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He is recognized as one of the leaders of David's mighty warriors, a group of elite soldiers who played a crucial role in establishing and maintaining David's kingdom.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>Dodai is mentioned in <a href="/1_chronicles/27-4.htm">1 Chronicles 27:4</a>, where he is identified as the commander of the second division of David's army. The Berean Standard Bible states: "Over the division for the second month was Dodai the Ahohite; Mikloth was the officer in charge of his division, which numbered 24,000 men." This passage highlights Dodai's significant role in the military hierarchy, commanding a substantial force of 24,000 men.<br><br><b>Name and Lineage:</b><br><br>Dodai is referred to as "the Ahohite," indicating his lineage or clan affiliation. The term "Ahohite" is associated with the descendants of Ahoah, a family line within the tribe of Benjamin. This connection places Dodai within the broader context of Israel's tribal structure, emphasizing the importance of familial and tribal affiliations in the organization of ancient Israelite society.<br><br><b>Role and Significance:</b><br><br>As a commander of one of the divisions of David's army, Dodai's role was crucial in the defense and expansion of the Israelite kingdom. The division he led was part of a larger military system that King David established, which was organized into twelve divisions, each serving for one month of the year. This system ensured that the kingdom was always protected and that the military was well-prepared for any threats or campaigns.<br><br>Dodai's leadership and the trust placed in him by King David reflect his capabilities and the respect he commanded among his peers. His position as a division commander underscores the importance of military leadership in the success and stability of David's reign.<br><br><b>Historical and Theological Context:</b><br><br>The mention of Dodai and other military leaders in the biblical narrative serves to illustrate the organized and strategic nature of David's rule. It highlights the importance of strong leadership and the role of divine providence in the establishment of Israel as a powerful and unified nation under David's kingship.<br><br>From a theological perspective, the account of Dodai and the other mighty warriors demonstrates God's provision and blessing upon David's reign. It also reflects the biblical theme of God using individuals from various tribes and backgrounds to fulfill His purposes for Israel.<br><br>In summary, Dodai the Ahohite is a notable figure within the military framework of King David's reign, exemplifying the qualities of leadership and loyalty that were essential to the success of the Israelite kingdom during this period. His mention in the Scriptures serves as a testament to the organized and divinely guided nature of David's rule.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Dodai</span><p>Dodanim, beloved<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Dodai</span><p>(<i>loving, amorous</i>), an Ahohite who commanded the course of the second month. (<a href="/1_chronicles/27-4.htm">1 Chronicles 27:4</a>) It is probable that he is the same as <a href="../d/dodo.htm">DODO</a>. 2.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Loving, one of David's captains (<a href="/1_chronicles/27-4.htm">1 Chronicles 27:4</a>). (see <a href="../d/dodo.htm">DODO </a>.) <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">DODAI</span><p>do'-di, do'-da-i (<a href="/1_chronicles/27-4.htm">1 Chronicles 27:4</a>). See <a href="../d/dodo.htm">DODO</a>.<p><span class="encheading">DODO; DODAI</span><p>do'-do, (dodho, dodhay, "beloved"):<br><br>(1) The grandfather of Tola of the tribe of Issachar, one of the judges (<a href="/judges/10-1.htm">Judges 10:1</a>).<br><br>(2) "The Ahohite," father of Eleazar, one of David's heroes, and (<a href="/2_samuel/23-9.htm">2 Samuel 23:9</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-12.htm">1 Chronicles 11:12</a>) himself the commander of one of the divisions of the army (<a href="/1_chronicles/27-4.htm">1 Chronicles 27:4</a>).<br><br>(3) The Bethlehemite, father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty men (<a href="/2_samuel/23-24.htm">2 Samuel 23:24</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-26.htm">1 Chronicles 11:26</a>).<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1737.htm"><span class="l">1737. Doday -- an Israelite</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1736, 1737. Doday. 1738 . an Israelite. Transliteration: Doday Phonetic Spelling:<br> (do-dah'ee) Short Definition: <b>Dodai</b>. <b>...</b> NASB Word Usage <b>Dodai</b> (1). <b>Dodai</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1737.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_6/chapter_iiithe_hebrews_and_the.htm"><span class="l">The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus</span></a> <br>History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 6. <. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/d/dodai.htm"><span class="l"><b>Dodai</b> (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4). (see DODO .). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>DODAI</b>. do'-di,<br> do'-da-i (1 Chronicles 27:4). See DODO. DODO; <b>DODAI</b>. do'-do, (dodho <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dodai.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dodo.htm"><span class="l">Dodo (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> He was the same with <b>Dodai</b> mentioned in 1 Chronicles 27:4. <b>...</b> It was related to<br> the pigeons. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DODO; <b>DODAI</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dodo.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mikloth.htm"><span class="l">Mikloth (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Staves. (1.) An officer under <b>Dodai</b>, in the time of David and Solomon (1 Chronicles<br> 27:4). (2.) A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:32; 9:37, 38). Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mikloth.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/ahohite.htm"><span class="l">Ahohite (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 23:9 After him was Eleazar the son of <b>Dodai</b> the son of an Ahohite, one<br> of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines who were <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ahohite.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/eleazar.htm"><span class="l">Eleazar (74 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> ark of Yahweh, when it was brought from Beth-shemesh to Kiriath-jearim after being<br> sent back by the Philistines (1 Samuel 7:1). (3) The son of <b>Dodai</b>, one of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/eleazar.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jeoparded.htm"><span class="l">Jeoparded (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 23:9 And after him was Eleazar the son of <b>Dodai</b> the son of an Ahohite,<br> one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jeoparded.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jaareoregim.htm"><span class="l">Jaareoregim (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> the parallel section in 1 Chronicles 20:5; (2) in 2 Samuel 23:24 Elhanan is the<br> son of Dodo, also a Bethlehemite, and Klostermann would read here <b>Dodai</b> as the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jaareoregim.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jaare-oregim.htm"><span class="l">Jaare-oregim (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> the parallel section in 1 Chronicles 20:5; (2) in 2 Samuel 23:24 Elhanan is the<br> son of Dodo, also a Bethlehemite, and Klostermann would read here <b>Dodai</b> as the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jaare-oregim.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fighters.htm"><span class="l">Fighters (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 23:9 After him was Eleazar, the son of <b>Dodai</b> the Ahohite, one of the three<br> great fighters, who was with David in Pas-dammim when the Philistines came <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fighters.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/taunted.htm"><span class="l">Taunted (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 23:9 After him was Eleazar the son of <b>Dodai</b> the son of an Ahohite, one<br> of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines who were <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/taunted.htm - 12k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Dodai (4 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/23-9.htm">2 Samuel 23:9</a></span><br />After him was Eleazar the son of <span class="boldtext">Dodai</span> the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV BBE NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/23-24.htm">2 Samuel 23:24</a></span><br />Asahel, the brother of Joab, was one of the thirty; and Elhanan, the son of <span class="boldtext">Dodai</span>, of Beth-lehem,<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/11-12.htm">1 Chronicles 11:12</a></span><br />And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/27-4.htm">1 Chronicles 27:4</a></span><br />Over the division of the second month was <span class="boldtext">Dodai</span> the Ahohite, and his division; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/d/dodai.htm">Dodai</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/javan.htm">Javan (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rodanim.htm">Rodanim (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/do'danim.htm">Do'danim (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/k/kittim.htm">Kittim (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dodai.htm">Dodai (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/japheth.htm">Japheth (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tarshishah.htm">Tarshishah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/tarshish.htm">Tarshish (24 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/eli'shah.htm">Eli'shah (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/elishah.htm">Elishah (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dispersion.htm">Dispersion (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/genealogy.htm">Genealogy (29 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/patriarchs.htm">Patriarchs (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/antediluvian.htm">Antediluvian</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/d/docus.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Docus"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Docus" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/d/dodai_the_ahohite.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Dodai the Ahohite"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Dodai the Ahohite" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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