3 others in the registry answer to the name Hur. Every Hur in the Bible
- verses
- 2
- first named
- Numbers 31:8
- last named
- Joshua 13:21
- period
- Egypt and Wilderness
- tribe
- Sinai
Description
Who was Hur?
Hur is mentioned in Num.31.8 and Jos.13.21 as one of the five kings of Midian who were killed by the Israelites during the time of Moses. These kings were slain in battle as part of a divine judgment against the Midianites for their role in seducing the Israelites into idolatry and sexual immorality (Num.25.1-18).
In Numbers 31, God commanded Moses to take vengeance on the Midianites. The Israelite army, led by Phinehas, went to war against Midian and killed all the men, including the five kings: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba (Num.31.7-8).
The territory of these Midianite kings was later allocated to the tribes of Reuben and Gad as part of their inheritance in the Promised Land (Jos.13.21). This indicates that the defeat of these kings and the conquest of their land was a significant event in Israel's history, marking their victory over their enemies and the fulfillment of God's promise to give them the land of Canaan.
The biblical account of Hur and the other Midianite kings serves as an example of God's judgment against those who oppose His people and lead them astray. It also demonstrates the importance of obedience to God's commands and the consequences of idolatry and immorality.
Relations
Direct connections
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Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
The pattern
Where Hur is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
2 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in Numbers (1) and Joshua (1).
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Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books.
Onward
Where this page goes
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