Italy. (Ac 25:6, 11, 12; 27:1, 5, 6) Shipwrecked on the voyage, they had to winter on the island of Malta. Then probably in the spring of 59 C.E., Paul first touched Italian soil at Rhegium on the “toe” of Italy, and shortly thereafter he disembarked at Puteoli on the Bay of Pozzuoli (Naples). Here, more than 160 km (100 mi) S of Rome, Paul stayed for a week with the local congregation before going on up to Rome via the Appian Way, along which, at “the Marketplace of Appius and Three Taverns,” he was met by the brothers from Rome. (Ac 28:11-16) Likely, toward the end of Paul’s first Roman imprisonment, or shortly after his release in about 61 C.E., he wrote the book of Hebrews while still in Italy.​—Heb 13:24.

(Iʹthai) [possibly a shortened form of Ithiel].

Son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin’s territory; one of the mighty men of David’s military forces. (1Ch 11:26, 31) Apparently Ithai is called Ittai at 2 Samuel 23:29.

(Ithʹa·mar) [possibly, Father (or, Brother) of the Palm Tree].

The fourth listed of Aaron’s sons. (Ex 6:23; Nu 26:60; 1Ch 6:3) After having supervised the inventory of tabernacle materials, Ithamar, with his father and brothers, was installed as a priest in the ceremony detailed at Exodus 29. (Ex 28:1; 38:21; 40:12-15) When his two older brothers, Nadab and Abihu, were later executed for offering “illegitimate fire,” Ithamar and his third brother Eleazar were told not to mourn for them. Later, Ithamar and Eleazar received a greater portion of priestly duties as Jehovah progressively outlined these. (Le 10:1-20) Ithamar was made overseer of the various tabernacle services performed by the Gershonites and Merarites.​—Nu 3:2-4; 4:28, 33; 7:8.

Ithamar’s descendants continued as priests, and during the reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon, members of the house of Ithamar’s descendant Eli temporarily officiated as high priest. When David organized the temple service, 8 of the 24 priestly divisions were of the house of Ithamar. (1Ch 24:1-6; 1Sa 14:3; 22:9; see HIGH PRIEST.) Sons of Ithamar were also enrolled among the paternal houses of Israel after the Babylonian exile.​—Ezr 8:2.

(Ithʹi·el) [probably, With Me Is God].

1. One of the hearers of what Agur spoke, as recorded in Proverbs chapter 30; possibly a son or disciple of Agur.​—Pr 30:1.

2. A Benjamite whose descendant lived in Jerusalem in Nehemiah’s time.​—Ne 11:4, 7.

(Ithʹlah) [possibly from a root meaning “hang”].

One of the border cities of Dan. (Jos 19:40, 42) Its location is uncertain.

(Ithʹmah) [from a root meaning “fatherless boy”].

One of several of David’s mighty men listed only in Chronicles; a Moabite.​—1Ch 11:26, 46.

(Ithʹnan).

A city at the extremity of southern Judah (Jos 15:21, 23), the location of which is unknown.

(Ithʹra) [from a root meaning “more than enough; overflow”].

Father of Amasa by David’s sister or half sister Abigail. (2Sa 17:25) He is called Jether at 1 Chronicles 2:17.​—See JETHER No. 6.

(Ithʹran) [from a root meaning “more than enough; overflow”].

1. A son of the Edomite sheik Dishon; descendant of Seir the Horite.​—Ge 36:20, 21, 26; 1Ch 1:38, 41.

2. A descendant of Asher through Zophah. (1Ch 7:30, 36, 37) Likely the same as Jether (spelled similarly in Hebrew) in the following verse.​—See JETHER No. 4.

(Ithʹre·am) [from a root meaning “more than enough; overflow”].

David’s sixth son, born in Hebron by his wife Eglah.​—2Sa 3:5; 1Ch 3:1, 3.

(Ithʹrite) [Of (Belonging to) Jether (or, Jethro)].

A family name in the tribe of Judah, connected with Kiriath-jearim. (1Ch 2:3, 52, 53) Two of David’s mighty men, Ira and Gareb, came from this family.​—2Sa 23:38; 1Ch 11:40.

(Itʹtai) [shortened form of Ithiel].

1. A Gittite warrior, presumably from the Philistine city of Gath, who was very loyal to David. When David and his attendants were fleeing Jerusalem because of Absalom’s rebellion, 600 Gittites, including Ittai, came along. David tried to dissuade Ittai from leaving the city, but the warrior expressed his great devotion in these terms: “As Jehovah is living and as my lord the king is living, in the place where my lord the king may come to be, whether for death or for life, there is where your servant will come to be!” David then permitted Ittai to continue accompanying him.​—2Sa 15:18-22.

After numbering his forces, David appointed this non-Israelite Ittai, along with Joab and Abishai, as chiefs, each over one third of the army.​—2Sa 18:2, 5, 12.