2-Samuel - 23:26



26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Samuel 23:26.

Differing Translations

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Heles of Phalti, Hira the son of Acces of Thecua,
Helez from Palti, Ira, the son of Ikkesh, from Tekoa,

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Helez the Paltite,.... Who was of a place called Pater, as the Targum; in 1-Chronicles 11:27, he is called the Pelonite:
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; who was of the city of Tekoah, the native place of Amos the prophet, famous for oil, about twelve miles from Jerusalem; See Gill on Amos 1:1.

Helez the Paltite; i.e., sprung from Beth-pelet in the south of Judah (Joshua 15:27). He was chief of the seventh division of the army (compare 1-Chronicles 27:10 with 1-Chronicles 11:27, though in both passages הפּלטי is misspelt הפּלני). Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoah in the desert of Judah (2-Samuel 14:2), chief of the sixth division of the army (1-Chronicles 27:9).

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