2 Samuel 20:26
24 Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
25 Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
- KJV
- And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
- WEB
- and Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.
- ASV
- and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister unto David.
- DARBY
- and Ira also, the Jairite, was David's chief ruler.
- BLB
- and Ira the Jairite was a chief minister to David.
- ÅB
- Ja'iritten Ira var også prest[^3] hos David.
[^1]: Seba.
[^2]: hun taler i byens navn.
[^3]: slik som 2SA 8, 18. - OTB
- Og Ira, jairitten, var også prest for David.
- B1930
- Ja'iritten Ira var også prest hos David. / < likesom 2SA 8, 18.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 23:38
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
Read in contextExodus 2:14
But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
Read in context1 Chronicles 11:40
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
Read in contextExodus 24:11
But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.
Read in contextGenesis 41:45
Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
Read in contextGenesis 41:43
He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
Read in context2 Samuel 8:18
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
Read in contextJudges 10:4–5
He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
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