Today's readings are Judges 9-11, Ruth 4, and Psalm 137. In the reading from Judges, we hear about the rise and fall of Abimelech, as well as the misguided and heartbreaking vow Jephthah makes to God in return for victory over the Ammonites. We also conclude the book of Ruth with the marriage of Boaz and Ruth. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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Hi, my name is Fr. 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 92, and we are reading from Judges 9-11. 10, and 11. They're three kind of long chapters with some really, well, as all of Judges is just an intense, intense book. It is PG-13. It gets worse. Knowing that we've had the first eight chapters of the book of Judges, it gets worse. Every chapter is worse than the one before. Just keep that in mind.
If you have people that you want to maybe, I don't know, if you want to edit a little bit of what you expose people to when it comes to the word of God. It is still the word of God, but it is also a hard word, and it gets harder and harder through the book of Judges. We're also reading a happy, happy story, and that is Ruth chapter four. We're concluding the story of Ruth today.
We're also praying Psalm 137. As always, the Bible translation that I am using is the Revised Standard Version, the Second Catholic Edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. Hopefully you can get yours at ascensionpress.com or at amazon.com or wherever you find Bibles.
Also, you can download your free Bible in a Year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a Year. You also can subscribe to the podcast app. and rate it and comment on it if you want in your podcast app. That is all the announcements today. Once again, Judges 9, 10, and 11, Ruth chapter 4, and pray in Psalm 137.
The book of Judges, chapter nine.
Abimelech tries to establish a monarchy. Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubabel, went to Shechem to his mother's kinsmen and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family, say in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, which is better for you, that all 70 of the sons of Jerubabel rule over you or that one rule over you. Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
And his mother's kinsmen spoke all these words on his behalf in the years of all the men of Shechem, and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, He is our brother. And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berit, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows who followed him.
And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brothers, the sons of Jerubabel, seventy men, upon one stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubabbel, was left, for he hid himself. And all the citizens of Shechem came together, and all bet Milo, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the pillar at Shechem.
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