Ira

David's priest, a Jairite.

A written article for Ira is still to come. Below and alongside: where Ira appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1100 BC
    1000 BC
  • Ira
    c. 1000 BC

Original word

  • עִירָא ira
    H5896
Citations
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Where Ira appears in Scripture

2 Samuel 20

וְגַם עִירָא הַיָּאִרִי הָיָה כֹהֵן לְדָוִֽד׃
26
And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.

2 Samuel 23

חֶלֶץ הַפַּלְטִי עִירָא בֶן-עִקֵּשׁ הַתְּקוֹעִֽי׃
26
Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
עִירָא הַיִּתְרִי גָּרֵב הַיִּתְרִֽי׃
38
Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,

1 Chronicles 11

עִירָא בֶן-עִקֵּשׁ הַתְּקוֹעִי אֲבִיעֶזֶר הָעַנְּתוֹתִֽי׃
28
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
עִירָא הַיִּתְרִי גָּרֵב הַיִּתְרִֽי׃
40
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

1 Chronicles 27

הַשִּׁשִּׁי לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשִּׁשִּׁי עִירָא בֶן-עִקֵּשׁ הַתְּקוֹעִי וְעַל מַֽחֲלֻקְתּוֹ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה אָֽלֶף׃
9
The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.