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).
Zur
A name shared by more than one man can lead the reader astray, and Zur is a clear case. In Numbers, Zur is a Midianite, “head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian,” and father of Cozbi, the woman slain at Peor. Later he is counted among five kings of Midian who fell in battle. A different Zur is listed in a Benjamite family in 1 Chronicles, with no story attached. The Midianite Zur belongs to a hard chapter of Israel’s journey, and the account in Numbers 25 explains why those events mattered so much.
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Numbers
Numbers 25:15
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.
Numbers 25:18
For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
Numbers 31:8
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.
1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 8:30
And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
1 Chronicles 9:36
And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(a rock).
(1.) 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.)
(2.) Son of Jehiel, the founder of Gideon. (1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:36), (B.C. after 1445.)