Day 168: Wicked Kinds (2026)

Mike Schmitz· Host0:00

[gentle music] Hi, my name's 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 168. We are reading from 1 Kings chapter 21, 2 Chronicles chapters 21 and 22, and the Song of Solomon chapter 7. As always, the Bible translation that I'm reading from is the Revised Standard Version, 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. And if you would like to subscribe, you can subscribe to this podcast by clicking on Subscribe. That would be phenomenal. As I said, [laughs] today is day 168. We're reading 1 Kings 21, 2 Chronicles 21 and 22, and Song of Solomon chapter 7. The First Book of Kings, chapter 21. Naboth’s vineyard. Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. And after this Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house. And I will give you a better vineyard for it, or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its value in money.” But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And Ahab went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance