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Obil

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Heb. Obil', אוֹבַיל, from the Arabic abal, an overseer of camels; Sept. Οὐβϊ v ας v. r. Ἀβίας and ᾿Ωβίλ , Vulg. Ubil), an Ishriaelite, or Arab, doubtless of the nomade tribes, who had charge of the royal camels in the time of David an exceedingly fit employment for an Arab (1 Chronicles 27:30). As the name means in Arabic "a keeper of camels," Jerome (2:2) infers that the person had his name from his office, which has always been a very common circumstance in the East (see Bochart, Hieroz. I, 2:2).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Obil'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​o/obil.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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