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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(hole). (1) The
man
who helped stay the hands of
Moses
(
Ex. 17:10; 24:14
10
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. (Exodus 17:10)
14
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. (Exodus 24:14)
). (2) A Judahite (
Ex. 31:2
2
See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: (Exodus 31:2)
). (3) A king of
Midian
(
Num. 31:8
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. (Numbers 31:8)
). (4)
Father
of one of
Solomon
’s commissaries (
1 Kings 4:8
8
And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: (1 Kings 4:8)
). (5) Father of a wall-
builder
(
Neh. 3:9
9
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:9)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
One who with
Aaron
supported the hands of
Moses
during the battle of
Israel
with
Amalek
. He was also left with Aaron in charge of the
camp
when Moses ascended mount
Sinai
(
Ex. 17:10,12
10
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. (Exodus 17:10)
12
But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. (Exodus 17:12)
;
Ex. 24:14
14
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. (Exodus 24:14)
). Jewish
tradition
says that he was the
husband
of
Miriam
, and the same person as No. 2.
2.
Son
of
Caleb
,
the son
of
Hezron
, and grandfather of
Bezaleel
(
Ex. 31:2
2
See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: (Exodus 31:2)
;
Ex. 35:30
30
And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; (Exodus 35:30)
;
Ex. 38:22
22
And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses. (Exodus 38:22)
;
1 Chron. 2:19-20
19
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
20
And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. (1 Chronicles 2:19‑20)
;
1 Chron. 4:1
1
The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. (1 Chronicles 4:1)
;
2 Chron. 1:5
5
Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. (2 Chronicles 1:5)
).
3.
One of the kings or princes of
Midian
, slain with
Balaam
(
Num. 31:8
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. (Numbers 31:8)
;
Josh. 13:21
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. (Joshua 13:21)
).
4.
Ben
-hur
, or “son of Hur,” commissariat
officer
of
Solomon
in
mount
Ephraim
(
1 Kings 4:8
8
And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: (1 Kings 4:8)
).
5.
Son of
Ephratah
(
1 Chron. 2:50
50
These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim, (1 Chronicles 2:50)
;
1 Chron. 4:4
4
And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem. (1 Chronicles 4:4)
).
6.
Father
of
Rephaiah
who returned from exile (
Neh. 3:9
9
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:9)
).
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
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