OBED-EDOM
A Levite, whose special prosperity while keeper of the ark after the dreadful death of Uzziah encouraged David to carry it up to Jerusalem. Obed-edom and his sons were made doorkeepers of the tabernacle at Jerusalem, 2 Samuel 1:6-12; 1 Chronicles 1:15-24; 1 Chronicles 1:16; 1 Chronicles 1:26, 1 Chronicles 1:26.