Zur

Midianite king defeated by Israel

A written article for Zur is still to come. Below and alongside: where Zur appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1600 BC
    1400 BC
  • Zur
    1452 BC to 1444 BC

Original word

  • צוּר zur
    H6698
Citations
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Where Zur appears in Scripture

Numbers 25

וְשֵׁם הָֽאִשָּׁה הַמֻּכָּה הַמִּדְיָנִית כָּזְבִּי בַת-צוּר רֹאשׁ אֻמּוֹת בֵּֽית-אָב בְּמִדְיָן הֽוּא׃
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 31

וְאֶת-מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן הָֽרְגוּ עַל-חַלְלֵיהֶם אֶת-אֱוִי וְאֶת-רֶקֶם וְאֶת-צוּר וְאֶת-חוּר וְאֶת-רֶבַע חֲמֵשֶׁת מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן וְאֵת בִּלְעָם בֶּן-בְּעוֹר הָֽרְגוּ בֶּחָֽרֶב׃
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.

Joshua 13

וְכֹל עָרֵי הַמִּישֹׁר וְכָֽל-מַמְלְכוּת סִיחוֹן מֶלֶךְ הָֽאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר מָלַךְ בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן אֲשֶׁר הִכָּה מֹשֶׁה אֹתוֹ׀ וְאֶת-נְשִׂיאֵי מִדְיָן אֶת-אֱוִי וְאֶת-רֶקֶם וְאֶת-צוּר וְאֶת-חוּר וְאֶת-רֶבַע נְסִיכֵי סִיחוֹן יֹֽשְׁבֵי הָאָֽרֶץ׃
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.

1 Chronicles 8

וּבְנוֹ הַבְּכוֹר עַבְדּוֹן וְצוּר וְקִישׁ וּבַעַל וְנָדָֽב׃
30
And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

1 Chronicles 9

וּבְנוֹ הַבְּכוֹר עַבְדּוֹן וְצוּר וְקִישׁ וּבַעַל וְנֵר וְנָדָֽב׃
36
And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,