This article is about Biblical usage. For people surnamed Zur, see
Zur (surname). For the bacterial gene called Zur, see
zinc uptake regulator.
Zur occurs five times in the
King James Bible as the name of various people and a state.
The first mention is 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(Patriarch 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 31:8–31:9. 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, and
Rekem, and Zur, and
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,
Joshua 13:21:
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, and Reba, which were dukes of
Sihon, dwelling in the country.
This article is about Biblical usage. For people surnamed Zur, see
Zur (surname). For the bacterial gene called Zur, see
zinc uptake regulator.
Zur occurs five times in the
King James Bible as the name of various people and a state.
The first mention is 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(Patriarch 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 31:8–31:9. 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, and
Rekem, and Zur, and
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,
Joshua 13:21:
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, and Reba, which were dukes of
Sihon, dwelling in the country.