Day 123: The Death of Ish-bosheth (2026)
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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 123. It is day 1, 2, 3. We are reading from 2 Samuel chapter 4. We're also reading two chapters out of 1 Chronicles. chapters five and six. We're also praying Psalm 26. As always, I am reading from 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 slash Bible in a Year. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking on subscribe. Then you would be subscribed. And when everyone does that, I will no longer say that when you get this thing at the beginning of every single day, but 123 days, my goodness, you guys, I'm so proud of you. Keep going. Also, chapter 4 is relatively short in 2 Samuel. And there are some names. Not as many names as in chapters 5 and 6 of 1 Chronicles. But the name is Ish-bosheth, right?
What books and chapters are we reading on Day 123 of the Bible in a Year?
Or Ish-bosheth. I've kind of fully committed to Ish-bosheth. And so, I apologize if you're annoyed and you're reading your Bible and you say, it says Ish-bosheth. And I would say, you're probably right, but I'm committed to Ish-bosheth. And so it's also fun to say, just try it. Try it at home. Try it in your car as you're driving. It is a gift to be able to be here. Again, 2 Samuel chapter 4, 1 Chronicles chapter 5 and 6 and Psalm 26. 2 Samuel chapter 4. Ish-bosheth is assassinated. When Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his courage failed and all Israel was dismayed. Now Saul's son had two men who were captains of raiding bands. The name of the one was Baana and the name of the other Rechab, sons of Ramon, a man of Benjamin from Beiroth.
For Beiroth also is reckoned to Benjamin. The Beirothites fled to Getaim and have been sojourners there to this day. Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son who was crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And as she fled in her haste, he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. now the sons of ramon the beirothite rechab and baana set out and about the heat of the day they came to the house of eshibosheth as he was taking his noonday rest and behold the doorkeeper of the house had been cleaning wheat but she grew drowsy and slept so rechab and baana his brothers slipped in When they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they struck him, and slew him, and beheaded him.
They took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night, and brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron. And they said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life. The Lord has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring. But David answered Rahab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Ramon the Beiruthite, as the Lord lives, who has redeemed my life out of every adversity. When one told me, behold, Saul is dead, and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and slew him at Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news. How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous man in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?
And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and feet, and hanged them beside the pool at Hebron.
But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner at Hebron.
1 Chronicles 5 Descendants of Reuben The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, for he was the firstborn, but because he polluted his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that he is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:04–1:12
2
What books and chapters are we reading on Day 123 of the Bible in a Year?
1:12–11:12
3
Who is Ish‑bosheth and how is his assassination described in 2 Samuel 4?
11:12–17:00
4
Which men murdered Ish‑bosheth and how did they present his head to David?
17:00–19:30
5
How does David respond to the murder of Ish‑bosheth and what does that reveal about his leadership?
19:30–20:31
6
Why does David refuse to reward assassins and what kingdom principle does he establish?
20:31–22:17
7
What is the purpose of 1 Chronicles and why does it focus on the lines of David and Levi?
22:17–22:49