Verse 26
2 Samuel 20:26
American Standard Version
26
and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister unto David.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/גַ֗ם עִירָא֙ הַ/יָּ֣אִרִ֔י הָיָ֥ה כֹהֵ֖ן לְ/דָוִֽד
English Translation
And also Irij the Jearite was a priest for David.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 20 Context
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And there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite:...
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So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the...
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And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he ha...
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Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here p...
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So Amasa went to call [the men of] Judah together; but he tarried longer than the set time which he...
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And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take t...
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And there went out after him Joab`s men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty...
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When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded w...
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And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his...
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But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab`s hand: so he smote him therewith in the body,...
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And there stood by him one of Joab`s young men, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for...
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And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the...
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When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the...
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14
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites: and...
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And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, an...
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Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, t...
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And he came near unto her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am. Then she said u...
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Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel]...
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I am of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother...
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And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
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The matter is not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hat...
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Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of...
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Now Joab was over all the host of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites a...
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and Adoram was over the men subject to taskwork; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
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and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
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and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister unto David.