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Zimri
Zimri was a leader of the tribe of Simeon who appears in Numbers 25. During the Baal-peor incident, he brought a Midianite woman, Cozbi, into the camp before the tabernacle of the congregation and was killed by Phinehas.
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- Zimri (King of Israel)People
Zimri was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel who killed King Elah and reigned seven days in Tirzah. When Omri besieged him, he set the palace on fire and died inside it (1 Kings 16).
- SaluPeople
Salu is a man of the tribe of Simeon mentioned in the Book of Numbers. He was the father of Zimri, who was killed along with a Midianite woman during the incident at Baal-peor.
- CozbiPeople
Cozbi was a Midianite woman mentioned in Numbers 25, the daughter of the Midianite chief Zur. During the Baal-peor incident, she was killed by Phinehas together with Zimri, a leader of the Israelite tribe of Simeon.
- Elah (King of Israel)People
Elah was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Baasha. According to 1 Kings 16, he reigned for two years and was killed by his servant Zimri while drunk. His death brought the dynasty of Baasha to an end.
- TibniPeople
Tibni, the son of Ginath, was proclaimed king by half the people of the northern kingdom of Israel after the death of King Zimri and contended with Omri for the throne. He appears only in 1 Kings 16.
- ElahPeople
Elah was the fourth king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Baasha. He reigned two years in Tirzah and was killed while drunk in a revolt led by his servant Zimri.
- 1 Kings 16Bible
1 Kings 16 records how royal dynasties in the northern kingdom of Israel repeatedly fell and were replaced, from Baasha through Elah, Zimri, and Omri to Ahab.
- OmriPeople
Omri was the sixth king of the northern kingdom of Israel. A former army commander, he rose to the throne, founded Samaria as his capital, and established the dynasty that continued through Ahab.
- ZurPeople
Zur was a Midianite chieftain mentioned in the book of Numbers and the father of Cozbi, the Midianite woman killed by Phinehas during the incident at Baal-peor. He was later killed as one of the five kings of Midian in Israel's war against Midian.
- GinathPeople
Ginath is an Old Testament figure, named only in 1 Kings 16, who was the father of Tibni, Omri's rival for the throne of the northern kingdom of Israel.
- ZichriPeople
Zichri is a Levite named in the genealogy of Exodus 6. He was a grandson of Kohath, a son of Izhar, and a brother of Korah and Nepheg.
- KeturahPeople
Keturah was the wife Abraham took in the narrative that follows Sarah's death. She bore him six sons—Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah—whose descendants are presented as the ancestors of several eastern tribes, including the Midianites.
- JokshanPeople
Jokshan was the second of the six sons born to Abraham by Keturah and the father of Sheba and Dedan. His name appears only in the genealogies of Genesis and 1 Chronicles.
- Midian (Son of Abraham)People
Midian was a son of Abraham and Keturah and is recorded as the ancestor of the Midianites, who appear frequently in the Old Testament (Genesis 25:2–4).
- Genesis 25Bible
Genesis 25 records the death of Abraham and the descendants of Keturah and Ishmael. It then recounts the birth of the twins Esau and Jacob to Isaac and Rebekah and tells how Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of pottage.