Day 165: The Lover and the Beloved (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 165. We are reading from 1 Kings chapter 15 and 16, 2 Chronicles chapters 16 and 17, and the Song of Solomon chapter 4. That's a lot of chapters today. That's five chapters today, so that's going to be great. So buckle up and hang on.
We are reading from the Bible translation called the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to get your own Great Adventure Bible from Ascension, you can go to ascensionpress.com. You can also go to Amazon or wherever you find Bibles are sold and get those there. If you want to download your own free Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a Year. And if you want to subscribe to this podcast, you can by clicking on subscribe. As I said, it is day 165, which is so good. You guys, congratulations. This is remarkable. I imagine for the last 165 days or at least 165 times, you've allowed God's word to shape your mind and shape your heart and shape the way in which you see the world.
It's so good. What a gift. So day 165, reading first Kings 15 and 16, second Chronicles 16 and 17, and the song of Solomon chapter four. The first book of Kings, chapter 15. Abijam reigns over Judah. Now in the 18th year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah. He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maaka, the daughter of Abishalom. And he walked in all the sins which his father did before him. and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God as the heart of David his father. Nevertheless, for David's sake, the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him and establishing Jerusalem, because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life, The rest of the acts of Abisham, in all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abisham and Jeroboam. And Abisham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead. Asa Reigns Over Judah In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah, and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father had done. He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
he also removed maaka his mother from being queen mother because she had an abominable image made for asherah and asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook kidron but the high places were not taken away nevertheless the heart of asa was wholly true to the lord all his days
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why does Father Mike encourage supporting Ascension and how are donations used?
0:00–4:14
2
What is the Bible in a Year podcast and what readings are covered on Day 165?
4:14–6:10
3
Which chapters from 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles are read and summarized today?
6:10–19:49
4
How is King Asa portrayed and what key events define his reign?
19:49–23:40
5
Why did Asa form an alliance with Ben-Hadad and what were the consequences?
23:40–26:45