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Obadiah For the Khazar ruler, see Obadiah (Khazar) Obadiah ( עֹבַדְיָה "Servant of the LORD ", Standard Hebrew ʿOvadya , Tiberian Hebrew ʿŌḇaḏyāh , Vulgate Abdias ) is the name of many people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible , the Old Testament . An Israelite who was chief in the household of King Ahab (1 Kings 18:3). Amid a climate of spiritual degeneracy, Obadiah maintained his fidelity to God, and interposed to protect God'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). During the great famine he was sent by Ahab to search for food. He met the prophet Elijah, and brought Ahab the message that the famine was at an end (ib. 6 et seq.). One of the grandchildren of the last king, Jeconiah (1 Chron. iii. 21). A descendant of the tribe of Issachar, and one of David's heroes (Chron. vii. 3). A chief of the tribe of Issachar (1 Chron. 7:3). A Gadite, the second in the list of David's heroes who joined him in the desert before the capture of Ziklag (Chron. xii. 9). A descendant of Saul (1 Chron. 8:38). A Levite, after the Captivity, a descendant of Jeduthun (1 Chron. 9:16). A Gadite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chron. 12:9). Father of Ishmaiah, who was appointed representative of the tribe of Zebulun, under David (Chron. xxvii. 19) One of the officers sent by Jehoshaphat to teach in the different towns of Judea (II Chron. xvii. 7). A Levite who superintended the repairs of the Temple in Jerusalem under Josiah (2 Chron. 34:12). Son of Jehiel; chief of 218 men who returned with Ezra to Palestine from Babylon. One of those who signed, with Nehemiah, the covenant to live according to the doctrines of the law of Moses (Nehemiah x. 6). A prophet and the author of the Book of Obadiah . He was the fourth of the minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible, and fifth in the Septuagint . He was probably contemporary with Jeremiah and Ezekiel . Of his personal history nothing is known.1
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Obadiah , Ovadyah , ( Hebrew : עובדיה) is a Biblical theophorical name, meaning "servant of Yahweh " or "worshipper of Yahweh." It is cognate to the Arabic name ‘Abdullah .Another similar name in Arabic is Obaidullah/ `Ubaydullah (Arabic: عبيد الله) is a male Arabic given name that means "little servant of Allah ".The form of his name used in the Septuagint is Obdios ; in Latin it is Abdias .
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Obadiah (pronounced / ˌ oʊ b ə ˈ d aɪ . ə / , ʿOvadyah or עבדיהו ʿOvadyahu , or in Modern Hebrew Ovadyah ) is a Biblical theophorical name, meaning "servant of God " or "worshipper of Yah." The form of Obadiah's name used in the Septuagint is Obdios ; in Latin it is Abdias .The Bishops' Bible has it as Abdi .
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Obadiah ( / ˌ oʊ b ə ˈ d aɪ . ə / ; – ʿŌvaḏyāh or [[Obadiah#ʿŌvaḏyā́hū| – ʿŌvaḏyā́hū ]]; "servant of the Lord") is a Biblical theophorical name, meaning "servant or slave of God " or "worshiper of Yahweh." The form of Obadiah's name used in the Septuagint is Obdios .In Latin it is translated as Abdias while in Arabic it is عبداللّٰه ʿAbdullah .The Bishops' Bible refers to the prophet as Abdi .
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Biblical prophet to whom authorship of the Book of Obadiah is attributed This article is about the prophet in the Hebrew Bible.Obadiah ( / ˌ oʊ b ə ˈ d aɪ . ə / ; – ʿŌḇaḏyā or עֹבַדְיָהוּ – ʿŌḇaḏyāhū ; "servant of Yah", or "Slave of Yah [YHWH]"), also known as Abdias, is a biblical prophet .The authorship of the Book of Obadiah is traditionally attributed to the prophet Obadiah.
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Biblical prophet to whom authorship of the Book of Obadiah is attributed This article is about the prophet in the Hebrew Bible. Obadiah ( / oʊ b ə ˈ d aɪ . ə / ; Hebrew : עֹבַדְיָה – ʿŌḇaḏyā or עֹבַדְיָהוּ – ʿŌḇaḏyāhū ; "servant/slave of Yah "), also known as Abdias, is a biblical prophet . The authorship of the Book of Obadiah is traditionally attributed to the prophet Obadiah. The majority of scholars date the Book of Obadiah to shortly after the fall of Jerusalem in 587 BC.Other scholars hold that the book was shaped by the conflicts between Yehud and the Edomites in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE and evolved through a process of redaction .The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets .The constant quarrels between the Persian province Yehud and the Edomites in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE should hence be seen as the delivery room for the traditions leading to the book of Obadiah.This book articulates and ventilates the way in which the inhabitants of Jerusalem and surroundings found a way to cope with the Edomite threat.Not a single event but a string of events stands at the background of this biblical book.This also indicates that Obadiah in its present form is the final product of a process of redaction and rewriting.A Historical-Critical Study of the book of Obadiah.
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