2 Samuel 20:26
What does 2 Samuel 20:26 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 20:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister unto David.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister unto David.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And in addition, Ira the Jairite was a priest to David.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and also, Ira the Jairite hath been minister to David.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Ira the Jairite was the priest of David.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and Ira also, the Jairite, was David's chief ruler.
Context
v.25and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
v.26This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 24:11
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
- Exodus 2:16
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
- 2 Samuel 8:18
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.
- Exodus 2:14
And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.
- 2 Chronicles 35:15
And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters were at every gate: they needed not to depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
- Judges 10:4
And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
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