2 Samuel 20:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.”
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BSBPD
“and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister unto David.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and also, Ira the Jairite hath been minister to David.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 20:26 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 41:43He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:45Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 2:14But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
- Exodus 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
- Exodus 24:11But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.
- Deuteronomy 3:14Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
- Judges 10:4He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
- 2 Samuel 8:18Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
- 2 Samuel 23:38Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
- 1 Kings 4:5Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;
- 1 Chronicles 11:40Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
- 2 Chronicles 35:15The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their position, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.
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