2 others in the registry answer to the name Dodo. Every Dodo in the Bible
- verses
- 2
- first named
- 2 Samuel 23:24
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 11:26
- period
- United Monarchy
- role
- Warrior
Description
Who was Dodo?
Dodo the Bethlehemite is mentioned in the Bible as the father of Elhanan, one of King David's mighty men. Elhanan is listed among David's elite warriors in 2Sa.23.24 and 1Ch.11.26.
The fact that Elhanan is identified as the son of Dodo the Bethlehemite indicates that he came from Bethlehem, the same city as David. This connection to David's hometown may have contributed to Elhanan's loyalty and dedication to the king.
As one of David's mighty men, Elhanan would have been recognized for his exceptional bravery, skill, and military prowess. These warriors were known for their heroic deeds and unwavering support of King David throughout his reign.
However, beyond mentioning Elhanan as the son of Dodo the Bethlehemite, the Bible does not provide any further information about Dodo himself. His inclusion in the text serves primarily to identify Elhanan and to highlight the fact that he came from Bethlehem.
It is worth noting that there is another Elhanan mentioned in 2Sa.21.19, who is credited with killing Goliath the Gittite. However, this Elhanan is identified as the son of Jaare-oregim, not Dodo, and there is some debate among scholars as to whether this is the same person or a different individual with the same name.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
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Places
Where this happens
A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.
No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.
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The pattern
Where Dodo is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
2 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in 2 Samuel (1) and 1 Chronicles (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books.
2 Samuel1 verse
1 Chronicles1 verse
Onward
Where this page goes
Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
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