Dodo is the father of two warriors in David’s company. Eleazar the son of Dodo is named in 2 Samuel 23:9 as one of the three mighty men who stood with David when the Philistines gathered to fight. Elhanan the son of Dodo, of Bethlehem, is listed among the thirty in 2 Samuel 23:24, and again in 1 Chronicles 11:26. The lists are brief and the father is only a name, yet they remind readers that David’s victories rested on many loyal people. Look at 2 Samuel 23 for the full roll.
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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:
Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
Matthew George Easton, 1897
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).
William Smith, 1884
(loving).
(1.) A man of Bethlehem, father of Elhanan, who was one of David’s thirty captains. (2 Samuel 23:24; 1 Chronicles 11:26) He is a different person from
(2.) DODO THE AHOHITE, father of Eleazar, the second of the three mighty men who were over the thirty. (2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12) (B.C. before 1046).