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Speaker 1: I'm John Stogi, and today we're in First Chronicles, chapter eighteen,

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Speaker 1: and we'll be reading from the English Standard version. After this,

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Speaker 1: David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took

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Speaker 1: Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.

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Speaker 1: And he defeated Moab and the Moabites became servants to

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Speaker 1: David and brought tribute. David also defeated Hadad Ezer, king

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Speaker 1: of Zoba, Haymoth as he went to set up his

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Speaker 1: monument at the River Euphrates, and David took from him

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Speaker 1: one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers.

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Speaker 1: And David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough

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Speaker 1: for one hundred chariots. And when the Syrians of Damascus

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Speaker 1: came to help had At Easar, king of Zoba, David

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Speaker 1: struck down twenty two thousand men of the Syrians. Then

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Speaker 1: David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus and the Syrians

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Speaker 1: became servants to David and brought tribute, and the Lord

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Speaker 1: gave victory to David wherever he went. And David took

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Speaker 1: the shields of gold that were carried by the servants

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Speaker 1: of had At Easer and brought them to Jerusalem and

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Speaker 1: from Tibhath and from Kun cities of had At Easar.

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Speaker 1: David took a large amount of bronze with it. Solomon

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Speaker 1: made the bronze Sea, and the pillars and the vessels

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Speaker 1: of bronze. When Tao, king of Haymath, heard that David

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Speaker 1: had defeated the whole army of had Atisar, king of Zoba,

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Speaker 1: he sent his son Hatam to King David to ask

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Speaker 1: about his health and to bless him because he had

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Speaker 1: fought against had Atisa and defeated him. For had At

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Speaker 1: Easer had often been at war with Tao, and he

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Speaker 1: sent all sorts of articles of gold, of silver, and

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Speaker 1: of bronze. These also King David dedicated to the Lord,

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Speaker 1: together with the silver and gold that he had carried

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Speaker 1: off from all the nations from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites,

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Speaker 1: the Philistines, and Amelek and Abeshi, the son of Zeruiah,

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Speaker 1: killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. Then

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Speaker 1: he put garrisons in Edom and all the Edomites became

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Speaker 1: David's servants, and the Lord gave victory to David wherever

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Speaker 1: he went. So David reigned over all Israel, and he

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Speaker 1: administered justice and equity to all his people. And joe

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Speaker 1: Ab the son of Zeruiah, was over the army, and

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Speaker 1: Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, was recorder, and Zadok the

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Speaker 1: son of a high Tub, and Amelek the son of

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Speaker 1: Abiathar were priests, and Shavshah was secretary. And Benaiah, the

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Speaker 1: son of Jehudiah, was over the Cherathites and the Pelethites,

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Speaker 1: and David's sons were the chief officials in the service

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Speaker 1: of the king. Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for

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Speaker 1: your word and for the privilege that it is to

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Speaker 1: look at it again today. And Lord, we thank you

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Speaker 1: for what you reveal to us in this portion of Scripture,

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Speaker 1: as we continue to see the things that you were

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Speaker 1: doing in David's life and in his kingdom and through him,

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Speaker 1: as you used him to reign over Israel and administer

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Speaker 1: justice and serve the people of Israel by leading them

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Speaker 1: with equity, seeking to do what was right and honorable

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Speaker 1: in your eyes, and being a blessing to the people

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Speaker 1: that you had placed under his leadership. And Lord, we

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Speaker 1: know that even today there are people that look back

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Speaker 1: at King David's reign and they long for that kind

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Speaker 1: of leadership. But Lord, we know that you've revealed to

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Speaker 1: us in your word that there is a greater king

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Speaker 1: than David, one who administers justice perfectly, one who is

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Speaker 1: completely equitable, and that's your son, Jesus Christ, who is

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Speaker 1: to be king of our lives, who is king of

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Speaker 1: all creation, and who will one day rule and reign

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Speaker 1: over all the nations. Lord, we're grateful for that reality,

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Speaker 1: and we're grateful to be part of the kingdom of

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Speaker 1: your son Jesus Christ through faith in him. And we

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Speaker 1: pray Lord that each and every day that we live

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Speaker 1: would be a day that we would put Christ's name

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Speaker 1: first in our lives, that the priorities of our lives

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Speaker 1: would be all about your will, and that we would

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Speaker 1: submit our hearts to your lordship and your leadership. So Lord,

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Speaker 1: we're thankful for your presence with us today, and we're

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Speaker 1: thankful that we have become your children through faith in

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Speaker 1: your son, We commit this day to your care, and

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Speaker 1: we pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen,