1 Chronicles 1:7
7 The sons ▼▼ Or in this case, “descendants.”
of Javan:
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites. ▼▼ The
Kethiv has “Rodanim,” which probably refers to the island of Rhodes. The
Qere has “Dodanim,” which refers to one of the most ancient and revered locations in ancient Greece. The MT and most medieval Hebrew
mss of the parallel list in
Gen 10:4 read “Dodanim,” but a few have “Rodanim.”
▼▼ Heb “Kittim and Rodanim.”