Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

Tekoite

Bible References

Ira

1 Chronicles 11:28
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
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.

Tekoite

2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:

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