Day 121: Cycle of Violence (2026)

Mike Schmitz· Host0:00

[gentle music] Hi, my name's Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. 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 that story. Today, it is day one hundred and twenty-one, and we are reading today from 2 Samuel 2, from 1 Chronicles 2, more names, [laughs] thank the Lord. And we're also praying Psalm 24. If you're interested, the Bible translation that I am reading from is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition. I'm reading from the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking on Subscribe, and then you'll be subscribed, and it'll be great. But as I said, it's day one twenty-one. So great. We're reading 2 Samuel 2, 1 Chronicles 2, and praying Psalm 24. 2 Samuel 2: David Anointed King of Judah. After this David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?" And the Lord said to him, "Go up." David said, "To which shall I go up?" And he said, "To Hebron." So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel. And David brought up his men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they dwelt