Bible Person
Meaning: that weeps; who deserves to be bewailed · Male · 1 cross reference
Obil is the Ishmaelite set over David's camels in 1 Chronicles 27:30. He belongs to the agricultural administration that sustained the kingdom's economic life. First appears in 1 Chr 27:30.1
AI summary: Obil matters because his single cross reference places him in charge of a specific part of the royal economy. The entry reminds the reader that stable rule required organized care of resources and livestock as well as military and political strength. Taken together, the material presents Obil as an economic steward in David's administrative order.1
Central Figure
Obil
Meaning: that weeps; who deserves to be bewailed
A keeper of camels, an Ishmaelite who was “over the camels” in the time of David (1 Chr.
A keeper of camels, an Ishmaelite who was “over the camels” in the time of David (1 Chr. 27:30). 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.