Ira
the name means wakefulness Strong's Lexicon
Ira the Tekoite was one of King David's Thirty mighty warriors.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Citizen; wakeful. (1.) A Tekoite, one of David's thirty warriors (2 Sam. 23:26).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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Ikkesh
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at 2 Samuel 23:26.
Verses that name Ira
- 2 Samuel 23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
- 1 Chronicles 11:28 Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
- 1 Chronicles 27:9 The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. There were 24,000 men in his division.