1 Chronicles 11:12

1Ch 11:12 And after him [was] Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who [was one] of the three mighties.

Ver. 12. And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo.] As after him was Shammah, {2Sa 23:11} though not here mentioned. Of their exploits done. {See Trapp on "2Sa 23:11"}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Or, his uncle.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

the three mighties--Only two are mentioned; namely, Jashobeam and Eleazar--the third, Shammah (Sa2 23:11), is not named in this passage.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

(12) Eleazar the son of Dodo.—For Dodo the LXX. has Dodai; so 1Ch_27:4, and the Hebrew text of Samuel; but Syriac and Vulgate “his uncle,” a translation of dodo.

The Ahohite—i.e., of the clan Ahoah; perhaps the Benjamite house of this name (1Ch_8:4).

Who was one of the three mighties.—“He was among the three heroes,” i.e., one of the first or leading trio of warriors, whose names were Jashobeam (Eshbaal), Eleazar, and Shammah (2Sa_23:11).

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

12. Eleazar the son of Dodo] Probably to be identified with “Dodai the Ahohite,” the commander of the second “course”; 1Ch_27:4.

the three mighties] R.V. the three mighty men, i.e. the three who were with David on the occasion mentioned in 2Sa_23:9.

12, 13. These verses answer In part to 1Ch_11:9; 1Ch_11:11 of Samuel, but since 1Ch_11:10 and parts of 1Ch_11:9; 1Ch_11:11 of Sam. have no equivalent in Chron., two incidents are confounded, and the name of a hero (Shammah) is omitted, his exploit being ascribed to Eleazar.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

His. Hebrew, "the son of Dodi."

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Eleazar. Perhaps the same as Azareel in the list at 1Ch_12:6, in which Jashobeam is also found. Dodo. This name is found in three forms, the Chethiv being Dodi; the Keri, Dodo; and Dodai being found in 1Ch_27:4. He is mentioned in 1Ch_27:4 as "over the course of the second month in his course likewisetwenty and four thousand." The Ahohite. In the parallel passage, (2Sa_23:9) for yjiwOjah; here, we find yjiwOja. Ahohite is the patronymic of the Ahoah, who (1Ch_8:4) was given among the sons of Bela, the firstborn of Benjamin. The three mighties. Who is the third? We have here but two Jashobeam and Eleazar. The parallel passage supplies the omission by the name of Shammah the Hararite (2Sa_23:11, 2Sa_23:33; comp. our ver. 27). And a careful comparison of the passages suggests how the omission came about, and that it was but part of a larger omission. Between the sentences, "and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle," and "where was a parcel of ground full of barley" (in our next verse, 13) there is a hiatus of two verses (viz. those found in 2Sa 23, as latter half of ver. 9, ver. 10, and former half of ver. 11), and this hiatus was occasioned probably by the recurrence of the expression," and the Philistines were gathered together," in the remaining half of ver. 11 (see Kennicott"s Bible, and "Speaker"s Commentary," in loc. ).

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

After him

"After Jashobeam"

Eleazar ... Dodo

These are the names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)

the Ahohite

This is the name of a people group. (See: How to Translate Names)

Pas Dammim

This is the name of a place. (See: How to Translate Names)

They stood in the middle of the field

"David and Eleazar stood in the middle of the field"

cut down the Philistines

This means that they killed the Philistine soldiers with their swords. AT: "killed the Philistines" (See: Euphemism)

translationWords

might

David

Philistines

barley

Yahweh

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he was among the three mighty men He was included in the three mighty men; he was one of them. And these three were mightier than the rest of the thirty three mentioned nearby. Here he counts only two: Jashobeam and Eleazar, but in Samuel (II 23:11), it mentions the third one as well, as it is written: “and after him [came] Shammah the son of Agei the mountaineer”

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.