2 Samuel 23 · Verse 26

2 Samuel 23:26

Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
2 Samuel 23:26, King James Version

2 Samuel 23:26 in other translations

BSBHelez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
WEBHelez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
ASVHelez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
YLTHelez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
DARBYHelez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
BBEHelez the Paltite, Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
WebsterHelez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

What does 2 Samuel 23:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 23:19-39

19-39. the first three--The mighty men or champions in David's military staff were divided into three classes--the highest, Jashobeam, Eleazar, and Shammah; the second class, Abishai, Benaiah, and Asahel; and the third class, the thirty, of which Asahel was the chief. There are thirty-one mentioned in the list, including Asahel; and these added to the two superior orders make thirty-seven. Two of them, we know, were…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:8-39

David once earnestly longed for the water at the well of Bethlehem. It seems to be an instance of weakness. He was thirsty; with the water of that well he had often refreshed himself when a youth, and it was without due thought that he desired it. Were his valiant men so forward to expose themselves, upon the least hint of their prince's mind, and so eager to please him, and shall not we long to approve ourselves to…

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2 Samuel 23:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חֶ֚לֶץChe.letzHelezH2503
הַפַּלְטִ֔יha.pal.Tithe PaltiteH6407
עִירָ֥א'i.Ra'IraH5896
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
עִקֵּ֖שׁ'i.KeshIkkeshH6142
הַתְּקוֹעִֽי\׃\ \סha.te.ko.'Ithe TekoiteH8621

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 23:26

  • 2 Samuel 14:2

    And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

  • 1 Chronicles 27:9-10

    The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:27-28

    Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi–ezer the Antothite,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Paltite.
1Ch 11:27; 27:10
Pelonite. Ira.
1Ch 11:28; 27:9
Tekoite.
14:2

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 23:25

    Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

  • 2 Samuel 23:26

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

  • 2 Samuel 23:27

    Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

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2 Samuel 23:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Heles de Palti, Hira, hijo de Jecces, de Tecoa;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Hélets, le Paltite; Ira, fils d’Ikkesh, le Thekohite;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Helez, der Paltiter; Ira, der Sohn Ikkesch, der Tekoiter;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Heles de Phalti, Hira filius Acces de Thecua,