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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Dodanim (People, perhaps from Dodan)

A seafaring people descended from Javan, not a single man. Chronicles spells the name Rodanim, which many connect to Rhodes or to the Dardanians of northwest Asia Minor.

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First, in plain English

A seafaring people descended from Javan, not a single man. Chronicles spells the name Rodanim, which many connect to Rhodes or to the Dardanians of northwest Asia Minor.

Who this is

One of the peoples descended from Javan in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10:4), representing a seafaring group of the eastern Mediterranean rather than a single individual. The parallel list in 1 Chronicles 1:7 spells the name Rodanim, which many connect to Rhodes or to the Dardanians of northwest Asia Minor.

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H1721

Where it appears
  • Genesis 10:4

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