Day 186: Struggles with Self-Interest (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. And to that story today, it is day 186. We are reading today from 2 Kings chapter 20, from 2 Chronicles chapter 31. We're also praying Psalm 144. As always, the Bible translation that I'm reading from 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 want to subscribe to this podcast, you can. You don't have to, but you can. As I said, it is today. Today is the day it is. It's day 186, and we are reading 2 Kings 20, 2 Chronicles 31, and we are praying Psalm 144. 2 Kings chapter 20, Hezekiah's illness. In those days, Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him, thus says the Lord, set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover. Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord saying, remember now, O Lord, I beg you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart and have done what is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
And before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him. Turn back and say to Hezekiah, the prince of my people.
What passages are we reading on Day 186 of the Bible in a Year?
Thus says the Lord, the God of David, your father. I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you shall go up to the house of the Lord. And I will add 15 years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. And I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David's sake. And Isaiah said, bring a cake of figs and let them take and lay it on the boil that he may recover. And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day? And Isaiah said, This is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he has promised.
Shall the shadow go forward ten steps or go back ten steps? And Hezekiah answered, It is an easy thing for the shadow to lengthen ten steps. Rather, let the shadow go back ten steps. And Isaiah the prophet cried to the Lord, and he brought the shadow back ten steps by which the sun had declined on the dial of Ahaz. envoys from Babylon. At that time, Merodach-Baladon, the son of Baladon, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. And Hezekiah welcomed them, and he showed them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.
Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, what did these men say? And from where did they come to you? And Hezekiah said, they have come from a far country from Babylon. He said, what have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah answered, they have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them. Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord. Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house and that which your fathers have stored up to this day shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the Lord. And some of your own sons who are born to you shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good. For he thought, Why not, if there will be peace and security in my days?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:04–1:36
2
What passages are we reading on Day 186 of the Bible in a Year?
1:36–4:34
3
How does 2 Kings 20 describe Hezekiah’s illness and God’s promise of healing?
4:34–11:58
4
Why does Hezekiah ask for a sign and what is the meaning of the shadow turning back?
11:58–13:25
5
What happens when envoys from Babylon visit Hezekiah and why does he show them his treasures?
13:25–15:00