Encyclopedia entry
Zur
Disambiguation
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Rock.
Zur (1)
#One of the five Midianite kings whom the Israelites defeated and put to death (Num. 31:8).
Zur (2)
#A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:30).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(a rock).
Father of Cozbi, (Numbers 25:15) and one of the five princes of Midian who were slain by the Israelites when Balaam fell. (Numbers 31:8) (B.C. 1451.) Son of Jehiel, the founder of Gideon. (1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:36), (B.C. after 1445.)
In the Bible
9
Verses where Zur is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 2:45
The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
- 1 Chronicles 8:30
and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
- 1 Chronicles 9:36
Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
- 2 Chronicles 11:7
Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,
- Joshua 13:21
all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.
- Joshua 15:58
Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,
+3 more verses naming Zur.
Scripture on Zur
9
Entries that reference Zur
1
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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