ELHANAN
“God is kind.”
(a) Son of Jair, or Jaare-oregim, slew Lahmi, brother of Goliath the Gittite (2 Sam. 21:19; 1 Chron. 20:5). It is evident that the text of 2nd Samuel has suffered an alteration in its transmission.
(b) Son of Dodo, he was one of David’s 30 mighty men (2 Sam. 23:24; 1 Chron. 11:26).