Day 126: David's Victories (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. Today is day 126. We are reading from 2 Samuel chapter 8, as well as 1 Chronicles chapters 10 and 11. We're also praying Psalm 60. As always, I'm reading from the Revised Standard Version, 2nd Catholic Edition. And 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.
And you can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking subscribe, and then it's done. As I said, it's day 126. We're reading 2 Samuel chapter 8, 1 Chronicles chapters 10 and 11, and we are praying Psalm 60. The book of 2 Samuel chapter 8, David's wars. After this, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. And David took Mithigamah out of the hand of the Philistines. And he defeated Moab and measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground. Two lines he measured to be put to death and one full line to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute. david also defeated hadadezer the son of rehob the king of zobah as he went to restore his power at the river euphrates and david took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers and david hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for a hundred chariots
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew 22,000 men of the Syrians. Then David put garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Syrians became servants to David and brought tribute.
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And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went. And David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took very much bronze. When Toy, king of Hamath, heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer, Toy sent his son Joram to King David to greet him and to congratulate him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him. For Hadadezer had often been at war with Toy. And Jerome brought with him articles of silver, of gold, and of bronze. These also King David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he dedicated from all the nations he subdued, from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
And David won a name for himself. When he returned, he slew 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and he put garrisons in Edom. Throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went. David's Officers So David reigned over all Israel, and David administered justice and equity to all his people. And Joab the son of Zerui was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder. and Zedok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Sariah was secretary, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherithites and the Pelethites, and David's sons were priests. The first book of Chronicles, chapter 10, the death of Saul and his sons.
Now the Philistines fought against Israel and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Giloah. And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons and the Philistines slew Jonathan and Abinadab and Melchishua, the sons of Saul. The battle pressed hard upon Saul, and the archers found him, and he was wounded by the archers. Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and make sport of me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:04–1:50
2
What passages are we reading today (2 Samuel 8, 1 Chronicles 10–11, Psalm 60)?
1:50–5:15
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How does 2 Samuel 8 describe David’s military victories and their significance?
5:15–9:50
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Why does the narrator emphasize that ‘the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went’?
9:50–17:14
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What is the account of Saul’s death and its theological meaning in 1 Chronicles 10?
17:14–17:17