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Ira

Mentioned 1054–1014 BC traditional (Jones)

A Tekoite, one of David’s thirty warriors (2 Sam. 23:26).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Ikkesh
Tagged in
3 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1079–989 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 4 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

3 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 2 Samuel1
  2. 1 Chronicles2

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBIra 6
KJVIra 6
ASVIra 6

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Every verse

All 3 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Samuel1 verse
  1. 23:26

    Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

1 Chronicles2 verses
  1. 11:28

    Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

  2. 27:9

    The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

A Tekoite, one of David’s thirty warriors (2 Sam. 23:26).