1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,440 Every day when I'm gonna stand upon your word 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:12,240 And I pray that I, I may come to know you more 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,480 That you will guide me in every single step I take 4 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:22,320 That every day I can be a island to the world 5 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:27,200 Every day, it's who I live for 6 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:32,160 Every day, I'll follow after you 7 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:41,600 Every day, I'll walk with you my Lord 8 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:52,000 Every day when I'm gonna stand upon your word 9 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:57,360 And I pray that I, I may come to know you more 10 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,120 That you will guide me in every single step I take 11 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:06,960 That every day I can be a island to the world 12 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:12,000 Every day, it's who I live for 13 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,960 Every day, I'll follow after you 14 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:25,920 Every day, I'll walk with you my Lord 15 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,720 It's who I live for 16 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,880 Every day 17 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,760 It's who I live for 18 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,760 Every day 19 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,560 It's who I live for 20 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,000 Every day 21 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:45,520 It's who I live for 22 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,400 It's who I live for 23 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,480 Every day 24 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,760 It's who I live for 25 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:55,840 Every day 26 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,320 It's who I live for 27 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,360 Every day 28 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:11,040 It's who I live for 29 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:16,000 Every day I'm following after you. 30 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:22,000 Every day I'm always in my love. 31 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Every day. 32 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Let's pray together in just a moment. 33 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Good to see you. 34 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Good to see you. 35 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Alright, before we do that, we're going to have a little bit of question and answer time. 36 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Alright, you come up here and do this potion. 37 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,000 I didn't hear you say anything. 38 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Alright, so you just look and pick out some. 39 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Don't ask any questions. 40 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Same poster, Bible fact poster. 41 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 I have candy. 42 00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Okay, before we do that though, we got our quiz on Sunday. 43 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,000 So you got the quiz, we got the quiz on Sunday. 44 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:08,000 We have additional copies that are three hole punched if you would like one for your binder. 45 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,000 This will come up again. 46 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,000 We're not done yet. 47 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,000 And so today we're going to do something a little bit different with the quiz. 48 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Those of you who took the quiz and know a little bit about it already. 49 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:22,000 I'm going to, on the map up here, I'm going to describe one of the locations on the map. 50 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,000 And you're going to tell me which one it is. 51 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,000 We had the quiz, we looked at the map. 52 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,000 So now I'm going to describe one of the locations on the map. 53 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 And you're just going to tell me the name of it. 54 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 So that way you can remember. 55 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 So now I understand the teenagers and the adults have seen this. 56 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,000 And the kids have not. 57 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,000 So hang on, we're going to do Bible facts in a second. 58 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:44,000 So this lake is on the right side of the map. 59 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,000 On the east side of the promised land. 60 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Go. 61 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Okay, go. 62 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 The Dead Sea, that's right. 63 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Okay, and this river goes north from there. 64 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,000 The Georgia River. 65 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Those are probably the two easy ones, right? 66 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,000 So this one is on the furthest southeastward. 67 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,000 So down and to the right of Philistina. 68 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Nope, it's right on the border. 69 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Oh, it's right on the border. 70 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Yeah, right on the border. 71 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Anybody know where it is? 72 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 The weird one. 73 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Starts from the Z. 74 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,000 That's right, Z. 75 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Ziklag, that's right, Ziklag, okay. 76 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:20,000 This one is right in the middle, just below the hump. 77 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Almost right in the middle of the promised land, just below the hump. 78 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,000 But in Israel, in the promised lands, not in Philistina. 79 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Okay, I'll give you another clue. 80 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,000 This is where David defeated Goliath. 81 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Nope, I put Goliath from the brough. 82 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Go ahead, Shia. 83 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Nope. 84 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Nope. 85 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Nope. 86 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,000 All right, it's Ilah. 87 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Ilah. 88 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,000 What did I say? 89 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Well, you didn't say Ilah in the previous year. 90 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,000 That's for sure. 91 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,000 I thought you said something over the next year. 92 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,000 You said something that's over the next year. 93 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,000 No, I said Ilah. 94 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:50,000 Okay, and then right across the border in Philistina, right across the border in Philistina, where 95 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Goliath is from. 96 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 That is, yeah, that's correct. 97 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Did you have that one? 98 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,000 Okay. 99 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,000 All right. 100 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Okay. 101 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:02,000 20 miles, no, okay, eight miles south of Jerusalem. 102 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 Eight miles south of Jerusalem. 103 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Go ahead. 104 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,000 That is Sethland, that's correct. 105 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,000 All this is in the promised land. 106 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Apologize to the people who are online. 107 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,000 We're talking here, so this is required. 108 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,000 Okay, we'll do one more. 109 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,000 This one is so far north that eventually it is not considered part of the promised land, 110 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,000 and it's where there's a lot of mixed blood people that live. 111 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,000 Oh, that's all right. 112 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Go. 113 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Is that the other one? 114 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Nope. 115 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Nope. 116 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,000 Nope. 117 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Nope. 118 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,000 Nope. 119 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Nope. 120 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Nope. 121 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,000 Nope. 122 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Nope. 123 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Nope. 124 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Nope. 125 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Nope. 126 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Nope. 127 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Nope. 128 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,000 That's correct. 129 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Samaria. 130 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Samaria, that's correct. 131 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Okay, so there's more of those places. 132 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,000 We could do more to learn the Lord. 133 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,000 You can get a couple of places today in the lesson, all right? 134 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Okay, pick some up. 135 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 All right, what's the first one you picked out? 136 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 What is the longest word used in the Bible? 137 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,000 I didn't know that one. 138 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Oh my goodness, you want me to pronounce that? 139 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,000 Yeah. 140 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,000 I can pronounce it. 141 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,000 It's mayher. 142 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Talal poshbaz. 143 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Talal poshbaz. 144 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Talal poshbaz. 145 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Talal poshbaz. 146 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,000 Talal poshbaz. 147 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Talal poshbaz. 148 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Talal poshbaz. 149 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Talal poshbaz. 150 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:55,000 I can pronounce it. It's May-her-sholal-posh-baz. 151 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Oh, that's not even English. 152 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:02,000 The Bible is not originally written in English. It's a name. So that's a future name. 153 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,000 Alright, give us another one that we might actually be able to guess. 154 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 How many times the word son is used in the Bible? 155 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,000 S-O-N? 156 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Yeah. 157 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,000 Okay, how many times is the word son, S-O-N, used in the Bible? 158 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 400. 159 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 400? Then say, I or lower. 160 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,000 I. 161 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,000 600. 162 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,000 600? 163 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,000 600. 164 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,000 The word son, how many times is the word used in the Bible? S-O-N. 165 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000 600? 166 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Higher or lower? 167 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Higher. 168 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000 4000. 169 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Lower than lower than 1000. 170 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,000 2000. 171 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,000 2000. 172 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Lower than 2000. 173 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,000 1000. 174 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 1000. 175 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 1000. 176 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 1500. 177 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,000 1500. 178 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Higher than what? You have to say what the number is. Higher than 1500. 179 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 1700. 180 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 What did you say, Tim? 181 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 1200. 182 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,000 No, 1200. She said higher than 1500. 183 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,000 1800? 184 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000 2100. 185 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,000 It's almost 2000. 186 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,000 1900. 187 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Higher than 1950. 188 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 1999. 189 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,000 Lower than 1999. The Prince would be proud. 190 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 1900. 191 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,000 1900. 192 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,000 1980. 193 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Okay, give us one that we might actually be able to guess. 194 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:18,000 It was 1980. 195 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,000 1980. 196 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Okay, give us one that we can actually get right. 197 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,000 It was 1980. 198 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:31,000 Okay, they're not going to get that one. 199 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,000 You're like 10 on the line. 200 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 No, I said 1980. 201 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Listen, listen. 202 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,000 First John. 203 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,000 That is incorrect. 204 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Second John. 205 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Second John is correct. 206 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 He was either first or second. 207 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Okay. 208 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 He gives number, guys. 209 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,000 All right. 210 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Try it. 211 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Jesus left. 212 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Okay, what's the reference? 213 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Oh, I need the reference. 214 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 He's right. 215 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,000 That is correct. 216 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,000 I need the reference. 217 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,000 Okay. 218 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,000 All right. 219 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Okay, here we go. 220 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,000 Do one more. 221 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,000 One more. 222 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,000 I got one more candy bar. 223 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Bailey, you're first hand. 224 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,000 I know this one. 225 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,000 It's from Psalms. 226 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,000 It's from Psalms. 227 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000 Nope, that's incorrect. 228 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,000 Psalms 119. 229 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,000 That is correct. 230 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,000 All right. 231 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000 We'll do more. 232 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,000 We'll do more. 233 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,000 That's it for today. 234 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,000 Thank you very much. 235 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,000 Let's pray together. 236 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,000 We'll sing one more song. 237 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,000 And then we'll let the priest and the leader go to the mat. 238 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Okay. 239 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,000 Go pray now. 240 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,000 Here we go. 241 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,000 Okay. 242 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,000 All right. 243 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,000 We're going to pray, Carson. 244 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Here we go. 245 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Father in heaven, we praise you and thank you for this day and thank you for letting us 246 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:52,000 be in this place. 247 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:53,000 Thank you. 248 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Thank you. 249 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Thank you. 250 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Thank you. 251 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,000 Thank you. 252 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,000 Thank you. 253 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,000 Thank you. 254 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,000 Thank you. 255 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Thank you. 256 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Thank you. 257 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Thank you for letting us be in this place. 258 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,720 Thank you for letting us make study of your word and think of your word fun so that it's 259 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:11,400 not just over and over again repeating, even though it is probably the most important thing 260 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:12,400 that we can do with our time. 261 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:17,040 It's so valuable to us to grow as a people and to be with us when we really need help. 262 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:21,080 So we ask the Lord to help us to learn to intake your word better and that even means 263 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:24,480 when the kids go to their classes and we go to our worksheet, Lord, that we would do a 264 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:26,480 good job of absorbing what you're giving us today. 265 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:28,800 Thank you for those who work so that we can be here today. 266 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:29,800 It's quite a few of us. 267 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,800 Thank you for those who are overcoming illnesses and boy do we need this right these days. 268 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,800 Lord, there's a lot of things we pray for Aaron, pray for Ron, pray for others who are 269 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:37,800 experiencing it even now. 270 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:38,800 Charlie, I don't know what other names are called. 271 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,800 Lord, I pray for Jerry, who's going to go out with their neck and arms, older. 272 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:42,800 I pray Lord that you would just see us through. 273 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:43,800 I pray for Alicia with her headache. 274 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:44,800 I pray for the life's issues. 275 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:45,800 Tomorrow that we would be strong. 276 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:46,800 Everybody bringing in a great big truck and then bread at the same time. 277 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:47,800 Lord, we pray that we'll have the resource to help a lot of people and then you would 278 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:48,800 do that as a springboard so that their soul today. 279 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:49,800 I pray that we'll learn something about that today. 280 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:50,800 Thank you. 281 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:51,800 Thank you. 282 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:52,800 Thank you. 283 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:53,800 Thank you. 284 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:54,800 Thank you. 285 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:59,800 Thank you. 286 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:29,800 Thank you. 287 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:59,800 Thank you. 288 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:29,800 Thank you. 289 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:59,800 Thank you. 290 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:29,800 Thank you. 291 00:12:54,800 --> 00:13:04,800 Thank you. 292 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:13,800 Thank you. 293 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:21,800 Thank you. 294 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:36,960 Okay, we have been looking at length at a certain period of time. It is when David 295 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:43,440 was ousted from, you two behave, both of you. I doubt it because I don't think he was there 296 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:48,680 when you started it. We've been looking at a period of time when David was ousted from Jerusalem 297 00:13:48,680 --> 00:13:53,880 and Absalom took his place. We've looked at a number of characters. This is week four. 298 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,720 Now, we're going to bite off some kind of bigger pieces, if you will, because some of 299 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:03,200 the names that are left to be looked at are a pretty big deal in the story. Today's name, 300 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:09,440 as you can already see by looking at your worksheet, is Absalom. We know already that 301 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:15,800 Absalom was the guy. He was the son of David that tried to take over. That's who he was. 302 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:22,320 We've been following the period of time when he's going to take over. Now, we're actually 303 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:30,520 going to look at him as a person, how he got to be where he was, and how he ended up. If 304 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:34,320 you'll look right at the top, you'll see the number one, right on the top of your page 305 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:42,880 there, the number one. The reference there is 2 Samuel, as I've given you, 15, 1 to 12. 306 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:49,880 2 Samuel 15, 1 to 12. I'm going to read it, but it is not going to be greatly summarized 307 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:54,880 here, so just listen for the details. If you want to look at your paper and try to pick 308 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:59,640 out the details as I read, you can do that, and it'll go a little faster that way. 309 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:04,840 It came about after this that Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses and 50 men 310 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:10,640 as runners before him. Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way to the gate. 311 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:15,260 It happened that when any man had a suit to come to the king for judgment, Absalom would 312 00:15:15,260 --> 00:15:19,560 call to him and say, from what city are you? And he would say, your servant is from one 313 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:24,360 of the tribes of Israel. Then Absalom would say to him, see, your claims are good and 314 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:28,980 right, but no man listens to you on the part of the king. So basically, he was slandering 315 00:15:28,980 --> 00:15:34,120 David's administration, saying there was nobody to listen to the cases. Verse 4, moreover, 316 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:38,920 Absalom would say, oh, that one would appoint me judge in the land, then every man who has 317 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:44,760 any suit or cause could come to me, and I would give him justice. And it happened that 318 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:49,560 when a man came near to prostrate himself before him, he would put out his hand and 319 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,280 take hold of him and kiss him. So in other words, if somebody came and bowed in front 320 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:58,000 of Absalom, then he would reach out his hand and take a hold of him and kiss him. Verse 321 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:02,720 6, and in this manner, Absalom dealt with all Israel who came to the king for judgment. 322 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,000 So he kept cutting people off. Instead of them going to David, Absalom was taking care 323 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:10,680 of it. So Absalom stole away the hearts of the men of Israel. Now it came about at the 324 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:16,080 end of 40 years. Now that Hebrew translation there is rough. So there's a couple of older 325 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:21,760 texts that say it was four years and all the newer texts say 40. So we don't actually know 326 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:26,320 if it was four or 40 because there's some confusion. But even four years is a long time 327 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:30,040 to be cutting off David. And that's probably why 40 years is a really long time, right? 328 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:34,020 So we don't know for sure is the point. That Absalom said to the king, please let me go 329 00:16:34,020 --> 00:16:38,240 and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the Lord in Hebron. And we'll talk about Hebron 330 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:44,360 before we're done. For your servant Shur in Aram, your servant, let me try this again. 331 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:51,000 Your servant vowed a vow while I was living at Geshur in Aram saying, if the Lord shall 332 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,840 indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord. And the king said to 333 00:16:54,840 --> 00:17:00,000 him, go in peace. So he arose and went to Hebron. But Absalom sent spies throughout all the 334 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:05,120 tribes of Israel saying, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, 335 00:17:05,120 --> 00:17:11,000 Absalom is king in Hebron. So there's people all over all the tribes who are going to declare 336 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:17,120 that Absalom is king in Hebron when the trumpet blows. Verse 11, then 200 men went with Absalom 337 00:17:17,120 --> 00:17:20,960 from Jerusalem who were invited and went innocently. In other words, they didn't really know why 338 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:26,960 they were going and they did not know anything. And Absalom sent for Ahithophel, the Gielinite, 339 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:33,000 David's counselor from his city, Gielo, while he was offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy 340 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:38,480 was strong for the people increased continually with Absalom. So as I said, we are looking 341 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:44,080 at that period of time actually when Absalom is taking over Jerusalem and David is out. 342 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:51,300 So really what I've written here for you is a summary of the tools that Absalom used to 343 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:55,300 become king. And it's not a full summary, but it's a couple of key things that he won 344 00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:58,720 the people over with. So the first one starts with a C and is what? 345 00:17:58,720 --> 00:17:59,720 I think the whole thing. What? 346 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:03,000 No, the whole thing I'm going to read. Oh, you think you got the whole thing. Let's 347 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,680 just do them one at a time though. The first one is what? 348 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,000 King. That is not correct. I'm sorry. It's not 349 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:12,680 king. So we stop on the first one. So what did Absalom use? What did he get? The first 350 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,080 thing he got. Was it like in verse 1? What? 351 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,360 A chariot. A chariot is correct. The verse 1 first said, 352 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:24,560 Now it came after this time that Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses. And so he 353 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,040 got the chariot and he started going around. By the way, who rides in chariots? 354 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:32,440 Royalty. Right? The big guys. People with money. Chariots are very expensive. In fact, 355 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:37,880 they're not even made in country. Yeah. Well, that's later. Right? This was for war. This 356 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:42,880 was a tank. Right? So later they would raise some. You're right. The Romans did that. Okay. 357 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:47,520 And so then he took the job. Do you know the next one, Tim? Are you going to guess? We 358 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:54,520 take a stab at it? No, he's like, oh, sure. No, that is correct. It's judged or judgment. 359 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:59,200 Judging. That is correct. Okay. So Jay is next and it's judged, judging, judgment. Right? 360 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:03,080 So what he did was he became the judge. He, everybody that would come to Jerusalem looking 361 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:07,120 for David to decide or wherever David was to decide their troubles, he would step in 362 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:10,680 and he would do it every time he could. So he basically assumed the authority of the 363 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:15,640 king without being king. Okay. All right. And so then the next one, this one's tricky. 364 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:20,400 So I doubt, I doubt that you have it, but you might. Okay. So as people would come to him 365 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,400 and he would judge them, some of them would bow down before him, recognizing his authority 366 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:29,200 and he would what? R.O. Rule over it? Rule. No, he wasn't ruling because he was the king. 367 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:34,160 He wasn't the king. David was still the king. He was judging them. He was judging their 368 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:37,960 issues and telling, okay, this is who's right. And so on. Okay. What he would do is he would 369 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:41,440 reach out. Remember they would bow and prostrate themselves before him and he would take his 370 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:45,480 hand and he would reach out and grab them. Okay. So again, that's making a statement, 371 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:49,840 isn't it? If you saw president Trump on the podium talking, he's up giving a speech or 372 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,560 something or it doesn't matter. Any president, right? It was giving a speech. That's cool. 373 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,120 Isn't it? To see the president in person giving a speech. It's kind of neat. That's cool. 374 00:19:57,120 --> 00:20:01,680 But if the president will look down in the crowd and picked you out, that's Alex. Hey, 375 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:05,440 hold up. Everybody stop. Stop the speech. And he came up and he grabbed you by the hand 376 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:09,480 or pulled you in for a hug. That's really something, right? That's what Absalom is doing. 377 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:13,040 He's interacting with them. In fact, he even goes so far. Not only does he reach out for 378 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:18,520 them, he starts with a K, kisses them. Right? So in other words, he, even though he's claiming 379 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:22,800 to be the judge and like he's royalty, right? He's kind of usurping David's authority. He 380 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:27,200 is reaching out for people and he is kissing them, showing that he is a brother to them, 381 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:31,120 showing that he is intimate with them. He's close to them. Right? And you can imagine 382 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:36,160 that every person that came to Jerusalem to hear their case couldn't get to David, but 383 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:40,440 got cut off by Absalom, then is treated with respect. Their case is heard. They got, they 384 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:44,200 get what they want. Right? Then he reaches out. If they bow before him and say thank 385 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:48,080 you, he reached out and touches them, gives them a kiss on the cheek. Right? Now, like 386 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,720 we're not kissing like boyfriend, girlfriend here. We're giving, gives them a kiss on the 387 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,200 cheek, right? A greeting of a kiss or kisses them on the head. You can imagine that at 388 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,840 that point in time he's got their vote. They didn't even see David. They've heard the stories 389 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:02,000 of how awesome David is. They know David has done great things, but this guy is for them. 390 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:07,040 Right? So now he's winning people over one at a time for years, winning people over. 391 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,400 He's also offending people when he, if people thought they were in the right and he's deciding 392 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:14,560 against them, but you can be sure that his decisions were very deliberate to make sure 393 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:19,160 that people liked him. Okay. And then you'll notice that it says four or 40 years. We're 394 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,480 not sure if he did it for four years or if he did it for 40 years, but we know he did 395 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:27,600 it for a long time. 40 years would be a really long time. Yes. The K is kissing. Okay. All 396 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:32,240 right. So that's how we get, he's in position now. He's got these people infiltrating the 397 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:37,120 crowds and when the trumpet blows, they're all going to tell he's king. Right? And so 398 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:41,280 that's how he gets in the position of assuming authority. Now David hears about it and things 399 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:46,040 go as we know they go. So we're not going to read the whole thing because we read some 400 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:50,840 of it before. In fact, we read the whole thing before two weeks ago. I think it was, but 401 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:55,120 we're going to read part of it again. So we're on number two. Now the book again was what? 402 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:58,080 Second Samuel. We got to drill that in our heads. We need that second Samuel over and 403 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:03,360 over again. It's second Samuel. Okay. And it's 1620 to 23 is all I'm going to read. 404 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:06,760 Okay. So we've already heard this before for those of you who are here, but for those who 405 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:11,720 are not or who have forgotten, we need it again. Absalom said to Ahithophel, so this 406 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:16,640 is, he's in Jerusalem now. David has fled Jerusalem. David is not sitting on the throne. 407 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:20,440 Technically he's still king, but he's not there anymore. And Absalom is there. And Absalom 408 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:26,240 said to Ahithophel, give your advice. What shall we do? And Ahithophel said to Absalom, 409 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:32,400 go into your father's concubines whom he has left to keep the house. And by go in, he means 410 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:37,620 have sex with them, sleep with them. Right? Whom he has left to keep the house. Then all 411 00:22:37,620 --> 00:22:42,120 Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. In other words, they 412 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:47,040 will realize you really have broken from David. The hands of all who are with you will all 413 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,120 be strengthened. All the people that have taken your side, they're going to get more 414 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:53,960 courageous because they realize you really are standing up to David. Verse 22 says, so 415 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:58,440 they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof and Absalom went into his father's concubines 416 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:02,120 in the sight of all Israel. Everybody knew that he's going in and sleeping with his father's 417 00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:07,120 concubines. And the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one inquired 418 00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:12,600 of the word of God. So was all the advice of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom. 419 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,600 You remember when we looked at Ahithophel's store, we realized that he just fell short 420 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:21,040 because his advice was like he consulted God, like he was getting it from God's word, but 421 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,840 it was not that he was actually getting it from God or God's word. Okay? So that was 422 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:29,720 second Samuel 16, 20 to 23. Now we're going to work our way down. So we know the person 423 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:33,760 we're talking about. We already studied him before. It starts with an A. It is Ahithophel. 424 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:40,240 Right. So Ahithophel, and then he did something, started with an A, advised. And we have another 425 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:47,840 person starts with an A, Absalom, SWDC. What do you got? That is correct. That's exactly 426 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:52,600 what he did. He slept with David's concubines. Now that's interesting. It's bizarre, but 427 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,720 it was culturally accepted in the day to do a thing like that, to make it very clear that 428 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,760 you had taken over and you were ruling. Does anybody know why that is such an interesting 429 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:05,880 kind of fulfillment? I've given you the hint of the text on the page. I'm flipping back 430 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:11,560 to second Samuel chapter 12. Listen to this. Second Samuel chapter 12 verse 11 says, thus 431 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,720 says the Lord, behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household. And I 432 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,920 will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion. And he shall 433 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:25,040 lie with your wives in broad daylight. Indeed, you did it in secrecy. You did it secretly, 434 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:30,320 but I will do this thing before all Israel and under the sun. Do you know who's talking? 435 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,480 Anyone what I just read? Anybody want to take a stab at it? I was talking to David. He's 436 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:38,120 talking about David. He's telling David that he would be cursed, but who's talking? It's 437 00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:42,640 Nathan, the prophet. This is the story of when Nathan confronted David after he killed Uriah 438 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:47,120 the Hittite, after he had him murdered so he could take his wife. Right? And God said 439 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:52,120 through Nathan, this is what's going to happen to you. And so now you fast forward. Who did 440 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:58,480 God use from David's household to sleep with David's wives? Epsilon. This is the fulfillment 441 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:04,280 of it. So on the surface, you got to ask yourself, okay, if God made it happen, if God caused 442 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:09,640 Epsilon to sleep with David's concubines, his extra wives, if God made that happen, then 443 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:15,540 how guilty is Epsilon? Well, still 100% guilty. He's still slept with his wives. He's still 444 00:25:15,540 --> 00:25:22,320 sinned. Right? And so it happens in the Bible that we see that God causes people to do something 445 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:26,920 and then they do it and then he punishes them. And you say, that doesn't seem fair. That 446 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,520 doesn't seem right. How is that fair? If God causes somebody to do something or causes 447 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:34,600 some prophecies that it will happen and then causes the fulfillment to happen and then 448 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:38,120 that person does that and then they get punished for what they do, that doesn't seem fair. 449 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:42,640 Well, to understand, you have to understand the heart of Epsilon. Okay? And he didn't 450 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:49,080 come to be in the position to sleep with David's wives by a miracle or a wave of a magic wand. 451 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:54,240 He got there by, first of all, what we already looked at, a very specific, select plan to 452 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:58,640 subvert the authority of his father. He was very intentional about it. He got a chariot. 453 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,880 He cut people off who were coming to David to be judged. He reached out to them and kissed 454 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:08,560 them and told his spies to go all throughout the land and to proclaim him king when the 455 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:13,360 trumpet sounded. He was very intentional to come to this point. None of that had anything 456 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:17,960 to do with what God prophesied. God allowed him to do what he did, but he chose to take 457 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:22,480 all those steps and there's more, which we're going to look about in a second. Okay? So 458 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,800 now if you'll skip down to where it says three, see the big number three right there in the 459 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,920 middle, you see two clocks again. I used this last time and I kind of liked it, so I did 460 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:35,200 it again. Okay? And so the clock on the left, the arrow is going counterclockwise, which 461 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:40,000 means we're going to go back into Epsilon's history and the clock on the right is going 462 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:45,400 clockwise, which means we're going to go forward to see the end result. So by show of hands, 463 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:49,040 who wants to go backwards first and who wants to go forwards first? You want to go backwards 464 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:53,840 first? Raise your hand. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. That's a pretty 465 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:58,000 good number. Okay. I want to go forward first and see his end first. Raise your hand. Okay. 466 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,360 One, two, three, four. Okay. So the backwards have it. So we're going to go backwards first. 467 00:27:02,360 --> 00:27:06,960 So that is the box on the left. Okay. So we're going to start, you know, they said, well, 468 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,320 got a story at the beginning. Let me tell you the story and start at the beginning. 469 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:15,000 Okay. So the reference is second Samuel. It is chapter three as you have it there. It 470 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:21,200 is verses two and three, second Samuel chapter three, verses two and three. Okay. And there 471 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,400 it's pretty straightforward. We're not going to read all of this. The whole thing is here, 472 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:28,040 but we're just going to read the two that we need. It says sons were born to David at 473 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:35,280 Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon by Ahenum, the Jezreelitis. And his second was Chilliab 474 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:40,920 by Abigail, the widow of Nabal. Remember her? She came up in the sermon this week. Okay. 475 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:47,440 So and Nabal was a Carmelite. And the third was Absalom, the son, Absalom, sorry, the 476 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:55,000 son of Makkah, the daughter of Talmiah, the king of Geshur. So this is the birth of Absalom. 477 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:59,380 So the very first thing you have there is he was, I'll give you the first two words. 478 00:27:59,380 --> 00:28:05,920 He was born in, did anybody catch it? Hebron or Hebron. Okay. So he was born in H-E-B-R-O-N. 479 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:12,800 That's where he was born. That place plays a significant role. Okay. So Hebron or Hebron, 480 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:19,760 if you'll look at your map on the upper left hand corner of your worksheet, not the old 481 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:25,040 map, the new map that's on this page. Okay. You'll see an H right there. That's Hebron 482 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:30,680 or Hebron. Okay. And so that J is what on the map? Jerusalem. See I made it easy this 483 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:36,080 time. Going directly to the left, you see a Z. That is Ziklag. Going up in the middle 484 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:40,840 there, that's Elah Gath. So you know this map. Yes ma'am. I did not give you the words. 485 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,040 I forgot. I'll get them in one second. You're right. Thank you for catching that. Okay. 486 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:49,300 So on the map, that's where Hebron is. Now notice it's about 20 miles south of Jerusalem 487 00:28:49,300 --> 00:28:53,680 and slightly west. That's where it's actually at. Not that far away really, right? And they 488 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:58,120 think that's where David built a castle and ruled from there a good part of the time. 489 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:02,840 All right. But this is where he had a bunch of kids and one of those kids was Absalom 490 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:06,240 and that's where he got his start. So he was born in Hebron. Real quick, we're going to 491 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,920 skip back up and get the one that Holly caught that I forgot to give you the words for. Under 492 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:15,680 second Samuel 12, 11 to 12, it says D and then the word starts with P and ends with 493 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:21,160 T. David, what is the word? Starts with P and ends with T. Punt. No. Not put. Way too 494 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:25,600 long for put. Okay. So Absalom slept with all David's wives in broad daylight in front 495 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:30,280 of all Israel and that was David's starts with P ends with T. Punishment. That's correct. 496 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:34,600 Okay. So that text was mind you, it was a prophecy when Nathan told it. It hadn't happened 497 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:39,440 yet but now in the story that we're reading, it is David's punishment for having Uriah 498 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:44,440 the Hittite killed and taking Uriah the Hittite's wife while he was still alive. Also the baby 499 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,120 died. That was terrible. Okay. All right. Now we're back in the box. We've gone back 500 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,760 in time again. Second Samuel 3, it was a little disorienting forward in time, back in time, 501 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:56,320 but we got it. Second Samuel 3, 2 to 3 was born in Hebron. Okay. Then you see a reference 502 00:29:56,320 --> 00:30:01,960 there. Second Samuel 13, 21 to 39. I'm going to try my best to not have to read all of 503 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:05,640 this text just because it's kind of a long piece, but I'm going to kind of summarize 504 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:11,040 and you'll see what's happening. Okay. So second Samuel 13, beginning of verse 21. So 505 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,960 this is going to be a story from Absalom's life. We're in the back of, we're looking 506 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:21,380 at Absalom's life. Okay. So verse 21 says, now when King David heard of all these matters, 507 00:30:21,380 --> 00:30:27,000 he was very angry, but Absalom did not speak to Amnon. So that's his, basically his older 508 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:33,080 brother, right? Did not speak to Amnon either good or bad for Absalom hated Amnon because 509 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:38,760 he had violated his sister Tamar. So we got this guy Amnon who does not figure in the 510 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:43,360 story when David is ousted from Jerusalem. He's not in the story. He's in Absalom's 511 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:49,840 backstory, like the, his, um, creation story, if you will. It's when he starts to get, come 512 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:55,640 into his own, when he starts to do things. Right. And he hates Amnon because Amnon raped 513 00:30:55,640 --> 00:31:01,520 Tamar. Factual story. Okay. Side note that may, that story might actually be our text 514 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:05,880 for this coming Sunday. I feel like I've been praying about it. Okay. So it came about after 515 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:11,560 two full years. So two years passed, he hates Amnon because Amnon raped Tamar, his sister. 516 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:16,440 And by the way, Tamar is living in Absalom's house at this time. So in other words, he 517 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:22,560 sees her every day and every day she is broken because she was raped. She'll never be married. 518 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:26,120 She'll never have a husband. She'll never have legitimate children, right? At least 519 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,520 probably not. There's a possibility David could arrange something, but the odds are 520 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:33,840 she won't and she's broken. She was raped. And so he sees her every day and for two full 521 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:39,960 years Absalaam, after that time had passed, Absalom had sheep sheers in Baal Hazor, which 522 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:45,660 is near Ephraim and Absalom invited all of the king's sons. So he says, all of us sons 523 00:31:45,660 --> 00:31:48,440 are going to go out to the sheep shearing. And you'll recall from the sheep shearing, 524 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,640 we talked about that on Sunday, that the sheep shearing is like a big party, right? Everybody's 525 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:55,360 getting rich. Everybody's drinking it up. They're eating it up. They're really enjoying 526 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,880 themselves. And so inviting the king's sons to come out to the Absalom came to the king 527 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:03,000 and said, behold, now your servant has sheep sheers. Please let the king and his servants 528 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:07,880 go with your servant. But the king said to Absalom, no, my son, we should not all go 529 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:13,200 lest we be burdensome to you. Although he urged him, he would not go, but blessed him. 530 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:18,680 Then Absalom said, if not, please let my brother Amnon, who is he? He's the guy that raped 531 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:23,440 Tamar that Absalom hates, go with us. And the king said to him, why should he go with 532 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:28,680 you? But when Absalom urged him, he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. David 533 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:32,800 didn't go, but all the king's sons are now going. Absalom commanded his servants saying, 534 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:37,280 see now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, so he's a little bit drunk, and when 535 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:43,360 I say to you, strike Amnon, then put him to death. Do not fear, have not I myself commanded 536 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:49,200 you? Be courageous and be valiant. Okay? So that plan is carried out. They kill him. Then 537 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:54,480 a report comes back to David, forward in this text, a report comes back to David that all 538 00:32:54,480 --> 00:33:00,320 of his sons have been killed. And David's like, Absalom killed all my sons? Ah! Right? 539 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:04,640 Except then the actual report comes back and says, no, no, no, not all of your sons, just 540 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:11,520 Amnon. Okay? Verse 34, do I need 33? Yep, I think so. Right, so 33, the person that's 541 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:15,960 giving the message says, now therefore do not let my lord the king take the report to 542 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:21,080 heart, namely all the king's son are dead, for only Amnon is dead. And then in 34 it 543 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:26,480 says, now Absalom had fled, and the young man who was the watchman raised his eyes and 544 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,680 looked and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the 545 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:33,840 mountain. And Jonah dab said to the king, behold, the king's sons have come according 546 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:38,280 to your servant's word, so it happened. And it came about as soon as he had finished speaking, 547 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:42,160 that behold, the king's sons came and lifted their voices and they all wept. And also the 548 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:48,480 king and all of his servants wept very bitterly. Now Absalom fled, listen, listen to this, 549 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:54,520 Absalom fled and went to Talmii, the son of Amahud, the king of Geshur. That's where 550 00:33:54,520 --> 00:34:00,180 Absalom fled to. And David mourned for his son every day. So Absalom had fled and gone 551 00:34:00,180 --> 00:34:05,040 to Geshur and was there three years and the heart of the king David longed to go out to 552 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:11,000 Absalom for he was comforted concerning Amnon since he was dead. So what was David's reaction 553 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:15,880 to his son Amnon being killed overall? He was okay with it. Remember, he was very angry 554 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:20,240 when he found out that Tamar was raped, but he couldn't really have him put to death. 555 00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:23,240 Now he didn't have him put to death, so probably he would have preferred he would not have 556 00:34:23,240 --> 00:34:27,160 been put to death, but he was okay with it. He wasn't too upset about that. And he was 557 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:32,720 really mourning Absalom fleeing out of country. So go back up to your map for a second. It's 558 00:34:32,720 --> 00:34:36,680 up in the right hand corner up here. You know this map a little bit, okay? And you'll notice 559 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:42,040 that I've marked on your map Geshur, which is a region. That's that big kind of blob. 560 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,280 So the little blob at the bottom, that is the Dead Sea. Then there's the Jordan River 561 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:49,400 going up with Jericho up there at the top, Jerusalem to the left. And then you see that 562 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:55,920 whole big region, that's Geshur. And Talmii is king of Geshur. And Talmii is who to Absalom. 563 00:34:55,920 --> 00:35:01,040 He went and hid there. Who is he? Remember the first verse we read in chapter 3? He would 564 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:05,280 be grandpa. That's grandpa. He ran to grandpa's house. So, and that's on your paper by the 565 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:11,080 way. There's a G there for he ran to grandpa's house. He fled to his grandpa, okay? The king 566 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:15,720 of Geshur, which is problematic because he's the king of Geshur. He's got armies, he's 567 00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:21,180 got money, he's got fortresses, right? And this is not easy land to navigate by the way. 568 00:35:21,180 --> 00:35:26,800 It's heavily forested. You can't take an army through easily. And so he ran there and David 569 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:31,620 is sad. He lost his son Absalom. It's bad he lost his son Amnon, but Amnon raped Tamar, 570 00:35:31,620 --> 00:35:35,280 so it's kind of like I can deal with that. But now he lost his son Absalom and he's very 571 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:41,720 upset. It's not good. Okay? And so we're right there under that. It says, we got quite a 572 00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:45,120 bit here. All right. So the first part, it says, I'll give you the first word. It says 573 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:52,200 he arranged, this is under 2 Samuel 13, 21 to 39, he arranged, what did he arrange? Perfect. 574 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:58,080 That's word perfect. The murder of Amnon who raped his sister Tamar. Now they were kind 575 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:03,160 of like half sisters. Amnon was a half sister to Tamar anyway. Half brother, I mean. She 576 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:08,960 was his half sister. Amnon. A-M-N-O-N. It's basically like it sounds. So Absalom arranged 577 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,960 the murder. Now he didn't do it himself. He got him to the festival, got him a little 578 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:15,760 bit drunk and then had his young men kill him. But he arranged his murder. Okay? And 579 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:21,080 then he fled to his grandpa. And I put Hebron, but that's not actually right. It should be 580 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:27,520 Geshur. So change that to a G and make it Geshur. Fled to his grandpa in Geshur. It 581 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:33,560 should be Geshur. G-E-S-H-U-R. Did everybody get it? So he fled to his grandpa in Geshur. 582 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:40,840 Okay? And then a period of time passed, three years. Okay? Now in 2 Samuel 14, very short 583 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:46,960 passage that we'll read, verses 21 to 23, it says, Then the king said to Joab. Now Joab 584 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:52,640 is a character in our timeframe. So far I have dodged him because he's got, we'll probably 585 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:59,660 have to do him over two weeks. He really has a great story. A long story. And he's really 586 00:36:59,660 --> 00:37:05,160 well known and really has a lot of impact in David's history. Go ahead and take a second 587 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:08,840 and turn it off, Larry. Sorry. Just go ahead and turn it off. You don't have to cover it 588 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:15,160 up. Stuff happens. Okay. Then, So the king said to Joab, behold now, I will surely do 589 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:20,840 this thing. Go therefore and bring back the young man Absalom. And Joab fell on his face 590 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:25,080 to the ground, prostrated himself and blessed the king. And Joab said, today your servant 591 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:30,080 knows that I have found favor in your sight, O my Lord, the king, in that the king has 592 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:36,400 performed the request of his servant. So basically what happened is Joab had a wise woman come 593 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:43,200 to David and pretend that her last son was going to be killed. And she said, please, 594 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,080 you know, award me that my son will not be killed. Even though he did something wrong, 595 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:49,520 they will not be killed. And David said, okay, I word it to you. Your son will not be killed 596 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:55,080 even though he did something wrong. And then she said, but why does the king put away his 597 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:58,680 own son? And she asked about Absalom. And David right away figured out that she was 598 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:02,840 manipulating him. And he figured out that Joab was behind it. And then he calls Joab 599 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:07,400 and those verses I just read to you, he grants Joab's petition, even though Joab tried to 600 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:14,400 trick him. Okay. And so then we have Joab, what? Plotted. Joab plotted to, nope, the 601 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:20,360 D is David. The word I used was convince. He plotted to convince David. Okay. And then 602 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:24,720 the story goes on. Absalom is brought back. I'm not going to read the whole text in the 603 00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:28,240 interest of time. You can read all this on your own study a little bit more if you want. 604 00:38:28,240 --> 00:38:32,680 He's brought back, but he's not allowed to go see David. He's not allowed to go see David. 605 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:36,920 And he's back for two years before he would ever have a chance to see the face of his 606 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:43,920 father again. Okay. And so the words there are Absalom and house arrest. It's two years 607 00:38:45,720 --> 00:38:51,720 Absalom under house arrest. So here's what happens in the story. He can't get to David. 608 00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:54,680 He can't get a message through to David. He can't talk to David. So he reaches out to 609 00:38:54,680 --> 00:39:00,600 Joab who is David's key general and he begs Joab for a meeting. Joab refuses him. He doesn't 610 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:04,520 answer at all. He just, you know, uh, go straight to voicemail every time, straight to voicemail, 611 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:09,880 straight to voicemail. So guess what Amnon does or Absalom does? What? Nope. He stays 612 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:14,160 there. He's not giving up. In fact, he's going, he wants to be king someday. He burns Joab's 613 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:18,240 fields. That's the next things. He burns his fields. He's like, well, you won't listen 614 00:39:18,240 --> 00:39:22,120 to me. You're not answering. So he goes out and he burns all of his crops. Isn't that 615 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:26,360 crazy? That tells you something about his heart. So then Joab goes to David and tells 616 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:30,720 him what happened. And David said, okay, bring him in. Finally, after two years, he burns 617 00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:35,520 Joab's fields. You think this grown man needs a spanking to say the least. And he brings 618 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:41,600 him in and said, right, he brings him in and David bows over, he grabs him, bows over, 619 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:46,320 takes him in his hand and he kisses him and he welcomes him back home. And the last thing 620 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:51,520 on the background is he's kissed by David. Now, before we go fast forward on the clock, 621 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:56,280 two things I want you to notice there. Who brought Absalom back to Jerusalem? David did. 622 00:39:56,280 --> 00:40:00,800 His dad. He loved him. Right? You always see good in your kids and you always want good 623 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,760 to come out. Even though he knew that he had arranged the murder of Amnon, but he kind 624 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:09,000 of excused that because Amnon kind of was a jerk and he did rape his sister, half sister. 625 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:14,600 Right? And so David excused the whole thing. And then Absalom to get an audience with Joab 626 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:20,920 burns Joab's fields and David brings him in and falls on him and kisses him. So it's David. 627 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:25,720 Give it to Holly. She'll figure it out. You need help? She'll figure it out. 628 00:40:25,720 --> 00:40:32,720 There you go. You got it down anyway. Maybe not. Just hand it to Holly so she can turn 629 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,320 it off. She's right behind you. Just give it to Holly. 630 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:44,320 Should be able to turn the volume up. He was trying to turn it down though. There you got 631 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:49,480 it. Okay, good. You just need a little help. That's all. No big deal. Okay. So then notice 632 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:54,560 that David reaches out and kisses Absalom. Anybody notice the significance there? We're 633 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:58,760 at the point in the story where Absalom is in Jerusalem and the very next day Absalom 634 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,880 starts sitting at the gate very early and receiving people in David's stead and does 635 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:09,720 it for years. So to betray David. Yep. Yeah. Why is it so significant that David reached 636 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:15,680 out and kissed him? Why is that? Doesn't that ring a bell? Say it again. Absalom. Yeah. 637 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:20,680 That's what Absalom starts to do. He says, David reached out and kissed me and he's like, 638 00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:26,240 he says, I could be welcomed back. I feel like if I didn't have an agenda, right? If 639 00:41:26,240 --> 00:41:30,760 my heart wasn't cold as stone, I feel like I'm welcome back to my house. David loves 640 00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:36,040 me. David cares me. So that he learned from David how to make people feel like they were 641 00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:41,240 cared for and he starts doing it with everybody in David's place. See it? And then he does 642 00:41:41,240 --> 00:41:47,440 that for years and then he becomes king for a day basically. Okay. All right. So we're 643 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:52,960 going to go forward in time and finish him off. Second Samuel 18 verses six to nine. 644 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:58,760 You don't need a lot. Okay. You're going to see the end of Absalom. 18, second Samuel 645 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:05,160 18, six to nine. The people went out into the field against Israel and the battle took 646 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:11,360 place in the forest of Ephraim. Okay. So on your map, I have marked the forest of Ephraim 647 00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:16,040 for you. It's over there in Gishur. How do you say it? Gishur. It's over there in Gishur. 648 00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:22,200 Okay. So I marked it for you. Bad terrain. Dangerous forest. Not forest like if you go 649 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:28,320 walking in the woods out here at the park. Okay. This is a gnarled mess of sharp edges 650 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:34,200 and broken terrain. Dangerous, dangerous terrain. You'd never want to take an army through there 651 00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:38,880 if you didn't have to. Okay. All right. 18, six. Then the people went out in the field 652 00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:42,840 against Israel and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim. And the people of Israel 653 00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:48,600 were defeated there before the servants of David. And the slaughter there that day was 654 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:54,560 great. 20,000 men. For the battle there was spread over the whole countryside and the 655 00:42:54,560 --> 00:43:00,240 forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. Now Absalom happened to 656 00:43:00,240 --> 00:43:04,920 meet the servants of David for Absalom was riding on his mule and the mule went under 657 00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:10,520 the thick branches of a great oak and his head caught fast in the oak. So he was left 658 00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:15,780 hanging between heaven and earth while the mule that was under him kept going. Okay. 659 00:43:15,780 --> 00:43:19,680 So there's your little picture of Absalom hanging in the tree there. Interesting side 660 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:23,440 note by the way, historically Absalom only cut his hair once a year. Do you know how 661 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:27,260 much the hair on your head weighs? Does anybody know off the top of your head? Yours is more 662 00:43:27,260 --> 00:43:32,640 than most, but it isn't as much as you think. The average person is 1.4 ounces. Hair doesn't 663 00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:35,800 weigh much. You shave yourself completely bald, put it on there. The average person 664 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:41,120 is 1.4. Now you have more hair, long hair, right? Face hair. The ads are probably more. 665 00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:44,560 So you'd be on the high end of average, right? So you might be three ounces at most. It's 666 00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:50,320 not much. His was said to weigh considerably more than that. The Bible says it weighed 667 00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:59,200 200 shekels. A shekel is 0.4 ounces. That means he had 80 ounces of hair. That's five 668 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:09,520 pounds. That is 30 times as much as we have. Right? But it also says he was beautiful. 669 00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:15,320 His face didn't have a blemish on it. He was incredible to look at. Right? But he had all 670 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:22,920 this hair and he got caught in the tree by his hair. Okay. So right there, the B in 6-9 671 00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:29,600 is what? Battle. That's right. And the battle took place in the F-O-E. Yes. Forest of Ephraim. 672 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:36,680 Ephraim was a tribe and that forest was named after them. And he was hung by hair. H-B-H. 673 00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:42,720 Now that sounds funny but it's very real. Yes. I know. It's there on purpose because 674 00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:46,800 we're out of time right now so we're moving fast. That's why it's in blue. If you can 675 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:52,160 read it. What was the question? Hung by hair. Okay. Alright. How many men died? You should 676 00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:59,760 have it. 20,000 men died. And the next sentence is the forest claimed more than the sword. 677 00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:03,720 Okay. Over in verse 14, same chapter. I know we're out of time. Stick with me. 678 00:45:03,720 --> 00:45:08,480 Then Joab said, I will not waste time here with you, talking to the messenger that brought 679 00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:14,040 him the news that Absalom was hanging in a tree by his hair. So Joab took three spears 680 00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:20,060 in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst 681 00:45:20,060 --> 00:45:24,440 of the oak. Three spears. You know what's even crazier than that? The next verse. But 682 00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:32,320 we won't read it yet. Okay. Okay. So the next part says, Joab stabbed him three spears 683 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:40,440 in heart. Okay. And then the next verse says, and 10 young men who carried Joab's armor 684 00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:46,120 gathered around and struck Absalom and killed him. You understand what that means? He wasn't 685 00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:52,600 dead. Joab stabbed him in the heart with three spears and he wasn't dead. Yeah, he probably 686 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:56,240 wasn't literally in the, I mean, it was in his center, right? Near his heart. There was 687 00:45:56,240 --> 00:46:04,400 no X-rays. Okay. So 10 young men killed him. Okay. And then it says, then Joab blew the 688 00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:08,640 trumpet and the people returned for pursuing Israel for Joab restrained the people. There's 689 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,800 no reason to kill all these people that were following Absalom anymore because Absalom 690 00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:16,760 is dead. They took Absalom and they cast him into a deep pit in the forest and erected 691 00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:23,000 over him a very great heap of stones and all Israel fled each to his tent. Okay. And so 692 00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:28,800 that's a pit under, can you read it? A huge pile of stones. There you go. All right. And 693 00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:34,240 that is the end of Absalom, but you have one set of blanks left on the page. Do you see 694 00:46:34,240 --> 00:46:39,240 it? Right above where? Yes. Right above Amy in the bow. That's like an arm there is on 695 00:46:39,240 --> 00:46:45,880 the bow and that's an arrow above it. So the book is all right. And the reference is 1714 696 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:50,240 and it says then Absalom and all the men of Israel said the council of Husha'el the archaic 697 00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:53,640 is better than the council of Ahithophel. You remember this? Listen to this part for 698 00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:59,960 the Lord had ordained to thwart the good council of Ahithophel. And then this is the part that 699 00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:07,120 we didn't hone in on then in order that the Lord might bring calamity on Absalom. It was 700 00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:13,160 God's intention to bring this man to ruin and he did it in the most brilliant way. You 701 00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:17,640 ever hear the old saying the bigger you are the harder you fall? Who made Absalom big? 702 00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:22,360 Nope. Nope. David was part and parcel. God was part and parcel, but who did it? He did 703 00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:28,480 it. He did it himself. He got a chariot. He put 50 men before him. He paid spies. He connived. 704 00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:32,840 He judged the judgments of Israel. He didn't let people go to David to hear their cases. 705 00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:37,400 He did it himself. He reached out for men. He kissed them on the head or on the face. 706 00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:43,080 He did all of that so that he could elevate himself and he did. And he was beautiful. 707 00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:49,200 He was a beautiful man with five pounds of hair. He was an incredible individual. And 708 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:56,400 where did he wind up? Hanging in a tree. It's an interesting parallel there, isn't there? 709 00:47:56,400 --> 00:48:00,480 Was Jesus beautiful? Now the Bible says Jesus was not beautiful. Did Jesus have amazing 710 00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:05,440 hair? No. Was there any reason that anybody should specifically listen to Jesus over some 711 00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:12,040 other preacher or teacher? No. There wasn't. And Jesus wound up hanging on a tree. See 712 00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:17,680 the parallel? So if a man should build himself up to become everything he's ever dreamed, 713 00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:24,080 but if a man should submit to the Lord Jesus Christ who has already paid for his sins, 714 00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:28,480 God will not bring him to calamity. It's a great story and it's the end of Absalom. 715 00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:32,280 And then David goes back to Jerusalem and rules for quite a while and many other great 716 00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:37,200 stories. So that concludes our study of Absalom. Notice that I have given you a couple of details 717 00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:42,240 there in the middle about Hebron. Hebron is a really well-known place in the Bible. It's 718 00:48:42,240 --> 00:48:47,240 where he was born. It's 20 miles south of Jerusalem. David was anointed king there. 719 00:48:47,240 --> 00:48:52,000 When Samuel anointed David king the final time, it was in Hebron. It was a hilltop city. 720 00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:57,600 So it overlooked all the land around it. It is the city in which God gave Abraham the 721 00:48:57,600 --> 00:49:01,240 covenant. Not the only time he gave him a covenant. He gave him more than one, but that 722 00:49:01,240 --> 00:49:06,960 time he gave it in Hebron. It was also called Kiriath Arba, which is Hebron. And there's 723 00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:13,160 a cave there which is called, listen please, which is called the Cave of Machpila and buried 724 00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:19,520 in it. Sarah is buried in the Cave of Machpila. Who else is buried there? Sarah and her husband, 725 00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:27,080 Abraham and their son, Isaac. We're doing good. And Isaac's son, the better one, one 726 00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:33,840 of the twins. Jacob, the liar, the deceiver. But his name gets changed to Israel. And then 727 00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:41,440 his two wives, two of his wives, right? Jacob's wives. Okay, we did really good. Okay, let's 728 00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:45,640 ask a couple questions then. We'll take three minutes and ask questions. You guys ready? 729 00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:50,280 Where's my candy? Is my candy not in here? Okay, we'll just have to keep track of who 730 00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:56,560 gets candy because it's not in here. It's in the cafeteria. All right. Okay, real quick. 731 00:49:56,560 --> 00:50:02,680 Tashan, what was the name of the forest in which the battle was fought? Alex knows it 732 00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:10,400 without the paper. Yes, the Forest of Bifrim. Okay, you get candy, sir. Congratulations. 733 00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:19,840 Okay. How did Joab attempt to kill Absalom Haley? That's right, very good. Okay. How 734 00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:26,200 did Absalom kill or arrange to have killed Amnon, Hannah? The paper says that he arranged 735 00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:29,840 him. The murderer doesn't say how, but I said how. Do you remember how? Oh, thank you very 736 00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:47,560 much. Well, take a stab at it. Can somebody help her? How did he arrange to have him killed? 737 00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:54,320 Try to kill. If you get it, I'll give candy to you and her. Yeah, just a little bit more. 738 00:50:54,320 --> 00:51:04,160 Okay, I'll go with that. Yeah, at the sheep shearing party, festival, whatever. Oh, I 739 00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:11,080 missed her. Okay. I tried to hit her on the top of the head and I missed. All right. Okay. 740 00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:17,200 How many years was Absalom under house arrest, Natalie? How many years was Absalom under 741 00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:27,800 house arrest? Are you guessing? Two is correct. You all stop deflecting the candy. It's like 742 00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:34,000 going right to the person. You're getting it all over the place. Okay. Alex, in which 743 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:49,760 city was Absalom born? Next time, let the person answer themselves. All right. So let's 744 00:51:49,760 --> 00:52:00,520 have a really hard one for you. Yeah. He's still a, he's still a teen. He's an adult, 745 00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:11,800 but he's still a teen. Okay. Okay. What, what was the first thing that a Hithafil advised 746 00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:20,520 Absalom to do after he took charge? Yep. David's concubines. That's right. Okay. Did I get 747 00:52:20,520 --> 00:52:27,760 all the teenagers in the room? All right, we're going to pray together. 748 00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:35,280 Food in the cafeteria. Let's pray. Father in heaven, thank you for this time. Thank 749 00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:38,960 you for the stories that we had. I don't want to be a person like Absalom. I don't want 750 00:52:38,960 --> 00:52:42,920 to build myself up. I surely couldn't have that kind of hair. I don't know how that would 751 00:52:42,920 --> 00:52:47,800 be possible. I can't look like that. And I don't want to learn how to manipulate people 752 00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:52,040 to get them to like me. I just want to be me serving you and you get the glory and you 753 00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:56,400 work your will and your kingdom come and your will be done here on the earth. Help us as 754 00:52:56,400 --> 00:53:02,240 we go out and take the truths of these things, but not just the truth, but to absorb them. 755 00:53:02,240 --> 00:53:07,320 The discipline is Bible intake that we absorb them so that like in a month or a year, we're 756 00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:11,240 making some kind of a decision. We can remember that we could make the decision in a way that 757 00:53:11,240 --> 00:53:15,080 will build us up, lift us up, make us better, make us great. Even maybe cut somebody off 758 00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:19,480 or Jif or cheat, cheat somebody. And we can remember Absalom and that that is not the 759 00:53:19,480 --> 00:53:23,840 kind of heart that we're supposed to have. We can remember David and his heart was merciful 760 00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:29,480 even toward his murderous sons and he wanted to be merciful. And we also realize that that 761 00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:34,440 kind of mercy leads to a dangerous place. And so Lord help us be godly, help us be wise, 762 00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:38,080 help us be discerning, to make good choices and to always follow you. We pray all this 763 00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:54,040 day. Amen.