Bible Lexicons

Obadiah = “servant of Jehovah”

1) the 4th of the 12 minor prophets; nothing personal is known of him but it is probable that he was contemporary with Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel

1a) the prophetic book by him; prophesies against Edom

2) father of Ishmaiah, one of the chiefs of Zebulun in the time of David

3) a Merarite Levite overseer of the work of restoring the temple in the time of king Josiah of Judah

4) chief of the household of king Ahab of Israel; an devout worshipper of Jehovah who at risk to his own life hid over 100 prophets during the persecution of Jezebel

5) a descendant of David

6) a chief of the tribe of Issachar

7) a Benjamite, one of the 6 sons of Azel and a descendant of king Saul

8) a Levite, son of Shemaiah and a descendant of Jeduthun

9) a Gadite chief, the 2nd of the lion-faced Gadites who joined David at Ziklag

10) a prince of Judah in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah

11) a priest, son of Jehiel of the sons of Joab who returned from exile with Ezra

12) a gatekeeper in the time of Nehemiah

13) one of the men who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

13a) perhaps the same as 12