Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.

Jairite

Bible References

Jairite

Judges 10:4
He had 30 sons who rode on 30 donkeys. They had 30 towns in Gilead, which are called Jair’s Villages to this day.

Chief ruler

2 Samuel 8:18
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over
the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
and David’s sons were chief officials.
Genesis 41:43
He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, and servants called out before him, “Abrek!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
Exodus 2:14
“Who made you a leader and judge over us?” the man replied. “Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?”

Then Moses became afraid and thought: What I did is certainly known.
2 Chronicles 35:15
The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. Also, the gatekeepers were at each gate. None of them left their tasks because their Levite brothers had made preparations for them.

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