- Zur
Zur occurs five times in the
King James Bible .The first mention is
Cozbi , the daughter of Zur. She was slain in Numbers 25:15. This is the pericope where Numbers 25:1 tells us that "Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab":* And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was
Cozbi , the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.The second mention is Numbers 31:8-9. Here, the nation of Israel is warring against the Midianites, and a body-count is given:
*"And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely,
Evi , andRekem , and Zur, andHur , and Reba, five kings ofMidian :Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
*"And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods."The third mention is a recapitulation of the second, at the pericope of Joshua's death-scene,
Joshua 13:21:*"And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of
Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned inHeshbon , whom Moses smote with the princes ofMidian , Evi, and Rekem, and Zur , andHur , and Reba, which were dukes ofSihon , dwelling in the country."The fourth mention is in the begats at First Chronicles 8:30:
*"And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab"
The fifth mention is about the servers at the temple, First Chronicles 9:35-36:
*"And in
Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon,Jehiel , whose wife's name wasMaachah :
*"And his firstborn sonAbdon , then Zur, andKish , andBaal , andNer , andNadab ."A wiki list of biblical names says this means "stone; rock; that besieges".
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