Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 25:15
And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain [was] Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he [was] head over a people, [and] of a chief house in Midian.
15. the daughter of Zur ] Zur is named as one of the five Midianite kings, in Num 31:8.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Zur; one of the kings or princes or Midian, Num 31:8; Jos 13:21.
Of a chief house, or, and over her father s house.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur,…. One of the five kings of Midian,
Nu 31:8 and so the Samaritan Chronicle says k, it was the daughter of a king that came to a prince of the tribe of Simeon, and enticed him to eat of her food, and worship her idols. The Targum of Jonathan says she was called Selonae, the daughter of Balak, chief of the nation of Moab, whose habitation was in Midian:
he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian; that is, Zur, the father of Cozbi, was; there were five sons of Midian, whose names are given, Ge 25:4 from whence Jarchi concludes, that there were five principal families in Midian, and that this man was the head or chief of one of them, which is not improbable; and that also makes for the honour of Phinehas, that he spared not any for their rank and quality, of whatsoever nation they were.
k Apud Hottinger, ut supra. (Smergma Oriental, l. 1. c. 8. p. 448.)
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(15) Head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.Better, head of the tribes (or, communities) of a fathers house in Midian. Several of the Midianitish tribes, or smaller divisions of a fathers house, may have descended from one tribe-father. In Num. 31:8, Zur is described as one of the five kings of Midian who were slain by the Israelites.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
people = clan or tribe. Hebrew. ‘ummoth. Occurs only here, Gen 25:16 and Psa 117:1.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Zur: Num 31:8, Jos 13:21
Reciprocal: Gen 37:28 – Midianites Num 22:4 – elders Num 25:4 – all the heads Num 25:6 – a Midianitish 1Ki 11:18 – Midian Job 31:34 – the contempt Psa 106:30 – General