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Speaker 1: First Kings two forty five. Dear Lord, thank you for

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Speaker 1: the truth spoken over Solomon by his father David, because

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Speaker 1: they still ring true to this day. As you promote

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Speaker 1: your presence. I will continually keep your words written in

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Speaker 1: my Bible before me day and night. Before I look

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Speaker 1: at anything else in my day, I will first seek

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Speaker 1: come before me. Through First Kings two, I see that

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Speaker 1: fulfilling life filled with your goodness, protection, favor, and guidance.

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Speaker 1: I declare that I am a child of God, and

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Speaker 1: never be too high to bow down in humility. In

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Speaker 1: in Godly wisdom and that my steps are ordered and

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Speaker 1: secured by your word. Lord, in Jesus's name, Amen, thanks

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Speaker 1: for making prayer a priority in your life. To hear

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Speaker 1: the Bible come to life. Stay tuned for the Bible

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Speaker 2: Solomon avenging the Righteous. In our last story, Adu Nijah

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Speaker 2: exalted himself as the king, but David made sure to

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Speaker 2: anoint Solomon as king. In this story, David will give

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Speaker 2: instructions to Solomon as he begins to rule as king,

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Speaker 2: and he will carry them out inspired by first kings.

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Speaker 3: Hello, Pastor Jack Graham here once again with today's episode

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Speaker 3: of the Bible in a Year. In our previous episode,

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Speaker 3: we learned how Solomon became King of Israel despite the

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Speaker 3: attempts of his older brother ad Aaijah to seize power.

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Speaker 3: Solomon was anointed and appointed king according to David's promise

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Speaker 3: to Bathsheba and the Lord's will for all of the people.

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Speaker 3: Solomon spared Adanijah's life, but warned him that if he

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Speaker 3: we'll hear David's final instructions to his son Solomon and

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Speaker 3: witnessed the young king acting wisely and righteously as he

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Speaker 2: The heir was crisper than normal, and the midday sun

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Speaker 2: He turned to one of his servants at the entrance

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Speaker 2: Saul's armor once did on him. Solomon bowed before him,

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Speaker 2: David said, I am going where every man goes. There

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Speaker 2: is no escaping it. Take courage, my son, and be

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Speaker 2: I have made you king. Solomon's eyes glistened as he

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Speaker 2: Now his voice and chest trembled with each word. It

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Speaker 2: He once killed my two commanders, Abner and Amesa, but

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Speaker 2: David would be written into history as the anointed king

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Speaker 2: another king would arise out of Bethlehem, a king that

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Speaker 2: Solomon ordered his guard to execute Adonnai swiftly and without spectacle.

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Speaker 2: Then Solomon turned to Joab. He had joined Aronaija's rebellion

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Speaker 3: he will be in the presence of God. Surely he

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Speaker 3: David also knew there was something that he needed to do.

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Speaker 3: He needed to instruct Solomon and set him on the

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Speaker 3: David as he fled Absalom. Though David had sworn not

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Speaker 3: as failures that bear witness to this very day, of

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Speaker 3: long after David died, at Anijah approached Bathsheba and asked

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Speaker 3: wanted to marry David's concubine, Abashak. She agreed to speak

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Speaker 3: even greater. Dear God, as always, we thank you for

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Speaker 3: for the living scripture because we know that all scripture

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Speaker 3: us also to seek your wisdom and to walk in

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Speaker 3: is possible. In Jesus' name, Amen, thank you so very

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