Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

Today we finished our 17th book of the Bible and we're halfway through our reading plan.

And you completed another page in your journal calendar or your printout calendar if you're following along with the printed version from our website.

Can you believe it?

Before we launch into Obedaya, I want to point out that this possibly could be out of chronological order.

No one knows when Obedaya was written, an estimate range from 850 BC, which is approximately where we are in the story, to 400 BC.

Obviously the good people at Blue Letter Bible who put this reading plan together lean more toward the earlier end, 850 BC, which is why they put it here.

This would connect it to a few events we just read about.

First, the instance where Egypt invades Jerusalem in 2 Chronicles 12, then,

Edim's revolt against King Jehora Mnjuda, which we read about yesterday in 2 Chronicles 21.

That's the part I told you would be important in today's reading.

Meanwhile, back in Obedaya, we see some enemies come in to take over Jerusalem, which is the capital city in the southern kingdom of Judah.

And Obedaya, the prophet, rebukes the people of Edim for it.

Why? Let's refresh our memory on Edim.

Edim is the name of the people descended from Esau, and Esau is the twin brother of Jacob Israel, the father of the 12 tribes.

So the Edimites are the closest relatives of all the 12 tribes.

But you may remember that there was a lot of family drama.

One day when he was hungry, Esau, the father of the people of Edim, sold his birthright to his twin brother Jacob in exchange for a bowl of stew.

Then, years later, Jacob tricked Esau out of the only thing he had left, his father's blessing.

If you want to refresh her on all this, you can go back and read about it in Genesis 25-28, or listen to episodes 20-21.

Years later, the brothers make amends and begin to act amicably toward each other, but there's always been a lingering tension between these two people groups.

They actually live next door to each other, which means they aren't just the closest relatives of the 12 tribes, but they're also the closest neighbors of Judah.

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