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 Obadiah, I

want to point out that this possibly could be out of chronological order. No one knows when Obadiah was written. An estimates

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 Second Chronicles 12, then Edim's revolt

against King Jehoram and Judah,

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 Obadiah, we see some enemies come in to take over Jerusalem,

which is the capital city in the southern kingdom of Judah.

And Obadai 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

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