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•IPHEDEIAH set free by Jehovah, a chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:25).
•IRA citizen; wakeful. (1.) A Tekoite, one of David’s thirty warriors (2 Samuel 23:26).
(2.) An Ithrite, also one of David’s heroes (2 Samuel 23:38).
(3.) A Jairite and priest, a royal chaplain (2 Samuel 20:26) or confidential adviser (comp. 2 Samuel 8:18; 1 Chronicles 18:17).
•IRAD runner; wild ass, one of the antediluvian patriarchs, the father of Mehujael (Genesis 4:18), and grandson of Cain.
•IRAM citizen, chief of an Edomite tribe in Mount Seir (Genesis 36:43).
•IRHA-HERES according to some MSS., meaning “city of destruction.” Other MSS. read ’Irhahares; rendered “city of the sun”, Isaiah 19:18, where alone the word occurs. This name may probably refer to Heliopolis. The prophecy here points to a time when the Jews would so increase in