UObhadiya 1:19

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

19 Abakwelasezantsi bozithimba iintaba zakwaEsawu; nabasezithabazini bahluthe amaFilisti; bahluthe isisimi sakwaEfrayim, nesisimi sakwaSamari; uBhenjamin ahluthe elaseGiliyadi.

Bible Verse Review
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the south: Numbers 24:18, Numbers 24:19, Joshua 15:21, Jeremiah 32:44, Amos 9:12, Malachi 1:4, Malachi 1:5

the plain: Joshua 13:2, Joshua 13:3, Joshua 15:33, Joshua 15:45, Joshua 15:46, Judges 1:18, Judges 1:19, Isaiah 11:13, Isaiah 11:14, Ezekiel 25:16, Amos 1:8, Zephaniah 2:4-7, Zechariah 9:5-7

the fields of Ephraim: 2 Kings 17:24, Ezra 4:2, Ezra 4:7-10, Ezra 4:17, Psalms 69:35, Jeremiah 31:4-6, Ezekiel 36:6-12, Ezekiel 36:28, Ezekiel 37:21-25, Ezekiel 47:13-21, Ezekiel 48:1-9

Benjamin: Joshua 13:25, Joshua 13:31, Joshua 18:21-28, 1 Chronicles 5:26, Jeremiah 49:1, Amos 1:13, Micah 7:14

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 30:3 - that I Jeremiah 31:5 - mountains Jeremiah 33:12 - in all Jeremiah 49:2 - shall Israel Jeremiah 50:19 - Gilead Ezekiel 36:11 - and I will settle Micah 5:8 - as a lion Zephaniah 2:7 - the coast Malachi 1:3 - laid

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And [they of] the south shall possess the land of Esau,.... That is, those Jews that shall dwell in the southern part of the land of Judea shall seize upon the country of Idumea, lying contiguous to them; they shall enlarge their border, and take that into their possession:

and [they of] the plain the Philistines; or of Sephela, they that shall inhabit the plain, or champaign country of Judea, as the parts of Lydda, Emmaus, and Sharon, were; these shall possess the country of the Philistines, lying near unto them, as Azotus, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron:

and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria; all the countries that the ten tribes inhabited, in the times of their idolatry, before their captivity, which the Jews shall now be restored unto:

and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead; that tribe shall be so enlarged as to take in the country of Gilead, which lay beyond Jordan, formerly possessed by the, half tribe of Manasseh. Some think this was fulfilled in the times of the Maccabees, when several of these places were taken by Judas, in the Apocrypha:

"17. Then said Judas unto Simon his brother, Choose thee out men, and go and deliver thy brethren that are in Galilee, for I and Jonathan my brother will go into the country of Galaad. 36. From thence went he, and took Casphon, Maged, Bosor, and the other cities of the country of Galaad. 38. So Judas sent men to espy the host, who brought him word, saying, All the heathen that be round about us are assembled unto them, even a very great host.'' (1 Maccabees 5)

but since the land of Judea, and the countries adjacent to it, were never as yet inhabited by the Jews in the form and manner here mentioned, it rather respects their settlement in their own land, in the latter day, when their borders will be greatly enlarged; see

Ezekiel 48:1; or it may regard the enlargement of the church of Christ, either in the first times of the Gospel, when that was spread in those parts, and met with success; see Acts 8:6; or rather in the latter day, when Christ's kingdom will be from sea to sea, and his dominion from the river to the ends of the earth, Psalms 72:8; and to which also the following words belong.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they of the South shall possess the mount of Esau - The Church was now hemmed in within Judah and Benjamin. They too were to go into captivity. The prophet looks beyond the captivity and the return, and tells how that original promise to Jacob Genesis 28:14 should be fulfilled; “Thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt break North to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the South; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Hosea and Amos had, at this time, prophesied the final destruction of the kingdom of Israel. Obadiah describes Judah, as expanded to its former bounds including Edom and Philistia, and occupying the territory of the ten tribes. “The South” , i. e., they of the “hot” and “dry” country to the South of Judah bordering on Edom, “shall possess the mountains of Esau,” i. e., his mountain country, on which they bordered. And “the plain,” they on the West, in the great maritime plain, the “shephelah,” should spread over the country of the Philistines, so that the sea should be their boundary; and on the North, over the country of the ten tribes, “the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria.” The territory of “Benjamin” being thus included in Judah, to it is assigned the country on the other side Jordan; “and Benjamin, Gilead.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Obadiah 1:19. They of the south — The Jews who possessed the southern part of Palestine, should render themselves masters of the mountains of Idumea which were contiguous to them.

They of the plain — From Eleutheropolis to the Mediterranean Sea. In this and the following verse the prophet shows the different districts which should be occupied by the Israelites after their return from Babylon.

The fields of Samaria — Alexander the Great gave Samaria to the Jews; and John Hyrcanus subdued the same country after his wars with the Syrians. See Josephus, contra. App. lib, ii., and Antiq. lib. xiii., c. 18.

Benjamin shall possess Gilead. — Edom lay to the south; the Philistines to the west; Ephraim to the north; and Gilead to the east. Those who returned from Babylon were to extend themselves everywhere. See Newcome; and see, for the fulfilment, 1Macc 5:9, 35, 45; 9:35, 36.