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Ira עִירָא
David's warrior. Ira the Tekoite was one of King David's Thirty mighty warriors.
Family
| Father | Ikkesh |
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Where Ira appears
1 Chronicles (2), 2 Samuel (1)
Key verses
- 2 Samuel 23:26 first mention — Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
- 1 Chronicles 11:28 — Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:9 — The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.