Obadiah (Easton)

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Servant of the Lord. An Israelite who was chief in the household of King Ahab (1 Kings 18:3 ). Amid great spiritual degeneracy he maintained his fidelity to God, and interposed to protect The Lord's prophets, an hundred of whom he hid at great personal risk in a cave (4,13). Ahab seems to have held"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter O Bible Dictionaries Obadiah Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Oath Next Entry Obadiah, Book of Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Zebadiah Obadiah Noadiah (only first 3 shown) Scofield Reference Index Obadiah Dictionaries American Tract Society Obadiah Bridgeway Bible Dictionary Obadiah, Book of Obadiah Baker's Evangelical Dictionary Obadiah, Theology of Chabad Knowledge Base Ovadiah (2) Ovadiah Obadiah Easton's Bible Dictionary Zebadiah Obadiah, Book of Obadiah (only first 3 shown) Fausset Bible Dictionary Zebadiah Obadiah, the Book of Obadiah (only first 3 shown) Holman Bible Dictionary Zebadiah Obadiah, Book of Obadiah (only first 3 shown) Hitchcock Bible Names Zebadiah Obadiah Noadiah (only first 3 shown) Hastings' BibleDictionary Zebadiah Obdia Obadiah, Book of (only first 3 shown) Morrish Bible Dictionary Zebadiah Obadiah, Book of Obadiah (only first 3 shown) 1910 New Catholic Dictionary Obadiah Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary Obadiah Noadiah People's Bible Dictionary Obadiah Smith Bible Dictionary Zebadiah Obadiah No-Adiah (only first 3 shown) Webster Dictionary Badian Watson's Theological Dictionary Obadiah Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Obadiah Obadiah Bertinoro Obadiah Walker (only first 3 shown) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Abadias Bariah Habaiah; Hobaiah (only first 3 shown) Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Obadiah McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Abadias Adams, Obadiah Badia, Carlo Francesco (only first 3 shown) The Nuttall Encyclopedia Obadiah The Catholic Encyclopedia Tommaso Badia The Jewish Encyclopedia Abadia, Juan de La Abadias Amadia, Amadiah, Amadieh, Amadeeyah (only first 3 shown) Lexicons בָּרִיחַ זְבַדְיָה , זְבַדְיָהוּ חֳבַיָּה (only first 3 shown) Servant of the Lord. An Israelite who was chief in the household of King Ahab ( 1 Kings 18:3 ). Amid great spiritual degeneracy he maintained his fidelity to God, and interposed to protect The Lord's prophets, an hundred of whom he hid at great personal risk in a cave (4,13). Ahab seems to have held Obadiah in great honour, although he had no sympathy with his piety (5,6,7). The last notice of him is his bringing back tidings to Ahab that Elijah, whom he had so long sought for, was at hand (9-16). "Go," said Elijah to him, when he met him in the way, "go tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here." A chief of the tribe of Issachar ( 1 Chronicles 7:3 ). A descendant of Saul ( 1 Chronicles 8:38 ). A Levite, after the Captivity ( 1 Chronicles 9:16 ). A Gadite who joined David at Ziklag ( 1 Chronicles 12:9 ). A prince of Zebulun in the time of David ( 1 Chronicles 27:19 ). One of the princes sent by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people in the law ( 2 Chronicles 17:7 ). A Levite who superintended the repairs of the temple under Josiah ( 2 Chronicles 34:12 ). One who accompanied Ezra on the return from Babylon ( Ezra 8:9 ). A prophet, fourth of the minor prophets in the Hebrew canon, and fifth in the LXX. He was probably contemporary with Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Of his personal history nothing is known.

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