Ira in the Bible

1. A priest

• 2 Samuel 20:26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.

⇒Bible Encyclopedia for IRA.

2. The Ithrite, one of David's heroes

• 2 Samuel 23:38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
• 1 Chronicles 11:40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

⇒See also McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia for Ira.

3. A Tekoite, one of David's heroes

• 2 Samuel 23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
• 1 Chronicles 11:28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
• 1 Chronicles 27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.