Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their lord.

After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.

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

Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.