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Speaker 1: it's your love that sets me free. I declare that

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Speaker 1: Doubt your plans or purposes for me. I will believe

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Speaker 5: Hi, I'm doct to Tony Evan Jehos for Heroes in

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Speaker 5: has impacted your life. Welcome to the Epic Avenger of David,

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Speaker 5: a story of honor, battle jealousy, darkness, friendship, love, scandal,

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Speaker 5: few know about David the man. In this episode, David

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Speaker 5: short episode about three things. The emotional toll Exil has

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Speaker 2: She was a young woman given to him in marriage

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Speaker 3: Explain yourselves, Lord, We were attacked on the road by bandits.

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Speaker 3: They took our sheep and nearly took our lives. Yet

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Speaker 3: They are here to humbly request your hospitality.

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Speaker 2: Just as David's servants were about to speak, Nabal rose

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Speaker 2: What is wrong, Abigail asked gently. Her hair was down

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Speaker 7: My husband is a stubborn man, Abigail said, I cannot

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Speaker 3: Life, then what shall we do. I'm sure David will

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Speaker 7: Come down with me. We shall make this right.

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Speaker 7: Come with me, we haven't got much time together.

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Speaker 7: David inquired, not Nabal, but our mistress Abigail. They replied,

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Speaker 7: Please, my lord, pardon the household of my husband. Pay

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Speaker 7: I have provided gifts for you and your men. May

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Speaker 2: He composed himself. Although he was a valiant and well

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Speaker 3: Praise the Lord for you, Abigail, he said, Your good

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Speaker 3: It is not like me to be kindled this easily.

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Speaker 7: I can only imagine what you and your men.

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Speaker 7: You have gone beyond what others would have done and

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Speaker 3: Be go home in peace, Abigail, Your words have saved

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Speaker 2: Abigail bowed and returned to her donkey with her maid servants.

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Speaker 2: her and heeded her wisdom, something her husband had always

435
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Speaker 2: refused to do. Abigail went back home. The servants were

436
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Speaker 2: busy tending to the kitchen for one of Nebal's decadent feasts.

437
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,919
Speaker 2: He would hold large and elaborate banquets like that of

438
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Speaker 2: a king, spoiling himself with expensive spirits and exotic meats.

439
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Speaker 2: His gluttony and self indulgence was famous throughout the region,

440
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Speaker 2: and many rich men who shared the same proclivity for

441
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Speaker 2: lavished interest would join him. It was past noon and

442
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Speaker 2: the Ball was already considerably drunk. Abigail entered the hall

443
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Speaker 2: and sat next to him.

444
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Speaker 6: Where have you've.

445
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,040
Speaker 2: Been, the bal slurred.

446
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Speaker 6: My cup has been in need of filling.

447
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 7: You are already drunk, and it is just now high noon.

448
00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:51,480
Speaker 2: Abigail whispered, Not luxury, the bal said, grabbing Abigail's wrist

449
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:52,719
Speaker 2: tightly and pulling her in.

450
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Speaker 3: You are mine, he laughed.

451
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Speaker 2: Abigail recoiled in disgust and pulled away, and the Ball's

452
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 2: grip became tighter. He gritted his teeth and brought Abigail

453
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Speaker 2: in close for a kiss. She hated the way he

454
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Speaker 2: treated her. She hated living under his roof and enduring

455
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Speaker 2: his cruelty. However, she was bound by a marriage that

456
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Speaker 2: was arranged by her father. Trapped without love, a prisoner

457
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Speaker 2: in her own home, Abigail was about to tell the

458
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Speaker 2: Ball of how she saved him and his men. However,

459
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Speaker 2: she held her tongue, knowing that there was no use

460
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Speaker 2: in speaking with him in this state. She walked out,

461
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Speaker 2: allowing him to drown himself in his own depravity. Abigail

462
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,040
Speaker 2: went up to her chambers and looked out the window.

463
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Speaker 2: She longed for a different life, a life of adventure

464
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Speaker 2: and intrigue. As she gazed out of the sunset, watching

465
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Speaker 2: the light of day fade into the horizon, she thought

466
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Speaker 2: of David. Early the next morning, Abigail found the Ball

467
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Speaker 2: hunched over his seat, half asleep over his breakfast. She

468
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,880
Speaker 2: soldered in regally, not allowing his repulsive demeanor to ruin

469
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Speaker 2: her mourning. She sat at the other end of the table,

470
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Speaker 2: pouring water from a basin into her cup.

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Speaker 7: You and your friends ate all the bread last night,

472
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Speaker 7: and there was none left for the shepherds and servants

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Speaker 7: to eat.

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Speaker 2: Abigail said, abruptly, woman, what did I tell you about

475
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Speaker 2: lecturing me?

476
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Speaker 6: Shut your mouth, or I shall shut.

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Speaker 2: It for you, The Bal mumbled. Abigail fumed with anger.

478
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Speaker 7: You ought to thank me, Nebal, I stopped David, the

479
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,119
Speaker 7: giant slayer and his men from raiding our home and

480
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:32,880
Speaker 7: killing you last night. After you foolishly insulted him, he

481
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 7: marched up against you. If it were not for me

482
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Speaker 7: and these servants, you would have met the tip of

483
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Speaker 7: his spear.

484
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Speaker 2: Nabal's eyes widened and he burst out, flipping the table

485
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Speaker 2: over you.

486
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:47,239
Speaker 6: Insolent, childish, disobedient.

487
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 2: Nabal stopped abruptly and gripped his chest. He gasped, reached

488
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,879
Speaker 2: forward for Abigail, then fell forward onto his face. The

489
00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 2: years of self indulgence had come for a reckoning. Nebal's

490
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,720
Speaker 2: body became like a stone. For ten days, Abigail faithfully

491
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,760
Speaker 2: attended to him, assuring he was comfortable and taken care of. Then,

492
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:12,320
Speaker 2: after ten days, the lord struck Nobal dead and his

493
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 2: heart ceased to beat. The foul and angry husband of

494
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,679
Speaker 2: Abigail was dead, and she was made a widow to

495
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 2: attend to the home alone. Word of Nebal's death spread

496
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:26,680
Speaker 2: and one of David's messengers returned with the news. David's

497
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 2: heart felt a sense of relief and thankfulness, not that

498
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,680
Speaker 2: Nebal was dead, but that the Lord had spared him

499
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,040
Speaker 2: from spilling his blood. David walked into the woods and

500
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:37,720
Speaker 2: prayed to the Lord, saying.

501
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 3: Praise you God, praise you for your justice and kindness.

502
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 3: You upheld my cause against Nebal. You kept me from

503
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:51,720
Speaker 3: mindless bloodshed. You sent Abigail to David stopped.

504
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 2: For a moment. He remembered Abigail. He remembered her kind

505
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,160
Speaker 2: and wise eyes, and her smooth skin. He was thankful

506
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,960
Speaker 2: for her wisdom and devotion to the Lord. If it

507
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 2: were not for her, David would have tarnished his name.

508
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 2: He felt a flutter in his stomach and smiled.

509
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 3: Abigail, What a breathtaking woman, he thought to himself.

510
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:18,120
Speaker 2: David closed his eyes and smiled. He shook his head

511
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,320
Speaker 2: and lifted his hands to heaven. He sprinted out of

512
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:24,680
Speaker 2: the woods and retrieved a horse. Without telling his men,

513
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 2: David galloped in the Ball's home. It was late and

514
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 2: the stars were brightly arrayed over the horizon. David rode

515
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,400
Speaker 2: up to Abigail's home and looked up. Abigail was once

516
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,960
Speaker 2: again sitting at her window. The two of them locked eyes.

517
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:43,000
Speaker 2: Abigail smiled and came down to David. She opened the

518
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,280
Speaker 2: door and David was there, wearing a nervous grin. She

519
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 2: let him in and the two of them spoke into

520
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 2: the night. They shared their souls with one another, exchanging stories, emotions,

521
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 2: and laughter. Abigail swooned over David. Yet what drew Abigail

522
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 2: in most was not the way David looked, but the

523
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:05,240
Speaker 2: sound of his voice. Every word from his mouth was

524
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:09,560
Speaker 2: like a hymn specifically composed to make her heart swoon. Then,

525
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:14,080
Speaker 2: in one perfect moment, David kissed her. Their bodies drew

526
00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 2: close to one another, and all the pain of past

527
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 2: years disappeared. For that one moment, David did not feel

528
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 2: like a man on the run, Abigail did not feel

529
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 2: like a forgotten bride, and David did not feel like

530
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:31,400
Speaker 2: a forgotten son. That night, they fell in love. The

531
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 2: next day, Abigail left with David to be his bride.

532
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 2: She would follow David and his men through the wilderness,

533
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,120
Speaker 2: offering her wisdom, affection, and devotion.

534
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Speaker 5: The death of one thing usually signifies the birth of another.

535
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,880
Speaker 5: This is a prevailing theme in scripture as well as nature.

536
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,600
Speaker 5: If you are a resident of California or any area

537
00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 5: where wildfires are common, you know that the destruction of

538
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 5: plants on the hills is usually replaced with new and

539
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 5: lush life. The mountain ranges are singed, but it opens

540
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 5: the seeds so new life can be borne when the

541
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:15,000
Speaker 5: rain comes. This is the rhythm of scripture. When there

542
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 5: is a prominent death or loss of something significant, it

543
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:22,280
Speaker 5: signals to us that something new is coming. The prelude

544
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 5: is a scene from Samuel's funeral. The death of Israel's

545
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,239
Speaker 5: last judge signals to us that change is coming. A

546
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,040
Speaker 5: new way to hear from God is coming, and David

547
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 5: will be used to spark a new revival. Samuel was

548
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 5: the moral compass of Israel, continually pointing them toward God.

549
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 5: Without him, Israel will need someone to point them towards

550
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 5: their true north. It can't be solved whose mind has

551
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 5: completely descended into darkness. The role will be vacant until

552
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,600
Speaker 5: David can take the throne. The prelude also features a

553
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:57,719
Speaker 5: loss of relationship, as the rain's poor and harps sound

554
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 5: David watches another man put in his arms around his wife.

555
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,880
Speaker 5: He feels the pangs of heartbreak mixed with the sober

556
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 5: reality that he is no longer a prince of Israel.

557
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 5: He has no title given to him by marriage or

558
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 5: status in Israel. All that remains is the legend of

559
00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 5: Goliath and rumors of his heroism in the wilderness. The

560
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 5: people are still pining after him, though eagerly awaiting the

561
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 5: day when he can return. It has taken a long

562
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:28,280
Speaker 5: time for David to embody what everybody else knew to

563
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 5: be true all along. He is the king. How much

564
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 5: long ago will we have to wait for his rise

565
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 5: to the throne? You will have to keep listening to

566
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 5: find out. After the prelude, we are sent back to

567
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,760
Speaker 5: the wilderness, where David and his men have continued to

568
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 5: watch over Israel like vigilantes. Their army of misfits rise

569
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 5: up against bandits, highwaymen, and raiders that threaten the local

570
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 5: properties and villages. In the beginning of the episode, David

571
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 5: and his men free some shepherds that have been taken

572
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 5: captive by bandits. They don't save them for any reward,

573
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 5: but David does request that their master received them into

574
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 5: his home for the upcoming festival. It's been a while

575
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 5: since David and his men have had any sort of respite,

576
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,040
Speaker 5: and they seem desperate for it. The men have adapted

577
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 5: well to life on the run, however, they are creature

578
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 5: comforts that they have been deprived of. For the sake

579
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,320
Speaker 5: of his men, David would take a break. This seemed

580
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,760
Speaker 5: like the perfect opportunity for him to get his men

581
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:32,480
Speaker 5: some well deserved rest. Nayball, however, returns David's kindness with

582
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:38,120
Speaker 5: an insult. David's reaction is somewhat uncharacteristic. The story tells

583
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 5: us how David reacts. It says David's entire countenance changed.

584
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 5: The rest of the men stepped back, feeling the anger

585
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:49,720
Speaker 5: leaking from his pores. David's bones were shaking in rage.

586
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:52,720
Speaker 5: He stood to his feet and stormed to his tent.

587
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,640
Speaker 5: The men wondered if he had retreated for the night

588
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,640
Speaker 5: to think and pray, as he often did. However, he

589
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 5: did not. From the tent, fully clothed in his armor

590
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 5: with his sword strapped to his side, David wants to

591
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:09,759
Speaker 5: go scorched earth on Nayball. This furious reaction is out

592
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,439
Speaker 5: of character for someone as merciful as David. What set

593
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 5: him off a few things. First, one small dinner seemed

594
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 5: like a fair reward for weeks of protection. Second, Nabal

595
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,880
Speaker 5: didn't simply refuse, He went out of his way to

596
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 5: insult David. Third, here it has been attired. We can't

597
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,920
Speaker 5: ignore the human element of these stories. Have you ever

598
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,799
Speaker 5: been tired, hungry, and insulted all at once? Think of

599
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,560
Speaker 5: all the harsh things you've said and done because you

600
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 5: lack sleep, food, and basic courtesy. Imagine that feeling times

601
00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 5: a thousand. David is feeling the fatigue of fighting in

602
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 5: the wilderness, defending his country, being abandoned by his wife,

603
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 5: and grieving Samuel, and now Nayball flagrantly denigrates David. After

604
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 5: saving his servants, Nayball stepped on a land mine, and

605
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,440
Speaker 5: David is about to explode. Let's pause for a moment

606
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,839
Speaker 5: and revisit something we have talked about in previous episodes.

607
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 5: David's outrage is not meant to give us an example

608
00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,520
Speaker 5: of what we are allowed to do. In scripture, there

609
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 5: are descriptions and prescriptions. Descriptions are meant to tell us

610
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,799
Speaker 5: what happened, and we can parse through the story to

611
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:24,440
Speaker 5: find messages that pertain to us. Prescriptions are meant to

612
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 5: tell us what we should do and how we should

613
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:31,280
Speaker 5: act in a specific situation. The Old Testament, in particular,

614
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,959
Speaker 5: is filled with descriptions of events such as Jacob having

615
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:39,400
Speaker 5: several wives. Now that does not mean the Bible condemns polygamy,

616
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:43,279
Speaker 5: certainly not. The story is describing what happened, and the

617
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,759
Speaker 5: events of Jacob's life warned us that polygamy is a

618
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:50,800
Speaker 5: blatantly wrong thing to do. David is ready to march

619
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:54,239
Speaker 5: against Naball and slaughter every man under his rank, and

620
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,920
Speaker 5: that is not meant to tell us revenge is okay.

621
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 5: In fact, what happens next in the story is the

622
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 5: opposite message. We are introduced to Abigail, Nabal's wife, and

623
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 5: the theme of contrast is reintroduced in this episode. Naball

624
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:14,800
Speaker 5: is gluttonous, sour, and foolish, while Abigail is beautiful, kind

625
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 5: and wise. She knows what a grave mistake her husband

626
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 5: has made and seeks to prevent David's wrath from falling

627
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 5: on his household. This introduces us to an eternal and

628
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:29,920
Speaker 5: prevailing concept a good woman is necessary to tame a

629
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 5: bad Mannaball Unfortunately for Abigail is a particularly unruly beast.

630
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:41,359
Speaker 5: He is angry, rude, and contemptuous. His drunkenness makes him

631
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 5: unable to appreciate the treasure he has. She is poised,

632
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 5: under pressure, tries to right the wrongs caused by her

633
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 5: husband by providing gifts to David and his men. David

634
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:55,760
Speaker 5: is another beast in need of taming, and Abigail comes

635
00:36:55,800 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 5: out to do so. Unlike Naball, David submitted to Abigail's kindness.

636
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:05,400
Speaker 5: Her gesture calms him down and sets his mind straight.

637
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 5: She is the guiding, conscious and tempered voice that David

638
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 5: didn't know he needed. David's son, Solomon, would eventually go

639
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:18,359
Speaker 5: on to write a kind word turns away wrath. Abigail's

640
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,879
Speaker 5: kindness turns away David's wrath, and he is sober enough

641
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,839
Speaker 5: to see what a terrible mistake he was about to make.

642
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 5: Abigail saved David from his own rage. Marching against Nabel's

643
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 5: house would have been a terrible sin, and David would

644
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:35,799
Speaker 5: have regretted it for the rest of his life. This

645
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:39,800
Speaker 5: beautiful stranger stepped in like an angel, touched his weary

646
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:44,600
Speaker 5: soul and soothed him back. To sanity. David and Abigail

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Speaker 5: go their separate ways, both wondering about the other. It

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Speaker 5: makes sense, doesn't it. Abigail is married to a pig,

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Speaker 5: and David's wife has just been given to another man.

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Speaker 5: It is inevitable that they would be drawn to each other.

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Speaker 5: Circumstances make way for them. They are romance to continue

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Speaker 5: as Nabal falls dead from what we can assume was

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Speaker 5: a heart attack. Ah gluttony the most subtle of all

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Speaker 5: the deadly sins. Its bite is slow, comforting and cruel.

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Speaker 5: It came for Nebel, leaving Abigail a widow. It came

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Speaker 5: as no surprise to any of us that she and

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Speaker 5: David fell in love shortly after David wed, and Abigail

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Speaker 5: rode off with David into the wilderness for a life

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Speaker 5: of adventure. We don't hear much about Abigail after this.

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Speaker 5: There will be a glimpse of her from time to time,

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Speaker 5: but for the most part she will remain hidden in

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Speaker 5: the margins of David's story. However, her influence will become

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Speaker 5: clear as David navigates life as a hero, king, poet,

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Speaker 5: and politician. Not every figure in David's life is mentioned

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Speaker 5: as much as we'd like, but we're grateful for their

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Speaker 5: influence in his life. Nonetheless, we will look for signs

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Speaker 5: of her wisdom and temperance in David's life as a

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Speaker 5: story continues in our next episode, David will need to

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Speaker 5: hold firm to his convictions and not give into passion.

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Speaker 5: We can only hope that as the pressure mounts, he

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Speaker 5: can remain tether to wisdom. Join us next time for

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Speaker 5: episode fourteen, The King Spear. Thank you for listening. For

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Speaker 5: more inspiring stories, daily prayers and wisdom to last a lifetime,

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Speaker 5: go to pray dot com and to expand your heroes

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Speaker 5: in the Bible journey, download the Heroes of the Faith

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Speaker 5: devotional at Tony Evans dot org. Forward slash Heroes, Write

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