Zur occurs five times in the
King James Bible
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as the name of various people and a state.
* The first mention is in . 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 . 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, and
Rekem, and Zur, and
Hur
Hur or HUR may refer to:
People
* Hur (Korean name), also spelled Heo
* Hur (Bible), a number of biblical figures
* Hur-ul-Nisa Begum, first of the fourteen children of Mumtaz Mahal
Places
* Hur, Iran (disambiguation), a number of places
* Hur ...
, and
Reba, five kings of
Midian:
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, :
:''And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of
Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in
Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of
Midian,
Evi, and
Rekem, and Zur , and
Hur
Hur or HUR may refer to:
People
* Hur (Korean name), also spelled Heo
* Hur (Bible), a number of biblical figures
* Hur-ul-Nisa Begum, first of the fourteen children of Mumtaz Mahal
Places
* Hur, Iran (disambiguation), a number of places
* Hur ...
, and Reba, which were dukes of
Sihon, dwelling in the country.''
*The fourth mention is in the begats at :
:''And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab''
* The fifth mention is about the servers at the temple, :
:''And in
Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon,
Jehiel
Yechiel ( he, יְחִיאֵל) is a Hebrew masculine given name meaning "May God live" or "God shall live".
Several people in the Bible have this name. See Jehiel (biblical figure).
Alternative spellings of Yechiel include Jehiel, Yehiel, Yec ...
, whose wife's name was
Maachah
Maacah (or Maakah; he, ''Maʿăḵā'', "crushed"; Maacha in the Codex Alexandrinus, Maachah in the KJV) is a non-gender-specific personal name used in the Bible to refer to a number of people.
*A child of Abraham's brother Nachor, evidently a ...
:''
:''And his firstborn son
Abdon, then Zur, and
Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and
Nadab.''
See also
*
Tzur
Tzur is a Hebrew given name and surname literally meaning "rock". Notable people with the surname include:
Given name
*Tzur Shezaf, Israeli author
Surname
*Assaf Tzur, Israeli footballer
* David Tzur (born 1959), Israeli politician and former po ...
Midian
Torah monarchs
Gibeon (ancient city)
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