Person · one of several with this name
Ira
Mentioned in 3 verses across 2 books, first in 2 Samuel 23:26. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 3 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 23:26
Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 11:28
Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
- 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.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
A Tekoite, one of David’s thirty warriors (2 Sam. 23:26).