Do you know Obed-Edom?

The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Executive producer Dave Arnold plucks an obscure character from 2 Samuel 6 to star in a "Book of Speculations" adventure.

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0:00.0	Hi Odyssey fans, I'm Jesse, editor of Focus on the Family Clubhouse Magazine.
0:14.0	And I'm Bob, producer of the Adventures in Odyssey Club.
0:16.8	Welcome to the official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast.
0:19.5	Today on the podcast, we're delving into the latest club adventure, the honor of Obed
0:24.0	Edom. Bob, I need you to be honest now before this episode, how familiar were you with this
0:30.2	character of Obed Edom in the Old Testament?
0:32.6	Well Jesse, I knew the name, but really never give him a whole lot of thought. I think
0:35.6	like a lot of people who read Second Samuel 6, it's easy to focus so much on those first
0:40.1	eight verses that Obed Edom kind of feels like an afterthought. It's easy to miss it.
0:44.2	How about you?
0:45.2	Well similarly, right, though, the beginning of that chapter is rather shocking. And then
0:50.4	when it gets to the part of Obed Edom, you just kind of sort of read through it.
0:53.9	And I suspect a lot of our listeners weren't familiar with this person or this story either.
0:58.7	Let's chat with executive producer Dave Arnold, who is also the writer and director of this
1:02.8	episode about why he chose to turn the seemingly obscure story of Obed Edom into an Adventures
1:08.1	in Odyssey Club episode.
1:16.6	Dave, welcome back to the podcast.
1:18.2	Thank you, appreciate it.
1:19.7	Well the honor of Obed Edom is based on an account in Second Samuel 6. We've been telling
1:23.5	Bible stories and adventures in Odyssey for, well, for more than three decades now.
1:27.3	Yeah, since the beginning.
1:28.5	Yeah, when did you decide it was time to tell this one?
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