This document is about Obadiah (Haruphite). For other homonyms, please refer to the Obadiah document. He was a Haruphite who joined David when David was hiding in Ziklag from Saul (king).
1 Chronicles 12:1They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow. They were of Saul’s relatives of the tribe of Benjamin.1 Chronicles 12:2The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu the Anathothite;1 Chronicles 12:3Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty and a leader of the thirty; Jeremiah; Jahaziel; Johanan; Jozabad the Gederathite;1 Chronicles 12:4Eluzai; Jerimoth; Bealiah; Shemariah; Shephatiah the Haruphite;1 Chronicles 12:5Elkanah, Isshiah Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;1 Chronicles 12:6and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.1 Chronicles 12:7Some Gadites joined David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains: