Chapter eleven continues the theme of Israelās restoration. Picking up on the analogy of Assyria as a great tree to be cut down, Isaiah pointed to the coming Messiah as āa shootā¦out of Jesseās root stock, a budā¦from his rootsā (Isaiah 11:1). Like his father, David, this king will have Godās Spirit on him, helping […]
Obadiah is the shortest book of the Old Testament, containing only 21 verses. Nothing is known about the prophet for multiple reasons. First, this book gives no background about him, including his fatherās name. This leads to the second reason, which is that there are several men named Obadiah mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures, none
Chapter thirty-five addresses the Levites, who did not receive any of the land of Canaan as an inheritance for their tribe. Instead, God allotted the Levites forty-eight towns spread throughout the other tribes that they could live in (Numbers 35:1-8). The tribes with more land could afford to give more cities than those with less
