ODED, “A PROPHET OF THE LORD” IN SAMARIA · TWO KINGDOMS

Oded. He met Israel's army at Samaria and told them to send their captives home.

SCRIPTURE CALLS

Prophet

ERA

Two kingdoms 930–586 BC

IN THE DAYS OF

Pekah · Ahaz

BOOK

None bears the name

HOW THE WORD CAME

“But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host”.

THE CALL

How the word came

  • “But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host”. 2 Chronicles 28:9

BEFORE THE KINGS

Before two kings

KING OF ISRAEL

Pekah

“Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.”

2 Chronicles 28:11 (KJV) →

KING OF JUDAH

Ahaz

THE MESSAGE

The word in its main themes

A rage that reaches to heaven

“ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.”

2 Chronicles 28:9 (KJV) →

Your own sins

“but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?”

2 Chronicles 28:10 (KJV) →

Send them back

THE WORD TO …

To whom the word was spoken

TO ISRAEL'S RETURNING ARMY, AT SAMARIA

“deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren”

2 Chronicles 28:11 (KJV) →

COMPANIONS AND OPPONENTS

Who stood with him, and against him

Azariah, Berechiah, Jehizkiah and Amasa, heads of Ephraim

HOW THE STORY ENDS

Scripture says, tradition says

SCRIPTURE SAYS

  • From the textScripture names Oded only here. 2 Chronicles 28:9

TRADITION SAYS

No tradition is recorded here.

IN SCRIPTURE

Every passage

CHAPTERS · 1

2 Chronicles 28

PASSAGES · 1

2 Chronicles 28:5–15

WHAT SCRIPTURE DOES NOT SAY

  • Kings does not tell this episode; it is in Chronicles only.
  • Chronicles does not say Oded spoke to Pekah himself; he spoke to the army.
  • He is a different man from Oded the father of Azariah (2 Chronicles 15:1).

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