Ahohite

Ahohite

Ahohite (a-ho'-hit )is an epithet applied to the descendants of Ahoah, in particular:
* Dodo, one of David's captains (I Chronicles 27:4)
** His son Eleazar, one of David's three mightiest heroes (II Samuel 23:9; I Chronicles 11:12)
* Zalmon, one of the thirty (II Samuel 23:28; I Chronicles 11:29).

References

* [http://bibletools.org//index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/333 "Ahohite"] in the "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".


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