Day 111: Saul Tries to Kill David (2026)
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Fr. Mike contrasts Jonathan's brotherly friendship with David, and Saul's bitterness and envy towards David. We also learn from Psalm 59 that David still praised God in his distress as Saul tried to kill him. Today we read 1 Samuel 18-19 and Psalm 59.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lands of scripture. |
| 0:12.0 | The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:14.6 | Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfold and how we fit into that story today. It is day 111. It is day 111. And we are reading from 1st Samuel |
| 0:26.5 | chapters 18 and 19. We're also praying Psalm 59. One thing, maybe I say this too often, if you |
| 0:32.7 | have reached today 111, which is kind of a cool number, you know, three ones, kind of Trinitarian. |
| 0:38.5 | If you've reached this far with us, this is incredible. |
| 0:42.6 | I think a lot of people that have reached out to me have in the past said, yeah, you know, |
| 0:46.7 | I've always wanted to read the Bible and I have not ever been successful at this. |
| 0:51.0 | I've been consistent at it. |
| 0:52.4 | But if you have made it to today, it means that |
| 0:55.6 | you have consistently, for 111 days, you have opened yourself to God's word and you've let him |
| 1:03.1 | speak to your mind and shape the way you see the world and shape your heart. And so what a gift. |
| 1:07.3 | I mean, just praise God for that. Also, the translation that I am using for this Bible in a year is the revised standard version, second Catholic edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. And if you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. Also, if you've not yet subscribed to this podcast, you are invited to consider that. Pray about it. Let me know |
| 1:28.3 | what you choose. Anyways, this is day 111, and we're reading 1 Samuel chapter 18 and 19, and we're |
| 1:34.2 | praying Psalm 59. 1 Samuel chapter 18, Jonathan's covenant with David. When he had finished speaking to |
| 1:44.1 | Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, |
| 1:47.6 | and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. |
| 1:50.1 | And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house. |
| 1:54.1 | Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as his own soul. |
| 1:58.9 | And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him and gave |
| 2:01.8 | it to David, and his armor, and even his sword, and his bow and his belt. And David went out, |
| 2:07.5 | and was successful wherever Saul sent him, so that Saul set him over the men of war, and this was good |
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