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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 11:28 (NET)
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Ikkesh
[isbe] IKKESH - ik'-esh (`iqqesh, "crooked"): A Tekoite, father of Ira, one of David's "thirty" (2 Sam 23:26; 1 Ch 11:28; 27:9).
[smith] (perverse), the father of Ira the Tekoite. (2Â Samuel 23:26; 1Â Chronicles 11:28; 27:9) (B.C. before 1046.)
[nave] IKKESH, father of Ira, 2 Sam. 23:26; 1 Chr. 11:28; 27:9.
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Ira
[isbe] IRA - i'-ra (`ira'; Eiras): (1) A person referred to in 2 Sam 20:26 as "priest" (so the Revised Version (British and American) correctly; the King James Version "a chief ruler," the American Standard Revised Version "chief m...
[smith] (watchful of a city). "The Jairite," named in the catalogue of David?s great officers. (2Â Samuel 20:26) One of the heroes of David?s guard. (2Â Samuel 23:38; 1Â Chronicles 11:40) Another of David?s guard, a Tekoite, s...
[nave] IRA 1. A priest, 2 Sam. 20:26. 2. The Ithrite, one of David's heroes, 2 Sam. 23:38; 1 Chr. 11:40. 3. A Tekoite, one of David's heroes, 2 Sam. 23:26; 1 Chr. 11:28; 27:9.
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ANTOTHITE
[ebd] an inhabitant of Anathoth, found only in 1 Chr. 11:28; 12:3. In 2 Sam. 23:27 it is Anethothite; in 1 Chr. 27:12, Anetothite. (R.V., "Anathothite.")
[isbe] ANTOTHITE - an'-toth-it: the King James Version form of ANATHOTHITE (which see) (thus the Revised Version (British and American)) (1 Ch 11:28; 12:3).
[smith] a dweller at Anathoth. (1Â Chronicles 11:28; 12:3) [ANATHOTH]
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ABIEZER
[isbe] ABIEZER - ab-i-e'-zer, a-bi-e'-zer ('abhi`ezer, "father of help," or "my father is help." Iezer, Iezerite (in the King James Version Jeezer, Jeezerite), is Abiezer with the letter beth omitted): (1) A descendant of Joseph th...
[smith] (father of help, helpful). Eldest son of Gilead, and descendant of Manasseh. (Joshua 17:2; 1Â Chronicles 7:18) (B.C. 1450.) He was the ancestor of the great judge Gideon. [GIDEON] One of David?s mighty men. (2Â Samuel 23...
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Armies
[nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
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Captain
[nave] CAPTAIN Commander-in-chief of an army, Deut. 20:9; Judg. 4:2; 1 Sam. 14:50; 1 Kin. 2:35; 16:16; 1 Chr. 27:34. Of the tribes, Num. 2. Of thousands, Num. 31:48; 1 Sam. 17:18; 1 Chr. 28:1. Of hundreds, 2 Kin. 11:15. See: Ce...
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Tekoite
[nave] TEKOITE 2 Sam. 23:26; 1 Chr. 11:28; 27:9
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David
[nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
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TEKOITE, THE
[smith] Ira ben-Ikkesh, one of David?s warriors, is thus designated. (2Â Samuel 23:26; 1Â Chronicles 11:28; 27:8) The common people among the Tekoites displayed great activity in the repairs of the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemia...
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TEKOA
[isbe] TEKOA - te-ko'-a (teqoa', or teqo`ah; Thekoe; the King James Version Tekoah; one of David's mighty men, "Ira the son of Ikkesh," is called a Tekoite, te-ko'-it (teqo`i; 2 Sam 23:26; 1 Ch 11:28; 27:9; the "woman of Tekoa" [2...
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Giants
[ebd] (1.) Heb. nephilim, meaning "violent" or "causing to fall" (Gen. 6:4). These were the violent tyrants of those days, those who fell upon others. The word may also be derived from a root signifying "wonder," and hence "monste...
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AMASAI
[isbe] AMASAI - a-ma'-si (`amasay, perhaps rather to be read `ammishay; so Wellhausen, IJG, II, 24, n.2): (1) A name in the genealogy of Kohath, son of Elkanah, a Levite of the Kohathite family (compare 1 Ch 6:25; 2 Ch 29:12). (2) ...
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ANATHOTHITE
[isbe] ANATHOTHITE - an'-a-thoth-it (ha-`annethothi): the Revised Version (British and American) form of the King James Version Anethothite, Anetothite, Antothite. An inhabitant of Anathoth, a town of Benjamin assigned to the Levit...
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TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
[isbe] TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old Testament 4. Inscriptions after Settlement in Canaan 5. Orthography of the Pe...
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ANETHOTHITE
[smith] (2Â Samuel 23:27) Anet?othite , (1Â Chronicles 27:12) and An?tothite, (1Â Chronicles 11:28; 12:3) an inhabitant of Anathoth, of the tribe of Benjamin.
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