Day 162: Rehoboam Seeks Counsel (2026)
6/11/202624 min
Fr. Mike explains why it's better to seek counsel from those who don't necessarily always agree with us, using the experience of Rehobo′am as an example. He also touches on the failed leadership of Jerobo′am as he leads his people into false places of worship and idolatry. Today's readings are 1 Kings 12, 2 Chronicles 10-11, and Song of Solomon 1.
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[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 [laughs] and how we fit into that story today. It is day one hundred and sixty-two. We are beginning a new period, time period, the period of the divided kingdom. We'll be here for the next twenty-one days in the period of the divided kingdom. It is... [laughs] If you've listened to the podcast with Jeff and myself talking about this time period of the divided kingdom, there are lots of ups and downs. There are lots of people. There are lots of names. You thought I Chronicles was, was rough? [laughs] Um, this is gonna be not, not rough in terms of names, but in terms of there's a lot of action both in the north, in the new Kingdom of Israel, and in the south, in the new Kingdom of Judah. And so we're launching in today. It's, as I said, day one sixty-two. We're reading from I Kings chapter twelve and II Chronicles ten and eleven. Now, when we hear this, when you read [laughs] I Kings twelve and II Chronicles ten, you're gonna say, "Wait. Did you literally just say the exact same thing? You just... Are you reading the same thing?" 'Cause it sounds very similar, at least at first. And so just keep that in mind. It's gonna be kind of the same story, the story of the division of the kingdom told immediately. And then, actually today, we're also introducing a new book, the book of the Song of Solomon, chapter one. As always, the Bible translation that I am reading from is the Revised Standard Version, the Second Catholic edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can