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The Ahohite; of the children of Ahoah, 1Ch_8:4.
One of the three, i. e. one of the first three, 2Sa_23:19.
Mighty men with David; who were with David at this time, or who usually attended upon David.
When they defied the Philistines; when he either in the name of all the Israelites, or with the countenance and help of some of them, challenged the Philistines to fight. Or, when some of, or among, the Philistines defied them, i. e. the Israelites, according to their manner, and the example of their great Goliath, 1Sa_17:25,36. Or, in Harpam (for some make it a proper name of a place) among the Philistines. Gone away, i. e. fled away, 1Ch_11:13, being dismayed at the approach of their enemies. Heb. ascended, i. e. vanished away like smoke, which ascends, and so disappears, as that verb is oft used.