27:9a The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite.

⌊The commander in charge⌋ of the sixth division was Ikkesh’s son Ira. He served in the sixth month ⌊of the year⌋ . Ikkesh was from Tekoa ⌊town/village⌋ .
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Ira was responsible for the sixth troop during the sixth month ⌊of the year⌋ . Ira’s father was Ikkesh who was from Tekoa ⌊town/village⌋ .

27:9b There were 24,000 men in his division.

Ira supervised twenty-four thousand fighting men.
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Ira was the chief/leader of twenty-four thousand (24,000) soldiers.

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