2 Samuel 20:26 meaning and explanation
and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
2 Samuel 20:26, Berean Standard Bible
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This closing line of the chapter belongs to a short list of David's officials, naming Joab over the army, Benaiah over the Cherethites and Pelethites, Adoram over forced labor, and others. The Hebrew word for priest here is kohen, the same term used for Zadok and Abiathar in the previous verse.
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