And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
The verse belongs to the fuller account of David's rise to rule all Israel and the events surrounding his establishment as king, when the tribes assembled at Hebron and acknowledged him as king. It stands in 1 Chronicles 10-12, which covers the prosperous years of his reign. Like the first part of Chronicles, this portion parallels the last part of Samuel, so it is to be read and compared alongside the parallel record in Samuel. Its focus is especially upon the kingdom of Judah rather than the northern ten-tribe kingdom.
The assembly at Hebron gathered about 350,000 fighting men and included a three-day festival. Within that setting Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite is identified as one of the three mighty men under David. The passage invites consideration of why such men were truly mighty, in connection with David's work, the division of his armies, his virtues and his mistakes, and God's mercy and guidance.
The verse belongs to the fuller account of David's rise to rule all Israel and the events surrounding his establishment as king, when the tribes assembled at Hebron and acknowledged him as king. It stands in 1 Chronicles 10-12, which covers the prosperous years of his reign. Like the first part of Chronicles, this portion parallels the last part of Samuel, so it is to be read and compared alongside the parallel record in Samuel. Its focus is especially upon the kingdom of Judah rather than the northern ten-tribe kingdom.
The assembly at Hebron gathered about 350,000 fighting men and included a three-day festival. Within that setting Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite is identified as one of the three mighty men under David. The passage invites consideration of why such men were truly mighty, in connection with David's work, the division of his armies, his virtues and his mistakes, and God's mercy and guidance.