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2 Samuel 20:26

2 Samuel 20:26

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Ira: 2 Samuel 23:38; 1 Chronicles 11:40, Ithrite

Jairite: Judges 10:4-5

chief ruler: or, prince, 2 Samuel 8:18; Genesis 41:43, Genesis 41:45; Exodus 2:14, Exodus 2:16; The Hebrew is cohen ledawid:, which might be rendered, a priest of David; and so the Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic. The Chaldee has rav:, a chief or prince. Probably he was a kind of domestic chaplain or seer to the king. 2 Samuel 24:11; 2 Chronicles 35:15

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