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Podcast Introduction Our reading today is 2 Samuel 15-19, and I’m calling the episode “A House Divided." Comments on 2 Samuel 15-19 Reading chapters 15-19 is like reading an adventure novel, isn't it? There's the dysfunctional family, where the son of the king leads a national revolt, there's raw ambition, betrayal, loyalty, sex, spies, murder, revenge and heartbreak. It's all there. And it's all real. These events really happened.  Where to begin? I think we need to talk about David. There are so many characters in these five chapters that we could talk about at length, but we have limited time, and David is the central character. He is the man God called, "...a man after my own heart...". In chapter 15, after David had been told that Absalom was leading a conspiracy against him, David decided that it would be best for everyone in Jerusalem if he and his household fled the city. In this exodus, Zadok the priest and all the Levites joined David, bringing the Ark of the Covenant with them.  D