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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 unfold 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 we're trucking along, which is awesome. We're reading from First Kings chapter 8 today, as well as three chapters out of Ecclesiastes, chapters three, four, and five. 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 want 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 First Kings, chapter eight. It's a longer chapter, though. And it is going to be familiar to you if you've been listening to 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

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