Next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles didn't 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.

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.

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