Day 114: David Saves Keilah (2026)
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Fr. Mike explores the actions of David before saving the city of Keilah, and how he sets an example for us while discerning God's will. He also points out how God is working constantly in our lives, even if we don't see half of what he's doing. Today's readings are 1 Samuel 23 and Psalm 54.
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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 |
| 0:07.9 | encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:14.4 | Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into |
| 0:21.3 | that story today. It is day 114. We're just reading one chapter from 1st Samuel. We're reading |
| 0:27.7 | 1st Samuel chapter 23. We're also praying Psalm 54. As always, the Bible translation that I |
| 0:32.6 | am using is the revised standard version, second Catholic edition. I'm using the great adventure |
| 0:36.6 | Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, |
| 0:39.7 | you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. And if you have not yet subscribed to this podcast, you can just click subscribe, and it'll be done. And you'll be subscribed. And life will be good. As I said, today is day 114. we're reading 1 Samuel chapter 23, we're praying Psalm 54. |
| 0:56.9 | 1 Samuel chapter 23. |
| 0:59.7 | David saves the city of Kila. |
| 1:03.1 | Now they told David, behold, the Philistines are fighting against Kila and are robbing |
| 1:07.8 | the threshing floors. |
| 1:09.4 | Therefore David inquired of the Lord, shall I go and attack |
| 1:12.1 | these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, go and attack the Philistines and save Kila. But David's men |
| 1:18.8 | said to him, behold, we are afraid here in Judah, how much more if we go to Kila against the armies |
| 1:24.2 | of the Philistines? Then David inquired of the Lord again, and the Lord answered |
| 1:28.6 | him, arise, go down to Keila, for I will give the Philistines into your hand. And David and his men |
| 1:34.8 | went to Keela and fought with the Philistines and brought away their cattle and made a great slaughter |
| 1:39.7 | among them. So David delivered the inhabitants of Keela. When Abiyar, the son of Hymalek, fled to David to |
| 1:46.6 | Kila, he came down with an Ephod in his hand. Now it was told Saul that David had come to Kila, |
| 1:52.3 | and Saul said, God has given him into my hand, for he has shut himself in by entering a town that has |
| 1:57.6 | gates and bars. And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to |
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