Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Sa 20:26 — And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
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Ira   2Sa 23:38; 1Ch 11:40; Ithrite
Jairite   Jdg 10:4,5
chief ruler   or, prince. 2Sa 8:18; Gen 41:43,45; Exd 2:14,16; The Hebrew is {cohen ledawid,} which might be rendered, a priest of David; and so the Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic. The Chaldee has {rav,} a chief or prince: probably he was a kind of domestic chaplain or seer to the king.; 2Sa 24:11; 2Ch 35:15
Correlating Passages
Ira
2Sa 23:38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
1Ch 11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
Jairite
Jdg 10:4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which [are] in the land of Gilead.
Jdg 10:5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
chief ruler
2Sa 8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
Gen 41:43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him [ruler] over all the land of Egypt.
Gen 41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over [all] the land of Egypt.
Exd 2:14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
Exd 2:16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
2Sa 24:11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
2Ch 35:15 And the singers the sons of Asaph [were] in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters [waited] at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 20:26," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Sa/20/26.html>.

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