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Elhanan son of Dodo in Wikipedia

The Biblical Elhanan was the son of Dodo (2 Samuel 23:24, 1 Chronicles 11:26). He was a member of King David’s elite fighters known as The Thirty. Some believe he was in fact the same person as the Elhanan mentioned in 2 Samuel 21:19 and 1 Chronicles 20:5, the son of Jair from Bethlehem, and that the Bible is crediting him as the killer of Gol...

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Elhanan son of Jair in Wikipedia

The biblical Elhanan son of Jair (variant forms "Jaare-Oregim" in 2 Samuel 21:19, "Jesse" in 1 Samuel 17:12) is believed by conservative Bible scholars to be an earlier name of David, who later became the second King of Israel. (See also Elhanan son of Dodo.) In the ancient world it was common for people to be known by one name at one time in ...

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Elhanan Scripture - 2 Samuel 21:19

And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver's beam....

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Elhanan Scripture - 1 Chronicles 20:5

And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff [was] like a weaver's beam....

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Elhanan Scripture - 1 Chronicles 11:26

Also the valiant men of the armies [were], Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,...

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Elhanan in Naves Topical Bible

1. A distinguished warrior in the time of David, who killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath, the Gittite 2Sa 21:19 Compare 1Ch 20:5 -2. Son of Dodo, one of David's heroes 2Sa 23:24; 1Ch 11:26...

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Elhanan in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(the grace of God). 1. A distinguished warrior in the time of King David, who performed a memorable exploit against the Philistines. 2Sa 21:19; 1Ch 20:5 (B.C. about 1020.) 2. One of "the thirty" of David's guard, and named first on the list. 2Sa 23:24; 1Ch 11:26...

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Elhanan in Easton's Bible Dictionary

whom God has graciously bestowed. (1.) A warrior of the time of David famed for his exploits. In the Authorized Version (2 Sam. 21:19) it is recorded that "Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath." The Revised Version here rightly omits the words "the brother of." They were introduced in the Authorized...

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Elhanan in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Jaare-Oregim, or Jair, the Bethlehemitc. (See JAARE- OREGIM.) Slew Lahmi, brother of Goliath the Gittite (2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Chronicles 20:5). The 'oregim seems to have crept into the first line from the second, where it means "weavers." "The Bethlehemite" is an alteration of eth Lahmi, a confusion being made with 2. Elhanan son of D...

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Elhanan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

grace...

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