Encyclopedia entry
Oded
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Oded. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Restoring, or setting up.
Oded (1)
#Father of the prophet Azariah (2 Chr. 15:1, 8).
Oded (2)
#A prophet in the time of Ahaz and Pekah (2 Chr. 28:9-15).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(restoring).
The father of Azariah the prophet, in the reign of Asa. (2 Chronicles 15:1) (B.C. before 953.) A prophet of Jehovah in Samaria, at the time of Pekah’s invasion of Judah. (2 Chronicles 28:9) (B.C. 739.)
In the Bible
3
Verses where Oded is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 2 Chronicles 15:1
Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
- 2 Chronicles 15:8
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
- 2 Chronicles 28:9
But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
Scripture on Oded
2
Voices on Oded
5
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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