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Obed
Meaning: serving; worshipping
This was the name of 4 Biblical men.
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Obed, a son of Boaz
His parents are Boaz and Ruth (Ruth 4:21-22).
Obed is a grandfather of King David (Matt. 1:5).
He is the father of Jesse (1 Chronicles 2:11), and is a noted ancestor of Judean kings and of Jesus Christ.
Lineage from the 1st Adam to the 2nd Adam
God → ADAM → Seth → Enos / Enosh → Cainan → Mahalalel / Mahalaleel → Jared → Enoch → Methuselah → Lamech → NOAH → Shem → Arphaxad / Arpachshad → Shelah → Eber / Heber (father of the Hebrews) → Peleg → Reu → Serug → Nahor I → Terah → Abraham → Isaac → Jacob → Judah → Perez → Hezron → Ram → Amminadab → Nahshon → Salmon → Boaz → Obed → Jesse → KING DAVID and Queen Bathsheba → Prince Nathan → Mattathah → Menan / Menna → Melea → Eliakim → Jonan → Joseph → Judah → Simeon → Levi → Matthat → Jorim → Eliezer → Jose (Joshua, Jesus) → Er → Elmodam → Cosam → Addi → Melchi → Neri → Shealtiel → Zerubbabel → Rhesa → Joannas / Joanna → Judah → Joseph → Semei → Mattathiah / Mattathias → Maath → Naggai → Esli → Nahum → Amos → Mattathiah / Mattathias → Joseph → Janna → Melchi → Levi → Matthat → Heli → MARY, mother of Jesus → The 2nd Adam, JESUS THE CHRIST, the God-Man (wholly God and wholly human)
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Obed, a son of Ephlal
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Obed, a son of Shemaiah
1 Chr. 26:7
His brothers are Othni, Rephael, Elzabad, Elihu and Semachiah.
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Obed, father of Azariah
2 Chr. 23:1
He was a captain of hundreds who made a covenant with King Jehoiada of the Kingdom of Judah.
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