Ira

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. A priest2 Samuel 20:26
• 2. The Ithrite, one of David's heroes2 Samuel 23:381 Chronicles 11:40
• 3. A Tekoite, one of David's heroes2 Samuel 23:261 Chronicles 11:281 Chronicles 27:9

The passages, in Bible order (6)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 6 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 2 Samuel 20:26

   and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 20:262 voices

   “And Ira also the Jairite,....

   “Ira - was a chief ruler about David - The Hebrew is כהן לדויד cohen ledavid, a priest to David; and so the Vulgate, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic. The Chaldee has רב rab, a prince, or chief. He was probably a sort of domestic chaplain to the king. We know that the kings of Judah had their seers, which is nearly the same: Gad was David’s seer, 2Sa 24:11, and Jeduthun was the seer of King Josiah, 2Ch 35:16. The conclusion of this chapter is very similar to the conclusion of 2Sa 8:16-18 (note), where see the notes.

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2. 2 Samuel 23:26

   Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:261 voice

   “Helez the Paltite,.... Who was of a place called Pater, as the Targum; in 1Ch 11:27, he is called the Pelonite: Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; who was of the city of Tekoah, the native place of Amos the prophet, famous for oil, about twelve miles from Jerusalem; See Gill on Amo 1:1.

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3. 2 Samuel 23:38

   Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:381 voice

   “Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite. These were of Jether, as the Targum, a descendant of Caleb, of the tribe of Judah, 1Ch 2:50 1Ch 4:15.

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4. 1 Chronicles 11:28

   Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

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5. 1 Chronicles 11:40

   Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

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6. 1 Chronicles 27:9

   The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

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   “The attendants on the king's person. They were such as were eminent for wisdom, being designed for conversation. His uncle, who was a wise man and a scribe, not only well skilled in politics, but well read in the scriptures, was his counsellor,

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