Ira, son of Ikkesh
The name Ira means “watchman; making bare; pouring out.” Ira is mentioned in 3 verses of the Bible, first in 2 Samuel 23:26.
Family of Ira
Father
Who was Ira?
A Tekoite, one of David’s thirty warriors (2 Sam. 23:26).
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Ira
- 2 Samuel 23:26
Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
- 1 Chronicles 11:28
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi–ezer the Antothite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:9
The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.