Jakeh’s son. Although he was not an Israelite, he wrote or collected the sayings in Proverbs 30. Agur was from Massa (Proverbs 30:1), an area of northern Arabia that was settled by a son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30).
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From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.