I think we have to remember when we're reading the Bible that, you know, it's not like these

guys lived isolated lives in caves disconnected from the rest of the life of Israel. They weren't monks.

You know, they were...

It's not even like they live far away from each other. I mean, consider this. I mean, consider

this. Daniel. Daniel is in exile in Babylon.

And there's a record of Daniel in the book of Daniel reading the prophet Jeremiah.

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Okay, so guys, last week we talked about Solomon's snake stomping shrewdness and also sort

of his kind of snake handling stupidity.

What am I referring to with that?

His marriage to the Egyptian woman.

Yes, well done.

You're picking up what I'm putting down.

You know, and it was, I think, Jim, this was your language.

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