Topic
Jairite
4 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Samuel 20:26Smith · ISBE
And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
- Numbers 32:41ISBE
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
- 1 Samuel 30:27ISBE
To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
- 2 Samuel 23:38ISBE
Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
ja'-er-it (ya'iri, "of Jair"): In 2Sa 20:26, Ira the Jairite is "chief minister unto David." He was a descendant of Jair who was a Manassite (Nu 32:41, etc.) and whose territory was in Gilead. Septuagint, Lucian, and Syriac suggest yattiri, "Jattirite," i.e. a native of Jattir mentioned in 1Sa 30:27 as one of the towns friendly to David when he was in Ziklag. It is not improbable that a native of Jattir would be given such a post by David.
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.