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1 Chronicles 11:28

in 1 Chronicles 11

Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

KJV

Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi–ezer the Antothite,

This verse in 1 Chronicles 11

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Asahel the brother of Joab

on 1 Chronicles 11:26-31

The roll opens with Asahel the brother of Joab, killed in 2 Samuel 2:23. Chronicles' list numbers forty-seven names against Samuel's thirty-one at 2 Samuel 23:24 to 39. Four names appear only here and five only there, and the rest vary enough that one original list could stand behind both.

This site's exposition

Ira son of Ikkesh the

Tekoa in Judah was the home of Amos (Amos 1:1). The Anathothite came from Anathoth in Benjamin, the priests' town where Jeremiah was born (Jeremiah 1:1). Ira son of Ikkesh and Abiezer each commanded a division of David's army.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the L ORD ; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the L ORD by Samuel. 4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

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The words behind it

6 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • עִירָ֤אIra

    ʾira'H5896 →6 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • עִקֵּשׁ֙Ikkesh

    ʾikeshH6142 →

  • הַתְּקוֹעִ֔יthe Tekoite

    hatekoiH8621 →

  • אֲבִיעֶ֖זֶרAbiezer

    ʾaviezerH44 →7 times

  • הָעֲנְּתוֹתִֽי׃ סthe Anathothite

    haanetotiH6069 →5 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

  • Through

    2 Samuel 23:27

    Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

    it leads to

    • Joshua 21:18

      Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

    • 1 Chronicles 27:12

      The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjamite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

    • 1 Chronicles 11:19

      saying, “Far be it from me, my God, to do this! How can I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” Because they had brought it at the risk of their…

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 27:12

    The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjamite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

    it leads to

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, 2 Samuel 14:2; Berean Standard Bible, Amos 1:1; Berean Standard Bible, Jeremiah 1:1; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Chronicles 27:9 to 12; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.