Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 20:26
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2 Samuel20:26
26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
So called from his birth or dwelling in the Countrey of Iair in Gilead, Numb. 32. 41. Iudg. 10. 4.
Either the President of the Kings Council: or, his Chief Minister (as the Hebrew word Cohen signifies) of State, instead of Ahitophes: or in some other very high place near the Kings Person. Compare 2 Sam. 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 shew that David was now fully reestablished in his former Estate.
Marginal references: Or, a prince.
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