Bible Person
Meaning: forward; wicked · Male · 3 cross references
Ikkesh is remembered chiefly as the father of Ira the Tekoite, one of David's mighty men. His name survives because it is attached to a line of proven military loyalty in David's service. First appears in 2 Sam 23:26.1
AI summary: Ikkesh matters because the cross references preserve him through the reputation of his son within David's warrior circle. Even without a separate narrative, he belongs to the family framework behind the men who helped secure the kingdom. Taken together, the material presents Ikkesh as an ancestral figure in the background of David's military strength.1
Central Figure
Ikkesh
Meaning: forward; wicked
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.