Números 31:8

8 Pasaron a espada a Eví, Requen, Zur, Jur y Reba, que eran los cinco reyes de Madián, y también a Balán hijo de Beor.

Números 31:8 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:8

And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that
were slain
Besides the males of the common people, they slew their kings, who were petty kings or princes, perhaps under the king of Moab, or had reassumed their titles and government after the death of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who, in his time, were called dukes of Sihon, ( Joshua 13:21 ) , namely,

Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian;
the Targum of Jonathan says of Zur, this is Balak, which is not probable; it is more likely, what Aben Ezra observes, that he was the father of Cosbi, whom Phinehas slew, ( Numbers 25:15 ) .

Balaam also, the son of Beor, they slew with the sword;
so that he died not a natural death, but a violent one, not such an one as he desired, the death of the righteous, but of bloody and deceitful men, who do not live out half their days; for if the Jewish writers ^F3 are to be credited, he was but thirty four years of age when he was slain, which is not quite half the age of man, that being seventy, ( Psalms 90:10 ) , it appears by this that he was among the Midianites at the time of this war; either he stayed here till this time, when he went from Balak with an intention to go into his own country; or he had returned hither, being either sent for, by the princes of Midian, on this occasion; or, as some say, as Aben Ezra observes, that he came to Midian after he returned to his place, on hearing the plague that came upon Israel through his counsel, to receive the money of the elders of Midian for it; and so Chaskuni.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 7. 2.

Números 31:8 In-Context

6 Moisés envió a la guerra a los mil hombres de cada tribu. Con ellos iba Finés, hijo del sacerdote Eleazar, quien tenía a su cargo los utensilios del santuario y las trompetas que darían la señal de ataque.

7 Tal como el SEÑOR se lo había ordenado a Moisés, los israelitas entraron en batalla y mataron a todos los madianitas.

8 Pasaron a espada a Eví, Requen, Zur, Jur y Reba, que eran los cinco reyes de Madián, y también a Balán hijo de Beor.

9 Capturaron a las mujeres y a los niños de los madianitas, y tomaron como botín de guerra todo su ganado, rebaños y bienes.

10 A todas las ciudades y campamentos donde vivían los madianitas les prendieron fuego,