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Dodo
Amatory; loving. (1.) A descendant of Issachar (Judg 10:1).
(2.) An Ahohite, father of Eleazar, who was one of David’s three heroes (2 Sam 23:9; 1 Chr 11:12). He was the same with Dodai mentioned in 1 Chr 27:4.
(3.) A Bethlehemite, and father of Elhanan, who was one of David’s thirty heroes (2 Sam 23:24).
Named in the Bible
5 verses
- Judges 10:1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
- 2 Samuel 23:9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
- 2 Samuel 23:24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- 1 Chronicles 11:12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
- 1 Chronicles 11:26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
