Elhanan son of Dodo
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The biblical Elhanan was the son of Dodo (2 Samuel 23:24, 1 Chronicles 11:26). He was a member of King David’s elite fighters known as The Thirty.
Liberal Bible scholars believe he was the same person as the Elhanan mentioned in 2 Samuel 21:19 and 1 Chronicles 20:5, the son of Jarre-Oregim (variant form “Jair”) and that the Bible is crediting him as the killer of Lahmi brother of Goliath, Conservative Bible scholars believe Elhanan son of Dodo and Elhanan son of Jarre were two different men (see also Elhanan son of Jair), and that the latter, mentioned as being from Bethlehem, was the name David used in his boyhood and youth. They also believe that “Jarre” and “Jair” were variant forms of “Jesse.”
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