![]() ![]() However, this late date doesn’t make as much sense because Edom fell in 553 BC. Others have placed the date of the book as far as 400 BC, long after the Babylonians took over, and the Israelites returned to their land. They have argued for this because the Edomites rebelled against Jerusalem in that time period ( 2 Chronicles 21:16–17). Some have put this book in 840 BC, long before the destruction of Jerusalem (or the fall of the Northern Kingdom to Assyria in 722 BC). Context and Background of ObadiahĪs far as dates go, scholars’ opinions vary. ![]() He spares no words on background details about himself or his family, and dives right into the meat, the impending destruction of Edom. The minor prophet who penned this book likely did so after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 BC. ![]() In fact, 12 men by the name of Obadiah, “one who serves Yahweh,” appear in Scripture. Although one prophet named Obadiah was an official during King Ahab’s reign ( 1 Kings 18:3-16), this Obadiah was not the same. Not much is known about the specific prophet Obadiah who received a vision to write this short 21-verse book. ![]()
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