Obed (Hebrew: עוֹבֵד, ‘Ōḇēḏ, also rendered Oved, "worshipper"), in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), was a son of Boaz and Ruth. Obed was the father of Jesse, the grandfather of Israel’s King David.
The Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) in its third (final) division — Writings (Ketuvim) — contains the Book of Ruth (Hebrew: מְגִלַּת רוּת, Megillath Ruth, "the Scroll of Ruth"), which introduces Obed and describes his Israelite lineage and progeny in Bethlehem, Judea.