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Over the course of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his course; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his course were twenty-four thousand.
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Identifying the Commander
Multiple commentators note a likely scribal error in this verse. Based on other passages, such as 1 Chronicles 11:12, the commander for the second month was probably Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of David's famous mighty men. This helps connect the administrative list here with the heroic accounts elsewhere.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The words “Eleazar, son of,” have probably been omitted before the name Dodai (or Dodo). According to Jewish tradition, Eleazar ([Reference 1 Chron…
19th Century
Anglican
Dodai an Ahohite. — The Ahohite. 1 Chronicles 11:11 proves that the right reading is Eliezer son of Dodai…
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Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 27:2)
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