Study it in the app“And the kings of Midian they killed along with their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; and Balaam son of Beor they killed with the sword.”
And the kingsוְ מַלְכֵיof Midianמִדְיָןthey killedהָרְגוּalong withעַלtheir slain:חַלְלֵיהֶםEvi,אֱוִיRekem,וְ רֶקֶםZur,וְ צוּרHur,וְ חוּרand Reba,וְ רֶבַעthe fiveחֲמֵשֶׁתkingsמַלְכֵיof Midian;מִדְיָןand Balaamוְ בִּלְעָםsonבֶּןof Beorבְּעוֹרthey killedהָרְגוּwith the sword.בֶּחָרֶב
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “hargu” appearsslain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “challe” appearsEvi
Evi, one of the five kings of Midian killed by Israel. The name means "desire."
Where else “evi” appearsRekem
Rekem, one of the five kings of Midian killed by Israel; also an Israelite and a place.
Where else “rekem” appearsZur
Zur, a Midianite chief, father of Cozbi; also an Israelite. The name means "rock."
Where else “tsur” appearsHur
Hur, a name borne by several men, among them the man of the tribe of Judah who, with Aaron, held up the hands of Moses (Exodus 17:12), and a king of Midian (Numbers 31:8).
Where else “chur” appearsReba
Reba, one of the five kings of Midian killed by Israel.
Where else “reva” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chameshet” appearsBalaam
Balaam, a diviner from Mesopotamia whom the king of Moab called to curse Israel. The name perhaps means "not of the people," that is, a foreigner.
Where else “bilam” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsBeor
Beor, the father of Bela, king of Edom, and the father of Balaam.
Where else “beor” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appearsZur was the father of Cozbi (25:15). On Balaam, see verse 16 and Revelation 2:14.
Midian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
7They waged war against Midian, as YHWH had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
8 · This verse (above)
9The sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and all their animals and all their livestock and all their wealth they looted.
