📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 11:12
What does 1 Chronicles 11:12 mean?
"After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men."
— 1 Chronicles 11:12 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
David grew greater and greater; for Yahweh of Armies was with him.
Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to Yahweh’s word concerning Israel.
This is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them at one time.
After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.
He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
They stood in the middle of the plot, defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh saved them by a great victory.
Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
Explanation
This verse comes from a roster of David's most elite warriors, known as "the mighty men" (Hebrew: gibborim), whom the Chronicler lists to honor those who helped establish David's kingship. In plain terms, the verse simply identifies one of these warriors — Eleazar, son of Dodo, from the clan of Ahoah — as belonging to an
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