And we shouldn't miss, not just the Joseph and Moses connections here, but also the

Adam connection.

This, as we talked about, David's taking of Bathsheba is like a new fall.

It's like a new Adam.

And what is Adam's punishment?

Well, he's exiled into the east.

And if you follow the landmarks on David's journey here in chapter 15 and 16, where is David going?

He's going into the east.

So this is the same as a...

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to minister to you in the ways that we do. So guys, last week we talked, I keep using the phrase

because I like it, so forgive me. We talked about the kiss that sparked a coup, and we tracked

Absalom's ascendance and sort of David's continuing downfall, or I don't even know how to phrase, it's like, because it's not a very dramatic downfall. even know how to, it's like, because it's not

a very dramatic downfall. It's like just, it's like slow fade into what could become irrelevance.

Is that a fair summary of sort of where we're at? Yeah. And I think in, you know, in First Kings

Chapter 1, David is, he's, he's going to be shown just totally incapacitated you know he doesn't know

Abashag they put her in his bed and he doesn't know her he doesn't know that Adonajia has

been made king he doesn't know this he doesn't know that he's just like you said it's almost

like he's irrelevant so today we're going to cover another chapter and a half so second

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