- DIVORCE The dissolution of the marriage tie was regulated by the
Mosaic law (Deuteronomy 24:1-4). The Jews, after the Captivity, were
reguired to dismiss the foreign women they had married contrary to the
law (Ezra 10:11-19). Christ limited the permission of divorce to the single
case of adultery. It seems that it was not uncommon for the Jews at that
time to dissolve the union on very slight pretences (Matthew 5:31, 32;
19:1-9; Mark 10:2-12; Luke 16:18). These precepts given by Christ
regulate the law of divorce in the Christian Church. - DIZAHAB region of gold, a place in the desert of Sinai, on the western
shore of the Elanitic gulf (Deuteronomy 1:1). It is now called Dehab. - DOCTOR (Luke 2:46; 5:17; Acts 5:34), a teacher. The Jewish doctors
taught and disputed in synagogues, or wherever they could find an
audience. Their disciples were allowed to propose to them questions.
They assumed the office without any appointment to it. The doctors of
the law were principally of the sect of the Pharisees. Schools were
established after the destruction of Jerusalem at Babylon and Tiberias, in
which academical degrees were conferred on those who passed a certain
examination. Those of the school of Tiberias were called by the title
“rabbi,” and those of Babylon by that of “master.” - DODAI loving, one of David’s captains (1 Chronicles 27:4). (See DODO
[2].) - DODANIM leaders, a race descended from Javan (Genesis 10:4). They
are known in profane history as the Dardani, originally inhabiting
Illyricum. They were a semi-Pelasgic race, and in the ethnographical table
(Genesis 10) they are grouped with the Chittim (q.v.). In 1 Chronicles 1:7,
they are called Rodanim. The LXX. and the Samaritan Version also read
Rhodii, whence some have concluded that the Rhodians, the inhabitants of
the island of Rhodes, are meant. - DODO amatory; loving. (1.) A descendant of Issachar (Judges 10:1).
(2.) An Ahohite, father of Eleazar, who was one of David’s three heroes (2
Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12). He was the same with Dodai mentioned
in 1 Chronicles 27:4.
(3.) A Bethlehemite, and father of Elhanan, who was one of David’s thirty
heroes (2 Samuel 23:24).