Day 172: Uzziah's Pride (2025)

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🗓️ 21 June 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike zeroes in on how Uzziah's prideful desire to worship God in his own way led to his tragic death. We are reminded once again how easily the kings over Judea strayed away from God after achieving greatness. Today's readings are 2 Kings 3, 2 Chronicles 26-27, and Psalm 72.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible Any Year podcast, where we
0:07.8	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
0:15.9	Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that
0:20.0	story today. It is day 172.
0:22.1	We are reading from 2nd Kings chapter 3 and 2nd Chronicles, chapters both 26 and 27.
0:27.3	We're also praying Psalm 72.
0:28.9	As always, the Bible translation that I am reading from is the revised standard version,
0:32.3	second Catholic edition.
0:33.5	I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension.
0:35.3	If you want to download your own Bible into your rating plan, you can visit
0:37.9	ascensionpress.com slash Bible in here.
0:40.1	And if you'd like to subscribe, you can subscribe to this podcast, but click it on and subscribe.
0:43.6	But as I said, it is day 172.
0:46.8	We're reading 2nd Kings chapter 3, second chronicles, 26 and 27, and we are praying Psalm 72.
0:54.3	The second book of kings chapter three.
0:56.9	Jehoram reigns over Israel.
0:59.2	In the 18th year of Jehochefat, king of Judah,
1:01.9	Jehoram, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned 12 years.
1:07.2	He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, though not like his father and mother,
1:13.7	for he put away the pillar of Baal which his father had made.
1:19.2	Nevertheless, he clung to the sin of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, which he made Israel to sin.
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