Hur

This term has multiple meanings in the Bible:

  1. Aaron’s assistant who helped lift Moses’s hands until the Amalekites were defeated at Rephidim (Exodus 17:8–13). He is mentioned again as helping Aaron Watch over Israel while Moses was on Mount Sinai (24:14). According to Josephus, Hur was the husband of Miriam, the sister of Moses (Antiquities 3.2.4).

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  2. The fourth of the five kings of Midian who was killed with Balaam by the Israelites under Moses (Numbers 31:8). He is also referred to as one of the “princes of Midian” and “Sihon” (Joshua 13:21).

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  3. The father of one of the 12 officers that Solomon chose to provide food for the king’s household (1 Kings 4:8, “Ben-hur” in Berean Standard Bible).

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  4. The son of Caleb and Ephrath and the grandfather of Bezalel (1 Chronicles 2:19–20; compare Exodus 31:2; 38:22). Some interpreters regard the Hur in #1 as Bezalel's grandfather. Others think the Hur who assisted Moses was a different man.

  5. The father (or perhaps family name) of Rephaiah, a leader after the exile in Babylon who helped Nehemiah rebuild the Jerusalem wall (Nehemiah 3:9).

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From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Scripture References (9)

Numbers

Joshua

1 Kings

1 Chronicles

Nehemiah