Midianite leader killed by Phinehas
Zur
Named in 1 verse of Numbers, first in Numbers 25:15.
צוּרZur
The name means “stone; rock; that besieges.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
- Children
- Cozbi
About Zur Written by AI
Zur Zur was one of the five kings of Midian during the time of Moses. He is described as "head of the people of a father's house in Midian" (Numbers 25:15). When the Israelites began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab and Midian, one Israelite man brought a Midianite woman into the camp. Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron, killed both the Israelite man and the Midianite woman, who was the daughter of Zur (Numbers 25:6 to 8). This act stopped a plague that had broken out among the Israelites as punishment for their sin.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
This entry is on the name Zur, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.
Rock. (1.) One of the five Midianite kings whom the Israelites defeated and put to death (Num. 31:8).
(2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:30).
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
Where the Bible names him
- Numbers 25:15
And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.