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That's all right. Thank you. Do you have a seat,

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please? Thank you. Oh, no! It's Tuesday night.

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Whacked out simple stuff. We're going to talk

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very briefly about something important. A set

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of terms, if you will. We're going to talk about

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keys. I got this little cool little cable key

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thing for Christmas. It's got a whole bunch of

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keys on it. It's got keys to the light bulb.

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It's not hard to use anymore because we have

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a fingerprint over there. Keys to this building.

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Keys to the house. Keys to my lockbox. Keys to

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my safe deposit box. Keys, keys, keys. But not

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this kind of keys. We're going to talk about

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keys to the kingdom. Can anybody explain to me

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why the Bible says that the church has the keys

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to the kingdom? Give me a basic explanation.

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Go ahead. Because the church knows what God asks

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them to do in order to go to heaven and go towards

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heaven. I think that's a real good start. Okay.

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Do you know in the Bible where the idea of the

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keys to the kingdom come from? Anybody? Probably

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it's Jesus. Jesus, yeah. Jesus is speaking. Okay.

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So it's Matthew, Matthew 16, verse 19. Matthew

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16, verse 19. Okay, and I'm going to go to my

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Bible here. I was on the wrong page, but I'll

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get back to you in one second. And I'll read

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it to you. Matthew 16. There it is, 16. Where's

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my Bible? Where's my paper Bible at? Okay, here

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we go. We're going to do it the old -fashioned

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way. Yep, 19. This is the old gate. It's the

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second half of the old gate crash reverse, actually.

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Matthew 16, 19. And it says, this is Jesus speaking,

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and he says, he's talking to Peter, he's talking

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about the church, and how the church would be

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built upon a profession of faith in Jesus Christ

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as Lord and Savior. And he says, and I will give

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unto thee the kingdom, the keys of the kingdom

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of heaven. I will give unto thee the keys of

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the kingdom of heaven. And if it stopped right

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there, that'd be good enough, wouldn't it? We've

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got the keys to the kingdom of heaven. So you

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can get in, right? Wouldn't that be good? That

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would be good enough. But he goes on to explain

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that. He says, and whatsoever thou shalt bind

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on earth shall be bound in heaven. Or it shall

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have already been bound in heaven. And he agrees

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with what he says. So whatsoever thou shalt bind

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on earth shall be bound in heaven. And whatsoever

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thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in

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heaven. So what does it mean to bind something?

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Tie it up. Tie it up. That's right. Lock it up.

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Tie it up. Capture it. Right? So the animal,

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you put a leash on it. Say it again. Yeah. You

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wrap it up. Falling apart. Put it together. Keep

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it together. Right? And to loose something. What

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do you mean to loose something? Go ahead. Not

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to loose it like you can't find it. But to loose

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it like to let it loose. Right? Like you let

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your dog loose. Or you just left the door open

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for a little too long and the dog takes off,

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right? So that's loose. In fact, the dog getting

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out and running away is a really good example

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of that loose. Because you've got to go track

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it down and get it under control, right? And

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so, listen now, listen now. And so when we were

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given the keys to the kingdom of heaven, whatever

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we as the church... Based upon our profession

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of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of the community

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and being called out in the assembly of God,

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whatever we find on earth shall have already

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been found in heaven. So we're going to do what

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God wants us to do. And as Arianna says, we know

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how to get where we're going. And we know what

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kind of things will get us where we're going

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and what kind of things won't. We're not going

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to have anything to do with the kind of things

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that won't get us where we're going. We are going

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to have a lot to do with the kind of things that

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will get us where we're going. God knows what

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those things are. And if you stop and think about

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it when you're in your right mind, you know what

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they are too, right? And then when we are dealing

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with other people, so we're dealing with, let's

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say, someone who does not know Jesus, and you

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tell them about Jesus, you can set them free,

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right? Now, truly, it's Jesus who does the setting

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free, but we deliver the truth. And if they believe

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and receive Jesus as Lord and Savior, then they

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become free. That's how that works. And so that's

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what we're talking about. We're talking about

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the keys, the kingdom of heaven. We're talking

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about the keys that the church has. And though

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each one of these keys will only work one lock,

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but here's the amazing thing about the keys to

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the kingdom of heaven. They work all locks. It

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works all locks, not the physical locks that

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open your house. Although I have stood in front

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of a locked door before and prayed. Oh, Lord,

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I forgot my keys inside. I'm locked out. What

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am I going to do? And a solution came up, and

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I managed to get in, right? So I do believe that

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sometimes prayer does open locked doors, start

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stuck vehicles, and things like that. With that

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being said, it's not this kind of physical key

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that's limited to one lock. It's the kind of

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key that you can go into life, you can face problems

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and difficulties, and you can still be who you're

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supposed to be, and God will still be with you

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through that, and you can overcome. So there's

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a lot more to that. We could break it down more,

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but I just want you to understand that we're

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talking about the keys to the kingdom of heaven.

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It's not a physical key. It is a key and it's

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an ability to do what's right, to overcome difficulty,

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to set people free. Be aware it is not our job

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to set free on earth things that don't belong.

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We are not liars or thieves. They're not liars

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or thieves. We're focused on doing what it is

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that God would have us to do. Alright, we're

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going to pray together at this time. Then we

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have one more song of worship. And then we're

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going to let the children go to the classroom.

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Alright, so we're going to sing together. We'll

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focus on the words after what this time is about.

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Father in heaven, we praise you and thank you

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that you're working in our midst. That you brought

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us together this evening to look into your word.

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We hope, Lord, that we come away after looking

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into your word with a fresh new understanding.

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Something that we can put. into practice in our

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lives. The study of your word is like that. It

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helps us know how we can use the keys of heaven

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that we've been blessed with. It helps us know

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how to put them to work and how to bind things

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and how to set things loose that are appropriate

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in this world. We are free in Christ because

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Christ sets us free indeed. Lord, help us be

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the church. Help us look into your word and grow.

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We do have, as we look around, a number of people

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who are hurting today, couldn't make it because

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they're sick or whatever. So we pray for them,

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Lord. Lord, we pray for Rose just now. She's

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having pain in her hand. Lord, we pray that she's

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able to have some comfort, that you would ease

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her at a cellular level, that you would make

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the nerves not inflamed, Lord, that she'd be

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able to have the medicine that she needs, whatever

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that is. You take care of each one of us as you

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take care of her. We pray it all in Jesus' name.

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Amen. Amen. All right. This next song is Lord,

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Lift My Name on High. So I need some kids who

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think they know the motions with a little bit

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of help to join me on the stage, please. Everyone

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else, you can stand up in the front. Come on.

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All right. If you want to be on the stage, I

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will do motions in the aisles. You can watch

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me. Okay worksheets are coming around All right,

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so last week we began looking at a particular

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character. You just have the second half of his

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name What is his name? It is Joe Abba. Don't

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forget that and there that makes it a completely

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different person Joe Abba Okay, so we're looking

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at Joe Abba. We're looking at him in the context

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of the time when David was out from Jerusalem.

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So all of this has been about people who were

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present with David, present during that time,

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present with Absalom, whatever, during that time

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when Absalom came and became the king, and David

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fled out of Jerusalem down across the Kidron,

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through the Kidron Valley, and over across the

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Jordan River. And then later there is a huge

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battle there, and David comes back and becomes

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king again. But we started with folks that were

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during that period of time when David lost his

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kingship. And Joab was there. You know a little

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bit about Joab already. Before we start this

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worksheet, let's see if we can just kind of test

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ourselves a little bit. If you need to look back

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at last week's worksheet, you can. But if you

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can just do some from memory, that would be good.

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Joab is related to David. How? Does anybody remember?

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Okay, David's sisters. Son. So he's his nephew.

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That's right. So he's David's sister's son. And

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what was Joab's job? He was the leader of the

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army, right? So he had been a general. So you

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can look elsewhere and see that he was sort of

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one of the mighty men, but he wasn't one of the

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three mighty men. He was one of the bigger group

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of heroes, basically, and became the general.

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Interestingly enough, both of his sons, become

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mighty men as well. So this is a heck of a family.

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And we may look at them a little bit. One of

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them is mentioned in that period of time, but

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not very much. So we may or may not. I don't

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know. As the Lord leads, we may look at them.

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So last week, we looked at Joab all the way back

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kind of to his beginning. We saw that David's

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sister had him as a child, raised him. He became

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David's kind of like right -hand man, general

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of the armies and so on. During the time when

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Absalom had come in and taken control, though,

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Joab was not fully in charge of the army, right?

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He was only in charge of a portion of it. You

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remember the portion? Anybody? Going once? Okay,

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one -third. So he was in charge of one -third

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of the army during that period of time. And then...

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There are sort of like two kingships for a little

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while as Absalom is the king, right? And then

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Absalom puts another guy in charge of the army.

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He's got to do that because Joab is off with

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David. And that's where we're going to kind of

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pick up the story is Joab's interactions with

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this other guy. And so the first text, the upper

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right -hand corner, but with the number one,

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is from 2 Samuel 19. And the verses are 13 and

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14. So what happens is this is right about the

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period of time. Remember that you got to see

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that dangling guy with the fishing pole and it's

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dangling down. You see the clock there and the

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arrow winds clockwise. It means we're going forward

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from the occupation, going forward from when

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Absalom was in charge. So we're now going to

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look at the outcome for Joab. Okay, so in 2 Samuel

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19, 13 to 14, we read these verses. David is

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speaking to the leaders of Israel and he says,

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Say to Amasa, are you not my bone and my flesh?

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May God do so to me and more also if you will

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not be commander of the army before me continually

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in place of Joab. Then he turned the hearts of

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all the men of Judah as one man so that they

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sent word to the king saying, return you and

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all your servants. And so basically what's happening

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is Amasa, and does anybody know Amasa? It's not

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a common name. He doesn't last long really in

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the story. So Amasa is actually one of David's

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sons by somebody that you might know if you've

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been around for the last couple of months, right?

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David picks up a very wise woman as a wife. Does

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anybody remember her name? Abigail, very good.

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And with her, he has a son named Amasa. So this

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is sort of his son from one of his wives. But

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he stayed with Absalom, and Absalom made him

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the leader over the army, and he was extremely

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popular. Extremely popular. So what's going on

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here is David is sending a message through the

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priests back to all the leaders who were still

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in Jerusalem, basically saying, take me back

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as king. And so, first of all, David is saying

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that Amasa would, so it's Amasa would what? Lead

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the army. Keep going. Nope, not Judah. In Joab's

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place. That's correct. Although, actually, geographically,

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Holly, you are correct. It is in Judah. But it's

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in Joab's place. Okay, so Absalom first installed

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Amasa as the leader, and now David is saying,

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well, you'll be the leader of everybody. You'll

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be the leader of the full army, right? So even

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though he was with Absalom, even though he was

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with Absalom, he would be the, thank you very

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much for that. I'll take that. He would be the

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leader of the full army. Now, what happens when

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you make a very popular general the leader of

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the army? Say it again. He's appreciated, right?

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Say it again. I can't hear you. Yeah, he's going

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to be in charge and they want him in charge.

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And so now the people that were kind of questioning

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about David coming back, they're all like, oh

00:22:34.029 --> 00:22:36.549
yeah, hey, that sounds good. Remember back when

00:22:36.549 --> 00:22:38.970
we studied the first part of Joab's life and

00:22:38.970 --> 00:22:41.470
David put Joab in charge of the army? Do you

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remember when that happened? We talked about

00:22:42.829 --> 00:22:45.130
that last week. And he put him in charge of the

00:22:45.130 --> 00:22:46.809
army and then he had problems with him, right?

00:22:46.990 --> 00:22:51.289
He said, I'm intimidated by Joab. That Joab and

00:22:51.289 --> 00:22:55.609
the sons of my... sister, are so powerful. What

00:22:55.609 --> 00:22:58.609
am I going to do with them? You follow? So now

00:22:58.609 --> 00:23:01.369
he's doing the same thing with Amasa. By putting

00:23:01.369 --> 00:23:04.890
Amasa in charge, the bigger army is there already.

00:23:05.289 --> 00:23:08.490
All the tribesmen didn't come up to fight. A

00:23:08.490 --> 00:23:10.329
lot of people did, but not everybody did, right?

00:23:10.410 --> 00:23:12.309
So there's hundreds of thousands of warriors

00:23:12.309 --> 00:23:15.490
that are loyal to Amasa. And so he's getting

00:23:15.490 --> 00:23:18.309
their loyalty by putting Amasa in charge. It's

00:23:18.309 --> 00:23:20.829
a tactic that David has used before. But who

00:23:20.829 --> 00:23:22.509
do you suppose is not very happy about that?

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:26.259
Joab. Because Joab used to be the leader of all

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:29.000
the army. Now he went into exile with David and

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:31.400
became the leader of only one -third of David's

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:34.920
exile army, but found a great victory. They found

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:36.700
a great victory for David, and now David gets

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:38.859
to come back. And this would be a time where

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:40.859
he could be in charge of the whole army again,

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:42.700
but he's not going to be. It's going to be Amasa.

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Okay? All right. So then the next phrase says,

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:51.789
this was part of David's plea. Okay, so what's

00:23:51.789 --> 00:23:53.950
happening right now is David is sending a message

00:23:53.950 --> 00:23:56.369
through the priest. Can anybody name a priest

00:23:56.369 --> 00:23:58.250
that he's using without me going to look it up?

00:23:59.690 --> 00:24:04.089
Zadok is one. No, Samuel's not there. Zadok is

00:24:04.089 --> 00:24:08.109
one. Abiathar, remember him? Okay, so good. I'm

00:24:08.109 --> 00:24:09.710
impressed you got Zadok. He was the big guy.

00:24:09.809 --> 00:24:12.289
He's the front name, right? He was the guy who

00:24:12.289 --> 00:24:13.789
came out to David and said, hey, I'll go with

00:24:13.789 --> 00:24:15.529
you into the wilderness. I'll bring the Ark of

00:24:15.529 --> 00:24:17.490
the Covenant. We studied that. Zadok was one

00:24:17.490 --> 00:24:19.549
of the guys that we looked at, right? And so,

00:24:19.589 --> 00:24:22.970
yeah, so through Zadok and Abiathar and the others,

00:24:23.130 --> 00:24:25.390
he's sending this message back in there, and

00:24:25.390 --> 00:24:27.369
that's part of his plea for them to take him

00:24:27.369 --> 00:24:31.210
back as their unified king. And so then the TPW

00:24:31.210 --> 00:24:34.630
is what? If this was part of David's plea, then

00:24:34.630 --> 00:24:42.609
the plea worked, and all were devoted. So now

00:24:42.609 --> 00:24:45.670
all the leaders and all the soldiers and lieutenants

00:24:45.670 --> 00:24:47.750
and majors and colonels, if they even had those,

00:24:47.809 --> 00:24:50.569
I doubt they had them, but all the heroes that

00:24:50.569 --> 00:24:52.650
were already there, now not the ones necessarily

00:24:52.650 --> 00:24:55.069
that were with Joab, right? But all of them that

00:24:55.069 --> 00:24:57.069
were already there are now going to be loyal

00:24:57.069 --> 00:25:00.690
to David, okay? Going to number two, moving right

00:25:00.690 --> 00:25:06.069
along. Now we're in 2 Samuel chapter 20. So if

00:25:06.069 --> 00:25:07.210
you're following along in your Bibles or making

00:25:07.210 --> 00:25:08.970
notes, you can look it up later, whatever. In

00:25:08.970 --> 00:25:10.900
chapter 20, And we're going to begin in verse

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:13.420
4. Now this will be a little longer. So you're

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:15.460
going to have to listen to pick out the details.

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:22.619
There's been a revolt. All were devoted. All

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:25.000
the people of Jerusalem became devoted to David

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:31.759
being their king again. Okay? Alright, so now

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:34.279
here we are. There's been another revolt. There's

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:36.339
a guy, we'll get his name here in a minute, who's

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:38.900
setting himself up to revolt against David to

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:42.190
be king. Verse 4 says, Then the king said to

00:25:42.190 --> 00:25:46.910
Amasa, Call out the men of Judah for me within

00:25:46.910 --> 00:25:50.470
three days and be present here yourself. So he

00:25:50.470 --> 00:25:52.150
wants them to go all throughout the area of Judah

00:25:52.150 --> 00:25:55.029
in three days and call up a whole big old army

00:25:55.029 --> 00:25:58.210
and be ready to lead it. Seems like a completely

00:25:58.210 --> 00:26:00.829
reasonable demand of the person who's in charge

00:26:00.829 --> 00:26:04.710
of the entire army, right? Sounds good. So Amasa

00:26:04.710 --> 00:26:07.299
went to call out the men of Judah. but he delayed

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:11.259
longer than the set time which he had appointed

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:14.019
him. Whoops. Supposed to get the army in three

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:17.140
days. Three days comes and goes. The king doesn't

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:20.900
have an army. That's a problem. Verse 6. And

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:24.900
David said to Abishai, Now Sheba, the son of

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:28.500
Betri, will do us more harm than Absalom did.

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:31.400
Okay? So now this guy's being likened to the

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:34.339
next Absalom, Sheba, the son of Betri. He's the

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:38.579
betrayer. And because of Amasa taking too long

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:40.119
to get the army together, it's going to be a

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:42.559
problem. That's what David is saying. He says,

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:45.839
take your Lord's servants, so David's servants,

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:50.079
and pursue him so that he does not find for himself

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:54.480
fortified cities and escape from our sight. So

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:58.039
David says to Abishai, by the way, does anybody

00:26:58.039 --> 00:27:02.200
know who Abishai is? He's famous of Joab. He's

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:04.619
one of the mighty men. He's one of the big guys.

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:08.220
David's nephew, grandnephew? What does that make

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:10.460
him? I don't know. I don't even know what you

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:12.279
are if you're a nephew, if you're the son of

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:15.319
a nephew. Like a cousin, I guess. I don't know.

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:18.240
Anyway, the point is, he's a big dude. Important.

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:21.579
But then guess what? If Abishai is going to go

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:23.579
out, who else do you think is going to go out?

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:25.559
If Abishai is going to take all the remaining

00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:27.539
men and go out after him, Joab is going to go

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:30.019
out, right? Okay, so here we go. Joab is back

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:33.079
on the scene. Verse 7. So Joab's men went out

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:36.799
after him. along with the Cherethites and the

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:38.720
Pelethites and all the mighty men. And they went

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:40.759
out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:43.740
Betri. When they were at the large stone, which

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:46.460
is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. So now

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.980
Amasa was supposed to be going out to summon

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.900
the whole army, and he is the guy who's supposed

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:52.740
to be in charge of the whole thing. But David

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:55.500
now has given over some authority to Abishai,

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:59.720
and Abishai has shared that authority with his

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:02.619
father Joab. Now Joab was dressed in military

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:05.779
attire. So he's got his kind of military officer's

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:09.259
robe on. And over it was a belt with a sword

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:11.480
in its sheath fashioned at the waist. So he's

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:14.279
got a military robe on ready to fight. And he's

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:17.859
got a nice belt with the sword in it laying horizontally

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:19.960
usually is how they would have wore them. And

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:23.720
as he went out forward to meet Amasa, the sword

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:26.799
fell out. Now that doesn't usually happen, okay?

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:30.099
But the sword fell out of the sheath. Joab said

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:33.769
to Amasa, is it well with you, my brother? So

00:28:33.769 --> 00:28:37.210
it's a positive greeting, but do you hear the

00:28:37.210 --> 00:28:40.069
sarcasm or the sort of, what's he saying? It's

00:28:40.069 --> 00:28:41.950
a passive -aggressive question. What's he saying?

00:28:42.329 --> 00:28:46.170
Say it again. Yeah, what? Can you handle this?

00:28:46.569 --> 00:28:48.650
You went out to get an army, you didn't come

00:28:48.650 --> 00:28:52.930
back. What happened? Now, he didn't come up to

00:28:52.930 --> 00:28:55.609
him and just say, in front of everybody or whatever,

00:28:55.710 --> 00:28:58.910
you're a piece of dirt, you screwed up. You know,

00:28:58.910 --> 00:29:00.670
David didn't say anything like that. So he doesn't

00:29:00.670 --> 00:29:02.730
have any, Joab doesn't have any authority really,

00:29:02.869 --> 00:29:05.049
right? But it's sort of like that passive aggressive

00:29:05.049 --> 00:29:07.849
statement. Like when somebody shows up to your

00:29:07.849 --> 00:29:10.309
party 10 minutes late and you walk up to them

00:29:10.309 --> 00:29:12.490
and you say, hey, is everything okay? What are

00:29:12.490 --> 00:29:14.890
you really saying? You're saying, why are you

00:29:14.890 --> 00:29:18.730
late? Right? Or whatever. Yeah, so that's what's

00:29:18.730 --> 00:29:21.089
going on there. Joab said to Amasa, is it well

00:29:21.089 --> 00:29:22.789
with you, my brother? It's kind of an accusation.

00:29:23.109 --> 00:29:25.950
And Joab took Amasa by the beard. Uh -oh, we

00:29:25.950 --> 00:29:28.220
know what's coming, don't we? With his right

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:31.200
hand to kiss him. This is pattern behavior for

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:34.940
Joab, isn't it? But Amasa was not on guard against

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:37.859
the sword which was in Joab's hand. So he struck

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:40.400
him in the belly with it and poured out his inward

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:43.079
parts on the ground and did not strike him again

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:46.380
and he died. That's interesting. Kind of contrasted

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:47.960
with Absalom. He got three spears in the heart

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:50.599
and still didn't die. And this guy, Amasa, he

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:53.240
takes one sword to the belly and dies. Yeah.

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:58.019
Then Joab and Abishai, his brother, pursued Sheba,

00:29:58.099 --> 00:30:02.059
the son of Betri. Now there stood by him one

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:04.539
of Joab's young men and said, Whoever favors

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:07.480
Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:11.400
Joab. But Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:13.960
the middle of the highway. So he's dying. He's

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:16.279
not quite dead yet. His guts are pouring out.

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:18.220
His blood's all over the place. He's wallowing

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:20.839
around in the middle of the highway. And they're

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:23.759
asking people right there, Come follow us. Now

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:28.640
remember, Amasa is a popular guy, or was. Now

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:31.319
he's gutted, so that's not popular. But right

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.759
up until there, he's a pretty popular guy. Now

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:35.359
they see Amasa laying there, and they're recruiting

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:37.920
men right there where he's laying. Amasa lay

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:39.619
wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway,

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:41.819
and when the man saw that all the people stood

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:44.859
still, he removed Amasa from the highway into

00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:48.099
the field and threw a garment over him when he

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:50.380
saw that everyone who came by him stood still.

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:52.220
So people basically came there, and they said,

00:30:53.150 --> 00:30:56.349
We might want to go fight, but what's the story

00:30:56.349 --> 00:30:59.130
here? Why is there a guy with his guts hanging

00:30:59.130 --> 00:31:01.470
out on the road and you're recruiting? Is this

00:31:01.470 --> 00:31:04.910
a symbol? You know, like, this doesn't look like

00:31:04.910 --> 00:31:07.369
it's going to go well. I mean, a lot of questions

00:31:07.369 --> 00:31:09.369
that could be raised, right? So they just drag

00:31:09.369 --> 00:31:11.349
him off to the side. By now he's probably mostly

00:31:11.349 --> 00:31:12.809
dead or unconscious or whatever, and they throw

00:31:12.809 --> 00:31:14.750
a blanket over him and leave him off the road.

00:31:14.950 --> 00:31:19.170
Not a very nice scene, okay? So let's pick up

00:31:19.170 --> 00:31:23.410
the text under 2 Samuel 20, verses 4 to 13. And

00:31:23.410 --> 00:31:27.730
it first says that David, what? The capital A

00:31:27.730 --> 00:31:37.089
is probably a clue. Sent Amasa. Keep going. The

00:31:37.089 --> 00:31:38.670
next three words are part of the same sentence.

00:31:39.869 --> 00:31:48.769
To, nope. To gather. And the J is Judah. Okay?

00:31:48.769 --> 00:31:51.170
So they were going to gather all the army of

00:31:51.170 --> 00:31:53.589
Judah. He's not getting all the tribe's armies,

00:31:53.650 --> 00:31:57.190
just Judah's army. Okay? David sent Amasa to

00:31:57.190 --> 00:32:02.650
gather Judah, but Amasa was late. Amasa was late.

00:32:02.890 --> 00:32:05.410
In fact, he kind of never gets the job done.

00:32:05.690 --> 00:32:08.230
He never went back to David. So he really never

00:32:08.230 --> 00:32:11.230
got the job done. Okay? But that's no reason

00:32:11.230 --> 00:32:15.309
to murder a guy, by the way. Okay? Amasa was

00:32:15.309 --> 00:32:19.500
late. Joab, Murdered him. That's right. Murdered

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:22.759
him. So Abner murdered him. This is murder, by

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:26.839
the way. They are not at war. He killed him in

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:31.240
cold blood. Same as he did Abner. Yeah. He grabbed

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:32.819
him by the beard, pulled him in to kiss him,

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:37.460
and gutted him. That's pretty wicked. His heart

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:41.460
had to be something. All right. So he murdered

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:45.960
him. The next line says, Amassas. It's an apostrophe

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:49.720
S at the end. Amassas. What? It goes, includes

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:54.000
all the way to the little castle picture there,

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:57.299
if you can do it. What do you think of this?

00:32:57.319 --> 00:33:02.299
Amassas what? Not blood. Say it again, Holly.

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:07.059
Nope, not brother. So Joab murdered him. And

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:12.039
Amassas, after you're dead, you're a what? There

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:14.829
you go. Amassas' body. This is strange language

00:33:14.829 --> 00:33:16.430
because it's the way I talk, so I'll just give

00:33:16.430 --> 00:33:19.109
it to you. Amass's body wound up, or you can

00:33:19.109 --> 00:33:22.230
put ended up, but I gave you a W. I say that

00:33:22.230 --> 00:33:23.750
phrase quite a bit. You wound up doing this,

00:33:23.750 --> 00:33:26.250
wound up doing that. Yep. On the side of the

00:33:26.250 --> 00:33:29.210
road. Keep going. Three more. You got the A already.

00:33:30.190 --> 00:33:33.250
On the side of the road. Under a cover. Under

00:33:33.250 --> 00:33:36.150
a cover. That's right. That's all you did. Now

00:33:36.150 --> 00:33:39.130
remember this guy. So the day before, no, let's

00:33:39.130 --> 00:33:43.529
say the hour before this event. This guy is the

00:33:43.529 --> 00:33:47.470
leader of the entire nation of Israel's army,

00:33:47.630 --> 00:33:52.049
12 tribes. Now he's dead under a cover on the

00:33:52.049 --> 00:33:53.390
side of the road, laying in somebody's field.

00:33:55.410 --> 00:33:57.710
That's a real turn of events right there. He

00:33:57.710 --> 00:34:03.190
lost his life. Okay, so now Joab kind of steps

00:34:03.190 --> 00:34:05.670
in, and they're going to go try to get the problem,

00:34:05.769 --> 00:34:08.610
because you know how David is. David's a results

00:34:08.610 --> 00:34:11.750
guy, right? When David arranged for Uriah the

00:34:11.750 --> 00:34:14.449
Hittite to get killed, Joab sent the message

00:34:14.449 --> 00:34:17.349
back. And he said, tell him some of your servants

00:34:17.349 --> 00:34:19.250
got too close to the wall and some guys got killed.

00:34:19.530 --> 00:34:21.190
And then if he says, well, what did you get so

00:34:21.190 --> 00:34:23.550
close to the wall for? Then say to him, well,

00:34:23.829 --> 00:34:26.610
Uriah the Hittite died and everything will be

00:34:26.610 --> 00:34:29.929
fine. Joab recognizes that David is a results

00:34:29.929 --> 00:34:32.610
guy. So Joab is going to go try to get the job

00:34:32.610 --> 00:34:35.730
done. They go after Betri, after Sheba the son

00:34:35.730 --> 00:34:37.820
of Betri. When they were at the large stone,

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:40.400
which is Gibeon, a mass came to meet them. He

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:42.480
killed him, left him laying under a cover in

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:44.480
the road. First he was wallowing around in his

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:46.039
own blood while they were still trying to recruit

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:49.079
the army. That's just terrible. Rated R, basically.

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:55.559
Yeah. Alright, so now we're at... So he's removed

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:57.800
from the highway. All the men passed on after

00:34:57.800 --> 00:35:00.880
Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Betri. He went

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:05.050
through all the tribes of Israel to Abel. Even

00:35:05.050 --> 00:35:07.789
Beth -Makah. Okay, so there's a place called

00:35:07.789 --> 00:35:10.329
Abel -Beth -Makah. Abel's a region. Beth -Makah

00:35:10.329 --> 00:35:12.389
is the city in the regions to capital, basically,

00:35:12.389 --> 00:35:16.030
of that small area. And all the Berites, and

00:35:16.030 --> 00:35:17.769
they were gathered together and also went after

00:35:17.769 --> 00:35:20.250
him. They came and besieged him in Abel -Beth

00:35:20.250 --> 00:35:22.849
-Makah. And they cast up a siege ramp against

00:35:22.849 --> 00:35:24.690
the city. Does everybody know what a siege ramp

00:35:24.690 --> 00:35:27.889
is? So basically, one of the many ways that you

00:35:27.889 --> 00:35:30.389
overcome a walled city, there's several, in this

00:35:30.389 --> 00:35:32.309
day it was the most popular way, is to build

00:35:32.309 --> 00:35:35.989
a ramp up to the wall. So literally you just

00:35:35.989 --> 00:35:38.550
keep dumping dirt or rock or whatever you can

00:35:38.550 --> 00:35:41.230
get closer and closer and closer. You keep hauling

00:35:41.230 --> 00:35:43.030
it up and dumping it closer until you have a

00:35:43.030 --> 00:35:46.050
ramp up to the wall. Then if the ramp goes to

00:35:46.050 --> 00:35:47.829
the top of the wall, then when you're ready,

00:35:47.909 --> 00:35:50.250
all the men charge up the ramp, go over the wall,

00:35:50.409 --> 00:35:52.590
take the city. If it doesn't go to the top of

00:35:52.590 --> 00:35:54.530
the wall, use the ramp for protection and the

00:35:54.530 --> 00:35:57.429
men charge up and bust up the wall so that they

00:35:57.429 --> 00:36:00.789
can get in. So a siege ramp is a relatively common

00:36:00.789 --> 00:36:03.090
method of overcoming a siege. And the city's

00:36:03.090 --> 00:36:05.449
locked up. They won't let them in. So it says,

00:36:05.530 --> 00:36:07.769
they came and besieged him in Abel Beth -Makah.

00:36:08.130 --> 00:36:10.210
And they cast up a siege ramp against the city.

00:36:10.230 --> 00:36:12.210
It stood by the ramparts. In other words, it

00:36:12.210 --> 00:36:14.250
went all the way up to the top, pretty much.

00:36:14.409 --> 00:36:17.550
And all the people who were with Joab were wreaking

00:36:17.550 --> 00:36:19.949
destruction in order to topple the wall. So they

00:36:19.949 --> 00:36:22.550
were busting up the city's walls. Then a wise

00:36:22.550 --> 00:36:25.920
woman called from the city, Here! Hear, that's

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:29.199
H -E -A -R as in hear me. Hear, hear. Please

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:32.280
tell Joab, come here that I may speak with you.

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:34.760
So he approached her and the woman said, are

00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:37.940
you Joab? And he answered, I am. Then she said

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:40.099
to him, listen to the words of your maidservant.

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:42.719
And he answered, I am listening. Then she spoke

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:45.619
saying, formerly they used to say they will surely

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:49.340
ask advice at Abel. And thus they ended the dispute.

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:51.760
In other words, they used to come here all the

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:54.469
time seeking wisdom. They always came to us for

00:36:54.469 --> 00:36:58.190
wisdom. I am of those who are peaceable and faithful

00:36:58.190 --> 00:37:01.250
in Israel. You are seeking to destroy a city,

00:37:01.289 --> 00:37:03.849
even a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow

00:37:03.849 --> 00:37:06.409
up the inheritance of the Lord? Joab replied,

00:37:06.909 --> 00:37:09.389
Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow

00:37:09.389 --> 00:37:13.309
up or destroy. Such is not the case. But a man

00:37:13.309 --> 00:37:15.809
from the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son

00:37:15.809 --> 00:37:18.550
of Betri by name, has lifted up his hand against

00:37:18.550 --> 00:37:21.530
King David. Only hand him over and I will depart

00:37:21.530 --> 00:37:24.360
from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold,

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:26.619
his head will be thrown to you over the wall.

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:29.440
Then the woman wisely came to all the people,

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:31.559
they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Betri,

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:34.679
and they threw it to Joab. So he blew the trumpet,

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:37.280
and they were dispersed from the city each to

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:40.840
his tent. And Joab also returned to the king

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:45.099
at Jerusalem. Listen to number 23. Now Joab was

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:49.059
over the whole army of Israel. And Benaiah, the

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:51.400
son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and

00:37:51.400 --> 00:37:54.000
the Pelethites. And Adarim was over the forced

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:56.719
labor. And Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahalud, was

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:59.119
the recorder. Sheba was the scribe. Zadok and

00:37:59.119 --> 00:38:01.880
Abiathar were the priests. And Ira, the Jerite,

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:04.739
was also a priest to David. Okay? So he got it

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:07.199
back, didn't he? Because he realized one very

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:10.280
key important thing about David, which was, not

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:14.059
on the paper, but I said it. David was a king

00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:18.349
who what? Who expected results. He was looking

00:38:18.349 --> 00:38:22.809
for results. And Joab got results. But he knows

00:38:22.809 --> 00:38:25.329
he killed Amasa, right? But he also knows he

00:38:25.329 --> 00:38:26.750
killed Abner. Did he do anything about that?

00:38:27.610 --> 00:38:32.190
Okay, so here we go. After Amasa winds up, right

00:38:32.190 --> 00:38:34.809
there, after he winds up his body on the side

00:38:34.809 --> 00:38:38.150
of the road under a cover, the next J is Joab.

00:38:38.289 --> 00:38:42.409
And Joab what? It's a verb, but it's kind of

00:38:42.409 --> 00:38:44.969
a big verb. Kind of a long one. Starts with an

00:38:44.969 --> 00:38:48.750
N. What did he do? Him and the lady entered into

00:38:48.750 --> 00:38:52.630
a discussion. He negotiated. Yep. He negotiated.

00:38:53.690 --> 00:38:56.070
Joab negotiated. He didn't kill. He didn't destroy

00:38:56.070 --> 00:38:58.909
the city. He was close. He proved that he could

00:38:58.909 --> 00:39:01.750
do it, but he didn't do it. He negotiated for

00:39:01.750 --> 00:39:05.269
the head of Sheba, of Betri. Don't confuse that

00:39:05.269 --> 00:39:07.769
Sheba. There are more than one. We did discuss

00:39:07.769 --> 00:39:09.789
one before. It's not the same Sheba, obviously.

00:39:09.969 --> 00:39:12.889
Okay? So Joab negotiated for the head of Sheba,

00:39:12.929 --> 00:39:17.280
which showed tact. The killing of Amasa did not

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:20.300
show tact. That's not tact. But this shows tact,

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:22.780
okay? All right, we're moving over to number

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:25.460
three. Before we go to number three, we're going

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:27.639
to take a little vacation. If you look right

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:30.460
up above there on the A and the B, look in the

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:33.139
circle of the A. You see a little sketch in there.

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:36.079
Does that look familiar? Inside the A, in the

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:40.139
circle or oval. What does it look like? Yeah,

00:39:40.179 --> 00:39:42.360
it looks like a map. That's right. So what we've

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:44.239
got here is a map and we're going to learn something

00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:46.460
about our little study that we just did. All

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:48.539
right. So that you see the number one, the big

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:50.619
blob on the bottom. If you look on the right

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:53.480
side over here in the B, you can match them up.

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:56.980
So what is that number one on the bottom? Oh,

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:59.760
yeah, I got it right. What is that number one

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:02.300
on the bottom in the map of the promised land?

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:04.659
What's the big blob on the bottom? Come on. Oh,

00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:10.920
no, it's water. What water is it? It's the Dead

00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:15.820
Sea. Right? So L. One is L, the Dead Sea. Okay?

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:19.199
Now, go to number two, right up there to the

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:22.219
left. I even gave you a J for it, but that's

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:24.000
not the letter for the right side. But if it

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:25.940
starts with a J and it's right there by the Dead

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:28.679
Sea, what is it? It is Jerusalem. That is correct.

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:31.519
Okay? So that gives you an idea of where we're

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:34.239
at on the map. Then the line going up there is

00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:35.659
the Jordan River. You don't have to get that

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:38.340
one. Then the body of water at the top up there

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:43.119
is the Sea of Galilee. And if you look way at

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:45.119
the top of the map, you'll see a dot with a little

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:48.500
arrow pointing to it. And it says ABM above it.

00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:54.079
And that is what? That is correct. Good job,

00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:59.579
sir. That is Abel. I forgot how you say it. Beth

00:40:59.579 --> 00:41:04.789
McCaw. Abel Beth McCaw. That is O. So it's L,

00:41:04.909 --> 00:41:07.090
M, and O, right in order. I did them right in

00:41:07.090 --> 00:41:13.389
order. Okay. All right. So now we're done with

00:41:13.389 --> 00:41:15.730
our little vacation to the map, and we're going

00:41:15.730 --> 00:41:17.550
back to number three, and we're over halfway

00:41:17.550 --> 00:41:20.889
done. The story's going to get even darker for

00:41:20.889 --> 00:41:25.110
Joab. It already got really dark. Okay. Number

00:41:25.110 --> 00:41:29.949
three. So we've got a new thing going on. In

00:41:29.949 --> 00:41:33.469
fact, We've got a new book of the Bible. If I'm

00:41:33.469 --> 00:41:35.849
leaving 2 Samuel and I'm going to the new book

00:41:35.849 --> 00:41:39.230
of the Bible, where will I be? 1 Kings. That's

00:41:39.230 --> 00:41:42.309
correct. Good job. Okay, 1 Kings is next, and

00:41:42.309 --> 00:41:45.030
we're in chapter 1. If you'll look in the parentheses

00:41:45.030 --> 00:41:46.750
in the middle of the paragraph there, you'll

00:41:46.750 --> 00:41:50.309
see that's where that 1 goes. So the question

00:41:50.309 --> 00:41:54.210
here is about kingship again, but we're getting

00:41:54.210 --> 00:41:57.650
late on in David's life. So during this period

00:41:57.650 --> 00:42:00.050
of time, David's got him a hot babe to keep himself

00:42:00.050 --> 00:42:03.710
warm. It's absolutely literal. It's absolutely

00:42:03.710 --> 00:42:07.010
literal. So he was having trouble staying warm,

00:42:07.050 --> 00:42:08.989
even they put him under all the covers. Even

00:42:08.989 --> 00:42:11.349
the bed warmers don't help. So they search the

00:42:11.349 --> 00:42:13.869
kingdom and they find him a hot chick, a hot

00:42:13.869 --> 00:42:15.650
young woman, as they literally describe that

00:42:15.650 --> 00:42:17.789
way in the text. And she will now sleep with

00:42:17.789 --> 00:42:21.269
him every night to keep him warm. No sex. There's

00:42:21.269 --> 00:42:24.929
no sex. It very specifically says that. But she

00:42:24.929 --> 00:42:27.829
will be his bed warmer. So we're now in the time

00:42:27.829 --> 00:42:29.929
of David's life at which he requires a woman

00:42:29.929 --> 00:42:32.949
in his bed to keep him warm. He's old. He's past

00:42:32.949 --> 00:42:35.010
his prime. He's not fighting anymore. He hasn't

00:42:35.010 --> 00:42:36.550
gone out with the army in a long time. In fact,

00:42:36.630 --> 00:42:39.250
the last time he went out, he ran into a descendant

00:42:39.250 --> 00:42:42.929
of a guy who was a Gittite, which means he was

00:42:42.929 --> 00:42:45.570
from where? If you're a Gittite, you're from

00:42:45.570 --> 00:42:50.789
where? Starts with a G. Gath. Nailed it. Well

00:42:50.789 --> 00:42:55.289
done, sir. And who was from Gath? Goliath. And

00:42:55.289 --> 00:42:58.570
so David ran into one of Goliath's sons a whole

00:42:58.570 --> 00:43:02.469
generation later. On the battlefield. And guess

00:43:02.469 --> 00:43:05.469
what happened? He almost got killed. David almost

00:43:05.469 --> 00:43:07.809
got killed. In fact, he was on the verge of being

00:43:07.809 --> 00:43:12.130
killed. Guess who saved him? Not Joab. But close.

00:43:12.869 --> 00:43:17.670
Somebody else we just mentioned. Abiathar. Abiathar

00:43:17.670 --> 00:43:21.980
saved him. Interesting how it all comes together,

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:24.960
right? Okay, so here we go. We're on number three,

00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:28.059
and we've got an aged king. So if you've got

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:29.940
an aged king, that means you probably need what?

00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:33.980
Well, yeah, definitely. But right after an aged

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:35.760
king comes a dead king. If you've got a dead

00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:39.519
king, you need a new king, a successor. You need

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:41.579
an heir, right? Okay, so that's what we're going

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:43.559
to talk about is who's going to be the heir.

00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:47.000
So there's this problem. There's this woman that

00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:49.860
David... fell in love with when he saw her bathing,

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:52.900
and then later took her as his wife. The first

00:43:52.900 --> 00:43:56.059
baby died, but the second baby lived. And he

00:43:56.059 --> 00:44:00.840
becomes a very famous man, Solomon. Now you and

00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:04.320
I know that Solomon is supposed to be the heir.

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:07.440
He's the guy who becomes king. But at this part

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:11.039
of the story, we don't have that yet. And so

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:13.800
remember the prophet Nathan? How's the prophet

00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:20.630
Nathan famous? What did he do? Yeah, he's the

00:44:20.630 --> 00:44:23.269
one who confronted David for having the affair

00:44:23.269 --> 00:44:26.329
and getting Uriah the Hittite killed. Right?

00:44:26.650 --> 00:44:30.489
Yeah, right. Okay, so now you got Nathan, and

00:44:30.489 --> 00:44:33.130
he spoke to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon.

00:44:33.309 --> 00:44:35.389
That's in verse 11. So basically what's happening

00:44:35.389 --> 00:44:37.789
is Bathsheba's worried that Solomon's not going

00:44:37.789 --> 00:44:39.809
to get to be king, but David promised her that

00:44:39.809 --> 00:44:41.250
he would be king, and so they're having this

00:44:41.250 --> 00:44:43.769
little powwow. Nathan spoke to Bathsheba, the

00:44:43.769 --> 00:44:45.610
mother of Solomon, saying, have you not heard

00:44:45.610 --> 00:44:48.050
that Adonijah, the son of Haggath, has become

00:44:48.050 --> 00:44:50.699
king? And David, our Lord, does not know it.

00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:53.420
So now come, please let me give you counsel and

00:44:53.420 --> 00:44:55.460
save your life and the life of your son Solomon.

00:44:55.579 --> 00:44:58.239
So Nathan, the prophet, is advising Bathsheba

00:44:58.239 --> 00:45:01.639
on how to save herself and Solomon because Adonijah

00:45:01.639 --> 00:45:03.099
is going to be king. And if Adonijah is going

00:45:03.099 --> 00:45:05.579
to be king, he's surely going to kill Solomon

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:08.539
and Bathsheba because they have a rightful claim

00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:10.880
to the throne. And so Nathan's saying, protect

00:45:10.880 --> 00:45:13.960
yourself. He says, Go at once to King David and

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:16.519
say to him, Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn

00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:19.000
to your maidservant, saying, Surely Solomon your

00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:21.280
son shall be king after me, and he shall sit

00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:23.559
on my throne? Which he had promised that, by

00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:26.800
the way. Why then has Adonijah become king? Behold,

00:45:26.820 --> 00:45:28.699
while you are still there speaking with the king,

00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:30.880
I will come in after you and confirm your words.

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:33.739
So Nathan's going to back her up. So Bathsheba

00:45:33.739 --> 00:45:35.639
went into the king in the bedroom. Now the king

00:45:35.639 --> 00:45:38.260
was very old. It doesn't say whether, oh yes

00:45:38.260 --> 00:45:41.119
it does. And Abishag the Shunammite was ministering

00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:43.599
to the king. So there's the woman sleeping with,

00:45:43.699 --> 00:45:46.679
so this is Bathsheba's husband, David. She's

00:45:46.679 --> 00:45:48.880
not keeping him warm. The hot chick is keeping

00:45:48.880 --> 00:45:51.639
David warm. when Bathsheba comes in there to

00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:54.760
entreat him, right? Bathsheba bowed and prostrated

00:45:54.760 --> 00:45:56.840
herself before the king, and the king said, what

00:45:56.840 --> 00:45:59.079
do you wish? And she said to him, my lord, you

00:45:59.079 --> 00:46:01.039
swore to your maidservant by the lord your god,

00:46:01.159 --> 00:46:03.179
saying, surely your son Solomon shall be king

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:05.659
after me, and he shall sit on my throne. Now

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:08.800
behold, Adonijah is king, and now my lord the

00:46:08.800 --> 00:46:11.820
king, you do not know it. He has sacrificed oxen

00:46:11.820 --> 00:46:13.820
and fatlings and sheep in abundance and has invited

00:46:13.820 --> 00:46:16.440
all the sons of the king and Abiathar the priest

00:46:16.440 --> 00:46:19.539
and Joab the commander of the army. but he has

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:22.280
not invited Solomon your servant. As for you

00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:24.719
now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel

00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:26.800
are on you to tell them who shall sit on the

00:46:26.800 --> 00:46:30.159
throne of my lord the king after him. Otherwise

00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:32.239
it will come about as soon as my lord the king

00:46:32.239 --> 00:46:35.199
sleeps with his fathers that I and my son Solomon

00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:38.119
will be considered offenders. Behold, while she

00:46:38.119 --> 00:46:39.699
was still speaking with the king, Nathan the

00:46:39.699 --> 00:46:41.960
prophet came in. They told the king, saying,

00:46:42.219 --> 00:46:44.199
Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came

00:46:44.199 --> 00:46:46.539
in before the king, he prostrated himself before

00:46:46.539 --> 00:46:48.579
the king with his face to the ground. Nathan

00:46:48.579 --> 00:46:50.980
said, My lord, the king, have you said Adonijah

00:46:50.980 --> 00:46:53.159
shall be king after me? And he shall sit on my

00:46:53.159 --> 00:46:55.880
throne? For he's gone down today and has sacrificed

00:46:55.880 --> 00:46:58.400
oxen, fatling, sheep in abundance, has invited

00:46:58.400 --> 00:47:01.099
all the king's son and the commander of the army.

00:47:01.199 --> 00:47:03.599
There's Joab again. He's in there. He's definitely

00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:05.920
getting credit. And Abiathar the priest. And

00:47:05.920 --> 00:47:08.139
behold, they are eating and drinking before him.

00:47:08.199 --> 00:47:11.929
And they say, Long live King Adonijah. But me,

00:47:12.090 --> 00:47:14.409
even me, your servant, and Zadok the priest,

00:47:14.670 --> 00:47:17.670
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant

00:47:17.670 --> 00:47:20.730
Solomon, he has not invited. So basically he's

00:47:20.730 --> 00:47:22.670
saying he's not invited anybody that's loyal

00:47:22.670 --> 00:47:26.090
to you. Has this thing been done by my lord the

00:47:26.090 --> 00:47:27.730
king, and you have not shown to your servants

00:47:27.730 --> 00:47:29.630
who should sit on the throne of my lord the king

00:47:29.630 --> 00:47:32.909
after him? Then King David said, Call Bathsheba

00:47:32.909 --> 00:47:34.510
to me. And she came into the king's presence

00:47:34.510 --> 00:47:36.639
and stood before the king. The king bowed and

00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:39.000
said, As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my

00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:41.760
life from all distress, surely as I bow to you

00:47:41.760 --> 00:47:43.619
by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Your

00:47:43.619 --> 00:47:46.920
son Solomon shall be king after me, and he shall

00:47:46.920 --> 00:47:49.199
sit on my throne in my place, I will indeed do

00:47:49.199 --> 00:47:53.800
this day. I will indeed do so this day. Then

00:47:53.800 --> 00:47:55.380
Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground,

00:47:55.460 --> 00:47:57.119
prostrated herself before the king and said,

00:47:57.260 --> 00:48:00.460
May my Lord, the king David, live forever. King

00:48:00.460 --> 00:48:03.440
David said, Call me Zadok the priest, Nathan

00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:05.280
the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.

00:48:05.630 --> 00:48:07.230
They came into the king's presence. The king

00:48:07.230 --> 00:48:08.989
said to them, take with you. I'm going to skip

00:48:08.989 --> 00:48:12.769
ahead for expediency. The priest, Nathan, they

00:48:12.769 --> 00:48:15.050
take Solomon. They blow the trumpet and they

00:48:15.050 --> 00:48:18.150
say, long live King Solomon. That's what David

00:48:18.150 --> 00:48:21.670
tells them to do. They tell everyone that David

00:48:21.670 --> 00:48:24.289
has appointed Solomon to rule over Israel and

00:48:24.289 --> 00:48:27.469
Judah. Benaiah, verse 36, Benaiah, the son of

00:48:27.469 --> 00:48:29.829
Jehoiada, answered the king and said, amen. Thus

00:48:29.829 --> 00:48:31.909
may the Lord, the God of my Lord, the king say.

00:48:32.440 --> 00:48:34.679
As the Lord has been with my Lord the King, so

00:48:34.679 --> 00:48:37.659
may he be with Solomon and make his throne greater

00:48:37.659 --> 00:48:39.940
than the throne of his father, greater than the

00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:42.699
throne of my Lord King David. Zadok the priest,

00:48:42.840 --> 00:48:46.780
Nathan, Benaiah, they take him down. The Cherethites,

00:48:46.820 --> 00:48:49.440
the Pelethites went down. They had Solomon ride

00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:51.519
on King David's mule and brought him to Gihon.

00:48:52.019 --> 00:48:54.500
Zadok took the horn of oil from the tent that

00:48:54.500 --> 00:48:58.760
anointed, and then anointed Solomon. They blew

00:48:58.760 --> 00:49:01.000
the trumpet. All the people said, Long live King

00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:03.619
Solomon. All the people went out after him, and

00:49:03.619 --> 00:49:05.320
the people were playing on flutes, rejoicing

00:49:05.320 --> 00:49:07.579
with great joy, so that the earth shook at their

00:49:07.579 --> 00:49:09.760
noise. Here we go. This is where it gets to be

00:49:09.760 --> 00:49:12.820
Joab in trouble. Now Adonijah and all the guests

00:49:12.820 --> 00:49:15.119
were with him, heard it as they finished eating.

00:49:15.340 --> 00:49:17.300
When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he

00:49:17.300 --> 00:49:20.239
said, Why is the city making such an uproar?

00:49:20.599 --> 00:49:22.739
While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan

00:49:22.739 --> 00:49:26.019
the son of Abiathar the priest came. Then Adonijah

00:49:26.019 --> 00:49:28.380
said, Come in, for you are a valiant man, and

00:49:28.380 --> 00:49:31.179
bring good news. But Jonathan replied to Adonijah,

00:49:31.380 --> 00:49:35.099
No, our lord king David has made Solomon king.

00:49:35.380 --> 00:49:39.179
The king has also sent with him Zadok the priest,

00:49:39.300 --> 00:49:41.440
Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,

00:49:41.559 --> 00:49:43.760
the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and they have

00:49:43.760 --> 00:49:47.039
made him ride on the king's mule. Zadok the priest

00:49:47.039 --> 00:49:48.980
and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king

00:49:48.980 --> 00:49:51.840
in Gihon, and they have come up with their rejoicing

00:49:51.840 --> 00:49:54.519
so that the city is an uproar. This is the noise

00:49:54.519 --> 00:49:56.719
which you have heard. Besides, Solomon has even

00:49:56.719 --> 00:49:59.000
taken his seat on the throne of the kingdom.

00:49:59.480 --> 00:50:01.739
Okay, so that was a lot, I know, but here we

00:50:01.739 --> 00:50:07.639
go. The question is, will Adonijah or Solomon

00:50:07.639 --> 00:50:15.539
be king? Very good. And J. Joab. Was with Adonijah.

00:50:15.619 --> 00:50:19.940
Perfect. Okay. And the, I'll give you the T -H

00:50:19.940 --> 00:50:27.599
-E, the, the men were, you have the D, you don't

00:50:27.599 --> 00:50:29.420
have anything on the last blank, but you shouldn't

00:50:29.420 --> 00:50:32.880
need it. What were the men doing? All around,

00:50:33.099 --> 00:50:37.300
what were they doing? Go ahead. No, they were

00:50:37.300 --> 00:50:40.559
drinking, but that's not the D. They were declaring,

00:50:40.880 --> 00:50:44.849
it's not Solomon. It's Adonijah. They were declaring

00:50:44.849 --> 00:50:52.829
Adonijah king. The men were declaring Adonijah

00:50:52.829 --> 00:50:56.070
king. And who was there when all of the men were

00:50:56.070 --> 00:50:58.090
declaring Adonijah king? It's not on your paper,

00:50:58.130 --> 00:51:01.889
but I read it. Who was there? Joab. The person

00:51:01.889 --> 00:51:04.050
in charge of all the armies standing by while

00:51:04.050 --> 00:51:06.969
they're declaring Adonijah king. Not so loyal

00:51:06.969 --> 00:51:13.289
to David now, huh? I'll try to break it down

00:51:13.289 --> 00:51:17.050
to help you understand. Okay, so Adonijah wants

00:51:17.050 --> 00:51:20.110
to be king. He has a claim. He's another son

00:51:20.110 --> 00:51:22.929
of David. He has a claim. But David had said

00:51:22.929 --> 00:51:27.010
Solomon would be king. Alright? The men were

00:51:27.010 --> 00:51:29.730
declaring Adonijah king. While they were doing

00:51:29.730 --> 00:51:35.989
that, capital D, David chose Solomon. David chose

00:51:35.989 --> 00:51:41.190
Solomon. Okay, so... This is a long kind of run

00:51:41.190 --> 00:51:44.329
-on sentence, not kind of two run together. All

00:51:44.329 --> 00:51:50.670
right. That capital A is probably Adonijah. So

00:51:50.670 --> 00:51:56.789
it says, those with Adonijah knew or know. I

00:51:56.789 --> 00:52:01.190
guess it would be know. What? Want to finish

00:52:01.190 --> 00:52:04.730
it? The next word starts with a T. Those with

00:52:04.730 --> 00:52:09.219
Adonijah knew they. Say it again. They are in

00:52:09.219 --> 00:52:13.500
trouble. Okay. Knowing that they are in trouble.

00:52:13.820 --> 00:52:18.619
What? All. Okay. So let me go ahead and let me

00:52:18.619 --> 00:52:20.199
read it for you because I think I stopped at

00:52:20.199 --> 00:52:22.639
46 anyway. So here we go. The king's servants

00:52:22.639 --> 00:52:24.940
came to bless our Lord the king. That's 47. The

00:52:24.940 --> 00:52:26.880
king has also said this. Blessed be the Lord,

00:52:26.920 --> 00:52:28.480
the God of Israel, who has granted one to sit

00:52:28.480 --> 00:52:31.179
on my throne today while my own eyes see it.

00:52:31.219 --> 00:52:34.159
Then 49. Then all the guests of Adonijah were

00:52:34.159 --> 00:52:37.940
terrified and they arose. And each went on his

00:52:37.940 --> 00:52:39.880
way. In other words, they went home, basically.

00:52:39.880 --> 00:52:41.699
They went to wherever they're doing their business.

00:52:42.280 --> 00:52:47.460
So it's all go home in fear. They're terrified.

00:52:48.679 --> 00:52:51.639
Now the scene is set. I submit to you at this

00:52:51.639 --> 00:52:54.280
point in time, Joab's public career as a leader

00:52:54.280 --> 00:52:56.659
is over. Because what does David care about?

00:52:57.119 --> 00:52:59.079
We already said, David's the kind of king who

00:52:59.079 --> 00:53:02.559
cares about what? Results. Who got results today?

00:53:02.820 --> 00:53:10.039
In this day, who got the results? David. Nathan,

00:53:10.039 --> 00:53:14.179
Zadok, right? They all got through. Not Joab.

00:53:14.280 --> 00:53:17.239
He's on the losing side today. Adonijah will

00:53:17.239 --> 00:53:20.260
not be king. In fact, Adonijah's in big trouble.

00:53:20.519 --> 00:53:22.219
What happens is, and we don't have to study that

00:53:22.219 --> 00:53:23.599
because we're not studying Adonijah, what happens

00:53:23.599 --> 00:53:25.480
is he runs, takes hold of the horns of the temple,

00:53:25.579 --> 00:53:28.260
and he says, I don't want to die. I won't leave

00:53:28.260 --> 00:53:30.340
here unless Solomon promises me I won't die.

00:53:30.539 --> 00:53:32.599
And they make a pact, and Solomon doesn't kill

00:53:32.599 --> 00:53:37.030
him, at least not then. He's done. His goose

00:53:37.030 --> 00:53:39.130
is cooked. Alright, now we're on number four.

00:53:40.230 --> 00:53:42.269
And we go to another chapter. We're all the way

00:53:42.269 --> 00:53:44.789
into 1 Kings chapter 2. That's a 2 at the top.

00:53:44.809 --> 00:53:51.789
It's Kings 2. And verses 5 and 6. So now, in

00:53:51.789 --> 00:53:54.429
this part, we already had him really old. He

00:53:54.429 --> 00:53:56.769
couldn't keep himself warm, right? So now we're

00:53:56.769 --> 00:53:59.130
at the very end of his life. And so the top of

00:53:59.130 --> 00:54:02.010
that is David is dying. He's actually dying.

00:54:02.429 --> 00:54:04.909
And then watch what happens. He says in verse

00:54:04.909 --> 00:54:08.690
5, Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah

00:54:08.690 --> 00:54:11.349
did to me, what he did to the two commanders

00:54:11.349 --> 00:54:14.929
of the army of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner,

00:54:15.150 --> 00:54:18.369
and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed.

00:54:18.510 --> 00:54:22.570
He also shed the blood of war in peace about

00:54:22.570 --> 00:54:26.190
his waist and on his sandals on his feet. This

00:54:26.190 --> 00:54:27.949
is what David is saying to Solomon. He says,

00:54:28.050 --> 00:54:31.349
So act according to your wisdom, and do not let

00:54:31.349 --> 00:54:35.480
his gray hair go down to Sheol. in peace. So

00:54:35.480 --> 00:54:39.400
David gives this entreaty to his son. All right.

00:54:39.420 --> 00:54:41.619
So the first thing, David is dying. We're under

00:54:41.619 --> 00:54:43.519
first Kings two, five to six, the number four.

00:54:43.579 --> 00:54:45.260
We'll go back over, make sure we understand what

00:54:45.260 --> 00:54:48.940
happened. Okay. David is dying. And he, what

00:54:48.940 --> 00:54:52.519
he recites, that's a word you might not normally

00:54:52.519 --> 00:54:58.980
use. He recites Joab's apostrophe S Joab's M

00:54:58.980 --> 00:55:03.719
murders. His martyrs. He recites Joab's murders.

00:55:03.760 --> 00:55:05.420
Remember, in his lifetime, he didn't punish him

00:55:05.420 --> 00:55:08.760
for Abner. Yeah, so basically he just tells Solomon,

00:55:08.900 --> 00:55:11.780
those were murders. That's not in the war, right?

00:55:11.940 --> 00:55:13.420
And he goes, we're not going to go on and read

00:55:13.420 --> 00:55:15.079
it, but David goes on to make an argument that

00:55:15.079 --> 00:55:17.320
when Solomon does this, he'll be doing it because

00:55:17.320 --> 00:55:19.559
everyone needs to know that David did not order

00:55:19.559 --> 00:55:22.099
Abner's death. David did not want Amasa dead,

00:55:22.300 --> 00:55:24.800
right? He didn't do that for David. Because it

00:55:24.800 --> 00:55:26.460
looks kind of like that, right? Joab murdered

00:55:26.460 --> 00:55:28.320
them and then came back and got to be king of

00:55:28.320 --> 00:55:30.840
the army. It kind of looks like David supported

00:55:30.840 --> 00:55:33.119
him doing that. But you'll remember the one time

00:55:33.119 --> 00:55:36.139
when he murdered Abner, he even made Joab mourn.

00:55:36.139 --> 00:55:38.719
And they walked behind the funeral pyre, you

00:55:38.719 --> 00:55:42.280
know, or funeral byre, which is like where they

00:55:42.280 --> 00:55:44.579
were... It's a thing that men carry with poles

00:55:44.579 --> 00:55:48.579
on it. They carry the body. Okay? Anyway, so

00:55:48.579 --> 00:55:52.079
he recites Joab's murders. And then what? That

00:55:52.079 --> 00:55:56.000
was a little blunt here. This is a verb that

00:55:56.000 --> 00:55:59.889
means he asks him. You could use encourage, but

00:55:59.889 --> 00:56:02.449
it's a little more than that. It's entreats.

00:56:02.650 --> 00:56:05.190
Did you hear that word before? To entreat someone

00:56:05.190 --> 00:56:09.210
is to basically strongly push them to do what

00:56:09.210 --> 00:56:12.130
you want or to answer your question. Yep, Solomon.

00:56:13.150 --> 00:56:17.449
Perfect. He entreats Solomon to end Joab. Okay,

00:56:17.570 --> 00:56:20.369
so we are really at the end now for Joab, aren't

00:56:20.369 --> 00:56:23.710
we? He doesn't have much left. So later in that

00:56:23.710 --> 00:56:26.989
same chapter of the Bible, in verses 28 to 34,

00:56:27.739 --> 00:56:30.159
We could play funeral music or something sorrowful.

00:56:32.539 --> 00:56:36.440
Here we go. Now the news came to Joab, for Joab

00:56:36.440 --> 00:56:39.260
had followed Adonijah, although he had not followed

00:56:39.260 --> 00:56:42.280
Absalom. And Joab fled to the tent of the Lord,

00:56:42.460 --> 00:56:44.980
and he took hold of the horns of the altar. It

00:56:44.980 --> 00:56:47.179
was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the

00:56:47.179 --> 00:56:49.679
tent of the Lord, and behold, he is beside the

00:56:49.679 --> 00:56:51.639
altar. Now I just gave you a little hint there,

00:56:51.699 --> 00:56:54.260
right? Remember what I said Adonijah did? He

00:56:54.260 --> 00:56:56.179
did the same thing. And he said, I'm not coming

00:56:56.179 --> 00:56:59.139
out of here unless Solomon promises me I can

00:56:59.139 --> 00:57:01.860
live. And it worked. He lived, at least for a

00:57:01.860 --> 00:57:03.820
while. He gets in trouble again later, right?

00:57:03.900 --> 00:57:06.460
But for a while, he's allowed to live. So Joab's

00:57:06.460 --> 00:57:08.619
trying the same stunt. He's told King Solomon

00:57:08.619 --> 00:57:10.440
that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord. And

00:57:10.440 --> 00:57:13.039
behold, he is beside the altar. Then Solomon

00:57:13.039 --> 00:57:16.260
sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, go

00:57:16.260 --> 00:57:18.980
fall upon him. So Benaiah came to the tent of

00:57:18.980 --> 00:57:21.219
the Lord and said to him, thus the king has said,

00:57:21.340 --> 00:57:25.059
come out. But he said, No, for I will die here.

00:57:25.340 --> 00:57:27.960
And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying,

00:57:28.159 --> 00:57:31.320
Thus spoke Joab, and thus he answered me. The

00:57:31.320 --> 00:57:33.699
king said to him, Do as he has spoken, and fall

00:57:33.699 --> 00:57:36.440
upon him and bury him, that you may remove from

00:57:36.440 --> 00:57:38.699
me and from my father's house the blood which

00:57:38.699 --> 00:57:42.099
Joab shed without cause. He goes on to say, The

00:57:42.099 --> 00:57:45.480
Lord will return his blood on his own head, because

00:57:45.480 --> 00:57:48.539
he fell upon two men more righteous and better

00:57:48.539 --> 00:57:51.159
than he, and killed them with the sword. While

00:57:51.159 --> 00:57:53.960
my father David did not know it, Abner the son

00:57:53.960 --> 00:57:55.539
of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel,

00:57:55.579 --> 00:57:58.099
and Amasa the son of Jethro, the commander of

00:57:58.099 --> 00:58:01.119
the army of Judah, so shall their blood return

00:58:01.119 --> 00:58:03.059
on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants

00:58:03.059 --> 00:58:06.380
forever. But to David and his descendants and

00:58:06.380 --> 00:58:08.659
his house and his throne, may there be peace

00:58:08.659 --> 00:58:11.659
from the Lord forever. Then Benaiah the son of

00:58:11.659 --> 00:58:15.300
Jehoiada went up and fell upon him and put him

00:58:15.300 --> 00:58:17.760
to death, and he was buried at his own house

00:58:17.760 --> 00:58:21.139
in the wilderness. Interestingly enough, I hadn't

00:58:21.139 --> 00:58:22.340
planned on reading this, but I'm going to anyway.

00:58:22.559 --> 00:58:24.880
The king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada

00:58:24.880 --> 00:58:27.539
over the army in his place, and the king appointed

00:58:27.539 --> 00:58:31.619
Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar. Interesting,

00:58:31.820 --> 00:58:38.840
isn't it? Okay, here we go. Joab ran or runs

00:58:38.840 --> 00:58:44.179
to the tent. Solomon sends Benaiah. Benaiah is

00:58:44.179 --> 00:58:52.820
B -E -N -A -I -A -H. Benaiah. B -E -N. A -I -A

00:58:52.820 --> 00:58:56.420
-H. He is an interesting character, but he is

00:58:56.420 --> 00:59:02.340
not in our time period. Joab. What did he do?

00:59:03.019 --> 00:59:07.719
Starts with an R. He refuses to come out. And

00:59:07.719 --> 00:59:13.760
then the last one, the very end of Joab. Perfect.

00:59:14.239 --> 00:59:18.219
Solomon sends Benaiah to kill Joab. And that

00:59:18.219 --> 00:59:23.340
is what happened. So we're going to go back and

00:59:23.340 --> 00:59:24.880
just recap it briefly just so you understand.

00:59:25.039 --> 00:59:28.300
Because as Sola was pointing out, the many names

00:59:28.300 --> 00:59:31.780
involved can be kind of confusing. So we've got

00:59:31.780 --> 00:59:36.780
Amasa. Under Absalom, Amasa was named the leader

00:59:36.780 --> 00:59:40.539
of the army. So when Absalom took over, pretty

00:59:40.539 --> 00:59:44.980
boy, built like a tank. When he's ruling, David's

00:59:44.980 --> 00:59:49.019
across the river in Ephraim. He puts Amasa in

00:59:49.019 --> 00:59:51.239
charge of the armies of Judah. in the surrounding

00:59:51.239 --> 00:59:56.739
area. Then when David comes back, and Absalom

00:59:56.739 --> 01:00:02.159
is killed by Joab in the tree, and now David's

01:00:02.159 --> 01:00:03.920
probably not too happy with Joab. We know that

01:00:03.920 --> 01:00:06.920
there was sorrow involved with that. David says,

01:00:07.059 --> 01:00:14.780
okay, Amasa stays. Then he gets a request to

01:00:14.780 --> 01:00:16.800
go out and get an army together for David, and

01:00:16.800 --> 01:00:18.679
he basically fails to get it back in time. He

01:00:18.679 --> 01:00:21.619
fails to show up in time. And then Joab takes

01:00:21.619 --> 01:00:24.219
that initiative to murder him. I don't use the

01:00:24.219 --> 01:00:26.440
word kill. He murdered him. No doubt about it.

01:00:26.460 --> 01:00:28.639
He killed him in cold blood. No reason to kill

01:00:28.639 --> 01:00:31.300
him. The results of which is Joab is in charge

01:00:31.300 --> 01:00:34.840
of the army again. He negotiates to deal with

01:00:34.840 --> 01:00:39.199
the guy, Sheba of Betri. And that's how he becomes

01:00:39.199 --> 01:00:42.500
in charge of the army again. That's a huge victory.

01:00:42.820 --> 01:00:44.480
They didn't have to destroy the city. They didn't

01:00:44.480 --> 01:00:46.380
have to finish tearing down the wall. The guy

01:00:46.380 --> 01:00:48.460
got what he deserved. Tens of thousands of men

01:00:48.460 --> 01:00:51.900
didn't die. So that really shows Joab still knows

01:00:51.900 --> 01:00:54.300
his stuff. He's still, as we said before, good

01:00:54.300 --> 01:00:57.099
at his job. And so David lets him be in charge

01:00:57.099 --> 01:00:59.900
again. As David gets old, he's going to have

01:00:59.900 --> 01:01:02.739
to name a successor. He's been delaying in doing

01:01:02.739 --> 01:01:05.800
so. Now, he's privately done so. He's told people

01:01:05.800 --> 01:01:07.440
it's going to be Solomon, but he's not publicly

01:01:07.440 --> 01:01:10.440
done so. Adonijah has a claim to the throne,

01:01:10.579 --> 01:01:12.719
and he makes it. And maybe he would have been

01:01:12.719 --> 01:01:15.480
a good king in some ways. The betrayal makes

01:01:15.480 --> 01:01:18.500
you think maybe not morally, but militarily and

01:01:18.500 --> 01:01:21.000
bureaucratically maybe, right? He's got good

01:01:21.000 --> 01:01:23.840
connections. And Abiathar goes with them, one

01:01:23.840 --> 01:01:26.940
of the acting high priests at the time. Joab

01:01:26.940 --> 01:01:29.940
goes with them in charge of all the armies at

01:01:29.940 --> 01:01:32.860
the time. So he's got good backing, got all the

01:01:32.860 --> 01:01:34.699
political connections he really needs to pull

01:01:34.699 --> 01:01:37.960
it off. Except David acts quickly. He assigns

01:01:37.960 --> 01:01:40.880
the kingship to Solomon, which he does because

01:01:40.880 --> 01:01:42.960
he is entreated by two very interesting characters.

01:01:44.679 --> 01:01:48.920
Bathsheba, his wife that he stole, right? And

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Nathan, the prophet who confronted him over stealing

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her. And David is brought to the point of naming

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Solomon as king. Then when David is dying, he's

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got some unfinished business. There are some

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other unfinished business in there that needed

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to be taken care of, but we only looked at Joab

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today because he's our guy. Essentially, yes.

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Yeah, you could call him, what do they call that?

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Serial killer. Yeah, you can call him a serial

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killer. But only for his purposes. Only when

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it benefits him. Okay? Politically. Yeah. Okay?

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So then he gives him some other things that he

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needs to do, one of which is building the temple.

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Right? So he gives Solomon the job of building

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the temple. But he tells him he needs to deal

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with Joab. And Joab is dealt with. That's the

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end of it. So that sorts out your bad guys. So

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the good guys in the story... Give me somebody's

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name in this that never goes wrong. Can you come

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up with one? In this whole mess, can you come

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up with somebody that we don't see them ever

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go wrong? Nathan the prophet. He doesn't go wrong.

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He doesn't betray David. He doesn't betray God.

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So that's a good one. Benaiah doesn't go wrong.

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Zadok doesn't go wrong. It's starting to sound

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like a certain list. So all the guys that don't

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go wrong, where do they wind up? Not priests.

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Zadok's a priest. They get the jobs. They get

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all the top jobs in the kingdom. Solomon uses

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the people that never went wrong to be his cabinet,

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if you will. right in modern terms and he's wise

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and that's a wise thing to do you got you take

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people who show over the track record over the

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time right yeah so yeah because there's a whole

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encounter where god asks solomon you're going

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to leave my people what do you want and instead

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of asking for wealth he asks for wisdom and god

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says because you chose wisdom to rule my people

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i'll give you the greatest wisdom and of course

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we believe that he wrote proverbs right and probably

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ecclesiastes and of course song of solomon Okay,

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good stuff. All right, we're going to ask some

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questions real quick, and I'll throw some candy,

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and then we'll be through. Does anybody have

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any questions of me before I ask you questions?

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Okay, my questions will be from both today's

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worksheet and last week's worksheet, because

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we're going to be questions on Joanne. Yes, sir,

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go ahead. Uh -oh, well, you'll have to go back.

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I don't know. I did most of what I'm going to

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ask. I think I covered today. I don't know if

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you can do it or not. Give it a shot. You were

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teaching last week, so we certainly won't hold

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it against you. Because we appreciate teachers

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in this room very much. Okay? All right. So here

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we go. Name two leaders in charge of the armies

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of Judah. Hard and go. Joe Evan Amasa. Is that

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what you were going to say? All right. I'm going

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to give you candy because you had it. Oh, right

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over his head, I think. Okay, very good. Okay,

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here we go. Ready for this one? Tell me the location

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of Abner's wound that killed him. Caleb. No,

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that was the location of Amass's wound. You stole

01:05:03.179 --> 01:05:11.559
my next question. Go ahead. Nope, that's Absalom.

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Okay, nope. Abner. Yep, it's on the paper, isn't

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it? Let me see. No, it's not. We studied it,

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but it's not on the paper. Which means there's

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a tiny chance I got it wrong. If I say it, will

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you know it? In his fifth rib? Does that sound

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familiar? Okay, we're just going to go with that.

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I don't eat candy, so you're not in any danger.

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Okay. After Joab murdered this person, he was

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forced to mourn him. Solo. First hand I saw.

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Go. Correct. Okay. Also, this one is not on the

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paper. Okay. Joab was very successfully politically

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in David's court because he understood that David

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desired this. Results is the correct answer.

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If you don't eat them, you can share them. Okay.

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Alright. Okay. When David was old and dying,

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this was... prescribed for his inability to stay

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warm. Caleb, go. Another girl? Okay, I'll give

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you that. Yes, a young woman for his bed. You're

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right. Okay. All right. So when David came back

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after Absalom and took over, He made Amasa, or

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Masa, the boss of the army. This was part of

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a larger plan, which would lead to all of the

01:07:22.860 --> 01:07:32.860
people doing what? Caleb? Going once? Okay, so

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he made Amasa in charge of the army, which was

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part of a larger plan, which would lead to all

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of the people doing what? It is on your paper.

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Say it again. Nope. They were devoted. They would

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become devoted. That's correct. Sorry. Pretty

01:07:55.219 --> 01:08:07.039
bad toss there. Okay. These two people asked

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David to make good on his promise to make Solomon

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king. And you have to get both people to get

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the answer correct. Solo, you got it? Yes. Yes.

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And the other was? Going once. Going twice. Finish

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it, Caleb. That's correct. Sorry, Solo. Bathsheba,

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Solomon's mother. The one that David fell in

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love with while she was bathing on the roof.

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Well, that's a certain kind of love. Not a really

01:08:47.829 --> 01:08:53.130
biblical love, but... That's not my fault. I'm

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supposed to catch him. If it's going behind the

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garbage can, it's close enough you can catch

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it. Alright. Okay. This is how David felt with

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regards to Joab and the sons of Zariah. Hold

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on, I'm going to see if somebody else... Go ahead,

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Chris. Intimidated. Good word. I like that word.

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I think I killed it. Both in the area. Okay.

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Early on in our study of Joab, Joab became a

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victim exactly one time. Name the crime that

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was perpetrated against him. He became a victim

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one time. Name the crime that was perpetrated

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against him. It's on the paper. Say it again.

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No, it's not murder. If murder was perpetrated

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against him, he'd be dead. You're close. I need

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the crime that was perpetrated against him. He

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was a victim of... No. Also probably not a crime

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in his day, I'm thinking. You got it, Caleb?

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Nope. Wrong answer. I'll give you one clue and

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you'll nail it. What's that? Okay, I'll repeat

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the question. Raya's death. Nope. He did arrange

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Raya's death, but we're looking for the crime

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that was perpetrated against him. Early in our

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studies of Joab, a crime was perpetrated against

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him. What was the crime? The clue is it was used

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to get his attention so that he would bring Absalom

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to David. One wants. Tim? That crime is called

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what? Arson. That's the crime we were looking

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for. Very good, Mr. Tim. Come on. Action. All

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right. Yeah, he set his field on fire to get

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his attention so he'd bring him back to David.

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Yes, it is. It is. Oh, it's on last week's paper.

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Sorry. If you're looking at last week's paper,

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it is on there. It is under where it says two

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years. 2 Samuel 14, 28 to 33 is the reference.

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Okay. Last question. Anybody could get this if

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you were paying attention. The story of Joab.

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as we studied it, because it can appear elsewhere,

01:11:35.319 --> 01:11:37.680
occurs across two books of the Bible.