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It’s not like these countries had been pals and Edom just said, “You know what, Judah? We’re gonna sit this one out for now.” They had a colorful, not-too-friendly history.Įdom was a jerk to Israel when they were wandering in the wilderness( Num 20:20–21).

After all, God had commanded that Israel treat Edom as family (Dt 23:7–8). Esau’s family became Edom, a nation just south of Israel (Gn 36:8).Īs far as God is concerned, Edom should have shown more support of their kin. Jacob’s family became Israel (which includes Judah). Esau and Jacob eventually kissed (Gn 33:4) and made up, and then went on to have great big families of their own. Remember Jacob and Esau, way back in Genesis? Long story short, Jacob schemed Esau out of their father’s blessing. In fact, they helped Judah’s enemies instead (Ob 8:10). When the kingdom of Judah was attacked, the Edomites didn’t bother to help them out. God is pretty much telling off the little Middle-Eastern nation of Edom. Plus, Obadiah is so brief that if you’ll probably miss it if you’re not looking for it (like all those clever Easter eggs in the Pixar movies). But he also covers a lot more, including verses about potters and clay, or that one about God having plans for Israel’s future (Je 29:11). By “resonates,” I mean, “seems like the kind of stuff you should use as a life verse.”įor example, Jeremiah covers almost all the content Obadiah does. With other books in the same prophetic genre, you have plenty of material, and a higher chance of content that really resonates with people. It’s only one chapter long, which means there just isn’t as much to draw from. It’s the fourth-shortest book of the Bible (go ahead, check out all the shortest books), and it might not even take up a whole page in your print Bible. It was a fun one to overview, and although it’s not a super popular piece of Scripture, it’s Scripture nonetheless. Before we get into this, you should know that I happen to really like the book. I think there are a lot of understandable reasons Obadiah doesn’t get much attention, and I’d like to explore them with you. * And by “grabbed,” I mean, “pulled out my craft kit and forged.” Why is Obadiah the least popular book of the Bible? In fact, Obadiah doesn’t even get a lot of attention in some of my favorite Bible reference books. So Leviticus is getting plenty of attention, but not Obadiah.

Jon Acuff brings it up from time to time, and that guy’s pretty popular.

It’s one of the few books of the Bible that directly references male–male sex (Lev 18:22, 20:13)-a topic plenty of Christians have plenty to say about.

There are people who love Leviticus, and read it lots.

So obscure, I grabbed* the nearest pair of nonprescription specs just to make this meme.Īnd for those of you wondering why it’s not Leviticus, consider a few things: It doesn’t get more hipster than this, folks. Even Jesus, who loved quoting Old Testament books, doesn’t ever give a nod to Obadiah. Plenty of Christians have never even heard of Obadiah. I was surprised because (as I stated before) I figured it would be one of those books more well-known for being boring or stuffy.Īt the same time, I wasn’t surprised. When I learned this, I was both surprised and not-so-surprised. Obadiah is the least popular book of the Bible

There’s a really, really good chance you’ve never read it.

You’d probably have a hard time spelling it on the first try.

I imagine most of you have already skimmed to find what it is, but for those of you who are still playing the guessing game, here are a few hints: Turns out the least-read book of the Bible is about three quarters of the way through your Bible. My own guess would have been Second Chronicles (on account of how boring it is). Let’s just get this out of the way: the least popular book of the Bible is not Leviticus. That’s a popular guess, and I understand why (more on that later). (For the purposes of this post, “least popular” = “least-read book of the Bible on ”.) That gave me something else to think about: what’s the least popular book of the Bible? I recently took a look at the 10 most popular books of the Bible-another super hat tip to Jonathan at for that data.