Dodo
(loving).
•A man of Bethlehem, father of Elhanan, who was one of David’s thirty captains. (2 Samuel 23:24;
1 Chronicles 11:26) He is a different person from
•DODO THE Ahohite, father of Eleazar, the second of the three mighty men who were over the
thirty. (2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12) (B.C. before 1046).
Doeg
(fearful), an Idumean, chief of Saul’s herdmen. (B.C. 1062.) He was at Nob when Ahimelech
gave David the sword of Goliath, and not only gave information to Saul, but when others declined
the office, himself executed the king’s order to destroy the priests of Nob, with their families, to
the number of 85 persons, together with all their property. (1 Samuel 21:7; 22:9,18,22; Psalms 52)
Dog
an animal frequently mentioned in Scripture. It was used by the hebrews as a watch for their
houses, (Isaiah 56:10) and for guarding their flocks. (Job 30:1) Then also, as now troops of hungry
and semi-wild dogs used to wander about the fields and the streets of the cities, devouring dead
bodies and other offal, (1 Kings 14:11; 21:19,23; 22:38; Psalms 59:6) and thus became so savage
and fierce and such objects of dislike that fierce and cruel enemies are poetically styled dogs in
(Psalms 22:16,20) moreover the dog being an unclean animal, (Isaiah 66:3) the epithets dog, dead
dog, dog’s head, were used as terms of reproach or of humility in speaking of one’s self. (1 Samuel
24:14; 2 Samuel 3:8; 9:8; 16:9; 2 Kings 8:13)
Doors
[Gate]
Dophkah
(cattle-driving), a place mentioned (Numbers 33:12) as a station in the desert where the Israelites
encamped. [Wilderness Of The Wandering OF THE Wandering In The Wilderness]
Dor
(dwelling), (Joshua 17:11; 1 Kings 4:11) an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, (Joshua 12:23)
whose ruler was an ally of Jabin king of Hazor against Joshua. (Joshua 11:1,2) It appears to have
been within the territory of the tribe of Asher, though allotted to Manasseh, (Joshua 17:11; Judges
1:27) Solomon stationed at Dor one of his twelve purveyors. (1 Kings 4:11) jerome places it on the
coast, “in the ninth mile from Caesarea, on the way to Ptolemais.” Just at the point indicated is the
small village of Tantura, probably an Arab corruption of Dora, consisting of about thirty houses,
wholly constructed of ancient materials.
Dorcas
(gazelle). [Tabitha]
Dositheus
a “priest and Levite” who carried the translation of Esther to Egypt. (Esther 11:1,2)
Dothaim
[Dothan]
Dothan
(two wells), a place first mentioned (Genesis 37:17) in connection with the history of Joseph,
and apparently as in the neighborhood of Shechem. It next appears as the residence of Elisha. ( 2
Kings 6:13) It was known to Eusebius, who places it 12 miles to the north of Sebaste (Samaria);
and here it has been discovered in our own times, still bearing its ancient name unimpaired.
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(Frankie)
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