1 Chronicles 27:9
in 1 Chronicles 27The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
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ASV
The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
KJV
The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 27
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the children of Perez
on 1 Chronicles 27:3-9
Of the twelve captains named month by month, two carry weight beyond the list. Benaiah at the third month is the same man already famous from the mighty men, mighty among the thirty and set above the thirty, so the roster reaches back to a name the reader already knows. Asahel heads the fourth course though he died at the very start of David's reign by Abner's hand; the honor passes to his son Zebadiah, who commands in his father's place.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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,
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַשִּׁשִּׁי֙ | hashishi | [was] the sixth | H8345 → | 28 times |
| לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ | lachodesh | for the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י | hashishi | <the> sixth | H8345 → | 28 times |
| עִירָ֥א | ʾira' | Ira | H5896 → | 6 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עִקֵּ֖שׁ | ʾikesh | Ikkesh | H6142 → | |
| הַתְּקוֹעִ֑י | hatekoi | the Tekoite | H8621 → | |
| וְעַל֙ | veal | and [were] with | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מַחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹ | machalukto | division his | H4256 → | 42 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה | vearbaah | and four | H702 → | 318 times |
| אָֽלֶף׃ ס | ʾalef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
הַשִּׁשִּׁי֙[was] the sixth
hashishiH8345 →28 times
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁfor the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י<the> sixth
hashishiH8345 →28 times
עִירָ֥אIra
ʾira'H5896 →6 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
עִקֵּ֖שׁIkkesh
ʾikeshH6142 →
הַתְּקוֹעִ֑יthe Tekoite
hatekoiH8621 →
וְעַל֙and [were] with
vealH5921 →5755 times
מַחֲלֻקְתּ֔וֹdivision his
machaluktoH4256 →42 times
עֶשְׂרִ֥יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
וְאַרְבָּעָ֖הand four
vearbaahH702 →318 times
אָֽלֶף׃ סthousand
ʾalefH505 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach 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
2 Samuel 23:26Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 14:2
So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act…
- 1 Chronicles 11:27–28
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:9–10
The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
- 2 Samuel 14:2
Through
1 Chronicles 11:28Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 27:12
The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjamite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
- 2 Samuel 23:27
Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:12
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.