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🗓️ 17 May 2023
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
| 0:13.3 | When we last saw David, he was fleeing Jerusalem because Absalom had staged a coup. |
| 0:18.4 | On his way out of town, David found out that his advisor, Eithelfel, was a traitor. |
| 0:22.9 | He also ran into his friend Hushai and asked him to keep him posted on everything that was |
| 0:27.1 | happening in Jerusalem after he left. |
| 0:29.5 | Today, when we pick up on the story, David has just crossed over the mountain on his way |
| 0:33.4 | out of town when he runs into Zeba, one of the servants of Mephibbasheth. |
| 0:38.4 | As a reminder, Mephibbasheth is the son of Jonathan, who is David's best friend and |
| 0:42.5 | who helped save David's life when his father saw tried to kill him. |
| 0:45.8 | David had sworn an oath to Jonathan to take care of his family, so when David found |
| 0:49.9 | out that Mephibbasheth was Jonathan's only surviving son, he took him into his home |
| 0:54.1 | and promised to provide for him forever. |
| 0:57.0 | But here are things taken interesting turn. |
| 0:59.7 | Mephibbasheth's servant Zeba brings David a bunch of food, wine, and donkeys as gifts, |
| 1:04.5 | and then tells David that Mephibbasheth is going to try to assume the throne that David |
| 1:08.3 | stole from his father, Jonathan. |
| 1:10.7 | You can imagine how hurt and angry this makes David after all he's done for Mephibbasheth. |
| 1:15.8 | Plus, God gave David the throne. |
| 1:18.2 | He didn't take it. |
| 1:19.9 | So David hands all of Mephibbasheth's blessings over to Zeba his servant instead. |
| 1:24.8 | David pin in this story, we'll come back to it. |
| 1:27.8 | As David and his crew continue on, they encounter a man named Shimia who is cursing him, calling |
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