Day 146: The Universal Church (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 146, and we are reading from 1 Kings 4, from 2 Chronicles 6, And we are praying Psalm 65 today. As always, the Bible translation that I'm using is the Revised Standard Version, the 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.
And if you'd like to subscribe, you can subscribe to this podcast by clicking on subscribe. Then you'd be subscribed. As I said, today is day 146. We're reading 1 Kings chapter 4, 2 Chronicles chapter 6, and Psalm 65. The First Book of Kings, Chapter 4, Solomon's High Officials. King Solomon was king over all Israel, and these were his high officials. Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest. Elahoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries. Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was recorder. benaiah the son of jehoiada was in command of the army zadok and abiathar were priests azariah the son of nathan was over the officers zabud the son of nathan was priest and king's friend ahishar was in charge of the palace and adoniram the son of abdah was in charge of the forced labor
Solomon had 12 officers over all Israel who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for one month in the year. These were their names. Ben-Hur in the hill country of Ephraim, Ben-Dekar in Makaz, Sha'al-Bim, Bet-Shemesh, and Elon-Beth-Hanan. Ben-Hesed in Araboth. To him belonged Soco and all the land of Hefer. Ben-Abinadab, in Al-Nafath-Dor, he had Tafath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife. Ba'ana, the son of Ahilud, in Tanakh. Megiddo, in Al-Betshan, which is beside Zerathon, below Jezreel, and from Betshan to Ebel-Mechola, as far as the other side of Jachmim. Ben-Gamer, in Ramoth-Gilead, he had the villages of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had the region of Argab, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars.
Ahinadab, the son of Edo, in Mahanaim. Ahimaaz, in Naphtali. He had taken Basamath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife. Baanah, the son of Hushai, in Asher and Baaloth. Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Ezekar. Shimei, the son of Elah, in Benjamin. Geber, the son of Uriah, in the land of Gilead. the country of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, the king of Bashan. And there was one officer in the land of Judah. Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy. Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms, from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cores of fine flour and sixty cores of meal, ten fat oxen and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.
For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates from Tifsa to Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates, and he had peace on all sides round about him. And Judah and Israel dwelt in safety from Dan even to Beersheba. every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon. Solomon also had 40,000 stalls of horses for his chariots and 12,000 horsemen. And those officers supplied provisions for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon's table, each one in his month, they let nothing be lacking. Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his charge. Fame of Solomon's Wisdom And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and largeness of mind like the sand on the seashore, so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Who is guiding today's readings and what passages are we covering?
0:04–4:37
2
What does 1 Kings 4 list about Solomon’s high officials and officers?
4:37–9:23
3
How did Solomon organize provision and administration across Israel?
9:23–16:51
4
What does Scripture say about the scale of Solomon’s household and resources?
16:51–21:23
5
Why was Solomon’s wisdom famous and what did he produce?
21:23–22:08