Topic
Ira
10 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Samuel 20:26Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A priest
And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
- 2 Samuel 23:26Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A Tekoite, one of David's heroes
Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
- 2 Samuel 23:38Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. The Ithrite, one of David's heroes
Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
- 1 Chronicles 11:28Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A Tekoite, one of David's heroes
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,
- 1 Chronicles 11:40Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. The Ithrite, one of David's heroes
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
- 2 Samuel 8:18Easton · ISBE
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
- 1 Chronicles 27:9ISBE · Nave 3. A Tekoite, one of David's heroes
The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
- Numbers 32:41ISBE
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
- Joshua 21:14ISBE
And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
- 1 Chronicles 18:17Easton
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 5 references
Citizen; wakeful. (1.) A Tekoite, one of David’s thirty warriors (2 Sam. 23:26).
(2.) An Ithrite, also one of David’s heroes (2 Sam. 23:38).
(3.) A Jairite and priest, a royal chaplain (2 Sam. 20:26) or confidential adviser (comp. 2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Chr. 18:17).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references
- "The Jairite," named in the catalogue of David’s great officers. (2 Samuel 20:26)
- One of the heroes of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:38; 1 Chronicles 11:40)
- Another of David’s guard, a Tekoite, son of Ikkesh- (2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28) (B.C. 1046-1014.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 10 references
i'-ra (`ira'; Eiras):
(1) A person referred to in 2Sa 20:26 as "priest" (so the Revised Version (British and American) correctly; the King James Version "a chief ruler," the American Standard Revised Version "chief minister") unto David. The translation of the Revised Version (British and American) is the only possible one; but, according to the text, Ira was "a Jairite," and thus of the tribe of Manasseh (Nu 32:41) and not eligible to the priesthood. On the basis of the Peshitta some would correct "Jairite" of 2Sa 20:26 into "Jattirite," referring to Jattir, a priestly city within the territory of Judah (Jos 21:14). Others point to 2Sa 8:18 margin, "David's sons were priests," as an indication that in David's time some non-Levites were permitted to serve--in some sense--as priests.
(2) An "Ithrite," or (with a different pointing of the text) a "Jattirite," one of David's "thirty" (2Sa 23:38 parallel 1Ch 11:40); possibly identical with (1).
(3) Another of David's "thirty," son of Ikkesh of Tekoa (2Sa 23:26; 1Ch 11:28) and a captain of the temple guard (1Ch 27:9).
F. K. Farr
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.