2 Samuel 20:26 - Easy To Read Version

²⁶ And Ira the Jairite was David’s chief servant. [118]

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ and Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ Also Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister unto David.

Common English Bible

²⁶ and Ira from Jair was also a priest for David.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ But Ira, the Jairite, was the priest of David.

2 Samuel 20:26 Cross References

Genesis 41:43

Pharaoh told Joseph to ride in the second chariot {in the parade}. Special guards walked ahead of Joseph’s chariot and told the people, “Bow down to Joseph.”

Genesis 41:45

Pharaoh gave Joseph another name, Zaphenath Paneah. [238] Pharaoh also gave Joseph a wife named Asenath. She was the daughter of Potiphera, a priest in the city of On. So Joseph became the governor over the whole country of Egypt.

2 Samuel 20:25

Sheva was the secretary. Zadok and Abiathar were the priests.

2 Samuel 21:1

There was a famine while David was king. This time of hunger continued for three years. David prayed to the Lord, and the Lord answered. The Lord said, “Saul and his family of murderers [119] are the reason for this time of hunger. This famine came because Saul killed the Gibeonites.” (

2 Samuel 23:38

Ira the Ithrite; Gareb the Ithrite;

2 Samuel 8:18

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the Kerethites and Pelethites. [59] And David’s sons were important leaders. [60]

1 Kings 4:5

Azariah son of Nathan. Azariah was in charge of the district governors.

1 Chronicles 11:40

Ira the Ithrite; Gareb the Ithrite;

2 Chronicles 35:15

The Levite singers from Asaph’s family got in the places that King David had chosen for them to stand. They were: Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet. The gatekeepers at each gate did not have to leave their places because their brother Levites made everything ready for them for the Passover.

Exodus 2:14

The man answered, “Did anyone say you could be our ruler and judge? No! Tell me, will you kill me like you killed the Egyptian yesterday [12] ?”

Exodus 2:16

There was a priest in Midian who had seven daughters. Those girls came to that well to get water for their father’s sheep. They were trying to fill the water trough with water.

Exodus 24:11

All the leaders of Israel saw God, but God did not destroy them. [159] They all ate and drank together.

Deuteronomy 3:14

Jair, from the family group of Manasseh, took the whole area of Argob (Bashan). That area went all the way to the border of the Geshurite people and the Maacathite people. That area was named for Jair. So even today, people call Bashan the Towns of Jair.)}