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Ira
Citizen; wakeful. (1.) A Tekoite, one of David’s thirty warriors (2 Sam 23:26).
(2.) An Ithrite, also one of David’s heroes (2 Sam 23:38).
(3.) A Jairite and priest, a royal chaplain (2 Sam 20:26) or confidential adviser (comp. 2 Sam 8:18; 1 Chr 18:17).
Named in the Bible
6 verses
- 2 Samuel 20:26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
- 2 Samuel 23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
- 2 Samuel 23:38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
- 1 Chronicles 11:28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
- 1 Chronicles 11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
