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Obadiah 1:19 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 19. 19And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
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Role in This Section
Begins the compressed geographical catalogue of restored possession across southern, lowland, northern, and Transjordanian regions.
Read It With
- Obadiah 1:19–21
Read verses 19–21 together. The compressed regional and exile list is controlled by its conclusion: human deliverers ascend Zion, and the kingdom belongs to the LORD.
Why It Needs Context
This geographical allocation is grammatically compressed and gains its controlling meaning only from the complete list and verse 21's kingdom conclusion.
Read Obadiah 1:19–21 together
Why these verses belong together: The possession and exile catalogue culminates in rule from Zion and the LORD's kingdom.
Verse 19. 19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
Verse 20. 20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
Verse 21. 21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Obadiah 1:19–21 — The Exiles Possess the Land and the Kingdom Is the LORD'sSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The compressed clauses leave some subjects and objects implicit, so the exact allocation of regions is debated.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Obadiah 1:19–21, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Obadiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew forms, clause boundaries, repeated roots, names, and the base wording behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2 (commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00), wlc/Obad.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 1:19–21
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