A place near Ibleam where Ahaziah was wounded.
Gur
Named in 1 verse of 2 Kings, first in 2 Kings 9:27.
גּוּרGur
The name means “the young of a beast; a whelp.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Gur Written by AI
Gur is a place mentioned briefly in the account of the death of Ahaziah, king of Judah. After Jehu had killed Joram, king of Israel, Ahaziah fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu pursued Ahaziah and ordered his men to shoot him in his chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam (2Ki.9.27). Ahaziah was wounded there and managed to escape to Megiddo, where he died. The exact location of Gur is not specified in the Bible, but it is described as being near Ibleam, a town in the territory of Manasseh, near the border with Issachar. Apart from this single reference in the context of Ahaziah's death, no further information about Gur is provided in the Bible. Its mention serves to locate the place where Ahaziah was mortally wounded during Jehu's coup against the house of Ahab.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
A whelp, a place near Ibleam where Jehu’s servants overtook and mortally wounded king Ahaziah (2 Kings 9:27); an ascent from the plain of Jezreel.
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
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Where the Bible names it
- 2 Kings 9:27
When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.