Day 108: Saul's Vanity (2023)
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 18 April 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Fr. Mike highlights Saul's brokenness and vanity as he makes an unlawful sacrifice and a rash oath in order to save Israel in the midst of war. Today's readings are 1 Samuel 13-14, and Psalm 58.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Fr. Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast where we encounter |
| 0:08.0 | God's voice in live life through the lens of Scripture. The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:13.6 | Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, |
| 0:17.8 | discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. |
| 0:21.5 | It is day 108 and we are reading from 1st Samuel chapters 13 and 14. We're also praying Psalm 58. |
| 0:27.6 | As always, the Bible translation that I am reading from is the revised standard version, |
| 0:31.1 | second Catholic edition. I'm using the great adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download |
| 0:34.9 | your own Bible Any Air reading plan, you can visit AscensionPrest.com slash Bible in a year. |
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| 0:44.0 | single time we have a new episode. That would be phenomenal for you and for me as well, as I said. |
| 0:49.3 | Today, day 108. We are reading 1st Samuel chapter 13 of 14 and praying Psalm 58. |
| 0:55.3 | 1st Samuel chapter 13. Saul's unlawful sacrifice. Saul was years old when he began to reign, |
| 1:04.0 | and he reigned, and two years over Israel. Saul chose 3,000 men of Israel, 2,000, |
| 1:09.9 | were with Saul in McMash in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Ghibia |
| 1:15.2 | of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent home, every man, to his tent. Jonathan defeated the |
| 1:20.6 | garrison of the Philistines, which was at Ghiba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew |
| 1:25.6 | the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, let the Hebrews hear. And all Israel heard it, |
| 1:31.4 | and said that Saul had defeated the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become |
| 1:35.7 | odious to the Philistines, and the people were called out to join Saul at Gilgal. And the Philistines |
| 1:41.5 | mustered to fight with Israel 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen and troops like the sand on the |
| 1:47.7 | seashore in multitude. They came up, and encamped in McMash, to the east of Bethaven. |
| 1:54.0 | When the men of Israel saw that they were in straits for the people were hard pressed, |
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