²⁶ Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh ^(A)of Tekoa,

² And Joab sent to ^(A)Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. ^(B)Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.

⁹ Sixth, for the sixth month, was ^(A)Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; in his division were 24,000. ¹⁰ Seventh, for the seventh month, was ^(B)Helez the Pelonite, of the sons of Ephraim; in his division were 24,000.

²⁷ Shammoth of Harod,^[a] Helez the Pelonite, ²⁸ Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, Abiezer of Anathoth,