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 Edom's revolt against King Jehoram and Judah, which we read

about yesterday in Second 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 Obadiah, the prophet, rebukes the people of Edom for it.

Why? Let's refresh our memory on Edom.

Edom 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 Edomites 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 Edom, 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 a refresher on all this,

you can go back and read about it in Genesis 25 through 28, or listen to Days 20 and 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.

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