how the mighty have fallen?
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  Speaker 1: He pleaded that it not be told in Gath nor
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  Speaker 1: published in the streets of Ashkelon, so the daughters of
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  Speaker 1: the Philistines wouldn't rejoice. David cursed the mountains of Gilboa,
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  Speaker 1: wishing no dew or reign upon them where the mighty
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  Speaker 1: had fallen. With deep emotion, he expresses in Second Samuel
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  Speaker 1: one twenty three Saul and Jonathan. In life they were
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  Speaker 1: loved and admired, and in death they were not parted.
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  Speaker 1: They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
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  Speaker 1: The lament ends with touching words about Jonathan. In Secor
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  Speaker 1: Samuel one twenty six, David says, I grieve for you, Jonathan,
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  Speaker 1: my brother. You were very dear to me. Your love
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  Speaker 1: for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.
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  Speaker 1: The young shepherd, whom Saul had tried to kill so
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  Speaker 1: many times, was now sincerely weeping for the death of
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  Speaker 1: the one who had pursued him, Revealing the greatness of
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  Speaker 1: his character. After the period of mourning, David sought divine
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  Speaker 1: direction for his next step. He did not act out
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  Speaker 1: of impulse or personal ambition. In Secor Samuel two per one,
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  Speaker 1: we see his posture of dependence. In the course of time,
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  Speaker 1: David inquired of the Lord, shall I go up to
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  Speaker 1: one of the towns of Judah. The Lord said, go up.
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  Speaker 1: David asked where shall I go? To Hebron. The Lord
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  Speaker 1: answered obedient. David went to Hebron with his two wives,
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  Speaker 1: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabel of Carmel.
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  Speaker 1: His men followed him, each with his family, and they
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  Speaker 1: settled in the towns around Hebron. In zech Samuel two three,
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  Speaker 1: we read David also took the men who were with him,
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  Speaker 1: each with his family, and they settled in Hebron and
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  Speaker 1: its towns. It didn't take long for the men of
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  Speaker 1: Judah to come to Hebron. There, in a solemn ceremony,
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  Speaker 1: they anointed David king over the tribe of Judah. It
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  Speaker 1: was a historic moment, though still partial. Only one of
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  Speaker 1: the twelve tribes recognized him as sovereign. Said to Samuel
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  Speaker 1: two four records it then the men of Judah came
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  Speaker 1: to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the
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  Speaker 1: tribe of Judah. Soon after, David received word of an
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  Speaker 1: act of bravery and loyalty. The men of Jabesh Gilead
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  Speaker 1: had risked their lives to recover the bodies of Saul
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  Speaker 1: and his sons, which had been exposed on the walls
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  Speaker 1: of beth Shan. With dignity, they cremated the remains and
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  Speaker 1: buried the bones under a tamarisk tree in Jabesh, fasting
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  Speaker 1: for seven days in mourning. This gesture deeply touched David's heart.
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  Speaker 1: He sent messengers to thank those loyal men. In Second
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  Speaker 1: Samuel two five to six we read, David sent messengers
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  Speaker 1: to the men of Jabesh Gilead to say to them,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord bless you for showing this kindness to soul
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  Speaker 1: your master by burying him. May the Lord now show
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  Speaker 1: you kindness and faithfulness, And I too will show you
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  Speaker 1: the same favor because you have done this. David took
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity to announce his anointing as king over Judah,
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  Speaker 1: urging them to be strong and courageous. It was a
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  Speaker 1: subtle yet clear invitation. He hoped that all the tribes
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  Speaker 1: would eventually recognize him as king in Hebron, David began
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  Speaker 1: to establish his rule. In verse eleven of chapter two
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  Speaker 1: of Second Samuel, we learned that he would remain in
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  Speaker 1: this city for seven years and six months. During this period,
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  Speaker 1: several of his sons were born. His first born was Amnon,
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  Speaker 1: son of Ahinoam. The second was Kiliab, son of Abigail.
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  Speaker 1: The third was Absalom, son of Mayaka, daughter of Talmai,
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  Speaker 1: king of Gesha. Also born were Adu Nija, son of Hagith, Shapatya,
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  Speaker 1: son of Abital, and Ishriam, son of Egla, as recorded
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  Speaker 1: in verses two to five of chapter three of Secu Samuel.
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  Speaker 1: While David was being anointed king in Hebron, another king
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  Speaker 1: was being proclaimed in the north. Abnah, Saul's powerful general
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  Speaker 1: and cousin, was not willing to hand over the throne
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  Speaker 1: to David's house. He took Ishbosheth, Saul's surviving son, and
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  Speaker 1: brought him to Mahanaim, across the Jordan River. There beyond
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  Speaker 1: the reach of the Philistines, who now controlled parts of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: Abner proclaimed Ishbosheth king over the northern tribes in verses
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  Speaker 1: eight and nine of chapter two of Second Samuel. The
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  Speaker 1: biblical text tells us meanwhile, Abner, son of Ner, the
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  Speaker 1: commander of Saul's army, had taken Ishbosheth, son of Saul,
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  Speaker 1: and brought him over to Mahanaim. He made him king
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  Speaker 1: over Gilead, Asher, Jezrael, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel. Thus
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  Speaker 1: a deep division was created within the nation. Judah followed David,
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  Speaker 1: while the rest of Israel followed Saul's son. Ishbosheth was
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  Speaker 1: forty years old when he began to reign and rule
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  Speaker 1: for only two years. His reign was weak, sustained mainly
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  Speaker 1: by Abner's strength and influence. In verse ten of chapter
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  Speaker 1: two of Second Samuel, we read only the tribe of
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  Speaker 1: Judah remained loyal to David. The stage was set for confraenation.
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  Speaker 1: Civil war became inevitable when the armies of the two
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  Speaker 1: kings met near the pool of Gibeon. Joab David's nephew
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  Speaker 1: and the commander of his army, came from Hebron with
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  Speaker 1: his men. On the other side, Abner and the servants
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  Speaker 1: of Ishbosheth came from Mahanaim. When they met, Abner proposed
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  Speaker 1: a contest between the young warriors. In verse fourteen of
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  Speaker 1: chapter two of Second Samuel, he said to Joab, let
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  Speaker 1: the young men come forward and compete before us. Joab agreed.
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  Speaker 1: What was supposed to be a display of skill turned
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  Speaker 1: into tragedy. Twelve young men from each side entered the contest,
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  Speaker 1: but no one backed down. In verse sixteen of chapter
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  Speaker 1: two of Secor Samuel, we read each man grabbed his
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  Speaker 1: opponent by the head and thrust his dagger into his
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  Speaker 1: opponent's side, and they fell down together. Instead of settling
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  Speaker 1: the dispute, that place, later called Helkath Hazuri field of
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  Speaker 1: sharp Swords, ignited the spark of civil war. The confrontation
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  Speaker 1: quickly escalated into full blown battle. In verse seventeen of
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  Speaker 1: chapter two of Second Samuel, we are told the battle
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  Speaker 1: that day was very fierce, and Abner and the Israelites
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  Speaker 1: were defeated by David's men. Among David's men were his
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  Speaker 1: three nephews, Joab, Abishai and Assahel, the latter known for
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  Speaker 1: his speed. Verse eighteen says Assahel was as fleet footed
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  Speaker 1: as a wild gazelle, chose to personally chase down Abner.
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  Speaker 1: Assahel ran straight after Abner, not turning to the right
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  Speaker 1: or the left. The season general realized who was pursuing
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  Speaker 1: him and tried to deter him. In verse twenty of
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  Speaker 1: chapter two of Second Samuel, Abner asks, is that you Assahel,
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  Speaker 1: to which he replied it is not wanting to kill
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  Speaker 1: Joab's brother and further deepen the blood feud. Abner warned
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  Speaker 1: him twice stop chasing me, take on one of the
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  Speaker 1: young men and strip him of his weapons, but Assahel
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  Speaker 1: refused to stop. With regret, Abner gave one final warning
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  Speaker 1: in verse twenty two, stop chasing me. Why should I
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  Speaker 1: strike you down? How could I look your brother Joab
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  Speaker 1: in the face. Still, the young man paid no heed.
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  Speaker 1: Seeing no other choice, Abner struck Assahel with the blunt
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  Speaker 1: end of his spear, driving it through his stomach so
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  Speaker 1: forcefully that it came out his back. Verse twenty three
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  Speaker 1: of chapter two of Sex Samuel Reid's Assahel fell there
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  Speaker 1: and died on the spot, and everyone who came to
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  Speaker 1: the place where Asahel had fallen and died stopped and
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  Speaker 1: stood still. Assahel's death only fueled the pursuit. Joab and
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  Speaker 1: Abishai continued to chase Abner. Until sunset. Reaching the Hill
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  Speaker 1: of Amah near Gia on the way to the wilderness
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  Speaker 1: of Gibeon, the men of Benjamin Saul's tribe regrouped around
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  Speaker 1: Abner at the top of the hill, forming a unified force.
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  Speaker 1: From there, Abner called out to Joab in verse twenty
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  Speaker 1: six of chapter two of Second Samuel, must the sword
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  Speaker 1: devour forever? Don't you realize that this will end in bitterness?
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  Speaker 1: How long before you order your men to stop pursuing
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  Speaker 1: their fellow Israelites. Joab replied in verse twenty seven, as
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  Speaker 1: surely as God lives. If you had not spoken, the
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  Speaker 1: men would have continued pursuing their fellow Israelites until morning.
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  Speaker 1: He then sounded the trumpet and his troops ceased their pursuit.
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  Speaker 1: Abner and his men marched through the night by way
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  Speaker 1: of the Arabah, crossed the Jordan, and walked all morning
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  Speaker 1: until they reached Mahanaim. Joab returned from chasing Abner and
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  Speaker 1: gathered his troops. Nineteen men were missing in addition to Asahel. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: David's men had struck down three hundred and sixty Benjaminites
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  Speaker 1: followers of Abner. The civil war was just beginning and
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  Speaker 1: would last a long time. In verse one of chapter
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  Speaker 1: three of Second Samuel, we read, the war between the
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  Speaker 1: House of Saul and the House of David lasted a
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  Speaker 1: long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the House
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  Speaker 1: of Saul grew weaker and weaker. As the war dragged on,
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  Speaker 1: loyalties began to shift. In the same verse, we again read,
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  Speaker 1: David became increasingly powerful while the House of Saul became
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  Speaker 1: weaker and weaker. Amid this conflict, internal tensions began to
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  Speaker 1: arise within Ishboshef's kingdom. The breaking point came when Ishbosheth
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  Speaker 1: accused Abner of sleeping with Risba, daughter of Aya, one
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  Speaker 1: of Saul's concubines. In that culture, such an act could
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  Speaker 1: be interpreted as a claim to the throne. In verse
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  Speaker 1: seven of chapter three of Second Samuel, Ishbushev asks why
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  Speaker 1: did you sleep with my father's concubine. Abner was furious
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  Speaker 1: at the accusation. After all, he had been the main
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  Speaker 1: supporter of Ishbasheth, preserving what was left of Saul's kingdom.
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  Speaker 1: In verse eight of chapter three in Second Samuel, he responds,
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  Speaker 1: am I a dog's head on Judah's side this very day.
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  Speaker 1: I am loyal to the house of your father Saul
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  Speaker 1: and to his family and friends. I haven't handed you
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  Speaker 1: over to David yet. Now you accuse me of an
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  Speaker 1: offense involving this woman that was the last straw. Abner
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  Speaker 1: made a solemn oath. In verses nine and ten of
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  Speaker 1: chapter three, he declares, may God deal with Abner, be
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  Speaker 1: it ever so severely if I do not do for
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  Speaker 1: David what the Lord promised him on oath and transfer
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  Speaker 1: the kingdom from the House of Saul and established David's
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  Speaker 1: throne over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beersheba Ishbosheth
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  Speaker 1: was so frightened that he couldn't say a word in response.
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  Speaker 1: The general then sent messengers to David, proposing a treaty.
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  Speaker 1: In verse twelve, he he says, whose land is it? Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: make a covenant with me, and I will help bring
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  Speaker 1: all Israel over to you. David agreed to negotiate, but
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  Speaker 1: set a condition. In verse thirteen, he replies, good, I
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  Speaker 1: will make a covenant with you, but one thing I demand.
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  Speaker 1: Do not come into my presence unless you bring Mihal
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  Speaker 1: Saul's daughter when you come to see me Mihal was
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  Speaker 1: David's first wife, whom Saul had given to another man
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  Speaker 1: when David fled. Meanwhile, David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, formally
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  Speaker 1: demanding Mihal's return. Saul's son complied and had her taken
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  Speaker 1: from her current husband, Paltiel. The scene was heartbreaking. In
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  Speaker 1: verse sixteen, we read her husband went with her, weeping
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  Speaker 1: behind her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abna said
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  Speaker 1: to him go back home, so he went back. At
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  Speaker 1: the same time, Abna was working to win over Israels leaders.
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  Speaker 1: In verses seventeen and eighteen, he argues, for some time
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  Speaker 1: you have wanted to make David your king. Now do
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  Speaker 1: it for the Lord promised David by my servant, David,
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  Speaker 1: I will rescue my people, Israel, from the hand of
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  Speaker 1: the Philistines and from all their enemies. He spoke especially
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  Speaker 1: to the Benjamites. Saul's tribe then went to Hebron to
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  Speaker 1: tell David that all Israel was ready to accept him
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  Speaker 1: as king. David welcomed Abner and his twenty men with
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  Speaker 1: a feast. The general then pledged his commitment. In verse
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  Speaker 1: twenty one, he says, let me go at once and
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  Speaker 1: assemble all Israel for my lord the King, so that
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  Speaker 1: they may make a covenant with you, and that you
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  Speaker 1: may rule over all that your heart desires. David sent
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  Speaker 1: him away in peace, but that peace wouldn't last. Joab,
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  Speaker 1: who had been away on a military expedition, returned with
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  Speaker 1: much plunder. When he heard that David had received Abner
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  Speaker 1: and let him leave peacefully, he was outraged. In verses
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  Speaker 1: twenty four and twenty five, Joab confronts David, what have
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  Speaker 1: you done? Abner came to you. Why did you let
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  Speaker 1: him go? Now he's gone? You know, Abner, son of Ner.
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  Speaker 1: He came to deceive you and observe your movements and
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  Speaker 1: find out everything you are doing. Without David's knowledge, Joab
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  Speaker 1: secretly sent messengers after Abner, bringing him back in Hebron.
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  Speaker 1: Joab took him aside at the city gate as if
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  Speaker 1: to speak with him privately. There, avenging the blood of
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  Speaker 1: his brother Assahel, he struck Abner in the stomach and
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  Speaker 1: killed him. This is recorded in verse twenty seven. When
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  Speaker 1: David learned of the murder, he publicly declared his innocence.
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  Speaker 1: In verse twenty eight, he proclaims, I and my kingdom
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  Speaker 1: are forever innocent before the Lord. Concerning the blood of
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  Speaker 1: Abner's son of Ner, he cursed Joab's house and commanded
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  Speaker 1: that all mourn for Abner. The king himself followed the
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  Speaker 1: coffin and wept at Abner's tomb. All the people wept
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  Speaker 1: as well. In his lament verses thirty three and thirty four,
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  Speaker 1: David said, should Abner have died as the lawless die,
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  Speaker 1: your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered.
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  Speaker 1: You fell as one falls before the wicked. This public
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  Speaker 1: act deeply moved the people. In verse thirty four, it
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  Speaker 1: says all the people wept over him again. David's sincerity
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  Speaker 1: and mourning convinced every one that he had no part
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  Speaker 1: in Abner's death. Verse thirty seven states, on that day,
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  Speaker 1: all the people and all Israel knew that the king
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  Speaker 1: had no part in the murder of Abner's son of NR.
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  Speaker 1: David confided in his servants in verses thirty eight and
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  Speaker 1: thirty nine, don't you realize that a great commander and
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  Speaker 1: a great man has fallen in Israel this day and
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  Speaker 1: to day. Though I am anointed king, I am weak,
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  Speaker 1: and these sons of Zeruiah are too strong for me,
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  Speaker 1: may the Lord repay the evil doer according to his
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  Speaker 1: evil deeds. Abner's assassination delayed the unification of the kingdom,
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  Speaker 1: but didn't prevent it. The death of the general who
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  Speaker 1: had once upheld Ishbasheth's throne would eventually speed up the
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  Speaker 1: process that led all the tribes to recognize David as king.
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  Speaker 1: When the news of Abner's death reached Ishbasheth, his world collapsed.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter four, verse one describes his reaction when Ishbasheth's son
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  Speaker 1: of Saul, heard that Abner had died in Hebron. He
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  Speaker 1: lost courage and all Israel became alarmed. Without Abner, his
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  Speaker 1: key defender and right hand man, Ishbosheth was left exposed.
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  Speaker 1: He was a king in name only. His rule depended
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  Speaker 1: on Abner's strength and leadership. Now without that protection, it
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  Speaker 1: was only a matter of time before his reign came
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  Speaker 1: to an end. Among Ishbosheth's followers were two brothers, Banna
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  Speaker 1: and Rekab, sons of rimmen from Beiroth of the tribe
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  Speaker 1: of Benjamin. They were commanders of raiding bands in service
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  Speaker 1: to Saul's son. Verse two of chapter four explains Bairoth
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  Speaker 1: is considered part of Benjamin, because the people of Beiroth
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  Speaker 1: fled to Gittheim and have resided there as foreigners to
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  Speaker 1: this day. The brothers saw Ishbosheth's weakness as an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to switch sides. Maybe they thought that by removing the
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  Speaker 1: last obstacle to David's reign, they'd earn his favor. They
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  Speaker 1: carefully plotted the king's assassination. In verse five of chapter four,
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  Speaker 1: we read, now Rikab and Bahanna, the sons of Rimmon,
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  Speaker 1: the Birethite, set out for the house of Ishbosheth. They
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  Speaker 1: arrived there in the heat of the day, while he
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  Speaker 1: was taking his noonday rest. It was the perfect moment
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  Speaker 1: the guards would be laxed during the midday rest. Verse
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  Speaker 1: six of Second Samuel chapter four continues the narrative. They
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  Speaker 1: went into the house as if to get some wheat,
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  Speaker 1: and they stabbed him in the stomach. The assassins were
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  Speaker 1: trusted individuals with unrestricted access to the palace. This made
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  Speaker 1: the crime all the more treacherous. After killing Ishbosheth, the
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  Speaker 1: brothers cut off his head and fled quickly. In verse seven,
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  Speaker 1: the text describes they had gone into the house while
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  Speaker 1: he was lying on his bed, in his bedroom. After
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  Speaker 1: they stabbed and killed him, they cut off his head,
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  Speaker 1: taking it with them. They traveled all night by way
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  Speaker 1: of the Arabah. Upon reaching Hebron, Rechab and Bahnar presented
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  Speaker 1: themselves to David, bringing Ishbosheth's head as a trophy. They
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  Speaker 1: were hoping for a generous reward for eliminating what they
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  Speaker 1: saw as David's last rival. In verse eight, they declare,
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  Speaker 1: here is the head of Ishbosheth, son of Saul, your enemy,
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  Speaker 1: who tried to kill you. To day, the Lord has
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  Speaker 1: avenged my lord, the King against Saul and his descendants.
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  Speaker 1: David's reaction, however, was far from what the assassins expected.
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  Speaker 1: Rather than expressing gratitude, David responded with horror and outrage
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  Speaker 1: at what they had done. In verses nine to eleven,
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  Speaker 1: David says, as surely as the Lord lives, who has
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  Speaker 1: delivered me out of every trouble. When someone told me
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  Speaker 1: Saul is dead, thinking he was bringing good news, I
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  Speaker 1: seized him and put him to death in Ziklag. That
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  Speaker 1: was the reward I gave him for his news. How
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  Speaker 1: much more when wicked men have killed an innocent man
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  Speaker 1: in his own house and on his own bed, Should
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  Speaker 1: I not now demand his blood from your hands and
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  Speaker 1: rid the earth of you? Without hesitation, David ordered his
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  Speaker 1: young men to execute re Retchab and Bannar. Verse twelve
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  Speaker 1: tells us So David gave an order to his men,
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  Speaker 1: and they killed them. They cut off their hands and
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  Speaker 1: feet and hung the bodies by the pool in Hebron.
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  Speaker 1: But they took the head of Ishbosh and buried it
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  Speaker 1: in Abner's tomb at Hebron. This act of justice sent
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  Speaker 1: a clear message to all of Israel. David did not
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  Speaker 1: condone betrayal or murder, even when it seemingly worked in
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  Speaker 1: his political favor. He refused to seize the throne through
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  Speaker 1: violence or scheming. He was waiting on God's timing. With
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  Speaker 1: ish Bosheth's death, there were no more sons of Saul
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  Speaker 1: laying claim to the throne, except for Mephibosheth, Jonathan's crippled son,
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  Speaker 1: who posed no political threat. The way was now clear
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  Speaker 1: for the unification of the kingdom under David's leadership. All
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  Speaker 1: the tribes of Israel recognized that David was the leader
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  Speaker 1: God had chosen. In verse one of two Samuel chapter five,
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  Speaker 1: we read all the tribes of Israel came to David
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  Speaker 1: at Hebron and said, we are your own flesh and blood.
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  Speaker 1: They acknowledged the role David had already played even when
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  Speaker 1: Saul was king. Verse two says in the past, while
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  Speaker 1: Saul was king over us, it was you who led
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  Speaker 1: Israel on their military campaigns, And the Lord said to you,
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  Speaker 1: you will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become
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  Speaker 1: their ruler. So, in the presence of the Lord and
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  Speaker 1: before the elders of Israel, David made a covenant with
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  Speaker 1: them at Hebron. In verse three, it says, when all
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  Speaker 1: the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron,
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  Speaker 1: the king made a covenant with them at Hebron before
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel. The
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  Speaker 1: long awaited dream of a united kingdom was now fulfilled.
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  Speaker 1: David was thirty years old when he began to reign,
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  Speaker 1: and he ruled for forty years. Verse four confirms David
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  Speaker 1: was thirty years old when he became king, and he
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  Speaker 1: reigned forty years. The unification marked a pivotal moment in
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  Speaker 1: Israel's history, after years of division and civil strife. All
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  Speaker 1: twelve tribes were now united under a single divinely appointed king.
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  Speaker 1: It was the end of uncertainty and the beginning of
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  Speaker 1: a new chapter for the nation. The anointing ceremony of
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  Speaker 1: David as king over all Israel was a moment of
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  Speaker 1: great national celebration. Representatives from every tribe gathered in Hebron,
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  Speaker 1: confirming that the entire nation recognized David's leadership. In the
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  Speaker 1: book of First Chronicles, which supplements the account in Second Samuel,
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  Speaker 1: we find striking details about this historic event. In First Chronicles,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter twelve, verses twenty three to thirty seven, we read
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  Speaker 1: the numbers of warriors who came to Hebron to transfer
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  Speaker 1: the kingdom from Saul to David. From the tribe of
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  Speaker 1: Judah sixty eight hundred men armed with shields and spears
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  Speaker 1: from Simeon, seventy one hundred brave warriors from Levi four thousand,
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  Speaker 1: six hundred in a dad addition to Joyada, leader of
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  Speaker 1: Erran's descendants, with three thousand, seven hundred men, and Zadok,
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  Speaker 1: a young warrior with twenty two officers from his family
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  Speaker 1: from Benjamin Saul's own tribe three thousand men, most of
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  Speaker 1: whom had remained loyal to Saul's house until then. From
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  Speaker 1: Ephraim twentieth to eight hundred brave warriors, from the half
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  Speaker 1: tribe of Manassa eighteen thousand, from Isakar two hundred chiefs
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  Speaker 1: with all their relatives under their command. These were men
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  Speaker 1: who understood the times and knew what Israel should do.
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  Speaker 1: From Zebulun fifty thousand experienced soldiers prepared for battle with
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  Speaker 1: every kind of weapon. From Naftali one thousand officers and
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  Speaker 1: thirty seven thousand men with shields and spears, from Dan
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  Speaker 1: twenty Accostrom six hundred men ready for battle, from Asher
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  Speaker 1: forty thousand experienced warriors. And from the tribes east of
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  Speaker 1: the Jordan Reuben Gad and the other half of manasse
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty thousand men armed with all kinds
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  Speaker 1: of weapons. In verse thirty eight, we read all these
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  Speaker 1: were fighting men who volunteered to serve in the ranks.
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  Speaker 1: They came to Hebron fully determined to make David king
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  Speaker 1: over all Israel. All the rest of the Israelites were
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  Speaker 1: also of one mind to make David king. It was
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  Speaker 1: an extraordinary display of national unity. The celebration lasted three days,
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  Speaker 1: with an abundance of food and drink, as their relatives
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  Speaker 1: had provided ample supplies Verse forty says. Also their neighbors
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  Speaker 1: from as far away as Isakar, Zebulun and Naftali came
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  Speaker 1: bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. There were
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  Speaker 1: plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle,
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  Speaker 1: and sheep. For there was joy in Israel. David was
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  Speaker 1: now not only the king of Judah, but the monarch
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  Speaker 1: of a united and strong nation. The little Shepherd from Bethlehem,
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  Speaker 1: the youngest among his brothers, ascended to the throne of Israel,
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  Speaker 1: just as God had promised many years earlier through the
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  Speaker 1: prophet Samuel. His patients and faithfulness were rewarded. David did
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  Speaker 1: not seize the kingdom by force. Instead, he waited for
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  Speaker 1: God to fulfill his word at the appointed time. With
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  Speaker 1: the nation unified under his leadership, David knew he needed
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  Speaker 1: a new capital. Hebron was too far south within the
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  Speaker 1: territory of Judah, and it might give the impression that
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  Speaker 1: he was favoring his own tribe. A new city, neutral
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  Speaker 1: and strategic would ideally symbolize the unity of the twelve tribes.
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  Speaker 1: David chose Jerusalem, then known as jebus inhabited by the Jebusites.
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  Speaker 1: The location was ideal, positioned on the border between the
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  Speaker 1: northern and southern tribes, with excellent natural defenses and access
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  Speaker 1: to trade routes. In Secu Samuel five six, we read
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  Speaker 1: the king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack
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  Speaker 1: the Jebusites who lived there. The Jebusites felt secure behind
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  Speaker 1: their walls. They mocked David with arrogant defiance. In that
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  Speaker 1: same verse, they said to David, you will not get
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  Speaker 1: in here. Even the blind and the lame can ward
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  Speaker 1: you off. They believed their defenses were so strong that
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  Speaker 1: even the disabled could defend the city. But David had
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  Speaker 1: a plan. In verse eight, David said, anyone who conquers
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  Speaker 1: the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to
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  Speaker 1: reach those lame and blind who are David's enemies. Some
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  Speaker 1: scholars believe David and his men infiltrated the city through
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  Speaker 1: an underground water tunnel, catching the defenders off guard. Joe
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  Speaker 1: ab David's nephew and commander of his army, led the
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  Speaker 1: assault and was the first to enter the city. In
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  Speaker 1: First Chronicles eleven to six, we read David had said,
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  Speaker 1: whoever leads the attack on the Jebusites will become command
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  Speaker 1: under in chief. Joab's son of Zeruiah, went up first,
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  Speaker 1: and so he became commander. The conquest of Jerusalem was
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  Speaker 1: a major milestone in Second Samuel five seven. Nevertheless, David
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  Speaker 1: captured the fortress of Zion, which is the city of David.
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  Speaker 1: He took residence in the stronghold and expanded the city
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  Speaker 1: inward from the terraces and the walls. This marked the
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  Speaker 1: birth of the city of David. David prospered because the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: the God of Armies, was with him. Verse ten tells us,
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  Speaker 1: and David became more and more powerful because the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: God Almighty was with him. The new capital needed palaces
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  Speaker 1: and buildings worthy of its significance. Hiram, king of Tire,
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  Speaker 1: sent envoys to David, along with carpenters, masons, and cedar logs.
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  Speaker 1: They built a palace for David, as recorded in verse eleven.
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  Speaker 1: Once established in Jerusalem, David took more concubines and wives,
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  Speaker 1: and had more sons and daughters, as mentioned in verse thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: Among the children born in Jerusalem were Shamuah, Shobab, Nathan Solomon, Ibah, Ilishua,
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  Speaker 1: Nepheg Jaffia, Ilishama, Iliada, and Eliphallet listed in verses fourteen sixteen.
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  Speaker 1: By making Jerusalem the capital, David not only created a
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  Speaker 1: political center for the unified Kingdom, but also laid the
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  Speaker 1: foundation for what would become the spiritual heart of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: Soon he would bring the Ark of the Covenant into
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  Speaker 1: the city, further solidifying Jerusalem as the nation's religious center.
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  Speaker 1: This visionary act by David had lasting consequences. Jerusalem would
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  Speaker 1: remain Israel's capital for centuries and eventually become the holiest
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  Speaker 1: city in Judaism and later a sacred city for both
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  Speaker 1: Christianity and Islam. The little shepherd boy from Bethlehem had
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  Speaker 1: chosen the place that would become the center of worship
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  Speaker 1: for the God of Israel and a symbol recognized across
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  Speaker 1: the world. David's rise to the throne of all Israel
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  Speaker 1: and the conquest of Jerusalem alarmed Israel's enemies, especially the Philistines.
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  Speaker 1: For years, they had dominated the region, but now they
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  Speaker 1: saw a united Israel under a strong leader. They knew
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  Speaker 1: they had to act swiftly to prevent David's power from solidifying.
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  Speaker 1: In Second Samuel five seventeen, we read when the Philistines
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  Speaker 1: heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they
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  Speaker 1: went up in full force to search for him. But
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  Speaker 1: David heard about it and went down to the stronghold.
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  Speaker 1: The Philistines positioned themselves strategically in the valley of Rephaim,
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  Speaker 1: southwest of Jerusalem, preparing to strike. As always, David sought
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  Speaker 1: God's guidance before acting. In verse nineteen, he asked, shall
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  Speaker 1: I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them
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  Speaker 1: into my hands? The Lord answered, go, for I will
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  Speaker 1: surely deliver the Philistines into your hands. Confident in the
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  Speaker 1: Lord's word, David attacked the Philistines at Bial Perizim and
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  Speaker 1: defeated them. In verse twenty, he declares, as waters break out,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord has broken out against my enemies before me,
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  Speaker 1: So that place was named bal Perizim, meaning the Lord
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  Speaker 1: of breakthroughs or the Lord who bursts forth. The Philistines
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  Speaker 1: fled in such haste that they left their idols behind
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  Speaker 1: on the battlefield. David and his men gathered and burned
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  Speaker 1: them in accordance with the law of Moses, as recorded
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  Speaker 1: in verse twenty one and complimented by first Chronicles fourteen twelve.
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  Speaker 1: But the Philistines didn't give up easily. They returned and
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  Speaker 1: once again positioned themselves in the valley of Rephaeim, as
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  Speaker 1: seen in verse twenty two. Once again David consulted the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: and this time the stratage was different. In verse twenty three,
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  Speaker 1: God instructed do not go straight up, but circle around
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  Speaker 1: behind them and attack them in front of the poplar trees.
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  Speaker 1: God also gave David a sign, as soon as you
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  Speaker 1: hear the sound of marching in the tops of the
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  Speaker 1: poplar trees, move quickly, because that will mean the Lord
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  Speaker 1: has gone out in front of you to strike the
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  Speaker 1: Philistine army. David followed God's instructions to the letter. In
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  Speaker 1: verse twenty five, we read, so David did as the
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  Speaker 1: Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all
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  Speaker 1: the way from Gibeon to Gezer. This decisive victory broke
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  Speaker 1: the power of the Philistines, who had tormented Israel for
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  Speaker 1: so long. David drove Israel's enemies out of the land
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  Speaker 1: and established peace. In Verse Chronicles eighteen seventeen, which summarizes
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  Speaker 1: David's military achievements. We read, the fame of David spread
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  Speaker 1: throughout every land, and the Lord made all the nations
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  Speaker 1: fear him. News of David's power and victories spread across
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  Speaker 1: the region. In verse Chronicles fourteen eleven, it says, the
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  Speaker 1: fame of David spread throughout every nation, and the Lord
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  Speaker 1: made all the nations fear him. With the Philistines defeated
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  Speaker 1: and neighboring nations respecting his strength, David solidified his position
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  Speaker 1: as King of Israel. The kingdom was united, had a
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  Speaker 1: new capital, and its traditional enemies had been subdued. This
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  Speaker 1: marked the beginning of Israel's Golden Era, a time of
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  Speaker 1: peace and prosperity ushered in by David's leadership. With Jerusalem
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  Speaker 1: established as the capital and the Philistines defeated, David turned
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  Speaker 1: his attention to something deeply significant, bringing the Ark of
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  Speaker 1: the Covenant to his new city. The Ark was Israel's
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  Speaker 1: most sacred symbol, the very place where God manifested his presence.
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  Speaker 1: For many years, it had been forgotten, left far from
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  Speaker 1: the center of national life. In second Samuel six one,
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  Speaker 1: we see how David mobilized a large group for this
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  Speaker 1: important mission. David again brought together all the able young
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  Speaker 1: men of Israel thirty a thousand. It was a solemn
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  Speaker 1: and joyful moment. The king didn't want to do it alone.
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  Speaker 1: The entire nation needed to take part in this special occasion.
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  Speaker 1: The ark was in Bali Judah, also known as Kirieth Jerim.
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  Speaker 1: In Sex Samuel six two, we read he and all
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  Speaker 1: his men went to bail Judah to bring up from
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  Speaker 1: their the Ark of God, which is called by the
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  Speaker 1: name the name of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned
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  Speaker 1: between the Cherubim on the ark. This verse reminds us
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  Speaker 1: how special the ark truly was. It carried the very
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  Speaker 1: name of the Lord. To transport the ark, they prepared
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  Speaker 1: a new cart. According to Second Samuel the sixth three,
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  Speaker 1: they set the Ark of God on a new cart
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  Speaker 1: and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was
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  Speaker 1: on the hill. Uzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were
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  Speaker 1: guiding the new cart. It was a festive procession filled
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  Speaker 1: with music. In Zec and Samuel six' five we see
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  Speaker 1: the people's. Enthusiasm david and All israel were celebrating with
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  Speaker 1: all their might before The, lord with, castanets, harps, liars, timbrels,
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  Speaker 1: sistrums and. Symbols the joy was. Contagious picture the scene
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  Speaker 1: thousands of people, singing, dancing playing, instruments walking alongside The
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  Speaker 1: ark as it made its way To. Jerusalem music echoed
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  Speaker 1: through the. Hills King david himself was among, them not
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  Speaker 1: as a distant, monarch but as a passionate, worshiper rejoicing
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  Speaker 1: with his. People but Suddenly joi turned to. Tragedy when
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  Speaker 1: they reached the threshing floor Of, nakon something unexpected. Happened
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  Speaker 1: In Second samuel six six we read when they came
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  Speaker 1: to the threshing floor Of, Nakon uzar reached out and
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  Speaker 1: took hold of The ark Of god because the oxen.
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  Speaker 1: Stumbled it seemed like a natural. Reflex the oxen, stumbled
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  Speaker 1: the ark was at risk of, falling And uza simply
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  Speaker 1: tried to steady, it but the result was. Devastating In
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: Second samuel six, seven the consequences laid. Out the lord's
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  Speaker 1: anger burned Against uza because of his irreverent. Act, Therefore
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  Speaker 1: god struck him down and he died there beside The
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  Speaker 1: ark Of. God the shock was. Overwhelming the music, stopped
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  Speaker 1: the dancers. FROZE a heavy silence fell over the crowd
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  Speaker 1: that just moments earlier had been celebrating so. Joyfully oza's
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  Speaker 1: death showed everyone that The ark was not just as.
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  Speaker 1: Symbol it was truly, holy and approaching it required deep
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: reverence and. Care david was disturbed by what had. Happened
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  Speaker 1: In Second samuel six' eight we see.
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  Speaker 2: His.
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  Speaker 1: Reaction then david was angry Because the lord's wrath had
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  Speaker 1: broken Out, against uzah and to this day that place
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  Speaker 1: is Called. Perez uza the name means Outburst, against uza
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  Speaker 1: forever marking the place of. The tragedy this experience awakened
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  Speaker 1: a profound Fear. In david, the king who had, faced,
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  Speaker 1: giants lions, and armies now trembled before the Presence. Of
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  Speaker 1: God In secord samuel, six nine he voiced. His fear
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  Speaker 1: david was afraid Of the lord, that day, and said
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  Speaker 1: how Can the ark Of the lord ever come? To
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  Speaker 1: me the festive procession had become a. Somber funeral the
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  Speaker 1: first attempt to Bring the Ark to jerusalem had ended in.
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  Speaker 1: Tragic failure david decided not to go through, with it
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  Speaker 1: at least not. For Now In second samuel, six ten
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  Speaker 1: we read he was not willing to Take the ark
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  Speaker 1: Of the lord to be with him in the City. Of,
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  Speaker 1: david instead he took it to the House of Obedidom.
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  Speaker 1: The gittite what should have been a day of joy
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  Speaker 1: and celebration ended in confusion. And grief david realized that
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  Speaker 1: he had tried to do the, right thing but in the.
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  Speaker 1: Wrong way the Law of moses. Was clear the ark
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  Speaker 1: was to be carried not on, a cart but on
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  Speaker 1: the shoulders Of, the levites using specially. Made poles in,
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  Speaker 1: His excitement david Had overlooked, god's instructions and the result.
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  Speaker 1: Was disastrous it was a, hard lesson but a. Necessary
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  Speaker 1: one even with the, best intentions we Cannot ignore. God's
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  Speaker 1: commands the ark would remain in the house Of obed
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  Speaker 1: edom for a While until david learned the right way
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  Speaker 1: to bring It. To Jerusalem the ark Of the lord
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  Speaker 1: stayed at the house Of obed Edom the gittite for.
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  Speaker 1: Three months what might have seemed like a burden or
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  Speaker 1: a danger to many turned out to be a great
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  Speaker 1: blessing for this man and. His Family In sex samuel,
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  Speaker 1: six eleven we read the outcome of this special Stay
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  Speaker 1: the ark Of the lord remained in the house Of
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  Speaker 1: obed Edom, the gittite for, three months And the lord
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  Speaker 1: blessed him and his. Entire household news of these Blessings Reached.
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  Speaker 1: King David In second samuel. Six twelve we Read Now
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  Speaker 1: king david was Told the lord has blessed the household
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  Speaker 1: Of obed edom and everything he has because Of the Ark.
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  Speaker 1: Of god This reignited david's desire to Bring the Ark.
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  Speaker 1: To jerusalem, this, Time however david carefully studied how to
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  Speaker 1: do it the. Right Way In, verse chronicles which provides
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  Speaker 1: additional details about, this event we see in, chapter fifteen,
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  Speaker 1: verse Two how david acknowledged his. Previous Mistake then, david
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  Speaker 1: said no one But the levites may Carry the Ark,
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  Speaker 1: of god Because the lord chose them to Carry the
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  Speaker 1: ark Of the lord and to minister before. Him forever
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  Speaker 1: david prepared everything with much. Greater care he Gathered the
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  Speaker 1: levites and, the priests purified them according to, the law
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  Speaker 1: and gave clear instructions on how the ark was to.
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  Speaker 1: Be Transported In, Verse chronicles, chapter fifteen verses eleven, to
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  Speaker 1: fifteen we See how David followed god's instructions properly. This
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  Speaker 1: Time In second samuel, chapter six, verse thirteen we see
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  Speaker 1: the beginning of the. New procession when those who were
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  Speaker 1: Carrying the ark Of the lord had taken, six steps
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  Speaker 1: he sacrificed a bull and a. Fattened calf david wasn't taking.
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  Speaker 1: Any chances every, six steps he offered sacrifices To ensure.
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  Speaker 1: God's blessing on this, Second attempt joy returned stronger. Than
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  Speaker 1: ever In sou samuel, six fourteen We witnessed david's. Passionate
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  Speaker 1: devotion wearing a, Linen ephod david was dancing Before the
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  Speaker 1: lord with all. His might the king didn't care about.
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  Speaker 1: Royal dignity he only wanted to express his joy and Gratitude.
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  Speaker 1: Before god it was a. Triumphant Procession In second samuel
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  Speaker 1: six fifteen we read while he And all israel were
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  Speaker 1: bringing Up the ark Of the lord with shouts and
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  Speaker 1: the sound. Of trumpets imagine the scene thousands of people
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  Speaker 1: climbing the Hills, of jerusalem shouting, for joy with trumpets
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  Speaker 1: echoing through. The valley it was a day no one would. Ever,
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  Speaker 1: forget Finally the ark arrived in the City. Of David
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  Speaker 1: In secu samuel, sixth seventeen we see the. Climactic moment
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  Speaker 1: they Brought the ark Of the lord and set it
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  Speaker 1: in its place inside the Tent that david had pitched,
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  Speaker 1: for It and david's sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings Before.
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  Speaker 1: The lord the mission. Was complete, the ark Symbol of,
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  Speaker 1: god's presence was Now. In jerusalem to celebrate this, Special
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  Speaker 1: moment david blessed the people and. Distributed Gifts In second samuel,
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  Speaker 1: six eighteen we read after he had finished sacrificing the
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  Speaker 1: burnt offerings and, fellowship offerings he blessed the people in
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  Speaker 1: the name Of The, lord almighty and in the next
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  Speaker 1: verse then he gave a loaf, of bread a, date
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  Speaker 1: cake and a raisin cake to each person in the
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  Speaker 1: whole Crowd, of israelites both men, and women and all
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  Speaker 1: the people went to their homes with. The ark Finally,
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  Speaker 1: In jerusalem david still felt that something. Was missing he
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  Speaker 1: lived in a beautiful, cedar palace While the Ark of
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  Speaker 1: god remained in a. Simple tent this deeply troubled. The
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  Speaker 1: king he wanted to build a worthy house For, the
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  Speaker 1: lord a magnificent temple That reflected. God's Glory In second
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  Speaker 1: samuel seven, to one we see how this. Thought emerged
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  Speaker 1: after the king was settled in his palace And the
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  Speaker 1: lord had given him rest from all his enemies, Around
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  Speaker 1: him david finally had peace. And prosperity it seemed like
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  Speaker 1: the perfect time to carry out this. Great project the
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  Speaker 1: king shared his idea with The prophet nathan In second samuel.
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  Speaker 1: Severn too, he CONFIDED here i am living in a house,
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  Speaker 1: of cedar while the Ark of god remains in. A
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  Speaker 1: tent the comparison revealed How uncomfortable david felt with. The
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  Speaker 1: situation it seemed unfair for him to enjoy such comfort
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  Speaker 1: while the Symbol of god's presence was housed. So modestly
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  Speaker 1: nathan immediately agreed with. The Plan In second samuel, seventy
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  Speaker 1: three the, prophet said whatever you have, in mind go
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  Speaker 1: ahead and, do it For the lord is. With you
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  Speaker 1: it seemed like a perfect and. Praiseworthy idea who could
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  Speaker 1: question the desire To honor god with a. Glorious temple
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  Speaker 1: but not all, our plans even the, noblest ones Aligne with.
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  Speaker 1: God's plans that, Very night god Spoke to nathan and
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  Speaker 1: revealed that he had something different. In mind the divine
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  Speaker 1: response began with a. Deep question In second samuel, Seven
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  Speaker 1: five go and tell My, servant david this is What the.
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  Speaker 1: Lord says are you the one to build me a
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  Speaker 1: house to? Dwell in God reminded nathan that he had
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  Speaker 1: never asked for. A temple In second samuel seven, point six,
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  Speaker 1: HE said i have not dwelt in a house from
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  Speaker 1: THE day i Brought the israelites up Out of egypt to.
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  Speaker 1: THIS day i have been moving from place to place
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  Speaker 1: with a tent as. My dwelling god had walked with
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  Speaker 1: his people for centuries without needing a. Fixed, Temple furthermore
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  Speaker 1: god had never complained to Any of israel's leaders. About
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  Speaker 1: This In second samuel, seven seven, he ADDED wherever i
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  Speaker 1: have moved with All, the ISRAELITES did i ever say
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  Speaker 1: to any of, their RULERS whom i commanded to shepherd My?
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  Speaker 1: People israel why have you not built me a house.
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  Speaker 1: Of cedar the message. Was clear david would not build
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  Speaker 1: a Temple. For god this Was not god's plan. For
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  Speaker 1: him the desire, was noble the intention, was pure but
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  Speaker 1: the time had not. Yet come god had a different
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  Speaker 1: Purpose for david and a different plan for. The temple
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  Speaker 1: Even though god said No to david's desire to build,
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  Speaker 1: a temple he had something far greater. To offer through The,
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  Speaker 1: Prophet nathan god made one of the most important promises
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  Speaker 1: in The, entire Bible The, davidic covenant which would change
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  Speaker 1: the course of. History forever god began By reminding david
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  Speaker 1: of everything he had already done. For Him In second samuel,
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  Speaker 1: seven eight, we, read now then tell My, servant david
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  Speaker 1: this is What The lord. ALMIGHTY says i took you from,
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  Speaker 1: the pasture from tending, the flock and appointed you ruler
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  Speaker 1: over My. People israel david had been just a, simple
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  Speaker 1: Shepherd but god made. Him king god also reaffirmed and
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  Speaker 1: his constant Presence in. David's Life In second samuel. Seventy nine,
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  Speaker 1: HE said i have been with you wherever you, have
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  Speaker 1: GONE and i have cut off all your enemies from.
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  Speaker 1: Before YOU now i will make your name great like
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  Speaker 1: the names of the greatest men, on earth From facing
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  Speaker 1: goliath to Battling. The philistines god had always Been. With
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  Speaker 1: David then god Spoke about. Israel's Future In second samuel,
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  Speaker 1: sevent ten, he PROMISED and i will provide a place
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  Speaker 1: for My, people israel and will plant them so that
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  Speaker 1: they can have a home of their own and no longer.
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  Speaker 1: Be disturbed wicked people will not oppress them any more
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  Speaker 1: as they did at. The beginning it was a promise
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  Speaker 1: of national stability and security that would bring great comfort to.
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  Speaker 1: The people but the most astonishing part of the promise
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  Speaker 1: was yet. To come Instead of david building a House,
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  Speaker 1: for god it Would be god who would build a
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  Speaker 1: house a Dynasty. For David In second samuel s, Seven eleven,
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  Speaker 1: god Declared the lord declares to you That the lord
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  Speaker 1: himself will establish a house. For you the word house
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  Speaker 1: here doesn't mean, A building it refers to a royal
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  Speaker 1: lineage that would continue. For generations god detailed this promise
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  Speaker 1: in the verses. That Follow In second samuel, seven twelve,
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  Speaker 1: he says when your days are over and you rest with,
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  Speaker 1: YOUR ancestors i will raise up your offspring to succeed
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  Speaker 1: you your own flesh, and BLOOD and i will establish.
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  Speaker 1: His kingdom this promise would be fulfilled First, Through solomon.
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  Speaker 1: David's Son then god revealed who would build. The Temple
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  Speaker 1: In secord samuel, seven thirteen he promises he is the
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  Speaker 1: one who will build a house for, my NAME and
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  Speaker 1: i will establish the throne of his. Kingdom forever solomon
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  Speaker 1: would receive the honor Denied. To david he would build
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  Speaker 1: the temple For. The lord god's Relationship with david's descendant would.
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  Speaker 1: Be Unique in Second Sam you will, seven fourteen, HE
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  Speaker 1: declares i will be, his father and he will be.
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  Speaker 1: My son when he, DOES wrong i will punish him
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  Speaker 1: with a rod wielded, by men with floggings inflicted by.
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  Speaker 1: Human hands god would establish a father son Relationship with,
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  Speaker 1: david's heir marked by both love and. Necessary discipline but
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  Speaker 1: the most remarkable part of the promise Comes In second samuel.
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  Speaker 1: Seven sixteen your house and your kingdom will endure forever.
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  Speaker 1: Before me your throne will be. Established forever this was
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  Speaker 1: no temporary or. Conditional promise it. Was eternal david's lineage
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  Speaker 1: would never be completely. Cut off this promise Points, beyond
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  Speaker 1: solomon beyond all the human kings that would. Come after
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  Speaker 1: in its, fullest sense it Points To, jesus christ the
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  Speaker 1: ultimate Son, of david whose kingdom will truly have. No
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  Speaker 1: End The davidic covenant is one of the foundational Pillars
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  Speaker 1: of god's place, of Salvation linking david's temporal reign to
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  Speaker 1: the eternal reign Of. The messiah david was deeply moved
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  Speaker 1: by this. Incredible Promise In second samuel seven eighteen we
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  Speaker 1: see his. Humble, Response Then king david went in and
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  Speaker 1: sat Before, the lord and, he said who, Am I?
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  Speaker 1: Sovereign lord and what is my family that you have
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  Speaker 1: brought me? This far The great king saw himself as
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  Speaker 1: small in the Face of god's greatness and. His Promises
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  Speaker 1: with god's blessing firmly established over, His reign david turned
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  Speaker 1: his focus To. Securing israel though he had already Defeated,
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  Speaker 1: the philistines other enemies still threatened the. Nation's borders it
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  Speaker 1: was time to establish peace through. Decisive Victories In second
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  Speaker 1: SAMUEL eight o one we read of the first of these.
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  Speaker 1: Major conquests in the course, Of time david Defeated the
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  Speaker 1: philistines and, subdued them and he Took metheg amah from
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  Speaker 1: the control Of. The philistines this victory secured control over
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  Speaker 1: An important, philistine center significantly reducing the threat from. The
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  Speaker 1: west david then turned his attention eastward To. The moabites
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  Speaker 1: In second samuel eight, to two we read of. Their
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  Speaker 1: defeat david also defeated The. E moabites he made them
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  Speaker 1: lie down on the ground and measured them off with
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  Speaker 1: a length. Of cord every two lengths of them were put,
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  Speaker 1: to death and the third length was allowed. To live
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  Speaker 1: So the moabites became Subject to david and brought. Him
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  Speaker 1: tribute this tactic may seem harsh to, us today but
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  Speaker 1: it was common in. Ancient warfare david didn't wipe out,
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  Speaker 1: moab entirely but established dominance, over them ensuring they would
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  Speaker 1: know Longer Threaten israel to. The north david faced another.
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  Speaker 1: Powerful Enemy In so samuel, eight three we, Read moreover
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  Speaker 1: david Defeated, had dadazer Son, of rihab King, of zoba
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  Speaker 1: when he went to restore his monument At The. Euphrates
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  Speaker 1: river hadadaza was a powerful king who controlled a vast
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  Speaker 1: region North. Of israel this victory Greatly expanded david's influence in.
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  Speaker 1: The area the Battle against hadadazir. Was intense david captured
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  Speaker 1: many soldiers. And horses In zeng samuel eight to four
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  Speaker 1: we see the scale of. This win david captured a
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  Speaker 1: thousand of, his chariots seven thousand charioteers and twenty thousand.
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  Speaker 1: Foot soldiers he hamstrung all but a hundred of the.
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  Speaker 1: Chariot horses hamstringing the horses ensured they couldn't be used
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  Speaker 1: in future Attacks. Against israel When the Aramians of damascus
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  Speaker 1: came To, Help hadadaza david defeated them. As Well In
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  Speaker 1: second samuel, eight five we read When the Aramians of
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  Speaker 1: damascus came To, help hadadezer King, Of zoba david struck
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  Speaker 1: down twenty two thousand. Of them this was decisive victory
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  Speaker 1: over a. Considerable force these Triumphs allowed david to establish
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  Speaker 1: military outposts in. Strategic Territories In second samuel, eight six
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  Speaker 1: the text says he put garrisons In the aramian Kingdom,
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  Speaker 1: of damascus And the aramians became subject to him and.
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  Speaker 1: Brought Tribute the Lord gave david victory wherever. He went from,
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  Speaker 1: These battles david brought many treasures Back. To Jerusalem In
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  Speaker 1: second samuel, eight seven We read david took the gold
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  Speaker 1: shields that belonged to the Officers of hadadezza and brought Them.
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  Speaker 1: To jerusalem and verse eight Continues from Teba and berethig
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  Speaker 1: towns that Belonged. To Hadadezah king david took a great quantity.
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  Speaker 1: Of bronze david's victories impressed other kings in. The Region
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  Speaker 1: in samuel eight nine we see one. Such Response, when
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  Speaker 1: toy King, of hamath Heard that david had defeated the
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  Speaker 1: entire Army. Of hadadezah he sent His son Joram To
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  Speaker 1: king david to greet him and congratulate him on his victory.
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  Speaker 1: In Battle because hadadezah had been at War, With toy
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  Speaker 1: joram didn't come. Empty Handed In sex samuel eight ten
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  Speaker 1: we read about the gifts. He brought joram brought with
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  Speaker 1: him articles, of silver, of gold and. Of bronze these were,
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic Offerings signaling toy's desire to maintain good Relations with Israel's.
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  Speaker 1: Powerful king david didn't keep these riches. For Himself In
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  Speaker 1: second samuel eight to eleven we see what he did.
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  Speaker 1: With Them king david dedicated these articles To, the lord
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  Speaker 1: as he had done with the silver and gold from
• 55:42
  Speaker 1: all the nations he. Had subdued This reveals. David's heart
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  Speaker 1: he saw his victories as Gifts.
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  Speaker 2: From god and gave back a portion of These Boyalizers.
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  Speaker 1: David hadidumm he also dedicated the plunder Taken, from hadadez
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  Speaker 1: a Son, of riehab King. Of zoba the Victory over
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  Speaker 1: edom was. Especially Decisive In second samuel, eight thirteen we
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  Speaker 1: Read and david became famous after he returned from striking
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  Speaker 1: down Eighteen thousand edomites In the Valley. Of sult this
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  Speaker 1: Battle secured israelite control over the crucial. Southern region as
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  Speaker 1: in other, Conquered territories david's stationed Troops in Edom In
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  Speaker 1: second samuel. Eight fourteen the text says he put Garrisons,
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  Speaker 1: throughout edom and All the edomites became Subject. To David
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  Speaker 1: the Lord gave david victory wherever. He went david's military
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  Speaker 1: victories weren't just. For defense They enabled israel to significantly expand,
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  Speaker 1: its territory transforming it into a true. Regional empire this
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  Speaker 1: Expansion fulfilled god's ancient promises regarding the land he would
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  Speaker 1: give to his. Chosen People when god made his Covenant
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  Speaker 1: with Abraham in genesis, fifteen eighteen he promised on that
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  Speaker 1: Day the lord made a Covenant with abram, and said to,
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  Speaker 1: YOUR descendants i give this land From the Wadi of
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  Speaker 1: egypt to The, great River. The euphrates this ambitious promise
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  Speaker 1: was now beginning to take Shape under. David's reign following,
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  Speaker 1: His victories david's territory stretched from the Wady, of Egypt
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  Speaker 1: Likely wadi elarish in The Northern, sinai peninsula all the
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  Speaker 1: way to Near The euphrates river in. The north never
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  Speaker 1: Before had israel controlled such a vast area to. The
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  Speaker 1: west the defeat Of the Philistines allowed israel to finally
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  Speaker 1: take full control of the. Coastal plain this was a
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  Speaker 1: fertile and strategic region that had never been fully subdued
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  Speaker 1: since the Conquest of canaan to. The south victory Over
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  Speaker 1: the Edomites gave israel control over key trade routes passing,
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  Speaker 1: through edom including access To The red sea via the
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  Speaker 1: Port Of etzion geba later Mentioned during. Solomon's reign this
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  Speaker 1: opened new, commercial Opportunities allowing israel to engage in maritime
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  Speaker 1: trade with distant Places like ophia to. The east the
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  Speaker 1: Subjugation of Moab and ammon ensured that these long standing
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  Speaker 1: threats would no longer Disturb the israelite tribes living In.
• 58:47
  Speaker 1: The transjordan the entire region From the jordan river to
• 58:51
  Speaker 1: the desert was Now under. Israel's control to, the north
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  Speaker 1: Victories over zoba And the Aramians of damascus Extended at
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  Speaker 1: israel's influence Deep. Into syria. In s samuel, ten nineteen
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  Speaker 1: we read how this campaign concluded when all the kings
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  Speaker 1: who were Vassals of hadadeza saw that they had been Defeated.
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  Speaker 1: By israel they made peace With the israelites and became subject.
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  Speaker 1: To them So the aramians were afraid to Help the ammonites.
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  Speaker 1: Any more this territorial expansion brought great Benefits. To israel
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  Speaker 1: trade routes previously controlled by hostile nations were Now in,
• 59:31
  Speaker 1: israel's hands generating wealth through tolls. And tribute the natural
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  Speaker 1: resources of a much larger land Now supported. God's people
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  Speaker 1: the conquered Peoples became israel's servants, or vassals paying regular
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  Speaker 1: tribute that filled the Treasury. In Jerusalem In second samuel,
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  Speaker 1: eight two we were told That the moabites became Subject
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  Speaker 1: to david and brought. Him tribute the same is noted
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  Speaker 1: For the aramians in verse six and For the edomites in.
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  Speaker 1: Verse fourteen this expansion also ushered in an unprecedented era.
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  Speaker 1: Of peace with traditional enemies defeated or turned, Into vassals
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 1: israel could finally enjoy a period. Of stability tribes that
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 1: had long lived under the constant threat of foreign invasion
• 1:00:21
  Speaker 1: now experienced security. And prosperity to maintain this, Vast territory
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 1: david established military garrisons at. Strategic Locations In second samuel,
• 1:00:33
  Speaker 1: eight six we read that he put garrisons In the
• 1:00:36
  Speaker 1: aramian Kingdom, of damascus and in verse fourteen that he
• 1:00:40
  Speaker 1: put Garrisons. Throughout edom these served both To defend israel's
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 1: borders and to ensure that the conquered people's continued. Paying
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 1: tribute The empire david built became one of the dominant
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 1: powers in The Ancient. Near east under, His leadership israel
• 1:00:55
  Speaker 1: transformed from a loose tribal confederation into a respective and.
• 1:01:00
  Speaker 1: Feared Kingdom In zecond samuel, five ten we find the
• 1:01:04
  Speaker 1: key to, this Success and david became more and more
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 1: powerful Because The Lord god almighty was. With him this
• 1:01:12
  Speaker 1: expansion wasn't merely a matter of. Military conquest it was
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 1: the Fulfillment of god's. Divine plan he had promised this Land,
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 1: to israel And, through david that promise was being realized
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 1: on a scale never. Seen before the boundaries envisioned in
• 1:01:28
  Speaker 1: the Days of joshua were now being secured and. Even
• 1:01:32
  Speaker 1: surpassed the neighboring nations that once mocked And attacked israel
• 1:01:37
  Speaker 1: now feared and. Respected it instead of, Being invaded israel
• 1:01:42
  Speaker 1: was now influencing those. Around it instead of paying tribute to,
• 1:01:47
  Speaker 1: Foreign oppressors israel was. Receiving it the transformation. Was complete
• 1:01:53
  Speaker 1: the impact of this expansion would be felt. For generations
• 1:01:57
  Speaker 1: the territory Secured by david would force the Foundation for
• 1:02:01
  Speaker 1: solomon's even more. Prosperous kingdom the peace achieved through these
• 1:02:05
  Speaker 1: victories would enable the construction Of the temple and the
• 1:02:10
  Speaker 1: Flourishing of israelite culture. And trade david Had transformed israel
• 1:02:15
  Speaker 1: from a loosely knit group of tribes into a, unified
• 1:02:19
  Speaker 1: kingdom and then into a. True empire this transformation didn't.
• 1:02:24
  Speaker 1: Happen overnight it was the result of years of carefully
• 1:02:27
  Speaker 1: planned and executed. Military campaigns david's success can be measured
• 1:02:33
  Speaker 1: not only by the land, he conquered but by the stability.
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 1: He brought the subjugated nations remained loyal vassals throughout, his
• 1:02:42
  Speaker 1: Reign allowing israel to enjoy a period of peace and
• 1:02:46
  Speaker 1: prosperity unparalleled in. Its history across, The empire david's authority
• 1:02:52
  Speaker 1: was recognized. And respected his fame spread Far beyond. Israel's
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  Speaker 1: Borders In juth Samuel, Severn nah god Had, promised, DAVID
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  Speaker 1: now i will make your name great like the names
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  Speaker 1: of the greatest men. On earth that promise was now,
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  Speaker 1: being Fulfilled as david's name became known and honored throughout
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  Speaker 1: The Ancient. Near east with a, Growing empire david needed.
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  Speaker 1: Efficient administration he established a strong, central government appointing officials
• 1:03:23
  Speaker 1: to oversee. Different Areas In second samuel, eight fifteen we see.
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  Speaker 1: His priority david reigned Over, all israel doing what was
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 1: just and right for all. His people to help him in,
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  Speaker 1: This task david appointed capable men to. Key Positions In
• 1:03:42
  Speaker 1: second samuel, eight sixteen We're, told joab Son, of ziwyah
• 1:03:46
  Speaker 1: was over. The, army jehoshaphat Son, of ahilud. Was, Recorder joab,
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  Speaker 1: david's nephew was his, chief General while jehoshaphat was responsible
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 1: for maintaining the kingdom's. Official records verse. Seventeen, continues zadok Son,
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  Speaker 1: of Ahitub, and ahimelek Son of abiathar. Were priests siriyah.
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  Speaker 1: Was secretary there were two, chief priests possibly representing different.
• 1:04:11
  Speaker 1: Priestly families sarriya served as, royal scribe responsible for the
• 1:04:16
  Speaker 1: kingdom's correspondence. And documentation verse eighteen completes the list of. Key,
• 1:04:22
  Speaker 1: officials benaiah Son, of jehoiada was Over the Kerathites, and
• 1:04:27
  Speaker 1: Pelethites and david's sons were. Royal Advisers the Keathites and
• 1:04:32
  Speaker 1: Pellethites formed David's, personal guard an elite. Military force the
• 1:04:37
  Speaker 1: king's own sons served as royal councilors or. Special Ministers In,
• 1:04:43
  Speaker 1: First chronicles chapter, twenty seven we find additional Details about david's.
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  Speaker 1: Military organization he divided the army into, twelve divisions one
• 1:04:54
  Speaker 1: for each month of. The year in, verse one, we
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  Speaker 1: read this is the list Of, the israelites heads, of
• 1:05:01
  Speaker 1: families commanders of thousands and, of hundreds and other officers
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  Speaker 1: who served the king in all matters concerning the divisions
• 1:05:09
  Speaker 1: that rotated monthly in and out. Of service each division
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  Speaker 1: consisted of twenty four. Thousand men this rotation system. Was
• 1:05:18
  Speaker 1: brilliant It meant israel always had a standing military force
• 1:05:22
  Speaker 1: of twenty four thousand, men ready but also that soldiers
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 1: could spend most of the year, at home tending to
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 1: their families. And land each man only served one month,
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 1: per year minimizing the economic impact of. Military service the
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  Speaker 1: following verses list the commanders of each, monthly division Starting
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 1: with jashubeem in the, First month dodai in, the second and.
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  Speaker 1: So on these were, brave men, battle hardened and capable
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  Speaker 1: of leading large groups. Of soldiers in addition to these,
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  Speaker 1: Regular divisions david maintained a permanent elite force of warriors
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  Speaker 1: Known As David's. Mighty Men In seca samuel chapter, twenty
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  Speaker 1: three we find a list of these special heroes and their.
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  Speaker 1: Remarkable feats verse Eight Mentions, josheb bashibeth who raised his
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  Speaker 1: spear against eight, hundred men whom he killed in a.
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  Speaker 1: Single encounter david also organized the tribes under. Specific Leaders In,
• 1:06:21
  Speaker 1: verse chronicles chapter, twenty seven starting from, verse sixteen we
• 1:06:25
  Speaker 1: find a list of. Tribal leaders these were the leaders
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  Speaker 1: of the Tribes of israel Over, The rubenites eliezer Son,
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  Speaker 1: of zikri Over, The, simonites shepetia Son, of mahaka and.
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  Speaker 1: So on for. Each tribe to manage the royal properties,
• 1:06:42
  Speaker 1: And resources david appointed. Special administrators in verse twenty Five
• 1:06:47
  Speaker 1: Of first chronicles, twenty seven We, read asthmaveth Son, of
• 1:06:52
  Speaker 1: adiel was in charge of the. Royal storehouses others were
• 1:06:56
  Speaker 1: in charge, of, farms vineyards, olive groves livestockle and, royal
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  Speaker 1: plantations as detailed in the. Following verses david's personal council
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  Speaker 1: included wise and. Experienced Men In first chronicles twenty seven,
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  Speaker 1: thirty two We, Read jonathan, david's uncle was, a counselor
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  Speaker 1: a man, of insight and. A, scribe jehiel's Son, of
• 1:07:18
  Speaker 1: hakmone took care of the. King's sons jonathan was likely
• 1:07:22
  Speaker 1: not The, same jonathan Son of Saul and david's close
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  Speaker 1: friend who had, already died but rather another relative with the.
• 1:07:29
  Speaker 1: Same name david's administration even included a. Taxation System In
• 1:07:35
  Speaker 1: second samuel twenty, twenty four We read adoniram was in
• 1:07:39
  Speaker 1: charge of. Forced labor this official likely oversaw the, corvee
• 1:07:43
  Speaker 1: system where citizens worked on public projects for. Specific periods
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  Speaker 1: this complex administrative System enabled david to effectively govern a
• 1:07:54
  Speaker 1: vast and. Diverse territory israel was no longer just a
• 1:07:58
  Speaker 1: loose confederation. Of tribes it had become a centralized kingdom with.
• 1:08:03
  Speaker 1: Established institutions The system david created would serve as a
• 1:08:08
  Speaker 1: model for future Kings of Israel. And judah the combination
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  Speaker 1: of strong, military leadership, efficient administration and justice for the
• 1:08:17
  Speaker 1: People made David's reign israel's. Golden age as Stated In
• 1:08:22
  Speaker 1: second samuel, Eight fifteen david reigned Over, all israel administering
• 1:08:27
  Speaker 1: justice and righteousness to all. His people This was david's,
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  Speaker 1: administrative legacy a government that not, only conquered but ruled
• 1:08:35
  Speaker 1: with wisdom. And justice spring had come once Again. To
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  Speaker 1: jerusalem it was the season when kings typically went out.
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  Speaker 1: To war the Army of israel was in the field
• 1:08:49
  Speaker 1: Fighting the Ammonites under. Joab's command but this time something. Was,
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  Speaker 1: different david the warrior king who always led his troops,
• 1:08:58
  Speaker 1: into battle had. Stayed Behind In second samuel, eleven one
• 1:09:02
  Speaker 1: we find this. Crucial detail in, the spring at the
• 1:09:06
  Speaker 1: time when kings go off, To war David sent joab
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  Speaker 1: out with the king's men and The whole israelite army
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  Speaker 1: to Destroy the ammonites And, besiege Rubber but david Remained.
• 1:09:17
  Speaker 1: In jerusalem this seemingly small decision would. CHANGE everything a
• 1:09:23
  Speaker 1: king who should have been on the battlefield with his
• 1:09:25
  Speaker 1: men was, at, home idle without the responsibilities that usually filled,
• 1:09:30
  Speaker 1: his days and as, often happens that idleness opened the door.
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  Speaker 1: To temptation on a, warm afternoon, After resting david got
• 1:09:40
  Speaker 1: up and took a walk on the. Palace rooftop from
• 1:09:43
  Speaker 1: there he could see the rooftops and courtyards of the.
• 1:09:46
  Speaker 1: Surrounding Houses in Zac and samuel, eleven two, we read,
• 1:09:51
  Speaker 1: One evening david got up from his bed and walked
• 1:09:54
  Speaker 1: around on the roof of. The palace from, the roof
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  Speaker 1: he saw a. Woman bathing the woman was. Very beautiful
• 1:10:02
  Speaker 1: the woman was. Extraordinarily beautiful instead of, Looking away david.
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  Speaker 1: Kept watching curiosity soon turned. Into desire he had to
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  Speaker 1: know who. She Was In saint, samuel eleventhree, We read
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  Speaker 1: david sent someone to find out. About her the man
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  Speaker 1: said She, is bathsheba the Daughter of eliam and the
• 1:10:23
  Speaker 1: Wife of Uriah. The hittite the information was clear. And
• 1:10:27
  Speaker 1: direct bathsheba was. Not single she was Married, to uriah
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  Speaker 1: One of david's most, valiant warriors who at that very
• 1:10:36
  Speaker 1: moment was risking his life in the war Against. The
• 1:10:39
  Speaker 1: ammonites that should have, ended it but the desire had
• 1:10:43
  Speaker 1: already taken Root in. David's heart david sent messengers To
• 1:10:47
  Speaker 1: bring bathsheba. To him when she arrived at, the palace
• 1:10:50
  Speaker 1: he could no longer claim ignorance about. Her situation he
• 1:10:54
  Speaker 1: knew she, was married he knew her husband was, at
• 1:10:58
  Speaker 1: war serving the, Kingdom faithfully but at, that moment desire.
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  Speaker 1: Outweighed Conscience In second samuel, eleven four the narrative. Is
• 1:11:07
  Speaker 1: Blunt then david sent messengers to. Get her she came,
• 1:11:11
  Speaker 1: to him and he slept. With her she had purified
• 1:11:13
  Speaker 1: herself from her. Monthly uncleanness then she went. Back home
• 1:11:18
  Speaker 1: the text Notes that bathsheba had just purified herself after her,
• 1:11:22
  Speaker 1: menstrual period an important detail that confirms she wasn't pregnant before,
• 1:11:27
  Speaker 1: the encounter and this, brief meeting which may have lasted
• 1:11:31
  Speaker 1: just a, few hours would forever change both of. Their
• 1:11:35
  Speaker 1: Lives what david may have thought was a, momentary lapse
• 1:11:39
  Speaker 1: a mistake that would stay, hidden forever quickly turned into
• 1:11:42
  Speaker 1: something far. More Complicated in samuel, eleven five we read the.
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  Speaker 1: Immediate consequence the woman conceived and sent Word to DAVID
• 1:11:52
  Speaker 1: saying i. Am pregnant the message, was short just, three
• 1:11:57
  Speaker 1: words but its impact. Was massive david now faced a.
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  Speaker 1: Serious problem bathsheba was pregnant and Her husband uriah had
• 1:12:07
  Speaker 1: been away at war, for months too long to be.
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  Speaker 1: The father once her pregnancy, became visible every one would
• 1:12:15
  Speaker 1: know she had. Been unfaithful in the, ancient world that
• 1:12:19
  Speaker 1: could mean death. By, stoning moreover if the truth were to,
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  Speaker 1: Come out david's reputation as a just and god fearing
• 1:12:28
  Speaker 1: king would. Be ruined the man Chosen, by god the
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 1: Man after god's, own heart had committed adultery with the
• 1:12:35
  Speaker 1: wife of one of his most. Loyal soldiers the situation
• 1:12:39
  Speaker 1: called for a, swift Solution and david began to devise
• 1:12:43
  Speaker 1: a plan to cover up. His sin david knew he
• 1:12:46
  Speaker 1: had to. Act Quickly if euriah stayed away, any longer
• 1:12:51
  Speaker 1: it would be impossible to hide the fact that the child.
• 1:12:53
  Speaker 1: Wasn't his the solution. Seemed Simple bring uriah Back to
• 1:12:58
  Speaker 1: jerusalem for a. Few days if he spent time with,
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  Speaker 1: his wife everyone would later assume the baby. Was His
• 1:13:06
  Speaker 1: In second samuel, eleven six we see the first step of.
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  Speaker 1: This Plan so david sent Word to joab Send me Euriah,
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  Speaker 1: the Hittite and joab sent Him. To David when, Uriah
• 1:13:19
  Speaker 1: arrived david welcomed him like a concerned king checking in on.
• 1:13:24
  Speaker 1: His Troops In sign samuel, eleven seven it Says when
• 1:13:28
  Speaker 1: euriah came, To him david asked Him how, joab was
• 1:13:31
  Speaker 1: how the, soldiers were and how the war. Was going
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  Speaker 1: this conversation was merely a smoke screen To hide david's.
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  Speaker 1: True intentions after the small talk about, The war David
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  Speaker 1: offered uriah what seemed like a. Generous gift samuel. Eleven
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  Speaker 1: eight it Says then david Said, to euriah go down
• 1:13:50
  Speaker 1: to your house and wash. Your Feet so euriah left,
• 1:13:54
  Speaker 1: the palace and a gift from the king was sent.
• 1:13:56
  Speaker 1: After him everything seemed to be going according. To plan
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 1: euriah had been dismissed to go home and spend time with.
• 1:14:04
  Speaker 1: His wife david even sent a gift, after him likely food,
• 1:14:08
  Speaker 1: and wine to set. The mood the plan, seemed flawless
• 1:14:12
  Speaker 1: but there Was something david hadn't. Accounted for uriah's extraordinary
• 1:14:16
  Speaker 1: sense of duty. And Loyalty In secord samuel, eleven nine
• 1:14:21
  Speaker 1: we see, what Happened but uriah slept at the entrance
• 1:14:25
  Speaker 1: to the palace with all his masters servants and did
• 1:14:29
  Speaker 1: not go down to. His house this Completely caught david
• 1:14:33
  Speaker 1: off guard when he heard. What Happened In second samuel,
• 1:14:36
  Speaker 1: eleven ten, He, asked uriah haven't you just come from a?
• 1:14:40
  Speaker 1: Military campaign why didn't you? Go home uriah's response reveals
• 1:14:47
  Speaker 1: his noble and. Loyal Character In zecith samuel, eleven eleven,
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  Speaker 1: he says the Ark and Israel and judah are staying,
• 1:14:54
  Speaker 1: in tents and My commander joab and my lord's men
• 1:14:58
  Speaker 1: are camped in the. Open country HOW could i go
• 1:15:02
  Speaker 1: to my house to eat and drink and lie with?
• 1:15:04
  Speaker 1: My wife as surely as, YOU live i will not
• 1:15:08
  Speaker 1: do such. A thing these words must Have pierced david's heart.
• 1:15:12
  Speaker 1: Like Arrows while euriah refused even the comforts of his
• 1:15:15
  Speaker 1: own home out of loyalty to his, Fellow soldiers david
• 1:15:19
  Speaker 1: had taken this. Man's wife the contrast between the two
• 1:15:23
  Speaker 1: men's character couldn't be. More, Stark still david was determined
• 1:15:29
  Speaker 1: to carry out his Plan In secord samuel, eleven twelve he,
• 1:15:33
  Speaker 1: tried again stay here one, more day AND tomorrow i
• 1:15:36
  Speaker 1: will send. You Back so uriah Remained in jerusalem that
• 1:15:40
  Speaker 1: day and. The next david now. Switched Tactics In second samuel,
• 1:15:45
  Speaker 1: eleven thirteen we Read at, david's invitation he ate and drank,
• 1:15:50
  Speaker 1: with Him and david made. Him drunk but in The
• 1:15:53
  Speaker 1: evening euriah went out to sleep on his mat among his.
• 1:15:57
  Speaker 1: Master's servants he did not. Go home the dead plan had.
• 1:16:02
  Speaker 1: Completely failed even in a, Drunken state uriah's integrity. Remained
• 1:16:07
  Speaker 1: unshaken he would not go home while his comrades were
• 1:16:11
  Speaker 1: still on. The battlefield david's attempt to cover up his
• 1:16:14
  Speaker 1: sin was, falling apart and time was running out Last
• 1:16:21
  Speaker 1: d all his efforts To get uriah home, Having failed
• 1:16:25
  Speaker 1: david made a. Terrible decision if he couldn't cover up,
• 1:16:28
  Speaker 1: the adultery he would eliminate the only man who could.
• 1:16:31
  Speaker 1: Expose it this wasn't an. Impulsive act it was cold.
• 1:16:35
  Speaker 1: And Calculated In second samuel eleven fourteen we see the.
• 1:16:40
  Speaker 1: Next move in, The morning david wrote a Letter to
• 1:16:43
  Speaker 1: joab and sent It. With uriah the contents of the
• 1:16:46
  Speaker 1: letter reveal How far david had. Fallen Morally In second samuel,
• 1:16:51
  Speaker 1: eleven fifteen we read in it, he Wrote put uriah out,
• 1:16:55
  Speaker 1: in front where the fighting, is fiercest then withdraw, from
• 1:16:59
  Speaker 1: him so he be struck down. And die imagine. The,
• 1:17:03
  Speaker 1: scene uriah the loyal and, honorable soldier unknowingly carrying his own.
• 1:17:09
  Speaker 1: Death warrant he trusted his king so deeply that he
• 1:17:12
  Speaker 1: didn't even think to open. The letter the man who
• 1:17:16
  Speaker 1: had refused to enjoy the comfort of home while, others
• 1:17:19
  Speaker 1: fought now carried without knowing the orders for his. Own,
• 1:17:23
  Speaker 1: assassination joab the, army commander received the letter And followed.
• 1:17:29
  Speaker 1: David's Orders In second samuel, eleven sixteen we see how
• 1:17:33
  Speaker 1: the plan was. Carried, out So while joab had the city,
• 1:17:37
  Speaker 1: under siege He put uriah at a place where he
• 1:17:41
  Speaker 1: knew the strongest. Defenders were the opportunity came during an
• 1:17:45
  Speaker 1: attack on the City. Of Rabbah In second samuel, eleven
• 1:17:48
  Speaker 1: seventeen we read. The result when the men of the
• 1:17:52
  Speaker 1: city came out and Fought, against joab some of the
• 1:17:55
  Speaker 1: Men in david's. Army, Fell moreover Uriah the hittite died
• 1:18:00
  Speaker 1: the plan. Had worked euriah, was dead along With other.
• 1:18:03
  Speaker 1: Israelite soldiers to, everyone else it looked like a typical.
• 1:18:07
  Speaker 1: Wartime casualty joab sent a report of the Battle, to
• 1:18:11
  Speaker 1: david including the News of, uriah's Death In second samuel
• 1:18:16
  Speaker 1: eleventh eighteen to. Twenty one joab even prepped, the Messenger
• 1:18:20
  Speaker 1: knowing david might pretend to be upset about how close
• 1:18:23
  Speaker 1: they got to. The wall when the Messenger, reached jerusalem
• 1:18:27
  Speaker 1: he reported the events Just as joab. Had Instructed In
• 1:18:31
  Speaker 1: second samuel eleven, twenty four, he concluded then the archers
• 1:18:35
  Speaker 1: shot arrows at your servants from, the wall and some
• 1:18:38
  Speaker 1: of the king's. Men, died moreover, Your, servant Euriah, the hittite.
• 1:18:42
  Speaker 1: Is dead david's response reveals. His Hypocrisy In second samuel eleven,
• 1:18:48
  Speaker 1: twenty five, he says say This, to joab don't let this.
• 1:18:52
  Speaker 1: Upset you the sword devours one as well. As another
• 1:18:56
  Speaker 1: press the attack against the city and. Destroy it say
• 1:18:59
  Speaker 1: this To. Encourage joab these words show just How far david.
• 1:19:04
  Speaker 1: Had fallen he Spoke of uriah's, death casually as though
• 1:19:08
  Speaker 1: it were just another. Wartime loss the same king who
• 1:19:13
  Speaker 1: once mourned Deeply, for Saul, and jonathan who even executed
• 1:19:16
  Speaker 1: a man for claiming to Have, killed saul was now
• 1:19:20
  Speaker 1: coldly indifferent to a death he. Had Orchestrated with, Uriah
• 1:19:24
  Speaker 1: dead david Quickly took bathsheba as. His Wife In second
• 1:19:29
  Speaker 1: samuel eleven, twenty six we Read when euriah's wife heard
• 1:19:33
  Speaker 1: that her husband, was dead she mourned. For him after
• 1:19:37
  Speaker 1: a brief period, of mourning in verse, Twenty seven david
• 1:19:40
  Speaker 1: had her brought to, his house and she became his
• 1:19:43
  Speaker 1: wife and bore him. A son two the, public eye
• 1:19:49
  Speaker 1: everything seemed. PERFECTLY legitimate a war widow had married, the
• 1:19:53
  Speaker 1: king a story some might even view. As romantic the
• 1:19:57
  Speaker 1: sin appeared to be Covered. Up david vid may have
• 1:20:00
  Speaker 1: thought he had gotten away, with it that his plan had,
• 1:20:03
  Speaker 1: worked flawlessly but the final Verse Of second samuel chapter
• 1:20:07
  Speaker 1: eleven brings a somber conclusion to the. Entire affair but
• 1:20:12
  Speaker 1: The thing david had done Displeased. The lord david may
• 1:20:17
  Speaker 1: have deceived, his people he may have even tried to,
• 1:20:20
  Speaker 1: deceive himself but there was No, deceiving god And soon
• 1:20:25
  Speaker 1: david would face the consequences of. His actions for almost,
• 1:20:29
  Speaker 1: A year david lived as if everything. Were normal he Had,
• 1:20:34
  Speaker 1: married bathsheba their child had, been born and no one
• 1:20:38
  Speaker 1: questioned the legitimacy of. The boy life went on in the.
• 1:20:42
  Speaker 1: Royal Palace but god, saw everything and he sent The
• 1:20:46
  Speaker 1: prophet nathan to confront. The King In second samuel, twelve
• 1:20:50
  Speaker 1: one we Read the Lord sent Nathan. To david instead
• 1:20:54
  Speaker 1: of accusing the, King directly nathan used a. Clever strategy
• 1:20:59
  Speaker 1: he told a parable that Would stir david's sense. Of
• 1:21:02
  Speaker 1: justice in verses one to Four of, Chapter twelve nathan
• 1:21:06
  Speaker 1: tells the story there were two men in a, certain
• 1:21:08
  Speaker 1: town one rich and the. Other poor the rich man
• 1:21:12
  Speaker 1: had a very large number of sheep, and cattle but
• 1:21:15
  Speaker 1: the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he.
• 1:21:18
  Speaker 1: Had bought he, raised it and it grew up with
• 1:21:21
  Speaker 1: him and. His children it shared, his food drank from,
• 1:21:24
  Speaker 1: his cup and even slept in. His arms it was
• 1:21:27
  Speaker 1: like a daughter. To, him now a traveler came to the,
• 1:21:31
  Speaker 1: rich man but the rich man refrained from taking one
• 1:21:34
  Speaker 1: of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal
• 1:21:37
  Speaker 1: for the traveler who had come. To, him instead he
• 1:21:41
  Speaker 1: took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man
• 1:21:44
  Speaker 1: and prepared it for the one who had come. To
• 1:21:46
  Speaker 1: him the story was simple, yet Powerful, and david not
• 1:21:52
  Speaker 1: realizing the parable was, about himself reacted. With Outrage In
• 1:21:57
  Speaker 1: sex samuel, twelve five We read david it burned with
• 1:22:00
  Speaker 1: anger against, the man and Said, to nathan as surely
• 1:22:04
  Speaker 1: As the, lord lives the man who did this. Must
• 1:22:07
  Speaker 1: die he must pay for that lamb four, times over
• 1:22:10
  Speaker 1: because he did such a thing and had. No pity
• 1:22:14
  Speaker 1: it was at That moment nathan pointed his finger at
• 1:22:17
  Speaker 1: the king and declared the words that Would strike david like.
• 1:22:20
  Speaker 1: A Thunderbolt In zecond samuel, twelve seven, he says you are.
• 1:22:25
  Speaker 1: The man nathan Then reminded david of All that god
• 1:22:28
  Speaker 1: had done, for him how he had anointed, him king
• 1:22:31
  Speaker 1: delivered him from the Hands, of saul given him his
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  Speaker 1: master's house, and wives and even gave him the Kingdoms
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  Speaker 1: of Israel. And judah and if that had not, Been
• 1:22:41
  Speaker 1: enough god would have given him. Even More yet david
• 1:22:44
  Speaker 1: had despised the word Of the lord by doing what
• 1:22:48
  Speaker 1: was evil in. His Eyes In second samuel, Twelve nine
• 1:22:51
  Speaker 1: nathan clearly Lays out. David's sins why did you despise
• 1:22:56
  Speaker 1: the word Of the lord by doing what is evil in.
• 1:22:59
  Speaker 1: His eyes you struck Down your Riah, the hittite with
• 1:23:03
  Speaker 1: the sword Of, the ammonites and took his wife to be.
• 1:23:06
  Speaker 1: Your own then comes. The Judgment In second samuel, Twelve ten, Nathan, declares,
• 1:23:12
  Speaker 1: now therefore the sword will never depart from, your house
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  Speaker 1: because you despised me and took the wife Of, your Riah,
• 1:23:20
  Speaker 1: the hittite to be. Your own and the prophecy continues
• 1:23:23
  Speaker 1: in verses eleven. And twelve this is What the, lord
• 1:23:26
  Speaker 1: says out of your, OWN household i am going to
• 1:23:29
  Speaker 1: bring calamity on you before your. VERY eyes i will
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  Speaker 1: take your wives and give them to one who is close,
• 1:23:35
  Speaker 1: to you and he will sleep with your wives in.
• 1:23:38
  Speaker 1: Broad daylight you did it, in SECRET but i will
• 1:23:41
  Speaker 1: do this thing in broad daylight Before. All israel confronted
• 1:23:46
  Speaker 1: Directly by nathan and by the Word, Of god david
• 1:23:49
  Speaker 1: did not try to justify his actions or deny his.
• 1:23:52
  Speaker 1: Wrong doing unlike many leaders who cling to power and
• 1:23:55
  Speaker 1: refuse to, Admit fault david immediately acknowledged. His Guilt In
• 1:24:00
  Speaker 1: saint samuel, twelve thirteen we see his sincere Response then
• 1:24:05
  Speaker 1: david Said, TO nathan i have sinned Against. The lord
• 1:24:09
  Speaker 1: this simple and direct Confession revealed david's. True character even
• 1:24:14
  Speaker 1: after committing such, grievous sins his heart was still responsive to.
• 1:24:19
  Speaker 1: Divine truth nathan, then Replied the lord has taken away.
• 1:24:23
  Speaker 1: Your sin you are not going. To die according to
• 1:24:27
  Speaker 1: the Law, of moses both adultery and murder were punishable.
• 1:24:31
  Speaker 1: By death david deserved to die for, his Crimes, but
• 1:24:34
  Speaker 1: god in, his mercy spared. His, life however there would still.
• 1:24:39
  Speaker 1: Be Consequences In second samuel, Twelve fourteen, nathan explains but
• 1:24:45
  Speaker 1: because by doing this you have shown utter contempt For,
• 1:24:48
  Speaker 1: the lord the son born to you. Will die god's
• 1:24:53
  Speaker 1: forgiveness did not erase the natural consequences. Of sin the
• 1:24:57
  Speaker 1: child conceived in adultery, would die and the sword would
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  Speaker 1: never Depart from. David's household his sins would echo through his,
• 1:25:05
  Speaker 1: family's life setting off a cycle of violence. And tragedy psalm,
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  Speaker 1: fifty one traditionally Attributed to david after his Encounter, with
• 1:25:15
  Speaker 1: nathan reveals the depth of. His repentance in, verse one,
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  Speaker 1: he cries have mercy, ON, Me, o god according to your,
• 1:25:23
  Speaker 1: unfailing love according to your, great compassion blot out, my
• 1:25:27
  Speaker 1: transgressions and in verse ten he pleads create in me a,
• 1:25:32
  Speaker 1: PURE Heart, o god and renew a steadfast spirit. Within
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  Speaker 1: me Soon after, nathan's departure the child Born to bathsheba fell.
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  Speaker 1: Severely Ill In zecing samuel, twelve fifteen, we Read after
• 1:25:47
  Speaker 1: nathan had, gone Home the lord struck the Child that
• 1:25:50
  Speaker 1: uriah's wife had Borne, to david and he. Became ill
• 1:25:53
  Speaker 1: the child's Sickness threw david into. Deep anguish this, powerful
• 1:25:58
  Speaker 1: king who had conquered nations and, slain giants now found
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  Speaker 1: himself utterly helpless before his. Son's suffering no army could win,
• 1:26:07
  Speaker 1: this battle no strategy could change. The outcome in, His
• 1:26:12
  Speaker 1: desperation david turned to the only source, Of hope. Gods
• 1:26:18
  Speaker 1: mercy In zek samuel, twelve sixteen, We read david Pleaded
• 1:26:22
  Speaker 1: with god for. The child he fasted and spent the
• 1:26:25
  Speaker 1: nights lying in sackcloth on. The ground the royal advisers
• 1:26:29
  Speaker 1: were concerned by. His Behavior In second samuel, twelve seventeen
• 1:26:33
  Speaker 1: it says the elders of his household stood beside him
• 1:26:37
  Speaker 1: to get him up from, the ground but, he refused
• 1:26:41
  Speaker 1: and he would not eat any food. With them for,
• 1:26:43
  Speaker 1: Seven days david, remained prostrate fasting and praying for his.
• 1:26:48
  Speaker 1: Child's life his sorrow was so profound that his servants
• 1:26:52
  Speaker 1: feared telling him when the worst. Had Happened In second samuel,
• 1:26:56
  Speaker 1: twelve eighteen, we read on the seventh day the. L
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  Speaker 1: died david's attendants were afraid to tell him that the child,
• 1:27:03
  Speaker 1: was dead for they thought while the child was, still
• 1:27:07
  Speaker 1: living he wouldn't listen to us when we spoke. To
• 1:27:09
  Speaker 1: him how can we now tell him the child. Is
• 1:27:12
  Speaker 1: dead he may do. Something desperate the servants were whispering,
• 1:27:16
  Speaker 1: among Themselves but david noticed and understood what. Had happened
• 1:27:21
  Speaker 1: In seg samuel, twelve nineteen, We read david noticed that
• 1:27:25
  Speaker 1: his attendants were whispering, among themselves and he realized the child.
• 1:27:30
  Speaker 1: Was dead is the? Child dead, he, Asked yes, they
• 1:27:34
  Speaker 1: replied he. Is dead david's reaction. Surprised Everyone In second samuel,
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  Speaker 1: twelve twenty, it Says then david got up from the
• 1:27:45
  Speaker 1: ground after he, had washed put, on lotions and changed.
• 1:27:48
  Speaker 1: His clothes he went into the house Of the lord.
• 1:27:51
  Speaker 1: And worshiped then he went to his, own house and at,
• 1:27:54
  Speaker 1: his request they served him food and. He ate the
• 1:27:57
  Speaker 1: servants couldn't understand this. Change Behavior In second samuel twelve,
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  Speaker 1: twenty one, they asked why are you acting? This way
• 1:28:07
  Speaker 1: while the child, was alive you fasted, and wept but
• 1:28:11
  Speaker 1: now that the child, is dead you get up. And
• 1:28:14
  Speaker 1: eat david's response reveals a deep Understanding of god's sovereignty
• 1:28:19
  Speaker 1: and an acceptance of. His will in verses twenty two and,
• 1:28:22
  Speaker 1: twenty three, he explains while the child was, STILL alive
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  Speaker 1: i fasted. AND wept, i thought? Who Knows the lord
• 1:28:31
  Speaker 1: may be gracious to me and let the. Child live
• 1:28:34
  Speaker 1: but now that he, is dead WHY should i go?
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  Speaker 1: On FASTING can i bring him? BACK again i will go,
• 1:28:40
  Speaker 1: to him but he will not return. To me these
• 1:28:44
  Speaker 1: words reflect a mature and. Grounded faith david had done
• 1:28:48
  Speaker 1: everything he could while there was, still hope pleading for,
• 1:28:51
  Speaker 1: divine mercy But once god's will, became clear he accepted
• 1:28:56
  Speaker 1: it with dignity. And submission there was no bitterness or
• 1:29:00
  Speaker 1: rebellion in, his heart only a humble Acceptance of. God's
• 1:29:04
  Speaker 1: judgment after the death of their, First son david comforted His,
• 1:29:08
  Speaker 1: wife bathsheba in their. Shared Grief In second samuel twelve,
• 1:29:12
  Speaker 1: twenty four, we Read then david comforted His, wife bathsheba
• 1:29:17
  Speaker 1: and he went to her and lay. With her she
• 1:29:20
  Speaker 1: gave birth to, a son and they Named. Him solomon
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  Speaker 1: The name solomon comes From the hebrew, word shalom. Meaning
• 1:29:29
  Speaker 1: Peace perhaps David and bathsheba hoped that this child would
• 1:29:34
  Speaker 1: bring peace after the pain and turmoil they. Had endured
• 1:29:37
  Speaker 1: but something even more special happened with. This child in the,
• 1:29:41
  Speaker 1: same verse it Says the lord. Loved him this wasn't
• 1:29:46
  Speaker 1: just a. Passing remark god's Favor on solomon was so
• 1:29:50
  Speaker 1: evident That the lord sent The prophet, nathan again this
• 1:29:54
  Speaker 1: time with a very. Different Message In second samuel twelve,
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  Speaker 1: twenty five we reach and Because the lord, loved him
• 1:30:02
  Speaker 1: he sent Word through nathan the prophet to Name. Him
• 1:30:05
  Speaker 1: jedidiah The name jedediah means loved By. The lord it
• 1:30:10
  Speaker 1: was a clear sign that despite the sins of, his
• 1:30:13
  Speaker 1: parents this child was especially loved and Chosen. By god
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  Speaker 1: the same prophet who had once brought a message of
• 1:30:20
  Speaker 1: judgment now came bearing a message of blessing. And promise
• 1:30:24
  Speaker 1: Although the bible doesn't describe Much about, solomon's childhood we
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  Speaker 1: know he grew Up with god's. Special, Favor later david
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  Speaker 1: Would choose solomon as his successor by passing older sons Like,
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  Speaker 1: a dunija who would have had the natural right to.
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  Speaker 1: The Throne In first chronicles twenty, Eight five david explains
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  Speaker 1: why He chose solomon of all, my sons And the
• 1:30:50
  Speaker 1: lord has given. Me many he has chosen My son
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  Speaker 1: solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom Of
• 1:30:57
  Speaker 1: the Lord, Over israel and in verse six it Continues revealing.
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  Speaker 1: God's promise he said, To, me solomon your son is
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  Speaker 1: the one who will build my house and, My COURTS
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  Speaker 1: for i have chosen him to be, my SON and
• 1:31:10
  Speaker 1: i will be. His father so even from a relationship
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  Speaker 1: that began with sin, And tragedy god in, his sovereignty brought.
• 1:31:19
  Speaker 1: Something good solomon would become the wisest and Wealthiest king
• 1:31:23
  Speaker 1: israel had. Ever known he would build The temple david
• 1:31:27
  Speaker 1: had longed, to build and his lineage would eventually Lead,
• 1:31:31
  Speaker 1: to joseph the adoptive Father Of. Jesus christ But before
• 1:31:36
  Speaker 1: solomon could reign, In peace david's household would endure further
• 1:31:40
  Speaker 1: Tragedy fulfilling nathan's prophecy that the sword shall never depart from.
• 1:31:45
  Speaker 1: Your house the Shadow of david sin soon began to
• 1:31:50
  Speaker 1: fall upon his. Own Family The second samuel thirteen tells
• 1:31:53
  Speaker 1: a disturbing story that echoes the king's own, moral failings
• 1:31:58
  Speaker 1: only in a more. Twisted Way In second samuel, thirteen one,
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  Speaker 1: we read in the course, Of, time amnon Son, of
• 1:32:06
  Speaker 1: david fell in Love, with tamar the beautiful Sister, of
• 1:32:09
  Speaker 1: absalom Son. Of david Tamar and absalom were the Children,
• 1:32:14
  Speaker 1: of maka One of, david's Wives while amnon was the Son,
• 1:32:18
  Speaker 1: of ahinoam. Another wife they were, half siblings, same father.
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  Speaker 1: Different mothers in, that culture the Law of moses forbade
• 1:32:29
  Speaker 1: marriage between. Half siblings amnon's infatuation grew. Into Obsession In
• 1:32:35
  Speaker 1: second samuel thirteen, to two It says amnon became so
• 1:32:40
  Speaker 1: obsessed with His sister tamar that he made. Himself ill
• 1:32:44
  Speaker 1: she was, a virgin and it seemed impossible for him
• 1:32:47
  Speaker 1: to do anything. To her amnon had a cunning Friend,
• 1:32:51
  Speaker 1: named jonadab who was also. His Cousin In second samuel,
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  Speaker 1: thirteen three, we Read now amnon had an Adviser, named
• 1:33:00
  Speaker 1: jonadab Son. Of shimeya, David's brother jonadab was a very.
• 1:33:04
  Speaker 1: Shrewd Man seeing, Amnon's distress jonadab asked what was. Going
• 1:33:09
  Speaker 1: On In second samuel, thirteen four, he says why, do
• 1:33:13
  Speaker 1: you the, king's son look so haggard morning? After morning
• 1:33:16
  Speaker 1: won't you? Tell me amnon Then confesses i'm in Love,
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  Speaker 1: with tamar My brother. Absalom's sister instead Of advising amnon
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  Speaker 1: to let go of this, Inappropriate desire jonadab devised a.
• 1:33:30
  Speaker 1: Terrible Plan In second samuel, thirteen five, he suggests go
• 1:33:35
  Speaker 1: to bed and pretend to. Be ill when your father
• 1:33:38
  Speaker 1: comes to, see you say, TO him i would like
• 1:33:41
  Speaker 1: My sister tamar to come and give me something. To
• 1:33:44
  Speaker 1: eat let her prepare the food in, my SIGHT so
• 1:33:47
  Speaker 1: i may watch her and then eat it from. Her
• 1:33:50
  Speaker 1: hand amnon followed the plan and pretended to. Be Sick
• 1:33:56
  Speaker 1: when david came to, see him he Requested that tamar
• 1:33:59
  Speaker 1: be sent to cook. For Him In trekking samuel, thirteen
• 1:34:02
  Speaker 1: seven We read david sent Word to tamar at, the
• 1:34:06
  Speaker 1: palace go to the house of Your brother amnon and
• 1:34:09
  Speaker 1: prepare some food, for him unaware of Any danger tamar
• 1:34:14
  Speaker 1: went to her. Brother's House In second samuel, thirteen eight,
• 1:34:18
  Speaker 1: it Says so tamar went to the house of Her,
• 1:34:21
  Speaker 1: brother amnon who was. Lying down she took, some dough,
• 1:34:25
  Speaker 1: kneaded it made the bread in, his sight and. Baked
• 1:34:28
  Speaker 1: it when the food, Was ready amnon refused to eat
• 1:34:32
  Speaker 1: in front of. The Servants In singing samuel thirteen, to nine,
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  Speaker 1: it says then she took the pan and served him,
• 1:34:38
  Speaker 1: the bread but he refused. To eat send every one out,
• 1:34:41
  Speaker 1: Of here, Amnon said so everyone left him Alone. With
• 1:34:45
  Speaker 1: tamar amnon revealed his. True intentions In sing samuel, thirteen ten,
• 1:34:50
  Speaker 1: we Read then amnon Said, to tamar bring the food into,
• 1:34:54
  Speaker 1: my BEDROOM so i may eat from. Your Hand and
• 1:34:57
  Speaker 1: tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it
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  Speaker 1: to Her brother amnon in. His bedroom what happened next
• 1:35:05
  Speaker 1: was a. Terrible Violation In second samuel, thirteen eleven, we
• 1:35:10
  Speaker 1: read but when she brought it to him, to eat
• 1:35:13
  Speaker 1: he grabbed her, and said come to bed, with me.
• 1:35:15
  Speaker 1: My sister tamar desperately tried to stop what was about.
• 1:35:20
  Speaker 1: To Happen In second samuel, thirteen twelve, she, pleaded no,
• 1:35:24
  Speaker 1: my brother, she said, to him don't. Force me such
• 1:35:28
  Speaker 1: a thing should not be Done. In israel don't do this.
• 1:35:30
  Speaker 1: Wicked thing she kept trying to, dissuade him pointing out.
• 1:35:35
  Speaker 1: The Consequences In second samuel, Thirteen thirteen, tamar said what?
• 1:35:41
  Speaker 1: About me WHERE could i get rid of? My disgrace
• 1:35:44
  Speaker 1: and what? About you you would be like one of
• 1:35:47
  Speaker 1: the wicked Fools. In israel please speak to. The king
• 1:35:50
  Speaker 1: he will not keep me from being married. To You
• 1:35:53
  Speaker 1: but amnon refused to listen to. His. Sisters please In
• 1:35:58
  Speaker 1: The second samuel, thirteen fourteen, we read but he refused
• 1:36:01
  Speaker 1: to listen, to her and since he was stronger, than
• 1:36:04
  Speaker 1: she he. Raped her immediately after this, Horrific act amnon's feelings.
• 1:36:10
  Speaker 1: Changed Entirely In second samuel, thirteen fifteen we See then
• 1:36:16
  Speaker 1: amnon hated her with. Intense hatred, in fact he hated
• 1:36:20
  Speaker 1: her more than he had. Loved her amnon said, to
• 1:36:23
  Speaker 1: her get up and. Get out tamar protested this. New
• 1:36:26
  Speaker 1: Cruelty In second samuel. Thirteen sixteen she, Said no she said,
• 1:36:31
  Speaker 1: to him sending me away would be a greater wrong
• 1:36:33
  Speaker 1: than what you have already done. To Me but amnon
• 1:36:36
  Speaker 1: refused to listen. To her he called his servant and
• 1:36:39
  Speaker 1: gave the order as Scene In second samuel, thirteen seventeen
• 1:36:43
  Speaker 1: get this woman out of here and bolt the door.
• 1:36:45
  Speaker 1: After her the, servant Obeyed throwing tamar out as if
• 1:36:50
  Speaker 1: she were the. Guilty one the text Then describes tamar's.
• 1:36:54
  Speaker 1: Deep Grief In second samuel, thirteen nineteen, We read tamar
• 1:36:58
  Speaker 1: put ashes on her head head and tore the ornate
• 1:37:01
  Speaker 1: robe she. Was wearing she put her hands on her
• 1:37:04
  Speaker 1: head and, went away. Weeping aloud as, she went Her
• 1:37:07
  Speaker 1: brother absalom found her and realized what. Had Happened In
• 1:37:11
  Speaker 1: second samuel, thirteen twenty, he said has Your brother amnon been?
• 1:37:15
  Speaker 1: With you be, quiet now, my sister he is. Your
• 1:37:19
  Speaker 1: brother don't take this thing. To Heart, and tamar ruined,
• 1:37:23
  Speaker 1: and devastated Lived in. Absalom's House when david learned of what,
• 1:37:27
  Speaker 1: had happened he, was furious but took no Action. Against
• 1:37:31
  Speaker 1: Amnon In second samuel thirteen, twenty one we Read When
• 1:37:35
  Speaker 1: king david heard, all this he. Was furious david's inaction
• 1:37:39
  Speaker 1: may have been influenced by his. Own guilt how could
• 1:37:42
  Speaker 1: He punish amnon for a sin so similar to? His
• 1:37:46
  Speaker 1: own his, hesitation however would have dire Consequences because absalom
• 1:37:51
  Speaker 1: neither forgot nor forgave what was done to. His Sister
• 1:37:58
  Speaker 1: the ssah biblical text tell Us that absalom kept his hatred.
• 1:38:02
  Speaker 1: To Himself In second samuel thirteen, twenty two, We read
• 1:38:06
  Speaker 1: absalom never said a Word, to amnon either good. Or
• 1:38:09
  Speaker 1: bad He hated amnon because he had disgraced His. Sister
• 1:38:13
  Speaker 1: tamar for two, Full years absalom waited patiently for a
• 1:38:17
  Speaker 1: chance to. Take revenge he Didn't confront, amnon directly nor
• 1:38:22
  Speaker 1: did he speak to the king, about it but his hatred,
• 1:38:25
  Speaker 1: grew daily fueled by the memory of his sister's suffering
• 1:38:29
  Speaker 1: and the absence. Of justice the opportunity for revenge finally
• 1:38:34
  Speaker 1: Came when absalom held a sheep. Shearing Celebration In second
• 1:38:39
  Speaker 1: samuel the thirteen, twenty three we read two, years Later
• 1:38:43
  Speaker 1: when absalom's sheep shearers were At, bal hazor near the Border,
• 1:38:47
  Speaker 1: of ephraim he invited all the king's sons to. Come
• 1:38:50
  Speaker 1: there absalom personally invited his father to. The Celebration In
• 1:38:54
  Speaker 1: second samuel thirteen, twenty four, he said your servant has had.
• 1:38:59
  Speaker 1: Shearer's come will the king and his attendants please? Join
• 1:39:03
  Speaker 1: me david declined, the Invitation but absalom insisted that At least.
• 1:39:08
  Speaker 1: Amnon Come In second samuel thirteen, twenty six, he said,
• 1:39:12
  Speaker 1: if not please let My brother amnon come. With us
• 1:39:15
  Speaker 1: the king asked why should he go, with You but
• 1:39:19
  Speaker 1: absalom pressed him until he agreed To let amnon and
• 1:39:22
  Speaker 1: all the king's sons go. With him absalom's plan had
• 1:39:26
  Speaker 1: been carefully set. In Motion In sataking samuel thirteen, twenty
• 1:39:30
  Speaker 1: eight we see his instructions to. His servants Listen when
• 1:39:34
  Speaker 1: amnon is in high spirits from, drinking WINE and i say,
• 1:39:37
  Speaker 1: to You strike, amnon down then. Kill him don't. Be
• 1:39:41
  Speaker 1: AFRAID haven't i given you? This order be strong. And
• 1:39:45
  Speaker 1: brave during, the feast when every one was eating, And
• 1:39:49
  Speaker 1: drinking absalom's servants executed. The Plan In second samuel thirteen,
• 1:39:54
  Speaker 1: twenty nine we Read so absalom's men Did to Amnon
• 1:39:58
  Speaker 1: what absalom. Had ordered then all the king's sons, got
• 1:40:01
  Speaker 1: up mounted their mules and fled as the princes rushed Back,
• 1:40:06
  Speaker 1: to jerusalem alarming news arrived before. They Did In second
• 1:40:11
  Speaker 1: samuel thirteen thirty we read while they were on, their
• 1:40:15
  Speaker 1: way the report Came, To david absalom has struck down
• 1:40:18
  Speaker 1: all the. King's sons not one of them. Is left david.
• 1:40:22
  Speaker 1: Was Devastated In second samuel thirteen, thirty one we read
• 1:40:27
  Speaker 1: the king, stood up tore his clothes and lay down on,
• 1:40:31
  Speaker 1: the ground and all his attendants stood by with their.
• 1:40:35
  Speaker 1: Clothes Torn, but jonadab the same cousin who had Once
• 1:40:39
  Speaker 1: helped amnon with his, vile plan now brought more. Accurate
• 1:40:42
  Speaker 1: News In second samuel thirteen, thirty two, he said my
• 1:40:47
  Speaker 1: lord should not think that they killed all. The Princes
• 1:40:50
  Speaker 1: only amnon. Is dead this Has been absalom's expressed intention
• 1:40:54
  Speaker 1: ever since The day amnon raped His. Sister tamar soon
• 1:40:58
  Speaker 1: after the king's sons of crying loudly and confirmed That
• 1:41:02
  Speaker 1: only amnon. Had Died In second samuel thirteen, thirty six,
• 1:41:06
  Speaker 1: we read as they were on their way in the
• 1:41:09
  Speaker 1: report reached, the king and he too and all his
• 1:41:13
  Speaker 1: servants wept. Very, Bitterly meanwhile absalom Fled, to gesha where
• 1:41:18
  Speaker 1: his Maternal grandfather talmai. Was King In second samuel thirteen
• 1:41:23
  Speaker 1: thirty seven, thirty eight We read absalom fled and Went,
• 1:41:26
  Speaker 1: to talmai Son, of amihud the King. Of Gesha But
• 1:41:30
  Speaker 1: king david mourned many days for. His Son after absalom
• 1:41:34
  Speaker 1: fled and Went, to gesha he stayed there. Three years
• 1:41:38
  Speaker 1: the Text reveals david's conflicted emotions during. This Time In
• 1:41:42
  Speaker 1: second samuel thirteen, thirty seven, it Says And king david
• 1:41:46
  Speaker 1: mourned for his son. Every day at first this Referred,
• 1:41:50
  Speaker 1: to amnon the son who had, been killed but Over
• 1:41:54
  Speaker 1: time david's Feelings toward absalom began. To Shift In second
• 1:41:58
  Speaker 1: samuel thirteen, thirty nine we read and the king longed
• 1:42:02
  Speaker 1: to Go, to absalom for he was Consoled concerning. Amnon's
• 1:42:05
  Speaker 1: death despite the Terrible crime absalom, Had committed david missed
• 1:42:10
  Speaker 1: his son and longed. For reconciliation this series, of tragedies
• 1:42:16
  Speaker 1: the Violence, against tamar the Murder, of amnon and the Exile,
• 1:42:20
  Speaker 1: of absalom was the direct Fulfillment of nathan's prophecy about
• 1:42:24
  Speaker 1: the Consequences of, David's sin the sword will never depart from.
• 1:42:28
  Speaker 1: Your house david's sons were repeating and even amplifying the
• 1:42:32
  Speaker 1: very sins of. Their father david's adultery led to, family,
• 1:42:37
  Speaker 1: violence murder. And exile, the king who at once enjoyed
• 1:42:42
  Speaker 1: great success and, divine favor was now watching his own
• 1:42:45
  Speaker 1: household fall a part before. His eyes and this was
• 1:42:50
  Speaker 1: only the beginning of the troubles that Would plague. David's
• 1:42:53
  Speaker 1: house three long years had Passed since absalom Fled to
• 1:42:58
  Speaker 1: gesher after killing His. Brother amnon during all, That time
• 1:43:03
  Speaker 1: david missed his, son deeply even knowing the terrible crime he.
• 1:43:07
  Speaker 1: Had Committed In second samuel, fourteen one we Read how
• 1:43:11
  Speaker 1: joab sensed the. King's longing joab's Son, of zariah knew
• 1:43:15
  Speaker 1: that the king's heart Longed. For absalom, Recognizing this joab
• 1:43:21
  Speaker 1: devised a plan To bring. Absalom back he sent a
• 1:43:24
  Speaker 1: wise Woman from Taccoah to david with a. Moving story
• 1:43:29
  Speaker 1: she dressed in mourning and told the king about her
• 1:43:31
  Speaker 1: two sons who had fought in. The field one had killed,
• 1:43:35
  Speaker 1: the other and now the family wanted to kill the,
• 1:43:37
  Speaker 1: remaining son leaving her with. No Heir after david promised
• 1:43:42
  Speaker 1: to protect, her son the woman revealed the real reason for.
• 1:43:45
  Speaker 1: Her Visit In secord samuel, fourteen thirteen she asked, why
• 1:43:50
  Speaker 1: then have you devised a thing like this against the People?
• 1:43:53
  Speaker 1: Of god when the king, says this does he not
• 1:43:56
  Speaker 1: convict himself for not bringing back his. Banish son she
• 1:44:01
  Speaker 1: went on with a profound Comparison In saega samuel, fourteen fourteen,
• 1:44:06
  Speaker 1: she said like water spilled on, the ground which cannot,
• 1:44:09
  Speaker 1: be recovered so we. Must die but that is Not what. God,
• 1:44:13
  Speaker 1: desires rather he devises way so that a banished person
• 1:44:18
  Speaker 1: does not remain banished from. Him forever these Words moved.
• 1:44:23
  Speaker 1: David's heart He realized joab was behind the plan and.
• 1:44:27
  Speaker 1: Confronted him Then In secor samuel fourteen, twenty one the,
• 1:44:31
  Speaker 1: king decided, VERY well i will. Do it go bring
• 1:44:35
  Speaker 1: back the Young. Man absalom joab was grateful and personally
• 1:44:39
  Speaker 1: Went to gesher To bring absalom back. Once again samuel fourteen.
• 1:44:44
  Speaker 1: Twenty three we Read then joab Went to gesher And
• 1:44:47
  Speaker 1: brought absalom Back, to Jerusalem but absalom's return did not
• 1:44:51
  Speaker 1: mean a full reconciliation with. His Father In second samuel fourteen,
• 1:44:56
  Speaker 1: twenty four we see The limitations david. In closed but
• 1:45:01
  Speaker 1: the king said he must go to his. Own house
• 1:45:04
  Speaker 1: he must not see. My Face so absalom went to
• 1:45:08
  Speaker 1: his own house and did not see the face of.
• 1:45:11
  Speaker 1: The king this was a. Painful situation absalom was Back,
• 1:45:15
  Speaker 1: in jerusalem but still not allowed to see his. Father's
• 1:45:18
  Speaker 1: face it was a, partial reconciliation leaving open wounds in. Their,
• 1:45:23
  Speaker 1: relationship meanwhile the text gives us a Description. Of absalom
• 1:45:28
  Speaker 1: in Sake to samuel fourteen, twenty five we rid In,
• 1:45:31
  Speaker 1: all israel there was not a man so highly praised
• 1:45:34
  Speaker 1: for his handsome Appearance. As absalom from the top of
• 1:45:38
  Speaker 1: his head to the sole of, his foot there was
• 1:45:40
  Speaker 1: no blemish, In him and in the next verse we
• 1:45:44
  Speaker 1: learn about his. Famous hair whenever he cut the hair of,
• 1:45:48
  Speaker 1: his head he used to cut it once a year
• 1:45:51
  Speaker 1: because it became too heavy. For him he would, weigh
• 1:45:54
  Speaker 1: it and its weight was two hundred shekels by the.
• 1:45:57
  Speaker 1: Royal standard absalom had three sons and, a daughter whom He,
• 1:46:02
  Speaker 1: named tamar lightly in honor of his sister who had.
• 1:46:06
  Speaker 1: Been assaulted absalom's daughter was also, very beautiful as Mentioned
• 1:46:11
  Speaker 1: In second samuel fourteen. Twenty seven after Living in jerusalem
• 1:46:15
  Speaker 1: for two years without seeing, The king absalom. Grew Impatient
• 1:46:20
  Speaker 1: In second samuel fourteen, twenty eight We read absalom lived
• 1:46:24
  Speaker 1: two Years in jerusalem without seeing the. King's face He
• 1:46:29
  Speaker 1: summoned joab twice to act as, an Intermediary but joab refused. To,
• 1:46:33
  Speaker 1: Come frustrated absalom resorted to an extreme tactic To get.
• 1:46:39
  Speaker 1: Joab's Attention In sex samuel fourteen thirty we see then
• 1:46:43
  Speaker 1: he said to, his, Servants look joab's field is next,
• 1:46:46
  Speaker 1: to mine and he has. Barley there go and set it.
• 1:46:50
  Speaker 1: On Fire so absalom's servants set the field. On fire
• 1:46:54
  Speaker 1: this drastic Move got, joab's attention and he came at
• 1:46:58
  Speaker 1: once to Speak. With Absalom In second samuel fourteen, Thirty
• 1:47:02
  Speaker 1: two absalom expressed, His frustration WHY have i Come? From
• 1:47:06
  Speaker 1: gesher it would be better for ME if i were
• 1:47:09
  Speaker 1: Still there NOW then i want to See the, king's
• 1:47:12
  Speaker 1: face AND if i am guilty, of anything let him
• 1:47:15
  Speaker 1: put me. To death joab delivered the Message, to david
• 1:47:19
  Speaker 1: who finally agreed to see. His Son In second samuel fourteen,
• 1:47:23
  Speaker 1: thirty three we read about. The Meeting so joab went
• 1:47:27
  Speaker 1: to the king and told. Him this then the King,
• 1:47:31
  Speaker 1: summoned absalom and he came in and bowed down with
• 1:47:36
  Speaker 1: his face to the ground before, the king and the King.
• 1:47:40
  Speaker 1: Kissed absalom that kiss seemed to seal the reconciliation between father,
• 1:47:44
  Speaker 1: and son but beneath, the surface unresolved emotions. Still lingered
• 1:47:49
  Speaker 1: forgiveness without true relational restoration left room for resentment, to Grow,
• 1:47:55
  Speaker 1: and absalom handsome, and charismatic would soon begin to turn
• 1:47:59
  Speaker 1: that resentment into something far. More dangerous even after reconciling with,
• 1:48:04
  Speaker 1: His father absalom. Wasn't satisfied he wanted more. Than forgiveness he.
• 1:48:10
  Speaker 1: Wanted power soon after being readmitted to the, Royal court
• 1:48:15
  Speaker 1: absalom began preparing to take his. Father's Throne In second
• 1:48:19
  Speaker 1: samuel fifteen, to one we see how he built. His
• 1:48:22
  Speaker 1: image in the course, Of time absalom provided himself with
• 1:48:28
  Speaker 1: a chariot, and horses and with fifty men to run ahead.
• 1:48:32
  Speaker 1: Of him this display of pomp was classic, royal behavior
• 1:48:37
  Speaker 1: Away for absalom to present himself as a prince worthy
• 1:48:40
  Speaker 1: of admiration, And respect but his ambitions went. Beyond appearances
• 1:48:45
  Speaker 1: absalom developed a strategy to win the hearts of. The
• 1:48:48
  Speaker 1: People In second samuel fifteen, to two we read he
• 1:48:53
  Speaker 1: would get up early and stand by the side of
• 1:48:55
  Speaker 1: the road leading to the. City gate whenever anyone came
• 1:48:59
  Speaker 1: with a complaint to be placed before the king for,
• 1:49:02
  Speaker 1: A decision absalom would call out to him, and ask
• 1:49:06
  Speaker 1: what town are? You from he, would answer your servant
• 1:49:09
  Speaker 1: is from one of the Tribes. Of israel absolom used
• 1:49:13
  Speaker 1: these encounters to subtly undermine the people's Trust. In David
• 1:49:18
  Speaker 1: In second samuel, fifteen three his tactic. Becomes Clear then
• 1:49:23
  Speaker 1: absalom would say, to, him look your claims are valid,
• 1:49:26
  Speaker 1: and proper but there is no representative of the king to.
• 1:49:30
  Speaker 1: Hear you he was Suggesting that david's administration was no longer,
• 1:49:35
  Speaker 1: functioning effectively that the people were not being heard or
• 1:49:39
  Speaker 1: receiving the justice. They deserved absalom then positioned himself as.
• 1:49:44
  Speaker 1: The Solution In secor samuel, fifteen four, he said IF
• 1:49:50
  Speaker 1: only i were appointed judge in, the land then everyone
• 1:49:53
  Speaker 1: who has a complaint or case could come, to ME
• 1:49:57
  Speaker 1: and i would see that they. Receive justice when people
• 1:50:00
  Speaker 1: came to pay Homage, to absalom he displayed a. False
• 1:50:03
  Speaker 1: Humility In second samuel, fifteen Five we rid also whenever
• 1:50:08
  Speaker 1: someone approached to bow down, Before him absalom would reach out,
• 1:50:12
  Speaker 1: his hand take hold, of him and. Kiss him this
• 1:50:16
  Speaker 1: behavior painted a picture of, an approachable, friendly prince quite
• 1:50:20
  Speaker 1: the contrast to the more distant and majestic Figure. Of
• 1:50:24
  Speaker 1: david this strategy. Worked Perfectly In seth samuel fifteen six
• 1:50:29
  Speaker 1: we see. The result absalom behaved in this way toward
• 1:50:33
  Speaker 1: All the israelites who came to the king to, seek
• 1:50:36
  Speaker 1: justice and so he stole the hearts of the People.
• 1:50:39
  Speaker 1: Of israel for, Four years absalom worked patiently building his
• 1:50:44
  Speaker 1: support Based. Throughout israel Then In second samuel, fifteen seven
• 1:50:49
  Speaker 1: he made. His move at the end of, Four years
• 1:50:52
  Speaker 1: absalom said To, the king let me Go to hebron
• 1:50:55
  Speaker 1: and fulfill A vow i made To The. Lord david suspect,
• 1:51:00
  Speaker 1: acting nothing granted permission for his son. To go in
• 1:51:04
  Speaker 1: verse nine we read the king said to him go.
• 1:51:07
  Speaker 1: In peace so he Went. To hebron but this trip
• 1:51:11
  Speaker 1: was not about fulfilling a. Religious vow it marked the
• 1:51:14
  Speaker 1: beginning of open Rebellion. Against David In second samuel fifteen
• 1:51:18
  Speaker 1: ten we see the. Real Plan then absalom sent secret
• 1:51:23
  Speaker 1: messengers throughout the Tribes of israel, to say as soon
• 1:51:26
  Speaker 1: as you hear the sound of, the trumpets Then say
• 1:51:29
  Speaker 1: absalom is King. In hebron absalom Had chosen. Hebron strategically
• 1:51:36
  Speaker 1: it Was where david had first been, anointed king rich
• 1:51:40
  Speaker 1: with historical and emotional meaning for. The people it was
• 1:51:43
  Speaker 1: also far Enough from jerusalem To allow absalom to establish
• 1:51:47
  Speaker 1: his Base before david. Could respond to further strengthen, His
• 1:51:52
  Speaker 1: position absalom invited two hundred influential Men from jerusalem to.
• 1:51:57
  Speaker 1: Accompany Him in samuel, and eleven we read two hundred
• 1:52:02
  Speaker 1: Men from jerusalem Had. Accompanied absalom they had been invited,
• 1:52:06
  Speaker 1: as guests and went, quite innocently knowing nothing about. The
• 1:52:10
  Speaker 1: matter absalom also secured the support Of, a hitherefel One
• 1:52:15
  Speaker 1: of david's most. Trusted advisers in, verse twelve it Says
• 1:52:19
  Speaker 1: while absalom was, offering sacrifices he also sent For, a Hitherefel,
• 1:52:24
  Speaker 1: The gillanite, david's counselor to Come, from giloh. His hometown
• 1:52:30
  Speaker 1: and so the conspiracy gained Strength and absalom's following kept.
• 1:52:34
  Speaker 1: On increasing this was a devastating Blow. TO David a
• 1:52:39
  Speaker 1: hitherefel was renowned for his. Exceptional Wisdom in samuel sixteen,
• 1:52:44
  Speaker 1: twenty three we read now in those days The advice
• 1:52:48
  Speaker 1: ahithefel gave was like that of one who Inquires. Of
• 1:52:51
  Speaker 1: god that was How both David and absalom regarded all
• 1:52:56
  Speaker 1: Of a. Hitherefel's advice the conspiracy was. Spreading Rapidly In
• 1:53:00
  Speaker 1: second samuel, fifteen thirteen news Finally. REACHED david a messenger
• 1:53:06
  Speaker 1: came And told david the hearts of the People of
• 1:53:09
  Speaker 1: israel Are. With absalom absalom's plan had worked flawlessly over.
• 1:53:14
  Speaker 1: The years he had won the people's loyalty through his,
• 1:53:17
  Speaker 1: impressive appearance, friendly demeanor and promises of a. Better, rule
• 1:53:22
  Speaker 1: now with public Support and, ahithophel's council he was ready
• 1:53:27
  Speaker 1: to take the kingdom from. His father when News of absalom's,
• 1:53:30
  Speaker 1: Rebellion arrived david immediately grasped the seriousness of. The situation
• 1:53:36
  Speaker 1: he knew there was no time. To Waste In zad samuel,
• 1:53:39
  Speaker 1: fifteen fourteen he makes a. Decisive, Move then david said
• 1:53:43
  Speaker 1: to all his officials who were with Him, in, jerusalem
• 1:53:47
  Speaker 1: come we, must flee or none of us will Escape.
• 1:53:50
  Speaker 1: From absalom we must, leave immediately or he will move
• 1:53:54
  Speaker 1: quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and
• 1:53:57
  Speaker 1: put the city to. The sword this was a. Shocking,
• 1:54:01
  Speaker 1: decision david the, mighty warrior who Had conquered jerusalem and defeated,
• 1:54:07
  Speaker 1: countless enemies now chose to flee from his own city
• 1:54:11
  Speaker 1: rather than. Defend it it showed both the strength of
• 1:54:14
  Speaker 1: the Rebellion and david's deep reluctance to fight his. Own
• 1:54:18
  Speaker 1: son david's officials. Remained loyal in, verse fifteen, they responded
• 1:54:24
  Speaker 1: your servants are ready to do whatever, our Lord the.
• 1:54:27
  Speaker 1: King chooses in the, moving scene We see David leaving
• 1:54:32
  Speaker 1: jerusalem like. A refugee in, verse sixteen it says the
• 1:54:36
  Speaker 1: king set out with his entire household, following him but
• 1:54:40
  Speaker 1: he left ten concubines to take care of. The palace
• 1:54:44
  Speaker 1: the passage paints a vivid image of this. Sorrowful procession in,
• 1:54:49
  Speaker 1: verse seventeen so the king set out with all the people,
• 1:54:53
  Speaker 1: following him and they halted at the edge of. The
• 1:54:55
  Speaker 1: city From there david watched as his servants and guards
• 1:54:59
  Speaker 1: passed be. For him among those Loyal to david Were
• 1:55:02
  Speaker 1: the Kerethites, and pelethites his, elite troops and six hundred
• 1:55:07
  Speaker 1: Men from gath who had followed him since. His exile
• 1:55:10
  Speaker 1: they were Led by Itai, the gittite who showed. Remarkable
• 1:55:14
  Speaker 1: loyalty david tried To release ittai and his men from
• 1:55:18
  Speaker 1: any obligation to. Follow him in, verse nineteen, he says
• 1:55:22
  Speaker 1: why should you come along? With us go back and
• 1:55:24
  Speaker 1: stay with the, new king since you are a foreigner
• 1:55:28
  Speaker 1: and an exile from. Your homeland david's words show his
• 1:55:32
  Speaker 1: uncertainty about. The future in, verse twenty, he continues you
• 1:55:37
  Speaker 1: came only yesterday and. To DAY shall i make you
• 1:55:40
  Speaker 1: wander about with US when i do not KNOW where i.
• 1:55:43
  Speaker 1: Am going go back and take your people. With you
• 1:55:46
  Speaker 1: May the lord show you kindness. And Faithfulness but itai
• 1:55:50
  Speaker 1: refuse To. Abandon david in verse, twenty one he makes
• 1:55:54
  Speaker 1: a powerful avow as surely As the, lord lives and
• 1:55:58
  Speaker 1: As my Lord the, king lives Wherever my Lord the king,
• 1:56:01
  Speaker 1: may be whether it means life, or death there will your.
• 1:56:04
  Speaker 1: Servant be accepting this, Extraordinary loyalty David allowed ittai and
• 1:56:10
  Speaker 1: his men to stay. With him the procession continued toward
• 1:56:14
  Speaker 1: the wilderness in. Great sorrow in verse, twenty three we
• 1:56:18
  Speaker 1: read the whole countryside wept aloud as all the people
• 1:56:22
  Speaker 1: passed by the king also Crossed The, kidron valley and
• 1:56:26
  Speaker 1: all the people moved on toward. The wilderness The priests
• 1:56:30
  Speaker 1: Zadok and abiathar also came Bringing the ark Of, The
• 1:56:34
  Speaker 1: Covenant but david made another. Surprising decision in verse, twenty five,
• 1:56:40
  Speaker 1: he said Take the Ark of god back into. The
• 1:56:43
  Speaker 1: CITY if i find favor In the, lord's eyes he
• 1:56:47
  Speaker 1: will bring me back and let me see it and
• 1:56:50
  Speaker 1: his dwelling. Place again this decision Reflected both david's faith.
• 1:56:54
  Speaker 1: And humility he didn't see the ark as a kind
• 1:56:57
  Speaker 1: of lucky charm to. Protect, him instead he acknowledged that
• 1:57:02
  Speaker 1: his Return to jerusalem depended Entirely on. God's Will In
• 1:57:07
  Speaker 1: second samuel fifteen, Twenty six david expresses his, complete submission
• 1:57:12
  Speaker 1: but if, HE says i am not pleased, with YOU
• 1:57:15
  Speaker 1: then i am ready let him do to me whatever
• 1:57:17
  Speaker 1: seems good. To him david also saw a strategic opportunity
• 1:57:21
  Speaker 1: in leaving the priest behind in The. City Bridjika second
• 1:57:26
  Speaker 1: samuel fifteen. Twenty seven he Says, to zadok do you
• 1:57:29
  Speaker 1: not see return to the city in peace with Your
• 1:57:32
  Speaker 1: son Ahimaaz and jonathan's Son. Of abiathar the priests could serve,
• 1:57:38
  Speaker 1: as spies sending Information about absalom's plans through. Their Sons
• 1:57:43
  Speaker 1: In second samuel fifteen, Twenty eight, DAVID explains i will
• 1:57:48
  Speaker 1: wait at the fords in the wilderness until word comes
• 1:57:51
  Speaker 1: from you to. Inform me as he Climbed the Mount,
• 1:57:55
  Speaker 1: Of olives, david wept, walked barefoot and had his head
• 1:57:59
  Speaker 1: covered as a sign. Of Mourning In second samuel fifteen
• 1:58:03
  Speaker 1: thirty we Read but david continued Up the Mount, of
• 1:58:06
  Speaker 1: olives weeping as. He went his head was covered and he.
• 1:58:10
  Speaker 1: Was barefoot all the people with him covered their, heads
• 1:58:13
  Speaker 1: too and were weeping as they. Went up during, This
• 1:58:18
  Speaker 1: flight david received even more. DISHEARTENING News, a hitherfel his,
• 1:58:23
  Speaker 1: wise adviser Had joined. Absalom's Conspiracy In second samuel fifteen,
• 1:58:29
  Speaker 1: thirty one We see. David's, Reaction now david had been
• 1:58:33
  Speaker 1: Told a hitherefel is among the Conspirators, with Absalom so,
• 1:58:38
  Speaker 1: David prayed lord Turn a hitherefel's counsel Into foolishness david
• 1:58:44
  Speaker 1: Knew a hitherefel's advice posed a. Serious threat he needed
• 1:58:49
  Speaker 1: someone to counter, that influence and he found that Person
• 1:58:52
  Speaker 1: in Hushai, the arkite a loyal friend who met him at.
• 1:58:56
  Speaker 1: The Summit In second samuel fifteen thirty three to, Thirty
• 1:59:00
  Speaker 1: five david Says, to hushai if you go, with me
• 1:59:04
  Speaker 1: you will be a burden. To me but if you
• 1:59:07
  Speaker 1: return to the city and Say, to absalom, YOUR majesty
• 1:59:11
  Speaker 1: i will be. YOUR servant i was your father's servant in,
• 1:59:14
  Speaker 1: the past BUT now i will be, your servant then
• 1:59:18
  Speaker 1: you can help me by Frustrating a. Hitherefel's advice david
• 1:59:23
  Speaker 1: had carefully planned. His retreat even as He fled jerusalem
• 1:59:27
  Speaker 1: with a, broken heart he had not lost his, strategic
• 1:59:30
  Speaker 1: sharpness with the Priests and hushai in place as his
• 1:59:34
  Speaker 1: eyes and Ears inside, Absalom's court david waited in the
• 1:59:37
  Speaker 1: wilderness for the right moment to respond to his. Son's
• 1:59:40
  Speaker 1: Rebellion while david was fleeing into, The wilderness absalom Was
• 1:59:45
  Speaker 1: entering jerusalem. In triumph david's plan began to take Shape,
• 1:59:50
  Speaker 1: when hushai his, loyal friend appeared to offer his services
• 1:59:54
  Speaker 1: to the. New King In second samuel, sixteen sixteen we Read,
• 2:00:00
  Speaker 1: then hushai The archit, david's confidant Went to absalom and said,
• 2:00:05
  Speaker 1: to him long Live, The king long Live. The king
• 2:00:09
  Speaker 1: absalom was surprised To, see hushai known to be his,
• 2:00:13
  Speaker 1: father's friend seemingly. Switching Sides In second samuel, sixteen seventeen,
• 2:00:18
  Speaker 1: he asked is this the love you show? Your friend
• 2:00:22
  Speaker 1: why didn't you go with? Your friend hushai responded with carefully.
• 2:00:27
  Speaker 1: Chosen words he didn't, lie outright but. Spoke Ambiguously In
• 2:00:31
  Speaker 1: second samuel sixteenth, eighteen nineteen, he, says no the one
• 2:00:36
  Speaker 1: chosen By, the lord by, these people and by all
• 2:00:40
  Speaker 1: the Men, of ISRAEL his i, will BE and i
• 2:00:43
  Speaker 1: will remain. With, him besides WHOM should? I SERVE should
• 2:00:47
  Speaker 1: i not serve? The son JUST as i served? Your
• 2:00:50
  Speaker 1: FATHER so i will Serve, you meanwhile a hithefel wasted
• 2:00:55
  Speaker 1: no time in giving Advice. To absalom his first suggestion
• 2:00:59
  Speaker 1: was shocking. And Calculated In second samuel sixteen, twenty one,
• 2:01:03
  Speaker 1: he advises sleep with your, father's concubines whom he left
• 2:01:07
  Speaker 1: to take care of. The palace Then all israel will
• 2:01:10
  Speaker 1: hear that you have made yourself obnoxious to, your father
• 2:01:13
  Speaker 1: and the hands of every one with you will. Be
• 2:01:15
  Speaker 1: strengthened this council had a strategic purpose to make the
• 2:01:20
  Speaker 1: rupture between father and son complete. And irreversible in The Ancient,
• 2:01:25
  Speaker 1: near east taking the king's women was tantamount to claiming.
• 2:01:29
  Speaker 1: His throne it was a public declaration that reconciliation was off.
• 2:01:33
  Speaker 1: The table absalom followed this. Terrible Advice In second samuel sixteen,
• 2:01:38
  Speaker 1: twenty two, we read so they pitched a Tent for
• 2:01:42
  Speaker 1: absalom on, the roof and he slept with his father's
• 2:01:45
  Speaker 1: concubines in the sight Of. All israel this action fulfilled
• 2:01:49
  Speaker 1: The prophecy nathan had Given to david, years before when
• 2:01:52
  Speaker 1: he said that Because of david's Sin, with bathsheba out
• 2:01:56
  Speaker 1: of your, OWN household i am going to bring calamity
• 2:02:00
  Speaker 1: on you before your. VERY eyes i will take your
• 2:02:04
  Speaker 1: wives and give them to one who is close, to
• 2:02:07
  Speaker 1: you and he will sleep with your wives in. BROAD
• 2:02:10
  Speaker 1: Daylight a hithophel then presented his next Council In second
• 2:02:15
  Speaker 1: samuel seventeen one. To two, he proposes let me choose
• 2:02:19
  Speaker 1: twelve thousand men and set out to night in Pursuit.
• 2:02:23
  Speaker 1: OF david i would attack him while he is weary.
• 2:02:26
  Speaker 1: AND weak i would strike him, with terror and then
• 2:02:29
  Speaker 1: all the people with him. WILL flee i would strike
• 2:02:32
  Speaker 1: down only the king and bring all the people back.
• 2:02:35
  Speaker 1: To you the plan was brilliant in. Its simplicity strike
• 2:02:39
  Speaker 1: Quickly while david was still tired, and disorganized and target only.
• 2:02:43
  Speaker 1: The King once david, was eliminated resistance would, likely collapse
• 2:02:48
  Speaker 1: and the people would Return to jerusalem. In Peace In
• 2:02:52
  Speaker 1: second samuel, seventeen four we see that this plan seemed
• 2:02:56
  Speaker 1: Good to absalom and to all the Elders. Of israel
• 2:03:00
  Speaker 1: it was a sound. Military Strategy, but absalom perhaps out
• 2:03:05
  Speaker 1: of caution or, divine prompting decided To consult hushai. As
• 2:03:09
  Speaker 1: Well In second samuel, seventeen five, he says Call, also Hushai,
• 2:03:14
  Speaker 1: the archite so we can hear what he has. To
• 2:03:16
  Speaker 1: Say when hushai Heard a, heithafeld's plan he realized he
• 2:03:21
  Speaker 1: had to act quickly To. Save david he knew that
• 2:03:24
  Speaker 1: if the advice, Was followed david would likely be dead
• 2:03:27
  Speaker 1: by that. Very Night In second samuel. Seventeen seven hushai
• 2:03:31
  Speaker 1: begins his, response diplomatically the Advice a hitherefel has given
• 2:03:37
  Speaker 1: is not good. This time he then presents convincing arguments
• 2:03:41
  Speaker 1: Against a, hitherefel's plan appealing to what every one Knew
• 2:03:44
  Speaker 1: about david and. His Men In second samuel seventeen eight,
• 2:03:48
  Speaker 1: to nine, he argues you know your father and. His
• 2:03:52
  Speaker 1: men they are fighters and as fierce as a wild
• 2:03:56
  Speaker 1: bear robbed of. Her, cubs besides your far is an.
• 2:04:00
  Speaker 1: Experienced warrior he will not spend the night with the troops.
• 2:04:04
  Speaker 1: Even now he is probably hidden in a cave or some.
• 2:04:08
  Speaker 1: Other place if he should attack your, troops first whoever
• 2:04:11
  Speaker 1: hears about it will say there has been a slaughter
• 2:04:15
  Speaker 1: among the troops Who. Follow absalom hushai continued by painting
• 2:04:19
  Speaker 1: a frightening scenario of what could happen if the initial.
• 2:04:23
  Speaker 1: Attack Failed In sex samuel, seventeen ten, he warns then
• 2:04:27
  Speaker 1: even the, bravest soldier whose heart is like the heart of,
• 2:04:30
  Speaker 1: a lion will melt. With fear For all israel knows
• 2:04:33
  Speaker 1: that your father is a fighter and that those with him.
• 2:04:36
  Speaker 1: Are brave after Undermining a, Heathafel's plan hushai presented his,
• 2:04:41
  Speaker 1: own strategy carefully crafted To give david time to escape.
• 2:04:46
  Speaker 1: And Regroup In second samuel seventeen eleven, to twelve, he,
• 2:04:51
  Speaker 1: SUGGESTS therefore i advise That all Israel from Dan, to
• 2:04:55
  Speaker 1: beersheba as numerous as the sand on the sea shore
• 2:05:00
  Speaker 1: he gathered, to you and that you yourself lead them.
• 2:05:03
  Speaker 1: Into battle then we will attack him wherever he may,
• 2:05:05
  Speaker 1: be found and we will fall on him as dew
• 2:05:09
  Speaker 1: falls on. The ground neither he nor any of his
• 2:05:12
  Speaker 1: men will be. Left alive this proposal Appealed to, absalom's
• 2:05:16
  Speaker 1: vanity suggesting that he personally lead a massive army and
• 2:05:21
  Speaker 1: receive the glory, of victory but, in reality assembling such
• 2:05:25
  Speaker 1: a force would, take Days buying david. Valuable time hushai
• 2:05:30
  Speaker 1: added a dramatic flourish To stir. Absalom's Imagination In second samuel,
• 2:05:36
  Speaker 1: seventeen thirteen, he says if he withdraws into, a city
• 2:05:40
  Speaker 1: Then all israel will bring ropes to, that city and
• 2:05:43
  Speaker 1: we will drag it down into the valley until not
• 2:05:47
  Speaker 1: even a pebble can be. Found there, this grandiose almost
• 2:05:52
  Speaker 1: comical image of dragging an entire city with ropes showed
• 2:05:55
  Speaker 1: just How much hushai was exaggerating To, impress absolom and.
• 2:05:59
  Speaker 1: It Worked In second samuel, seventeen fourteen we see. The
• 2:06:03
  Speaker 1: result absalom and all the Men of, israel said the Advice,
• 2:06:07
  Speaker 1: of Hushai, the archite is better than That, of ahithafel
• 2:06:11
  Speaker 1: For the lord had determined to frustrate the good Advice
• 2:06:14
  Speaker 1: of ahithefel in order to bring Disaster. On absalom this
• 2:06:18
  Speaker 1: was a pivotal moment in. The story Had a heithafel's advice,
• 2:06:22
  Speaker 1: Been followed david likely would have been killed that, Very
• 2:06:25
  Speaker 1: Night but hushai's intervention, changed Everything giving david the time
• 2:06:30
  Speaker 1: he needed to prepare for the inevitable confrontation with his.
• 2:06:34
  Speaker 1: Son's forces immediately after, The meeting hushai informed The priests
• 2:06:39
  Speaker 1: Zadok and abiathar about what. Had Happened In second samuel
• 2:06:44
  Speaker 1: seventeen fifteen, to sixteen, He says ahithafhel Has advised absalom
• 2:06:49
  Speaker 1: and the Elders of israel to do such, and SUCH
• 2:06:52
  Speaker 1: but i have advised. Them differently now send a message Quickly,
• 2:06:55
  Speaker 1: to david saying do not spend the night at the
• 2:06:58
  Speaker 1: fords in, the wilderness but ross Over the jordan, at
• 2:07:01
  Speaker 1: once otherwise the king and all the people with him
• 2:07:06
  Speaker 1: will be. Swallowed up the, Priest's sons Ahimas, and jonathan
• 2:07:12
  Speaker 1: carried this critical Message, to david allowing him to escape
• 2:07:16
  Speaker 1: Across the Jordan before absalom could send troops. After, him
• 2:07:21
  Speaker 1: Meanwhile a hitherefel realized that his advice had been rejected
• 2:07:26
  Speaker 1: And that absalom's plan. Was Doomed In zecus samuel seventeen,
• 2:07:30
  Speaker 1: twenty three we read of his. Drastic response When a
• 2:07:34
  Speaker 1: hitherefel saw that his advice had not. Been followed he saddled,
• 2:07:39
  Speaker 1: his donkey set out for his house in his, home
• 2:07:41
  Speaker 1: town put his affairs, in order and then. Hanged himself
• 2:07:46
  Speaker 1: so he died and was buried in his. Father's tomb
• 2:07:50
  Speaker 1: it was a tragic end for a man of great
• 2:07:52
  Speaker 1: wisdom who had bet everything on the wrong side of.
• 2:07:55
  Speaker 1: A rebellion his suicide showed that he fully Understood what.
• 2:07:59
  Speaker 1: Absaloms did decision meant the inevitable failure of the Rebellion
• 2:08:04
  Speaker 1: and david's. Ultimate victory after Crossing the Jordan following, Hushai's
• 2:08:10
  Speaker 1: warning david Arrived, at mahanaim where he began reorganizing. His
• 2:08:15
  Speaker 1: Forces In second samuel seventeen twenty seven, twenty nine we
• 2:08:19
  Speaker 1: see how he received. Unexpected Support when david Came, To
• 2:08:23
  Speaker 1: mahanaim shobi Son, of Nahash from rabba Of, The, ammonites
• 2:08:27
  Speaker 1: makir Son of Amiel From, lo Debar and Barzilai the
• 2:08:31
  Speaker 1: Galeadite from rodalim, brought bedding bowls. And pottery they also
• 2:08:36
  Speaker 1: brought wheat, and barley flour and, roasted grain beans, and
• 2:08:40
  Speaker 1: lentils honey, and curds sheep and cheese from cow's Milk
• 2:08:44
  Speaker 1: for david and his people. To eat for, they said
• 2:08:47
  Speaker 1: the people have, become, hungry tired and thirsty in. The
• 2:08:52
  Speaker 1: wilderness this support was Crucial for david and, his men
• 2:08:56
  Speaker 1: who were exhausted After. Fleeing, Jerusalem meanwhile absalom had gathered
• 2:09:01
  Speaker 1: his army and Crossed the jordan in Pursuit. Of david
• 2:09:05
  Speaker 1: the decisive battle was. Drawing Near In second samuel, Eighteen
• 2:09:09
  Speaker 1: one david begins organizing. His troops david mustered the men
• 2:09:14
  Speaker 1: who were with him and appointed over them commanders of
• 2:09:17
  Speaker 1: thousands and commanders. Of hundreds he divided the army into
• 2:09:22
  Speaker 1: three main units led By joab Abeshai and Ittai, the
• 2:09:26
  Speaker 1: gittite a strategy that would allow for co ordinated attacks from.
• 2:09:30
  Speaker 1: Different directions david wanted to lead the troops into, battle
• 2:09:35
  Speaker 1: himself as he had done so many at. Times Before
• 2:09:39
  Speaker 1: In second samuel eighteen, to two, HE declares i myself
• 2:09:42
  Speaker 1: will surely march out, With you but his advisers strongly opposed.
• 2:09:46
  Speaker 1: The idea in, verse three, they argue you must not.
• 2:09:49
  Speaker 1: Go out if we are forced, to flee they won't care.
• 2:09:52
  Speaker 1: About us even if half of. Us die they. Won't
• 2:09:55
  Speaker 1: care but you are worth ten thousand. Of us it
• 2:09:58
  Speaker 1: would be better now for you to give us support from.
• 2:10:01
  Speaker 1: The city there was a practical reason for. This advice
• 2:10:04
  Speaker 1: david's safety. Was paramount if he died, in battle their
• 2:10:08
  Speaker 1: cause would. Be lost but there was also an. Unspoken
• 2:10:11
  Speaker 1: truth They knew david would struggle to fight against his.
• 2:10:15
  Speaker 1: Own son david accepted their counsel and agreed to. Stay
• 2:10:19
  Speaker 1: Behind In second samuel eighteen four we read the, KING
• 2:10:24
  Speaker 1: answered i will do whatever seems best. To you so
• 2:10:28
  Speaker 1: the king stood beside the gate while all the men
• 2:10:31
  Speaker 1: marched out in units of hundreds and, Of thousands but before,
• 2:10:35
  Speaker 1: They departed david gave a command that revealed the inner
• 2:10:39
  Speaker 1: conflict of a. Father's heart in, verse five he publicly
• 2:10:43
  Speaker 1: instructs his commanders be gentle with the Young man absalom for,
• 2:10:47
  Speaker 1: my sake and the text notes all the troops heard
• 2:10:52
  Speaker 1: the king giving Orders concerning absalom to each of. The
• 2:10:55
  Speaker 1: commanders this order put his generals in a. Tough position
• 2:10:59
  Speaker 1: aol was the, chief enemy the leader of. The rebellion
• 2:11:03
  Speaker 1: killing him would be the fastest way to end, the
• 2:11:06
  Speaker 1: war but the king had asked that his son's life.
• 2:11:09
  Speaker 1: Be spared, at last the two forces Clashed In second samuel,
• 2:11:14
  Speaker 1: eighteen six We read david's army marched out To, meet
• 2:11:18
  Speaker 1: israel and the battle took place in the Forest. Of
• 2:11:21
  Speaker 1: ephraim the Terrain favored david's smaller but more experienced force
• 2:11:26
  Speaker 1: skilled in, guerrilla Tactics over absalom's larger but less. Seasoned
• 2:11:30
  Speaker 1: army the result was a decisive Victory for. David's forces in,
• 2:11:36
  Speaker 1: verse Seven there israel's troops were Rooted by, david's men
• 2:11:41
  Speaker 1: and the casualties that day were great twenty. Thousand men
• 2:11:45
  Speaker 1: but the text highlights something remarkable about. This Battle In
• 2:11:49
  Speaker 1: zecond samuel, eighteen eight we read the battle spread out
• 2:11:54
  Speaker 1: over the, whole countryside and the forests swallowed up more
• 2:11:57
  Speaker 1: men that day than. The sword this comontry suggests that
• 2:12:01
  Speaker 1: the forest's difficult terrain caused. Many casualties soldiers, got lost
• 2:12:07
  Speaker 1: were injured by, natural traps or simply couldn't maintain effective
• 2:12:11
  Speaker 1: formations among, the trees all of which Contributed to absalom's.
• 2:12:15
  Speaker 1: Army's defeat the choice of battlefield had been crucial during
• 2:12:21
  Speaker 1: the battle in, the forest something happened that. Changed Everything
• 2:12:26
  Speaker 1: In second samuel, eighteen nine We read absalom happened To meet.
• 2:12:30
  Speaker 1: David's men he was riding, his mule and as the
• 2:12:34
  Speaker 1: mule went under the thick branches of a, Large oak
• 2:12:37
  Speaker 1: absalom's head got caught in. The tree he was left
• 2:12:40
  Speaker 1: hanging in, mid air while the mule he was riding kept.
• 2:12:44
  Speaker 1: On going it was a bizarre and even. Comical situation The,
• 2:12:50
  Speaker 1: handsome absalom with his long, flowing hair was caught by
• 2:12:54
  Speaker 1: that very hair in the branches of. A tree the
• 2:12:56
  Speaker 1: pride he once flaunted had now become, his downfall leaving
• 2:13:01
  Speaker 1: him helpless. AND suspended a Soldier saw absalom in that
• 2:13:05
  Speaker 1: state and ran to report It. To Joab In second samuel,
• 2:13:09
  Speaker 1: eighteen ten, HE says i Just saw absalom hanging in an.
• 2:13:14
  Speaker 1: Oak tree joab couldn't believe what he. Was hearing in,
• 2:13:18
  Speaker 1: verse eleven, he demands what you? Saw him why didn't
• 2:13:22
  Speaker 1: you strike him down? RIGHT there i would have given
• 2:13:24
  Speaker 1: you ten shekels of silver and a. Warrior's belt but
• 2:13:28
  Speaker 1: the soldier replied, with Wisdom reminding joab of the king's.
• 2:13:32
  Speaker 1: Explicit command in verses twelve, and thirteen, he says even
• 2:13:36
  Speaker 1: if a thousand shekels were weighed out into, MY hands
• 2:13:40
  Speaker 1: i would not lay a hand on the. King's son
• 2:13:42
  Speaker 1: we all heard the king, Command you Abishai, and ittai
• 2:13:46
  Speaker 1: protect the Young man absalom for. My SAKE if i
• 2:13:50
  Speaker 1: had put my life, in jeopardy and nothing is hidden from,
• 2:13:53
  Speaker 1: the king you would have kept your distance. From me
• 2:13:56
  Speaker 1: joab had no. Such scruples in, verse fourteen and we see.
• 2:14:00
  Speaker 1: His decision i'm not going to wait like this. For
• 2:14:03
  Speaker 1: you so he took three javelins in his hand and
• 2:14:07
  Speaker 1: plunged Them into absalom's heart while he was still alive
• 2:14:10
  Speaker 1: in the. Oak, tree joab the pragmatic, military commander made
• 2:14:15
  Speaker 1: the decision he believed was necessary to end the rebellion
• 2:14:18
  Speaker 1: once and. For all, to him the king's order To
• 2:14:22
  Speaker 1: spare absalom was sentimental nonsense that endangered the. Entire Kingdom if,
• 2:14:27
  Speaker 1: absalom lived the civil war. Could Continue after joab, struck
• 2:14:32
  Speaker 1: him ten of his armor Bearers surrounded absolom and finished,
• 2:14:36
  Speaker 1: him off as Recorded In second samuel. Eighteen Fifteen with,
• 2:14:40
  Speaker 1: Absalom dead joab immediately halted. The battle in, verse sixteen
• 2:14:45
  Speaker 1: we Read then joab sounded, the trumpet and the troops Stopped,
• 2:14:50
  Speaker 1: pursuing Israel for joab. Halted them absalom's body met a.
• 2:14:55
  Speaker 1: Disgraceful end in, verse seventeen it says They, took absalom
• 2:15:00
  Speaker 1: threw him into a big pit in, the forest and
• 2:15:02
  Speaker 1: piled up a large heap of stones. Over him this
• 2:15:06
  Speaker 1: humiliating burial stood in stark contrast to The monument absolom
• 2:15:11
  Speaker 1: had built for himself during, his lifetime mentioned in. Verse
• 2:15:15
  Speaker 1: eighteen during, His lifetime absalom had taken a pillar and
• 2:15:20
  Speaker 1: erected it In the king's valley as a monument. Too
• 2:15:24
  Speaker 1: himself for, HE thought i have no son to carry
• 2:15:27
  Speaker 1: on the memory of. My name he named the pillar,
• 2:15:29
  Speaker 1: after himself and it Is called absalom's monument to. This
• 2:15:33
  Speaker 1: day the irony. Was painful the man who built a
• 2:15:37
  Speaker 1: monument to preserve his name was buried under a heap
• 2:15:40
  Speaker 1: of stones in an unmarked grave in, the woods far
• 2:15:44
  Speaker 1: from his grand but. Empty memorial now someone had to
• 2:15:50
  Speaker 1: deliver the news of Victory To. King david ahima's son of, The, priest,
• 2:15:54
  Speaker 1: zadok Volunteered but joab. Initially Refused In second samuel, Eighteen twenty,
• 2:16:00
  Speaker 1: joab explains you are not the one to take the.
• 2:16:03
  Speaker 1: News today you may take the news, another time but,
• 2:16:06
  Speaker 1: not today because the king's son. Is dead joab Chose
• 2:16:10
  Speaker 1: a kushite to carry, the, message lightly thinking a foreigner
• 2:16:14
  Speaker 1: would be less affected by the king's potential rage upon
• 2:16:18
  Speaker 1: hearing of his. Son's, death however After the, Kushite left
• 2:16:22
  Speaker 1: ahimas pleaded so Persistently that joab finally allowed him to.
• 2:16:27
  Speaker 1: Go too, Being faster ahimas Outran the kushite and. Arrived
• 2:16:32
  Speaker 1: first in verses twenty five to, twenty seven We see
• 2:16:36
  Speaker 1: david anxiously awaiting news And recognizing ahimas by the way.
• 2:16:41
  Speaker 1: He Ran when, ahimaas arrived he only gave half. The
• 2:16:45
  Speaker 1: message in verse, twenty eight he shouted all is well
• 2:16:50
  Speaker 1: and reported victory over the. King's enemies But when david
• 2:16:53
  Speaker 1: specifically Asked, About absalom ahimahas avoided, the question saying he
• 2:16:58
  Speaker 1: saw a great commotion but didn't know what. Had happened
• 2:17:02
  Speaker 1: it Was the cushite who finally delivered the. Full message
• 2:17:06
  Speaker 1: in verse, thirty two, he says may the enemies of
• 2:17:10
  Speaker 1: my Lord, the king and all who rise up to
• 2:17:12
  Speaker 1: harm you be like that. Young man it was a
• 2:17:15
  Speaker 1: gentle and indirect way Of saying absalom, was Dead but david.
• 2:17:19
  Speaker 1: Understood instantly david's Reaction to absalom's death was one of
• 2:17:24
  Speaker 1: profound and. Overwhelming grief in verse, thirty three we read
• 2:17:28
  Speaker 1: his heart. Wrenching lament the king. Was shaken he went
• 2:17:32
  Speaker 1: up to the room over the gateway and wept as.
• 2:17:35
  Speaker 1: He went, He, said oh, My, son absalom, my son, My,
• 2:17:39
  Speaker 1: Son absalom IF only i had died instead, Of You,
• 2:17:43
  Speaker 1: oh absalom, my son. My son this outcry revealed the
• 2:17:49
  Speaker 1: heart of a, father who despite his son's betrayal, and
• 2:17:52
  Speaker 1: rebellion never stopped. Loving him david would rather have Died in,
• 2:17:56
  Speaker 1: absalom's place no matter how deeply his son had sinned.
• 2:17:59
  Speaker 1: Against him news of the king's reactions spread quickly among.
• 2:18:03
  Speaker 1: The Troops in techysamuel, nineteen two, we read the victory
• 2:18:07
  Speaker 1: that day was turned into mourning for all the troops
• 2:18:11
  Speaker 1: because the king was grieving for. His son, the soldiers
• 2:18:15
  Speaker 1: who had risked their lives To defend david and restore
• 2:18:18
  Speaker 1: his kingdom entered the city, in silence as though they
• 2:18:21
  Speaker 1: had been defeated and. Were ashamed in, verse three it
• 2:18:25
  Speaker 1: says the men stole into the city that day as men,
• 2:18:28
  Speaker 1: steal in who are ashamed when they flee. From, Battle
• 2:18:32
  Speaker 1: meanwhile david. Remained inconsolable in, verse four we read the
• 2:18:37
  Speaker 1: king covered his face, and, CRIED aloud o, My, SON Absalom,
• 2:18:41
  Speaker 1: o absalom, my son. My son this situation placed the
• 2:18:46
  Speaker 1: army in an awkward and. Disheartening position they had fought
• 2:18:50
  Speaker 1: loyally for their king, and won but instead of, a
• 2:18:52
  Speaker 1: celebration they found only mourning. And sorrow the troops. Morale plummeted,
• 2:18:58
  Speaker 1: joab ever blunt, and practical decided to confront the king
• 2:19:03
  Speaker 1: in verses five. To six he entered the Room where
• 2:19:07
  Speaker 1: david was mourning, and said today you have humiliated all
• 2:19:10
  Speaker 1: your men who have just saved, your life and the
• 2:19:13
  Speaker 1: lives of your sons, and daughters and the lives of
• 2:19:17
  Speaker 1: your wives. And concubines you love those who, hate you
• 2:19:21
  Speaker 1: and hate those who. Love you joab continued his, harsh
• 2:19:24
  Speaker 1: rebuke Pointing out david's ingratitude toward his. Loyal Servants In
• 2:19:28
  Speaker 1: second samuel, nineteen seven, he, WARNS today i see That
• 2:19:32
  Speaker 1: if absalom were alive and all of us, were dead
• 2:19:37
  Speaker 1: you would. Be Pleased then joab gives the king. An
• 2:19:40
  Speaker 1: ultimatum in the, same verse, he says now go out
• 2:19:43
  Speaker 1: and encourage. YOUR men i swear By the lord that
• 2:19:46
  Speaker 1: if you don't, go out not a single one will
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  Speaker 1: remain with. You tonight this will be worse for you
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  Speaker 1: than all the troubles you've faced from your youth. Until
• 2:19:54
  Speaker 1: now david recognized the Wisdom in joab's. Stern Words In
• 2:19:59
  Speaker 1: Second samuel, knight eight, we read so the king got
• 2:20:02
  Speaker 1: up and took his seat in. The gateway when the
• 2:20:05
  Speaker 1: men were Told the king is sitting in, the gateway
• 2:20:09
  Speaker 1: they all came. Before him this was a. Pivotal moment
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  Speaker 1: by appearing, in public drying his tears and acknowledging, His
• 2:20:17
  Speaker 1: people david showed that despite his personal grief as, a
• 2:20:21
  Speaker 1: father he was still the king and recognized the value
• 2:20:26
  Speaker 1: and sacrifice of. His, soldiers Meanwhile the israelites who Had
• 2:20:31
  Speaker 1: followed absalom fled to. Their homes in the, same verse
• 2:20:34
  Speaker 1: we read Meanwhile the israelites had fled to. Their homes
• 2:20:38
  Speaker 1: with the, rebellion defeated a discussion began About bringing david
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  Speaker 1: back to his Throne. In Jerusalem In second samuel nineteen nine,
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  Speaker 1: to ten we see the. Tribes debating throughout all the Tribes.
• 2:20:50
  Speaker 1: Of israel the people were arguing, and saying the king
• 2:20:54
  Speaker 1: delivered us from the hand of our enemies and rescued
• 2:20:57
  Speaker 1: us From. The philistines but now he has fled the
• 2:21:01
  Speaker 1: land Because, of Absalom, and absalom whom we anointed to rule,
• 2:21:06
  Speaker 1: over us has died. In battle so why do we
• 2:21:10
  Speaker 1: say nothing about bringing the. King back sensing, This hesitation
• 2:21:14
  Speaker 1: david sent a message to the Elders of Judah In
• 2:21:17
  Speaker 1: second samuel. Nineteen eleven, he asks why should you be
• 2:21:21
  Speaker 1: the last to bring the? King back to, his palace
• 2:21:24
  Speaker 1: since what is being Said throughout israel has reached the
• 2:21:27
  Speaker 1: king at. His house he also sent a special message
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  Speaker 1: to a massa who had been the Commander of. Absalom's
• 2:21:34
  Speaker 1: Army In secord samuel, Nineteen thirteen, david promises say to,
• 2:21:39
  Speaker 1: a massa are you not my own flesh? And Blood
• 2:21:43
  Speaker 1: may god deal with me be it ever so severely
• 2:21:48
  Speaker 1: if you are not the commander of my army from
• 2:21:51
  Speaker 1: now on in Place. Of joab this was a shrewd.
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  Speaker 1: Political move by offering the command to, A massa david
• 2:21:58
  Speaker 1: not only secured the support of a prominent Leader from,
• 2:22:01
  Speaker 1: absalom's side but also signaled forgiveness to those who. Had
• 2:22:06
  Speaker 1: rebelled at the, same time it served as a form
• 2:22:10
  Speaker 1: of Punishment, for joab who Had killed Absalom against david's.
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  Speaker 1: Explicit orders the. Strategy Worked In second samuel, nineteen fourteen
• 2:22:20
  Speaker 1: we read he won over the hearts of all the Men,
• 2:22:23
  Speaker 1: of judah as though they were. One man they sent
• 2:22:26
  Speaker 1: word To, the king return you and all. Your men
• 2:22:31
  Speaker 1: the king then began his journey Back. To Jerusalem In
• 2:22:35
  Speaker 1: second samuel, nineteen fifteen we see when the king Reached
• 2:22:39
  Speaker 1: the jordan the Men of judah Came to gilgal to
• 2:22:42
  Speaker 1: meet the king and bring him Across. The jordan during,
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  Speaker 1: This journey david showed. Great mercy He Forgave, shei mae
• 2:22:50
  Speaker 1: who had cursed him during, his escape and restored Half of,
• 2:22:53
  Speaker 1: mephibosheth's estate which had been taken from him due to
• 2:22:57
  Speaker 1: false accusations. Of treason david Also, honored barzillai The, elderly
• 2:23:03
  Speaker 1: gileadite who had supported him during. His Exile In second
• 2:23:07
  Speaker 1: samuel nineteen thirty three, thirty nine we Read how David
• 2:23:11
  Speaker 1: invited barzilai to Live in jerusalem under, his care but
• 2:23:15
  Speaker 1: the old man chose instead to return to. His homeland in,
• 2:23:20
  Speaker 1: his place He, sent chimham probably, his son to serve.
• 2:23:24
  Speaker 1: The king, david's, return however was not. WITHOUT conflict a
• 2:23:30
  Speaker 1: dispute Arose between judah and the other Tribes of israel
• 2:23:34
  Speaker 1: over who had more claim to. The King In sagon
• 2:23:37
  Speaker 1: samuel nineteen forty one to, forty three we see how
• 2:23:41
  Speaker 1: this tribal tension laid the groundwork for. Future problems that
• 2:23:46
  Speaker 1: tension soon led to a. NEW rebellion a Man, named
• 2:23:49
  Speaker 1: sheba Son, of bikri from the Tribe of benjamin took
• 2:23:53
  Speaker 1: advantage of the unrest to spark. Another Revolt In second samuel,
• 2:23:58
  Speaker 1: twenty one, He, declared sared we have no Share, in
• 2:24:01
  Speaker 1: david no Part in, jesse's son every man to His.
• 2:24:05
  Speaker 1: Tent israel this uprising showed that the wounds of civil
• 2:24:10
  Speaker 1: war had not. Fully Healed In second samuel, twenty two
• 2:24:14
  Speaker 1: we see how quickly the. Situation unraveled so all the
• 2:24:18
  Speaker 1: Men of Israel deserted david To, follow sheba Son, of
• 2:24:21
  Speaker 1: bikri but the Men of judah stayed by their king
• 2:24:25
  Speaker 1: all the way From the Jordan. To jerusalem david Ordered,
• 2:24:28
  Speaker 1: a masa his, new commander to muster the Troops of
• 2:24:32
  Speaker 1: judah within three days To. Pursue sheba but When a
• 2:24:36
  Speaker 1: maasa took longer, Than ordered David sent abeshi with his.
• 2:24:39
  Speaker 1: Elite gods joab also. Joined them when they Found, A
• 2:24:43
  Speaker 1: massa joab treacherously killed him and resumed command of. The
• 2:24:48
  Speaker 1: Army In second samuel twenty ten we read of. THE
• 2:24:52
  Speaker 1: Ambush a maasa was not on his guard against the
• 2:24:55
  Speaker 1: Dagger in, joab's Hand and joab plunged it into his
• 2:25:00
  Speaker 1: belly and his intestines spilled out on the ground without being.
• 2:25:04
  Speaker 1: Stabbed again. Amasa died despite, This betrayal joab remained Loyal.
• 2:25:10
  Speaker 1: To david in the Pursuit, of sheba they besieged the
• 2:25:14
  Speaker 1: city Of Able, beth Maka where sheba. WAS hiding a
• 2:25:19
  Speaker 1: wise woman from the city Negotiated, with joab offering to
• 2:25:23
  Speaker 1: Hand over sheba in exchange. For Peace India second samuel twenty,
• 2:25:28
  Speaker 1: twenty two we read how the. Rebellion ended then, the
• 2:25:32
  Speaker 1: woman with her wisdom went to all. The people they
• 2:25:35
  Speaker 1: cut off the Head, of sheba Son, of bicker and
• 2:25:37
  Speaker 1: threw It. To joab so he sounded, the trumpet and
• 2:25:41
  Speaker 1: his men dispersed from, the city each to, his Home
• 2:25:44
  Speaker 1: and joab returned to the King. In jerusalem the final
• 2:25:48
  Speaker 1: Years of david's reign were marked by. Further challenges one
• 2:25:52
  Speaker 1: of them was a severe famine that lasted. Three Years
• 2:25:56
  Speaker 1: In second samuel, Twenty one david discovered that the famine
• 2:26:00
  Speaker 1: was the result of an old injustice Committed by saul Against.
• 2:26:04
  Speaker 1: The gibionites following the customs of, the time to, Make
• 2:26:08
  Speaker 1: amends david handed over Seven of saul's descendants To, the
• 2:26:12
  Speaker 1: gibeonites who, executed Them only mephibusheth was spared due to
• 2:26:18
  Speaker 1: The oath david had Made. To jonathan, After this god
• 2:26:22
  Speaker 1: answered the prayers for, the land and the. Famine ended
• 2:26:27
  Speaker 1: another significant event was the Census that. David Ordered In
• 2:26:31
  Speaker 1: zacond samuel twenty four, to one we read again the
• 2:26:35
  Speaker 1: anger Of the lord Burned, against israel and He incited david, against,
• 2:26:39
  Speaker 1: them saying go and take a Census of Israel. And
• 2:26:43
  Speaker 1: judah joab tried To dissuade david from. This Decision In
• 2:26:47
  Speaker 1: zecud samuel twenty four, to three, he asked May the
• 2:26:51
  Speaker 1: Lord your god multiply the troops a hundred times over
• 2:26:55
  Speaker 1: and made the eyes of my lord the king. See
• 2:26:57
  Speaker 1: it but why Does my Lord the king want to
• 2:26:59
  Speaker 1: do such. A thing despite, The objections, david insisted and
• 2:27:05
  Speaker 1: the census was. Carried out after nine months and. Twenty
• 2:27:09
  Speaker 1: days joab returned with. The numbers there were eight hundred
• 2:27:12
  Speaker 1: thousand men capable of wielding a Sword in israel and
• 2:27:16
  Speaker 1: five hundred Thousand. In judah but Soon after david. Felt
• 2:27:20
  Speaker 1: Remorse In second samuel twenty four, to ten, HE confesses
• 2:27:24
  Speaker 1: i have sinned greatly IN what i. Have, Done NOW
• 2:27:27
  Speaker 1: lord i beg you take away the guilt of. YOUR
• 2:27:30
  Speaker 1: servant i have done a very. Foolish thing The prophet
• 2:27:34
  Speaker 1: god Came to david with a Message, from god offering
• 2:27:38
  Speaker 1: him three options, for punishment three years, of famine three
• 2:27:42
  Speaker 1: months of fleeing from, his enemies or three days of
• 2:27:45
  Speaker 1: plague in. The land david chose, the plague saying he
• 2:27:48
  Speaker 1: would rather fall into the hands Of, the lord for
• 2:27:51
  Speaker 1: his mercy is great than fall into. Human hands the
• 2:27:55
  Speaker 1: plague killed seventy thousand People, across israel but When the
• 2:28:00
  Speaker 1: Angel of destruction was about To, destroy Jerusalem the lord
• 2:28:03
  Speaker 1: relented and ordered the angel. To Stop In second samuel twenty,
• 2:28:08
  Speaker 1: four sixteen we read When the angel stretched out his
• 2:28:11
  Speaker 1: hand To, destroy Jerusalem the lord relented concerning, the disaster
• 2:28:16
  Speaker 1: and said to, the angel who was afflicting, the, people
• 2:28:19
  Speaker 1: enough withdraw. Your hand the angel was at the threshing Floor,
• 2:28:24
  Speaker 1: of Arauna. The Jebusite following, God's instructions david bought the
• 2:28:29
  Speaker 1: threshing Floor from arauna and built an altar there To.
• 2:28:32
  Speaker 1: The Lord In second samuel twenty four twenty five we see.
• 2:28:37
  Speaker 1: The result david built an altar To the lord there
• 2:28:40
  Speaker 1: and sacrificed burnt offerings in. Fellowship offerings Then the lord
• 2:28:45
  Speaker 1: answered his prayer on behalf of, the land and the
• 2:28:48
  Speaker 1: Plague on israel. Was stopped, that Place arouna a's, threshing
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  Speaker 1: floor would later become the Site where solomon would build.
• 2:28:56
  Speaker 1: The temple what began as a sinful census and panful
• 2:29:00
  Speaker 1: punishment ended up establishing the future center of worship For.
• 2:29:04
  Speaker 1: All israel in his, Final years david turned his attention
• 2:29:09
  Speaker 1: to the succession of. The Throne, although adonija his oldest,
• 2:29:12
  Speaker 1: surviving son tried to declare, Himself king david had promised
• 2:29:17
  Speaker 1: the Throne, to solomon his Son. With Bathsheba In first,
• 2:29:22
  Speaker 1: kings one we See how Nathan and Bathsheba warned David about.
• 2:29:26
  Speaker 1: Adonija's actions david, acted Swiftly ordering solomon to be anointed
• 2:29:32
  Speaker 1: king while he was. Still alive In verse kings one,
• 2:29:36
  Speaker 1: thirty nine We read zadok the priest took the horn
• 2:29:39
  Speaker 1: of oil from the sacred tent And. Anointed solomon then
• 2:29:43
  Speaker 1: they sounded the trumpet and all the people Shouted Long Live.
• 2:29:47
  Speaker 1: King solomon before, His death David gave solomon final instructions
• 2:29:53
  Speaker 1: and made preparations for the construction Of. The temple he
• 2:29:56
  Speaker 1: had gathered materials, and resources but the ask of Building
• 2:30:00
  Speaker 1: the House of god would fall to. His Son In
• 2:30:04
  Speaker 1: first kings, Two one david gave his. Parting words when
• 2:30:08
  Speaker 1: the time drew Near for david, to die he gave
• 2:30:12
  Speaker 1: a Charge, to solomon. HIS son i am about to
• 2:30:15
  Speaker 1: go the way of all. The earth so, be strong
• 2:30:18
  Speaker 1: act like, a man and observe What the Lord your.
• 2:30:21
  Speaker 1: God requires walk in obedience, to him and keep his decrees,
• 2:30:25
  Speaker 1: and commands his laws and regulations as written In the Law.
• 2:30:30
  Speaker 1: Of moses do this so that you may prosper in
• 2:30:34
  Speaker 1: all you do and wherever. You go these were the
• 2:30:38
  Speaker 1: final Words, of david the shepherd boy who became, a
• 2:30:41
  Speaker 1: king the warrior Who built israel's, greatest empire the sinner who,
• 2:30:46
  Speaker 1: found forgiveness and the Man after god's. Own heart his
• 2:30:50
  Speaker 1: reign lasted, forty years seven and a Half in hebron
• 2:30:54
  Speaker 1: and thirty Three. In Jerusalem In first kings, two ten
• 2:30:58
  Speaker 1: we Read Simply then david rested with his ancestors and
• 2:31:02
  Speaker 1: was buried in the City. Of david His son solomon,
• 2:31:06
  Speaker 1: succeeded him marking the beginning of a new Era. For
• 2:31:09
  Speaker 1: israel what an incredible journey we've just taken through the Life.
• 2:31:13
  Speaker 1: Of david we watched a humble shepherd rise To become israel's,
• 2:31:18
  Speaker 1: greatest king, conquer nations and build. An empire but we
• 2:31:22
  Speaker 1: also saw, his failures, his mistakes and how he always
• 2:31:26
  Speaker 1: Returned to god even in the. Darkest moments this story
• 2:31:31
  Speaker 1: teaches us so much. About life it shows that we all,
• 2:31:35
  Speaker 1: face challenges we, all stumble but what truly matters is how.
• 2:31:39
  Speaker 1: We respond david was a Man after god's, own heart
• 2:31:43
  Speaker 1: not because he, was perfect but because he knew how
• 2:31:46
  Speaker 1: to repent and. Begin again if this story touched your
• 2:31:50
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