Day 169: Joash Is Crowned (2025)

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🗓️ 18 June 2025

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Summary

Fr. Mike explains how Athaliah's death, Jehoiada's covenant, and the crowning of Joash as king was pivotal for the restoration of the Temple. Today's readings are 1 Kings 22, 2 Chronicles 23, and Song of Solomon 8.

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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,
0:07.0	where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture.
0:10.0	The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
0:13.0	Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation,
0:17.0	discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today.
0:21.2	It is day 169.
0:23.0	We are reading from 1st Kings 22, 2nd Chronicles 23, and the final chapter of the Song of Solomon.
0:28.2	Song of Solomon chapter 8.
0:29.6	As always, the Bible translation that I'm reading from is the revised standard version, second Catholic edition.
0:34.4	I am using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension.
0:36.2	If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year.
0:41.7	You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking on subscribe wherever podcasts are sold or wherever
0:46.4	they're given away for free. As I said, today is day 169 and we are reading only three chapters
0:51.3	today. First Kings, 22, the last chapter of first kings,
0:55.0	Second Chronicles 23, and the last chapter of the Song of Solomon, chapter 8.
1:02.1	The first book of kings, chapter 22. Judah and Israel join to fight the Syrians.
1:08.2	For three years, Syria and Israel continued without war, but in the third year,
1:12.7	Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, came down to the king of Israel, and the king of Israel said to his
1:17.4	servants, do you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, and we keep quiet and did not take it out of the
1:23.6	hand of the king of Syria? And he said to Jehoshaphat, will you go with me to battle at
1:28.4	Ramoth Gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are, my people as your people,
1:34.8	my horses, as your horses. And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, inquire first for the word
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