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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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Albert Barnes
On 1 Chronicles 27:4
18th Century
Theologian
The words “Eleazar, son of,” have probably been omitted before the name Dodai (or Dodo). According to Jewish tradition, Eleazar ([Reference 1 Chron…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Chronicles 27:4
19th Century
Bishop
Dodai an Ahohite. — The Ahohite. 1 Chronicles 11:11 proves that the right reading is Eliezer son of Dodai…
John Gill
On 1 Chronicles 27:4
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 27:2)
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Chronicles 27:1–15
17th Century
Minister
In the kingdoms of this world, readiness for war forms a security for peace; likewise, nothing encourages Satan's assaults so much as being unwatch…