2 Samuel 20:26
24 And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
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.
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- 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 an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
Read in contextExodus 2:14
And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
Read in context1 Chronicles 11:40
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
Read in contextExodus 24:11
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
Read in contextGenesis 41:45
And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
Read in contextGenesis 41:43
And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Read in context2 Samuel 8:18
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
Read in contextJudges 10:4–5
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
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