Obadiah

 Servant of the Lord.
  1. An Israelite who was chief in the household of King Ahab
     1Ki 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
     1Ki 18:4,13 Ahab seems to have held Obadiah in great
     honour, although he had no sympathy with his piety
     1Ki 18:5,6,7 The last notice of him is his bringing back
     tidings to Ahab that Elijah, whom he had so long sought for, was
     at hand 1Ki 18:9-16. "Go," said Elijah to him, when he met
     him in the way, "go tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here."
  2. A chief of the tribe of Issachar 1Ch 7:3
  3. A descendant of Saul 1Ch 8:38
  4. A Levite, after the Captivity 1Ch 9:16
  5. A Gadite who joined David at Ziklag 1Ch 12:9
  6. A prince of Zebulun in the time of David 1Ch 27:19
  7. One of the princes sent by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people in
     the law 2Ch 17:7
  8. A Levite who superintended the repairs of the temple under
     Josiah 2Ch 34:12
  9. One who accompanied Ezra on the return from Babylon Ezr 8:9
 10. 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.