Day 145: Solomon Builds the Temple (2026)

Mike Schmitz· Host0:00

[gentle music] 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 unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day one hundred and forty-five, and we are reading from First Kings chapter three. We're also reading Second Chronicles chapters four and five. We are praying Psalm sixty-four today. As always, the Bible translation that I'm using is the Revised Standard Version, the Second Catholic Edition, and I'm 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/bibleinayear. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking Subscribe, and then that'll be done. [chuckles] As I said, we are reading from First Kings chapter three. We're reading Second Chronicles four and five. We're praying Psalm sixty-four because it is day one hundred and forty-five. The First Book of Kings, chapter three. Solomon Prays for Wisdom. Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and a wall around Jerusalem. The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the Lord. Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father; only he sacrificed and burnt incense at the high places. And the king went