2 Samuel 20:26

chief ruler. Compare 2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 23:38.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 20:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ira the Jairite - Not mentioned before: perhaps the same as “Ira an Ithrite” (marginal reference), i. e., an inhabitant of Jattir in the hill cou...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Ira also the Jairite was a (o) chief ruler about David. (o) Either in dignity or familiarity.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20. The Revolt of Sheba (J). 2 Samuel 20:1 f. The result of this altercation was a fresh rebellion under a Benjamite, Sheba ben Bich...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. Ira - was a chief ruler about David - The Hebrew is כהן לדויד cohen ledavid, a priest to Davi...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Rebellion of Sheba Sheba takes advantage of the jealousy of the men of Israel to begin a rebellion, which, but for the prompt action of Joab,...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ira also the Jairite. — He is not mentioned in the other lists of the king’s officers; Ira, an Ithrite, is found in the list of David’s “thirty a...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

One Head Saves Many 2 Samuel 20:14-26 This wise woman, by her intervention, saved many lives, and reminds us of the value of presence of mind i...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The occasion invariably finds the man for evil as well as for good. Sheba seized the strife between Judah and Israel as an opportunity to attempt to...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(23) В¶ Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: (24) And Adoram w...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS READER! though the perusal of this chapter before us opens a renewed occasion for reflecting on the troubles of David; yet, I pass by th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Ira also the Jairite ,.... Which some take to be the same with Ira the Ithrite, 2 Samuel 23:38 ; a son of Jether or Ithra the Israelite, 2 Sam...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. Ver. 26. Was a chief ruler about David, ] Heb., A prince, or a priest: whence some make hi...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Satan is always ready to take advantage of such occasions among God's people, and he had a man there of worthless, ambitious character, Sheba, the so...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Court. B. C. 1023. 23 Now Jo...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Jairite; so called from his birth or dwelling in the country of Jair in Gilead, Numbers 32:41 Judges 10:4 . A chief ruler; either the pr...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 20:14 . “Abel.” Lit., meadow , and the name of several places in Palestine, but from its proximity to...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 20:1 . Sheba, a Benjamite, and a captain high in command under Absalom, in whose heart the embers of revolt were still burning. This man,...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 20:1 There happened to be there a man of Belial. The fierce words of the men of Judah led to evil results. It was a t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Death of Sheba
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and Ira, also, the Jairite was a chief ruler about David, confidential couselor. In spite of many mistakes of men the work of the Lord, also in His C...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 11:40 ; 2 Chronicles 35:15 ; 2 Samuel 23:38 ; 2 Samuel 24:11 ; 2 Samuel 8:18 ; Exodus 2:14 ; Exodus 2:16 ; Genesis 41:43 ; Gene...

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

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 20:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 20:26