2 Samuel 23:38
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
BSB
ASV
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
KJV
Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
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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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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1 Chronicles 2:53Haroeh, half the Manahathites, and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
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Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
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And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
These were in the foothills:
The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
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2 Samuel 20:26and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
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But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done…
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
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1 Chronicles 11:40Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
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and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
