Day 182 (Obadiah 1, Psalm 82-83) - Year 8

Tara-Leigh Cobble· Host0:00

[upbeat music] Hey, Bible readers. I'm Tara-Leigh 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, and 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 2 Chronicles 12, then Edom's revolt against King Jehoram in 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 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