DODO; DODAI

do'-do, (dodho, dodhay, "beloved"):

(1) The grandfather of Tola of the tribe of Issachar, one of the judges (Judges 10:1).

(2) "The Ahohite," father of Eleazar, one of David's heroes, and (2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12) himself the commander of one of the divisions of the army (1 Chronicles 27:4).

(3) The Bethlehemite, father of Elhanan, one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:24; 1 Chronicles 11:26).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.