Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

The seventh for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the sons of Ephraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

The sixth for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel; do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.