Day 191: The Babylonian Exile (2025)

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🗓️ 10 July 2025

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Summary

As we finish our journey in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles, Fr. Mike highlights the Babylonian exile as a critical event in the story of salvation. Although the exile is a dark and devastating part of Israel's history, Fr. Mike reminds us that it's not the end of their story. Today's readings are 2 Kings 25, 2 Chronicles 36, and Proverbs 9:1-6.

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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, where we
0:07.7	encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by
0:12.3	Ascension. 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. It is day
0:20.6	191. As I said yesterday, maybe even the day before, it is the last chapters in Second Kings and Second Chronicles.
0:27.6	We're reading Second Kings chapter 25 and Second Chronicles chapter 36.
0:31.6	We're also reading Proverbs chapter 9 verses 1 through 6.
0:34.6	Just a short reading from Proverbs today.
0:36.6	As always, the Bible translation that I am reading from is the revised standard version,
0:40.1	second Catholic edition, and I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension.
0:43.2	If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit
0:45.8	ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year.
0:48.1	If you want to, you can subscribe to this podcast and receive daily episodes, as I said.
0:52.5	Notice how I know?
0:53.9	Do you ever you noticed this?
0:55.1	I have not kept like hammering away the point about the subscription of these things.
1:00.2	That's all.
1:00.8	Just noting that.
1:01.8	It is day 1091.
1:02.9	We're reading 2nd Kings 25, Second Chronicles, Chapter 36, and Proverbs, chapter 9, verses 1 through 6.
1:11.6	The second book of kings chapter 25.
1:14.6	And in the ninth year of his reign, in the 10th month, on the 10th day of the month,
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