{"podcast":{"title":"Commuter Bible OT","slug":"commuter-bible-ot-2653726","podcast_index_feed_id":2653726,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/3cfqu7SJ","website_url":"http://www.commuterbible.org","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6e5e603b-4032-42ff-ba6a-b4efd0ca4dcf/cd3cd55a-d9a6-416b-ba61-e28973f7dbac/3000x3000/cbp20248.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"John Ross","episode_count":600,"summary":"Commuter Bible OT is a work-week audio Bible reading plan to match your weekly schedule. In five days a week, Monday-Friday, you can listen to the entire Old Testament over the course of a year. We even break on holidays! Presented chronologically, this podcast presents the Old Testament's contents in the order in which they occurred. Subscribe today and get more of God's Word in your daily life. Part of the Commuter Bible family of podcasts, using the Christian Standard Bible translation (CSB). Learn more at www.commuterbible.org","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T10:17:35.286102+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commuter-bible-ot-2653726"},"episode":{"title":"1 Samuel 17-18","slug":"1-samuel-17-18","published_at":"2026-05-20T04:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commuter-bible-ot-2653726/1-samuel-17-18","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commuter-bible-ot-2653726","url":"http://www.commuterbible.org","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/c95cb48f-95db-400b-ad13-0de3247674d2/32c2ceb1-1473-4674-bc63-45a6a19251a0/episodes/audio/group/95c93baa-6cf6-4c88-a754-f8eb2753a5d6/group-item/4493bdc2-0ffa-4e56-83d9-e3eb1eee28dc/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=3cfqu7SJ","summary":"When the subject of a historical account like this one tells you the reason why he will be victorious before he achieves his victory, we should probably pay attention to that right? So often when someone references David & Goliath, they frame it as if it’s about a big guy versus small fry, and the underdog wins the day because of his ingenuity. Let’s just make this clear: you and I are not David and this account is not about being brave and facing your giants. If anything, we are the cowering Israelites who cannot face our foe; we need a champion, a savior, to step forward in the power of God and rescue us from sin and death.","meta_description":"When the subject of a historical account like this one tells you the reason why he will be victorious before he achieves his victory, we should probably p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1169,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/commuter-bible-ot-2653726/episodes/1-samuel-17-18/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/commuter-bible-ot-2653726/1-samuel-17-18.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}