2 Sam 20:26

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Ira.

2Sam 23:38; 1Chr 11:40

Ithrite. Jairite.

Judg 10:4; Judg 10:5

chief ruler. or, prince.

2Sam 8:18; Gen 41:43; Gen 41:45; Exod 2:14; Exod 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.

2Sam 24:11; 2Chr 35:15