Day 136: Absalom Is Defeated (2025)

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Today, we hear about the downfall of Absalom, and how David reacts to the news of his death. In Chronicles, we read about David changing some of the rules of worship, as he prepares for Temple worship. The readings are 2 Samuel 18, 1 Chronicles 23, and Psalm 37.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name's Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast, where we
0:07.8	encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture.
0:10.7	The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
0:13.5	Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation,
0:17.4	discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today.
0:20.8	It's day 136.
0:22.6	We're reading from 2nd Samuel chapter 18, First Chronicles, chapter 23, and Psalm 37 is our
0:27.6	prayer.
0:28.1	As always, the translation that I'm reading from is the revised standard version, second
0:32.1	Catholic edition.
0:32.7	I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension.
0:34.8	If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit
0:37.2	ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. And if you want to subscribe to this
0:40.7	podcast, all you have to do is just click on subscribe and you will be subscribed. As I said,
0:44.7	it is day 136. We are reading from 2nd Samuel chapter 18, 1st Chronicles 23, and we are praying
0:51.4	Psalm 37. The second book of Samuel, chapter 18.
0:57.1	The defeat and death of Absalom.
1:00.0	Then David mustered the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands
1:04.2	and commanders of hundreds.
1:06.0	And David sent forth the army, one third under the command of Joab, one third under the command
1:10.5	of Abashai, the son of Zirwaya, Joab's brother, and one third under the command of Joab, one-third under the command of Abashai, the son of Zirwaya,
1:12.2	Joab's brother, and one-third under the command of Ittai, the Gittite. And the king said to the men,
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