Numbers 31:8
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
And they slew ... were slain ... - Render: And the kings of Midian they put to death, beside those that fell in the battle; namely, etc. From which it would seem that beside these five, put to death…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The five names of the kings may have been derived from an historical kernel of the story. They occur in the same order in Jos 13:21; but there the tradition is different, since they are not only…
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