Day 137: David Mourns Absalom (2026)
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 17 May 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In today's readings, Fr. Mike points out how the loss of David's son overshadows everything else for a time. The readings are 2 Samuel 19, 1 Chronicles 24, and Psalm 38.
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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 |
| 0:08.0 | encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by |
| 0:12.7 | Ascension. Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, |
| 0:17.5 | discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. |
| 0:21.0 | It is day 137. Gosh, think about that. Day 137. You have been so faithful. Oh, my gosh. |
| 0:30.4 | Even if you haven't gotten every day perfect, maybe you have. But here you are. Nevertheless, |
| 0:35.8 | you have made it all the way to day 137. We are reading 2 Samuel chapter 19, 1 Chronicles 24, and we're praying Psalm 38. As always, the translation of the Bible that I'm reading from is the revised standard version, the second Catholic edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. I know some of you have been able to follow along, and you know, you might listen as you're driving in your car. |
| 0:54.7 | You might listen as you're out for a walk. But some people just really love to sit down and have the words in front of them as well as the words in their ears. And so that's it. What an incredible opportunity and gift to be able to do that. If you want to download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. And if you have not yet subscribed to this podcast, you can by simply |
| 1:13.5 | clicking subscribe and you'll be subscribed. your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. |
| 1:14.2 | And if you have not yet subscribed to this podcast, you can by simply clicking subscribe and you'll be subscribed. And we'll move on. Anyways, speaking of moving on, as I said, we are |
| 1:19.4 | reading from 2nd Samuel chapter 19, 1st Chronicles 24, and we are praying Psalm 38. |
| 1:26.6 | Second Book of Samuel, chapter 19. |
| 1:29.3 | David mourns for Absalom. |
| 1:31.4 | It was told, Joab, behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom. |
| 1:36.4 | So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for the people heard that |
| 1:40.8 | day, the king is grieving for his son. |
| 1:43.8 | And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they |
| 1:48.0 | flee in battle. |
| 1:49.0 | The king covered his face and the king cried with a loud voice, |
| 1:53.0 | O my son, Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son. |
| 1:58.0 | Then Joab came into the house of the king and said, You have today covered with shame |
| 2:03.0 | the faces of all your servants who have this day saved your life and the lives of your sons and |
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