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Obed-Edom in Easton's Bible Dictionary

servant of Edom. (1.) "The Gittite" (probably so called because he was a native of Gath-rimmon), a Levite of the family of the Korhites (1 Chr. 26:1, 4-8), to whom was specially intrusted the custody of the ark (1 Chr. 15:18). When David was bringing up the ark "from the house of Abinadab, that was in Gibeah" (probably some hill or eminen...

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Obil in Hitchcock's Bible Names

that weeps; who deserves to be bewailed...

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Og in Naves Topical Bible

-(King of Bashan) -A man of gigantic stature Nu 21:33; De 3:11; Jos 12:4; 13:12 -Defeated and killed by Moses Nu 21:33-35; De 1:4; 3:1-7; 29:7; 31:4; Jos 2:10; 9:10; Ps 135:10,11; 136:18-20 -Land of, given to the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh Nu 32:33; De 3:8-17; 4:47-49; 29:7,8; Jos 12:4-6; 13:12,30,31; 1Ki 4:19; Ne 9:22; Ps 136:20,...

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Obed-Edom in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 2 Samuel 6:11. (On his title "the Gittite".) Gath-rimmon was a city of the Levite Kohathites in Dan (Joshua 21:24). He was a Kohathite and distinguished by his title "Gittite" from Obed Edom, son of Jeduthun, a Merarite (1 Chronicles 16:38). frontGITTITE.) Lived near Perez Uzzah, on the way from Kirjath Jearim to Jerusalem. After Uzzah's st...

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Og in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(giant, literally long-necked), an Amoritish king of Bashan, whose rule extended over sixty cities. Jos 13:12 He was one of the last representatives of the giant race of Rephaim, and was, with his children and his people, defeated and exterminated by the Israelites at Edrei immediately after the conquest of Sihon. Nu 32:33; De 3:1-13 Also De 1...

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Obed-Edom in Hitchcock's Bible Names

servant of Edom...

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Oded in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A prophet in Samaria 2Ch 28:9 -2. Father of the prophet Azariah 2Ch 15:1...

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Og in Easton's Bible Dictionary

gigantic, the king of Bashan, who was defeated by Moses in a pitched battle at Edrei, and was slain along with his sons (Deut. 1:4), and whose kingdom was given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh (Num. 21:32-35; Deut. 3:1-13). His bedstead (or rather sarcophagus) was of iron (or ironstone), 9 cubits in length an...

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Oded in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

o'-ded (`owdhedh (2 Ch 15), `odhedh (elsewhere), `odhedh, "restorer"): (1) According to 2 Ch 15:1, he was the father of Azariah who prophesied in the reign of Asa of Judah (c 918-877), but 15:8 makes Oded himself the prophet. The two verses should agree, so we should probably read in 15:8, "the prophecy of Azariah, the son of Oded, the prophet...

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Obil in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

o'-bil ('obhil, "camel driver"): An Ishmaelite who was "over the camels" in David's palace (1 Ch 27:30)....

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