Mic 1:5 | TNotes | STEP | 1:5 Rebellion is parallel to sins ; these two key words describe Israel’s failure in the Old Testament. • Who? ... Where? The capital cities of God’s people should have been holy places, but they were sources of corruption instead. Samaria , capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, was built by Omri (885–874 BC ) as a political, military, and economic crossroads of the ancient Near East (1 Kgs 16:24 ). Omri was an evil king, and so his city was evil (cp. Mic 6:16 , 1 Kgs 16:25 ). • Jerusalem: The prophet would not allow the people of Judah to be smug about the northern kingdom’s imminent destruction. Judah’s beautiful Temple was no different from a Canaanite center of idolatry (literally high place ).

b1 Kgs 16:24►

cMic 6:16►

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‏ Micah 1:5

1:5 ^a Rebellion is parallel to sins; these two key words describe Israel’s failure in the Old Testament.

• Who? ... Where? The capital cities of God’s people should have been holy places, but they were sources of corruption instead. Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, was built by Omri (885–874 BC) as a political, military, and economic crossroads of the ancient Near East (1 Kgs 16:24 ^b). Omri was an evil king, and so his city was evil (cp. Mic 6:16 ^c, 1 Kgs 16:25 ^d).

• Jerusalem: The prophet would not allow the people of Judah to be smug about the northern kingdom’s imminent destruction. Judah’s beautiful Temple was no different from a Canaanite center of idolatry (literally high place).