Day 153: The Decline of Solomon (2026)
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Today, as we hear about Solomon's decline, Fr. Mike points out how the consequences of our decisions can have ramifications far beyond ourselves. The readings are 1 Kings 11, Ecclesiastes 10-12, and Psalm 9.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name's Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast, where we |
| 0:07.6 | encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast is |
| 0:12.0 | brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from |
| 0:16.0 | Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story |
| 0:20.5 | today. It is day 153. It is our last day of King Solomon. His last day of First Kings chapter 11 is our reading today, as well as the last three chapters in Ecclesiastes. That's Ecclesiastes 10, 11, and 12. We're also praying Psalm 9 today. 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 |
| 0:41.2 | Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit |
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| 0:48.9 | on and subscribe and then you will be subscribed. As I said, chapter 11 of First Kings. |
| 0:54.4 | This is where we finally hear what we know was coming. |
| 0:58.0 | We saw hints of Solomon's cracks. |
| 1:00.4 | It was hints of Solomon losing his way. |
| 1:02.6 | And this is finally the time when we see it. |
| 1:04.5 | We see it happen. |
| 1:05.3 | And it is horrible. |
| 1:06.6 | It's devastating. |
| 1:07.3 | But it also is the truth. |
| 1:10.6 | And so pay attention to Solomon in 1st, Kings 11, as well as listen to the wisdom of Solomon or of the author of Ecclesiastes in 10, 11, and 12. |
| 1:19.9 | And we then also get to pray with King David in Psalm 9. |
| 1:25.1 | The first book of Kings, chapter 11, Solomon's errors. Now, King Solomon loved many foreign women, |
| 1:31.9 | the daughter of Pharaoh, and Moabite, ammonite, Edomite, Sedonian, and Hittite women, |
| 1:36.8 | from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the sons of Israel, you shall not enter |
| 1:41.4 | into marriage with them. Neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn |
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