dweller among the people; or to whom the people turn, the Hachmonite ( 1 Chronicles 11:11 ), one of David's chief heroes who joined him at Ziklag ( 12:6 ). He was the first of the three who broke through the host of the Philistines to fetch water to David from the well of Bethlehem ( 2 Samuel 23:13-17 ). He is also called Adino the Eznite (8).
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.