Teks -- 2 Samuel 20:26 (NET)

20:26 Ira the Jairite was David’s personal priest.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Clarke: 2Sa 20:26 - Ira - was a chief ruler about David

Ira - was a chief ruler about David - The Hebrew is כהן לדויד cohen ledavid , a priest to David; and so the Vulgate, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic. The Chaldee has רב rab , a prince, or chief. He was probably a sort of domestic chaplain to the king. We know that the kings of Judah had their seers, which is nearly the same: Gad was David’ s seer, 2Sa 24:11, and Jeduthun was the seer of King Josiah, 2Ch 35:16

The conclusion of this chapter is very similar to the conclusion of 2Sa 8:16-18 (note), where see the notes.

TSK: 2Sa 20:26 - Ira // Jairite // chief ruler

Ira : 2Sa 23:38; 1Ch 11:40, Ithrite

Jairite : Jdg 10:4, Jdg 10:5

chief ruler : or, prince, 2Sa 8:18; Gen 41:43, Gen 41:45; Exo 2:14, Exo 2:16; The Hebrew is cohen ledawid , which might be rendered, a priest of David; and so the Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic. The Chaldee has rav , a chief or prince. Probably he was a kind of domestic chaplain or seer to the king. 2Sa 24:11; 2Ch 35:15

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: 2Sa 20:26 - The Jairite // A chief ruler

The Jairite so called from his birth or dwelling in the country of Jair in Gilead, Num 32:41 Jud 10:4 .

A chief ruler either the president of the king’ s council; or his chief minister (as the Hebrew word cohen signifies) of state, instead of Ahithophel; or in some other very high place near the king’ s person. Compare 2Sa 8:18 , where this title is given to David’ s sons, the chief of which were now cut off. And these things are here repeated with some alteration to show that David was now fully re-established in his former estate.

Haydock: 2Sa 20:26 - Jairite // Priest

Jairite, a descendant of Jair, (Calmet) son of Manasses. (Haydock) ---

Priest. Hebrew cohen, respected like a priest, (Haydock) chief favourite, (Worthington) the Rab., (Chaldean) chief counsellor of David, (Vatable) almoner, &c. It is not certain that he was of the family of Aaron, or qualified to be the domestic chaplain of the king. See chap. viii. 16, &c. No other king of Israel had an officer to whom this title was given. (Calmet)

Gill: 2Sa 20:26 - And Ira also the Jairite // was a chief ruler about David

And Ira also the Jairite,.... Which some take to be the same with Ira the Ithrite, 2Sa 23:38; a son of Jether or Ithra the Israelite, 2Sa 17:25; though others suppose he was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, 2Sa 23:26; and so the Targum here calls him Ira the Jairite, which was of Tekoah; and Tekoah being the chief place in Israel for oil olive ^d, with which the lamps were lighted, Jarchi thinks he had the name of Jairite from Jair, which signifies to enlighten; but rather he was a descendant from Jair the Gileadite, and perhaps was a great friend to David when in Gilead, and from whence he brought him and promoted him: for he

was a chief ruler about David; a prime minister, an intimate friend, the chief of his privy council; perhaps he succeeded Ahithophel; it is much we hear nothing of Hushai.