Bible Person

Adino

Male · 1 cross reference

Adino the Eznite is the title-like or alternate-name record attached to the opening champion in David's mighty-men list. The dataset preserves him as a person entry even though the underlying textual tradition is difficult. First appears in 2 Sam 23:8.1

AI summary: Adino matters because his single cross reference stands at one of the most textually compressed points in the mighty-men tradition, where title, epithet, and heroic action are closely intertwined. Even with that complexity, the entry belongs to the memory of extraordinary martial valor surrounding David. Taken together, the material presents Adino as part of the tradition preserving the greatness of David's foremost champion.1

Central Figure

Adino

The Eznite, one of David’s mighty men (2 Sam.