This document is about Obadiah (son of Shemaiah). For other homonyms, please refer to the Obadiah document.
He was one of the descendants of Jeduthun from the Levite tribe who remained and were not taken captive to Babylon.
1 Chronicles 9:16and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.