Oded

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Father of Azariah the prophet under Asa ( 2 Chronicles 15:1); in  2 Chronicles 15:8 "of Oded the prophet" must be an interpolation, for "the prophecy" in the Hebrew is absolute, not in the construct state as it would necessarily be if the words were genuine; besides not Oded but Azariah was "the prophet," the Alexandrinus manuscript and Vulgate read in  2 Chronicles 15:8 "Azariah son of Oded."

2. A prophet of Samaria under Pekah. When the Israelites led away 200,000 Jews captive to Samaria, "Oded went out before the host and said, Because Jehovah was angry with Judah, He hath delivered them into your hands, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up into heaven (Calling For Divine Vengeance On Yourselves) ; and now ye purpose to keep the children of Judah bondmen ... but are there not with you, even with you, sins against Jehovah? (compare  Matthew 7:1-5;  James 2:13). Now ... deliver the captives again," etc. It was a bold venture so to reprove to the face men flushed with triumph. But God often blesses an effort more than one durst expect. Certain chiefs of Ephraim, touched by his appeal, said, "ye shall not bring in the captives here," etc. Then they took and clothed the naked, and shod them, and gave them to eat and drink, and anointed them (Oil Is Refreshing And Herding In The Sultry East) , and carried all the feeble upon donkeys (Compare  Luke 10:34 ) and brought them to Jericho ( Romans 12:20).

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A prophet in the time of Ahaz and Pekah ( 2 Chronicles 28:9-15 ).

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Oded'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/o/oded.html. 1897.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ODED . 1. The father of the prophet Azariah (  2 Chronicles 15:1 ). In   2 Chronicles 15:8 ‘Oded’ of MT [Note: Massoretic Text.] is a mistake (through wrong marginal gloss or otherwise) for ‘Azariah.’ 2. A prophet who successfully protested against the proposal to enslave Judahites (  2 Chronicles 28:9 ff.).

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Oded ( Ô'Ded ), Erecting. 1. The father of the prophet Azariah, who flourished in Asa's reign.  2 Chronicles 15:1-8. In v. 8 Oded is called "prophet," where probably "the son" is meant. 2. A prophet at the time of Pekah's invasion of Judah who prevailed upon the victorious army to let the captives free.  2 Chronicles 28:9-11.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A prophet of the Lord, who, being at Samaria when the Israelites under king Pekah returned from the war against Judah and brought 200,000 captives, went to meet them, and remonstrated with them; so that the principal men in Samaria took care of the prisoners, gave them clothes, food, and other assistance, and carried the feeble on asses. Thus they conducted them to Jericho,  2 Chronicles 28:9 , etc.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

O'ded. (Restoring).

1. The father of Azariah, the prophet, in the reign of Asa.  2 Chronicles 15:1. (B.C. before 953).

2. A prophet of Jehovah , in Samaria, at the time of Pekah's invasion of Judah.  2 Chronicles 28:9. (B.C. 739).

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

The father of Azariah. ( 2 Chronicles 15:1) And there was another of this name, a prophet of the Lord. ( 2 Chronicles 28:9) The name is taken from Hoded, to lift up.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. A prophet and father of the prophet Azariah.  2 Chronicles 15:1,8 .

2. Prophet in Samaria who protested against the captives from Judah being brought into the city.   2 Chronicles 28:9 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 2 Chronicles 15:1 2 2 Chronicles 28:8-15

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ō´ded ( עודד , ‛ōwdhedh (  2 Chronicles 15 ), עדד , ‛ōdhēdh (elsewhere), 'odhedh , "restorer"):

(1) According to  2 Chronicles 15:1 , he was the father of Azariah who prophesied in the reign of Asa of Judah (c 918-877), but 15:8 makes Oded himself the prophet. The two verses should agree, so we should probably read in 15:8, "the prophecy of Azariah, the son of Oded, the prophet," or else "the prophecy of Azariah the prophet." See Azariah .

(2) A prophet of Samaria ( 2 Chronicles 28:9 ) who lived in the reigns of Pekah, king of the Northern Kingdom, and Ahaz, king of Judah. According to 2 Ch 28, Oded protested against the enslavement of the captives which Pekah had brought from Judah and Jerusalem on his return from the Syro-Ephraimitic attack on the Southern Kingdom (735 BC). In this protest he was joined by some of the chiefs of Ephraim, and the captives were well treated. After those who were naked (i.e. those who had scanty clothing; compare the meaning of the word "naked" in  Mark 14:51 ) had been supplied with clothing from the spoil, and the bruised anointed with oil, the prisoners were escorted to Jericho.

The narrative of  2 Chronicles 28 as a whole does not agree with that of   2 Kings 15:37;  2 Kings 16:5 f, where the allied armies of Rezin of Damascus and Pekah besieged Jerusalem, but failed to capture it (compare Isa 7:1-17;   Isaiah 8:5-8 ). As Curtis points out ( Chronicles , 459, where he compares  Exodus 21:2 ff;   Leviticus 25:29-43;  Deuteronomy 15:12-18 ), wholesale enslavement of their fellow-countrymen was not allowed to the Hebrews, and this fact the passage illustrates. It seems to be a fulfillment in spirit of  Isaiah 61:1-2 , a portion which our Lord read in the synagogue at Nazareth ( Luke 4:16-20 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Oded', עוֹדֵד , Erecting; Sept. ᾿Ωδήδ v.r. Ἀδάδ ), the name of two Hebrews.

1. The father of Azariah the prophet, who was commissioned to meet and encourage Asa on his return from defeating the Ethiopians ( 2 Chronicles 15:1-8). B.C. ante 953. It curiously happens that the address which at the commencement is ascribed to Azariah, the son of Oded, is at the end ascribed to Oded himself (15:8). But this is supposed to have been a slip of copyists, and the versions (Sept., Vulg., and Syr.) read the latter verse like the former.

2. A prophet .of Jehovah in Samaria, at the time of Pekah's invasion of Judah. B.C. 739. Josephus (Ant. 9:12, 2) calls him Obedas ( ᾿Ωβηδάς .). On the return of the victorious army with the 200,000 captives of Judah and Jerusalem, Oded met them and prevailed upon them to let the captives go free ( 2 Chronicles 28:9). He was supported by the chivalrous feelings of some of the chieftains of Ephraim; and the narrative of the restoration of the prisoners, fed, clothed, and anointed, to Jericho, the city of palm-trees, is a pleasant episode of the last days of the northern kingdom.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Oded, 1

O´ded (erecting), the prophet who remonstrated against the detention as captives of the persons whom the army of King Pekah had brought prisoners from Judah, and at whose suggestion they were handsomely treated, and conducted back with all tenderness and care to their own country .

Oded, 2

Oded, father of Azariah the prophet, who was commissioned to meet and encourage Asa on his return from defeating the Ethiopians .