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The Book of Obadiah is a prophecy concerning the divine judgment of Edom and the restoration of Israel. [1] [2] The majority of scholars date the Book of Obadiah to shortly after the fall of Jerusalem in 587 BC. [3]
Vision of Obadiah. According to the Talmud, Obadiah is said to have been a convert to Judaism from Edom, [9] a descendant of Eliphaz, the friend of Job. He is identified with the Obadiah who was the servant of Ahab, and was chosen to prophesy against Edom because he was himself an Edomite.
King Jeroboam of Israel, prophecy of Ahijah c. 913 BC–c. 910 BC [citation needed] King Asa of Judah. prophecies of Elijah, Micaiah, and Elisha. c. 837 BC–c. 800 BC [citation needed] King Joash of Judah. prophecy of Jonah [1] during the time of Babylonian captivity, though dating of the book ranges from the 6th to the late 3rd century BC.
This prophecy was also asserted by Micah of Moreseth. Hosea 3:4–5 The Old Testament prophet Hosea indicated that in the end times Israel would return to their land and seek the Lord their God. Matthew 24:14 This prophecy predicts that the gospel will be preached globally before the end occurs.
According to 1 Kings 18:4, Obadiah hid a hundred prophets of God in two caves, fifty in each, to protect them from Jezebel, Ahab's wife.Later statements of the prophet Elijah, where he describes himself as the only remaining prophet of Yahweh [2] led biblical theologian Otto Thenius to conclude that eventually they were captured and killed, but George Rawlinson and other commentators argue ...
The prophetic books are a division of the Christian Bible, grouping 18 books (Catholic and Orthodox canon) or 17 books (Protestant canon, excluding Baruch) in the Old Testament. [1] In terms of the Tanakh , it includes the Latter Prophets from the Nevi'im , with the addition of Lamentations (which in the Tanakh is one of the Five Megillot ) and ...
According to Seder Olam, the prophecy of Obadiah occurred in the time of Amaziah [27] and those of Joel, Nahum, and Habakkuk in the reign of Manasseh. After devoting the 21st chapter to the prophets that lived before the conquest of the land, to the seven prophetesses, and to the seven prophets of the Gentiles, Seder Olam resumes the chronology ...
Obadiah – Biblical prophet to whom authorship of the Book of Obadiah is attributed; Jehu – Biblical prophet and son of Hanani; Azariah – Biblical prophet credited with persuading King Asa of Judah to carry out reforms; Jahaziel – Prophet in the Hebrew Bible; Eliezer – Name shared by multiple Biblical figures; Elijah – Biblical prophet