Bible Characters & Character Studies
Ira
First appears at 2 Samuel 20:26
First named in Scripture at 2 Samuel 20:26 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
citizen; wakeful. (1.) A Tekoite, one of David’s thirty warriors (2 Samuel 23:26). (2.) An Ithrite, also one of David’s heroes (2 Samuel 23:38). (3.) A Jairite and priest, a royal chaplain (2 Samuel 20:26) or confidential adviser (comp. 2 Samuel 8:18; 1 Chronicles 18:17).
Reading photograph: “Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007” — the Colosseum at dusk — by Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — resized.
