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 Ruth 4:22 ; 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 1 Chronicles 2:38 ) (B.C. after 1014.)
3. One of Davids 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.)