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Obed
OBED (ō'bĕd, Heb. ‘ōvēdh, worshiper). The name of five OT men:
1. If no names are omitted in the messianic genealogy, the son of Boaz and Ruth and grandfather of David the king (
2. An early man of Judah, descended through Hezron and Jerahmeel (
3. One of the mighty men of David’s army (
4. A Levitical gatekeeper of the tabernacle in David’s time (
5. The father of one of the captains whom Jehoiada chose to help make Joash king (
OBED ō’ bid (עוֹבֵ֔ד; NT ̓Ιωβήδ, G2725, worshiper of, or slave of). It is a common name in OT. Since those bearing it are apparently unimportant, it may be an abbreviation of Obadiah.
1. Son of Ruth and Boaz (
2. Son of Ephlal, a descendant of Jerahmeel (
3. One of David’s mighty men (
4. Son of Shemaiah and grandson of Obed-edom, one of the Korahite doorkeepers of the Temple (
5. Father of Azariah, one of the captains who helped Jehoiada to depose Athaliah (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
(1) Son of Boaz and Ru and grandfather of David (
(2) Son of Ephlal and descendant of Sheshan, the Jerahmeelite, through his daughter who was married to Jarha, an Egyptian servant of her father’s (
(3) One of David’s mighty men (
(4) A Korahite doorkeeper, son of Shemaiah, and grandson of Obed-edom (
(5) Father of Azariah, one of the centurions who took part with Jehoiada in deposing Queen Athaliah and crowning Joash (