Day 129: David Commits Adultery (2025)

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

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Fr. Mike breaks down David's tragic downfall as he commits adultery with Bathsheba and kills her husband, Uriah the Hittite. We learn that David's road to grave sin began with small acts of disobedience and selfishness. Today's readings are 2 Samuel 11, 1 Chronicles 14-15, and Psalm 32.

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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
0:08.0	encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast is brought
0:12.8	to you by Ascension using the Great Adventure Bible timeline. We'll read all the way from Genesis to
0:17.2	Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that
0:21.0	story today.
0:21.9	It is day 129.
0:24.2	Man, oh man, this is so good.
0:25.5	We're reading 2nd Samuel chapter 11.
0:28.0	So up to this point, David has been a solid, solid guy.
0:31.6	And 2nd Samuel chapter 11, we're going to see a descent.
0:34.7	And then in First Chronicles, chapters 14 and 15, as well as we're praying Psalm 32,
0:39.4	as you all probably already know, the translation of the Bible that we are reading from
0:43.1	is the revised standard version, second Catholic edition.
0:46.3	I am using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension.
0:48.4	To download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com
0:52.4	slash Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. And if you have not yet
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0:58.8	can follow along every single day. And it will find you. You don't have to find it. That's great.
1:03.8	As I said, today is day 129, reading 2nd Samuel chapter 7, First Chronicles, both chapters 14
1:09.8	and 15. And we are praying Psalm 32.
1:14.5	The second book of Samuel, chapter 11. David commits adultery with Bathsheba. In the spring of the
1:21.2	year, the time when kings go forth to battle, David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all
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