Day 124: King David Rules (2025)

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🗓️ 4 May 2025

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Summary

Today we read about the moment David is made king over all Israel. Fr. Mike reveals that as David begins his rule, he has both strengths and weaknesses. Today we read 2 Samuel 5, 1 Chronicles 7-8, and Psalm 27.

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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,
0:07.5	where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture.
0:10.9	The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
0:13.8	Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation,
0:18.0	discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story
0:21.1	today. It is day 124. We're reading from 2nd Samuel chapter 5, as well as First Chronicles
0:26.6	chapters 7 and 8. We're also praying from Psalm 27. As always, I am reading from the revised
0:31.3	standard version, second Catholic edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension.
0:34.9	If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year.
0:40.3	And you can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking on subscribe.
0:43.4	Simple as that.
0:44.4	As I said, it is day 124, reading 2 Samuel, Chapter 5,
0:47.7	and 1st Chronicles 7 and 8 and Psalm 27.
0:53.4	2 Samuel, Chapter 5, David anointed king of all Israel. Then all the tribes of Israel
1:00.2	came to David at Hebron and said, Behold, we are your bone and flesh. In times past, when Saul was
1:06.6	king over us, it was you that led out and brought in Israel, and the Lord said to you, you shall
1:12.1	be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel. So, all the elders of Israel
1:18.2	came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord,
1:23.4	and they anointed David king over Israel. David was 30 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 40 years.
1:30.7	At Hebron, he reigned over Judah seven years and six months,
1:33.8	and at Jerusalem, he reigned over all Israel and Judah 33 years.
1:39.7	Jerusalem is made capital of the kingdom.
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