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Obadiah

Mentioned in 1199 BC traditional (Jones)

A descendant of Saul (1 Chr. 8:38).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Azel
Siblings
Azrikam, Bocheru, Hanan, Ishmael, Sheariah
Tagged in
2 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Family tree of Obadiah: two generations up and down, with partners and siblings.

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1224–1174 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Timeline of Obadiah’s mentions beside the people of the same era.

Mentions

Begat counts Obadiah in 2 tagged verses in one book.

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  1. 1 Chronicles2

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBObadiah 22
KJVObadiah 20
ASVObadiah 20

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 2 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

1 Chronicles2 verses
  1. 8:38

    Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

  2. 9:44

    And Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

A descendant of Saul (1 Chr. 8:38).