Obed-edom = "servant of Edom"<OL TYPE="1"><LI>a Levite and a Gittite who kept the ark after Uzzah was slain by God for touching the ark while it was being taken to Jerusalem<LI>a Merarite Levite and a singer and gatekeeper<OL TYPE="a"><LI>the family descended from him</OL></OL>