2 Samuel 23:26

26 Heletz the Palti, 'Ira son of 'Ikesh from T'koa,

2 Samuel 23:26 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 23:26

Helez the Paltite
Who was of a place called Pater, as the Targum; in ( 1 Chronicles 11:27 ) , he is called the Pelonite:

Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite;
who was of the city of Tekoah, the native place of Amos the prophet, famous for oil, about twelve miles from Jerusalem; (See Gill on Amos 1:1).

2 Samuel 23:26 In-Context

24 'Asah'el the brother of Yo'av was one of the thirty, Elchanan the son of Dodo of Beit-Lechem,

25 Shammah the Harodi, Elika the Harodi,

26 Heletz the Palti, 'Ira son of 'Ikesh from T'koa,

27 Avi'ezer from 'Anatot, M'vunai the Hushati,

28 Tzalmon the Achochi, Mahrai the N'tofati,