Obadiah = "servant of Jehovah"<OL TYPE="1"><LI>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<OL TYPE="a"><LI>the prophetic book by him; prophesies against Edom</OL><LI>father of Ishmaiah, one of the chiefs of Zebulun in the time of David<LI>a Merarite Levite overseer of the work of restoring the temple in the time of king Josiah of Judah<LI>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<LI>a descendant of David<LI>a chief of the tribe of Issachar<LI>a Benjamite, one of the 6 sons of Azel and a descendant of king Saul<LI>a Levite, son of Shemaiah and a descendant of Jeduthun<LI>a Gadite chief, the 2nd of the lion-faced Gadites who joined David at Ziklag<LI>a prince of Judah in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah<LI>a priest, son of Jehiel of the sons of Joab who returned from exile with Ezra<LI>a gatekeeper in the time of Nehemiah<LI>one of the men who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah<OL TYPE="a"><LI>perhaps the same as 12</OL></OL>