obed Summary and Overview

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.

(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, the Egyptian slave of Sheshan, in the line of Jerahmeel. #1Ch 2:37,38| (B.C. after 1014.) 3. One of David's mighty men. #1Ch 11:47| (B.C. 1046.) 4. One of the gate-keepers of the temple; son of Shemaiah the first-born of Obed-edom. #1Ch 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. #2Ch 23:1| (B.C. before 876.)

O'BED (serving). 1. The son of Ruth and Boaz, and father of Jesse. Ruth 4:17; 1 Chr 2:12. His name occurs in the genealogical tables of our Lord. Matt 1:5; Luke 3:32. 2. A descendant of Sheshan by his Egyptian slave Jarha. 1 Chr 2:37. 3. One of David's warriors. 1 Chr 11:47. 4. One of the porters of the temple. 1 Chr 26:7. 5. The father of Azariah. 2 Chr 23:1.

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. Ruth poor and gleaning in the grain becomes wife of Boaz, the "mighty man of wealth." From her springs "the Anointed King" Messiah, of whom Hannah sings. The famine which drove Elimelech's sons to Moab was not long before, due in part to Philistine inroads (compare 1 Samuel 4). The women congratulated Naomi on Obed's birth: "the Lord hath not left thee without a kinsman (goel "redeemer"), that his name may be famous in Israel, and he shall be ... a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter in law, which is better to thee than sorest sons, hath borne him" (Rth 4:14-15). 2. 1 Chronicles 2:37-38. 3. 1 Chronicles 11:47. 4. 1 Chronicles 26:7. 5. Father of Azariah. (2 Chronicles 23:1).