Day 122: Abner Is Killed (2026)
5/2/202625 min
In today's readings, we hear about the death of Abner, and Fr. Mike points out how David publicly mourns Abner, and instructs his people to do the same. The readings are 2 Samuel 3, 1 Chronicles 3-4, and Psalm 25.
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[on-hold music] Hi, my name is 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-two. Gosh, well done, you guys. So good. Huh. We are reading from 2 Samuel chapter three, 1 Chronicles chapter three and four, two chapters of names. It's gonna be great. You're gonna love it, I tell ya. And we're also gonna be praying Psalm twenty-five. As always, the Bible translation that I'm reading from is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition. I'm using 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 in your podcast app by clicking Subscribe, and that would make you subscribed. It'll be great. As I said, today is one hundred and-- [chuckles] day one hundred and twenty-two, and we are reading today from 2 Samuel chapter three, 1 Chronicles chapter three and four, and praying Psalm twenty-five. Second book of Samuel chapter three. Abner defects to David. There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David, and David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker. And sons were born to David at Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam of Jezreel; and his second, Chileab,