Day 144: David's Last Words (2023)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike looks into David's last words to his son Solomon and explains why it could have been hard for him to take David's advice. He also points out the important role of the mother of the king, and how this will foreshadow the role of Mary in the New Testament. Today's readings are 1 Kings 2, 2 Chronicles 2-3, and Psalm 62.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast,
0:07.5	where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture.
0:10.7	The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension, using the great adventure Bible timeline.
0:15.4	We'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds
0:19.7	and how we fit into that story today.
0:21.7	It is day 144.
0:24.0	We're reading from 1 Kings, chapter 2, and 2 Chronicles, chapters 2 and 3.
0:29.3	So three chapters in the Old Testament, including the fourth hidden special chapter of Psalm 62 that we're going to pray today.
0:36.6	As always, the Bible translation that I am reading from is the revised standard version, the second Catholic edition.
0:41.1	I'm using the great adventure Bible from Ascension.
0:43.3	If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit AscensionPress.com slash Bible in a year.
0:47.9	And if you've not yet subscribed to this podcast, you can do that and you'd be subscribed and it would be
0:52.3	Fna ma no, it is day 144.
0:55.4	We're reading from the first book of Kings, chapter 2, second book of Chronicles, chapters 2 and 3, and we are praying Psalm 62.
1:04.4	The first book of Kings, chapter 2, David's instructions to Solomon.
1:09.7	When David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon, his son, saying,
1:14.1	I am about to go the way of all the earth.
1:16.6	Be strong and show yourself a man and keep the charge of the Lord your God walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies as it is written in a lot of Moses.
1:28.8	That you may prosper and all that you do and wherever you turn.
1:32.3	That the Lord may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying,
1:36.4	If your sons shall heed to their way to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, their shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.
1:46.4	Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruaia did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel,
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