Day 112: True Friendship (2026)
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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 112, and we're reading one chapter from 1 Samuel. We're reading 1 Samuel chapter 20 on the friendship between David and Jonathan. We talked about it a little bit yesterday. We're taking this next step in chapter 20. We're also praying Psalm 142. If you want to know what Bible translation that I'm reading from, I'll give you the answer.
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What passages are we reading on Day 112 and which Bible translation is used?
That's what we just did. Here we are. Day 112 with 1 Samuel chapter 20 and Psalm 142. First Samuel chapter 20, the friendship of David and Jonathan. Then David fled from Naoth and Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, what have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father that he seeks my life? And he said to him, far from it, you shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this from me? It is not so. But David replied, Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.
Then said Jonathan to David, whatever you say, I will do for you. David said to Jonathan, behold, tomorrow is the new moon and I should not fail to sit at table with the king, but let me go that I may hide myself in the field till the third day at evening. If your father misses me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem, his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. If he says, good, it will be well with your servant. But if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him. Therefore, deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a sacred covenant with you. But if there is guilt in me, slay me yourself. For why should you bring me to your father?
And Jonathan said, Far be it from you. If I knew that it was determined by my father that evil should come upon you, would I not tell you? Then said David to Jonathan, Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly? And Jonathan said to David, Come, let us go out into the field. So they both went out into the field. And Jonathan said to David, The Lord, the God of Israel, be witness. When I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow or the third day, behold, if he is well disposed toward David, shall I not then send and disclose it to you? But should it please my father to do you harm, the Lord do so to Jonathan and more also if I do not disclose it to you and send you away that you may go in safety.
May the Lord be with you as he has been with my father. If I am still alive, show me the loyal love of the Lord that I may not die and do not cut off your loyalty from my house forever. When the Lord cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth, let not the name of Jonathan be cut off from the house of David.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:04–1:19
2
What passages are we reading on Day 112 and which Bible translation is used?
1:19–7:34
3
How does 1 Samuel 20 set up the friendship of David and Jonathan?
7:34–9:34
4
What danger does David face and how does he confide in Jonathan?
9:34–17:46