Obadiah
God raised up certain "prophets" who were His mouthpieces.
They would speak out against their sin and idolatry and would
continually warn of God's judgment. Some of the prophets spoke
out in the North and some in the South, but God was faithfully
warning them of certain catastrophe if they would not turn to
him....
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The Book of Obadiah is found in the Hebrew Bible, where it
is the shortest book, only one chapter long. Its authorship
is generally attributed to a person named Obadiah, which
means "servant (or worshipper) of the Lord". Obadiah is
classified as a "minor prophet" in the Christian Bible due
to the brevity of the writing (only 21 verses) and the...
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Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament. The theme
of the book is the destruction of Edom. Consequent upon the
overthrow of Edom is the enlargement of the borders of Judah
and the establishment of the kingship of Yahweh. Thus far
all scholars are agreed; but on questions of authorship and
date there is wide divergence of opinion.
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o-ba-di'-a (`obhadhyah, more fully `obhadhyahu, "servant of
Yahweh"):
(1) The steward or prime minister of Ahab, who did his best
to protect the prophets of Yahweh against Jezebel's
persecution. He met Elijah on his return from Zarephath, and
bore to Ahab the news of Elijah's reappearance (1 Ki 18:3-
16).
(2) The prophet (Ob 1:1).
See OBADIAH, ...
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(servant of the Lord),
1. A man whose sons are enumerated in the genealogy
of the tribe of Judah. 1Ch 3:21 (B.C. 470.)
2. A descendant of Issachar and a chief man of his
tribe. 1Ch 7:3 (B.C. 1014.)
3. One of the six sons of Azel, a descendant of
Saul. 1Ch 8:33; 9:44 (B.C. 720.)
4. A Levite, son of Shemaiah, and descended from
Jeduthun. 1Ch ...
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consists of one chapter, "concerning Edom," its impending
doom
(1:1-16), and the restoration of Israel (1:17-21).
This is the
shortest book of the Old Testament.
There are on record the account of four captures of
Jerusalem,
(1) by Shishak in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings
14:25); (2) by
the Philistines and Arabians in the reign of Jehoram...
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servant of the Lord. (1.) An Israelite who was chief in the
household of King Ahab (1 Kings 18:3). Amid great
spiritual
degeneracy he maintained his fidelity to God, and
interposed to
protect The Lord's prophets, an hundred of whom he
hid at great
personal risk in a cave (4, 13). Ahab seems to have
held Obadiah
in great honour, although he...
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("worshipper of Jehovah"; Arabic: Abdallah.)
1. One of Israhiah's "five" sons, of Issachar (1
Chronicles 7:3). But as four only are mentioned, Kennicott
with four manuscripts omits "and the sons of Israhiah," thus
making him brother not father of Obadiah, and both sons of
Uzzi. Syriac and Arabic have our text, but "four."
2. 1 Chronicles 8:...
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