Obed
And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,...
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And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and
took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and
Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and
Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri,
into covenant with him....
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And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is
a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is]
the father of Jesse, the father of David....
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In the Tanakh, Obed (Hebrew: עובד, Oved) was a son of Boaz and
Ruth [1], the father of Jesse, and the grandfather of David.
In the Christian Scriptures, He is one of Jesus' ancestors
through the aforementioned genealogy found in the gospels.
The name Obed is cognate with Arabic "Abd", meaning "servant,
worshipper".[citation needed]...
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o'-bed (`obhedh, "worshipper"; in the New Testament Iobed):
(1) Son of Boaz and Ruth and grandfather of David (Ruth
4:17,21,22; 1 Ch 2:12; Mt 1:5; Lk 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 (1 Ch 2:37,38).
(3) One of David's mighty me...
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-1. Son of Boaz and grandfather of David
Ru 4:17-22; 1Ch 2:12; Mt 1:5; Lu 3:32
-2. Son of Ephlal and grandson of Zabad
1Ch 2:37,38
-3. One of David's heroes
1Ch 11:47
-4. Son of Shemaiah. A gatekeeper of the temple
1Ch 26:7
-5. Father of Azariah
2Ch 23:1...
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(serving).
1. Son of Boaz and Ruth the Moabitess and father of
Jesse. Ru 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 Ru
4:17 and in the four genealogies, Ru 4:21,22; 1Ch 2:12; Mt
1:5; Lu 3:32
2. A descendant of Jarha, th...
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serving; worshipping. (1.) A son of Boaz and Ruth (Ruth 4:21,
22), and the grandfather of David (Matt. 1:5).
(2.) 1 Chr. 2:34-38.
(3.) 1 Chr. 26:7.
(4.) 2 Chr. 23:1....
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1. Son of Boaz and Ruth (Rth 4:17); father of Jesse, David's
father (1 Chronicles 2:12; Matthew 1:5; Luke 3:22). Hannah in
her song (1 Samuel 2:5; 1 Samuel 2:7; 1 Samuel 2:10, "they
that were hungry ceased ... the barren hath borne seven ...
the Lord maketh poor and maketh rich") apparently alludes to
Ruth's experience as reproduced in her own...
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