Obadiah
Servant of the Lord.
1. An Israelite who was chief in the household of King Ahab
1Ki 18:3 Amid great spiritual degeneracy he maintained his
fidelity to God, and interposed to protect The Lord's prophets,
an hundred of whom he hid at great personal risk in a cave
1Ki 18:4,13 Ahab seems to have held Obadiah in great
honour, although he had no sympathy with his piety
1Ki 18:5,6,7 The last notice of him is his bringing back
tidings to Ahab that Elijah, whom he had so long sought for, was
at hand 1Ki 18:9-16. "Go," said Elijah to him, when he met
him in the way, "go tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here."
2. A chief of the tribe of Issachar 1Ch 7:3
3. A descendant of Saul 1Ch 8:38
4. A Levite, after the Captivity 1Ch 9:16
5. A Gadite who joined David at Ziklag 1Ch 12:9
6. A prince of Zebulun in the time of David 1Ch 27:19
7. One of the princes sent by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people in
the law 2Ch 17:7
8. A Levite who superintended the repairs of the temple under
Josiah 2Ch 34:12
9. One who accompanied Ezra on the return from Babylon Ezr 8:9
10. A prophet, fourth of the minor prophets in the Hebrew canon, and
fifth in the LXX. He was probably contemporary with Jeremiah and
Ezekiel. Of his personal history nothing is known.
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