A Study Guide for the Book of Lamentations by John Teague, ThD - HTML preview

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(2)

Edomite women were among

Solomon’s many heathen

wives and concubines,

(1 Kgs.11:1). It was these

very Edomites that brought

idolatry into Judah and Israel.

(d)

The next four generations of the

kings of Judah contended with the

Edomites, (1 Kgs.22:48).

(2)

The ruling of the Edomites by the kings of

Judah show the fulfillment of the ancient

prophecy to Rebekah, the expectant mother

of the twin boys, “The elder shall serve the younger”, (Gen.25:23).

6)

Esau’s foolish choices and what his choices meant to his life.

a)

Esau’s first foolish choice was to sell his birthright for a bowl of stew.

(1)

What happened when Esau sold his

birthright?

(a)

Esau's was the heir to Abraham's

line.

(b)

God had established a covenant with

Abraham that God would be his God

and that Abraham would be the

father of a nation through his heir.

(2)

When Esau sold his birthright to Jacob this is what he was giving up.

(a)

He was surrendering to Jacob the

promises of God to him as the heir of

Isaac the son of Abraham.

(b)

Why would Esau make such a

foolish trade?

(c)

He made that fatal foolish choice

because at that moment, the needs of