Day 150: The Dedication of the Temple (2026)
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That's ascensionpress.com support. Thank you and God bless. 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 150, that is half of 300, because I am super good at math. And that means we are trucking along, which is awesome. We're reading from 1 Kings chapter 8 today, as well as three chapters out of Ecclesiastes chapters 3, 4, and 5. We're also praying Psalm 6.
As always, the Bible translation that I'm reading from is the Revised Standard Version, the Second Catholic Edition. I am 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 if you want to subscribe to this podcast. That's the last time I'm going to say it. This is the last time I'm going to say it today. Ha, last time today. As I said, what day is it? Day 150. Gosh, so we have a number of chapters to get through. Again, just one chapter in 1 Kings 8. It's a longer chapter, though, and it is going to be familiar to you if you've been listening the last couple days because this is the dedication of the temple.
So the Ark of the Covenant is going to be moved into the temple, and Solomon is going to have his prayer of dedication. And we're going to be able to be part of that as we move into the dedication of the temple and Solomon's prayer. We're also moving three chapters, as I said, in Ecclesiastes. So we need to get started because we also are going to pray Psalm 6 at the end. The first book of Kings, chapter 8, the dedication of the temple. Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' houses of the sons of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. And all the men of Israel assembled to King Solomon at the feast in the month Athanim, which is the seventh month.
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark, and they brought up the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent. The priests and the Levites brought them up. And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who had assembled before him were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the most holy place underneath the wings of the cherubim. For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles.
And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–6:22
2
What is the purpose of today’s Day 150 Bible reading plan and which passages will we hear?
6:22–14:32
3
How is the Ark of the Covenant brought into Solomon’s Temple and who is involved?
14:32–19:06
4
What happened when the Ark was placed in the Most Holy Place and why did the priests stop ministering?
19:06–21:41
5
What key themes does Solomon emphasize in his speech and prayer of dedication?
21:41–28:59