Dodo

Father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty men

A written article for Dodo is still to come. Below and alongside: where Dodo appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1200 BC
    1000 BC
  • Dodo
    c. 1050 BC

Original word

  • דּוֹדוֹ dodo
    H1734
Relationships
Son: Elhanan
Citations
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Where Dodo appears in Scripture

Judges 10

וַיָּקָם אַֽחֲרֵי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל תּוֹלָע בֶּן-פּוּאָה בֶּן-דּוֹדוֹ אִישׁ יִשָּׂשכָר וְהֽוּא-יֹשֵׁב בְּשָׁמִיר בְּהַר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃
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

‫(ואחרו)‬ וְאַחֲרָיו אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן-‫(דדי)‬ דֹּדוֹ בֶּן-אֲחֹחִי בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה ‫(גברים)‬ הַגִּבֹּרִים עִם-דָּוִד בְּחָֽרְפָם בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים נֶֽאֶסְפוּ-שָׁם לַמִּלְחָמָה וַֽיַּעֲלוּ אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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:
עֲשָׂה-אֵל אֲחִֽי-יוֹאָב בַּשְּׁלֹשִׁים אֶלְחָנָן בֶּן-דֹּדוֹ בֵּית לָֽחֶם׃
24
Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

1 Chronicles 11

וְאַֽחֲרָיו אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן-דּוֹדוֹ הָֽאֲחוֹחִי הוּא בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה הַגִּבֹּרִֽים׃
12
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
וְגִבּוֹרֵי הַֽחֲיָלִים עֲשָׂה-אֵל אֲחִי יוֹאָב אֶלְחָנָן בֶּן-דּוֹדוֹ מִבֵּית לָֽחֶם׃
26
Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,