Dictionaries :: Obed

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Obed:

serving; worshipping. (1.) A son of Boaz and Ruth (Rth 4:21,22), and the grandfather of David (Mat 1:5).

(2.) 1Ch 2:34-38.

(3.) 1Ch 26:7.

(4.) 2Ch 23:1.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Obed:

a servant; workman

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Obed:

o'-bed (‘obhedh, "worshipper"; in the New Testament Iobed):

(1) Son of Boaz and Ru and grandfather of David (Ru 4:17,21,22; 1Ch 2:12; Mt 1:5; Lu 3:32).

(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 (1Ch 2:37,38).

(3) One of David's mighty men (1Ch 11:47).

(4) A Korahite doorkeeper, son of Shemaiah, and grandson of Obed-edom (1Ch 26:7).

(5) Father of Azariah, one of the centurions who took part with Jehoiada in deposing Queen Athaliah and crowning Joash (2Ch 23:1; compare 2Ki 11:1-16).

Written by David Francis Roberts

Nave's Topical Bible

Obed: 1. Son of Boaz and Grandfather of David

Rth 4:17-22; 1Ch 2:12; Mat 1:5; Luk 3:32

Obed: 2. Son of Ephlal and Grandson of Zabad

1Ch 2:37, 38

Obed: 3. One of David's Heroes

1Ch 11:47

Obed: 4. Son of Shemaiah

A gatekeeper of the temple,

1Ch 26:7.

Obed: 5. Father of Azariah

2Ch 23:1

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Obed:

(serving).

(1.) Son of Boaz and Ruth the Moabitess and father of Jesse (Ruth 4:17). (B.C. 1360) The circumstances of his birth which make up all that we know about him are given with much beauty in the book of Ruth. The name of Obed occurs only (Ruth 4:17) and in the four genealogies (Ruth 4:21-22; 1 Chronicles 2:12; Matthew 1:5; Luke 3:32).

(2.) A descendant of Jarha, the Egyptian slave of Sheshan, in the line of Jerahmeel (1 Chronicles 2:37, 38). (B.C. after 1014)

(3.) One of David's mighty men (1 Chronicles 11:47). (B.C. 1046)

(4.) One of the gate‐keepers of the temple; son of Shemaiah the first‐born of Obed‐edom (1 Chronicles 26:7). (B.C. 1017)

(5.) Father of Azariah, one of the captains of hundreds who joined with Jehoiada in the revolution by which Athaliah fell (2 Chronicles 23:1). (B.C. before 876)