Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 23:9

9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite , one of the three mighty men with David , when they de[illegible: 1+ letters]ied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battel, and the men of Israel were gone away .

Of the Children of Ahoah, 1 Chron. 8. 4.

i. e. One of the first Three, ver. 19.

Who were with David at this time: or, who usually attended upon David.

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 desied them: i. e. The Israelites, according to their manner, and the Example of their great Goliath, 1 Sam. 17. 25, 36. Or, in Horpam (for some make it a proper name of a Place) among the Philistines.

i. e. Fled away, 1 Chron. 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.

Marginal references: 1 Chron. 11. 12. and 27. 4.