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OBED

(Heb. ʿôḇēḏ; Gk. Iōbēd) (also EBED)

1. The son of Ruth, the widowed Moabitess (Ruth 4:21), and Boaz, the “close relative” (2:21) of her deceased husband Mahlon. Obed became the grandfather of King David (Ruth 4:16; 1 Chr. 2:12) and ancestor of Jesus Christ (Matt. 1:5; Luke 3:32). Curiously, he was named Obed (“worshipper”) by the women of Bethlehem rather than by his parents (Ruth 4:17). The birth of Obed was possible because of levirate law (Deut. 25:5-10), which required the eldest brother or closest relative of the deceased husband to marry the widow.

2. A son of Ephlal (1 Chr. 2:37) and descendant of Jerahmeel (1 Chr. 2:37-38).

3. One of David’s Mighty Men (1 Chr. 11:47). His name is missing in the parallel account (2 Sam. 23).

4. A son of Shemaiah, a Korahite gatekeeper whose four sons were said to be “men of great ability” (1 Chr. 26:6-7).

5. The father of the military commander Azariah, who followed the priest Jehoiada in executing Queen Athaliah and installing the child Joash as king (2 Chr. 23:1).

6. A son of Jonathan; one of the men who returned from Babylon to Palestine with Ezra (1 Esdr. 8:32); called Ebed at Ezra 8:6.

Donald Fowler

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OBED

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)