2 Samuel 18:16-19:43

Mr.. Barry seeing how you're visiting with us this morning. We've been would you pray for us? I? Would agree with that.

Heavenly father. Thank you for the time. We've come to be in your word this morning. Oh, we thank you for the privilege to get a gather with fellow saints and to open your word and be tall. And I have that you would bless it to us this morning that you would open your word to us and bless brother Mike.

The Unit of 2 Samuel 18–19 and the Plan to Move Quickly Through the Text

Second Samuel. And What I'm going to do is I'm going to just pick up kind of where we were at. I'm not going to read the whole chapter again Because I would like to try to get into 19 because 18 and 19 or a unit Just it's very 19 is quite long.

So we'll just we'll see. I may not read all of 19. We may do some.

Collective.

Summaries so that we can try to get through it. I'm gonna try. I don't know we'll see. I feel like I'm trying to speed up, but I really probably should slow down, but I do have a time frame. I'm trying to.

Get through the book.

So.

Absalom’s Death, David’s Grief, and Joab’s Rebuke

If you remember last week Absalom had been struck down and David was grieving. In verse 16 of chapter 18 it says. And Joab he blew the trumpet and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab restrained the people.

Why. First of all, why would he have blown the trumpet? What was the trumpet supposed to do? What was the purpose of blowing a trumpet in the time of war or. By the general and all one it was to it's time to fight.

To.

When he blew the trumpet again, it's over. It's it's squashed whatever the situation it has been resolved so it says they took Absalom and they cast him into a deep pit in the forest and erected over him a very great heap of stones.

And all Israel fled each to his tent. Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar. Which is in the Kings Valley? He said for I have no son to preserve my name. So he named that pillar after him his own name and he called it Absalom's mine to this day.

That is not when you first read that it's almost like it's saying hey. This is the monument of Absalom where they put him in this this hole with a heap of stones on it. That's not what it's saying. It's it's referring back to hey now I have slums in a hole with a bunch of stones cast on him, but Absalom and In in in pride member.

Absalom's a prideful man. He made a monument to himself and if you understand what it's saying you go. Wait a minute. He said he had no offspring. So he set up a pillar for himself. He did have offspring.

If you remember yet, I think it was three sons and Tamar. My understanding and I'm hoping to be corrected is this kept this point his sons had probably died. He has no offspring at this point when he set up this monument.

So he is it was in somewhat in a way of grieving. He set up this monument. For whatever reason the narrator of the book decided to put this in there and say it was in the Kings Valley. So in verse 19 Ahimaaz and Zadok, who were they?

You may remember priest. Yep priest Says let me run back take the news to the king. So they ran they take the. Someone's gonna take the news to the king when David finds out what has happened all he cares about.

He does not care about what what's what's happened with all the other people. He wants to know what happened to my son and rightfully so He wants to know what happened. And obviously we find out that the very saying that Joab Giti and Abishai were told not to do.

Exactly what Joab did and we need to understand to. Not saying it's right. Joab disobeyed orders of the king not you you just be gentle with my son. That's all I want you to do. Whatever you do with anybody else.

I mean, it's free game. You just be gentle with my son and Joab strikes him down and we understand but we all agree that Joab did it somewhat in his mind. For valiant purposes would we agree or disagree?

He's convoluted. Good. Well, I mean as I was reading back over I think it gets back to about 14 or 15. I mean, this is the guy that put Absalom up, right? He's he's working in the originally sure and now he's he's on he's on the other side of it's like David's prevailing now so now I'm.

Yeah, I what his mind is is not so much David. It is the kingdom just happens to be that David is the anointed King so his the his his goal is to protect David and protect the king and To see to it that the kingdom will have a king sit on it when David either dies or unable to fulfill his duties.

Whatever so Absalom's goals not David. Absalom's goals. We'll just say the crown. So remember he brought Absalom back because he sees that David's getting older there has to be an heir remember when he brought Absalom back it was because Amnon the rightful heir at that particular time had died the one had fled To Absalom had fled so he's trying to figure out what are we going to do to get this kingdom back in order?

We got to get whatever this problem. It was the with the crown prince back and we'll get that worked out. Well when he brought him back, I'm sure Joab had no Inclination that Absalom was going to try to kill and overthrow his dad.

I mean, I I don't think I'm saying We're in a text where Joab thought that so Joab in a in an attempt to see to it that David's Thrones not usurped by another by a coup or rebellion. He strikes Absalom down and I think what he did was wrong.

Okay, what he did was wrong. He He was told not to had David not told Joab not to kill his son or be gentle with him and he would have killed him. Okay, that was just war. But I've said one multiple times as we get to.

We'll read part of that. When we get to Kings because we're not going that far. But when we see what David says, he he has Joab killed for not for killing Absalom. But for killing two men in a time of peace that was Absalom's death in a time of war.

Yeah civil war so he his him being killed was in a time of war. But he disobeyed direct orders and that leads to how Amasi gets put in this place and we can talk about that because we won't Think we'll get to that place.

Today so.

You think say something? Okay, so now We get to towards the end where it says because I'm just gonna so we can get into 19 33 once David hears this it says that David or the king was deeply moved and he cries out in his heart inside the gate.

Where would this gate be? Remember where we're at. Remember, we're not in Jerusalem. Or Manaheim remember that's where he left to set up once he crossed the Jordan. He set up home base in Mahanim or Manaheim however you want to say it.

That's where he's at. So when he hears this he's out. He's at the gate. He weeps. He cries for his son. He says hey, I would have died in his place. Once again the love for David for Absalom. But Absalom's hate for his dad.

He was willing to kill his dad. And hey, that shouldn't shock us, I mean he was willing to kill his own brother, although I Understand am I saying is right, but I understand why he did what he did. It's wrong.

But why would he want to kill his dad? Sheer arrogance and desire for power. That's all it is and we.

Sure.

Yeah, he in his mind. He could have justified it in his mind. Although it was wrong. Yeah, although I believe his justifications wrong We never see Absalom address David as his dad. He'll it's just your servant.

You're the king. I'm your servant. You're the king. So there's a relational bust at some point after it seems after the situation with Amnon. So then 19 rolls, that's like I said the 18 and 19 go together and the chapter break is actually I think Unnecessary there other than they just didn't want to have 70 something verses.

Because it said, you know after he says I die I would have died instead of your place Absalom my son my son. Then and some translations, I think even say and and you would never start another chapter with and it's a conjunction.

The King’s Mourning and Joab’s Warning to Return to the People

So then it was told Joab behold the Kings weeping and mourning for Absalom. Well, no kidding. This is his son. I mean think about this is his third son. He's lost third son. And all a direct result of his sinful actions towards Bathsheba and I can't help but think that that's what David in his mind Is going man, this is my fault.

This is my doing. It says then the victory that was turned that victory that day was turned from mourning from all the people into sadness. So there was a great defeat from the armies of.

Of.

Absalom this should have been a time of joy. This is a victory our anointed King. God's person who was in place is now going to be back on the throne. But that's not what happens. It says for the victory that day was turned To mourning for all the people for the people had heard on that day.

The king is grieved for his son. So the people went by stealth into the city that day. As people who are humiliated steal away and flee in battle understand once again. They're following the lead of their king.

You remember when Abner died? And when David walked behind the casket he weeped what happened the whole city weeped with him when David weeped another time. What that would happen? They they weeped. So here it is now they in a time of great Joy should have been.

The conspiracies over civil war is over. Remember, they'd already lost 20 ,000 of their own countrymen regardless of how you see who it is. It was still 20 ,000 Israelites that died because of this just in that specific battle.

We don't know what other incursions had happened that they had lost it. People at that that place as well, but it says and as one humiliated What Joab's fixin to say I do believe has merit these people here it is they fought for you and now they're being Humiliated by not being honored for willing to lay their life down for the king for David.

So.

It says in verse 4 the king covered his face and he cried out with a loud voice. Oh my son my son Absalom. The then Joab came into the house to where the king and he said today You have covered with shame the faces of all of your servants who today have saved your life and the lives of your sons and the lives of your daughters and the lives of your wives and the lives of your concubines by Loving those who hate you and by hating those who love you.

For you have shown today That princes and servants are nothing to you for I know this day that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead Today, then you would be pleased now. Therefore rise go out speak kindly to your servants for I swear by the Lord if you do not go out Surely not one will pass this night with you and this will be worse for you Than all the evil that has come about you from your youth until now.

There is some some validity to what he is saying. I do think in part though Joab is speaking hyperbole or exaggerating.

Okay.

Do I think that if David doesn't go out and speak to these people that somehow he's gonna lose the kingdom or that those people are Gonna turn their back on him. No, not at all. But I do think he's saying look if you don't go out and you don't make this right these people's hearts who were turns towards Absalom aren't going to be turned back towards you the way that it should be and.

He.

Says by loving those who hate you. That is true. He loved Absalom and I don't know anybody that ever wanted to kill somebody that they loved so that would be a direct to be direct reference to Absalom hating his dad.

Now as David being the anointed King. Always sometimes when we see the king or we see David's actions They either point to the positive or the negative of how we point it to Christ in this case. Is he not looking or a picture of Christ by loving those who desired to murder him?

Yeah.

He do you think for one second that David didn't think he could smooth that over with Absalom if he got back if he could. Get him back until where he could talk to him. I think David thinks he could could could have.

He probably not. Now Absalom was dead set pardoned a pun but dead set on. Killing his dad.

It says.

He didn't tell him to go out and swear by the Lord. Well, and I am not sure if that is taking the Lord's name in vain there or If he is saying hey, you need to go out there and make a covenant in the name of the Lord that hey.

We're going to make this thing right not sure. We know this Joab has no problem using the Lord's name in vain or using it for leverage to get his purposes fulfilled. And he said if you don't go out and do this.

It'll be worse in you from the time until now since your youth and like I said, I believe that is hyperbole. Although I do believe there's merit to what he's saying. He does need to go out and make a recognition to the people that I appreciate you were willing to lay your life down.

But you're gonna have to deal with me. I'm grieving over my son. I mean how David words that. Really none of our concern, but that is how David what he should have done. Verse 8. So the king arose he sat in the gate remember this would be in Mahanin and they told all the people saying behold the king is sitting in the gate and all the people came before the king and then is Now Israel had fled Each to his tent all the people were quarreling Throughout all the tribes of Israel saying the king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and he saved us from the hand of The Philistines, but now he has fled out of the land from Absalom however, Absalom whom we anointed Over us has died in battle.

And now why are we silent about bringing him back interesting? They know that who anointed Absalom King. Was it God? No, it was the ten tribes that anointed him as king. So hey, they understand that. Hey, we anointed Absalom King now that he's dead.

We should probably bring back the rightful throne the person that's on the throne rightfully and then David sent the Zadok and to Abiathar the priest and He speak to the elders of Judah saying why are you the last to bring the king back to his house?

Since the word of all Israel has come to the king even to his house. You are my brothers and you are my flesh and my bone. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king? Say to a Mesa you are not my bone.

Are you not my bone in my flesh? May God do so to me and more also if you will not be commander over the army before me Continually in the place of Joab. I'm going to stop there for just a second. Who was a Mesa?

You remember? Well, we just saw him a week or so ago two weeks ago, right week two something like that. One, he had a weird genealogy. Remember? We thought he was born to Nahash we went into Abigail kind of weird We don't really know but he was connected in by either marriage or birth to Joab.

He was the Leader of the armies of Absalom that led the conspiracy against David. He was the leader of Absalom's army. Basically, he was the head of the ten tribes army. Now David says here you almost swear to a Mesa.

Are you not my flesh and my bone? Yeah, he was connected to him by Israeli. They were both Israelites. They were Jewish and he says and I'm gonna make you commander continually in Joab's place. All right, you can disagree with me but my conclusion is he is now removing Joab from his place and putting a Mesa in Joab's place for his disobedience and killing his son.

You could disagree with me, but that's my conclusion. Why else would David have put a Mesa in Joab's place? Do we have any other reason? I mean, he disobeyed.

Now,.

I think it's next week if we get that far when Joab kills a Mesa. I do want to just go ahead and prepare your mind. I think that when he killed a Mesa it was for two reasons. One, he killed a Mesa because he took his place.

Okay, let's just be honest. We know that he didn't want Abner in his place. So he had two reasons to kill Abner. One, he killed his brother. Two, he was threatened. This case, he killed a Mesa because a Mesa had now been put in his place as being commander over the armies.

But the other reason is, if you remember when we get to that part of the story, when Sheba throws this revolt against David, David tells Abishai, you go and you squash this guy. He's gonna be worse than Absalom.

But he told Abishai to do that because when he told a Mesa, a Mesa didn't go. Now, Joab comes along. Joab kills a Mesa, I believe, for two reasons. Jealousy and one, you're not, once again, what's his, what's he looking out for?

The crown. He's looking out for the crown. You didn't do what the king told you to do. You've now endangered the life of the king and he killed him. So we'll get more into that when we get there in a couple weeks.

Or in a week. So he puts Joab, basically, he puts him now under a Mesa. I don't know, why didn't he put Abishai then? You know? Why didn't he put Abishai? I mean, he was the most consistent guy protecting David as far as immediately.

Remember, Shammai's throwing dust, rocks, kicking stone, cussing, and what does he say? I'll cut that dude's head off. And then he's gonna come back and once again, Mr. Consistence, he's gonna say the same thing.

I will cut his head off anyway. You're like, man, at least this dude's mindset, you got to give him one thing. Dude, he is, yeah, he is consistent and persistent. And then as we get towards the end of the book, when David is unable to defend himself, you know, who comes in?

Abishai slides in there and kills the, I think, if I remember, I think it's Goliath's brother. Or his son. He kills one of them and he's always looking to take care of David. He did, yeah, taking people's heads off.

Yeah, it's either I'm gonna shove the spear all the way through him into the ground. Yeah, or the head comes off. Yeah. He's like, oh, you know, whack his head off so fast, he'll still be able to cough before his head hits the ground.

Hey, buddy.

David’s Return Across the Jordan and the Reconciliation of Judah and Israel

So, now, we're at verse 14, we're at chapter 19, verse 14 of 2 Samuel. He said, then thus he turned the hearts of all the men of Judah as one, so they sent word to the king saying, return you and all of your servants.

And the king then returned and he came as far as to the Jordan and Judah came to Gilgal in order, once again, man, Gilgal, a place to remember. That's where Saul was anointed king. That's where they reaffirmed the covenant back in 1 Samuel.

So, once again, Gilgal, a significant place. And Judah came to Gilgal in order to meet the king and to bring him across the Jordan. Once David crosses that Jordan, coming this way, he is coming back into the promised land.

Now, imagine David, man, he didn't know if he was ever coming back, but he did hope he was coming back with his son. Not, not without him. And here is the the stone thrower, dust kicker, cusser. Then Shimei, the son of Gerah, the Benjamite, who was from Bahurin, hurried and he came down with the men of Judah to meet David, or King David.

There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him and Ziba. Who was Ziba? Remember?

Yeah, he basically,.

Yeah, he basically became the servant of Mephibosheth. And now, remember, who brought sustenance to David? When he came across, it was Ziba. It was Ziba. He brought him stuff and he, and he, and who did he throw under the bus?

He threw Mephibosheth under the bus saying, hey man, he didn't want to come and blah blah blah blah. And he said, you know what, everything that was Mephibosheth, it's all yours now. So he basically gave the estate of everything to Saul back to Ziba.

He says the servant of the, Ziba, the servant of the house of Saul and his 15 sons and his 20 servants. Well, where would the 20 servants have been before now? They'd have been working for Mephibosheth.

Say it, Mike. Say it. Mephibosheth. He's better at saying it than me. Mephibosheth. So they rushed across the Jordan before the king. They kept crossing the ford to bring over the king's household and to do what was good in the sight.

And Shimei, the son of Gerah, he fell down before the king as he was about to cross the Jordan. Interesting disposition of Shimei towards David at this point. What was it before? You bloodthirsty man, God has taken that kingdom from you.

He's given it to Absalom because you're a man of violence. And David said, Shimei, I mean, Abishai said, man, I will whack off that dude's head. And David said, don't do it. God could be telling him to curse me.

Then remember we talked about that, how Shimei was saying it and then how David was hearing it. Concurrence. You have what God was using to reveal to David. Was David a bloodthirsty man? In two ways. One, he was bloodthirsty as he was a man of war.

He went out and he did the bidding of God to kill God's enemies. But he was, in this case, Shimei was cursing him because he thinks he usurped the throne of Saul by killing Saul and his sons back at Gilboa.

And I do believe that Shimei at this point, people had to know hubbub on the street, is that Uriah got put to death by David's order. I think, no, because he says he wants to restore it back to Saul. So he, Saul, to him is usurping Saul's throne.

So he, he's cussing him. Then now he sees David coming and he is face down in the dirt and he says, So he said to the king, this is verse 19, Let not my lord consider me guilty, nor remember what your servant did wrong on the day when my lord, my lord the king, came out from Jerusalem.

Hey, this ain't really been that long. I mean, we're not talking years here. This could, I mean, I would even say this could have been maybe weeks. I don't think it's been drug out. This could be weeks and it's interesting.

His disposition has changed that quick. So he basically, whoever's, whoever's running their flag up the flagpole, this king, Shimei wants to be on that side. So he sees David coming across the Jordan.

He's obviously heard that Absalom's dead. Yeah, he's gonna cross the Jordan. He said, let not my lord consider me guilty, nor remember what your servant did wrong on that day when my lord came out from Jerusalem, so that the king don't take it to heart.

For your servant, no, you don't take it to heart. For your servant knows that I have sinned. All right, at least Shimei has enough backbone and has released his pride enough to go, hey, what I did to you by cursing God's anointed was wrong.

Now, is is this true contrition and repentance? I don't know. We know this. He sees his life is in jeopardy by David coming back across the Jordan, so he's gonna try to make it right. No doubt. Yeah, no doubt.

Yeah, yeah, he, and honestly, he rightfully should have been killed for what he had, I mean, you're throwing things at the king.

You're.

Assaulting him.

It's amazing what bitterness did to him, because in no way was Absalom, Saul was not coming back through Absalom.

I know, but it's interesting you bring that up, because it comes up is Mephibosheth told that because of that, he thought that Saul's kingdom was gonna be restored. It's like, where did they come up with that?

I think it's just bitterness. I think they were holding on to it. So any challenger to David, sure, latched on to it right away, because it was like, it was, you know, could be.

It's just interesting you bring it up, because I was reading, when I'm reading through that, most of the times I went, yeah, but what in their mind thought, okay, we have a person from the tribe of Judah who's an actual heir, but he's gonna restore the kingdom to Saul.

It was just weird. Maybe they just, because he was an enemy of David, you know, that may have been how it was understood. He admits his sinning, and he says, I have come today, the first of all the house of Joseph, to go down to meet the Lord the King.

Here it is, Mr. Consistent. And Abishai, the son of Zeriah, said, should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord's anointing? Then David then said, what, hey, he has said this, I think, three times.

He has said this. What do I have to do with all you sons of Zeriah? Remember one time he said, you guys are fierce, you're wicked, you're harsh. Yeah, he said, what do I have to do that you should do this, be an adversary to me?

So he's, David sees that what he's wanting to do is actually being an enemy of David. If you do this, you're actually being an enemy of me. You're an adversary. Should any man be put to death in Israel today?

For do I not know now that I am king over Israel today? The king said to Shimei, you shall not die. Thus the king swore to him. He should have said today.

He should have said today.

And however long he gets to live out his life, we don't know, but yeah, today. And then in verse 24, here it is, now Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, came down to meet the king, and he neither had cared for his feet, nor he trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes from the day the king departed until the day that he came in peace.

Okay, once again, why would his feet not been cared for?

What's that?

Okay, anybody else? What was up with his feet? Well, he's crippled. He's crippled, and he does not now have the care for nursing to take care. Yeah, yeah, nobody wants to mess with him crusty old feet.

Nobody wants to trim your toenails. Nobody wants to give you a pedicure.

Go ahead.

His pedicurist is working for a zebra now.

Yeah, well, and now everything's been taken from him. Now, we can say an act of mourning, and it's weird that it's not his beard, it's his mustache,.

That he,.

He's not trimmed his mustache. Remember, the not trimming the mustache, the no oil, the not being clean was either an act of humbling oneself and mourning. So you could be right, Mike, he could have just had dirty crusty feet because he was mourning, but I do believe it's because he was unable to care for them.

He was unable to care for his feet in which David had taken care of him, and David actually mentions that. What do you do? What's up with your feet? He says, the king had departed until the day, verse 25, and it was when he came from Jerusalem, me and the king, that the king said to you, where did you, why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?

And he answered, my lord the king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said, I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king, because your servant is lame. Now, wait a minute, that should strike you as odd.

Did David not provide him something to ride on? But what is he saying here? My understanding, is he saying, is that not Mephibosheth saying I'm gonna put something, I mean, that Absalom was gonna put him on a donkey, is that correct?

Is that how we should understand that? Is that he's saying, look, I will saddle a donkey for myself, and I will ride on it with the king, because your servant is lame. Moreover, he has slandered your servant to the lord, my king, my lord the king, but my lord the king is like an angel, therefore do what is good in your sight, for all my father's household was nothing but dead man before my lord the king.

Yet you set my servant among those who ate at your own table. Look, he's saying, look, when my family was dead man to you, I brought you back.

Put you at my table.

Yes, correct. That's Jonathan's son, and the reason why he's doing that was he wanted to show compassion, so he could hold up the loving kindness covenant that he made with Jonathan in the field when he gave him his belt, all of his stuff, and first Samuel.

He wanted to show kindness, and after everybody was killed, remember, all the sons of Saul were killed. Well, we'll talk about that in a couple of chapters. Well, all the sons that went to battle were killed.

Ish-bosheth was killed by Banna and Recab when they cut his head off, so there was no really anybody at that time that he knew that he could show compassion. He asked, is there anyone else out there from the house of Saul that for Jonathan's sake I could show kindness, and they said, oh, yeah, his five-year-old son would never run and broke his feet.

He said, go get him and bring him back, and he actually thought when he was being brought back that he was probably gonna get killed. Yeah, and he said, don't worry. I'm not gonna kill you, but I'm not killing you because I like you.

I'm killing you because I like your dad.

So.

He said, verse 29, so the king said to him, why do you still speak of your affairs? I have decided you and Ziba shall divide the land. Bathibosheth said to the king, let him even take it all. So remember, he had bad mouth Bathibosheth basically saying, look, he's staying in there with Absalom because he was gonna put him on the donkey, let him ride with the king, and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, okay?

He said, I gave it all because of that, and I think David was was misled. He said, you know what, in an act of probably emotional outburst, you know what, everything he had, you do it. Well, now David's like, well, you know what, I don't know who's fibbing and who's not, so what I'm gonna do, I'll just split it down the middle.

But I do, I think it is interesting that Mathibosheth goes, you know what, let him have it all. Let him have it all. Why would he say that, huh?

He's got all he needs through David, I mean.

Yeah, his provision was not really through Ziba, although he had told him to work that land, and why did why did Ziba, why did David give Ziba basically the the control over Mathibosheth's stuff to do it?

One, he was crippled, he could not. But the inheritance was not supposed to go to Ziba. Who was it supposed to go to? It was supposed to go to an heir, and who was the heir? Mathibosheth. So that's why it was given to Mathibosheth, but Mathibosheth really doesn't need anything.

Like Mike said, King David's gonna take care of him. Sure, and I would say showing, hey look, you know what, I really wasn't in the wrong, but hey, you know what, if it'll show that to try to keep some integrity, you know, just give it all to him.

Once again, he was trusting in the king and David's loyalty to his word that he was going to take care of him, and David was going to take care of him. Now, in verse 31, it says, now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogolin, and he went on to the Jordan and the king to escort him over the Jordan.

Now, Barzillai was a very old, about 80 years old, excuse me, and he had sustained the king while he had stayed in Mahanin, for he was very, he was a very great man. So Barzillai was what? Rich. Yeah, he was rich.

Yep, he was rich. They had the pots and all kinds of stuff, pillows and blankets and all kinds of stuff. He says in verse 33, and the king said to Barzillai, the cross over with me and I will sustain you in Jerusalem with me, but Barzillai said to the king, how long have I yet to live that I should go up with you, the king, to Jerusalem?

I am now 80 years old. Can I distinguish between good and bad, or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink, or can I hear anymore the voice of the singing of men and women? Why then should your servant be added as a burden to my lord the king?

Your servant would merely cross over to the Jordan with the king. Why should the king compensate me with this reward? I understand him saying, look, man, I'm so old. I can't even hear well anymore. I mean, like look, I can't hear anymore.

I'm not hearing well. My taste buds are burned up. My, if you go to Ecclesiastes, towards the end, he talks about the eyes, the window panes being dim, and the crusher's not grinding, and it's talking about the teeth, and not being able to hear the birds, and not being able to smell, and then he gets into a bunch of other stuff that happens when you get old that we can't talk about.

And he gets into some weird stuff that happens when you get old. But anyway, he, that's basically what he's saying is, hey, look, man, I'm 80 years old. I don't even know if I'm gonna make it till tomorrow.