he was counting on the new jersey militia as well as the pennsylvania militia to come forward and strengthen his army. they were not turning out in any significant numbers. he had to continue retreating through new jersey. when he is halfway across the state, he orders the gathering of the boats along the delaware river. he sends men forward to the river to start confiscating all the boats. for 70 miles north of philadelphia, everything that floats is being gathered by the army so the british will not have any boats left across the -- left to cross the river. washington, when he arrives in trenton, the army will begin crossing the delaware river, that is the retreat crossing. very important to save the army from the british pursuit. that is december 7 into december eight when the army escapes across the river in trenton the pennsylvania. the british will arrive minutes after the last boat crosses. on december 8, they arrive in trenton. they will look for boats and come up empty. the delaware river stops the british advance protects the , american capital of philadelphia and gives washington

it's about the pennsylvania militia and the quakers. it's not important to get into the details, he is pushing for raising a pennsylvania militia. one of the arguments he makes is based on, the expedition of the daanites in judges 15. >> i had to remind myself of this. without going into the details, it was the basic point of not being prepared and being deceived. some of these themes. he thought it was like thomas paine -- payne and common sense. franklin was thinking the people in philadelphia will instantly see the relevance of judges 18 because they know it and understand the point he is trying to make. i thought this is a lost world of biblical literacy that i don't even have. even as someone who tries to go to church and stay up with the bible and so forth. they are so biblically literate, it goes over your head sometimes. that only tells you again how literate franklin is in the stricture -- scripture. it also shows more importantly, how literate the culture is. it is true in philadelphia and boston and parts of the south.>> we h

it is about the pennsylvania militia, it is not important to get into the details, but he is pushing for raising a pennsylvania militia and one of the arguments he makes is based -- theexpedition of expedition in judges 18. does anybody remember this very well? i had to remind myself about the expedition. to him, without going into the details, it was the basic -- the basic point was not being prepared and being deceived and some of these themes. he thought that it was like thomas payne in common sense, he thought that just like thomas 8ine is citing 1 samuel because people will know this, franklin's thinking that the people in philadelphia will immediately see the relevance of judges 18 because they know it and understand the point he is trying to make. i thought this is a lost world of biblical literacy that i do not inhabit, even as someone who tries to go to church and stamp with the bible. -- and stay up with the bible. they are so biblically literate that it goes over your head. that not only tells you how literate franklin is in the scripture, but also how literate the culture

it's not important to get into the details, but he's pushing for raising a pennsylvania militia, and one of the arguments that he makes is based on -- get ready for this, the expedition of the dannites in judges 18. >> i saw that one. >> does anybody remember this very well? i didn't remember this very well. i had to bring this up and remind myself about the expedition of the dannites, but to him and again, without going into the details, it was -- it was, the basic point was want being prepared and being deceived and some of these kind of themes thought that it was pain and common sense, and just like pain and common sense citing samuel 8 because people will know this, franklin will know this, the people in philadelphia will instantly see the relevance of judges 18 because they know it and they understand the point that he's trying to make, and i thought, this is a lost world of biblical literacy that i don't inhabit, even as someone who tries to go to church and to stay up with the bible, and so forth. they are so deeply biblically literate that it just goes over your head sometime

it's about the pennsylvania militia and the quakers. it's not important to get into the details, he is pushing for raising a pennsylvania militia. one of the arguments he makes is based on, the expedition of the daanites in judges 15. >> i had to remind myself of this. without going into the details, it was the basic point of not being prepared and being deceived. some of these themes. he thought it was like thomas paine -- payne and common sense. franklin was thinking the people in philadelphia will instantly see the relevance of judges 18 because they know it and understand the point he is trying to make. i thought this is a lost world of biblical literacy that i don't even have. even as someone who tries to go to church and stay up with the bible and so forth. they are so biblically literate, it goes over your head sometimes. that only tells you again how literate franklin is in the stricture -- scripture. it also shows more importantly, how literate the culture is. it is true in philadelphia and boston and parts of the south.>> we h

he is pushing for raciising a pennsylvania militia. one was the expedition of the danits in judges 18. anybody remember this very well? i didn't remember this very well. i had to bring this up and remind myself about the exposition of the danits. the basic point was not being prepared and being deceived and some of these kind of themes. he thought it was like pain and common sense. just like if pain and common sense is citing i samuel 8, because people will know this, franklin is thinking the people in philadelphia will instantly see the relevance of judges 18 because they know it and they understand the point that he is trying to make. i thought, this is a lost world to biblical literacy that i don't inhabit as someone that tries to go to church and stay up with the bible and so forth. they are so deeply biblically literate it just goes over your head sometimes. that tells you how literate franklin and the culture is. that's true in philadelphia and boston and parts of the south. >> well, we have just a few second left. would anyone l