Designation of Ikkesh, father of Ira, one of David’s mighty men (2 Sam. 23:26; 1 Chron. 11:28; 1 Chron. 27:9). The Tekoites were inhabitants of Tekoa: they helped to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, but “their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord” (Neh. 3:5, 27).